activa-t Chapter 1514 High Budget
Chapter 1514 High Budget
Chapter 1514 High Budget
"The cost is twice as much as the budget! Twice!" King Yao threw the booklet aside with a snap and slammed the table in anger, "Lord You, are you just checking for me?!"
The answer to the mystery is revealed: it turns out to be giving money, giving enough money!
Money makes the world go round. It's like everyone has Hot Wheels under their feet. How can this project not be built quickly?
King Yao still remembers that the official redemption bill must be redeemed at 1.5 times the amount four months later!
Two times multiplied by one and a half times, the construction cost is three times the budget!
His money, the treasury's money, was spent like water!
King Yao covered his heart with his hands, and the old palace servant Qiu Long behind him came to help him in shock: "Your Majesty!"
King Yao waved his hand away, pointed at You Rongzhi and gritted his teeth: "Speak, speak clearly!"
When You Rongzhi first received the cost booklet, he also felt it was heavy and hot. So he had expected King Yao's reaction.
By the way, the king reviewed and agreed to every approval when the project started.
Aren’t the prices clearly marked?
When it comes time to settle hundreds or thousands of items together, they complain that the total price is too expensive.
Fortunately, You Rongzhi was well aware of the king's temper and had discussed it carefully with He Lingchuan before coming. He said calmly, "Your Majesty, calm down. So far, only a small amount of the national treasury has been used for the expansion of Tianshui, and most of it has been paid for by the team."
The advance payment is not free, the treasury has to pay for it. But now the knife has not cut into him after all, Yao Wang snorted angrily, waiting for his next words.
You Rongzhi continued, "We are working so hard to speed up the construction so that the new town housing land can be sold earlier. As long as the money is deposited, this small amount of project funds will naturally be paid off."
Yao Wang said grimly: "Four times the cost, can it still be repaid?"
It's not like we're building a palace, so we don't need to have carved beams and painted buildings. How much would it cost to build a few bungalows? Isn't it just a little bit of materials and labor? "I've calculated it carefully. This four-fold cost is only used to speed up the progress in the early stage. Once the residential land is sold, the project will proceed step by step, and there will be no need to rush the work and the site. After the whole budget is calculated, the price of the residential land in four blocks can cover the four-fold cost."
Seeing that he was so confident, King Yao remained silent for a long time.
The project cost exceeded the budget. Is this a new thing? Yao Wang was actually prepared for it.
If we count back seventy years, when did Da Yao not seriously overspend on any major project? When the previous king was alive, it cost 10 million taels to renovate half of the palace. Just take the Qingyin wall behind the Baifeng Hall, which can sing a clear song when the breeze blows. In order to achieve this natural rhythm, the masons hand-fired the sound-permeable bricks, and the price for each piece was as high as 15 taels of silver!
If you give this 15,000 coins to the people, you can build the whole yard.
Therefore, for such a large project as the eastward expansion of the capital, King Yao's bottom line is that it would be lucky if it does not bankrupt the national treasury, but this must not be revealed to a second person.
Even Qiu Long behind him can't do it.
He could only say coldly: "I can't do it, only you two can ask!"
"Yes!" You Rongzhi knew that he had passed this level.
Not only did he use up precious energy, but he also spent several times more on the construction cost, but the Lord still hadn't taken him and He Xiao down, huh -
When he walked out of Yuquan Palace, his steps became lighter.
King Yao sat in the hall for a long time, lost in thought. Qiu Long asked him, "Your Majesty, can I help you go back and rest?"
The king murmured, "We can only keep going."
How much manpower, material resources, financial resources, and the energy of countless ministers were invested!
Even his son is devoted to this construction site, setting an example for others.
It's only been more than half a month, and the capital's eastward expansion project has already been fully launched. It can't be stopped at all. It whips everyone, whether they are willing or passively involved, they have to go all out to do it.
If you don't keep going and collect the money, you won't be able to make back your investment!
At this moment, even King Yao himself wanted to call a halt, but he couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.
You Rongzhi was about to leave the palace, but when he passed the corridor, he heard voices coming from the Pomegranate Flower Pavilion, and his steps slowed down involuntarily.
Although the Liuhua Pavilion is called a pavilion, it is actually a small pavilion where officials often rested or waited for audiences.
A voice said, "The capital city was expanded with so many troops, and the energy was used to build roads and mountains. The king sent the crown prince to the construction site, and the person in charge of the project was not even a Yao person, but all the officials surrounded him to fawn on him. Our Yao court is full of talented people, is it true that no one noticed something wrong?"
It sounded familiar. You Rongzhi thought about it and realized that this was a junior official who had just joined the company.
"The whole court is drunk, but you are the only one awake? Brother Zhao, don't ever think that." Another person said, "It's the same for any major event. During the reign of the previous king, more than 50,000 people were involved in the construction of the Wind and Rain Weir in Mangzhou, and it took eight years and cost 18 million taels. In the meantime, the chief official was replaced. Ten years later, it was revealed that the number of people and materials was falsely reported by more than twice. So what? The Wind and Rain Weir has been running well so far, and it has been safe and sound during the flood seasons every year."
Someone else said, "For such a large project, anything can happen. As long as it is completed safely in the end, everyone will be happy."
Brother Zhao was still stubborn: "I'm afraid it will hurt the country..."
Everyone laughed. "Our Great Yao has a solid foundation, is prosperous and strong, and is not only the king of Shanjin, but also one of the few powerful countries in the world! Can the expansion of a mere capital city hurt the foundation of the country? Brother Zhao is worrying too much."
"Besides, the king is watching, and the ministers are supervising. The royal court has its own set of rules and regulations for doing things. You have just joined the office, so you should observe more and speak less."
Brother Zhao snorted, as if he was still unconvinced. His companion continued, "You said that the eastward expansion of the new city is not progressing well, and it's not a good idea to ask that He to take charge. Then come up with a plan. How should the new city be built?"
"This..." Brother Zhao was stuck for a moment.
Planning and building a new city, what a huge and complicated plan! Could he come up with it alone?
Everyone agreed: "Yes, yes, don't just complain about it, you should come up with a strategy and submit it to the king."
Who wouldn't complain about this or that? But when asked what to do, they shut up.
"If the king takes a fancy to you, he might replace He Xiao and let you take charge of the situation. When the time comes, Brother Zhao must promote us so that we can also benefit from it!"
Another person said, "It took seven days to repair the road and fifteen days to build the house. This speed is unprecedented. Brother Zhao, if you submit a new case, you must be faster than He Xiao! Otherwise, the king will most likely not adopt it."
What is "mostly"? That is "definitely". As a leader, what I like most is efficiency.
Brother Zhao was completely silent.
You Rongzhi listened behind the wall of trees, sighed silently, and turned away.
It is indeed just as the minor official surnamed Zhao said, since He Xiao took over, the expansion of the new city has been like a madly accelerating carriage, running faster and faster, and rushing more and more fiercely.