The next time, Li You inspected his new home, and only went to the government office in the afternoon to inspect things. Before the seat was warmed, he was hurriedly summoned by the prefect Wang, and he didn't know what happened.

"Yesterday, I learned that the imperial court took Shi Dashen as the prime minister to build the city of Suzhou." When the prefect saw Li You, he said.

Li You listened to it without a head, which one is this? "Build a city?" What is the city? ”

The prefect of Wang handed Li You a document and said: "Shi Dashen went to the imperial court and wanted to expand the city of the palace to the west, but the imperial court approved it and ordered the government to assist. This is a transcription. ”

Li You took over and looked at it, roughly speaking: "The northwest of the county town, the population has overflowed out of the city for decades, and it is one or twenty miles from Fengqiao and Tiger Hill outside the gate, and the market is densely packed, densely populated, and the houses are connected with tiles and scales, and its shape is not inferior to that in the city.

Due to the innumerable gathering of the four directions, thousands of households live in disorder, the market is uncertain, and the loss of tax and silver is no less than 200,000 per year. There is also a lot of banditry, and it is also common to see congestion inside and outside the gate, causing the people of Li to complain.

For this reason, please expand the city to the west, build new streets and alleys and waterways, and recompile the book of the workshop, but let the court collect the benefits of money and grain, and the people have the benefit of happy work. ”

It turned out to be a population breed outside the city, and Shi Dashen wanted to build a new city to enclose this large part of it, and by the way, strengthen regional management and increase taxes and silver.

Li Tuiguan didn't have any idea about this at first, but when he took out the "Complete Map of Sufu" from the shelf and looked at it, he felt that Shi Shenzheng's brain was cramping.

Li You returned the transcript to the prefect Wang, and said mockingly: "This old man refuses to stop, and he will eventually be bored and ignore him." ”

He also pointed to the map and said: "The circumference of the city wall of Fucheng is forty or fifty miles, and it is already one of the largest cities in the world." If you have the intention of expanding the city to the west, to the line of Fengqiao and Tiger Hill, it is estimated that at least a new city will be built for more than 30 miles, which is almost a big city. Is it easy to build a huge building, consume manpower, and involve no money or two? Shi Dashen was overjoyed and went with him, and the court actually approved it, you and I just had to watch the excitement. ”

There is also a sentence that Li You didn't say: If Chengping is today, there is no military disaster in the south of the Yangtze River, why do you toss and repair the city wall? But for fear of being sprayed as greedy for comfort and not thinking of danger in peace, he didn't say anything.

"It is not necessary to build as long as the Fengqiao, the city wall can be shorter, then it will be much easier." Wang Zhifu said that he really wanted to accomplish this political achievement, and at the same time make a little money from the usual oil and water in construction.

Li You said with a smile: "Twenty miles outside the gate is densely populated, prosperous, and the houses and shops are endless. Where is the best place to demarcate the boundary inside and outside the city? Where is the right place to build a new city? The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, and there is no definite number at all. If the boundary is drawn according to the vicinity, it is simple to build, but when the city is still crowded with thousands of families, and the inside and outside are still congested, then what is the use of building a new city? It's better to maintain the status quo! ”

After listening to Li You's analysis, Wang Zhifu was a little unwilling, "Although things are complicated, they are always beneficial to the country, and they can also be famous for eternity." ”

Li Tuiguan drew a circle with his fingers, "The west side of Fucheng is different from other places, there are not many wasteland and fields, and they are all houses with owners. If you build a city wall for one or twenty miles, you will have to demolish one or twenty miles of people, and you have to alarm thousands of households, are these people very talkative, and Lord Shi will move away obediently if he worries about the country? I heard that the prefect of Mao only dared to expand the city in the east, but he didn't look to the west. ”

Thinking that there will be thousands of demolished households and the difficult energy of the people of Suzhou Prefecture... The prefect of the king shrank. Although it is good to make some political achievements, if it causes big trouble with unpredictable consequences, it will outweigh the losses.

In fact, the benefits of this matter are of course obvious, at least the imperial court can levy an extra 120,000 yuan in taxes and silver every year. However, he was ignored by Li Tuiguan, who had serious localist ideas, was afraid of difficulties and annoyances, and had no motivation for promotion for the time being, and from then on, we can once again see the harm of being a local official.

Well, there is another point, the matter that Shi Shenzheng is in charge of, Li You does not dare to take the benefits of half a copper plate, so he has no interest in it.

Master Shi can toss as much as he likes, whether he is famous or famous, whether he works for the people or hurts money, it has nothing to do with him anyway. It's better to find a way to make money first.

Back in the Tuiguan Hall, Li You picked up a few cases at random, and then went out of the office, he was going to invite Song Wengu, who was born in a Dongting merchant, to drink and eat tonight.

After three rounds of drinking, Li You explained his intention, and it turned out that he was looking for Song Wengu to inquire about opening a pawnshop.

Listening to Li Tuiguan's explanation, Master Song smiled bitterly: "My Song family buys and sells, mainly trafficking in silk, cotton, and rice between the north and the south, and I have never set foot in pawns for the sake of reputation. You lack capital, I can ask the patriarch to lend you silver, but the people in this industry don't know where to find to help you. The pawn is no better than the others, and there are not a few sharp-eyed pilgrimages, which cannot be opened. ”

It's really troublesome, and it's hard to find an easy deal... Turning back to find a small pawnshop with no background and planting it as a pawn nest, Li You thought fiercely.

"There it is!" Song Wengu suddenly thought of a way to save an unknown small pawnshop in advance. "The pawn office is open at Taiwei Bridge, I'll inquire, if there is a bad business, how about lending you the capital to take it down?"

The so-called public office is a kind of industry organization in this year, and there are also temples, halls, and halls as their names.

"That's good." Li You nodded and said, "It's annoying Brother Song like this, and I don't thank you for my kindness." ”

Song Wengu's idea is indeed not coarse, at least it solves the problems of manpower, stores, and some customers.

After finishing business, the two began to chat. Li You asked: "When passing by the Dongting Tower, it was not rebuilt, and it was still the same as after the disaster at the beginning of the year, why is this?" ”

Song Wengu replied: "The city outside the city is convenient, and there are many merchants in my family, and I want to move Dongting Tower to Shangtang outside Changmen, but the location has not yet been decided." ”

"You better wait, that Shi Shen government wants to build a new city, and the devil knows where the city wall will be built." Li You revealed.

"What new town?" Song Wengu's reaction was the same as when Li You first heard about it.

Li You briefly said that Shi Shenzheng was sparse.

"How can it be?" Song Wengu shook his head and said, he obviously didn't agree with this.

Gradually, the news of the government's plan to build a new city in the west spread all over the streets, and most of the people of the city were opposed to it, and there was really not much support.

In this way, most of the projects are usually made by large donations. However, wealthy businessmen generally felt that this matter was of little significance, and that it could not be deserved as a good name, and that it was a waste of money. Besides, having a city wall still hinders the movement of goods, and it is too stupid to spend money to find things that are uncomfortable.

As for the common people, there are those who are worried about being conscripted for military service, and those who are worried about their homes being demolished for the construction of new cities, and so on.

Regarding these public opinions, Li Tui's official affairs have nothing to do with himself, and he is ready to watch Shi participate in politics and make jokes again. I don't know what kind of madness his old man is smoking, he has to move against the trend of the whole city, and there must be a limit to his courage as an official. Haven't had enough of the first two lessons?

It's a pity that the jokes of the three products are not so easy to see.

As soon as Li You entered the Yamen, he heard an appointment from the Fen Shou Dao: Li You, the magistrate, was the assistant for the construction of the city in Suzhou.

He was stunned on the spot, this is simply Lord Shi digging a pit first and then forcing him to jump... And it must be on purpose!

As a Daotai lord who was appointed by the imperial court and was the plenipotentiary prime minister of Suzhou to build the city, Shi Shenzheng naturally had the right to appoint a person among his subordinates to assist him.

Luckily, Master Li won the lottery with a thorn in his eye.

(To be continued)