Chapter 40: Turnips and sticks

As a Zhao Yu with a soul in his thirties, he naturally knew Cheng Lin's careful thoughts, glanced at Cheng Lin, and said, "Old Cheng! That's right, me! I want to build a stadium! ”

"The stadium? Forgive the official for being lonely and unheard, I don't know what this is used for? Cheng Lin frowned and asked.

Zhao Yu made a long story short, and roughly stated the purpose of the court.

Cheng Linden felt in his heart that Zhao Yu was messing around, but he didn't say it.

Zhao Yu continued: "What about this money! The king couldn't take it out for a while, so he decided to borrow money from the imperial court. A total of 200,000 yuan, this king will repay it in five years, 50,000 yuan per year, which is half a cent of profit every year! In the past five years, you have earned 50,000 yuan! That is, this king is such a good person, thinking that the official family is the brother of this king, otherwise this king and this king will not borrow money from the court! ”

In the latter words, it is obvious that Zhao Yu slapped his swollen face and became fat.

Cheng Lin naturally had a lot of slander in her heart, and she made a lot of profits, so you have to have the problem! Such nonsense, that loan shark dares to lend you money, is he not afraid of losing all his money? You are a prince, what can they do if you pay your debts?

Of course, Cheng Lin didn't dare to say this, her eyes rolled a few times, she came up with an excuse, and said: "The prince is really a Wenqu star, and this idea has been thought of by the prince." It's just that the prince, don't look at the three envoys for a lot of money, but there are also many uses! It is used in the army, repaired rivers in various places, and this Yellow River! If there is a lack of embankment, it will be a great disaster! ”

Bianliang City is the later Kaifeng City, and people who know the topography of Kaifeng City know that the Yellow River is a threat to Kaifeng. The riverbed of the Yellow River is several meters higher than that of Kaifeng City! It is the world's most famous hanging river! Once there is a lack of embankment, it is really a mountain of water, and even the palace cannot escape this catastrophe.

As if feeling that this was not convincing enough, Cheng Lin paused and continued: "Not only that! There will be a Taimiao ceremony in February next year, and nothing can be delayed in this matter! At that time, the road from the palace to the Taimiao, and then to the Temple of Heaven in the suburbs had to be re-paved with loess and repaired well. How many soldiers and horses are there! There are also doctors at all levels, wine and food prepared along the way, etc., which all cost money! ”

Zhao Yu looked at Cheng Lin, put his hands on his waist, and said, "Old Cheng, do you want to say this?" ”

Cheng Lin's heart sank, this blame prince is not easy to deal with! "Lord Wang, it's not that the lower officials are unwilling, they really don't have any money! It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, how about building it in an unknown year? ”

Cheng Lin is worthy of being a person who has been in the sea for a long time, and seeing that he was afraid that refusing directly would anger Zhao Yu, he immediately switched to procrastination.

However, Zhao Yu didn't eat Cheng Lin's set, and took out Song Renzong's middle purpose and said: "This is the middle purpose of the imperial brother." After a pause, Zhao Yu said next. I'm not afraid to tell you directly, this court is not so simple, and it is also related to the Bianliang debate this time. You know about Bianliang's sword, right? It's okay to fail, but if you fail, then! Hum! ”

As he spoke, Zhao Yu spit out a few words coldly. ""The Picture of the Martial Empress Linchao" is good!"

Cheng Linden felt that his mouth was full of bitterness, and Zhao Yu was naked bitter this time. It is said that Cheng Lin is also a good hand in the rudder, and the problem can't stand up to the fact that he was in the wrong position at the beginning, and once persuaded Liu E to be Wu Zetian. Although about five years have passed since this incident, if someone mentions it in Song Renzong's ear, then Cheng Lin will naturally not be able to eat and walk around.

Zhao Yu knew that he couldn't just give Cheng Lin a stick, he had to give him a little radish. "Lao Cheng! We are also familiar with each other, when this king went to fight and make trouble, you didn't clean up for this king! These kings won't fail to remember! As long as you do this well, you can be regarded as the king's person. This king will not let you suffer, it is indispensable to help you say a few good words from the royal brother! ”

Cheng Lin also knew that he had no choice, at the beginning, Cheng Lin was in the right and left sources, and stood in the current position, but once Song Renzong was in power, there was still a place for Cheng Lin to be left and right? If you are unlucky, I am afraid that you will have to go to Hunan, Guangnan, these barbarian places to become officials, even if you are not killed by the rebellious barbarians, you will be poisoned by miasma! Don't you see that Kou Zhun, Ding Wei and other powerful ministers died in those places?

Cheng Lin said a little stupidly: "What is this prince? Lin should do her best, and within three days, she will definitely raise 50,000 yuan for the prince to be used for laying the foundation! ”

Zhao Yu said with satisfaction: "Very good! Lao Cheng, you are still doing things well! ”

Cheng Lin doesn't know what expression to make, flattery? It was made too low. Expressionless? Wouldn't that offend this strange prince who doesn't play cards according to common sense. Stupid? Doesn't that imply that he is loyal to the eldest lady?

Without waiting for Cheng Lin to figure out what expression he had, Zhao Yu had already left in a very chic manner.

Cheng Lin looked at Zhao Yu's back, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help twitching. After half a ring, he said helplessly: "Sure enough, it's the strange prince, and he is very human!" ”

To repair the stadium, it is natural to need to eat and live, especially to eat, which is a must, otherwise how many projects will be delayed just this back and forth meal time?

Zhao Yu first asked Song Xing to lead people to buy grain in the market, and it happened to be the beginning of July, and the early rice harvested in the summer in Huaibei had been harvested and sent to Bianliang City for sale. The early rice from the south of the Yangtze River was also sent to Cao on the boat and transported along the canal to Bianliang City. Now the price of rice in Bianliang City is very low, and you can buy one stone of high-quality japonica rice for 300 wen, while it usually costs about 345 wen.

Maybe someone will quickly buy in large quantities, but in fact, the merchant is not stupid, this japonica rice is husked and peeled, and it is not easy to preserve it for a long time. In ancient times, people were not very particular about hygiene, which naturally led to mosquito breeding, and it was not easy to preserve rice grain in this case. And if you build a rice warehouse, how can ordinary people build it?

But all this has nothing to do with Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu's heart moved, and the surname Suo took the opportunity to build a few rice warehouses. First, there is no need to buy a large amount of rice and grain every day or two, and second, you can also do this kind of rice and grain in the future. I don't want to be a black-hearted businessman, I sell it at market price, and I should have two or three thousand a year, right?

Zhao Yu thought of doing it, and also asked Song Renzong for his consent and got a piece of land of 300 acres on the other side of Yichun Garden. Yichun Garden is the imperial garden, is the garden of Zhao Yanmei, the younger brother of Zhao Kuangyin of Song Taizong, commonly known as the East Imperial Garden, is a famous royal garden, known as the name of the four gardens of the Great Song Dynasty.

It is precisely because of the royal name that there is land in this vicinity, and no one dares to occupy it. Geographically, Yichun Garden is close to the Bianhe Canal, and it is only two or three miles away from the nearest city gate, Dongshui Gate.

Zhao Yu's land can be said to be very expensive.