Song Yi

Chapter 421

Du Wenhao glanced at the blueprint, and found that there was only one diversion channel connecting the lake to the current pond in the Imperial Flower Garden. He wondered, "Is there a mistake in the drawing? Why does this lake only have a channel for water in, but no place for water out?"

Gao Taotao smiled and said, "That's the water outlet! It's not the water inlet."

Du Wenhao was even more curious: "The waterway where the water comes out? Then how to get in the water?"

"Guess!" Gao Taotao blinked his phoenix eyes and looked at him proudly.

"This... the rain from the sky, right? But, the rain cannot continue to fall, and what should we do if it doesn't rain continuously?"

"Well, rainwater is only a small part of it, guess again! Don't guess to the sky, guess to the ground!"

"Underground? Groundwater? Spring water?"

"By the way!" Gao Taotao was rather complacent about his ingenious conception, "I thought about it, if it's like the current pond, it's okay to divert the water from the moat, but in the future, the two of us will swim in the lake Those who bathe, but the water of the moat is drawn from the Bianhe River. It flows through so many places. Along the way, peasant women wash their clothes, wash their feet, wash diapers, wash rice and vegetables, kill chickens and geese, and children swim in the river. Pigs, cattle and sheep are rotting in the river, it's disgusting to think about!"

Du Wenhao smiled wryly: "Hearing what you said, I'm not interested anymore."

"That's right, so, the water source of our lake must be the source water, so that it is clean and elegant. Last night, I summoned Cai Jing, the prefect of Kaifeng, and asked him to immediately investigate the area we plan to expand and occupy. How many springs are there in this piece of land? This Cai Jing is quick to do things. The results were reported early this morning. There are 36 wells, large and small. They are all sweet water wells that never dry up! Two of them are very big and pop out. The water flows into the Bianhe River, and the two streams have a name called "Yaobixi". The source of the name is that the spring water is as sweet as the nectar of Yaochi Lake, and it is quiet and green. People from the Ministry of Industry said that if the well is dug Eye, the amount of water will be bigger!"

"Really? How much water is there in total?"

"People from the Ministry of Industry have calculated that the water from these 36 wells, especially the two big-eyed springs, can fill the entire lake in less than a month, and can ensure the flow of water in the lake."

"That's great. We are the water at the source. It's clean and comfortable. We can swim in the water."

Gao Taotao's big eyes flashed: "Can you swim?"

"Of course! When I was a child, I used to put my clothes on my head and swim across the river to play."

"Really? Then you will teach me how to swim, I don't know how to swim."

"Okay! We can divide this artificial lake into a shallow water area and a deep water area, so that you can swim freely and safely in the shallow water area."

"No," Gao Taotao shook his head and said, "This lake needs to be dug deep, and there is no shallow water area. I want to swim in deep water. You teach me. Anyway, with you by my side, I am not afraid of anything!"

Gao Taotao is weak by nature, being able to say this, and daring to risk her life, proves that she trusts herself wholeheartedly. Du Wenhao couldn't help but feel warm when she could get such trust.

Du Wenhao really wanted to make out with her, but it was not convenient, so he turned his back to the officials and craftsmen in the distance, and blew a kiss to Gao Taotao.

Du Wenhao saw that she was already emotional, and there were officials from the Ministry of Industry behind him, so he didn't dare to mess around. Once people saw the clues, it would be terrible. place, what are you going to fix?"

The empress dowager sound woke up Gao Taotao. He naturally knew Du Wenhao's intentions, looked at him and chuckled, "I haven't thought about it yet, what do you think?"

"Me?" Du Wenhao smiled wryly in a low voice: "Do you see that I have half a bone in my body? I am fine when I see a doctor. Let me conceive the layout of the building. It is a rush to put a duck on the shelf."

Gao Taotao giggled: "You're welcome, you are much better than those nerds who only know how to drop book bags."

"Thank you for your compliment," Du Wenhao glanced at the renderings of the halls, pavilions, towers, terraces, pavilions, dotted with pines, cypresses, green bamboos, strange mountains and strange stones, and he couldn't help but praise: "Tao Tao, you are going to do a lot of construction work to make this imperial flower back garden flower garden Transform the whole thing into a Grand View Garden?"

Gao Taotao wondered: "Grand View Garden? Which dynasty's garden?"

Du Wenhao hurriedly said: "Grand View Garden, it means magnificence, it means very grand, it is not a garden built by any dynasty."

"Oh, don't you feel bad?"

"No, it's pretty good. I just think how much it will cost to build such a big garden."

Gao Taotao looked at him, his eyes full of love: "Don't worry about the money, this garden is specially built for the two of us, and it is separated from the current Imperial Flower Garden. Just tell me, do you like it?"

"Of course I like it!"

"Really?"

"real!"

Gao Taotao looked into his eyes, saw the sincerity, and immediately burst into a smile on his face, as bright as summer flowers: "After you left last night, I couldn't sleep, so I went to this small hill to see and listen to the rain. Where is the best place for Xuanxiu? I looked for a while, but there is no suitable place. The rain stopped, and I overlooked the capital city, with thousands of lights, and the night was pleasant, but this small hill was too short, so I couldn’t see it well. I I just thought, if I can build a high platform, although I don’t have the extravagant hope of overtaking the Tongque Terrace, as long as I can climb high and look far away, and I can listen to the rain and calm my mind, that would be great. At that time, I just wanted to build another high platform..."

Du Wenhao said: "That's a good idea! On the high platform, looking far into the distance, the feeling of being relaxed and happy is really good. When I was studying, I often went mountain climbing. The feeling of 'I will be at the top and see all the small mountains at a glance' is really good. Pen and ink can't describe it!"

Gao Taotao was even more delighted to hear that Du Wenhao agreed with her idea, and continued: "I originally wanted to build the high platform on this small hill, with a lotus pond underneath, and plantain trees around it, so that I could hear the frogs in the lotus pond." , the sound of the rain hitting the plantains, and the sound of raindrops falling in the pond, it must be pleasant, but the place of the Royal Flower Garden is too small, and the pond below is too shabby, which is not to my liking, because there is no kind of open space. The feeling of loneliness. —— Listening to the rain is necessary for this feeling. It is best to go boating on the lake and park in the center of the lake. There is only the sound of rain all around, so there is an artistic conception. Thinking of this, I had a whim to build an artificial lake, which is very large. It’s a big artificial lake, and there’s only one isolated island in the middle of the lake, so let’s build our Tingyuxuan on the isolated island…”

"It turned out to be like this, hehe, so you called Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry overnight to discuss whether your idea is feasible?"

"You know people are impatient!" Gao Taotao's face was full of peach blossoms, a little shy, and said with a smile: "We discussed it last time, and when things are over, let's go to a secluded place to recuperate for a while, but Now I am listening to the government behind the curtain, and everything is waiting for the new, I am afraid that I have no time to go out of Beijing for leisure, so I think that if there is such a quiet place around me, it will not only facilitate the handling of government affairs, but also realize my dream of playing mountains and rivers together. So It was only then that I made up my mind to build not only a Tingyu Pavilion, but also a large garden that suits my wishes, so that we can take a break from our busy schedules and live a pure life of idle clouds and wild cranes."

Du Wenhao was really moved. Gao Taotao actually built such a large-scale royal garden for himself. It seems that Gao Taotao has fallen deeply in love.Being loved also breeds love, Du Wenhao felt that this statement was not false at all.If no one was around, Du Wenhao wanted to put his arms around her and kiss her, telling her how he felt in his heart.

Despite this, Gao Taotao's heart and wisdom have already seen the sincere love in Du Wenhao's eyes, and his heart is like pouring honey, saying: "Don't worry about the money, I was looking for the Minister of the Ministry of Industry last night. Before coming here, I first called the Minister of the Household Department and asked how much silver is in the treasury. Tailor the clothes to suit the situation, and then decide how big the yard should be.—Guess, how much silver do we have in deposit?”

"I can't guess." Du Wenhao shook his head and said, "However, in the afternoon, Prime Minister Wang Gui said that the national treasury receives 6000 million yuan a year, and most of it is used for military expenditures. There shouldn't be any surplus, right?"

"Yes, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs said that the treasury's current balance of payments is basically balanced, and there is very little silver in deposit, which is less than 300 million yuan (equivalent to 3 million yuan)."

"That's right, with such a small amount of money, I'm afraid I can't repair this garden."

"I was also very disappointed at the time. Xiao Jiaozi reminded me, let me check the palace treasury, maybe there is silver there. I immediately called the chief treasury of the palace to check. After this question, I was really surprised and confused. Hi, - guess again, how much money is there in our palace treasury?"

The ancient treasury is divided into two parts, one is the entire country, that is, the treasury, and the other is the palace silver treasury, which is the emperor's private treasury.Of course, the source of the money in the small treasury of the palace, in addition to tributes from various places at home and abroad, is mostly the money left over from the treasury.Save part of the remaining money for capital increase the next day, and transfer the rest to the small treasury of the palace.

Du Wenhao said: "The national treasury is empty, so the palace treasury won't have much balance, right?"

"I thought so too, but the manager opened the account book and checked, hehe, there are 7000 million silver in our palace's silver inventory!"

7000 million coins, equivalent to 700 billion yuan!In the Song Dynasty, this is definitely an astronomical figure that makes people dumbfounded.

Du Wenhao was both surprised and delighted: "Impossible? How come there are so many deposits?"

"I also doubted it. I asked the manager to lead me to the bank. I opened the door and saw that what I said was true. The silver coins in our palace bank have been piled up into hills, and the ropes threaded with copper coins They are all moldy and rotten, and copper coins are scattered on the ground like a hill. This is just the amount of silver coins, not counting the discounts of all kinds of rare treasures!"

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PS: Lao Mu has been on a business trip these days and doesn't have much time to code words, so the update is less, please forgive me.Normal updates will resume in a week.sorry sorry!
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