The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 75

So that's the case, Xuan Shijing nodded, and said: "Then there is no rush to sell these things, His Royal Highness, the new paper has begun to be promoted in Chang'an City, the first batch of funds has returned, and His Royal Highness and Wei Wang The dividends of the two Highnesses have also been calculated. In this case, use the money to build the Nuan Pavilion. It just so happened that I was also thinking about some gifts for the Empress these two days. It is not good for the two Highnesses to directly intervene in the construction of the palace, so I will take advantage of it and do it in my name first."

Li Tai heard Xuan Shijing say that the implementation of the new paper in Chang'an has begun to make a profit, and he couldn't help being overjoyed: "I told my elder brother the same way, if the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the money allocated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Donggong and Wudedian are used to do it, The queen mother will definitely not agree, so I thought of secretly selling some unnecessary ornaments in the palace with my elder brother, since Shi Jing said that the money for the new paper has arrived, I will embezzle it from you first, and I will definitely repay it in the future."

Xuan Shijing waved his hand and said with a smile: "What do you mean by repayment or not? I have been taken care of by Your Majesty and Empress since I was a child. I just want to do my best for the Nuan Pavilion. Besides, this new paper can have today. But it is all the hard work of His Royal Highness King Wei."

Seeing Xuan Shijing like this, Li Tai didn't say much, just nodded: "So I'll leave this matter to Shijing."

"I don't know if Your Highness has ever estimated the cost of building the warm pavilion?" Xuan Shijing asked, although Li Chengqian and Li Tai's filial piety is commendable, and Xuan Shijing was a little moved by their behavior of throwing pots and pieces of iron, but after all, reality is reality Well, building a palace is no joke, it will cost a lot of manpower and financial resources, otherwise, Li Chengqian and Li Tai will not wait for Li Chengqian and Li Tai to discuss the matter of the Snapper, His Majesty Li Er has already allocated funds from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to settle this matter, His Majesty Li Er It's not that he doesn't know that Empress Changsun's body is not suitable for living in the Lizheng Palace. Presumably His Majesty Li Er wanted to do this, but was stopped by Empress Changsun.

When it came to the matter of money budget, Li Tai showed embarrassment.

"What's wrong?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"I discussed this with my elder brother in the East Palace yesterday. We plan to build the Nuan Pavilion next to the Taiye Pool. There is a deserted open space over there. It is very suitable for building a palace. It is also close to the Taiye Pool. Whether it is winter or In summer, the scenery is also very pleasant." Li Tai said.

Xuan Shijing narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Tai: "His Royal Highness, the younger brother is asking about your budget, not where you plan to build the palace."

"Uh..." Li Tai paused for a moment, "We can't expropriate corvees to build this palace, so the wages of the workers have to be counted as part of it. A rough estimate, no matter how you say it, it costs [-] guan."

"Twenty thousand guan?" Xuan Shijing shouted in surprise: "My lord, do you really think that [-] guan can build a palace?"

"How much does Shijing think it will cost?" Li Tai asked rhetorically.

Xuan Shijing smiled wryly, and calculated it in her heart, but she had a general understanding, but the calculated figure was taken aback by a big jump, and she regretted the bold words just said, she thought Li Tai was so ambitious to come here. Looking for himself, he has already understood the cost and has a way to get money in the follow-up. It turns out that his budget is almost enough to sell some utensils.

: "Your Highness, let me tell you, since the warm pavilion is built for the empress, and the warm pavilion is used as a residence for the empress to recuperate her body, so the materials used in the construction must be the best. Your highness knows that gold wire Phoebe?"

Li Tai nodded: "I know, the pillars in the Tai Chi Palace are made of golden nanmu."

"When Yang Guang built the palace in Taiyuan, he used the finest golden nanmu. The golden nanmu cost a lot of money just to transport it from the middle of Shu to Taiyuan. Now it is even more expensive in Chang'an. Not enough to buy a few pieces of nanmu." Xuan Shijing said.

"The Nuan Pavilion is not the Tai Chi Hall, nanmu or something, can't we find a suitable substitute?" Li Tai said.

"Yes, the wood for the Warm Pavilion doesn't have to be golden nanmu. It's too luxurious, and the empress would not like it." Xuan Shijing thought for a while, and continued: "Redwood or sandalwood are also available, this is the way to build the Warm Pavilion. The biggest expense is the timber alone, which will cost tens of thousands of guan, plus other materials and workers’ wages, and it will cost at least [-] guan.”

Li Tai was shocked, one hundred thousand!Even if everything in the East Palace and Wude Hall is emptied, you still can't make up one hundred thousand guan!Li Tai scratched his head in embarrassment: "I didn't expect to spend so much money."

They are still too young. Young people do things with enthusiasm.

"Even if it costs so much money, you two still have to build it?" Xuan Shijing asked.

Li Tai hesitated, and then nodded firmly: "Yes, if the one hundred thousand guan can help the queen mother recover better, no matter what method is used, my elder brother and I will get together the one hundred thousand guan, it's just a matter of time." "Li Tai didn't say any more, one hundred thousand strings was indeed a bit beyond his expectations.

Xuan Shijing nodded. Li Chengqian and Li Tai were really filial beyond expectation. They really planned to sell their assets in the palace so that Empress Changsun could take good care of her body.

"Actually, the Nuan Pavilion doesn't have to be built like a palace." Xuan Shijing said, "His Royal Highness the King of Wei must know about the dragon boat of Emperor Yang in the former Sui Dynasty."

Li Tai nodded: "Yes, it is said that the dragon boat building is extremely luxurious, with pavilions and pavilions." Speaking of this, Li Tai understood Xuan Shijing's meaning in no time, and his eyes lit up: "Shijing said that the Nuan Pavilion will be built into a The style of the pavilion."

"That's right. Compared with the huge project of the palace, the pavilion is much simpler. The foundation is deeper. It is not a problem to build a five-storey pavilion. In the later period, other buildings can be built one after another to form a building. group without affecting the beauty of the Snappers at all.”

"It's just that the queen mother is the mother of a country. If she lives in a pavilion, she might lose her status." Li Tai said hesitantly.

"It's not that the Lizheng Palace is not suitable for the empress to live in all the year round. It is only during the spring and winter that the warm pavilion is needed to recuperate. Therefore, the warm pavilion is only a place for the empress to live temporarily. This is one of the reasons why I don't recommend you build a palace. After all, the empress is the mother of the country and the head of the harem, and she is supposed to sit in the government hall according to the system." Xuan Shijing analyzed.

Li Tai nodded: "Then how much would it cost to build a pavilion?"

Xuan Shijing really doesn't know much about the cost of construction. He just knows that most of the buildings in the Tang Dynasty are made of wood, so he knows that the most expensive aspect of building a palace is wood. If you ask him the specific cost, he I really don't know.

"You have to ask a professional, after all, I don't understand." Xuan Shijing said.

Li Tai almost forgot that Xuan Shijing who was sitting across from him was not as old as him, and before he knew it, he actually had a trust and a dependence on this younger person.

At this time, Long'er pushed open the door of the study, walked in with [-] rice porridge, put the rice porridge on Xuan Shijing's desk, and said, "Master Hou, Your Highness, drink some porridge to warm your stomach. "

To be honest, after talking to Li Tai for so long, I was really hungry, so I took the porridge and drank it in big gulps.

"By the way, Long'er, is there anyone familiar with architecture in the house?" Xuan Shijing put down the bowl of porridge in his hand and looked at Long'er.

"This Long'er really doesn't know how to fight, why is Hou Ye asking this?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Wei want to build a warm pavilion for the empress in the palace, and they are not sure how much it will cost." Xuan Shijing said.

"Nuange? A palace? If it's an ordinary palace, it will cost about 15 guan." Long'er said.

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