Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 793 Great joy

  Fang Jifan really spent countless efforts on building the palace.

  He first invited many famous craftsmen to discuss. In addition, he also specially recruited people from among the captives of Franz, and worked with Fang Jifan to draw drawings.

  If we want to build, we must build the best.

  This is Fang Jifan's principle. It is Fang Jifan's lifelong wish to let his father-in-law and mother-in-law enjoy.

  After a lot of work, the rough sketches are almost finished. Zhu Houzhao has been following Fang Jifan for the past few days. He doesn't quite understand what Fang Jifan wants to build. The question is why Fang Jifan suddenly became so interested in this.

  After the sketches are roughly drawn, they need to be sent to the Ministry of Industry for verification.

   After all, it is the residence of the emperor, so it cannot be sloppy at all, even if Fang Jifan pays for it.

  …

  Emperor Hongzhi went to greet the Empress Dowager early in the morning, and then went to the Nuan Pavilion, Liu Jian and others, as usual.

  Everyone sat down. Emperor Hongzhi was in a good mood. He picked up the teacup and said with a smile, "I had a dream last night. I dreamed that a golden dragon descended from the sky. Tell me, is it strange or not?"

   "Really?" Liu Jian was also surprised. He actually has some interest in dream interpretation. Although he is busy with official duties, he likes to study it occasionally.

Since the Ministry of Industry decided on the location of the new palace and sent it to Emperor Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi heard that there was such an auspicious place, perhaps because Emperor Hongzhi took this matter to heart. For the sake of the dream, it really happened.

Emperor Hongzhi was about to speak vividly, but an **** came outside and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has sent a sketch of the new palace, which was drawn by Fang Duwei himself and other craftsmen. It is said to be a sketch, but it is only a rough prototype. .”

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled slightly: "This successor is really serious."

  Liu Jian and others also smiled, but muttered in their hearts, what exactly does this guy want to do?

  Emperor Hongzhi summoned Chen Yan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to come in, and Chen Yan presented the sketch.

   It is said to be a sketch, but there are quite a lot of them. There are dozens of drawings, and there is a stack. Emperor Hongzhi took the first one to look at, followed by the second and third...

  The more I looked, the more confused I became, and I couldn't help raising my eyes in amazement, looking at Chen Yan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry: "This...is really presented by Fang Qing's family? Is it possible?"

   "It is feasible." Chen Yan said: "I have seen that although there are many strange buildings, they can be constructed."

   "It covers an area of ​​more than a thousand acres?" Emperor Hongzhi said in horror.

   You know, the Forbidden City is only a thousand acres of land.

   But Fang Jifan actually wanted to build a new palace on the same scale as the Forbidden City?

   This guy is... crazy, how much does this cost?

  Crazy, absolutely crazy...

  Emperor Hongzhi's scalp is numb, Fang Jifan...what a gift.

  Emperor Hongzhi stared at Chen Yan: "Chen Qing's family, tell me, how much would it cost to build a new palace with this blueprint?"

   "This... is not counted." Chen Yan smiled wryly: "But if you want to use the Forbidden City as the scale and carve beams and paintings, I dare to estimate that at least tens of millions of taels of silver will be needed."

   million...

  Emperor Hongzhi felt crazy: "This guy must be joking!"

   Tens of millions of taels of silver, but the silver tax income of the third year of Ming Dynasty is absolutely amazing wealth.

  Actually, because of the Fang family’s coal mining and many industries in Xishan, this money can be scraped together with some reluctance.

   But this is almost equivalent to throwing all the belongings of the Fang family into it.

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but said: "This... is too thick, tell Fang Jifan to reduce the size!"

  Liu Jian and the others were also dumbfounded.

   Ten million taels... What is the Fang family planning to do, planning to wipe out all their wealth overnight?

  It's almost like throwing a pot and selling iron.

  If Marquis Pingxi knew about this, he would probably rush back from Guizhou immediately, and shoot this prodigal to death.

  Everyone suddenly realized that Fang Jifan was serious. Seeing how lively he was, it didn't look like he was playing with a flower gun at all?

   Is it really a brain disease?

   Just when everyone was wondering.

Chen Yan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, smiled wryly: "Your Majesty, Fang Duwei said that this is his will, and he has made up his mind. Everything in the Fang family belongs to the emperor, and it is only natural to repair the palace for your majesty. If His Majesty refuses to let him practice, he would rather die!"

   "..." Emperor Hongzhi's face turned green.

   Would he rather die if he wasn't allowed to sell everything?

  Liu Jian and others suddenly coughed one after another.

   Such a son-in-law is good, really good.

  Compared all the son-in-laws at once.

  Even if Taishan is the emperor, who in this world can do this?

   But at the same time, they are very fortunate, fortunately... their own son is not like this, if it is such a stupid thing, there is no need to pass on the family line, and you will be killed.

  Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "This can't be done, it can't be done, if so, I really feel uneasy, this child, why is he so honest, he is too honest, loyal..."

Emperor Hongzhi stood up, with his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth, and suddenly felt a little bit ashamed, how much dowry was given to the princess when she got married, but now...he is so heartbroken to himself .

   "If this person is too loyal, he won't succeed. If he is so stupid, he will be bullied. An honest man will suffer." Emperor Hongzhi raised his head and frowned, worried about Fang Jifan's future fate.

   Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were only dumbfounded.

  …

  Fang Jifan is a person who does what he says and does it. Once he has a sketch, he will start recruiting people.

  Fang Jifan searched for highly skilled craftsmen, those skilled craftsmen, and craftsmen with a certain design ability. The Ministry of Industry cooperated very much in this regard. This is to build a palace for the emperor. Who dares to interfere with it.

   Since then, there have been countless masons and carpenters.

  The so-called cost of tens of millions of taels of silver is actually far more than that. Fang Jifan wants to build this palace more luxuriously. If the Forbidden City needs tens of millions of taels of silver, then Fang Jifan needs at least 30 million taels of silver.

Of course, thirty million taels and the ten million taels of the Forbidden City are imaginary numbers, because there are many deductions in the palace city, even if it is a piece of wood, it is only ten taels of silver, and if it is reported, it becomes six or seventy taels , If you encounter black-hearted people, there will be even more.

  Since Fang Jifan presided over the construction of the palace himself, there were no eunuchs and officials to do anything wrong, so Fang Jifan estimated that five million taels would be enough.

   But even if it was five million taels of cash, Fang Jifan couldn't just take it out. He had to raise money everywhere and try his best to squeeze it out of his own property.

This is a huge project. After recruiting countless craftsmen, it is time to recruit laborers everywhere. Then, it is the leveling of the ground and the laying of the foundation. Not only that, all the main buildings must have ' Underfloor heating' requires special drainage ditches, special brick kilns have to be built, and even...Fang Jifan has to try firing 'tiles'.

  Concrete is also a must. In Xishan, countless attempts on concrete preparation have been made, and now, it is ready-made.

  There is no need to put steel bars in the building. First, steel is too expensive these days. Second, the gardens are all low-rise buildings, so there is no need to use steel bars.

   These are just the basics. For the design of this garden, Fang Jifan still needs to find a famous teacher from the south of the Yangtze River to achieve one step at a time.

  Fang Jifan spent all his energy on this. As a son-in-law, what Fang Jifan did has influenced many people, so that the market for recruiting son-in-law in Beijing has entered a cold winter.

  After all...With this role model, it seems that other son-in-laws don't think much of her.

  What’s wrong with Duwei’s brain disease thing, prodigal, stupid and stupid, but he’s serious, come on, come on, my daughter will marry you, and build a house for your uncle?

  Fang Jifan naturally ignored the ridicule and complaints of others, or took him as a model.

Once he was busy, he even asked a group of scholars from Xishan Academy to come here to supervise the project. These students have advantages. On the one hand, they can understand the drawings; on the other hand, they serve as a bridge to communicate with the artisans. Come and teach the craftsmen and laborers to build.

  Of course, the main reason is that Fang Jifan is a little worried about these craftsmen. The students are good and simple, and they should not dare to be greedy for their own money. Well, if they find out, they can be killed.

   After countless efforts, finally, at the end of the month, Fang Jifan shoveled down the first shovel of soil, and the new palace was considered to have broken ground.

  Fang Jifan also let out a long sigh of relief.

   Then, Liu Wenshan was recruited. It was Fang Jifan who personally asked for the emperor's order for Liu Wenshan. He was transferred here from the Imperial Academy to be responsible for the construction of the governor's new palace.

   Next, Fang Jifan finally had a chance to be the shopkeeper after he could relax for a while.

  It's just...every time I see Guanshi Yang and Wang Jinyuan, their resentful eyes seem to be telling something, but they don't dare.

  Fang Jifan had no choice but to shrug his shoulders at them, and couldn't help but think in his heart, I'm sorry, I have spent so much money, and I really bothered you, but I, Fang Jifan, are a person who regards fame and wealth like floating clouds.

  ...

  Guiyang.

  Pingxihou Mansion…

  Ping Xihou received a letter from Guanshi Yang.

He was cheerful, and said to Mrs. Liu, who was with him by his side: "Guard Yang hasn't sent a letter for a long time, but today... but I don't know what happened. You don't know. Every time Guanshi Yang comes to revise a book, there is a happy event. It's our family's successor, who has made great contributions. Today, I don't know what success the successor has done."

   Mrs. Liu smiled sweetly, and couldn't help but said: "Master, quickly take it apart and take a look to find out."

Fang Jinglong nodded, opened the letter, and opened it. After a long time, his face became cloudy. After a long time, Fang Jinglong yelled: "I want to go back to the capital, hurry, hurry, if I don't go back, our family will be ruined." Already!"

  (end of this chapter)