Wen Jinhe blinked and casually inserted the toothpick on his hand into the meat, "Do you think I am short of money?"
Wei Zhengxu seemed to come to his senses and asked in a low voice: "Is the Queen going to pay for it herself?"
He knew that Wen Jinhe had money, but the silver did not belong to the treasury. Although some people were jealous, the new emperor doted on the queen, and no one dared to say a word about confiscation.
After all, the private property of a queen of a country is richer than the national treasury, which is actually a bit embarrassing.
"You can go ahead and do it. As for the extent of the transformation, it is my decision. If Lord Wei's plan cannot satisfy me, then the Ministry of Industry will have to find another talented person."
Wen Jinhe is indeed not short of money now, but the national treasury is not that poor either.
Since the war ended quickly, there was still one million taels of silver left in the treasury, but Wen Jinhe had as much as six million taels in hand.
When Nancheng's taxes are paid, this number will have to be doubled.
After Wei Zhengxu returned to the Ministry of Industry, he sat motionless in his seat, his hairless eyebrows wrinkled and then relaxed from time to time.
Upon seeing this, Nangong Shuo, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, came over and sat down and asked, "Sir, is it the Queen who is giving you a hard time?"
Before seizing the throne, Nangong Shuo was Li Junche's man. When Wen Jinhe went to Nancheng, he ordered Fei Yi but did not take him with him. At that time, he felt lucky, but now he regrets it.
Wei Zhengxu raised his head and looked at Nangong Shuo. After Fei Yi left, he became his capable subordinate. "The queen wants to renovate the capital. Let the Ministry of Industry design a drawing for the capital's renovation."
Nangong Shuo's eyes shone, "Sir, isn't this a good thing?"
Although it was the Queen's order, it was equivalent to the Emperor's intention to reuse the Ministry of Industry. This was a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
Wei Zhengxu shook his head, "The cost of renovating the capital was borne by the Queen. I don't know how to draw this drawing. This is related to how much money will be spent. I'm afraid that the Queen wants to take advantage of it. If the drawing is too big It’s complicated and will make you unhappy.”
Nangong Shuo was stunned for a moment.
only……
"The Queen is different from other ordinary women. She is quite familiar with fortifications. The people sent by the Ministry of Works to Nancheng to inspect the work are already on their way back. If you can't wait, you can design a decent picture and hand it over to test the Queen's reaction. ”
The cross-river dam was built in such a short period of time. I heard that a new construction material called cement was used, and an iron frame was built in the middle to bear the load. But after all, I had never seen it with my own eyes, so the people in the government were a little worried.
But now that Li Junche has ascended the throne, even if Wen Jinhe does not do well, no one will write a letter to reprimand him. After all, it was the late emperor who took advantage of Wen Jinhe in vain.
Wei Zhengxu sighed, "The Queen's words today hinted at my inaction. If I had designed a satisfactory one and handed it over, I'm afraid she would feel even more incompetent."
After much consideration, the Minister of Industry decided to design a perfect design. No matter how much it cost, if it could stump Wen Jinhe, then the responsibility would not lie with him.
Officials from the Ministry of Industry began to consider the materials left behind when measuring the area of the capital the year before, and personally conducted on-site inspections in the city. Finally, they drew a design drawing two feet wide and one foot long, which Wei Zhengxu personally took into the palace.
The design was spread on the carpet of Changle Palace. Wen Jinhe stood up and walked over to look at it.
The above data is recorded in great detail, and every alley in the city is even drawn.
The designed renovation plan is much simpler than the original one, and a lot of thought must have been put into it.
But Wen Jinhe was not satisfied.
Inconvenient, inconvenient, and not far-sighted enough.
Wei Zhengxu's heart sank when he saw the disappointment on Wen Jinhe's face. Even if the Queen felt that the cost was high, she still had to be a little surprised on her face.
Looking at it now, it feels like a disappointment.
You must know that this design drawing was taken by myself, and it took officials from the Ministry of Industry to complete it all night and three days. Did the Queen not take a fancy to it?
"Does your Majesty think something is wrong?"
Wen Jinhe stood up and returned to his seat, "It's too petty. Fei Yi will be back from Nancheng tomorrow. Master Wei can ask him and redesign it."
She could see Wei Zhengxu's efforts, but his thinking was limited after all.
The Minister of the Ministry of Industry left with a dark face. After returning to the Ministry of Industry, he locked himself in the house for three hours and did not come out.
The officials from the Ministry of Industry all looked at each other. They didn't even dare to make too loud footsteps when passing by the room. Was this because they were reprimanded by the Queen?
Nangong Shuo stared at the drawing that was placed on the table and occupied two desks. With such an excellent design drawing, no one in the entire Ministry of Industry was dissatisfied. Is the Queen deliberately making things difficult?
"I heard that Wei Zhengxu looked very ugly when he left the palace." Li Junche heard this mentioned by the chamberlain when he was approving the memorial in the imperial study.
It wasn't that he was worried about Wen Jinhe, but he was worried that the stubborn old men in the court would make his queen angry.
Wen Jinhe reached out and took the sweet-scented osmanthus cake handed over by Li Junche. The fragrance was very strong. The palace chef was very skilled in cooking. As long as he gave them the recipe, he could make the same or even better one.
Wen Jinhe raised his eyebrows and said, "Maybe he thinks I'm making trouble unreasonably."
If she were not the queen, Wei Zhengxu would probably have pointed his finger at him and scolded her at that time.
Li Junche leaned over and took a bite of half of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, "If those people can't keep up with your ideas, just train a group of them in the future."
Wen Jinhe nodded. In ancient times, Western script and the Five Classics were emphasized, with the imperial examination being the top priority. It was time to teach something more practical. Maybe a school could be built.
After Fei Yi returned to the capital, he went to the morning court the next morning before he had time to rest.
After the morning meeting, I originally wanted to go home and rest. After all, I had just returned from a business trip and as a rule, I had two days of rest.
But as soon as he walked out of Chongyang Hall, he was taken to the Ministry of Works by his immediate superior, Wei Zhengxu, the Minister of Works.
The other party didn't say a word along the way, his face was cold, and he seemed to be in a very bad mood.
Fei Yi rubbed his palms as he walked. Did he offend him in some way?
Wei Zhengxu led Fei Yi to the table, and then asked someone to spread out the design drawing on the table.
Pointing to the buildings and streets on the design drawing, he asked: "This is the drawing of the capital reconstruction plan that the Empress asked the Ministry of Industry to design. What do you think about it?"
When Fei Yi saw his colleagues around him staring at him, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, so he lowered his head to take a closer look.
After a while, he already had the answer in his heart, but...
"Have you shown it to your Majesty? What did the Queen say?"
Wei Zhengxu had been staring at the expression on Fei Yi's face since he opened the blueprint. When he saw that his expression was only solemn and not amazed when he looked at the design, he felt a little dissatisfied.
"Don't care what the Queen says, I'm asking for your opinion."
When Fei Yi heard this, he understood that Wen Jinhe must be dissatisfied.
It is not difficult to see that the engineering department put a lot of thought into this blueprint. If he had gone to Nancheng, Fei Yi would have praised the perfection of this blueprint, but now, it is difficult to do it.
It's just that this drawing was drawn by the directors of the Industrial Development Department. If I were the first to say no, wouldn't I be offending someone?
After a round of careful thinking, Fei Yi stood up and whispered two words, "Not bad."
