Han Du is completely like, I am doing this for your son's good.
But Queen Ma's eyes seemed to be able to point straight into Han Du's heart, her tone softened, and she looked worried for Han Du, and sighed: "I am doing this for your own good, and you have to be cautious about getting rich. In order to make money, you offended all the officials, do you really think this is good?"
Han Du couldn't help but feel sincere admiration when he saw that Queen Ma had actually guessed some of his plans. However, he still said unconvinced: "I worked so hard to build their house, how can I offend them?"
Even Han Jingyun and An Qing were surprised and looked at the two of them in confusion. They didn't understand how they could offend hundreds of officials.
Empress Ma pointed out unceremoniously, "If you really built the house without spending a penny and made a fortune, wouldn't those officials who spend public funds every year become waste compared to you?" Let me tell you, despite the fact that all the officials are showing off their self-cultivation, in fact, their minds are smaller than the nose of a needle. If you let them lose face, then you are just waiting to be tricked by them."
Queen Ma's words did not scare Han Du, but they frightened both Han Jingyun and An Qing. Although Han Du was a top-grade marquis and was protected by the emperor and the prince, if he really fell out with all the officials, his life would be very sad. After all, it is easy to dodge an open gun and hard to defend against a hidden arrow.
Han Du looked at Queen Ma, gritted his molar teeth, and asked with a stiff smile: "In my opinion, what should I do?"
Empress Ma sighed and said: "After all, this is what you promised in front of the emperor. There is no joke before you. Even I can't persuade the emperor to take back your promise. Let's do this. If I let the news out, just say I I gave you one hundred thousand yuan to build the house. In this way, others will not have a grudge against you, and they will not target you again."
"Okay, okay! An Qing knows that the queen mother is the best." An Qing held Queen Ma's arm and acted coquettishly. In her opinion, Han Du could build the house without spending a penny. Now that he has one hundred thousand yuan from his mother, wouldn't it be better?
Han Du glanced at An Qing speechlessly and sighed in his heart: "This stupid wife, if your mother really wanted to give me this hundred thousand coins, she wouldn't have to come in person at all, she could just send a palace maid to bring the money. Now that I have taken the trouble to come here in person, my plan must be very big."
"Is the empress just giving me one hundred thousand gold?" Han Du asked with a smile.
Empress Ma shook her head and said, "You misunderstood. It's not that I gave you one hundred thousand guan, but that I gave you one hundred thousand guan after releasing the news?"
Han Du's face suddenly froze. After talking about love for a long time, do you still plan to not give a penny?
Even An Qing asked in surprise: "Huh? Mother and queen don't give money to Han Du?"
Empress Ma stretched out her hand to touch An Qing's pretty face, smiled slightly, and said, "You think the Queen Mother doesn't know? The Zhenhai Marquis Mansion's wealth is tens of millions, only a hundred thousand guan, and she can see it? The Queen Mother does this just to give money to all the officials. Show an attitude so that they have no reason to trouble Han Du, you know?"
An Qing once curiously asked Han Du how much money he had in the house. Naturally, Han Du told her without reservation, because when her mother mentioned it, she acted as if she had been told. She suddenly felt embarrassed on her face and lowered her head.
When Queen Ma saw it, her eyes suddenly lit up like the sun, filled with golden light. She was just casually testing it, but she didn't expect that the Zhenhai Hou Mansion really had a family fortune worth tens of millions! This is really... not much worse than the emperor's inner treasury...
Han Du saw that his boss was being tested by Queen Ma, and he quickly stepped forward and pulled An Qing to sit next to him, blocking her behind him. He faced Empress Ma directly and said with a smile: "My Majesty, there is no need to test An Qing like this. Just tell me what you want. I will definitely do whatever I can do."
Queen Ma looked at Han Du with a smile, and opened her teeth slightly, "I will take half of the money you make this time."
Han Du lifted it up in one breath and got a lump in his throat. half! It's really a lion's mouth.
But who made the current situation stronger than others? Han Du could only grit his teeth and agree. "Okay, just half."
After Queen Ma got the answer she was satisfied with, she lazily stood up and said, "I'm tired too. Let's go back to the palace."
When Han Jingyun saw Queen Ma leaving, she wanted to follow. But before that, she ran to Han Du and called softly, "Brother~"
"Get out!" Han Du glared at her angrily.
Han Jingyun's eyes widened with anger. She also wanted to get some benefits from Han Du for the Prince's Palace, but she didn't expect that her eldest brother would be so direct.
Seeing the dissatisfaction on the girl's face, Han Du couldn't help but shouted: "In the inner treasury of the queen, there are mountains of gold, silver and jewels, at least tens of millions of them. Do you think the queen will care so much about what I have here?"
"Then, what was the queen mother doing just now?" Han Jingyun pointed at Queen Ma's back.
Han Du said angrily: "Isn't it for the prince and you?"
If it weren't for this, Han Du wouldn't have agreed so quickly.
Han Jingyun understood immediately, and immediately said to Han Du with a smile on his face, "Brother, I know you are the best to me. If anything happens in the future, just come to me." After saying that, he trotted out and followed the horse. The queen got into the carriage and returned to the palace.
Han Du and An Qing sent the two people out of the door and watched their carriage go away.
An Qing couldn't help but muttered: "What's wrong with the queen mother? Why is she like this?"
Han Du looked back at An Qing, whose face was full of grievances, smiled and reached out to pinch her pretty face, and said: "This is your real queen mother. She doesn't have to spend a penny, so she takes half of it for nothing. If you don't have such ability, , how to arrange food and fodder in the rear to provide support for the emperor fighting on the front?"
Anqing stared blankly at his mother's carriage, not sure if he understood.
...
Even though he is old, Lao Zhu is still an activist. The next day, he asked the minister of the Ministry of Industry to come to Zhenhaihou Mansion with his instructions.
Sun Xiancong, the Minister of Industry, was all smiles after learning about the bet between Han Du and the emperor. In the past few years, cement roads and ditches have been built, and the Ministry of Works' expenses have been like water. The court's money comes in like water, and spends it out like water in a blink of an eye.
Originally, the construction of Baiguan's Residence would have to fall on the Ministry of Works. Now that Han Du has come to take over, the Ministry of Works does not have to spend a penny. How can Sun Xian be unhappy?
"God's Coming"
Taking several scribes with him, Sun Xian came to visit in person.
"Master Hou, this is the land given to you by the emperor. It is divided into two places. One is at the foot of Qingliang Mountain, and the other is near Baoen Temple. The land at the foot of Qingliang Mountain is larger, about 2,500 acres. It looks like. The area near Baoen Temple is smaller, only 1,500 acres."
Han Du felt happy, Lao Zhu was such a fastidious person. Originally, he only wanted 3,000 acres, but he gave him 4,000 acres. But then he frowned, looking at the two pieces of land with some embarrassment.
"Master Hou, what's going on?" Sun Xian couldn't help but ask when he saw it.
Han Du sighed slightly and said: "These two pieces of land are both good. Although one is a little far away from the palace, it is in the inner city after all. Although the other is in the outer city, it is closer to the palace gate. In this way, It’s hard to divide it. Sun Gongbu, tell me, how should these two pieces of land be divided?”
Although Qingliang Mountain is in the inner city, it is a remote place. To put it nicely, it is an inner city, but to put it poorly, it is a barren mountain. But the situation near Baoen Temple is different. The Qinhuai River passes between here and the palace gate. In addition, Baoen Temple is full of incense and crowded, making it a truly prosperous place.
To be honest, when Han Du saw these two pieces of land, he felt that Lao Zhu was posing a problem for him. Because if these two houses were to be divided between himself, he would not know how to choose.
"Haha, what's so rare about this?" Sun Xian stroked his beard and smiled.
Han Du was stunned for a moment, then raised his hands and asked, "May I ask Sun Gongbu's opinion?"
Sun Xian's complexion was a little dark, and rough calluses could still be seen on his hands. At first glance, he doesn't look like one of those industrious scholars, but more like a craftsman.
Smiling, Sun Xiandao said: "Since the emperor asked you to build the house, then you just build it. As for how to divide the house, that is a matter for the emperor and the officials, what does it have to do with you?"
Han Du immediately realized that he was indeed thinking too much. I just need to build the house. As for how to divide it, what does it have to do with me?
"Thank you, Sun Gongbu, for your advice." Han Du smiled and thanked him.
Sun Xian waved his hand and dismissed the matter. Then he said: "The Emperor has ordered the Ministry of Works to mobilize craftsmen to help you build the house. No matter how many craftsmen you need this time, I can mobilize them for you, so you can go ahead with peace of mind."
Han Du was overjoyed when he heard this. It seemed that Lao Zhu still had a conscience. Although he was a bit stingy, he still knew that he lacked experienced craftsmen.
After seeing off Sun Xian, Han Du walked with An Qing for a while, and then couldn't wait to walk into the study. A huge table was placed in the middle of the study, and it was already covered with layers of white paper.
Han Du picked up the ruler, triangle and compass for drawing, and started drawing bit by bit with charcoal.
Just when Han Du was halfway through the painting, the day of Anqing's delivery finally came.
Han Du dropped the charcoal and hurried outside Anqing's room. She asked anxiously: "Why did it come so fast? I was walking with her this morning. Why is she about to give birth now?"
When Mrs. Liu on the side heard this, she couldn't help but glared at Han Du. Said: "Isn't it better to hurry up? The sooner, the less suffering you will suffer. If you don't have children, you don't know that you are exchanging your life for a life."
Han Du immediately laughed and said, "Mom is right, I am talking nonsense."
