After Chu Qing came out of the palace, his face was filled with sadness.
Seeing Chu Qing's appearance, Fu San asked, "Master, what's the matter? It's hard to renovate Taowu Palace?"
"Isn't it difficult to renovate? It will be demolished."
Chu Qing cursed her mother and fell into thinking.
To say that the most professional construction team in the capital is definitely the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works, but now that my father has become a street rat, these craftsmen who take orders from various bosses cannot be counted on, even if they are working for the emperor, the group from the Ministry of Works The officials must put small shoes on for the old man and secretly tell the craftsmen that they are not working hard enough.
If the Ministry of Industry is eliminated, the only option is to use private manpower.
But there is no such thing as a construction team or developer in Beijing. You have to know that people build their own houses. They just call the villagers, shovel two handfuls of soil and kick them in, and it's done. The same is true for big families. Otherwise, hire a professional team from the Ministry of Industry privately, or hire some people temporarily.
After thinking about it, Chu Qing's head was getting bigger. The main problem was money. Without money, he couldn't do anything.
"Forget it, I'll blackmail Qiu Wanshan tomorrow and see how much I can blackmail."
After saying that, Chu Qing cursed his mother and took Fu San back to the Chu Mansion.
There was nothing to say all night. The next day, Chu Qing got up and tidied up, preparing to go to Wei Changfeng to ask for leave. He would settle the matter with his father first.
Before going out, Chu Qing asked. Dad didn't have to go to court these days and was fast asleep in the house.
I have to admire Chu Wensheng's big heart. Anyone else might not be able to sleep.
In fact, it's really not the case. Chu Wensheng hasn't had a good sleep in recent times, but now that he looks like a bear anyway, eating and drinking as he should, he feels relieved.
When Chu Qing arrived at the household department, he clicked in and pretended to stand at the door of the class room for a while. When he saw that he had finished ordering, he waved to Chen Yan with a smile on his face.
The two entered the class room, and Chen Yan said directly: "It's definitely not good if you take the initiative to look for me."
Seeing how easy it was to be exposed, Chu Qing didn't bother to beat around the bush.
"Do you have money?"
"How many."
"how much do you have."
"Five hundred coins."
Chu Qing pointed to the door: "Goodbye."
Chen Yan had long been accustomed to Chu Qing's virtuous behavior, and sat happily on the stool: "When I first met you, you were very careful about spending money, and you loved money as much as your life, just like a businessman. Heeding my brother's advice, this money , just enough for daily expenses, always thinking about it, you will..."
Chu Qing rolled his eyes and interrupted: "Go home and talk to your father, Mr. Chen."
Chen Yan: "..."
The familiar expression, the familiar eye roll, the familiar words that pierced his heart.
Chu Qing said with a look of disgust: "Are you from the sixth rank in charge, or are you an official in the capital, an official in the Ministry of Household Affairs in the middle of the capital? Your total wealth is only 500 yuan, how do you get away with it?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Yan was unhappy: "I just carry it with me. I still have some money left at home."
Chu Qing's eyes lit up: "How many do you have at home?"
"Three hundred and twenty-seven articles."
Chu Qing: "..."
Opening his mouth, Chu Qing had a teasing look on his face: "Oh, I'll go, then you are quite arrogant. When you go out, you bring more than half of your belongings with you. Listen, three hundred and twenty-seven articles are all accurate to single digits." Okay, with such a huge sum of money, are there more than 20 bodyguards in the safe to keep an eye on it?"
Chen Yan's face was filled with calmness: "I don't have much money, and it's not a shame."
"No!" Chu Qing said with a vicious look: "Poverty is the first of all evils!"
"You haven't told Brother Yu yet what you want the money for."
"Renovate Taowu Palace."
Chen Yan looked like he suddenly realized: "It turns out that this is because of what happened at the Political Palace yesterday."
"how do you know?"
Chen Yan said with a smile: "There are no secrets in this capital. After you were called away by Master Wei yesterday, several adults talked about it, saying that your father Chu Wensheng was impeached by the court officials."
"A bunch of gossips."
"They don't know that you are the young master of the Chu family. They just talk about it."
Chu Qing curled his lips, too lazy to complain about these idle adults.
Chen Yan asked with interest: "This is an errand assigned by the emperor, why hasn't Lord Chu started the work yet?"
"My father spent the money."
"What?" Chen Yan's expression changed drastically: "All the money and food allocated by the Emperor was embezzled by Mr. Chu?"
"What the hell, it's just my father who is greedy. Wasn't there a disaster in the lower county at that time? The Ministry of Industry had no money for disaster relief. My father saw that the victims were pitiful, so he directly gave the money to the emperor for disaster relief."
Chen Yan was stunned: "Is this true?"
"Why did I lie to you about this?"
Chen Yan suddenly stood up and saluted Chu Qing: "Master Chu is a role model for our generation. He is dedicated to serving the people. It is really rare. I would like Mr. Chu to accept the students' worship on behalf of Master Chu."
"Then you give me some advice." Chu Qing picked his ears and said, "Or you can be more practical."
"What does it actually mean?"
"It's money."
Without saying anything, Chen Yan took out half of the money from his sleeve and placed it in front of Chu Qing: "Just take it and use it."
Chu Qing looked at the half of money and was speechless for a while.
Say thank you, it's too little, I won't use the hair, just take it, as if you still owe me a favor.
Chen Yan's face was full of admiration: "I didn't expect Master Chu to be such a caring person for the people. He was so brave... No, he was so righteous that he dared to misappropriate the emperor's money for repairing the palace to provide relief to the victims. It's admirable. It's admirable."
Chu Qing chuckled.
I also admire my father very much. He is humble and humble. He could not do such a thing even if he had a cerebral thrombosis for ten years.
"In addition to money and food, the main issue in this matter is manpower. Officials from the Ministry of Industry are avoiding Mr. Chu like snakes and scorpions. Those craftsmen cannot be used by Mr. Chu." Chen Yan tapped the desk lightly and said to himself: "If we have manpower, , this matter is half done. Even if it cannot be repaired and perfected in two months, after all, it can be punished with less punishment. This manpower..."
After a pause, Chen Yan's expression moved slightly: "The Tao family has people!"
"Tao family?"
"Yes, the Tao family was given a village in the northern suburbs by King Wu. There are about a hundred households, at least more than 200 people. Now is the time of slack for farming, so they can be seconded for some time."
At this point, Chen Yan frowned again: "It's just that Tao Shaozhang doesn't like to participate in royal affairs, and he is stubborn by nature. This move by the Chu government is unavoidable..."
With a "pop" sound, Chu Qing slapped the table and said coldly: "Chen Yan, what did you say about my uncle!"
Chen Yan was dumbfounded: "Brother?"
Chu Qing patted his chest: "Yes, future uncle, we are all a family, he will definitely help with this little help."
"Your Chu family, when did you meet with the Tao family..." Chen Yan's pupils shrank: "The Tao family has been in constant flow of people seeking marriage in recent times. It turns out that your Chu family has also gone to ask for marriage. Could it be that the Tao family is planning to marry the young lady of the Tao family? with you?"
"Roughly the same."
Chen Yan: "By you?"
Chu Qing: "Get out of here, uncle."
No wonder Chen Yan can become good friends with Tao Shaozhang, just the word "by you", his demeanor, and his tone are like conjoined twins.
