Destiny Only Han

Xuanshi hall.

Cao Shen and Zhang Cang looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Wei Wuzhi shook his head and asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, where are the barns and warehouses for storing farm tools? Where are the pig pens and chicken coops?"

"What?" Liu Ying's eyes widened: "Where is it allowed to raise chickens in a building? At most, you can raise a dog. No, raise a cat to relieve loneliness! After all, it is too dangerous to raise a dog in a crowded place!"

"There is no place to store farm tools... Well, at the worst, we can build a larger briquette room for them to store small farm tools such as bicycles or hoes and sickles. As for large farm machinery such as planters and harvesters, we should rent them."

"Anyway, I have inspected and found that, except for some large farms that purchase their own agricultural machinery, farmers with other small plots of land have been renting agricultural machinery..."

Cao Shen was stunned.

Wei Wuzhi looked at Liu Ying with a "why not eat minced meat" look.

"Your Majesty's move is too whimsical..." Zhang Cang suddenly changed his mind and said: "Well, I have no other intention. I just want to say that it would be difficult for the people to abandon the big courtyard and live in this kind of building..."

After all, for most Chang'an people, their yard is not only a residence, but also a production site. Both men and women will spend their free time in their yard basking in the sun, making handicrafts, and then selling them in the market.

Liu Ying touched the short beard on her lips: "Do you still remember when people came to the gate of Changle Palace to complain?"

Cao Shen was stunned for a moment and tried his best to reduce his sense of presence.

Zhang Cangze said with a smile: "Remember. The people want the government to pay for them to build pipelines for water supply, but the government has no money..."

Liu Ying nodded: "So you see, this building not only has running water, but also electricity. If you have money, you can even install a telephone! This is called upstairs and downstairs, lights and telephones!"

"The important thing is to live in a building with central heating!"

"Well, you know about central heating, right?"

"Just like in the palace, in winter, a special thermal power plant will send hot water through pipes to all parts of the palace..."

"Compared with heating themselves, the money they save from central heating in one winter is equivalent to weaving two hundred bamboo baskets in the yard!"

Cao Shen and Wei Wuzhi nodded lightly.

After all, one of them is the Prime Minister and has a dedicated office space in Changle Palace, and the other is the Royal Order of the Supreme Emperor. He has been accompanying Liu Bang all year round and is no stranger to plumbing.

Zhang Cang was a little confused.

He has heard of the term 'central heating', but has never experienced it due to level issues...

Well, after all, during this period, because everyone's mansions covered a large area and the rooms were far apart, the only way to stay warm in winter was to burn a kang or a briquette stove, otherwise a lot of heat would be lost on the road.

Although the palace occupies a large area, the royal family is rich...

Rich, so willful...

Liu Ying used a brush to draw a few strokes on the room model and marked the rough heating, water supply and power supply.

Wei Wuzhi looked at it, and his heart suddenly moved.

Well, he doesn't want to live in a building.

After all, he is now an internal historian, equivalent to the governor-general of Zhili in later generations. He has a very large and elegant mansion in the imperial city. Naturally, he does not want this kind of 'pigeon cage' of more than 200 square meters...

Wei Wuzhi looked at Liu Ying and asked, "May I ask, Your Majesty, how much does such a building cost?"

Liu Ying thought for a while and replied: "It costs about one thousand yuan per square meter. Of course, this does not include the land cost and subsequent decoration costs."

Wei Wuzhi thought about it in his mind.

Nowadays, the price of food in the Han Dynasty has not been high. One stone of wheat is worth about a hundred yuan. In other words, if the cost of building a house per square meter is calculated as one thousand yuan, it is equivalent to ten stones of wheat. One stone of wheat is sixty kilograms, that is, six hundred kilograms of grain!
Not expensive!

Wei Wuzhi nodded secretly, looked at Liu Ying and said, "Your Majesty, there are ten households in one unit of this building, and there are sixty households in one row, right?"

Liu Ying frowned: "What do you mean by this?"

Wei Wuzhi calculated again: "I want to book twenty rows, which is 1000 or [-] houses!"

A big customer...Liu Ying almost showed her habitual flattering smile.

He calmed down and asked, "Why are you booking so many houses? I remember your house is next door to my uncle's house? Why, are you planning to flip houses?"

"Specializing in real estate?" Wei Wuzhi frowned, but he didn't bother too much. He just looked at Liu Ying and said, "It's not for the ministers, but for the officials in the Neishi Mansion and the senior officials!"

"Living in Chang'an is not easy."

"Not all officials working in the Neishi Mansion are from Chang'an, and most of them need to rent a house."

"His Majesty once said that if you have thousands of mansions, you will be able to shelter all the poor people in the world with joy..."

"Therefore, I decided to have the Neishi Mansion pay for the construction of a number of buildings to be used as residences for officials of the Neishi Mansion... free of charge."

"Of course, the house belongs to the Neishi Mansion. It just gives them a shelter from wind and rain when they are working in Chang'an, and they will not be evicted by the landlord at will!"

Which landlord would dare to evict officials?Don't think of me as a fool, okay... Liu Ying narrowed her eyes, but her face was full of smiles: "Yes, you know how to be considerate of your subordinates and worry about others' difficulties. This is the style of Lord Xinling!"

Wei Wuzhi was happy at first, but then the expression on his face became complicated.If he remembered correctly, Liu Ying seemed to have the title of 'Little Letter Lord'!

This is actually nothing, but the key to the problem is that he has an ancestor named 'Xinling Lord'!

bully!
Wei Wuzhi glanced at Liu Ying full of resentment.

Liu Ying thought for a while and looked at Zhang Cang: "What Zhi Su Neishi just said is not unreasonable. It is really difficult to persuade people to move from small courtyards to buildings with empty words, even if most of them have already subcontracted the land. , I work in a factory, and it doesn’t make any difference whether I live in a building or a bungalow..."

“But people’s living habits don’t change that quickly.”

“So, whether a building or a bungalow is better, it’s better to let them see it and believe it!”

"What your Majesty said is..." Zhang Cang's eyes lit up.

"Yes, it's what you think!" Liu Ying nodded lightly: "Let the civil servants first... Bah, let the petty officials and junior officials move into the building first, so that the people can dispel their doubts!"

"After all, I heard from the people that if something good happens, it must be the officials first, and the common people in Guizhou will not have their turn..."

Cao Shen was stunned for a moment, then bowed his head and said, "It is a crime for me to break trust to my countrymen."

Liu Ying shook her head: "Prime Minister Cao does not need to blame himself so much. The government and the people are naturally at odds with each other, and it is normal for the people to question officials. Therefore, you only need to keep the interests of the people at heart."

"Doing good deeds without asking for reward……"

Wei Wuwu and Zhang Cang looked at each other, raised their hands and said, "I would like to be taught."

Liu Ying smiled and then asked: "I have a question, this civil servant community...well, where will the dormitory building for the officials of the Neishi Mansion be built?"

Wei Wuzhi pondered for a moment, then tentatively said: "I remember that there is a granary to the west of the Neishi Mansion that is no longer in use. It would be better to build a house there. This can shorten the commuting time of the officials and save at least an hour every day. For overtime!”

Cao Shen: "..."

Liu Ying frowned slightly: "Granary?"

Zhang Cang replied: "I know that granary. It was originally a warehouse for storing military grain for the troops stationed in Weiyang and Changle palaces. However, with the construction of Huayincang, the grain from Guandong was uniformly transported to Huayincang. In the city Naturally, the grain depot is no longer in use.”

Liu Ying nodded slightly to show that she knew.

After all, when the Han Dynasty was first established, it could be said that everyone in the world was the enemy.

There are Xiongnu in the north, and there are a bunch of kings with different surnames inside.

Therefore, Chang'an City is not only a capital, but also a fortress. Naturally, grain depots and weapons depots must be built in the city!
But later the Huns were crippled, and the thorns among the kings with different surnames were also eliminated. There were no internal or external worries, so the army naturally did not need to store food, and could just eat as it pleased.

However, the reason why the grain depot in the city was abandoned was the Huayin warehouse mentioned by Zhang Cang.

The population in Guanzhong was increasing day by day, and the local food was not enough to eat, so food needed to be transported from outside. However, there were no trains at that time, and the loss of food would be too great if transported by horse-drawn carriages. Therefore, a canal was built that was almost parallel to the Wei River, and ships were used to transport the food from Guandong. Transported into Guanzhong.

Huayincang is an official warehouse specially used to store grain. (Note [-])

Just when Wei Wuzhi and Zhang Cang were quietly discussing the transfer of the grain depot, Cao Shen coughed twice and said, "I have objections."

Liu Ying frowned: "Say."

Cao Shen pointed to the map and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look. The abandoned official warehouse is in the imperial city. I dare to ask Your Majesty, how many meters is the first floor of that building?"

Liu Ying replied: "Three meters and two. What's wrong?"

Cao Shen continued to ask: "The first floor is three meters and two meters, and the fifth floor is 16 meters, right?"

Liu Ying nodded somewhat suddenly: "That's right."

Cao Shen looked at Wei Wuzhi: "Let's change places. It's too close to Changle and Weiyang palaces! Even if you stand on the third floor, you only need a civilian telescope to have a panoramic view of the palace scenery!"

Wei Wuzhi was shocked.

If it is true as Cao Shen said, this is not only an offense to the emperor's privacy, but also a provocation to the imperial power!
For example, in Fan Tower in the Northern Song Dynasty, it is said that as long as you are on the third floor of the west tower of Fan Tower, you can see the imperial palace. For this reason, the west tower has become a forbidden area.

Wei Wuzhi looked at the map for a while, calculated it according to the scale, and quickly selected a new target in the inner city of Chang'an, far away from the imperial city. He looked at Cao Shen and asked, "Xiangguo, what do you think of this place?"

Cao Shen nodded: "Okay. A major road leads directly to Neishi Mansion, which is convenient for commuting but also far away from the imperial city. Not bad, not bad..."

Liu Ying also nodded and said: "In that case, I will send someone to the Neishi Mansion later to discuss the bond and building construction issues... I am tired. If there is nothing important, you can retreat on your own."

fake.

He wasn't tired.

On the contrary, he was full of energy.

As for letting Cao Shen and others leave, he couldn't wait to go to a certain Pixiu to show off, and prove to her what it means to be silent and become a blockbuster...

When it comes to making money, he is more professional!

Note 2001: Huayincang is also called Jingshicang. The site is located in Shuangquan Village, Yuemiao Street Office, Huayin City, Shaanxi Province. It is at the point where the Cao Canal enters the Wei River on the south bank of the Weihe River. It was built during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to store and transport grain for the capital Chang'an. The national large-scale granary was announced by the State Council as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units on June 6, 25. (End of chapter)