Of course, there are many people who think like Changsun Wuji.
After several days of fermentation, many people were laughing at Du He for being a fool. He spent 800,000 guan to buy a piece of land worth 100,000 guan. What else could he be but a fool?
Du He had no intention of listening to these rumors. With a straight face for a few days, he plunged into the Imperial College project and personally took Lu Yuan and others to the site to check the construction progress, measure the road width, inspect the engineering materials, and direct the workers to work.
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Now is the stage of laying the foundation for the Imperial College, which is also the most important step, so Du He personally stepped forward to keep an eye on it and did not allow any mistakes.
Du He lived and ate with the workers without doing anything special. After a few days, he was like a contractor, but he also gained the trust of everyone. Every time the victims saw Du He, they worked hard.
and greeted him one after another.
late at night.
In a shed not far from the Imperial College project.
Different from ordinary work sheds, this place is clean and tidy, with several tables arranged in an orderly manner.
Ma Zhou and seven or eight others sat at the table under the oil lamp and carefully read the account books.
It took more than an hour for everyone to finish reading the ledger.
Ma Zhou asked: "Everyone, have you found anything missing?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Ma Zhou immediately frowned.
"Du He is extremely smart. It seems that the account books he made have covered up everything. It is difficult for us to find evidence of his crime for the time being." Ma Zhou said with some embarrassment.
Ma Zhou, who is now just a censor, has long inherited the style of Wei Zheng, the censor doctor. He is serious in doing things, not afraid of power, and dares to speak. This time, he firmly believed that there must be something wrong with Du He, so he personally led his people to station in
By the Qujiang Pond, it is convenient to monitor Du He.
After a period of time, Ma Zhou discovered that Du He lived and ate with the workers. He never bullied the victims, rarely got angry, and treated everyone equally... Ma Zhou had worked hard, but he did not find anything wrong with Du He.
Any moral stain, so he turned his attention to the accounts, hoping to find evidence that Du He embezzled the money for the construction of the Imperial College.
Who knows, after working for half a night, I still got nothing.
At this time, a censor next to him couldn't help but said: "Master Ma, in my opinion, let's forget it. The uncle of Yixian County previously had the title of the Great Demon King and the title of the No. 1 Dandy in Chang'an. We all subconsciously thought that he
He will be a corrupt person, but now it seems that Du He is really working for His Majesty wholeheartedly. Not to mention anything else, just for the reconstruction of the Imperial College, every penny is accounted for and all is used for reconstruction.
, and about thirty people under Du He came from the furniture factory. Like the victims, these people did not receive a penny. I asked about their daily wages, which were paid to them by the furniture factory.
The 300,000 yuan has not been used at all."
Someone next to him stood up, nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, Mr. Ma, when it comes to purchasing stone, wood and other raw materials, Du He actually invented a bidding method. All the big players sat down to bid, which one has the best quality?
If the price is low, I will use it. It is said that the Sikong Mansion even threatened Du He for this matter, but Du He remained unmoved, claiming that this work-for-relief business was not a business to make money, but to benefit the people. This was terrible.
You really haven’t spent a penny wasted.”
“It’s really inappropriate for us to doubt a man who is so dedicated to the country and the people!”
Everyone praised Du He no matter what they said to me.
Ma Zhou was immediately confused.
After a long while, he said leisurely: "Could it be said that this is all my prejudice against Du He? Is it really as you said? Let's wait and see in a few days."
Ma Zhou sent everyone away. He took the account book and looked through it again, but still found nothing.
Ma Zhou still refused to give up. From the second day on, he never left Du He's side. Except for sleeping and going to the toilet, he followed Du He. No matter what Du He did, he would go up and observe.
In the early morning of that day, Du He led Lu Yuan and others to discuss the newly built sports field at the construction site.
According to Du He's plan, a sports ground covering an area of more than 20 acres will be built next to Qujiang Pool.
However, many craftsmen are opposed. They think that this sports ground has no meaning. Firstly, it covers an area of more than 20 acres and takes up a lot of land. Secondly, this sports ground alone costs tens of thousands of dollars, which is really a waste. Everyone feels that
, either building a teaching building, or simply leaving this land vacant and doing nothing.
Ma Zhou listened next to him, and immediately ran up excitedly, came to Du He, and asked loudly: "Du He, you want to build this sports ground, are you trying to enrich yourself and take advantage of it?"
After Ma Zhou finished speaking, he realized that he was a little excited. He couldn't help it. He had been looking for Du He's flaw in the past few days, but he never found it. Now that he finally found some clues, how could he not be excited?
Then, he realized that the craftsmen around him were all looking at him like a fool.
Lu Yuan said dissatisfied: "Master Ma, what you said is wrong. Everyone knows that our young master is the richest man in Chang'an. He spent 800,000 yuan to buy Yonghe Liufang and build this sports ground.
It's just more than ten thousand dollars, how can our young master value such a small amount of money?"
Ma Zhou suddenly became a little panicked: "Then...here, Du He, give me an explanation as to why the sports ground was built and what is it used for?"
Du He looked at Ma Zhou's thin figure and suddenly smiled: "Master Ma, before I answer your question, I have a request. I hope you can agree to it."
"you say……"
Du He glanced at Ma Zhou, turned to Lu Yuan and said, "Shengxiao, come out and have a running race with Mr. Ma. Run from here to the gate and back to see who is faster."
Ma Zhou looked confused.
"start!"
But they saw Lu Yuan taking the lead and running out.
Ma Zhou looked at it and thought that he couldn't lose to a craftsman. After all, he was also a person who often practiced martial arts, so he quickly chased after him.
Not long after, Lu Yuan had returned to his original position, his face not red, his heart not beating, and he was calm and collected.
After a while, I saw Ma Zhou running back panting. He was out of breath and his whole face was pale. After finally running to the finish line, he couldn't even stand still.
Du He waited for Ma Zhou to take a few breaths before saying: "Master Ma, this is the meaning of exercise. This sports ground is for the students of the Imperial College to exercise every day. As students of the Imperial College, they will be admitted to the Imperial College in the future.
If you are an official in the court and are loyal to the country, if you don't have a good body, how can you do a good job and complete the tasks assigned by your majesty? Therefore, the goal I have set for the Imperial College students is to be healthy and healthy in the future.
Fifty years of working in the Tang Dynasty."
Ma Zhou put his hands on his hips, panting, and said with conviction: "It makes sense, it makes sense, you should exercise, you should..."
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(Thanks to Brother [There Are Always Tricky People Who Want to Harm Me] for the reward, thank you for your support!)