What is this place? There are still some barren mountains and mountains, and it is obviously a bazaar.

"This, this, this, what's going on?"

Ying Zheng said three 'this' in a row, and his face was full of incredulity.

These days, although I have been staying in the secret palace, I know a lot about the surroundings of Shanglin Garden, the original place is definitely not a bazaar, although there is a cement road passing by here, it is just a place for idlers and passers-by to stay.

But what I saw at the moment was not like that at all.

Shang Xin hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, this is a new bazaar in Shanglin Yuan, which is specially used by the builders of Afang Palace. ”

"Minfu's use?"

It was noon, and the sun was scorching but not hot, with a little softness, reflecting the bustling bazaar. At this moment, it is the time for the people to eat.

A few years ago, due to the limited food in Daqin, people generally had two meals a day, that is, morning food and feasting, and even two meals depended on people, but since the popularization of Shanglinyuan rice, corn and sweet potatoes, people have enough food, and it has gradually become three meals.

When the lunch meal came, the people of Afang Palace gathered and almost filled the entire market.

"Exactly!"

"Look, there are 200,000 people!" Ying Zheng smacked his tongue slightly. There are so many people.

"300,000 people, to be exact." Shang Xin corrected.

"Three hundred thousand?"

Ying Zheng was surprised again! At that time, he only asked Li Zhao to be in charge of the construction of Afang Palace, and did not limit the number of people he hired, and now 300,000 seems to be more.

Even in the past, there were not so many people in the conscription.

"How much does it cost?"

Ying Zheng thought about it. I had learned about Li Zhao's employment of a man to pay a monthly salary before, as if each person's monthly salary was how much, but he couldn't remember it really, it seemed to be a few hundred dollars.

A few hundred dollars a month for one person, but what about 300,000 people? How much a month to spend, he found that he could not calculate.

"Ten thousand dollars a month!"

Shang Xin helped him figure it out.

Tens of thousands of dollars, this amount is rare, people just roughly calculate, or endless, or more than 100 million, that is an astronomical amount.

This shows that the cost is huge.

"Ten thousand dollars?" Ying Zheng couldn't help but feel heartache when he heard this, tens of thousands of dollars, and the treasury income could not be compared with it at all, "It's hard for Li Zhao, I'm afraid I'll do everything for my Afang Palace!" I'm ashamed! ”

I felt infinite emotion in my heart, and I blamed myself very much.

When Shang Xin heard this, he showed a strange look again, this time he couldn't hide it anymore, otherwise His Majesty would know about it, and he would be punished for the crime of deception.

"Your Majesty, in fact, although Shanglin Yuan spends so much money, its income is also high."

"High income?" Ying Zheng glanced at Shang Xin, full of displeasure.

It can be said that anyone has a high income, but it cannot be said that Li Zhao has a high income, even if Shanglin Yuan earns 10,000 buckets of gold a month, he still can't make ends meet.

Ten thousand dollars, not ten thousand gold.

"Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, you can see the bazaar." Shang Xin felt his courage and pointed to the bazaar, "That's a restaurant, 300,000 people eat here, Your Majesty said how much can you earn a day?" ”

"This?" The Emperor shook his head, he couldn't estimate it at the moment.

"You can get a million dollars a day, but what about a month?" Shang Xin asked rhetorically.

Ying Zheng muttered, a month is tens of millions of dollars, it is indeed a lot.

"Your Majesty, look at it again, in addition to restaurants, there are all kinds of businesses over there, there are clothes sellers, there are shops, etc., these are endless people stepping into it, how much income does Your Majesty think?"

Ying Zhengmu swept the huge bazaar, and he was speechless. In addition to the restaurants, there are really many people who sell clothes and live in shops, and these also have income! I don't know how many, but there should be a lot!

"And the train, Your Majesty knows how many people take it every day?"

Ying Zheng thought about Shang Xin's statement, and then swept the crowd of people, many of them were non-people, these people wanted to come to Lin Yuan, and some of them were by train!

If this were the case, the train would be full every day, and that would be a lot of money.

The more I look at it, the more I can't react, and after saying this, it seems that this market has a huge income.

"Your Majesty, think about it again, 300,000 people, is there actually only 300,000?"

Ying Zheng was blinded by Shang Xin's question, originally, Shang Xin was just a slave beside him, just answered, but at the moment he was led by the nose.

"It should be more than that."

"That's it, the people have families, and the arrival of the people will also bring their families into the market, and there will definitely be more than 300,000 people, so they also have to eat, wear and live, which all have to be spent, and this is a big income."

"And this bazaar is from Shanglin Yuan, even if he spends tens of thousands of dollars a month, but the income also makes up for it, so it is not a big expense."

Ying Zheng bowed his head slightly when he heard this, indeed, it really didn't cost much to say this, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "That kid from the Tao of the Tao did his best for me, but he never thought that there would be such a trick, I couldn't imagine it!" ”

"Your Majesty." Seeing that the emperor accepted his statement, Shang Xin bowed slightly and said boldly, "Slave thinks that although General Li has paid so much, he has also paid a lot of money. ”

"Why do you think so?" Ying Zheng would like to hear what Shang Xin said.

Shang Xin did not respond positively, but pointed to the other side, on the other side of the river, at this moment, tens of thousands of people were coming out of it, coming like a procession, and were about to enter the restaurant.

"Does Your Majesty know who they are?"

Ying Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the other group of people, and couldn't help but wonder, who are they? Tie Ying seemed to have disappeared during this time, and did not report the situation in Shanglin Yuan in time, so that his eyes were dark, and he didn't know who it was.

Shang Xin saw the emperor's doubts, so he said: "It's the labor team of Shanglin Yuan." ”

"Shanglin Yuan Labor Team? Isn't it a Fang Gong man? The Emperor was surprised.

"No, this belongs to Shanglin Yuan, and it is specially built for Shanglin Yuan."

"What is a villa?"

The Emperor heard another new term.

"The slave doesn't know, I only heard Li Jinong talk about the house for people to live in."

"The villa turned out to be a mansion, and it must be that kid's novelty." Ying Zheng was stunned, but Shang Xin didn't answer his question, so he glared at Shang Xin angrily.

Shang Xin was frightened, and hurriedly made a long story short: "Li Jinong said that he would sell these villas to nobles, and the price is expensive, isn't this a big return?" ”

Ying Zheng asked: "Why is the price so expensive?" ”

"Li Jinong said that it is a villa of 100 gold."

"What?" Ying Zheng's eyes widened when he heard this, his eyes were full of disbelief, and after a while, he shook his head, and even sneered, "Baijin? So expensive, would anyone buy it? ”

"It's not a reward at all, it's a mess, huh! That kid looks down-to-earth, but he is floating. ”

Originally, Shang Xin said these things in order to reduce the guilt of Li Zhao in the emperor's heart, but he didn't know that it was self-defeating, not only to provoke His Majesty's anger, but also to make General Li suffer, he couldn't think of it.

He understood the emperor, so he hurriedly kept silent and stood aside.

"You, you, you just don't understand Li Zhaowei's heart, this is loyalty, not reporting, in order to make me feel relieved, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to rebuild the Afang Palace for me, and built a villa on the other side, he must have been afraid of my loneliness, so he came up with such a strategy to keep people."

"Good intentions! But, hey! If you care, it will be chaotic, 100 gold, and who is willing to buy it, it will only increase the cost. ”

"Yes, yes!" Shang Xin hurriedly nodded in agreement, feeling that his thoughts were still immature, and His Majesty could see through them at a glance.

"Hey! Although this place can bring some income to Li Zhao, it is far less than the people's husband's monthly salary. ”

"Also, you also need to share the burden for Li Zhao, by the way, when Meng Yi's 20,000 army returns, let him eat and drink here for ten days, so as to increase Li Zhao's income."

"No, the slave will do it."

In this way, the emperor felt better in his heart, so he gave birth to the heart of going to Afang Palace to see.

"Let's go! Follow me to Afang Palace, it's been more than ten days, presumably the old wall should also be renovated! ”

(End of chapter)