After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Li Fang was looking at Ye Wuwei: "Who are you?"

Ye Wuwei showed Li Fangzheng the waist badge engraved with the words "King Qi" and said: "I am Ye Wuwei, the Minister of Works."

Hearing that it was the Minister of Works, Li Fangzheng hurriedly saluted.

Ye Wuwei said, "I came here alone today to discuss something important with you."

Li Fangzheng said respectfully, "Please give your instructions, Minister."

Ye Wuwei took out the imperial edict written by Qi Wushuang regarding the demolition of the western part of the city and showed it to Li Fangzheng:

"This is an imperial decree issued by His Majesty, but it has not been made public yet."

Li Fangzheng was shocked after reading the contents of the imperial edict and quickly said to Ye Wuwei:

"Although this area in the west of the city is shabby and crowded, it's home to 600 households and more than 3,000 people. If it's demolished, where will they live?"

"Don't worry, His Majesty will never let his people live on the streets without a place to stay."

With Ye Wuwei's words, Li Fangzheng was finally not so panicked. He waited for Ye Wuwei to continue.

Ye Wuwei took out the suburban planning sketch with the official seal of the Ministry of Industry and showed it to Li Fangzheng:

“The imperial court needs this land west of the city for other purposes, so they are asking the existing residents living west of the city to relocate.

But this doesn’t mean the court doesn’t care about the lives of the existing residents in the west of the city. This is a new community built by the court to accommodate the existing residents in the west of the city.”

Li Fangzheng looked at the suburban planning sketch in Ye Wuwei's hand with half belief and half doubt.

Ye Wuwei pointed at the drawings and introduced them to Li Fangzheng one by one.

After listening, Li Fangzheng asked, "You said the houses built in this community are for us to live in?"

"Yes, it will be distributed at three times the size of the existing residents' houses, and no one will have to pay a penny for the three times the size.

For the portion that is less than three times the area, the court will compensate the resident for the difference; for the portion that exceeds three times the area, the resident will also have to pay the difference.

Li Fangzheng listened and thought: Is there such a good thing?

“Then how are these houses allocated?”

"This is for you to discuss and decide among yourselves. In principle, the imperial court will not interfere."

"Then what about these streets, shops, entertainment venues, leisure places, etc.?"

"Public facilities such as streets, green areas, and drainage systems do not need to be borne by the public, but shops and entertainment venues along the streets belong to the court and will be sold to the public."

It is said to be a suburban community, but Ye Wuwei positions it as a "small new district".

This place is not only for accommodating residents in the west of the city, he also takes into account the 30,000 Andu soldiers brought by Qi Wushuang.

Otherwise, the 600 households in the west of the city would not need so many commercial areas and leisure and entertainment venues.

After all, the Qi Dynasty is different from the modern times.

In modern times, a multi-story independent villa might be enough to house a third-rank official, but in the Qi Dynasty, the residence of a third-rank official had to be at least several thousand square meters.

For example, the palace of a certain dynasty, doesn’t it cover an area of ​​60,000 square meters?

The land west of the city can only accommodate senior generals and officials of Andu, and generals at the level of Qianhu have to be relocated to the marginal areas.

However, the low-ranking generals and soldiers in Andu also needed to have a home, so Qi Wushuang considered the suburbs of the city.

The residential area on this planning sketch only shows the residential area for residents in the west of the city. The other half that is vacant will be built into residential buildings and "public rental housing" unified by the court in the future.

It allows low-ranking soldiers who cannot afford to buy a house to rent one and start a family.

Of course, we still need to consider building residential houses and "public rental housing" separately, so there will be three or more "communities" in this suburban area in the future.

Residents in the west of the city live in just one of these "communities".

After hearing Ye Wuwei's words, Li Fang was thinking in his mind:

If it is true as Minister Ye said, then it would indeed be a good thing for the residents in the west of the city.

But, is there really such a thing as pie falling from the sky?

Thinking of this, Li Fangzheng gave Ye Wuwei a flattering smile and said cautiously:

"Minister Ye, if that's what you said, then why didn't the court build a residential complex on the outskirts of the city before letting us relocate?"

Ye Wuwei thought to himself: Don’t underestimate the fact that he is just a neighborhood official. He immediately grasped the crux of the matter.

“Common sense suggests that we should build suburban communities first and then allow people to relocate, but time doesn’t allow it.

You also know that Your Majesty ascended the throne after the death of the previous emperor, but Your Majesty's previous fiefdom was in Andu, and the generals under his command were also from Andu.

But now, your Majesty's generals have followed you to Chamdo, so they must have a place to live, right?

But where are the good houses in Qamdo? So we had no choice but to build new ones.”

Li Fangzheng understood the key point from Ye Wuwei's words.

"Are you saying that the court wants to build new houses here in the west of the city for the generals of Andu to live in?"

"After the imperial court takes back the west side of the city, they will tear it down and rebuild it into a high-end residential area. However, they won't give it to the generals of Andu for free. They will need to pay for it."

Li Fangzheng understood:

If the imperial court did not need to accommodate the generals of Andu, it would not have built new houses for the residents in the west of the city.

It seems that what Minister Ye said might be true!

As for why the imperial court was interested in this piece of land in the west of the city, Li Fangzheng knew it very well.

Although this area in the west of the city is very dilapidated now, it has a good location.

It is only ten miles away from the palace. It only takes fifteen minutes to get there by carriage, and riding a horse is even faster.

The most important thing is that in the entire center of Chamdo, only the west part of the city is inhabited by poor people, and the houses are dilapidated.

It’s not that no one had ever been interested in this piece of land in the west of the city, but at that time the other party was only willing to pay a small amount of money, so naturally no one was willing to pay.

Moreover, although this area in the west of the city is inhabited by poor people, there are many people there.

Faced with more than 3,000 people who were not afraid of death, the other party did not dare to cause any casualties, and in the end the matter was left unresolved.

"Minister Ye, I understand what you mean, but how can the residents in the west of the city be guaranteed?"

“That’s why I came to see you today.

The court would sign agreements with residents in the west of the city on a household basis, guaranteeing free compensation to residents at three times the area of ​​their land.

in addition……"

Ye Wuwei told the court that he would organize residents in the west of the city to build a new suburban community.

"Everyone has volunteered to participate in the construction of the suburban community. The court will pay them daily wages. Seeing the new district take shape day by day, everyone should believe it, right?"

Li Fangzheng started to think again: If it is really as Minister Ye said, then it is not impossible.

Ye Wuwei also put appropriate pressure on Li Fangzheng:

"You see, His Majesty has issued an imperial decree. The demolition of the west city is inevitable. Why don't we all take the initiative and make it a win-win situation?

As for the compensation, Your Majesty has the people in mind and has given the best conditions.

But now the court needs money in many places, and His Majesty will not tolerate you making any more conditions.

And I'm sure you've heard something about His Majesty's character: he's a man of his word.

If we really anger him, it's not impossible for him to withdraw the current conditions and forcibly expel everyone."