Datang romantic little landlord

"To the north of Taiji Palace, why is there an extra city wall and Lifang?"

Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty was basically a square city before the Daming Palace was built.

Taiji Palace is located in the northernmost part of Chang'an City, backed by Xuanwu Gate and Xuande Gate of Waiguo City.

On the bird's-eye view of Chang'an City drawn by Li Wangyou, Chang'an City "grows" a large area to the north.Including the yet-to-be-constructed Daming Palace, the Chang'an City he drew changed from a square to a rectangle, and the location of the Tai Chi Palace was turned into the center of Chang'an City.

"Ziyou, explain to me, what exactly do you mean?" Li Er couldn't understand Li Wangyou's thoughts.

"Your Majesty, now our Tang Dynasty has a long period of peace and stability, and the people are recuperating and multiplying. This is all thanks to Your Majesty." Li Wangyou flattered Li Er a little, which greatly benefited Li Er.

"However, there are nearly one million people in Chang'an City, and the number is increasing day by day. Chang'an is a big city, and it is not easy to live in! Therefore, I want to ask Your Majesty to expand Chang'an City while building the new palace Daming Palace! I will be responsible for it. I ask His Majesty to agree, and the expanded Chang'an City, those lifangs, can be handed over to the minister for sale."

Although Li Wangyou's words were not loud, they exploded like a thunder in the hall, shaking everyone dizzy and dumbfounded, not knowing what to say.

Expand Chang'an City?

Should this be the case?

Of course it should, and such a voice has already been heard from above the court.

Although Chang'an City was the largest, most magnificent, and most standardized capital city in the world at that time, it has been five or sixty years since the start of construction in the second year of Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty to the eighth year of Zhenguan today.

As Li Wangyou said, the city of Chang'an is already getting crowded.

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

Both Chang'an and Wannian counties want to expand the east and west cities, but they suffer from the fact that the residents in the surrounding Lifang are either rich or expensive, and it is impossible to "demolish and relocate".So this idea is just an idea.

In addition to the terrain problem of Chang'an City, the terrain in the north of the city is relatively low, and it is extremely hot every summer.

This is also the reason why Li Er wanted to build a new palace on a higher terrain in the north of the city.

Even for those noble officials, most of their mansions live near the Taiji Palace, the terrain is also low, and they suffer from the same headaches as the hot summer and the humid environment.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Wangyou has lived in Dingzhou Village for a long time and is unwilling to return to the mansion in Kaihuafang.

But to expand Chang'an City, the cost required is an unimaginable astronomical figure in the eyes of everyone.Compared with building a Daming Palace, the project is several times larger.

Li Er was stunned for a long while before he said, "Ziyou, what you said just now was really well thought out? Do you know how much money is needed to expand Chang'an City?"

"Your Majesty, I'm naturally clear." Li Wangyou replied affirmatively, but everyone in the hall thought Li Wangyou was crazy.

Of course he wasn't crazy, on the contrary, he was secretly delighted.

The so-called construction of the Daming Palace was just a "cover" to attract Li Er, but the real purpose was to expand Chang'an City.

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

As he said before, Datang's real estate is indeed worthless, but it is also divided into locations.

At the beginning, Li's house in Nuoda in Huxian County cost only [-] to [-] yuan.But after Ma Zhou became an official, he needed more than [-] yuan to buy a much smaller house in Chang'an City.

Lot!Lot!Still lots!

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, then naturally no one would care.

But if the Daming Palace is built first, then the value of the new city surrounding the Daming Palace is debatable.

Even if the aristocratic family always opposes the imperial power intentionally or unintentionally, and opposes Li Er, they still need sufficient "social status".

Just like being able to live near the Taiji Palace in the north of Chang'an City today, living near the Taiji Palace in the future will also reflect the status of these noble officials and aristocratic families.

How much do you think is the right price for such a location?

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

To attract these richest people in the Tang Dynasty, the location alone is not enough to make him a lot of money, what is more important is to provide enough attractive "products"!

Regarding this, Li Wangyou was not worried at all.

With knowledge that is more than 2000 years ahead, it is really easy and simple to come up with something novel to attract the "bumps" of Datang...

(Since the Daming Palace can be built in ten months in history, even if not all of them, it is enough to show that Li Wangyou can do it with bricks and stones. Although this is a bit exaggerated, it should not be outrageous. After all, the number of people is strength, Mobilizing tens of thousands of craftsmen, no matter in terms of efficiency or speed, it will not slow down much.)

1063 Profitable

Li Wangyou's words made Li Er silent again. He was speechless for a long time, but his eyes kept wandering around the two scrolls unfolded by the servant.

Obviously, the two pictures drawn by Li Wangyou moved Li Er's heart, but he instinctively refused to believe what his nephew said just now.

To build a large-scale new palace with the power of one person, and to expand the equivalent of half of Chang'an City, no matter how it sounds like a fantasy, it is unacceptable.

Li Wangyou was rich, and Li Er knew that, but no matter how rich he was, Li Er didn't think it was enough to complete these two huge projects.

"Ziyou, let me think about this matter carefully." Li Er shook his head, but did not immediately agree.

But Li Er disagreed, those officials from aristocratic families would not let go of such a good opportunity.

In their view, since King Qin Li Wangyou went further and further down the road of "death", they naturally had to give it another push.

Taichangqing Wang Ying immediately stood up and bowed to Li Er: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks what the King of Qin said is very reasonable! Now that the number of people in Chang'an City is increasing, it is imperative to expand Chang'an City. Since the King of Qin has this If you have courage, and you don’t need to waste money on the court, why not do it? Your Majesty should answer what the King of Qin said.”

"Wang Siqing's words are very true, and the minister seconded it!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice. This matter is beneficial to the people and the court! Please also allow your Majesty to agree to what the King of Qin said!"

A group of aristocratic family officials echoed their words one after another, which made Li Er hesitate for a while.He was displeased, but he couldn't refute what Wang Ying and the others said.

Li Er turned his attention to Li Wangyou again.

Li Wangyou smiled and nodded slightly to him, indicating that this was exactly what he was thinking.

Seeing that Li Wangyou was so confident, Li Er had no choice but to "obey the public opinion" and nodded in agreement with Li Wangyou.

"Okay! If that's the case, then I will approve King Qin's play! The construction of Daming Palace and the expansion of Chang'an City will be handed over to King Qin. This matter is of great importance, and King Qin has the right to do things cheaply. The court has three provinces and six departments, except for money and silk. , and other matters should be fully cooperated with the King of Qin! In addition, although the court did not allocate money and silk for the construction of the Daming Palace and the expansion of Chang'an City, the Ministry of Industry, the craftsmen who will be supervisors, the civilian husbands, and the servants of Guanzhong Road this year are all handed over. It will be dealt with by the King of Qin! Do you have any opinions?"

Li Er is also helping Li Wangyou to win conditions.

Although the construction of the Daming Palace and the expansion of Chang'an City did not pay for the court, and Li Wangyou was responsible for all of it, but in terms of manpower, Li Er was still able to help Li Wangyou win.

All the folks in Guanzhong Road who need to serve in corvee this year, as well as the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry and the general supervisor, are all the help that Li Er can give Li Wangyou.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Wangyou naturally smiled.

With enough free craftsmen and peasants, his "making money plan" seems to be able to save a lot of expenses.