Chapter 1536: High Budget

The mystery was revealed; it turned out to be giving money, giving enough money!

Money can make the mill push the ghost, and everyone's feet seemed to be installed with wind and fire wheels; could this project not be built fast? King Yao still remembered that the promissory notes given out by the authorities in four months had to be cashed at one and a half times the amount! Two times multiplied by one and a half times, the construction cost actually exceeded the budget by three times! His money, the treasury's money, flowed out like water! King Yao covered his heart, and the old palace servant Qiu Long behind him was shocked to support him: "Monarch!"

King Yao waved his hand away and pointed at You Rongzhi, gritting his teeth: "Say, say it clearly!"

When You Rongzhi received this cost book, he also felt it was heavy and hot. So King Yao's reaction was within his expectations.

Speaking of which, every approval at the start of construction was seen by the monarch, and he agreed to it.

Wasn't it all clearly marked?

When hundreds or thousands of items were settled together at the end, he complained that the total price was too expensive.

Fortunately, You Rongzhi knew the monarch's temper well and had discussed it carefully with He Lingchuan before coming, so he said calmly: "Monarch, calm down. So far, the Tianshui expansion has only used a little from the treasury, and most of it was paid by the teams."

Paying in advance was not giving for nothing; the treasury always had to pay. But now the knife had not cut him, so King Yao snorted angrily, waiting for his next sentence.

You Rongzhi continued: "We are working so hard to catch up with the progress, just so that the new city houses and land can be sold earlier. As long as the money enters the treasury, this little project payment will naturally be filled."

King Yao said coldly: "Four times the construction cost, and it can still be filled?"

It was not repairing the palace and official residences; it didn't need carved beams and painted buildings. How much money could building some bungalows cost? Wasn't it just a little material and a little labor? "This subordinate has carefully calculated that this four-fold construction cost is only used for the initial grabbing of progress; once the houses and land are sold, the project will proceed step by step, and there will be no need to rush like that. Calculating the whole process, the price of the houses and land in the four blocks can cover this four-fold cost expenditure."

Seeing him confident, King Yao did not make a sound for a long time.

The project construction cost exceeding the budget, what fresh thing was this? King Yao actually had psychological preparations long ago.

Looking back seventy years, every time the great Yao did a big project, it had to seriously exceed the budget. When the late King was alive, the palace renovation spent 10 million taels halfway through. Just say the Clear Sound Wall behind the Hundred Phoenix Palace, it could form clear songs when the breeze blew. For this kind of natural rhythm, the sound-transmitting bricks handmade by bricklayers were quoted as high as 15 taels of silver each! If you put it in the folk, with these 15,000 coins, the whole courtyard would be repaired for you.

So for such a big project as the capital's eastward expansion, King Yao's bottom line was actually not to break the treasury, but this could definitely not be revealed to a second person.

Even Qiu Long behind him couldn't.

He could only say coldly: "If it can't be done, I will only ask you two!"

"Yes!" You Rongzhi knew that this pass was considered passed.

Having used precious Yuan power and spent several times the construction cost, the monarch actually didn't remove him and He Xiao, whew—

When walking out of the Yuquan Palace, his steps became light.

King Yao sat in the hall for a long time, also lost in thought for a long time, Qiu Long asked him: "Monarch, shall I help you back to rest?"

The monarch murmured: "Can only continue to do it."

Investing so much manpower, material resources, financial resources, and the energy of countless ministers! Even his son was devoted to this construction site, setting an example for others.

It had only been more than half a month, and the stall of the capital's eastward expansion project had already been fully laid out. Now it was impossible to stop. It whipped everyone, whether they were willing or passively involved, and they had to go all out to do it.

If they didn't continue, if they didn't collect the money, they wouldn't be able to get their money back! At this time, even King Yao himself wanted to call a stop, but he didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be.

You Rongzhi was about to leave the palace, but when passing through the corridor, he heard voices coming from the Pomegranate Pavilion, and his steps slowed down.

The Pomegranate Pavilion was named a pavilion, but it was actually a small pavilion where officials often rested or waited for an audience.

A voice said: "The capital expansion is mobilizing the masses, actually taking Yuan power to open mountains and repair roads, the King even sent the crown prince to the construction site, and the project manager is not even a Yao person, yet the officials are still surrounding him to flatter. Our Yao court has many talents, does no one really see that it is wrong?"

A bit familiar. You Rongzhi thought about it; this was a newly hired small official.

"The whole court is drunk and you are awake alone? Brother Zhao, you must not have this idea." Another person immediately said, "Which major event is not like this? During the late King's reign, Mangzhou built the Wind and Rain Dam, investing more than 50,000 people, spending 18 million taels in eight years, and even changing the main construction official in the middle. Ten years later, it was revealed that the people and materials were falsely reported by more than two times. So what? The Wind and Rain Dam has been running well until now, and it has been safe through the flood season every year."

Another said: "With such a big project, nothing is strange. As long as it is finished safely in the end, it is everyone's joy."

That Brother Zhao still argued: "I'm afraid it will hurt the foundation of the country..."

Everyone laughed: "Our great Yao foundation is stable, prosperous and strong, not only claiming the king in Flash Gold, but also a rare strong country in the world! Can a mere capital expansion hurt the foundation of the country? Brother Zhao is too worried."

"Besides, the King is watching, and the public officials are supervising. The royal court does things with its own rules. You have been hired for a short time, so you should watch more and speak less."

That Brother Zhao snorted, as if he was still unconvinced, and his companion added: "You say the new city expansion progress is not good, and it is not good to find that He Xiao to preside. Then you come up with a plan, how should the new city be built?"

"This..." Brother Zhao was stuck immediately.

New city planning, that was such a huge and complicated plan! Could he come up with it alone?

Everyone echoed: "Right, right, don't just dislike it, you should submit a plan to the King."

Who wouldn't know how to dislike it with a mouth? When asked what to do, he shut up.

"If the King takes a fancy to it, maybe he will replace He Xiao and let you preside over the overall situation. At that time, Brother Zhao must promote us and let us share the light!"

Another said, "Seven days to repair the road, fifteen days to cover the house, this speed is unprecedented. Brother Zhao, if you propose a new plan, you must be faster than He Xiao!"

What "mostly," that is "definitely." When being a leader, what they like most is efficiency.

Brother Zhao stopped making a sound.

You Rongzhi listened behind the tree wall, sighed silently, and turned away.

It was indeed as the small official surnamed Zhao said, the capital's eastward expansion had been like a crazy accelerating carriage since He Xiao took over, running faster and faster, rushing harder and harder. ===== CHAPTER 1537 =====