In the study room of the Qinzheng Palace, Gao Yuan casually put aside the plan for the expansion of Jicheng handed over by Wu Kai, "Old Wu, I won't say anything about the cost of as much as five million taels of silver, you are also an old expert in building the city, Jishi County was built under Guo Quan's planning and your overall planning, but you are all asking for silver from the treasury here, is it possible that you don't have any money to make money?"

"Your Majesty, building a city and expanding its capacity is a matter that costs money and food, how do you tell me to make money?" Wu Kai was dumbfounded.

"Why can't there be a way? Let me ask you, outside the walls of Jicheng, it is basically farmland now, isn't it? There aren't many residents, right?" Takato asked.

"Exactly, these farmlands are ownery, I am now negotiating with Tianhe County to compensate them for the land, the king, even if I set the compensation standard at one to one to five, these farmers are not willing to change it, their fields are close to Jicheng, and they don't grow grain, they all grow some sparse vegetables and fruits, and the annual income is safe, and they are all away from it all of a sudden, and they don't do it!" Wu Kai had a bitter face, if it was still in the Yan Dynasty, with an order, if any peasant didn't do it, even the house would be picked up, and the people would be caught in the prison and locked up for a period of time, I am not afraid that you will not agree, but now in the Han Dynasty, this trick will no longer work, if you dare to do this, the next day the Great Council will be able to spray you into the sky, and the officials who are not in charge of this part are already in a mess.

Wu Kai couldn't imagine that the first thing he was responsible for after leaving Jishi County and being transferred to the political hall was such a head-scratching thing, thinking of Jiang Jiaquan and Yan Shenghao's treacherous smiles, he was angry.

"In addition to negotiating with Tianhe County to exchange land for them, you buy their land again, sell it at the market price, they get a sum of silver, and they can get the same scale of land, I keep them to agree, and then you let it go, saying that this is a time limit, after the time, then there is only silver, there is no land compensation, I keep them one by one to run faster than a rabbit to sign with you." Gao Yuandao.

"Wouldn't that add an extra sum of silver?" Wu Kai pointed to the plan in Gao Yuan's hand, "The five million taels can't come down yet!"

"Lao Wu, Lao Wu, you said that you are also a famous profiteer, why are you still so rigid?" Gao Yuan's fingers were eager to poke Wu Kai's head." You paid money to buy these lands, are these lands yours?"

"It's not mine, it's the court!" Wu Kai corrected seriously.

Gao Yuan was angry and funny, "This land is yours, okay, it's the imperial court, then how to plan is not our business, it is your political affairs hall, send a notice, tell all the workshop owners in Jicheng City, just say that from a certain month and a certain day, within the first ring of Jicheng, no more workshops are allowed to be stored, and all of them must go outside the first ring."

"What's the link?" Wu Kai and Wu Qi, who was waiting to report the situation on one side, were petrified again, and now when they talk to the king, the king will come up with some words that they can't understand from time to time, and Wu Kai even wonders if the king of Han has not been on the battlefield for a long time, and his brain is a little funny.

"Well, that's it!" Gao Yuan sweated slightly, "In the future, within the city wall of Jicheng, it will be called the first ring, also called the central city, and outside the city wall, it will be called the second ring!" Within one ring, it is only allowed to be used for residential and commercial purposes in the future, such as workshops have to be moved out. You send this notice, and then you sell the land, divide the land you just received into small pieces, and put it up for auction, and the one with the highest price will get it. The land of the second ring is also good, and I am not afraid that no one will come to grab it. What is the market price of the land outside Jicheng now?"

"Your Majesty, the nearest one hundred taels of silver is one acre, and the slightly worse ones are also fifty taels to eighty taels?" Wu Kaidao.

"So expensive?" Gao Yuan asked in surprise.

"It's so expensive, now the permanent population of Jicheng is approaching 800,000, and a few years ago, the population of Jicheng was only about 300,000 or 400,000 at its peak. Otherwise, how can we expand the capacity of the city?" Wu Kaidao.

"It's almost time to catch up with Yingcheng!" Gao Yuan was a little proud, as a superpower in the south, Yingcheng of Chu State has more than one million permanent residents, and it is the largest city on this continent." Then the starting price of the land in your second ring will mark me two hundred taels of silver, whether you like to buy it or not."

Wu Kai Khan has come down, this is purely using the state machine to grab money, "Your Majesty, where is the Great Council?"

"Besides, won't you go to some familiar members of the Great Council and persuade them to support you? Mobilize the councilors in your council, and everyone should contact some of the big councilors, and I will hint a little, so that there won't be too many people baring their teeth!" Gao Yuan snorted: "If they don't want to, you can initiate a tax increase, Jicheng is the capital of my Han Dynasty, the capital must have the appearance of the capital, and now the capital is expanding, that is the matter of the entire Han Dynasty, if these parliamentarians are looking for trouble with you in this matter, then they can only raise taxes in the country, so that the people of the whole country can contribute to the capital, as soon as this trick comes out, the big councilors who keep it will have to shut their mouths one by one. Raise your hands to welcome your initiative."

"I'm afraid that the councilors of Jicheng and Tianhe will scold me." Wu Kai smiled bitterly.

"What's wrong with scolding you, you won't lose a piece of meat!" Loft laughed.

"In this way, it can solve more than half of the cost. We sold the land and let these workshop owners build their own houses, and the imperial court was only responsible for the construction of some basic facilities such as roads."

"Draw inferences from one another, and the children can be taught!" Gao Yuan smiled. By the way, you go back and tear down the walls of Jicheng for me, these bluestones, green bricks, and wood beams can be sold for a lot of money, right?" Gao Yuan patted the armrest of the chair.

"Your Majesty, how can this be? The city wall is the foundation of a city's defense, how can it be demolished, no matter how short of money we are, we will not lack this money!" Wu Kai and Wu Qi exclaimed together.

Gao Yuan stood up, paced back and forth in the hall for a few steps, and said proudly, "Now that my Great Han Kingdom still needs a city wall to protect the safety of Jicheng?" Looking at the world, who can raise troops to fight Jicheng!"

The two councillors looked at the high-spirited Gao Yuan, and they were speechless for a while, yes, looking at the world, who can still fight Jicheng, and now the only two big countries on this continent, I'm afraid they are all worried about the Han army raising troops to attack them, right?

"Demolished, people's hearts are walls, as long as our Han keeps moving forward with the current momentum, the capital of the Han Dynasty will never need a city wall." Gao Yuan waved his hand.

"If the city walls are completely torn down, not only can these materials be sold for a lot of money, but the vacant places can be sold for a good price, and the geographical location here is much more valuable than the farmland outside." Wu Kaidao.

"Yes, yes, that's it." Gao Yuanmei smiled: "But we still need to set aside some places and build a few squares, we also have to let the people of Jicheng have a place to play, don't you say?"

Wu Kai quickly calculated for a while in his heart, in this way, he was afraid that the silver he needed would be almost the same, and he said excitedly: "This time the silver is enough, I want to take a good look at Wang Wuyan's stinky face when I go back, he is probably waiting for how to make it difficult for me?"

"I advise you not to go to him, when he knows your plan, he will definitely send someone from the Ministry of Finance to keep an eye on every penny you use, but if there is a little superfluous, he will definitely take it away." Loft laughed.

"He'll go left and right, why don't I laugh at him first!" Wu Kai laughed: "My business is over, Wu Qi, it's your turn."

Wu Qi is now in charge of the Ministry of Industry, not only to keep an eye on the east-west arteries that Guo Quan is building, but also to pay attention to the country's water conservancy and roads.

"These methods of making money that the king just said make the courtiers happy and convinced, and I think we have a lot to learn from when we build this road!" Wu Qi said thoughtfully: "The king has passed, to get rich first, first build the road, once this road is completed, both sides of the road will naturally become prosperous, the Ministry of Industry can also learn from this method, when building the road, the land on both sides of the road in some important places will be bought first, and then sold, so that part of the financial difficulties can also be solved."

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "That's not impossible, it's just that you have to pay attention to the way you do things, and this money is tantamount to a drop in the bucket for this artery. I've also thought of some ways to raise money for this artery."

"I wonder what the king is going to do?" Wu Qi pricked up his ears.

"The three counties of Liaodong are rich in mineral deposits, copper, gold, and silver, and I am ready to sell the mining rights of these mines." Gao Yuan walked to the map, and his fingers knocked on the three counties of Liaodong on the map, "There are treasures everywhere, let's sell the mining rights of these mineral deposits, I think our big merchants with capital in the Han Dynasty will definitely flock to it." In this way, you can raise a large amount of money to build roads, second, these people can buy the mining rights of these mines, want to mine, you have to recruit people, which can solve the livelihood problems of many local people, for the prosperity of the local economy has a lot of benefits, third, he opened the mine, he has to build roads to transport these mines out, then, in addition to the main artery of our imperial court, the counties and townships below will also have roads to connect with this artery. Count it all in one fell swoop."

He turned his head, "Wu Qi, you go back and plan carefully, those mines can be sold, how many years will they be sold, and write a plan for me."

"Yes, Your Majesty understands, and after your Majesty goes down, he will organize people to do this immediately." Wu Qi nodded again and again.

As he was talking, He Weiyuan pushed the door and entered: "Your Majesty, the chief judge asks to see you."

As soon as they heard that Jing Shou was coming, Wu Kai and Wu Qi stood up together, "The king still has something to do, I'll leave after waiting for this."

"No, no, no!" Gao Yuan waved his hand, "What I said to Jing Shou today, you can also listen to it, this is a big event, it is necessary for the political hall to know, and you must have a preparation in your heart!" (To be continued......)