Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 489 Emperor Shengwu is such a dog

This means that Sister Hua also attaches great importance to this marriage. As a result, after Hua Lei and Hua Mancheng met with Old Marquis Pei and Old Madam Pei, they proposed to find their third uncle Pei Jingxuan.

Rong Jin was a little disappointed, but also very surprised. Why did Sister Hua suddenly look for Uncle San? After Pei Jingxuan came to Songhe Hall and sat down, Hua Lei asked whether the news that Emperor Shengwu was selling the barren mountain was true.

The Ministry of Revenue received the news about this matter at the beginning of the month. Emperor Shengwu did want to sell dozens of barren mountains, but the reasons he gave were slightly different.

It’s not that the imperial court has no time or people to reclaim the wasteland, nor is it that they can’t wait for the barren mountains to turn into gold mountains, but Emperor Shengwu wants to rely on the sale of the barren mountains so that the imperial court can quickly recover a sum of cash.

Then send this cash to Mobei to redevelop and build a provincial capital in the newly expanded Changyun Mountain area. This requires a large amount of silver.

Pei Jingyan also said a piece of information that has not yet spread outside, saying that Emperor Shengwu has also decided that any family that purchases a barren mountain and needs help with planning and arrangements can ask the Silin Bureau for help.

You can find whichever official you need to plan, but you need to pay the planning fee. The planning price of each official is different.

I heard that the specific planning price for each official has been drawn up, but it has not been finalized yet. Pei Jingyan quietly inquired about it, but did not find out the specific planning price of Hualei. He only knew that Hualei's planning price was far ahead of other colleagues in the Silin Bureau.

The people who buy the barren mountains can pay the Silin Bureau a sum of money to reserve the officials they want according to their needs, and it is first come first served. In addition, the prisoners in the prison can also be hired at a low price. The specific information will be released together at that time.

After listening to this, Hua Lei pondered for a moment. This... Emperor Shengwu is really a dog! He really did this kind of thing again and again.

He did it once when he was reclaiming puddles. He did it again when he was reclaiming wasteland for the imperial court. Now he has gone even further, selling his products by the pound and with a clear price tag.

Although it is possible to ask the Silin Bureau for help, everyone knows that he did not accept the proposals put forward by several officials from the Silin Bureau and directly rejected them.

Because of the land reclamation issue, he scolded Lord Mo and Lord Yu from the Silin Bureau in front of all the ministers. Now he asks the aristocratic families to go to the Silin Bureau for help.

Isn't it obvious that he wants the people who bought the barren hills to come to him to plan it? Hualei still has this confidence. Compared with the group of old guys in the Silin Bureau who are unchanging and stick to the rules, he is still quite innovative.

I heard that more and more people have been visiting our Huaguo Mountain recently. I guess those who heard the news and wanted to buy the barren mountain came to inspect it.

If the purchasing personnel are required to pay planning fees to the Silin Bureau, then I can generate a lot of income for the Silin Bureau, right?

Lord Mo must have known the news, but he deliberately didn't tell me. No wonder, I asked for two months of leave, and he not only didn't give me a cold shoulder, but also treated me with special enthusiasm.

It seems that he thinks of himself as the cash cow of the Silin Bureau?

But on the other hand, Hualei secretly admired the wisdom of Emperor Shengwu. Indeed, Mobei needed a lot of silver, and selling the barren mountain might not be enough. After all, the price of the barren mountain was similar to that of the lower-grade land, and it was a one-time purchase.

So he had to use his name to sell all the officials of the Silin Bureau by weight, and he could sell them again and again. After all, if he didn't have time, he could always find someone else.

Moreover, Hualei estimated that the planning fee should not be low. And before selling the barren mountain, the detailed data of the planning fee will not be released. This is also the most annoying aspect of Emperor Shengwu.

Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. It seems that I should not only prepare the silver to buy the barren mountain, but also prepare as many silver notes as possible, and then follow Emperor Shengwu to Mobei to eat meat and drink soup.

Hua Lei did not hide anything about the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion where she was about to marry. She carefully told everyone in the study about her thoughts and plans.

Anyway, if others pay me to plan the project, I won't get any money, so it would be better for my parents or husband's family to buy a few barren hills and plan the projects myself.

Using the salary from the Silin Bureau to do work for his own family may not make much difference, but at least he can vent his anger.

When Lord Pei heard this, he nodded in agreement. At the same time, he slapped his thigh happily. Since Emperor Shengwu planned this, he must follow suit. So he decided to buy the barren mountain with Hualei.

Pei Jingxuan also nodded repeatedly, indicating that Hua Lei's idea was indeed very likely the same as Emperor Shengwu's idea, and that the subsequent plans were very good, and it was decided that the third house would also follow up with private money.

Old Lord Pei pondered for a moment and decided to write a letter to Pei Jingyang and Pei Jingyuan in Mobei, asking the two brothers to pay close attention to the development of the matter.

After all, they are in Mobei, and Mobei is going to develop greatly in the future. They can be close to the water and get a lot of first-hand information.

However, in order to avoid suspicion, he also took care of his two sons, asking them to watch more, think more, talk less and move less, and try to find the shopkeeper who stayed in the Mobei shop to solve any problems.

Of course, the old Marquis Pei also quietly notified the fourth house Pei Jingyan and the fifth and sixth houses who were about to be transferred back to the capital. He told them to take care of them and prepare the silver recently, so that they can go to the Marquis' Mansion and Hua Lei to eat meat and drink soup.

The Zhenbei Marquisate would purchase farms, shops, and hilltops from the public, and all the profits would go to the public. However, if each branch used its own private money to purchase them, the profits would go directly to each branch.

Hualei also agrees with Master Pei's approach of "everyone is doing well, that's the real good". In this era where clan power and family background are important, sticking together for warmth is indeed a good way.

However, under the premise of working together externally, allowing individuals within the family to have autonomy and enthusiasm is also a very important basis for maintaining family stability.

Moreover, since Emperor Shengwu wanted to sell the barren mountain, he would only be happier if the Marquisate actively responded to his decree.

However, in order to avoid the envy of other noble families, it is better to keep a low profile. The Hou Mansion will purchase some of the items, and the items purchased by each family can be placed under their own name.

Emperor Shengwu also wants to go to Mobei to build a prefecture, which will also require the full support of the aristocratic families. By then, the Marquis' Mansion will apparently have a similar share.

Each family is secretly buying some land, building some shops to sell or rent out, and buying some good farmland to build farms and so on. There shouldn't be any problem with that.