Du Wenhao glanced at the drawings and found that the lake was only connected to the pond of the current Yuhua Houyuan, and said strangely: "Is it wrong to draw, why does this lake only have a waterway that enters the water, and there is no place for the water to come out?" ”

Gao Tao smiled and said, "That's the water channel!" It's not waterlogged. ”

Du Wenhao was even more surprised: "The waterway out of the water? So how does it get into the water? ”

"Guess!" Gao Tao blinked and looked at him with a smug expression.

"This ......, the rain from the sky, right? But the rain can't keep falling, and if it doesn't rain, what should I do? ”

"Well, the rain is only a tiny part of it, guess! Don't guess in the sky, guess in the ground! ”

"Underground? Groundwater? Spring? ”

"That's right!" Gao Tao was a little complacent about his ingenious idea, "I thought about it, if it is like the current pond, it is okay to lead the water of the moat, but in the future, the two of us will swim and bathe in the lake, but the water of the moat is to lead the water of the Bianhe River, flowing through so many places, along the way peasant women wash their clothes, wash their feet and diapers, wash rice and vegetables, kill chickens and geese, children swim in the river to and pee, and drowned pigs, cattle and sheep rot in the river, it is disgusting to think about!" ”

Du Wenhao smiled bitterly: "Hearing you say this, I'm not interested." ”

"No, so, the water source of our lake must be the water from the source, so that it is clean and elegant from the bones. Last night, I summoned Yin Caijing of Kaifeng Mansion overnight and asked him to immediately investigate how many springs there are in the land we plan to expand. This Cai Jing is also very neat. The results were reported early this morning, and there were 36 wells, large and small. They are all sweet wells that never dry up all year round! Among them, two eyes are particularly large, and the water that bubbles up flows into small streams and flows into the Bianhe River, and these two small streams also have the name of 'Yaobi River'. The origin of the name is that the water of this spring is as sweet as the nectar of Yao Pond, quiet and turquoise. The people from the Ministry of Works said that if the borehole was drilled, the amount of water would be greater! ”

"Really? How much is the total amount of water? ”

"The people of the Ministry of Industry have calculated that the water from these 36 wells, especially the water from these two big eye springs, can fill the entire lake in less than a month, and can ensure the flow of water in the lake."

"That's great, we're the water at the source, it's clean and comfortable, we can swim in the water."

Gao Tao's eyes flashed: "Do you know how to swim?" ”

"Absolutely! When I was a kid, I used to put my clothes on top of my head and swim across the river to play. ”

"Really? Then you teach me to swim when the time comes, I can't swim. ”

"Okay! We can divide this artificial lake into shallow and deep water, so that you can swim in shallow water and safely. ”

"No," Gao Tao shook his head, "this lake should be dug deep, there is no shallow water area, I want to swim in the deep water, you teach me, anyway, with you by my side, I am not afraid of anything!" ”

Gao Tao is weak by nature, she can say this, and dare to risk her life, which proves that her trust in herself is wholehearted, and being able to get such trust makes Du Wenhao's heart warm.

Du Wenhao wanted to make love to her, but he couldn't help it, so he turned his back to the officials and craftsmen in the distance, and gave a flying kiss to Gao Tao.

The ancients were far less open than modern people in terms of the expression of sex and love, especially the people in the palace, who paid attention to Sven etiquette in their gestures. Gao Tao had never seen such a warm expression, and suddenly his whole body was hot, his cheeks were full of red glow, and his soft eyes were almost dripping water, and he followed his example, pursed his red lips slightly, as if he was about to step forward to meet his deep kiss.

Du Wenhao saw that she was already emotional, and behind her was the official of the Ministry of Industry, but he didn't dare to mess around, once people saw the clues, it would be terrible, so he coughed lightly and said loudly: "The Empress Dowager, what are you going to repair in these empty places?" ”

This sound of the Empress Dowager made Gao Tao wake up suddenly, naturally knowing Du Wenhao's intentions, he looked at him eating and laughed in a low voice: "I haven't thought about it yet, what do you think?" ”

"Me?" Du Wenhao smiled bitterly in a low voice: "Do you see how can I have half a bone on my body?" I was okay to see a doctor, let me conceive the layout of the building, which was to catch the ducks on the shelves. ”

Gao Tao giggled: "You're welcome, you're much better than those nerds who only know how to drop their book bags." ”

"Thank you for the compliment," Du Wenhao glanced at the renderings of the pavilion and pavilion, dotted with pines, cypresses, bamboos, strange mountains and stones, and couldn't help but praise: "Tao, you are ready to build a large number of buildings and transform this Yuhua Houyuan flower garden into a grand view garden?" ”

Gao Tao said curiously: "Grand View Garden? Which dynasty's garden? ”

Du Wenhao hurriedly said nonsense: "The Grand View Garden is the meaning of the grand view, which means that it is very magnificent, not the garden built by any dynasty." ”

"Oh, don't you think it's good?"

"No, no, it's good, I just think how much it will cost to build such a big garden."

Gao Tao looked at him, his eyes were full of love: "Don't worry about the money, this garden is specially built for the two of us, and it is separated from the current Yuhua Houyuan." You just tell me, do you like it or not? ”

"Of course I do!"

"Really?"

"Really!"

Gao Tao looked at his eyes, saw the sincerity in them, and a smile suddenly bloomed on his face, like a summer flower: "After you left last night, I couldn't sleep, so I went to this small hill to see where Yu Xuanxiu was." I looked at it for a while, but there was no suitable place. The rain stopped, overlooking the capital, the lights of thousands of homes, the night was pleasant, but this small hill was too low to see. I thought, if I can build a high platform, although I don't have the luxury of covering the Tongque Terrace, as long as I can climb high and overlook, and listen to the rain and meditate, it would be good, I just wanted to build another high platform......"

Du Wenhao said: "This is a good idea! On the high platform, looking into the distance, the feeling of relaxation and joy is really good, I often go to the mountain when I read, the feeling of 'will be at the top, a glance at the mountains', it is really indescribable! ”

Gao Tao heard Du Wenhao agree with her idea, and was even more happy, and continued: "I originally wanted to build the high platform on this small hill, below is the lotus pond, and planted with banana trees around it, so that I can listen to the sound of frogs in the lotus pond, the rain hitting the plantains, and the sound of raindrops falling in the pond. ——Listen to the rain to have this feeling, it is best to boat on the lake, moored in the middle of the lake, there is only the sound of rain all around, then there is a sense of meaning, thinking of this, I have a whim, build an artificial lake, a very big artificial lake, only leave an island in the center of the lake, and repair our listening to the rain on the isolated island......"

"I see, hehe, so you called the Ministry of Industry overnight to discuss whether your idea is feasible?"

"You know people are in a hurry!" Gao Tao's face was full of peach blossoms, slightly shy, and said with a light smile: "We discussed it last time, and when things are busy, let's go to a secluded place to recuperate for a while, but now the curtain is hanging to listen to the government, everything is new, I am afraid that I will not have time to go out of Beijing to travel, so I think if there is such a quiet place around me, it can not only facilitate the handling of government affairs, but also fulfill my dream of playing mountains and rivers hand in hand." Therefore, I made this determination, not only to build a listening rain pavilion, but also to build a satisfactory garden, so that the two of us can be busy and live a clean life of idle clouds and wild cranes. ”

Du Wenhao was really moved in his heart, Gao Taotao actually built such a large-scale royal garden for himself, it seems that Gao Taotao has fallen deeply in love. Being loved will also breed love, Du Wenhao feels that this is not false at all. If it weren't for someone around, Du Wenhao would have wanted to hug her and kiss her and tell her how he felt in his heart.

Despite this, Gao Taolan's heart was wise, and he had already seen the sincere love in Du Wenhao's eyes, and his heart was like pouring honey, and said: "Don't worry about money, I called the Ministry of Household Books last night before looking for the Ministry of Industry Shangshu and asked how much silver there was in the treasury. Tailor-made, and then decide how big the yard to build. - Guess how much money we have? ”

"Can't guess." Du Wenhao shook his head and said: "However, in the afternoon, I heard Prime Minister Wang Qi say that the treasury has 60 million yuan a year, most of which is used for military spending, so there should be no surplus, right?" ”

"Yes, the head of the household department said that the current revenue and expenditure of the state treasury are basically balanced, and the deposit of silver is very small, less than 3 million yuan (equivalent to 300 million yuan)."

"That's it, with such a small amount of money, I'm afraid I can't repair this garden."

"I was also disappointed at the time, and Xiao Jiaozi reminded me that let me check the palace treasury, maybe there is silver. I immediately called the head of the palace treasury to inquire, and under this question, I was really surprised and delighted,—— and guess again, how much money is in our palace treasury? ”

The ancient treasury was divided into two parts, one was the whole country, that is, the treasury, and the other was the palace treasury, which was the emperor's private small treasury. Of course, the source of the money for the small treasury of the Imperial Palace, in addition to the tributes from all parts of the country and abroad, was the vast majority of the money from the surplus of the state treasury. A part of the surplus money will be kept for the next day's capital increase, and the rest will be transferred to the palace treasury.

Du Wenhao said: "The treasury is empty, and the palace treasury will not have too much balance, right?" ”

"I thought so too, but the manager opened the account book and checked, hehe, our palace silver inventory is actually 170 million yuan!"

170 million yuan, equivalent to 170 billion yuan! This was definitely a dumbfounded astronomical figure in the Song Dynasty.

Du Wenhao was surprised and delighted: "Impossible, right? How can there be so much deposited silver? ”

"I also doubted, let the chief steward lead me to the silver vault, opened the door and looked at it, only to know that what I said was true, the silver coins in the silver vault of our palace have been piled up into hills, the ropes that wear copper coins are rotten, and the copper coins like small hills are scattered on the ground. That's just the amount of money, not counting the discounts of all kinds of rare treasures! ”