Jiang Fang, who was named, had to obediently submit the drawings.

This is the master plan, and the detailed drawings do not have to appear at the court meeting, so the officials read it quickly, and then distribute it to other officials for circulation.

In fact, everyone has no objection to the planning of the reconstruction of the North Outer City, the key point is -

The Ministry of Household Affairs said: "There is nothing wrong with the planning of the Ministry of Works, but the budget submitted is as high as 1.5 million taels of silver, which is too exaggerated. ”

The Ministry of Industry immediately jumped out: "The North Outer City suffered a serious disaster, more than 2,000 houses were damaged, the Wuzhang River embankment was damaged and needed to be repaired, and there was a new lake that needed to be excavated and repaired, and the street pavement needed to be rectified and repaired, and the amount of work was not small, 1.5 million taels, which was already a conservative estimate." ”

The household department scolded: "There have been disasters for many years, and the treasury is empty, how can there be so much silver for you." ”

The Ministry of Engineering countered: "We only care about planning and construction, and the silver is a matter that your household department should solve." ”

"You're not right."

"What's wrong?"

"You dare say there's no moisture?"

"All budgets have detailed accounts, the household department can be audited, there is a little moisture, I ate the drawings!"

"Anyway, the household department has no money!"

"That's your incompetence!"

"Whew!"

The clan members were dumbfounded when they heard it, and the officials of this dynasty held a meeting, which seemed to be no different from a shrew scolding the street.

The official couldn't listen anymore, patted the armrest of the dragon chair, and shouted: "Enough!" ”

"I will pass the buck and come up with a solution!"

The officials of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry bowed their heads. One said that there was no money, and the other said that it was not too much, in short, no one wanted to take the blame for the other party.

The official said angrily: "Do you just leave the North Outer City alone?" Tens of thousands of refugees are piled up in the inner city for the New Year, right? ”

Only then did the official of the Ministry of Industry say: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Qi has a proposal to solve the problem of engineering silver. ”

The official said: "What is the proposal?" ”

The Ministry of Industry officials looked at Jiang Fang.

Jiang Fang said: "Fifteen years ago, the capital was flooded, and when the outer city was rebuilt, I also encountered the problem of a shortage of money. At that time, the household department allocated a piece of residential land to sell to wealthy merchants in Beijing, thus raising silver taels. ”

"Now it can be concocted in the same way."

"According to the planning of the Ministry of Industry, the flood in the North Outer City has added a new lake, and the original Fangshi streets need to be rectified and relocated."

"After careful surveying and calculation, in addition to the original residential houses, which were built according to the original living area, there are still markets, shops, public gardens and other land, which can be used for commercial trading."

"Some wealthy businessmen have proposed that they are willing to pay money to buy land in the northern outer city to fund the project."

The official said, "Oh? How much silver can I get? ”

Jiang Fang said: "No less than a million. ”

The official nodded: "Since there is an old precedent in front of you, then you can discuss and come up with a plan, why bother arguing at the court meeting, it is not a system." ”

Both the household department and the Ministry of Industry hurriedly bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes.

The official family opened Chrysostom, and the matter of attracting merchants to buy can be operated.

As soon as the news spread, sure enough, the rich people in Beijing began to move.

Although Meng Qingyun has good vision, there are not a few other people with vision.

In addition to the Hu family and the Wu Guogong Mansion, there were several others who were interested in the land of the northern outer city.

But since this method was proposed by Meng Qingyun to Jiang Fang, he naturally had to protect his advantages.

She gave Jiang Fang an idea, asked the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households to form a bidding committee, open bidding, and asked the bidders to come up with a formal bid, including the use of the land, the complete planning map, the construction period, and the promotion and contribution to the prosperity and development of the North Outer City, etc., all of which were detailed and submitted to the committee for review.

At the same time, there are many rigid requirements, such as the qualification requirements for bidders, security deposit requirements, how many installments the winning bidder needs to pay, and even serious liability for breach of contract.

In short, Jiang Fang only said one sentence after reading her dense bidding instructions.

"This is tailor-made for you and the Bai family."

Meng Qingyun smiled: "If it weren't for my proposal, where would the court earn this silver?" You can't use my trick and throw us over the wall. ”

However, after reading the bidding instructions, the people of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households collectively agreed with it, believing that the rules were clear and reasonable, and the interests of the imperial court were greatly protected.

It is worth advocating, it is worth promoting.

Then, as soon as this bidding statement was released, the vigorous bidding enthusiasm of the wealthy businessmen in the capital was extinguished at once.

This is really something that only hard power can play.

So in the end, only the bids of the Bai family and the Hu family passed the review of the bidding committee.

When someone questioned it, both families showed their backers, one was Princess Shouyang, and the other was Wu Guogong.

Okay, no objections.

On the day of the official bidding, Meng Qingyun sat in the water pavilion with Princess Shouyang in the princess's mansion and watched a group of beautiful young men dance.

Princess Shouyang raised a group of Kabuki, twelve or thirteen-year-old boys, who were just beginning to take on a youthful spirit, beautiful and delicate like a girl, and danced the Hun Tuo dance from the Western Regions.

Drinking chilled wine, eating tribute melons and seedless white grapes, there are palace maids playing fans next to them, and the wind passes through the icebergs in the basin, and when it floats on the body, it becomes bright and cold.

Meng Qingyun sighed loudly: "It's really enjoyable......"

Princess Shouyang reclined on the couch, with a huge pillow under her arm, and her high-waisted skirt only reached her chest, revealing a large area of white and greasy skin.

"Last time, He Luo said that you have money, but I didn't pay much attention to it. I didn't expect you to be really rich, and you could take out a million taels of silver casually! ”

Meng Qingyun said: "This can lift me, the majority of the money for buying land this time is from my uncle, I just rub it cheap." ”

Princess Shouyang laughed: "I'm the one who rubbed it, it's white." ”

Meng Qingyun waved his hand: "You are a nobleman, and what you invest in is your royal signboard, which is not something that money can measure." ”

Princess Shouyang burst out laughing.

"I really like you more and more, you talk funny, do things coolly, and you are much more interesting than those girls who hum and chirp."

"But this time, if your uncle wins the Hu family again, then He Luo will hate you again."

Meng Qingyun raised his eyebrows: "Fair competition, their Wu Guogong Mansion is just an umbrella for the Hu family, as for it." ”

Princess Shouyang said: "It seems that you really don't know." Earlier, because of the rumors in the palace that she was going to marry you and King Qi, she already hated you. Later, although no one mentioned this statement, when your family held a Wenju banquet, it happened to be the birthday of the Duchess of Wuguo. ”

"Originally, the King of Qi was supposed to go to the Duke of Wu's Mansion to celebrate his birthday, but he pushed his family and went to your house instead."

"And that famous chef Zhang Xiu, the birthday banquet of the Duke of Wu was originally going to invite him to take charge of the spoon, but you also took the lead."

"Now in this land in the northern outer city, the reason why the Duke of Wu is helping the Hu family must also be because it is profitable, if it loses to you again, how can I not hate it."

"Do the math yourself, how many beams are there?"