Gu Xuan added fuel to the fire with a smile: "Don't say I won't buy it, I just bought it too slowly..."
Even if you buy slowly, you will become suspicious.
Why did you hesitate to buy it until now? Do you still need to think carefully to show your loyalty to the monarch?
Do we have to make a choice between the king and the prisoner first?
Immediately, some people calmed down and said to Gu Xuan: "I have something to do at home, I will go back first, everyone can talk slowly."
As soon as they left, an official reacted: "Oh, that guy must have gone to buy a monastery!"
"Cunning!" Two more people left immediately.
The remaining people also lost the energy to talk and were all preoccupied.
Gu Xuan smiled and said nothing.
He knew that most officials didn't want to choose sides. The battle between King Yao and Supervisor Qingyang was for power. No matter who won in the end, what did it have to do with them? Aren't they still doing this job?
King Yao's move forced them to make a choice. It was either black or white, there was no middle option.
The price to please King Yao is to offend Qingyang Supervisor, which may cause hidden dangers in the future; but if you don't express your stance to King Yao now, you may be included in the opponent's camp.
If you are hated by your own king, what good consequences can there be?
It's difficult. For officials who are willing to sit on the fence, this question is too difficult.
After seeing clearly the mystery behind this, I don’t know how many powerful people have lost sleep tonight.
…
The new problem posed by the Construction Office to He Lingchuan was the qualifications of the construction team.
Yangshan's business is flourishing in the central and western parts of the Golden Flash Plains, but it has not yet established a stable foothold in Tianshui City. It does not have its own construction team, so it can only recruit people on the spot.
How difficult can it be to build a dozen or so monasteries, only two or three floors high, neither high-rise buildings nor pagodas?
To build a house among the people, you only need to hire a few carpenters and masons. Some even build it yourself and do not need anyone else.
The craftsmanship of the official residence is only a little more complicated.
But no. The Construction Office told the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce that breaking ground in royal territory is no small matter. It cannot be just a team of grassroots people who can start construction. That team must have at least three experience of building the royal palace and more than ten years of experience in building luxury houses per capita.
experience.
This is a rule.
Reasonable and well-founded.
He Lingchuan received this request, shrugged his shoulders, and went to find Yu Wenxu.
The Yuwen family rushed to buy the paper monastery in Youhu Villa. They submitted the petition first to show that they were staunch royalists. If He Lingchuan had any difficulties, he had to find a way to help solve them.
Even if it was something that the Yuwen family couldn't do before, it can be done now.
So after hearing He Lingchuan's request, Yu Wenxu nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it's not difficult! The team that is repairing my house has also renovated the facade, garden, and wing rooms of five or six other wealthy families, and even renovated it for Lord You Rongzhiyou.
Half of the mansion has been expanded. Their qualifications are fully qualified and all of them are skilled masters. Please take them over."
He Lingchuan thanked him.
That afternoon, this team came over from Yuwen's house. There were about ten people, which was less than He Lingchuan expected.
It’s better when there are fewer people.
The leader of the class, whose surname is Guan, is less than 40 years old, but has more than 20 years of construction experience. He is from the suburbs of Tianshui. When he was a boy, he brought villagers to the city to ask for work. Because of his superb craftsmanship, he gradually became famous.
However, he rarely does it himself now. He mainly takes on jobs, supervises work, purchases materials, and coordinates on-site work.
He Lingchuan chatted with him for a few minutes and realized why Yu Wenxu recommended this person to him.
The supervisor is easy to get along with, has good popularity, knows the rules both overt and covert, how to manage up and down, and knows all kinds of things.
He is also the soul of this team. Without him, it would be like Tonglin Ji without Tu Yuanhong, it would not be able to play at all.
He Lingchuan took on such a big job with nothing, especially when he had to break ground on the royal family's territory. He really needed a helper like the supervisor.
After reading the drawings and approvals and hearing He Lingchuan's request, the head of the management team rubbed his chin and said, "In other words, build the gatehouse first and build the road first, and the house can't be built for the time being?"
"Yes." He Lingchuan said with a smile, "Remember to work hard and carefully. Only slow work can produce fine work."
The word "slow" is accented.
The supervisor immediately let out a sigh, as if he had some realization.
"This gatehouse -" which is the main gate of Bieyuan, "must be six feet tall?"
"That's right. It needs to be luxurious and elegant, showing the official style." When the time comes, there will be a large number of officials here, and the residents will all be people of status and style. Of course, the gate of Youhu Villa must be as grand as possible, and the more exquisite, the better.
"It can't be any higher, otherwise it will be higher than the temple tower, which will offend the gods and cause taboos."
"The supervisor is indeed familiar with the local customs. I did the right thing by inviting you here." He Lingchuan gave him a top hat and then continued, "So you raise the ground under the gate and make it into a hill.
mound."
If the height of the gate tower cannot be increased, he will increase the height of the ground.
No one says the ground cannot be raised, right?
"..." The manager said awkwardly, "Raise the ground and build the gate tower. The height will be higher than the Youhu small building opposite."
"What's the problem?" It means that the "status" here is higher than that of the other side, which is good. King Yao must be happy to hear this.
"Uh..." This island leader He is very courageous. Could it be that he is really a dragon crossing the river?
Yes, he had also heard about He Lingchuan's past.
"There is indeed a problem." The superintendent said seriously, "The gatehouse needs to be carved with blue ashlar. The bigger the stone, the more elegant it will be. But the trouble is, we can't get big stones at the moment."
He Lingchuan asked curiously: "Why?"
"The market for bluestone in Tianshui City is not big. It comes from a single source. It is basically produced in Baigang County in the north and Hexiang in the west. It is cut and then transported to the city." The management team leader explained, "It is used to build official residences and luxury houses.
I wasn't in a hurry at first. It took more than ten years to complete the project, so the usual process here is that we evaluate the amount of stone, and the two towns and counties receive the order and then mine and process it. The stone is thick and heavy, so it's better to quarry it first.
There’s no place to put it.”
"So, there is no ready-made blue ashlar stone?"
"I asked before I came here, and there are no specifications that meet your requirements. In fact, the Li family ordered a batch of stones two months ago, and the specifications were seven feet square. However, the officials of the Li family were subsequently reported by the Supervisory State.
Zhengdang was imprisoned and a lot of property was confiscated, so there was no way to build their other courtyard." He scratched his head, "This batch of stones is very suitable for building a gatehouse. But I went to ask and it was discovered three days ago.
Bought it. The strange thing is that I couldn't ask for any information about the buyer, nor did I know where the stones were shipped. The villagers only said that the other party came out of the convoy to take them away."
As a senior person in the industry, it was a bit strange that he couldn't find out the news.