"Master Hou, Shaofu Zhao Mansion is here to visit!"

When the Academy of Sciences was looking at the design drawings, a doorman came to report to the Shaofu that Zhao Wei came to visit.

"You go on, please Zhao Fuling come to my office!" Chen Xu nodded and asked Zhang Cang, Hu Kuan and others to continue to study the design drawings, and make the on-site sand table renderings as soon as possible, and before he could sit down when he walked to the office, Zhao Wei rushed in, the pace was fast and urgent, as if burning his buttocks, and the jade crown on his head looked a little crooked.

"Didn't Zhao Fuling go to Luoyang? Why does it look so embarrassed? Chen Xu greeted with a little doubt.

Zhao Wei didn't even have time to salute, jumped in front of Chen Xu in a few steps, grabbed Chen Xu's arm, and said eagerly: "Master Hou, Wei Fang has just returned to Xianyang, and he hasn't had time to return to his house yet, I heard that you are planning to build a hundred statues of the sages in the square and on the steps in front of the library?" ”

"Yes!" Chen Xu nodded slightly, and then said with a smile: "Could it be that Zhao Fuling also wants to get a statue, and there are still many ...... in the current position."

"Master Hou, you are harming me!" Zhao Wei jumped to his feet anxiously, "In order to make up enough money for your project, I went back and forth for more than half a month, and went to Luoyang to convene copper and iron miners to collect taxes on iron ore and coal mines next year in advance. ”

"Zhao Fu ordered not to be in a hurry, sit down and say!" Chen Xu pulled Zhao Wei to sit down, and then asked the scribe to bring tea.

"Master Hou, how can you let me not be in a hurry, please don't get this statue, okay, or...... Leave these statues in the back and make them slowly, and in three or five years, I will definitely give you the money for the statues......" Zhao Wei kept shouting while drinking tea.

"How can it be done in three or five years, this statue must be done quickly, otherwise where will the rest of the money come from?" Chen Xu shook his head.

"Master Hou......" Zhao Wei, a man in his forties, almost cried.

"Don't worry, isn't Ben Hou worrying about Zhao Fuling? Only by getting these statues done, Zhao Fuling doesn't have to go back and forth like this to raise money! ”

"What do you mean by Master Hou?" Zhao Wei looked at Chen Xu with a surprised face.

"Zhao Fu Ling, this matter Ben Hou planned like this, originally estimated that this project would cost 40 million money, and this project is not like Keju Square can also be rented out to collect money, so it must be a money-losing business, but for the development and prosperity of Daqin, it has to be repaired, Ben Hou also knows that the Shaofu and the Finance Department can't come up with this huge amount of money at the moment, so he asked the newspaper to donate the money he has earned over the years, but the result is still not enough, and Ben Hou heard that Zhao Fu Ling had to run around because of the money, Ben Hou also felt very guilty......

"Hey, Hou Ye doesn't need to feel guilty, it's the lack of power that makes Hou Ye embarrassed, this project should be funded by the imperial court and Shaofu, and it has nothing to do with Hou Ye, now the newspaper has a big head, and it is natural for Shaofu to make up the remaining money, but the mines and woodland, steel, salt, silk and other taxes under the jurisdiction of Shaofu are collected in January and June every year, and now it is late autumn, all kinds of budgets and expenditures have already been allocated by law, and the treasury only has less than two million money left for daily emergency use, this million is really troublesome to raise, but Hou Ye can rest assured, Wei went to Luoyang this time to collect more than 4 million yuan in advance of the taxes of many mines in the next spring, which was first handed over to Hou Ye for the construction of libraries and Beijing Normal University, and when the mining and forest land taxes in various places were collected after the spring of next year, the rest will inevitably be made up, and it will not ruin Hou Ye's plan......

"Zhao Fu ordered to listen to Ben Hou finish his words first!" Chen Xu interrupted Zhao Wei's words with a smile and a smile.

"Yes, yes, Master Hou, please speak!" Zhao Wei nodded hurriedly.

"I released this plan to build a statue, in fact, I am raising money for Shaofu Ling, but I can't talk to Your Majesty about this matter, if Zhao Fuling can help me handle this matter in front of Your Majesty, in the end, I don't need Shaofu to pay a penny at all......"

"Really...... It's true...... That...... Where does that money come from? Zhao Wei instantly felt that his soul was floating outside his body, and his tongue was a little knotted when he spoke.

Chen Xu took a sip of tea and nodded, "Ben Hou plans to build a hundred statues, bid for a hundred disciples according to their location, a total of fifty steps from the square to the library, two statues can be placed on each level, just one hundred can be placed, and then the price will be set according to the five steps and one grade, the next step starts at 20,000 yuan, the higher it goes, the more expensive it is, and the ten statues closest to the library start at 100,000 yuan......"

After Chen Xu finished speaking, Zhao Wei was still in a sculptural state with a dull face, his mouth was wide open, his eyes were empty, the teacup was already crooked in his hand, and the tea was flowing on the official robe.

"Zhao Fu Ling~~" Chen Xu called several times in a row, Zhao Wei finally returned to the body, looked at Chen Xu with a twitch of his face for a long time before finally putting the teacup on the desk, wiped his saliva with his sleeve, and asked with a strange expression: "Master Hou, are you really going to do this?" ”

"This is the best way I can think of, which not only solves the embarrassment of Zhao Fuling, but also allows hundreds of disciples in the world to use light and heat to participate in the construction of this literary temple! Zhao Fuling imagined that when the library rose out of thin air, on both sides of a two-hundred-zhang long staircase, there were two rows of statues of the sons of a hundred schools, one by one like a sage to pay attention to and look down on the scholars who came and went to the library, what a sacred and glorious thing it should be, once everyone embarked on this road of sages, they must also be extremely pious, and they can't help but feel excited and proud of the splendid culture left by these many sages, and they will work hard to learn and carry forward these civilizations, and this ...... It is also Benhou's greatest wish to build this library, to establish a heart for heaven and earth, to establish a life for the people, to continue to learn for the saints, and to open peace for all generations, and the disciples of hundreds of schools are all literate people, and they should have this kind of consciousness and responsibility......"

Zhao Wei: ......

Zhao Wei came and went quickly, his footsteps hurriedly rushed into Chen Xu's office, and he left in a hurry before he finished drinking a cup of tea, and when he went down the steps in front of the Academy of Sciences, he even stumbled and carried him down, if it wasn't for a passing craftsman to hold him up, it is estimated that Zhao Wei would have fallen and his nose and face were swollen.

"Thank you, thank you!" Zhao Wei thanked the craftsman with scattered eyes, and then continued to climb into the carriage with one foot high and one foot low and soon left the Academy of Sciences.

"Master Hou, Zhao Fuling seems to be suffering from absence, and it is difficult to walk!" Just now, the craftsman walked up to Chen Xu, who was standing at the door of the office and whispered.

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, be careful that he comes back to his senses and beats you!"

"Well, then forget it, if Zhao Fuling asks next time, you will say that you didn't see me helping him!" The craftsman shuddered, trotted all the way and disappeared.

On the way back, Zhao Wei was in a chaotic mood.

In order to complete the emperor's order, he went to collect money for Chen Xu's project, and he didn't get it together for more than half a month, and he just returned to Xianyang in a hurry, and before he entered the city, he saw a few monks arguing on the side of the road, blowing his beard, staring, rolling his sleeves, and drawing his sword, as if he was going to fight desperately.

In this case, Zhao Wei, who was already in a bad mood, got out of the car and scolded angrily, and ordered the forbidden army to drive away a few monks, but a few monks didn't go far and just got up, Zhao Wei asked the forbidden army to bring a few monks to ask carefully, only to know that the Qinghe Marquis planned to build a hundred statues of the sages at the entrance of the library.

Zhao Wei was stunned at that time, and his blood dripped all the way to the gate of the Academy of Sciences, but after being blown by Chen Xu, he came out in a trance.

Using the method of bidding to erect statues for the ancestors of a hundred schools, this kind of deviant thing can only be done by the Marquis of Qinghe.

But this is indeed the only way to make money, everyone knows that the library and Beijing Normal University is a money-losing project, just like many royal palaces inside and outside Xianyang, it is a face to repair, and someone has to suffer if it is not repaired, for the repair of the library, whether it is the court or the people are absolutely supportive, after all, this is a major project to benefit the country and the people to enhance the image of Xianyang, just like Keju Square, since it was repaired, it has become a landmark building in Xianyang, and it is the proudest building of the people of Xianyang, which is the pride of Xianyang. Other counties can only envy, envy and hate, the former capital of the former six countries has been left far behind by Xianyang.

But after using this method to raise money and let those Chinese sages know, I don't know what kind of mood it will be, and whether they will crawl out of the coffin and reprimand these descendants...... Why didn't he get his statue to the highest position?

Come to think of it, the disciples of the hundred schools are all face-loving people, and the face of the sages of the hundred schools is even more embarrassing.

Zhao Wei entered the palace with a strange look like crying and laughing all the way, and went to the Zichen Hall to meet Qin Shi Huang.

"Zuo Xiangzhen...... Is that really going to happen? After hearing this, Qin Shi Huang was also confused, and the ink on the brush in his hand was still unconscious.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhao Wei wiped the sweat on his forehead and nodded.

"Zuo Xiang acted like an antelope hanging its horns without a trace, and such a deviant thing was also done, cough cough~, I ...... Should I agree or not...... Qin Shi Huang raised his hand to touch his beard, and did not come back to his senses until he was almost poked in the face by a brush.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Qinghe acted like this, but also to save money for Your Majesty, and now the Shaofu Treasury is empty, and the money is not enough to make up for the rest of the money......"

"Hmph, where is the tax revenue of Shaofu used every year?" Qin Shi Huang looked at Zhao Wei coldly.

Zhao Wei was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the total tax collected by Shaofu in the spring and summer this year is more than 48 million yuan, and the total amount of money and grain is 12 million stones, which is the most lucrative year in the past, but this year we will build Xingle Palace, expand the forest garden, renovate the Yonggong Palace and the Imperial Palace, and build a swimming pool in the Ganquan Palace, and ...... And ......"

"And what? I handed over the Shaofu to you, what else is there to hide from me, what kind of system is it to swallow and spit out? Qin Shi Huang was extremely angry and threw the brush on the desk, and in an instant a large piece of the book was blackened.

"Your Majesty, you once said that many concubines in the harem have not purchased dresses and ornaments for many years, and asked the ministers to distribute money and purchase clothes, and have spent a total of more than 10 million ......."

Qin Shi Huang: ......