Chapter 405: The Status Quo of Prince Gong's Mansion
It only took fourteen years to build the Forbidden City, but it actually took nine years to build Prince Gong's Mansion.
The grandeur of Prince Gong’s Mansion is evident.
The 90,000-square-meter Prince Gong's Mansion, according to the price of later BJ courtyard houses, even if the world's richest man wanted to buy Prince Kung's Mansion, he would have to ask if it could be purchased in installments.
Otherwise, I really can't afford it.
Compared with the 30 to 40 billion yuan of a courtyard house, the tens of millions of maintenance fees are just a small amount of money.
Thinking of this, Zhang Junping no longer worried about the maintenance costs, and his tired body suddenly revived with full blood.
After completing a circle, Zhang Junping arrived at the temporary headquarters.
As the residents of Prince Kung's Mansion moved out, the Prince Kung's Mansion Renovation Headquarters and Zheng Laosi's ancient building construction team also moved to Prince Kung's Mansion to work.
"Director Zhang is here?" Zheng Laosi saw Zhang Junping and hurriedly stood up to greet him.
"Hey, Fourth Master, you are a senior. According to your seniority, I have to call you Uncle. You can just call me Junping or Xiao Zhang!" Zhang Junping held Zheng Laosi's hand with both hands and said politely.
"Hahaha! Okay, then I'll call you Junping!" Zheng Laosi was very satisfied with Zhang Junping's attitude. He laughed and patted Zhang Junping's hand and let him into the office.
"Fourth Master, how is the progress now?" Zhang Junping asked after everyone entered the office and sat down.
"The progress is not very fast. In the past half month, redundant buildings have been demolished." Zheng Laosi shook his head and sighed.
Zheng Laosi was also distressed by the damage suffered by Prince Gong's Mansion.
As an old craftsman, seeing the hard work of previous craftsmen destroyed, my heartache cannot be measured by money.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, everyone responded to the call and worked hard to have children. In the 1950s and 1960s, the country ushered in a baby boom.
At that time, it was an honor to have more children. A woman in the former Soviet Union who gave birth to more than a dozen children was called a hero mother and was promoted.
In this context, every household has as few as two or three children, as many as five or six, and even seven or eight.
As this group of children grew up, the houses allocated when the People's Republic of China was founded were no longer enough.
However, the country has experienced the Great Depression, the Ten-Year Storm, the severance of diplomatic relations with the north, and a series of other events. The economy has grown slowly and has even been unable to make ends meet.
There is no way to build new houses to house these people who were born in the 1950s and 1960s.
As a result, the Eight Immortals crossed the sea and each showed their magical powers.
Everyone is trying to find ways to accommodate more people in a limited space.
The BJ courtyard was remodeled beyond recognition.
The original corridors, cloisters, and corridors have been walled up and converted into kitchens or small bedrooms.
The main job of the construction team now is to tear down these back walls.
The next step is to test the safety of the main structure of all houses.
Determine the maintenance plan based on the test results.
"When we demolished the redundant buildings, a lot of good things came out." Zheng Laosi said to Zhang Junping with a wry smile.
"Yes! There are a lot of good things right away, including city wall bricks, stone tablets, horse-mounting stones, and even a lot of gold bricks." Zhao Zhongshi, the eldest disciple of Zheng Laosi next to him, followed closely.
"Then you should keep these things carefully. They might be useful for maintenance later." Zhang Junping said with a smile.
"My master said so too." Zhao Zhongshi nodded.
Zhang Junping, accompanied by Zheng Laosi and others, went around the construction site again.
"Junping, look at this stone. Do you know the origin of this stone?" Zheng Laosi pointed at a strange-shaped stone and asked with a smile.
"You are talking about this Taihu stone!" Zhang Junping also laughed, "This is a treasure in Prince Gong's palace!"
"Oh! You really know! Then tell me the origin of this Taihu stone!"
"This Taihu stone is called Dule Peak, and it is also called the Guanyin Stone.
It was a stone discovered by Emperor Qianlong when he went to the south of the Yangtze River, and was later given to Heshen by the emperor.
It is said that Heshen had many wives and concubines back then, but he still had no sons in his middle age.
This was a big deal in ancient times. Being unfilial was the most serious of three things: not having offspring.
Not having a son is a very serious matter.
So Qianlong gave this Guanyin stone to Heshen.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Heshen to give birth to a son, Fengshen Yinde, who married Princess Heshuo."
"Papa...papa!" Zheng Laosi, Zhao Zhongshi and others applauded Zhang Junping.
"It's amazing, it's really better than the old.
When your master was your age, he didn't have the knowledge you have."
"You're always over the top! I only know a little bit about it, but I don't dare to compete with Master." Zhang Junping said modestly.
"Boss, tell me, why is this Taihu stone called Dule Peak?" Zheng Laosi got excited and started to test his apprentices on the spot.
"This..." Zhao Zhongshi blushed and couldn't answer.
"You guys, I often tell you to read more!
You all turned a deaf ear, look, your juniors are much younger than you, but in terms of knowledge, you are far behind!" Mr. Zheng's beard was pouted in anger, and he scolded several disciples.
Zhang Junping was speechless. He was really an old kid. He thought about it every time. He couldn't speak at all in this situation.
It's inappropriate no matter what.
In the end, I just came up with the Thirty-Six Strategies, and walking was the best strategy.
"Fourth Master, you guys are busy first. I'll go to CCTV to see if we can hire a cameraman. We'll also make a documentary to record the entire process of our renovation of Prince Gong's Mansion."
"Oh, that's a good relationship. Even an old guy like me can be on TV. Go ahead! Go ahead!" When Zheng Laosi heard the video, he grinned happily and urged Zhang Junping to go quickly.
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Zhang Junping didn't escape by making a documentary, he really had this idea.
I have always had this idea, but after visiting the scene in person and seeing the extent of the damage to Prince Gong's Mansion, this idea became more urgent.
Some things should be said or not, and evidence must be left behind, otherwise it will not be clear in the future.
This is a property worth more than 30 billion.
Zhang Junping rode his bicycle quickly and came to the CCTV Dream of Red Mansions crew.
We can't call it a crew yet, we can only call it a preparation team.
A preparatory team for "Dream of Red Mansions" has been established since the end of last year, and it is still in the process of casting and adaptation.
The official script has not been finalized yet.
Zhang Junping was invited to do the final painting for Dream of Red Mansions last year, and formed a good relationship with the preparatory team for Dream of Red Mansions.
Nowadays, if you want to borrow people and machines from CCTV to shoot a documentary, your first choice is the Dream of Red Mansions crew.
"Director Wang, are you busy?" Zhang Junping knocked on the door of producer Wang Fulin.
Four or five people inside were discussing something intensely.
"Hey! Master Zhang, you are a rare visitor!" Seeing Zhang Junping, Wang Fulin quickly stood up from his chair, walked a few steps, and extended his hands enthusiastically.
"Haha! I don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything!
I came today to ask for help from Director Wang!
Of course, by the way, it also helps our Dream of Red Mansions crew solve a problem."