When Dou Yan went to Shanxi this time, people from all six government departments had to accompany him to facilitate local coordination and deployment.
He was the construction superintendent of Tokyo. Before Luoyang was built, all the local governors were appointed by him. Besides, he was also the minister of the Ministry of Industry and the central minister of the third rank.
The stone materials have been solved. Changping County alone is enough to ensure the supply. The top of Taihang is no joke. They dug up the land and dug down for about ten meters, and it was all stones.
Changping County consists of six counties: Danchuan, Qinshui, Duanshi, Yize, Gaoping and Lingchuan. Its administrative seat is Danchuan, which is Gaodu Town, Zezhou County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province.
Among the six counties, Lingchuan County alone can guarantee all the materials used in Luoyang, because this county is located at the top of the southern mountain range of the Taihang Mountains, directly bordering Hanoi County in Henan.
The stone here has the highest hardness and the best material. Later generations used heavy machinery to dig it, which was extremely laborious.
The key is that there is marble, as well as red clay and limestone everywhere.
The materials are picked up from here, but for transportation, we need to go down to Henan from Danchuan County, because there are almost no roads between Lingchuan County and Henan.
The famous hanging wall highway in later generations was designed to connect Lingchuan County and Henan Province, but it does not exist now.
Nowadays, people can go over the mountains and ridges slowly, but horses cannot. This is almost an isolated and semi-enclosed area. The county was just established in the early years of Kaihuang.
The next thing to consider is the wood.
Dou Yan had already set off yesterday and took many people to Changping County.
At today's court meeting, the discussion was about where to get the wood.
In fact, in feudal eras like the Sui Dynasty, there was no shortage of wood, vegetation damage was not serious at all, and aniseed could be found everywhere.
But good wood must come from the south.
What Prince Yang Zhao means is that the palace city must use good materials. This is beyond doubt. As for other places, local materials can be obtained from surrounding areas.
During the court meeting, Pei Ju recommended a man named Wu Hua, who was the largest timber merchant in Shanxi. This man could supply part of the timber. The court would not pay for it, but he could be given an official position afterwards, which would be regarded as compensation.
Pei Ju is still an upright person. If it were Yang Su, would he give you a replacement position? Just dream, just work hard for nothing.
Luoyang was built for the country, so cutting down trees naturally didn't cost money, but this kind of thing has to be careful. You can't just chop down a big tree with an ax when you see it.
Professional things should be left to professionals, just like the brick and ash kiln in Changping County. Not everyone can do it.
Businessmen are the lower class people. No matter how rich you are, you are still a lower class person. But if you spend some money to become an official and become a superior person, then everyone will be happy.
Wu Hua must also be happy. This man is Wu Zetian's grandfather, whose ancestral home is Wenshui, Shanxi.
"I think it works," Yang Ming nodded in agreement.
Yang Da also nodded: "This person can be given a try. We need to send someone to recruit him immediately."
Prince Yang Zhao smiled: "The atmosphere of today's court meeting is quite harmonious. Next, we will discuss where the wood used in the palace city should be transported."
Near noon, a conclusion was reached. The materials for the palace were supplied from Jing and Yang, where there were pine and fir trees that were most suitable for building the palace.
Pine wood is also found in the north, but the material is quite different from the southern species. Northern pine is too oily and not fireproof.
There is golden nanmu in some areas of Jing and Yang. In the Sui Dynasty, it was called nanmu. It is a relatively precious wood. There is also this kind of material in Daxing Palace, but not much.
Sichuan also has good materials, but transportation is too laborious.
After many discussions, the transportation of timber to the palace alone would consume 200,000 manpower.
There are records in history: Two thousand people drag a pillar, and the hub is placed under it...it can only reach thirty or twenty miles in a day. A rough calculation of one pillar requires hundreds of thousands of efforts, and the remaining cost is too much.
Yang Ming had no choice. If he dared to raise an opinion on this matter, it would be unfilial. After all, Miyagi City was where his father lived. This really offended Yang Guang. Whether he could attend court meetings in the future was a question.
So he still moved out the sixteen eucalyptus trees. Just be extravagant, as long as you don't die as much as possible.
The person in charge of the lumber item is Yang Da, while the palace lumber is left to Liu Su, the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Historically, Yang Da also formed a marriage with the Wu family because of his work in Luoyang, and became Wu Zetian's grandfather.
Liu Su immediately set off for Yuzhang County in Jingzhou to take charge of the work. If the court had any additional supplements, they would be delivered to him by the official post.
Yang Ming has been very busy these days and is very tired.
When he got home, it was already afternoon. After visiting the princess and his son, he called Nuan Dong Liang Xia to massage his body.
At this time, Xu Jing came in again,
"The eldest son of Tang Guogong, Jiancheng, asks for an audience."
"Just say I'm taking a rest, no see you," Yang Ming had no time to waste on Jiancheng. He didn't want to waste his rare afternoon rest.
After a while, he fell asleep.
.......
Li Jiancheng couldn't see Yang Ming, so he could only return home angrily.
As soon as he entered the door, Li Yuan asked eagerly: "How is it? Does King Qin agree?"
Jiancheng shook his head: "We haven't seen each other yet. His Highness has been resting since he went to court. I heard from the housekeeper that His Highness was very tired during this period. Can we go at another time?"
"What do you know," Li Yuan scolded: "The King of Qin is now worshiped as the construction supervisor of Tokyo, and he will go to Luoyang in the near future. I don't know when he will come back after this trip. Your sister is already eighteen, don't miss today
If you suffer, there will be no chance in the future."
With Yang Ming's help, Jiancheng has successfully matched with Pei Yun's daughter Pei Xi.
However, according to superstition, there is a sister above Jiancheng. After her sister gets married, he must then marry to comply with the regulations.
So Li Yuan planned to marry his eldest daughter Li Xiuqing to Yang Ming, because under Yang Ming's princess and principal concubine, there was still an empty spot for a concubine, and the concubine was from the fourth rank.
After all, Yang Ming is now at the peak of his power. He first made him the King of Qin and then suppressed the rebellion in Bingzhou. Now he has the governor of Tokyo to build it. It is not a loss for his daughter to be a concubine.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! With this relationship, Yang Ming can also help his eldest son to make arrangements in the future.
The boss of Jiancheng is quite old, but now he is only a candidate official. If he wants to become an official, he needs to be recommended by someone with weight. Yang Ming is undoubtedly the best candidate.
But after it was completed, I felt embarrassed to go there again. He was so tired, so how could he have time to see an idle man like him?
"Alas..." Li Yuan couldn't help but sigh: "You are so thin-skinned, what big things can you accomplish?"
But Jiancheng's father is very thick-skinned. No matter how hard his father tries to eliminate him, he just won't go.
In the evening, Yang Ming woke up. He felt that he had a very comfortable sleep and woke up feeling refreshed.
So he asked Xu Jing to go to Tang Guogong's mansion and call Jiancheng to see what happened to this boy.
Li Yuan was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered his son to go out. Before leaving, he also prepared a portrait of his daughter.
As everyone knows, Yang Ming already knew what Li Xiuqing looked like.
"Is this the reason?" After Yang Ming closed the scroll, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Li Yuan was really willing to risk everything.
However, this portrait was obviously made by a famous craftsman, and it was even more realistic than the portrait he had seen from his grandmother Dugu Jialuo.
Jiancheng nodded sheepishly: "My sister is still beautiful, but she doesn't like to talk and is quite boring."
"Haha..." Yang Ming was amused by his words.
Are you your biological brother? How could you expose your sister's shortcomings like this?
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Is this what Duke Tang Guo means?"
Jiancheng nodded hurriedly: "My mother and I are both willing. I say that Yang's brother is a member of the royal family. My sister agrees to it, and I won't lose anything at all."
Yang Ming laughed so hard that it was certainly not a loss. Li Yuan had really made a good plan, and it was difficult for Jiancheng to be so sincere.
However, Yang Ming knew in his heart that Jiancheng was honest in front of him, but that might not be the case in front of others.
It doesn't matter if Li Xiuqing becomes her concubine. After all, she will follow her husband when she marries him. Even if Li Yuan really has a chance to rebel in the future, Li Xiuqing will have nothing to do with his father.
Just as Liu Shu was convicted, Princess Yang Awu of Lanling would rather fall out with her brother Yang Guang than remarry.
"Tell Tang Guogong, choose a good day and send it here," Yang Ming said with a smile.
Overjoyed when it was completed, he quickly agreed and trotted out of the palace.
Although concubine has the word concubine, she is not an ordinary concubine. She has a rank. If Yang Ming is the emperor, then this position is equivalent to that of a noble concubine.
By accepting Li Xiuqing, at least for the moment, Li Yuan can be tied to his own ship. Don't underestimate Li Yuan. His branch is currently the most powerful one in the entire Longxi Li Clan.
Moreover, Li Yuan now took over from King Cai Yang Zhiji and became General Zuoyu Linwei, directly responsible for the security work of Emperor Yang Guang.
But this time, he did not follow him to Luoyang, because Yang Guang took with him the right wing Lin Wei and Yu Wenshu's left guard, a total of 40,000 people.
Li Yuan's daughter-in-law, the Dou family, was also very powerful in her natal family, including several princes, and the Dou family was the granddaughter of Yu Wentai, the leader of the Guanlong Group in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
Yang Ming also made his decision based on this consideration. He now needs the support of more people.
Yang Yinjiang, Pei Shuying, and Li Xiuqing are all orthodox Guanzhong Group.
At the Duke's Mansion of Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan was overjoyed after receiving the news and had already started preparing for his daughter's dowry.
If Yang Ming was still the king of the county, Li Yuan would not be able to do this. If Yang Ming and Prince Yang Zhao had a bad relationship, Li Yuan would not be able to do this.
There have been rumors recently that the Crown Prince plans to depose the Crown Princess Cui. Li Yuan originally intended to send his daughter to the East Palace, but then he thought about it, even if the princess can be deposed, what will happen if his own daughter becomes a concubine and is not favored?
More miserable?
After all, she was his biological daughter. Li Yuan couldn't bear to be so cruel, so he set his sights on Yang Ming.
As for Yang Jian, who had been awarded the title of King of Qi, Li Yuan did not consider it at all. This person was too sentimental and had a bad reputation.
I am marrying my daughter, not selling my daughter.