Chapter 303: A Huge Sum

It is not only because in this way Dongping has been able to reduce the impact of the most expensive construction costs on the country's economy to almost nothing, and even the state has been able to make a small profit from the sale of Gondor plots. More because Jiang Yan realized that all parties dared to invest so much, and what was hidden behind it was great confidence and trust in Yunzhou and Dongping. If there was no trust in the Yunzhou Jingluo Mansion, Ye Tao and the Dongping Imperial Court, no family or merchant group would have thrown millions of silver taels to the Yunzhou Jingluo Mansion like this. And lacking confidence in the future of Dongping, no one dares to invest so much in urban construction.

Jiang Yan was even more amazed that during the construction of Gondor City, the Yunzhou Economic Strategy Mansion actually allowed everyone to give opinions on the expenditure of various projects, and even asked for audits. Ye Tao made no secret of the fact that Ye's Workshop was a deep stakeholder in the entire Gondor, the entire Yunzhou, and even the entire Dongping. However, due to everyone's trust in Ye Tao and the entire system of Yip's Workshop, everyone has no opinion at all that the construction team of Yip's Workshop will take on important work and obtain huge construction orders. When Ye Tao sincerely asked everyone to give more opinions to Ye's Workshop at the reception afterwards, although everyone felt Ye Tao's sincerity and ease, they only shrugged their shoulders and did not react.

"Mr. Jiang, you have gained a lot this time." In the corner of the reception party, several people from Chunnan gathered together, and Song Xiangjun softly complimented Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan smiled forcefully and said, "County Lord, it's not as good as you." After all, it happened suddenly, but not as well prepared as you are. ”

Song Xiangjun smiled and said, "Where." I'm just acting on behalf of all of you, and there are a lot of outstanding people from all walks of life who have done a lot of preparation. I went to Yunzhou for field investigation twice. ”

Jiang Yan had no intention of accusing the Chunnan family led by the Song family of being too close to Dongping and Yunzhou, because that was exactly the situation he wanted to see. When the forces and interests of Chunnan and Dongping are more and more deeply entangled, then Dongping will have more scruples when he makes a move on Chunnan in the future. But Jiang Yan only hopes that the cementation of this interest will not be out of shape. The risks hidden behind it naturally include that when those great clans feel that the interests of falling to Dongping outweigh continuing to support Chunnan, then when the two countries fight in the future, there will be big problems. Now just the military positions controlled in the hands of the major families are so many that people shudder to think about it.

Jiang Yan was not very sensitive to numbers, turned to a note beside him, and asked, "How much money has been raised by Yunzhou Jingluo Mansion today?" ”

The chronicler had already prepared, bowed down and replied, "The total is three thousand five million five hundred and sixty thousand taels." ”

This number made everyone gasp. More than 30 million taels of silver is almost the total annual tax revenue of Dongping, which is several million taels more than the total annual tax revenue of Chunnan, that is to say, in just a few hours, Ye Tao has a huge amount of financial resources in his hands that can cope with the expenses of a large country for the whole year. Although I believe that Ye Tao will definitely dedicate the funds...... In fact, the main reason is that I believe that Dongping has never saved on military spending, and Dongping now has abundant financial resources and does not need to embezzle this huge amount of money, but what this money can do will still make people feel afraid.

"More than 30 million...... But this is just an auction. Coupled with the time when I turned back in Ningyuan, I am afraid that there will be 70 million taels of silver? What could Gondor make? Jiang Yan couldn't help but sigh.

"No," said Ma Yufeng, who was standing on the side, "this time I will release all the plots that can be sold for a high price." The auction in Ningyuan was mainly in residential and commercial areas with medium price prices. It is estimated that it will be difficult to raise 20 million taels. Add them up to five and five million taels of silver. "Ma Yufeng was originally going to attend the auction as Song Xiangjun's assistant. But he didn't have any dissatisfaction because Jiang Yan occupied his place. Let Jiang Yan owe himself a small favor, for Ma Yufeng, who is interested in showing his skills in the officialdom, it is worth it. At least, it's much better than coming up with ideas around Song Xiangjun.

Jiang Yan's frowning brows did not stretch, and he asked again: "How much does it cost to build Gondor City?" Will you spend the fifty million taels of silver? ”

Ma Yufeng didn't talk to him, he could be recommended to Song Xiangjun as an assistant, so he still knew a little about the city and construction. No one can figure out how much it will cost. Especially building a sprawling city from scratch is completely beyond the common sense of anyone on this plane. In the past, most cities developed step by step from villages and towns, and encountered the need for large-scale expansion and renovation, especially such important cities with the functions of regional political, military and economic centers, usually the country had to live a tight life for a long time, and most of the projects lasted for many years. Often, there is a considerable gap between the initial design and the final result, often later—when the main and most important parts of the city are completed, the principals and those in power can no longer bear the huge expenses, and the last part is hastily completed, or it will be repaired later when they have more money. And those kings who did not hesitate to spend a lot of money on construction always seem to appear in front of everyone as a negative example of disaster to the country and the people.

After thinking about it for a while, Ma Yufeng said, "This, it's really not clear. However, in that year, the expansion of Yuhang Dongcheng and the construction of the wharf and water gate, plus part of the sea embankment, lasted six years, and the final cost was 24.4 million taels. This Gonduo looks much bigger than the two Yuhang Dongcheng, these 50 million taels...... I'm afraid it's pretty much the same. ”

Jiang Yan didn't say anything. He knew that the situation was too different, and the most expensive project in Yuhang Dongcheng was to use a large amount of stone to reclaim the sea and get out of the wharf port area. Moreover, when Yuhang Dongcheng was expanded, no one can say how much the big families who built it made out of it. But although Gangduo has a hierarchical fortress that everyone finds difficult to build along the mountain, and there is a finishing project for the entire cliff top, I think that Ye Tao has always been familiar with technical problems, and the projects that Ye Tao has handled in the past ten years have ranged from the smallest Zhan Yuan to the later Iron City, Wind Tracing City, etc., including the construction of tower buildings that no one else can solve so far, but no matter how expensive the cost is, no one has ever suspected that Ye's workshop has any personal fraud.

Needless to say, let's just talk about the construction team sent to Yuhang in Ye's workshop to help Yuhang grout and consolidate the foundation of the bell tower. Although they turned a blind eye to the fraud of the guys of Chunnan Construction Bank who contributed to the bell tower project, they did not tolerate cutting corners and other things, and reported directly to the secretary of the Chunnan Ministry of Industry through the director of the construction team. And when the work was finished, they provided a detailed account without asking for it, so detailed that even the thirty-three taels of silver that had been expended in the large number of small transactions in the purchase of materials were listed. It is conceivable how much money could be saved by the construction team of Yip's Construction Bank, which was equally perfect in terms of quality, speed and purity of accounts, and under Yip Tao's consistent policy of intolerance of corruption and fraud...... Perhaps, things don't need to be so complicated. Ye Tao and Tan Weixin's family, who are so rich that they don't know how to spend their money, will not be greedy, and if they want to be greedy under Tan Weixin's nose, no businessman in the world dares to take such a risk.

"Mr. Jiang," Song Xiangjun saw that the more Jiang Yan thought about something, the more worried he became, and hurriedly interrupted his train of thought, "After you met with the Lord of Dongping this time, the matter is over?" ”

"I'm just here to talk, and no one can say what will happen after that." Jiang Yan smiled. As a strategist, he has done it to the extreme, and once these strategies are proposed, whether the other party agrees or not, the ideas in his mind will be different. And Tan Xiaopei is obviously a more interesting and courageous person than expected, although he doesn't know Tan Xiaopei's true thoughts, but at least on the surface, he has achieved a lot this time. After that, he had to arrange for Tan Weiya to go to Chunnan again, and this was not something that could be solved in a short time.

"Then, if Mr. Jiang has time, he might as well go to Yunzhou once. If Mr. is interested, let Master Ye know, they will naturally arrange thoughtfully, even if he goes to Yunzhou by himself, it is very convenient now. To know the reality of Yunzhou, instead of reverie here, it is better to travel in person. Is Mr. Jiang's errand in a hurry? Song Xiangjun asked softly.

"This ......" Jiang Yan was a little tempted. It's better to be famous than to meet, this is something he knows very well. In the days he stayed in Danyang, he deeply felt the difference between Dongping and Chunnan, not only the scale claws displayed in Danyang in terms of military appearance, military strength, national strength, etc., but also the temperament of Dongping that was very different from Chunnan.

More than once in the restaurant and tea shop, he was interrupted by a thunderous roar from the same private room next door, or hindered his conversation with some people. Then he learned that those next door who were very ungraceful about business or other things, and talked so plainly and clearly about cooperation, confrontation, alliance and interests, were often the first and second leaders of each firm. This alone is completely different from Chunnan. In Chunnan, everyone also has such and such problems, and there are various interests entangled, but they are often hidden under the water, and no one is willing to put it on the table, let alone the heads of various families to personally intervene. If these things are put on the table, something terrible has happened.

After all, Chunnan's delegation had been in Danyang for quite a long time, and they also led Jiang Yan, who came to Danyang with an investigation mentality, to meet all kinds of people, from the secretaries, waiters, and outsiders of various ministries, to some middle-level officers of the forbidden army, down to the shopkeepers and stewards of various firms, and even the accountants, auditors, and economists in the two accounting firms of Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers, who had just emerged in recent years but were quite respected. And the more he came into contact with these people, the more interested Jiang Yan became in the entire system created by Tan Weixin. Often, everyone has seen that Ye Tao promoted the establishment and development of the Blood Qi Army, built cities one by one, and used incomparable creativity to make miracles continue to appear on the land of Dongping. But Jiang Yan can see that behind all this, the magnificent economic, political and governance system promoted by Tan Weixin, and jointly implemented and understood by the Dongping family and those ministers and great families......

So, what will happen to Yunzhou, which can almost be said to be directly controlled by Ye Tao and Tan Weixin, the most talented couple in the world?