After such a long delay at the door, Li Gang had already received the arrival of the prince, and soon after entering the palace wall, he met Li Gang and others who came in a hurry.

"Wechen see His Highness."

"Get up."

"Your Highness."

Yang Yong glanced at the crowd, Li Gang, He Kui, and Li Lan...... Only Yu Wenkai, the chief designer of Renshou Palace, was missing, and said with a slight smile: "What, did Young Eunuch Yuwen go to which palace to personally supervise?" ”

Speaking of which, Yu Wenkai and Yang Yong have a grudge against killing their brothers, Yuwen died in the hands of Yang Yong, Yu Wenkai was also implicated at the beginning, and was once dismissed, but Yu Wenkai was not interested in power, and devoted himself to the design of various buildings, Guangtong Canal, Daxing City and other large buildings, all of which were designed by Yu Wenkai.

"Back to the prince, that's exactly the case, Weichen has already sent someone to inform Young Eunuch Yuwen." Li Gang replied that although Li Gang and the crown prince had formed brothers of the opposite sex, but in front of outsiders, Li Gang still did not dare to be rude in the slightest, so as not to be blamed.

Yang Yong jumped off the horse and waved his hand: "Well, no need, it just so happens that the palace is also going to check it, so let's go to the palace where Young Eunuch Yuwen is located first." ”

"Yes."

Renshou Palace is built according to the topography, the height of the temple is different between the temple, they are connected by a huge bluestone paved road in the middle, but there are steps in many places, riding a horse is definitely not good, Yang Yong and others get off the horse, naturally someone comes to lead the horse down to wash and feed. And Li Gang and others led the way.

He Wei has been promoted from an ordinary sailor on the original battleship to the master of the court, the stone arch bridge in front of Renshou Palace is designed and built by He Wei and Li Lan, this stone arch bridge is more than 50 meters long, the arch is seven meters high, 15 meters wide, after completion, it can accommodate 30 people side by side to cross the bridge together, it is the longest single-hole stone arch bridge at this time.

Such a stone arch bridge was a miracle at that time, but it is a pity that the bridge that Yang Yong saw in later generations was far from being comparable to such a stone arch bridge. Take it for granted. Ho Kui. Li Lan and the two did not receive a special award, if Yang Yong knew, this Li Lan was the father of Li Chundi, the designer of the Zhaozhou Bridge, and the Zhaozhou Bridge stood for 1,400 years, and was famous in later generations, but it was about ten meters longer than the current bridge, and the width was several times that of the Zhaozhou Bridge. I'm afraid that the two of them will look at it differently when they built such a majestic stone arch bridge.

Although it is not yet finished, just walking on such a bluestone pavement, there are tall trees on both sides to shade and avoid the sun, and from time to time to see the golden eaves of the temple in the distance, it is already pleasing to the eye, of course, it would be better if there was no ubiquitous clanging sound.

However, this is not possible. Hundreds of thousands of craftsmen and men did not stop work when the prince came to inspect them. When he saw Li Gang and the others coming, the people who were transporting the materials just automatically avoided the side and waited for them to walk by. It's back to the same again.

There is no previous court to build all kinds of large-scale projects everywhere can be seen whip-wielding supervisors, but whether the craftsmen or the people, few people will be lazy, although at this time the people are mostly simple, thick, for the emperor to repair the palace, not only to manage the food, but also to take the money, how to have such a good thing before, if lazy, then how to be worthy of the emperor, worthy of the court.

Of course, the supervision office set a strict project schedule is also a reason, Yu Wenkai, Li Gang and others according to Yang Yong's proposal, the huge Renshou Palace project layer by layer, the implementation of a team, if not completed on time, not only to deduct wages, if the serious delay in the progress of the team will be directly fired, deduction of wages is a small matter, if you are expelled, then where to put your face, so for their fellow workers, they will naturally supervise each other, even if they want to be lazy, in this case, Overseers with whips in their hands became superfluous.

Renshou Palace covers a vast area, and the group talked while walking, Li Gang has already reported to Yang Yong the progress of the past half a month, everything is going according to plan, and in October, this Renshou Palace, which cost more than 20 million yuan, will be completed.

Yang Yong couldn't help but smash his tongue, 20 million guan, if it is placed in the future, I am afraid it is equivalent to tens of billions of level projects, the construction of the palace is really a huge cost, if it is not for the great development of the textile industry in these years to bring the court income, I am afraid that the Sui can not come up with this huge cost within two years, last year the household alone from the weaving factory directly collected millions of taxes, plus other indirect taxes, it is estimated that the court from the textile income of at least five million per year, has been second only to Tian Fu.

However, think about the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, the income from the salt administration alone can reach the level of 10 million taels of silver, although everyone needs to eat salt, and everyone needs to wear clothes, the income of the court in the textile industry still has a great future, I am afraid that it will exceed the income of Tian Fu in less than ten years.

It is precisely because of the huge benefits, so how to change in the future, it is impossible to make the textile industry regress to the level of a single family production, which is equivalent to breaking the small peasant economy that China has maintained for a long time, the textile level of the Great Sui is now at least close to the level of the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a small loom, Yang Yong is equal to the birth of China's textile technology in advance of a thousand years, how to develop in the future, Yang Yong can not predict.

If there is no income, although the Great Sui is rich, it is impossible to come up with this huge amount of money to build Renshou Palace, but if it is not for Yang Yong's suggestion to pay the people to work, the cost of building Renshou Palace is only afraid to be reduced by three-quarters, after all, all the materials are taken directly from the deep mountains, except for food, most of the expenses of the court can be saved, and Renshou Palace can still be built, but it is the people who participated in the construction of the people.

"Li Aiqing, since Renshou Palace can be completed in three months, I don't know if the money and food are enough?"

"Your Highness, rest assured, the money and food allocated for the construction of Renshou Palace are more than enough." Li Gang replied.

"Oh, how much is left?" Yang Yong, Lu Mulin and others all had their eyes lit up, money doesn't matter, what the capital lacks now is grain, and the more grain, the better.

Li Gang made a calculation, took the calculation from one of his subordinates, and just hung in the air: "Your Highness, there are still three hundred and six dollars left."

About 350,000 yuan per month. The total cost of other materials will not exceed 200,000 yuan, plus the food expenses of the people, and all kinds of miscellaneous expenses will need 780,000 yuan a month, so that in March, the salary will be 1.15 million yuan, and the food expenses of the people will be 230,000 yuan. Material cost 200,000 yuan ......"

Yang Yong didn't care about how much money was left. Seeing Li Gang counting the money. He interrupted impatiently: "Li Aiqing, you don't have to count the money, let's calculate how much grain you can have left." ”

"Yes." A trace of incomprehension flashed in Li Gang's eyes, the cost of food is far less than the cost of money, and it is a bit surprising that Yang Yong does not care about money and only cares about food, since the construction of Renshou Palace, the capital is only more than a hundred miles. Li Gang rarely has the opportunity to go back, he has no sense of the weather in the deep mountains, although many people have to go into the mountains to find jobs recently, Li Gang has not learned in detail, naturally he does not know that due to drought outside, the food in the capital has been in a hurry.

"Your Highness, there are still more than 1.2 million stones of grain left in the mountain, at the current rate of consumption. It takes about 200,000 stone per month. ”

The people in the mountains are all strong men. I am engaged in heavy physical work every day, and it is natural to eat a little more, but. This situation was better than Yang Yong's estimate, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "In this way, at least 600,000 stone of grain can be saved in the mountains." ”

"Back to Your Highness, that's exactly the case, that is, there is no 600,000 stone grain, at least 500,000 stone can be land, and money can be ......."

Li Gang was about to calculate the money, but Yang Yong had already interrupted him: "No need, this palace is not here to check the accounts today, and the money matter is another matter." ”

Li Gang was blocked again, and he wondered in his heart, so he had to put down his abacus and lead the way silently in front.

"500,000 stones, 500,000 stones!" Yang Yong muttered to himself, 500,000 stone seems to be a lot, but it is also a drop in the bucket compared to the population of the capital, however, it is better than nothing, and the transportation back can at least block it for a while, and temporarily lower the price of grain.

"Your Highness, Lord Yu Wenkai is here."

Yang Yong looked up, only to see that Yu Wenkai really came in a hurry under the leadership of a forbidden army, Yu Wenkai was a young eunuch, but the clothes on his body were stained with sawdust, ink and other dirt, he obviously couldn't help but personally participate in the measurement or construction of the temple.

"Wechen see His Highness!"

"Yuwen Aiqing, please get up, Aiqing has worked hard."

"Don't dare, this is a matter for the minister." Yu Wenkai bent down slightly and got up, although the person in front of him killed his brother, but Yu Wenkai knew that he had no way to retaliate, and he couldn't even treat him as an enemy, because the identity of the person in front of him was the prince, but it was impossible to have no diaphragm in his heart at all, every time Yang Yong came over, he was basically lukewarm.

Yang Yong doesn't care about Yu Wenkai's attitude, Yu Wenkai is just a nerd who is obsessed with architecture, and he is not a threat to his status, but such a master architect, if he is easily removed, it can only be a big loss to the court.

Yu Wenkai's report was not much different from Li Gang's, Yang Yong completely relieved his mind and asked: "Recently, there are many people in the mountains who want to work, since there is a lot of food, the surplus grain is planned to be transported back to Beijing, and some of it will be left for Renshou Palace to increase manpower, I don't know if it is feasible?" ”

Yu Wenkai asked blankly: "Your Highness, what's the matter with these people who work on the construction site?" ”

He is the director of the building, and he doesn't care about these things more than Li Gang, Yang Yong asked, and said to Lu Mulin: "Lu Aiqing, you come and tell him." ”

Lu Mulin told the story of the drought in the capital, and Li Gang suddenly realized, no wonder the prince kept staring at the grain, but he didn't expect that the prince had not come for half a month, and the drought in the capital would become so serious.

The so-called ice moves three feet, not a day of cold, although there was a drought before, but it did not cause too serious things, Yang Yong naturally did not mention it, Yu Wenkai said lightly: "Your Highness, since someone has taken the initiative to do the work, why doesn't Your Highness suggest a new project to the emperor?" ”。

As the director of Renshou Palace, Yu Wenkai naturally didn't want anyone to join to disrupt the progress, just casually perfunctory.

"Work again." Yu Wenkai mentioned this, Yang Yong suddenly brightened, and then open the project, not only can solve the current problem in the capital, but also can solve the problem of staying after the completion of Renshou Palace, Renshou Palace is about to end, these 300,000 people can certainly be put home, but after two years of Renshou Palace, even if they were completely farmers before, now they have become skilled workers, and it is undoubtedly a pity to let these people work again in farming.

The Great Sui is not without money, nor is it without food, the grain in the official warehouses in various places adds up to at least tens of millions of stones, not to mention the people's righteous warehouses, but these grains are in Luoyang or outside Luoyang, and the grain in the capital has been consumed by Renshou Palace, but it has encountered a major drought again, and it is difficult for the grain from outside to come in, and the grain is difficult to transport, so people can't go out.

It's just that there is no guidance and interests of the government, many people are difficult to leave their homeland, after all, the poor family is rich, they can't survive in the capital, and they can't live even more outside, naturally no one wants to escape the famine casually, there is an example of Renshou Palace, plus the current drought, if the court opens a new project, many people are afraid that they will desperately participate.

It's just where to start a project, build Luoyang Palace, or open the Grand Canal, these are all things that bring infamy to Yang Guang through the ages, to be honest, repair Luoyang Palace is scolded, Yang Guang is not resentful, and the Grand Canal is also scolded, Yang Guang is somewhat wronged, if there is no Grand Canal, I am afraid that the glory of the Tang Dynasty will be discounted.

Repairing the Grand Canal is certainly better than repairing Luoyang Palace, but now the financial resources of the Great Sui can afford to undertake such a project as the Grand Canal after the construction of Renshou Palace.

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