In the end, Dai Zhou and Wei Zheng negotiated and finalized the deal with a total price of six billion taels.

Yan Lide also designed the bridge accordingly.

He also flew helicopters to the local area to check, and sent people to measure the ocean floor.

To ensure that the subsequent design complies with construction.

If the sea bottom is too soft at one point, you may need to change the route.

This will be an extremely huge project.

Because the news of the bridge construction spread, the people in Dengzhou became very enthusiastic. Many people even actively asked to participate in the construction.

Li Shimin was very happy about this.

However, the subsequent construction will not only require manpower, but also requires mechanical ships, and these ships are not small and require more professional people to participate.

Therefore, the role of the common people can be said to be very small.

Someone suggested moving rocks and the like.

But Shengtang Group has excavators and trucks, so no one is needed at all.

Some people also proposed to dedicate their own fields, but the building materials required by the Shengtang Group were very demanding.

Ordinary things are not enough.

In the end, the people felt that neither this nor that would work.

Therefore, we can only spontaneously organize food delivery to the people of Shengtang Group.

Is this always okay?

But Shengtang Group doesn’t want it.

Although they don't want it, the people still want to do it, saying that it is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, and it is a century-old plan.

As long as there is Shengtang Group, people will feel at ease.

Many literati even wrote a large number of works praising the Tang Dynasty Group.

But when the news reached Li Shimin's ears, he was unhappy.

"What are these people thinking? I asked the Ministry of Industry to take the lead in doing this. How can they thank Shengtang Group?"

Li Shimin was very upset and said to Queen Changsun.

In fact, this is what happens, and no one would be happy if it were anyone else doing this.

Empress Changsun said: "Your Majesty, because this matter can only be done by the Shengtang Group. This time the Shengtang Group has indeed contributed. If they don't do it, then no one in the world can do it. I

I heard that the bridge this time is very difficult, so they are fully prepared for the next step."

"But, although what you said is right, I still feel unhappy."

"Your Majesty, as long as the economy of the Tang Dynasty is good, it doesn't matter who does it. If it is done by the imperial court, then the people will also turn to the imperial court. The key is who is doing it and who the common people only see.

He is doing things without knowing anything about the existence behind them.”

Queen Changsun's words made Li Shimin feel relieved a little.

It is indeed like this. The common people only have two eyes. What they saw was that the Shengtang Group was working hard to build the bridge, but they did not see anyone from the imperial court appearing in the construction team.

If it were the other way around, the people would definitely turn to Li Shimin.

This is understandable.

Therefore, Li Shimin really does not need to think so much.

"Queen, you are right. I didn't understand it this time, but now I understand it."

Li Shimin said this.

Queen Changsun breathed a sigh of relief.

It doesn't matter if he really understands it or not.

It's best to really understand, that would be the best thing.

"Come here, let Dai Zhou enter the palace! I have something to ask him."

Then Li Shimin said again.

Empress Changsun was relieved because Li Shimin would not say anything more on this issue.

Therefore it is good.

"Yes!" After listening to the order, the eunuch left the palace directly.

Hurry and announce Dai Zhou's entry into the palace.

Dai Zhou stayed in Zhongshu Province, which was not far from Tai Chi Palace.

And today he has a lot on his plate.

On top of the original things, Li Shimin imposed many things on him, which made him miserable.

But since Li Shimin said that he would enter the palace, there was no possibility that he would not enter the palace.

So, Dai Zhou arrived in Tai Chi Palace in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, what do you want from me?" Dai Zhou asked.

"What happened to the money from Shengtang Group now?"

Li Shimin asked.

It turns out that's what he was asking.

Only when the money is available, the bridge will be built faster.

If there was no money, the bridge would probably stop.

Unlike others, Shengtang Group has no problem with how much money to pay in advance.

Because they are very strict about quality.

As long as the money is in place, Shengtang Group will definitely do better.

Dai Zhou quickly said: "One billion taels of silver have been paid, and now they have started designing. The next step is to prepare a large amount of building materials!"

Li Shimin was very satisfied after hearing this.

This is the speed of Datang.

But to be honest, after giving him the money, he felt a little uncomfortable.

But for the sake of Datang's future economy, he said nothing more.

"Okay, we have a close relationship. The money must be in place. There are still five billion taels that I want you to pay off within one year. There must be no mistakes!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"By the way, about how they constructed the construction..." When Li Shimin said this, he suddenly thought of Duan Lun.

So, he said again: "Let Duan Lun do it!"

"yes!"

The eunuch then went to invite Duan Lun into the palace.

Then Li Shimin talked a lot with Dai Zhou.

Dai Zhou took the order and left Tai Chi Palace.

Then Duan Lun appeared.

"Your Majesty, what do you want from me?"

"During this period of time, I want you to select construction craftsmen to supervise the construction of the bridge on the surface. In fact, you need to understand how they build the bridge. I want them to learn from it. In the future, we can also build bridges.

!”

It turns out that Li Shimin was thinking about this.

This way, he won't be too passive.

The reason why he did this was because he was too passive in doing things.

Everything is limited by Shengtang Group’s technology.

This made him very uncomfortable.

So, he wanted to do it himself.

In the future, if there is such a bridge, he can let his own people build it.

But in fact, he can hire people who graduated from architecture schools to do this.

But he didn't.

Duan Lunying said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I understand."

"Okay, just understand it. Don't make this matter public. Those people have to be trustworthy, you know?"
To be continued...