Chapter Fifty-Nine: Yellow Rosewood
The construction of the Temple of Mercy and Grace began in full swing on the former site of the Sui Wuqian Temple in Jinchangfang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Although it is said that the prince supervised the construction, in fact, Li Zhi really went to the construction site of Ci'en Temple for only a handful of time, and most of the time Li Mo came more, and Li Zhi was only responsible for some general things, such as acceptance and ribbon cutting after the completion of the project.
Sure enough, as expected by the merchants, Su Minzhi, the supervisor selected by Master Xuanzang, had already received the unanimous agreement of the major timber merchants, brick kiln owners and other big merchants in Chang'an City before the project began. The investment plan painstakingly designed by the merchants has also been supported by the merchants.
Li Mo looked at the situation created by the merchants, and in addition to secretly sighing that the merchants were shrewd, he also had a new understanding of her vast magical powers. After all, Master Xuanzang of Huguo Temple is not something that anyone can say, let alone this kind of thing for his own benefit!
For the sake of the face of the merchants, Li Mo is also very happy with the payment of merchants who have a relationship with the merchants, and as soon as the primary building in the early stage is completed, Su Minzhi has received the first payment from the imperial court, and these payments come together with the sincere acceptance and friendship of the major merchants in Chang'an City.
These big businessmen are not stupid, many of them are still very powerful in the DPRK, or some are simply money-making shops opened under the order of the nobles of the DPRK, how can you not understand the twists and turns of this when you see the account settlement so refreshing? Everyone looked at Su Minzhi with a different look!
When the merchant followed Su Minzhi to the construction site of Ci'en Temple, what he saw was Li Mo standing in a group of masons with a gray face in brocade clothes.
"Do you have to be so pioneered and do your best?"
Shang Shang rolled his eyes with some dissatisfaction, remembering that he had a leisurely look when he met Li Zhi in Taiye Pool that day, and then look at Mo! Completely one in heaven and one on earth, one in happiness and one in labor!
"Merchant? How did you get here? Li Mo looked at Shang Shang in surprise, and just wanted to reach out to touch her cheek, but found that he had a hand of ash on his hand, if it got Shang Shang, it would ruin her body!
"Why can't I come? The prince is really, he accompanied the beauties in the palace to enjoy the flowers, but he supported you to do this hard errand-"
Shang Shang stretched out his hand angrily and patted the dust on Li Mo's body, and the fluttering ash almost choked her.
Li Mo looked at the merchant with a smile and muttered dissatisfiedly, while carefully beating the ashes on his body like an old husband and wife who had been together for many years, and from time to time he also ripped off the exposed threads on his clothes, and his heart was warm as if he had drunk soju, straight to the limbs.
"This is what I should do, the prince has his own things to deal with in the palace, but I can't do those things for him." Li Mo gently took the merchant's little hand and nodded her pursed lips lovingly.
"What can he do? It's not a martial artist yet. Shang Shang let Li Mo take her hand, but he looked left and right, and then muttered carefully.
There are a lot of people here, she doesn't want to cause trouble for Li Mo, she hasn't even mentioned these things to her two brothers, but she is afraid that it will be too implicated.
Su Minzhi, who was standing behind Lan Xin, looked at Li Mo being so close to his sister-in-law, although he was a little embarrassed, but he was really happy to see it happen in his heart, just for the sake of his sister-in-law's reputation, he still had to pay attention to some influence in this public, so he had to open his mouth to remind the two of them who were like no one else.
"Lord Li, Lan Xin, let's go to the side of Tongshanfang and sit down for a while, adults should be tired after being busy this morning."
Shang Shang looked back at his brother and blushed in embarrassment. Really! Why did you forget that your brother was still with you? Hurriedly pulled his hand out of Li Mo's hand and put it behind his back.
"It's good! There's a restaurant over there that I frequent. Li Mo smiled at Shang Shang's shy expression, the tenderness in his eyes seemed to be dripping out, and Su Minzhi nodded secretly.
After greeting the two brothers and sisters of Shang Shang and ordering his subordinates to keep an eye on the construction site, Li Mo walked ahead and took Shang Shang and Su Minzhi to Miaoranju, where he often went to Tongshanfang.
Since the construction of the Temple of Mercy and Grace, Li Mo often goes in and out of this restaurant, but he is familiar with the boss, and now seeing that he is bringing guests, the boss will politely lead the three of them to a small screen with people on his back, set a table of side dishes, and warm a pot of wine, and then go back to the kitchen.
Li Mo felt a little hungry when he saw a table of dishes, and when he saw that Shang Shang and Su Minzhi didn't seem to have eaten before, he was not polite, and took a chopstick dish into his mouth.
Shang Shang saw that he couldn't see that he was hungry, and his face was a little unsightly, seeing that he was in a hurry to eat, he was busy handing water and vegetables, but he couldn't help but complain about Li Zhi in his heart.
He himself was served by someone in the palace, enjoying flowers and listening to music with beauties, but he drove his brother outside and was so hungry that his chest was close to his back!
Su Minzhi watched her sister-in-law busy taking care of Li Mo, knowing that her sister-in-law was distressed, so she didn't say anything, just took a cup of tea and sipped it slowly, while looking at the pedestrians who came in the shade outside.
"Don't just take care of me, you can eat some too, although this chef's craftsmanship is ordinary, it has some umami of home-cooked food, you might as well try it." Li Mo stuffed his beard a few times, and then he eased up a little.
"That's it! Take care of yourself! My brother and I have eaten, so why don't you think you haven't eaten yet? The merchant gave Li Mo another chopstick, and when he saw him gobbling up, he didn't forget to smile at her, and she was angry and distressed.
By the time Li Mo had eaten his full stomach, Su Minzhi had already drunk his second cup of tea, watching the interaction between Li Mo and his sister-in-law, he couldn't help but think of the green sleeves who stayed in the kitchen, and the brilliance in his eyes softened, but when he thought of what he wanted to mention to Li Mo, his mood couldn't relax.
"Master Li, Su has something to say, I don't know whether to talk about it."
"Although there is something to say bluntly, Brother Min doesn't have to meet Li Mo." Li Mo beckoned Xiao Er to take down the food, and when Xiao Er left, he turned his face to look at Su Minzhi.
"Then Su will be blunt." Su Minzhi put down the teacup in his hand, sorting out what he wanted to say in his heart.
"If you want to talk about this, in fact, I also inadvertently found some small problems, Su is not very sure, saying that with Lord Li, I just hope that Lord Li will pay attention, so as not to have a bad deal at that time."
"Brother Su, please speak." Li Mo looked at Su Minzhi's serious face, but he couldn't think of anything worthy of him for a while.
"A few days ago, Su had dinner with the bosses of the trading house, and accidentally heard that the number of pillars on the beam of the main hall of Ci'en Temple was not enough, and the bosses of various timber shops in Chang'an City were a little worried. But for some reason, it was only two days later, and when they saw them again, they were already smiling again. Su Minzhi paused, and then continued: "Originally, this was a good thing, but when I went to see the wood the day before yesterday, I always felt that something was wrong. ”
"What's wrong?" Li Mo's face was also a little wrong, the matter of wood can be big or small, if something really goes wrong, it will be difficult to say, but I am afraid that if it is not done well, it will affect the prince.
"I've been to see the wood, although the color, texture, texture, and smell of the wood are all in line with the characteristics of Huanghuali wood, but for some reason I just feel a little inappropriate, but I found several masters who look at the wood, and they all said that there is no problem," Su Minzhi said here, and he also felt a little embarrassed.
He went to see the timber as an overseer, but if he insisted that the timber was wrong because of his feeling, it would be biased, and it was inconvenient for him to say more. In private, he also found three masters to see, and they all said that it was indeed Huanghuali wood, and the shopkeeper of the Cheng family who entered the wood also said that this batch of wood was collected by him with great difficulty from an old imperial historian who returned to the field, and there was no problem with the way.
But for some reason, looking at the wood, Su Minzhi just felt a little unsteady in his heart.
"Is there such a thing?" Li Mo's two long eyebrows wrinkled unconsciously.
Su Minzhi is a trustworthy person, and he knows that he is by no means a person who talks about it, he said that if he thinks something is wrong, then there must be something wrong, although this problem may not be obvious now, but the construction of the Temple of Mercy and Grace involves the flow of large sums of money in the DPRK, and he also needs to guard against someone stumbling behind his back.
"Maybe Su is too worried, but the matter of Ci'en Temple is related to the royal family, and it is said that there will be a Dharma meeting on the day of the top beam, and the emperor will come in person, if something goes wrong, everyone can't afford it." After thinking about it, Su Minzhi added.
Fighting in the court has always been brutal, and their family is the best example of this. If someone uses this point to stumble on the prince, it is indeed very disadvantageous, and it is better to prevent it early than to remedy it after an accident.
"Li Mo understands, thank you Brother Su for reminding me!" Li Mo arched his hand to Su Minzhi.
"That's it! Don't thank you for coming and going, I look weird and tired. The merchant laughed and interrupted.
Although I didn't know what they were talking about, since it was related to the Temple of Mercy and Grace, it must be very important, so Shang Shang didn't interrupt until the two of them had made it clear, and she didn't open her mouth.
"Hehehe!" Li Mo and Su Minzhi glanced at each other and laughed.
The three of them got up and walked out of the restaurant, because the merchants still wanted to stay in the Temple of Mercy and Grace for a while, so Su Minzhi quit the two of them, and planned to go to the timber boss to inquire about some news, hoping to find out the problems of the timber earlier, of course, if it was really fine, it would be the best.
Li Mo took the merchant back to the construction site in front of the Temple of Mercy and Grace, but this time he did not stand in the middle of a pile of bricks and muddy water, but took the merchant to sit in a pergola in the corner of the construction site.
The sun in June is becoming more and more poisonous, and even if you are full of water and standing under the sun, it is a little uncomfortable to get sunburned.
The merchant looked at the masons who were working under the sun, and said with some sympathy: "Do you want to get some water for them to drink?" Or take a break? Under such a poisonous sun, I'm afraid that if I don't get it right, I'm going to get heatstroke! ”
"Hmmm! At this hour of the day, they will change shifts, do you see that shed over there? That's what they used to rest. Li Mo pointed to a pergola in the northwest corner opposite where the two were standing, and motioned for the merchant to look there.
The merchant merchant set up a pergola to look at it, only to find that there were already some workers sitting under the pergola, some drinking water, some eating, and a few people under the sun were slowly packing up their things, and it seemed that they were also going to rest.
Seeing that the merchant was observing the various wall building tools on the construction site with great interest, Li Mo didn't bother her, only moved his mouth slightly, and a gray figure flashed beside the two.
Li Mo whispered two words, and the gray-clothed man glanced at the place where the materials were stacked in a corner of the construction site and disappeared. From the time he came and went, it was silent, and the merchants didn't even notice it. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )