I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 226 Building a new city?
Wu Mingkong glanced at Fang Xiu, sat back on the dragon chair, began to straighten the wrinkled dragon robe, and said in a cold voice after a while: "Yes."

Outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the maid heard the voice, responded and turned to leave.

Less than a stick of incense time.

Zhao Zizheng appeared in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, stood upright, saluted respectfully, and said:

"Your Majesty, the offices of the Tax Court and the Royal Bank have been built and will be put into use in three days."

"Ah."

Wu Mingkong nodded, indicating that he already knew about it, and asked, "Other than that, what else is there?"

Zhao Zizheng hesitated for a while, and said: "I am following the order of Prime Minister Fang to find a suitable land in Chang'an City and build a branch of the Royal Bank. It is reasonable to say that this is not difficult, but"

Fang Xiu frowned slightly, and asked, "Just what?"

Zhao Zizheng looked at Fang Xiu, hesitated and said:
"It's just that the number of merchants and common people who settled in the capital this year has increased a lot compared to previous years. The officials searched for seven days in Chang'an City, but they couldn't find a suitable land, not to mention the central location, even near the outer city. The land in the city was bought by merchants and built mansions."

Speaking of this, he paused and hurriedly said:

"Of course, it is not difficult for the imperial court to buy back the mansion in the central location from the people and build a branch. The minister has already obtained a good land lease and can start construction soon.

It's just that Xiaguan traveled all over Chang'an in the past seven days and found a more important problem: Chang'an's land is not enough.

People from all over the country are still pouring into Chang'an, and they will have no place to live in before long!

The prices of land and mansions in the capital will also increase rapidly. "

Wu Mingkong was slightly taken aback, and asked, "Is there a solution?"

Zhao Zizheng said: "I have three plans. One is to restrict people from outside the Chang'an mansion from entering the city. Even if they enter the city, they are not allowed to buy land and mansions. From this, the problem of insufficient land can naturally be solved, but it will only hit the I do a lot of business.

The second is to demolish a city wall and expand Chang'an City. This can not only meet the needs of the people, but also promote my business.

It's just that the war between the imperial court and the state of Zhou has not yet ended, and it is difficult to deal with any accidents if the city walls of Chang'an are taken down rashly.

The third is not to demolish the city wall, but to build mansions outside the city wall, and then build the city wall after reaching a certain scale. This is less risky, but it will take longer.

There are three options, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, and please Your Majesty decide which option is more suitable."

Zhao Zizheng talked a lot in one breath, mainly talking about how to expand Chang'an City.

This year, due to the existence of Zhenbaozhai, Chang'an City developed very rapidly.

From the original commercial desert, it has been transformed into a commercial center.

This year, not only the merchants of the big cadres flocked to Chang'an, but also merchants from neighboring countries, such as Yan, Zhou, and Wu, also flocked to Chang'an.

In addition, because of the establishment of various workshops, the people in the surrounding areas of Chang'an also had some spare money.

With money, I thought about moving to a better place.

As the capital of Dagan and the most prosperous city in Dagan, Chang'an was naturally their first choice.

This led to an explosive growth in the population of Chang'an City.

It is normal that land and mansions are not enough.

For so many years.

The population of Chang'an has been in a state of no increase or decrease.

Wu Mingkong never thought that one day he would worry about the large population in Chang'an.

Hearing Zhao Zizheng's words, he fell into deep thought.

And Fang Xiu had considered this issue long ago, and had already figured out how to deal with it.

He looked at Zhao Zizheng, and said leisurely: "Has Minister Zhao ever considered the fourth option?"

Zhao Zizheng was slightly taken aback, his eyes showed a look of bewilderment: "I don't know what the fourth plan Fang Xiang said?"

Fang Xiu said leisurely: "Build a new city."

Build a new town?
These four words fell into Zhao Zizheng's ears and made him tremble.

Yes!

Since it is to accommodate the foreign population, is it not a solution to build a new city not far from Chang'an?
just.

Compared with the first three options, what are the advantages and disadvantages of building a new city?
Zhao Zizheng had never considered this plan, and he couldn't figure it out in a short time, so he fell into silence.

on the dragon chair.

Seeing Fang Xiu speak, Wu Mingkong subconsciously raised his eyes to look at him. Seeing his calm expression, he immediately realized that he had considered this issue a long time ago!
"Building a new city. This is the countermeasure he came up with."

"The influx of people is not too much. Expanding Chang'an can completely solve the problem. Why does he want to build a new city?"

The little empress frowned, lost in thought.

the other side.

Fang Xiu looked at Zhao Zizheng, waved his hands and said, "I know the truth about the expansion of Chang'an. What you have to do now is to build the branch of the Royal Bank, and you don't need to ask about the rest."

Hearing this, Zhao Zizheng relaxed his frowning brows, looked at Fang Xiu, and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty understands."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the empress at the side and saluted again: "This is what I want to report. If Your Majesty has no order, I will leave first."

"Go down."

Wu Mingkong waved his hand.

"My minister retire."

Zhao Zizheng saluted, turned and left.

Wu Mingkong glanced at his back, turned his head to look at Fang Xiu, raised his eyebrows, and said, "I found that Zhao Zizheng respects you very much now."

Fang Xiu said indifferently: "The minister is the prime minister, the head of all officials, he respects the minister, it should be done."

Wu Mingkong snorted and said, "A year ago, he pointed at you and scolded you, you are a traitor to the country."

Fang Xiudao: "People's hearts will change, just like Your Majesty, who used to hate his ministers so much that he wished to eat his flesh and drink his blood, but now he also falls in love with his ministers."

Wu Mingkong was powerless to refute, so he glared at him, and said angrily: "It's not that you always use tricks to trick me."

Fang Xiu was noncommittal.

Wu Mingkong thought for a while and asked, "Why do you want to build a new city outside Chang'an instead of expanding Chang'an?"

She wanted to ask this question just now, but Zhao Zizheng was still there and felt it was inconvenient, so she held back until now.

"There are many problems in the planning of Chang'an City. It is far more appropriate to build a new city and re-plan than to expand Chang'an."

Fang Xiu gave his own explanation.

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong frowned slightly, and said somewhat dissatisfied: "The history of Chang'an City is only more than three hundred years old. Compared with Jinnan City and other capitals, the planning is already reasonable enough, so there are no problems."

Fang Xiudao: "There are no problems now, but it doesn't mean there will be no problems in the future."

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Wu Mingkong felt that Fang Xiu was arguing, but he didn't know how to refute it.

Fang Xiu noticed Wu Mingkong's eyes, and instantly understood what she was thinking, and explained: "In the next few decades, Chang'an will change with each passing day, and many things that His Majesty can't imagine will spring up like mushrooms, such as being able to accommodate tens of thousands of people. workshops, dozens of stories high-rise.”

"Is there a car that can run without a horse?"

Wu Mingkong raised his eyebrows and interrupted.

Fang Xiu looked at her, nodded seriously, and said seriously:

"That's right, there are also cars that run between cities by themselves. Chang'an City has now been finalized. If it wants to accommodate these new affairs, it must be completely demolished and re-planned. In this case, why not build it not far from Chang'an A new city?"

Wu Mingkong said: "But these are all your speculations. Who knows if there will be workshops accommodating tens of thousands of people and tall buildings with dozens of floors in the future. If not, wouldn't it be pointless to build a new city?"

Fang Xiu was silent for a moment, then said seriously: "The subject's speculation is always very accurate."

If someone else said this, Wu Mingkong would definitely be very disdainful.

But when Fang Xiu said that, she really couldn't refute it.

After all, what he speculated was really accurate, so accurate that he never made a mistake.

"Okay, I believe you. When the war with Zhou is over, I will allocate money from the treasury and internal funds to build a new city for you."

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu and said solemnly.

When Fang Xiu heard this, he waved his hands and said, "Your Majesty's words are wrong."

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Wu Mingkong's beautiful eyes revealed a look of bewilderment.

In the next second, I heard Fang Xiu continue: "The new city is not built for ministers, but for His Majesty, for Daqian."

I thought there was some insight
Wu Mingkong gave him a supercilious look, and said angrily, "What's mine, isn't it still yours."

The sincere tone moved Fang Xiu's heart.

Looking at the little empress with his bright eyes, his heart was inexplicably agitated.

Wu Mingkong noticed Fang Xiu's eyes, his exquisite face showed a look of vigilance, and subconsciously covered his chest.

"It's not even night yet!"

Fang Xiu didn't refute, walked to the dragon chair, picked her up by the waist, walked to the inner room, and said with a light smile, "Your Majesty, don't you think that the daytime is more interesting?"

"you"

Wu Mingkong's pretty face flushed red, and he was speechless at his brazenness.

At the same time, a derogatory idiom popped up in my mind, "Bai Ri Xuan"
Knowing what the traitor Fang Xiu wanted to do, he would not give up easily.

Wu Mingkong could only coax: "You go back to the house to get your clothes first, I will wait for you."

Fang Xiu frowned, and said: "After I leave the Hall of Mental Cultivation, I'm afraid I won't be able to enter."

Wu Mingkong was powerless to refute, pouted, and hummed: "No one in the whole palace can stop you."

Fang Xiu threw the little empress on the bed, took out the JK and white stockings that had been exchanged before from his arms, and said, "Actually, I prepared them before I came."

Wu Mingkong looked at the strange clothes he had never seen before, his big watery eyes showed a trance, and he wondered: "How can you hide so many things in your clothes."

Fang Xiu thought, because the minister has a system
I thought so in my heart, but my mouth was perfunctory.

Wu Mingkong pouted when he heard this, and said angrily, "You bastard, you don't have a single word of truth out of your mouth."

Paused.

With a red face, she reached out and snatched the JK and white stockings from his hand, and said with a snort, "Go out, come in after I change."

Fang Xiu did not leave, but stretched out his hand to pull down the curtain, threw himself on the bed, and said softly, "I will wait for Your Majesty to change clothes."

Hearing this, Wu Mingbai's fair face instantly turned red up to the ears, his eyes were clouded with mist, and he protested: "No!"

Fang Xiu chose to ignore her protest and rushed forward.

Although the curtain is drawn.

The warm sunshine can still penetrate.

The shy little empress naturally couldn't obey Fang Xiu, and struggled violently.

First it was struggling, then fighting, and then it was ear-to-eye.

Lin Wan'er stood outside, listening to the voice, her delicate face flushed red, she bit her pink lips, feeling her legs were inexplicably weak, she slumped on the grand master's chair.

time flies.

In the blink of an eye, three days later.

early morning.

A magnificent morning glow appeared in the east.

Inside Chang'an City.

The Royal Bank Yamen, which is not far from the Liubu Yamen, is officially opened!

Both Wu Mingkong and Fang Xiu appeared in front of the gate of the yamen.

In the open space at the door.

The civil and military officials stood upright according to the size of their ranks.

Standing in front of all officials, Daji, dressed in a crimson official robe, described the functions of the Royal Bank in a clear and convincing manner.

Baiguan looked at the first president of the Royal Bank with a beautiful face in front of him, his eyes were full of trance.

At first, when they learned that Fang Xiang wanted to appoint a woman who had never taken the imperial examination as the first president of the Royal Bank, they were all aggrieved and dared not speak out.

To know.

The president of the Royal Bank is a real minister!
Ranked the second grade, it is on an equal footing with the six ministers!
A woman, who had never taken the imperial examination, suddenly rose from a commoner to a minister.

This makes them officials who have been officials for more than ten years, or even decades, how embarrassing!
Later, when I heard that this woman was the treasurer of Zhenbao Zhai, I felt a little more at ease.

After all, Zhenbaozhai's contribution to Dagan business is obvious to all.

It is no exaggeration to say that when the national treasury was at its emptiest, Zhenbaozhai almost single-handedly pulled the court out of the quagmire.

The treasurer of Zhenbaozhai sits on an equal footing with the six ministers. Although he is dissatisfied, he is also acceptable.
Although it is already known that the first president of the Royal Bank is a woman named Daji.

But I don't know what she looks like.

The first time I saw it today, I was shocked.

This president is so overwhelming!

With such a beautiful face, they had only seen His Majesty the Emperor and Princess Zhou before.

Princess Zhou Guochang is now Fang Xiang's wife.

His Majesty the Emperor has an unclear relationship with Fang Xiang.

The job of the shopkeeper of Zhenbaozhai is very important. You don't need to think too much about it. This president must be someone close and trustworthy!

"Fang Xiang alone has three beauties in the world, which is really enviable."

Baiguan looked at Daji, who was wearing a crimson official robe, and dared not say it, but thought so in his heart.

At this time, Daji ended her narration.

Fang Xiu stood up, looked around, and said loudly:

"It stands to reason that the Royal Bank's head office does not have savings and loan business!"

"However, the Chang'an branch of the Royal Bank has not yet been built, and savings and loans can only be temporarily handled by the head office!"

"The truth said before that after the establishment of the Royal Bank, the truth will deposit all the silver in it!"

"Your Majesty will also deposit the silver from the internal money!"

"Now is the time to fulfill the promise!"

After finishing speaking, he winked at Dian Wei not far away.

Dian Wei understood immediately, and brought the guards of the Xiangguo Mansion to the Royal Bank with the silver.

Fang Xiu looked at Daji, and said calmly, "The Xiangguo Mansion has a total of 37 taels of cash, all of which are deposited in the Royal Bank!"

(End of this chapter)