Chapter 119 Your Highness has searched the land of Chu empty, right?
"I will soon succeed to the throne. I will definitely not let my father leave the palace and live elsewhere. It is imperative to build a new palace. Before I left Qindu, I heard that Afang Palace was going to be built. How is the progress now!
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Zhao Wen looked extremely relaxed and took a sip of tea, but cold sweat instantly fell on the faces of the three people standing below!
"Your Highness, forgive me!"
The new emperor had no place to live, so it was naturally the responsibility of the prime minister and the young master. However, they did not dare to ask the first emperor to leave the palace.
"I'm asking you what the progress of Afang Palace is like now!" Zhao Wen's tone suddenly turned cold.
"Afang Palace still only has one name. Due to constant revisions, the master craftsman in the young master's house has not even made a legend!"
Returning to the 20th Prince's Mansion, the Heshi Bi brought back from the Tang Dynasty Shuanglong Legend world once again emitted inexplicable fluctuations. Under the blessing of this fluctuation, Zhao Wen seemed to be like a god in the eyes of the three people, with only a slight trace of it.
The anger made the three of them feel a shocking pressure on their hearts at the same time.
"Your Highness, forgive me!" Under the strong pressure, the three people's legs weakened and they knelt down at the same time.
"Among the top craftsmen I brought back this time, there are construction craftsmen. Let them work with the Shaofu's craftsmen to make the legend as quickly as possible. The Prime Minister and the Shaofu Ling must also choose the location of the new palace as soon as possible.
, recruit people to start leveling and clearing the land!"
"Your Highness, all the labor for this year has been collected!"
Wang Guan had a troubled look on his face, not because he wanted to reject Zhao Wen, but because there were too many big projects in the Qin Dynasty, such as the Straight Road, the Great Wall, and the Lishan Underground Palace, plus the adjustment of roads and cities in various places.
The labor of the people has been divided up.
"The people in Zhidao and Lishan Underground Palace will not move. The Great Wall can stop. In addition, I have no plans to recruit labor. You will send people to the warehouse of the Prince's Mansion later. I still have some gold and silver. This time, all hired labor will be used for the construction of the palace.
, ten copper coins per person per day!”
The straight road connecting the world is a top priority for a country and cannot be stopped. As for the underground palace, the First Emperor is currently unwell. Even though he knows that he will recover soon, if he dares to stop the underground palace, Zhao Wen is sure that
After a while, the First Emperor will come to cause trouble for him.
As for the Great Wall, although it is majestic, it is a defensive building. However, in Zhao Wen's opinion, Daqin today does not need any defense and there is no need to waste labor at all.
One copper coin can buy two cakes, and ten copper coins is by no means considered a low price nowadays.
"The same goes for the Straight Road and the Underground Palace. All the labor conscripted will be stopped, and the money will be returned. From now on, all Daqin projects will use hired labor!"
A large amount of gold, silver and jewelry are almost filling up the space, especially silver. Because he has released a large amount of gold, the value of silver is getting higher and higher, but what he has accumulated the most now is silver.
But if these gold and silver are not used, they are completely worthless.
No matter the Royal Palace, the Shaofu Ling, or the Qin Du Ling, they all had cold faces when they left the 20th Prince's Mansion. In their opinion, Zhao Wen's arrangements were completely random.
All labor is hired. Does a prince who has grown up in a deep palace know how much labor the world uses in a year?
"Go and ask someone to bring some carriages over. Let's wait here and see how much gold and silver the nobles of Chu have sent to His Highness!"
The royal palace has decided that if the number is enough, this year's labor service can make some money, but if it is too little, he will never dare to agree to the request of the twenty princes even if he goes to the palace to see His Majesty.
The Qin Dynasty has been experiencing wars for many years, and after reunification there have been major projects one after another. It has already been unable to make ends meet. If it were agreed to, the prime minister would not be able to pay for so much labor even if he was sold.
Car after car of gold and silver were pulled out of the twenty princes' mansions, and the three of them had dull expressions on their faces!
"There are a hundred cars here!" This is Qin Duling's sigh. Although he has a high official position, he does things at the grassroots level. Now with so much gold and silver support, at least this year, there will be a lot of things that need to be sorted out in various places.
Done easily.
Qin Duling had secretly decided in his heart that he would sort out all the things that needed to be done and report them after he returned. It was naturally not easy to collect labor force, but for ten copper coins a day, there were many people rushing to do it.
"Could it be that His Highness looted the entire Chu land and brought it back!" Wang Guan couldn't believe his eyes. The gold and silver he brought back from the Chu land that day was far less than what he pulled out from the twenty princes' mansion.
"This is His Highness's money, and it should be managed by my young master. If the court has any money, it can be allocated by the young master after reporting it to His Highness!"
"Are you daydreaming?" Prime Minister Wang Guan said with disdain in his eyes: "His Royal Highness made it very clear that this is money for the construction of the new palace and labor in various places. What does it have to do with your young master!"
The young man's command was already secretly regretting that he had not snatched the carriage just now. There were also a large number of carriages in the young manor. Otherwise, if he had been dragged directly back to the young man's manor, there would have been no such arguments.
But he still said urgently: "Even the world's laborers and the new palace can't use so much gold and silver!"
He could see very clearly that this time His Highness's palace brought out more silver than gold, and the value of silver was more than ten times that of gold. The total wealth of this amount was probably far inferior to the treasury of the seven countries back then.
How could he be willing to see so much wealth being taken away from him, but the young master could not get any of it.
The most painful thing is that he still has the opportunity to store all this wealth in the young man's house.
Qin Duling chuckled at the side and said: "It will definitely be used up. There were many projects in Qin Du that required labor force recruitment, and I will report them all to the Prime Minister soon!
"The imperial court still has many accumulated projects. It is just a straight road. After it is converted to employment, it can be started all over the world. Do you know how much it will cost?"
Wang Guan glanced at the Shaofu Ling coldly, then walked directly to follow the carriage and left. He wanted to see the gold and silver deposited in the treasury with his own eyes. With so much gold and silver scattered, he, the prime minister, would surely be remembered forever.
The carriage kept moving forward, but after just a while, many well-informed people already knew that His Royal Highnesses had sent a large amount of gold and silver to the treasury and wanted to convert the levied labor into employment. After learning the price of employment, they suddenly
At this time, the eyes of many nobles suddenly lit up.
The First Emperor in the palace nodded with satisfaction when he heard that Zhao Wen had sent all the gold and silver brought back from Jiujiang County to the treasury!
It is an advantage for an emperor not to be greedy for money, but to be able to take care of his blessings to the lowest level of the people, which can at least make the people's hearts return to the Qin Dynasty. Combined with the widespread popularization of rural and county schools, even after his death, he will have such
The emperor can at least guarantee that there will be no trouble in the Qin Dynasty within a hundred years!