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Chapter 24 The first time as a contractor

When Guo Wei heard Ye Hua want to issue a military order, he looked even more ugly. He pulled Ye Hua in front of him and said solemnly: "My nephew, you and I are relatives, and you are Brother Xing's life savior. Logically, I should give you the Ye family wealth and wealth. No matter what you do, I will not change my mind. However, at present, internal and external troubles, the people's strength is in decline, and the people's lives are extremely difficult. I am planning to reduce intensive taxes, punish corrupt officials, rest for the people, and restore vitality. At this time, no matter who is obstructing my national policy, I will severely punish those who do not lend money. Do you understand?"

Of course Ye Hua understood what Guo Wei meant, the problem was that he underestimated me too much!

"Mr. Guo, do you think my nephew can only use tricks and bully others by virtue of his power? Does my nephew not operate honestly and make money by relying on his real skills?"

Guo Wei didn't believe that he could do business and said casually: "Nephew, what are you going to do? Do you have any ideas?"

"Yes!" Ye Hua smiled and said, "Trader goods, contract projects, build workshops, and sell goods. In short, my nephew must do things that are beneficial to people's livelihood. I will not bully people with power, nor will I hoard and exploit the people. Mr. Guo, if you don't believe in my nephew, you should believe in my grandmother. If you do something that is harmful to the world, my grandmother will spank!"

It was indeed a child. Guo Wei warned: "You said it well, but doing business is not an easy task. You are so young, you should study hard and learn martial arts well. Don't think about it!"

After teaching a few lessons, Guo Wei stood up and left. However, Ye Hua was so anxious that he and Guo Xing Ge were already tied together. Brother Xing could not inherit Guo Wei's position, so Ye Hua would not have done much in his career. Fortunately, Ye Hua did not want to be a too big official, but if he didn't even let him do business, he could only study and practice martial arts without leaving the house. If he had been studying hard for ten years, he might as well kill him!

What's more, Ye Hua is well aware of the future historical direction. He must make himself important in order to protect himself and those around him!

I had to take out the real thing, Ye Hua shouted: "Mr. Guo, I'm not thinking about it, just take the Xuande Gate project and I can do it!"

Guo Wei walked to the door and turned around and came back.

"My nephew, Grand Master Feng has already gone to welcome Liu Yun ascend the throne. After he enters the capital, he will go to Xuande Gate and ascend the throne at Daqing Hall. It is related to the court's face. I have already handed it over to Brother Xiufeng for the throne. You are a child, why are you involved in?"

"I'm not fooling around. I can guarantee that the project payment will be reduced to one tenth and it will be completed within one month!"

"What?"

Guo Wei widened his eyes, looking very surprised.

The so-called Xuande Gate project is to welcome the new emperor to enter the capital and ascend the throne, renovate a section of the imperial road and use it during the throne ceremony. Because all the white marble and materials needed must be transported from hundreds of miles away. Moreover, it is a dry season and it is impossible to transport it by boat. It can only be sent to open the mountain to get stones, then carry it on your shoulders, transport it to Kaifeng with cattle and horses, and then hand it over to the stonemason to handle it, and finally pave the imperial road.

According to Wang Jun's calculations, at least 20,000 people and 200,000 jin of expenses must be used to complete the project.

Guo Wei also made people estimate that 200,000 yuan is indeed a bit too much, but Wang Jun promised to complete the work within 3 months, just before the throne ceremony, so Guo Wei had to admit it.

But at this moment, Ye Hua swore to tell him that it would be solved with just one month or twenty thousand coins, and Guo Wei really couldn't accept it. Could it be that the civil and military officials in the court were not as smart as a child?

Guo Wei looked serious, "Ye Hua, Jun Wuji, what are you going to do?"

Ye Hua smiled, "The biggest expense of building the Imperial Road is stone. As long as the stone problem is solved, of course, you can save 90% of the expenses!"

"Hmph, it's easy to say, where are the stones around Kaifeng?"

"Why aren't there? There are so many on the Imperial Road!"

The more Guo Wei heard it, the more ridiculous he became, "The stones on the imperial road were bumpy, and because of the chaos, they were all damaged, so they had to re-take the stones and renovate them."

Guo Wei patiently explained to Ye Hua that this was his son's benefactor. If it were someone else, Guo Wei wouldn't bother to pay attention to it. As a ruling country, he was so busy many times more than before, especially with internal and external troubles and the treasury was empty. Where did he get the time to be nonsense?

Guo Wei was leaving again, and Ye Hua was behind him and suddenly said: "Grandpa Guo, what if he turned over the stone of the Imperial Road?"

"Flip! Flip over?"

Guo Wei turned his head suddenly, stared at Ye Hua, pondered for a moment, and suddenly felt surprised and said excitedly: "Tell me carefully, what should I do?"

"It's very simple. Just turn out the original stone, carve the patterns on the back, and then lay them back!"

Guo Wei took a breath and slapped his thigh hard, "Good boy, this move is so wonderful!"

Guo Wei was so happy that he saved more than 100,000 guan at once, which was almost enough for a month's military salary. He sincerely said: "My nephew, I underestimated you. Say, I will give you any rewards I want! In this way, I will allocate 30,000 guan for you, how about using it as the expenses of the mansion?"

"don't want!"

Ye Hua said decisively: "Mr. Guo, I said I should do business with dignity. If you want to reward me, I will give me the Yudao project. I will organize manual construction and do the project well according to the quality of the construction period. No profit should be lost. It should not be mine. There is no need for a single copper plate!"

Guo Wei smiled, "Okay, you have backbone! Just do what you said!"

Guo Wei returned home with satisfaction, but some people were not happy.

Wang Jun was furious and was so angry that he smashed all the porcelain in the study, and scolded him while smashing him.

"You shameless little bastard! I will still wag my tail at me even if I feed it to a dog! You beggar, shameless and unfamiliar ungrateful wolf, you dare to steal my husband's wealth. Sooner or later, I will kill you!!!"

Although Wang Jun was angry, he really didn't dare to do anything to Ye Hua casually.

After all, compared with the Imperial Road Project, Wang Jun cares more about Brother Guo Xing. Chai Rong is ambitious and in his prime, he is a cruel man. If he succeeds him, he will never have good results!

He could not completely turn against Ye Hua, so Wang Jun could only secretly explain that he would delay the time in several quarries, and at the same time ordered Kaifeng Prefecture not to equip Ye Hua with enough civilians.

No one expected that the imperial road could not be well repaired, and if the new king ascended the throne, he would be able to deal with Ye Hua openly and take Brother Guo Xing into his hands.

Wang Jun made up his mind, and in a blink of an eye, the one-month construction period had arrived.

Originally, a Royal Road Project did not need to be visited by the Privy Councilor himself, but Wang Jun came early in order to see a joke. After he arrived, he found that several people had already arrived.

Among them were Guo Wei's great strategist Wei Renpu and Chai Rong. Behind Chai Rong, a strong man was Zhao Kuangyin.

Seeing that Wang Jun was coming, Chai Rong just nodded, Wei Renpu took the initiative to salute, chatted for a few words, and closed his mouth.

Wang Jun snorted. Before he became the prince, he dared not to take me in his eyes. It was really hateful!

He was so angry that he could only spread it on Ye Hua. Wang Jun pointed to the straw bamboo mat in front of him and angrily shouted: "What? I haven't finished the work, are you afraid that others will see it? I have known for a long time that I have no hair on my lips and can't do it! How can I hand it over to a baby for such a big thing?"

Wang Jun spat and roared: "You're not pulling off the straw mat and let me see how much difference is!"

His men rushed up like wolves and tigers, tearing them hard, and pieces of straw mats fell down, revealing the true appearance inside.

The neat imperial road and exquisite carvings appeared in front of you.
Chapter completed!
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