Great Tang’s Talented Little Landlord

Faced with Li Wangyou’s repeated insistence, Li Er couldn’t say anything more.

“Ziyou, since you insist on doing this, I will agree with you. The Ministry of Works and the general manager will fully cooperate with you. If you have any needs, just say it. After all, it is for the Retired Emperor. When the emperor builds the new palace, I can’t do nothing at all.”

When Li Er said this, the Aristocratic Family officials in the hall calmed down and looked at each other, their eyes were full of excitement.

Obviously, their goal has been achieved.

But Li Wangyou also waited for Li Er’s words.

“Your Majesty, the minister does have something else to do.”

“Oh? Then play it together.”

Li Wangyou once again turned to Mi Tuo gestured, and then two more servants in the palace walked to the center of the hall with a scroll.

The curiosity of Li Er and the small official group of numerous officials was hooked up again.

On that scroll, Li Wangyou personally painted the majestic and magnificent Great Ming Dynasty Palace. Then, what did he paint on this scroll?

Li Er immediately made a gesture to the two servants, and motioned them to quickly unfold the picture.

After the scroll slowly unfolded, Li Er couldn’t help but stunned.

On the scroll, Chang’an City is clearly drawn.

It’s just different from the ordinary map of Great Tang. This picture scroll of Chang’an City uses a three-dimensional style of overlooking, which makes people look down on the earth from nine heavens.

Li Erzhi has seen this drawing technique. Before Li Wangyou dedicated to Li Er’s map, he also adopted this drawing method.

But it was the first time to observe this world city he was in so intuitively, even if it was Li Er, the Great Tang emperor.

Fang Xuanling, Zhangsun Wuji and Gao Shilian, the imperial court leaders, are also interested at this moment. They walked to the front of the temple and watched the bird’s eye view of Chang’an City with Li Er.

In fact, this picture, Li Wangyou is in a hurry, and the drawing is not precise and very scribble. It was just a unique perspective, but it made Li Er and the big guys look enthusiastic, and from time to time they pointed to a place in the picture and laughed.

The Chang’an City in the hands of the two servants overlooked the picture scroll, not fully expanded. After receiving Li Wangyou’s signal, they slowly unfolded the second half of the scroll.

Li Er and the others looked at them, but they couldn’t help but be stunned.

“Ziyou, your Ch_ng’n map is drawn incorrectly.”

“Why is there an extra city wall and square to the north of Taiji Palace?”

Great Tang Chang’an City, before the Great Ming Dynasty Palace was built, it was basically a square city.

Taiji Palace is located at the northernmost part of Chang’an City, backed by Xuanwu Gate and Xuande Gate of Outer Guocheng.

On this bird’s-eye view of Chang’an City drawn by Li Wangyou, Chang’an City “grows out” a large area to the north. Including the Great Ming Dynasty Palace that has not yet been built, the Chang’an City he painted has changed from a square to a rectangle. The location of Taiji Palace has been turned into the center of Chang’an City.

“Ziyou, explain to me, what do you mean?” Li Er couldn’t understand Li Wangyou’s thoughts.

“Your Majesty, now my Great Tang is in peace for a long time, the people recuperate and reproduce, this is the work of Your Majesty.” Li Wangyou took a little flattery of Li Er, which made Li Er very good Useful.

“But there are nearly a million people in Chang’an City, and they are increasing. Ch_ng’n is big and difficult to live! The minister wanted to invite Your Majesty to build a new palace, Great Ming Dynasty Palace. On the occasion, the expansion of Chang’an City! Of course, the minister will bear all the extra costs. Your Majesty has agreed, and the expansion of the Chang’an City will be handed over to the minister for disposal.”

Li Wangyous this remark, although the sound is not loud, it exploded like a thunder in the hall, making everyone dizzy, dumbfounded, and not knowing what to say.

Expand Chang’an City?

Should this matter?

Of course it should, and such a voice has already been heard in Chaotang.

Although Chang’an City was the largest city in the world, the most magnificent buildings, and the most standardized planning and layout at the time, construction began in the second year of Emperor Sui Dynasty, and now it has been eight years since Zhenguan. The fifty-sixty years have also passed.

As Li Wangyou said, now Chang’an City has begun to become crowded.

Because of the continuous deepening of east-west trade along the Silk Road, the east and west cities have long been operating at full capacity.

Ch_ng’n and Wannian counties both want to expand the eastern and western cities, but suffer from the people living in the surrounding Lifang. It is either rich or expensive, and “demolition” is basically impossible. So this idea is just an idea.

In addition to the topography of Chang’an City, the Northern Part of City is relatively low, and it gets extremely hot every summer.

This is also the reason why Li Er wanted to build a new palace in the Northern Part of City.

Even if the numerous officials are honorable, most of their residences live near Taiji Palace, the terrain is the same low, and the summer heat is as troublesome as the humid environment.

Li Wangyou has lived in Dingzhou Village for a long time, and is unwilling to return to the residence of Kaihuafang, which is one of the reasons.

However, to expand Chang’an City, the cost required is an unimaginable astronomical figure in the eyes of everyone. Compared to the construction of a Great Ming Dynasty Palace, its Engineering Project is several times larger.

Li Er was stunned for a long time before he said: “Ziyou, what you just said, really after careful consideration? Did you know that to expand Chang’an City, it takes a lot of money?”

“Your Majesty, the minister knows it naturally.” Li Wangyou was definitely replied, but in the hall, everyone thought that Li Wangyou was crazy.

Of course he is not crazy, but he is ecstatic.

The so-called building of the Great Ming Dynasty Palace is nothing but a “cover” that’s all that attracts Li Er. The real purpose is to expand Chang’an City.

To be more precise, it is for real estate development!

As he said before, the properties of Great Tang are indeed worthless, but they are also divided into different locations.

At the time, Li Residence was in Hu County’s large house, but it was only 35,000. However, after Ma Zhou became an official, he wanted to buy a much smaller house in Chang’an City, but he needed hundreds of thousands of money.

Lots! Lot! Still a lot!

This is the only way to develop real estate at any time.

If he just ran to the north of Chang’an City to expand the new city, no one would care.

But if the Great Ming Dynasty Palace is built first, the value of the new city surrounding the Great Ming Dynasty Palace is questionable.

Even if the Aristocratic Family family members have always consciously or unconsciously opposed the imperial power and Li Er, they still need sufficient “social status.”

Just like living near Chang’an City Northern Part of City Taiji Palace today, living near Taiji Palace in the future will also reflect the status of these noble and valuable officials and Aristocratic Family family members.

How much do you think is appropriate for such a lot?

Also after being reminded by Su Changqing, Li Wangyou continued to think a lot.

To attract these richest people in Great Tang, the location alone is not enough to make him earn a lot of money, and more importantly, to provide attractive enough “products”!

For this, Li Wangyou is not at all worried.

With the knowledge of more then 2000 years ahead, it is really easy and simple to make something novel to attract Great Tangs “country bumpkin”…

(Since In history, the Great Ming Dynasty Palace can be built in ten months. Even if it is not all, it is enough to show that Li Wangyou can do it with masonry. Although this is a bit exaggerated, it should not be considered outrageous. After all, a large number of people is power, to launch Tens of thousands of craftsmen, both in terms of efficiency and speed, are not much slower.)