It was the height of summer, and Chang'an City was unusually hot, like a huge steamer, which made people often feel out of breath. According to the practice of previous years, at this time, the emperor of the Han Dynasty should take the ** concubine to Ganquan Palace to cool off, so that the courtiers can also relax and enjoy themselves at the royal leisure villa under the South Mountain.

However, Emperor Jing was concerned about the border war, and after the victory in Guancheng, he was still looking forward to defeating the Qiang people outside the border of Beidi County, so he naturally had no intention of moving to cool off. And the Han magnates in the Northern Que Jiadi were hooked by a sudden news, and they had no intention of leaving the Beijing Division. Even the wealthy families from all over Chang'an, after getting the news, also rushed to the capital in a steady stream.

His Majesty the Emperor ordered the Imperial Industrial Group to build as soon as possible an asphalt highway across the Yongsan Mountains leading directly to the Hexi Corridor, plus several auxiliary roads running through the Gyeonggi counties, for a total length of thousands of miles.

The royal industrial group said that it did not take a penny, and only charged the "road maintenance fee" for the caravan after the road was completed, in accordance with the regulations originally agreed upon in the court. At the same time, Liu Fei, as the chairman of the group, unexpectedly issued a notice that he would recruit powerful families from the Han Dynasty to jointly pave this road. Royal Industries Group only provides asphalt, and the Maison family dispatches labor and grain and grass to carry out the construction in accordance with the regulations and specifications provided by the group.

At the same time, Liu Fei said that he would not let the major families do day work, but forcibly raised billions of money from the group's treasury, and swore that as long as the wealthy families could ensure the quality and dare to complete the contracted construction before the construction period, they could get high remuneration.

None of the Han elites questioned Liu Fei's promises, most of them all owned shares in the Royal Industrial Group, and at the end of last year, all of them received high dividends. In addition, the Imperial Industrial Group last year through the sale of shares and profits from various industries, the treasury piled up hundreds of billions worth of gold, silver and copper coins, which is well known. With billions of dollars, as the controller of the group on the surface, Liu Fei is fully qualified to use it.

"Sister, the so-called fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, can this road construction be handed over to our own family?" Daxing made Dou Jun blushed slightly, and said tentatively to the Queen Mother, who was sitting on the chairman's chair.

The Queen Mother raised her eyelids, glanced at him, and snorted softly: "If it weren't for your covetousness of this large sum of money, I'm afraid you wouldn't have entered the palace to visit the mourning family, right?" ”

Dou Jun's old face became more and more flushed, and he said with a weak heart: "Where does my sister say this, my brother is always thinking about my sister." It's just that the state affairs have been busy recently, and the palace is strictly forbidden, if the ministers and brothers are always walking in the palace, the imperial historians will inevitably be impeached again. ”

The Queen Mother leaned sideways, but did not continue to count him. Dou Jun is the younger brother of the Queen Mother, he has been talented since he was a child, and he has always been favored by her, and it was just a small complaint before.

"The mourning family once heard the prince mention this matter, saying that he was going to make a bidding for a Laoshzi, don't you know?"

Dou Jun smiled bitterly: "Sister, my brother is here this time just for this bidding. The notice issued by the king of Jiangdu said that after a few days, all the major families who were interested in building roads would be summoned to the headquarters of the Imperial Industrial Group, and each of them would report the road to be built and the asking price, which was the so-called bidding. Then the princes will discuss together and choose the best. ”

The Queen Mother nodded and wondered: "Since you already know, why do you come to the mourning family?" When the time comes, just go to the bidding, and I'm afraid that the grandchildren of the mourning family will deliberately embarrass you. ”

"Sister, although our Dou clan is bright on the surface, the family background is really not very thick, how can it compare to those wealthy families? And the king of Jiangdu came up with this Laoshizi bidding and bidding, obviously trying his best to reduce the price, but we can't fight for others. Dou Jun said anxiously, as if he couldn't grab a doll to eat with sugar, his face was full of anticipation and pleading.

The Queen Mother didn't care at all, and said with a sneering face: "Don't put on this face, your little bit of caution is clear to the mourning family." It's just playing hollow thoughts to get more money from the grandchildren of the mourning family, does it look like an elder?! ”

Dou Jun complained helplessly: "The younger brother wants to put on the shelf of the elders, according to the seniority, the princes have to call the ministers uncle." But whenever it comes to bidding, they don't have the slightest posture of respecting the elderly, and they are all in tune. ”

It was rare for the Queen Mother to see her younger brother, who had always been high-spirited, but she found it quite interesting, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "Okay, the mourning family will let go of this old face and go to Che'er to ask for a bargain." ”

Dou Jun was overjoyed when he heard this, and his old face smiled like a chrysanthemum. The crown prince Liu Che is the real controller of the royal industrial group, which is a well-known "secret" of the Han magnates, but no one has ever put it in the light without interest. I'm afraid that the bidding and bidding regulations were also set by the prince, and now that there is the queen mother's name, I think the Dou family can get a lot of benefits when bidding.

The next day, when Liu Che asked the Empress Dowager for peace, he reluctantly accepted the fact that he had to carry out a lot of dark work in the bidding activities he held for the first time in the Han Dynasty. Since the tender notice came out, he has received several proposals, and each time there is a reason why he cannot refuse.

The first is the emperor's father, who has repeatedly hinted that he wants to take care of the family to which Yuan Ang and other royalists belong. Yuan Ang, these old ministers, are all honest and honest people, and they have no money to spare at home, so they originally did not plan to get involved in this matter. However, Emperor Jing seemed to be determined to reward these pillars of the country this time, let Sun Quan find their heirs, said that they must participate in the bidding, and hinted that they did not need to worry about road construction, and made it clear that Shaofu would help them complete the road construction.

Then there are the royal relatives, and now most of the kings of the Liu family in Chang'an City have stayed in the royal manor. They didn't plan to go through the path of Emperor Jing or the crown prince at all, but directly asked the princes of the royal manor to dredge up. If you say that the princes didn't take much care of these uncles and brothers, they were very shrewd and invited a person - the respected old Zongzheng Liu Tong.

In the face of this old man of his grandparents, even Liu Fei, who has always been high-flying, does not dare to slack off in the slightest. If the old man starts a fire, Lian Jing Yanjing will have to back down a few points, after all, he is his own uncle, and he rules the world with filial piety. And Liu Yu and Liu Sheng, the two princes who fly eagles and lackeys all day long, are even more frightened and their legs tremble.

The emperor has too many heirs, and he can't discipline himself, so it is inevitable that Zongzheng Mansion will often correct the words and deeds of the princes. Liu Yu and Liu Sheng, when they were young, they didn't do their jobs, and they were beaten by the old man Liu Tong, but they broke their legs, and the emperor's father would reward the old man instead. After a long time, the two of them were worried when they saw the old man, according to Liu Che's understanding, this is a typical childhood shadow.

Old man Liu Tong is much more subtle than Emperor Jing and the Queen Mother, and he did not directly mention the bidding to the princes at all. He now also lives in the royal manor, from time to time by a few little grandsons to support, wandering around the manor, caught the princes and began to teach them to unite the clan, to support each other, to be friendly, to think about the beginning of the Han Dynasty, how the clan fought bloodily, how important it was to the eternal stability of the society.

A bitter mouth foaming at the mouth, there is no end to it in a few hours. It wasn't until the princes who were forced to be helpless nodded frequently to be taught, and took the initiative to mention the bidding, that the old man stopped talking, and his muddy old eyes were full of the meaning that the children could teach, but he still had to mutter: "Vulgar is unbearable, vulgar is unbearable!" ”

The princes slandered the old man's shameless words and deeds as a bitch and set up the archway, but they didn't dare to express it at all, at most secretly scolded a few words in secret, "old and immortal is a thief", and then reported to the prince Liu Che, saying that he really couldn't withstand the pressure of the old man, and he must give priority to the royal family.

When Liu Che heard the news, he didn't care, anyway, if there were more lice, he was not afraid of biting, so he just forgot about the black box.

After a few days, the bidding work was successfully completed. The meeting was a success, the outcome was gratifying, but the process was extremely unfair.

When it was said that the stewards of nearly 1,000 wealthy families gathered at the headquarters of the Royal Industrial Group, the internal history of Liu Feifu, the king of Jiangdu, presided over the bidding work. All the families wrote down the route and the asking price on the silk silk, put it in a secret box, and handed it over to the internal history of Jiangdu to be sent to the princes for consideration.

In less than half an hour, the results of the bidding were announced, and the relatives headed by the Dou family, the royalist faction headed by Yuan Ang and the royal clansmen, the leaders of these three major factions, all returned with a full load, and they were all happy.

What is suspicious is that their asking prices in the announcement are all slightly lower than the rest of the various families who are trying to contract the same route. The so-called difference is a thousand miles, because of the smile gap of thousands of dollars, those families have missed a piece of big fat.

When a large number of small and medium-sized families regretted it, they inevitably had a little doubt in their hearts, but no one dared to say it. Offending the three major political factions at the same time is even more terrifying than offending today. Once they are strangled together, they will never be able to turn over.

After Liu Che received the news of the end of the bidding, he smiled bitterly with the bidding list. Today, all the bids submitted by the top families were secretly revised by Liu Fei's order, and they were naturally stable. To a large extent, their mentality of sitting in peace and stability has not reached the spirit of bidding and trying their best to reduce prices.

Liu Che felt extremely helpless that the first bidding activity of the Han Dynasty was full of such serious black box operations. I can't help but think about whether Dahan wants to set up a notary office and an audit office in the future, so that after he takes power in the future, he can really promote the bidding charter.

However, Liu Che's money is not so easy to earn, he has already discussed with the emperor's father a good method, and this time he wants to make a good deal from the hands of top families. The reason why they dared to take over the road construction project on a large scale was that they were not afraid of the lack of labor, and it was inevitable that they would win the 50,000 Xiongnu prisoners who were about to enter Beijing......

"If you want to finish on time and earn a lot of money, you can't do it without some blood in advance!" Liu Che thought with a playful face.

(The fan of the notebook doesn't turn.,Crash once every three minutes.,Send it for repair until this afternoon to get it back.,The update is slow.,I'm sorry.。 ）

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