Tan Xiaopei touched his chin with one hand, and thought quietly for a while before saying, "Since this is the case, then, the matter of this Chengxi Barracks is so decided." How much money will be spent, what troops will need to be used, how many civilians will be mobilized, this ...... The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War will give me a charter together. …… Ye Tao, you might as well plan your thoughts about Danyang and report them to me directly. ”

As soon as Tan Xiaopei's words fell, Ye Tao was stunned. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat in his heart. It's one thing to throw out something that is much ahead of the ideas of the era at the time of the rise, but it would be a fatal thing to let yourself plan and organize such large-scale urban planning and development. He is only proficient in technical things, which involve all aspects, involving a lot of money transfer and a lot of interpersonal things, which is not what he is good at. But it is not very convenient to say a "no" word at this moment, if you just said so boldly, and now suddenly say "I'm sorry, I can't do this job", and meet a moody monarch, I'm afraid I will directly pull out and cut off the head. Although he knew that Tan Xiaopei was not that kind of person, he would never be able to let the arrogant Ye Tao say such a face-saving thing at this time.

Looking at Ye Tao's stunned expression, Tan Weixin knew the bitterness in Ye Tao's heart. She hurriedly interjected: "Father, you are in a hurry to demolish a large number of places and rebuild, and you should wait until after the wedding with Princess Bailian next year, right?" Otherwise, half of Danyang is a half-built new house or something, wouldn't it be ridiculed? ”

Tan Xiaopei smiled and said, "Exactly, look at me, I'm anxious again." ”

Tan Weixin said: "This matter does not mean that you can take out the charter. What can be moved and what can't be moved. What will be the use of the place after it is moved, you must think about it first. Moreover, such a big thing has to be supported by those big businessmen in Danyang, after all, many places are in their hands, and they don't want to do whatever they want? Ye Tao has only been in Danyang for so many days, father, you asked him to preside over this matter, didn't you watch him offend all the ways to do business in the future? ”

Only Tan Weixin dares to say such words. Tan Xiaopei is a monarch from the military, and he is far more familiar with and good at military affairs than officialdom and economy, Dongping's officialdom is not complicated, and there is not too much deceit, on the one hand, it is of course because the current Dongping country is not too big after all, and the forces of all parties are entangled together, and it is far more important to resist external pressure than to fight for internal rights. On the other hand, it is also because there is a general Zhuo Mang who controls the army that is completely loyal to the royal family, and there are young but shrewd and experienced people like Tan Weixin who are constantly giving Tan Xiaopei ideas.

Other people, especially those officials, sometimes give advice to Tan Xiaopei, and their tone is quite unkind, not to mention Tan Weixin, who has always been deeply favored. Tan Weixin has always said anything directly when she thinks of it. Like this kind of statement that he didn't want Ye Tao to preside over such a thing because he was worried about ruining the relationship with the business world, except for Tan Weixin, no one else really dared to say it. This is the most obvious means to protect Ye Tao. When Tan Xiaopei heard this, he smiled and said, "It's the same...... However, in any case, Ye Tao subdued Shang Baotang with three invitations, which greatly increased the face of my Dongping Kingdom, and this time let the Chengxi Barracks have such a comprehensive idea, there must be some reward, right? ”

Tan Xiaopei thought for a while and said, "Why don't you do this...... In the name of Jian Ba Youcai, Ye Tao was appointed as the director of the construction department of Ye Tao's Ministry of Industry. How is it? ”

Changshi Tongzhi, which means that the rank is equivalent to Changshi, but due to various reasons, there are specific appointments and are not officially included in the official level for assessment for the time being. For these reasons, it was apportioned to Ye Tao, naturally because of his age. The Construction Department of the Ministry of Industry has always been one of the most important departments of the Ministry of Industry, and Changshi is a four-rank official, even if he is a Tongzhi, he is half a level lower than the official official, but he can also be regarded as a middle and high-level civil official in the Dongping court. According to the normal promotion procedure, it is necessary to work in the Ministry of Industry for at least 10 to 15 years. Such an appointment can be regarded as a step to the sky, judging from Ye Tao's age, I am afraid that he will be able to enter the palace to discuss politics before he is twenty years old. This favor can be said to be unique under the hands of Tan Xiaopei, a monarch who has always attached importance to qualifications and political achievements. The officials present were amazed, envious, and jealous together, and they all looked at Ye Tao in a daze.

did not shout in a formulaic way, "Thanksgiving to the ministers", Ye Tao turned his mind, knelt down and said: "Since Your Majesty is just asking for advice, Xiaomin dares to ask Your Majesty not to do this." To contribute to the country, the minister does not dare to descend, but if it is said that he is an official in the court, the minister will never dare. ”

Tan Weixin wanted to say something, but opened her mouth, but shrank back again. She was also a little nervous. This kind of thing is not too taboo for the lord of the country, but it is difficult to deal with after all.

Tan Xiaopei pursed his lips and said, "Get up and speak." …… You're saying that's interesting, don't you dare? Tell me, why don't you dare? Could it be that this officialdom can still eat you? ”

"There is a way to be an official, but there is also a way to be an equal. Let's not talk about how much material controversy will be caused by Xiaomin's young age, if he enters the Ministry of Industry, whether His Majesty dismisses Xiaomin in order to quell the material discussion, or continues to let me do things under pressure, it will not be a very good thing for the entire Dongping. Under the boiling of material discussions, the small people will inevitably be struggling, and it is difficult to say what they can do. And above the officialdom, where can Xiaomin's whimsy be played? It is better to continue to be your own people, to be a businessman who can always come up with new things, furniture, marching chess, and ordnance can be operated, and occasionally make a garden and build a bridge to collect some polishing pens. If it is too much, when His Majesty reprimands a few words, it is actually an honor. And I use the reason of 'young and ignorant', so I can still fool around for two or three years, and I can toss as much as I want. The ease and rigor of these days are really different. Please also ask Your Majesty to open up the net......"

Everyone looked at each other, and they had never heard of the idiom of opening the net like this. It seems that Tan Xiaopei is not going to appoint Ye Tao to be an official, but to put him in prison. Tan Xiaopei himself was also amused, and said with a smile: "Okay, that's up to you." I also think that in a few years, there should be a young cabinet member in the council hall, since you don't want to be an official, then forget it. ”

"Thank you, Lord Long." Ye Tao bowed deeply. Everyone can see that Ye Tao's gratitude is sincere.

I have never seen this person, facing Ye Tao like this, everyone is a little overwhelmed, and even Tan Xiaopei feels that he doesn't know what to say, he waved his hand and said, "However, the affairs of the barracks in the west of the city, the things that should be taken care of by you, are still left to you." You're not going to shirk this, are you? ”

Ye Tao hurriedly replied, "It is incumbent." ”

Only by talking about Weixin, at this time, in addition to understanding, will she think a little maliciously, Ye Tao is not an official, is he ready to take a good share of the urban transformation plan? Once this moves, the silver taels invested before and after are at least millions of taels, even if it is more, I am afraid it is not unusual. Ye Tao will inevitably enter the planning work at that time, and some construction projects, I am afraid that no one can build them except for the construction team under his "father-in-law" Dai Yuege, who has obviously been trained to be the most advanced and technical in this era. This kind of business without competition must be loved by everyone.

Tan Weixin wanted to think about it, and secretly admired Ye Tao very much, Dai Yuege's construction team is not only using convenient construction equipment, but more importantly, they are completely different from the construction team of this era in terms of process. The shortcomings of the traditional Chinese-style wooden building wasting wood power have been greatly improved in their hands, from the wooden building, they have almost played to the extreme, and if they want to build a more gorgeous and powerful building, I am afraid that Ye Tao will have to get something like cement out. At least, in the design of the barracks in the west of the city, the familiar building of the central fortress is made of stone as the main building material.

The Imperial Council lasted until the evening, and finally a series of things were finalized in the western part of the city, and it was ready to be put into practice. At Ye Tao's suggestion, the Chengxi Barracks was officially named "Iron City" by Tan Xiaopei. Although Ye Tao, who was in the limelight in this imperial meeting, refused to be an official, he was still given the power to report various things at any time, and as a staff member of the princess's mansion, he became one of the officials responsible for the construction plan of the "Iron City" very unruly. There are so many things to discuss, if it weren't for Tan Weixin's hunger and her proposal to go back to dinner first, Tan Xiaopei wanted to solve all the problems he could think of at once. But after all, he felt sorry for his daughter, and finally ended this lengthy but quite efficient meeting.