Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 319 The royal family is really rich
Chapter 20 The royal family is really rich
The mansion of Chen Ying, Duke of Pengcheng County in Chang'an, at this time the side door of Chen's mansion was wide open, and carriages drove out of Chen's mansion slowly.Hearing the muffled sound of the wagon wheels and the bluestone road, people unconsciously looked towards the wagons, and those with discerning eyes could tell at a glance that these wagons were loaded with heavy goods.

It's just that the carriage is wrapped in black Gebu, so that people can't see what's inside.

Yu Qing, who was sitting in the carriage, looked at the carriages that were continuously driving out of the Chen residence, frowned, and said to the attendants beside him, "Go and find out, what happened to the Chen residence?"

There is a saying that cats have their way, and rats have their way. Soon Hou Mochen's followers brought the news they wanted to inquire about to Yu Qing: "Reporting to Lord Yu, they said that the Chen family will build a building outside the city. House."

"Building a house? That's not right!" Yu Qing is old and sophisticated, and he can tell at a glance that the money the Chen family has pulled out is not a small amount. Such a heavy carriage can pull at least five or six hundred guan, a dozen or so. There are tens of thousands of carriages.With tens of thousands of guan, you can buy a big house in Chang'an, and build it outside the city, how much would it take?Covering an area of ​​thirty acres, or hundreds of acres?
"Continue to investigate!"

The carriage was heading towards Hou Mochen's mansion, and Yu Qing needed to report the news to Hou Mochen Qianhui.

The architectural style of Chenjiazhuang in Qinglinli changed suddenly. A large number of people no longer simply surrounded the walls, but mobilized two-thirds of the recruited laborers with hoes and shovels to dig a ditch connecting the Bahe River.

The estimated length of this ditch was more than [-] miles, and the eyes of the laborers suddenly became bright. This is a huge project, which means that they can work until the end of the year, or even longer.

In fact, these short-term workers and helpers do not know that the final length of this ditch is nearly seventy miles, and it needs to surround the future Chenjiawu Fort.

The place reserved for short-term workers was originally planned to be built into a wooden house, which can be used as a place for ironworkers to live in the future.But with the establishment of Wubao, it is not suitable for this iron workshop to be built outside.The iron workshop will produce a large amount of sulfide, carbon dioxide, dust and other wastes, especially the huge noise, which will directly affect the quality of life in Chenjiawu Castle. The best way is to build the iron workshop on the banks of the Bahe River, so that Since then, it can prevent the iron workshop from polluting the living environment of Chenjiawu Castle...

Outside Chenjiawu Fort, the places where the short-term workers recruited temporarily live are all temporary shacks built of wooden houses, while the buildings in the village will be constructed of bricks and tiles.

Watching the excavated foundation take shape day by day, the ditches also become deeper and longer day by day, especially with the firing of the first batch of bricks and tiles, the brick-and-tile main building began to look different day by day. People are exhilarated, but seeing the money and food being pulled out of Chen's mansion one by one, and Chen Ying's money bank is getting empty day by day, Chen Ying's mood is really hard to be excited.

Chen Ying still wanted to grit his teeth and insist, but Lan Er took the account book and began to complain to Chen Ying: "Mr. Straw bales and other utensils cost three to four hundred guan, and the three thousand guan has been spent in just a few days. If we continue to support this, we can only last another month. Our family has no land and no income. We are afraid that this big house will be It can't be built..."

Chen Ying didn't answer Lan Er's words, Xu Erniang made a cup of tea for Chen Ying, stood aside and looked at the account books, her black and beautiful hair was slightly tilted to the side, her face was soft, and she whispered: "It's so much money! I thought building a house outside Chang'an City would save some money..."

She flung herself into Chen Ying's arms that night, and even though she had a big misunderstanding, she didn't dare to raise her head in front of others for several days, so she finally stayed in Qinglin and served Chen Ying wholeheartedly. It's just that she always remembered her status as a chaste little widow, and except for occasionally looking at Chen Ying with affectionate eyes, she never let him advance an inch.

Chen Ying raised her head and glanced at Xu Erniang. This girl didn't feel that living in the clear forest was hard work, and her food was simple and light. On the contrary, her skin was white and tender, plump and round, her lips were red and her teeth were white, and her eyes were shining. After holding her in his arms and struggling for her, there will be no chance for the beautiful woman to be in his arms again.

Chen Ying thought silently in his heart: "Looks like we have to find ways to get some money!"

However, Chen Ying was at a loss as to how to get money.The money he needs is not a small amount. You must know that in the early years of Zhenguan, Datang's annual treasury revenue was only more than 450 million yuan, and it would take up one percent of the treasury at once. This money is not easy to get.

Before Chen Ying could think of a specific solution, Chen Jinyong suddenly came forward and said, "County Lord Baicheng, please see me!"

To Chen Ying's surprise, Baicheng didn't wear men's clothing this time, instead, he came in gorgeous palace attire, with the guard of honor of Baicheng County Lord, sitting and walking slowly.

Although Chen Ying has met Li Daozhen, the county lord of Baicheng, more than once, Li Daozhen has never shown women's clothing in front of Chen Ying. Behind Yi's light gauze curtain, looming is that beautiful face shining crystal clear under the sun, the star-studded eyes exuding a deep and blurred look, Chen Ying immediately felt that this face was glamorous and incomparable , these eyes are unusually charming, and a faint fragrance rushes into his nostrils.

Seeing Li Daozhen for the first time, Chen Ying was slightly stunned, as if suddenly charmed, and forgot to say anything else.

Li Daozhen doesn't know how to describe it. Anyway, when she doesn't see Chen Ying, Chen Ying's handsome face often appears in her head. She also looks forward to Chen Ying day and night. Seeing him looking at her so fascinated, Li Daozhen My heart and soul swayed, and my heart was a little confused.

For a long time, neither Chen Ying nor Li Daozhen spoke.

Lan'er couldn't help but rolled her eyes: "I'm dumbfounded!"

Hearing Lan'er's jealous words, Chen Ying finally came to his senses: "Chen Ying has met the Lord Baicheng!"

Li Daozhen nodded noncommittally: "I heard that you are going to build a house, and it will cost a lot, I still have some private money..."

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "This is not appropriate!"

Li Daozhen said domineeringly: "There is nothing inappropriate, if you don't want it, we will all fall into the Bahe River..."

"This..." Chen Ying didn't know how to speak, and others couldn't say it, but Li Daozhen could really do it as long as she said it. She said that she would throw money into Bahe, she was definitely not joking.

Seeing Chen Ying opening his mouth to speak, Li Daozhen said softly: "Let's drive..."

The four burly maidens stepped forward and turned to leave.

It's just that there were twelve carriages left outside Chen Ying's wooden house, and each carriage contained four large boxes.

Chen Ying shook his head and smiled wryly, but Lan'er excitedly stepped forward and struggled to open the box on one of the carriages. There was a loud clatter, and the full copper coins flowed down like running water.

Chen Ying was stunned: "Damn, you are really a Hao sister!"

Although Chen Ying didn't want to use Li Daozhen's money, it could relieve her urgent needs at the moment, and at worst, if she had money in the future, she would double it back.Chen Yingdao: "You guys count the money, and give me a number after counting!"

Chen Ying didn't care, but Lan'er was about to cry.

Because the money that Li Daozhen brought was not strung up with strings at all, and they were all piled up in boxes of different sizes.If Hongxiu Tianxiang and Xu Erniang were asked to count, they might not be able to count how much money was in the car from dawn to dusk.

Lan'er said: "How long will it take to count? I'm afraid I won't be able to count if I break my index finger."

Chen Yingdao: "Actually, you don't need to bother at all!"

"Then how do you count?"

"It's very simple!"

"You first count a thousand copper coins, then use a scale to weigh the thousand copper coins to see how heavy they are, then weigh all the coins again, divide the total weight by the weight of the thousand copper coins, and you can get A specific amount of money!"

However, despite this, the workload is still not small.

After working for two hours, Lan'er and the four girls finally settled the money.

But the result, even Chen Ying was dumbfounded.

The total weight of copper is 650 a catty, calculated on the basis that each thousand pieces weighs eight catties and two or three coins, which is approximately equal to 2000 two hundred guan.Counting the 64 silver judgments of 50 taels, this batch of money is equivalent to [-] guan.

"Lan'er, for an IOU, Chen Ying will borrow [-] coins from the Lord Baicheng!" Chen Ying sighed inwardly, "The royal family is really rich!"

(End of this chapter)