The entire community was built in batches. The first batch of houses would naturally be allocated to the residents involved in the demolition area.
As for the new houses that were built later, they were either sold or rented so that the ordinary people who came to Qingzhou City would have a place to stay.
This was because the prices of the houses here were relatively low, whether they were bought or rented.
This was a good choice for the commoners who had just arrived in Qingzhou City and did not have money. It could help them quickly establish a foothold in Qingzhou City.
The first batch of houses had been built, but the money for the construction of King Qi's mansion had not been allocated yet.
Marquis Jiangyin had already stayed in Qingzhou City for a few months, and was already a little angry.
He had already sent several memorials to Zhu Yuanzhang, but he had not received a single reply!
The old man knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was stalling!
In the last memorial, the old man's words could be said to be sincere. In general, he meant that he was old and did not know how many years he could live. His only wish was for his son and daughter to get married as soon as possible. He could enjoy his life and play with his children.
Then, he recalled his life as a soldier under Zhu Yuanzhang. In other words, he had given his life to the Zhu family. Even if he did not contribute, he had worked hard. If I don't quickly pay the money to build the Qi Residence and let His Highness King Qi marry my daughter, this old official will feel a chill in my heart!
What Zhu Yuanzhang did this time was indeed a little dishonest, but Zhu Yuanzhang also had his own difficulties. He did not manage the household, so he did not know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt were. He did not manage the country, so he did not know how short the national treasury was of silver.
Firstly, there were still pirates flooding the southeast coast, and they would send troops to exterminate them at any time. These Japanese pirates caught the imperial court off guard. They were like leeks. After cutting a crop, another crop would pop up!
There was also an area where wars were more frequent, which was the Yunguichuan area. Especially Guizhou. When he flipped through the history of Guizhou, there were only three words in front of him: Blood and fire! In the 276 years of the Ming Dynasty, Guizhou had been at war for 145 years!
The King of Liang in Yunnan was self-reliant on the high mountains and far roads, and he refused to surrender in the southwest.
Small skirmishes would definitely not be able to subdue the southwest. In order to complete the unification of the country, there would be a great war sooner or later.
In fact, in September two years later, Zhu Yuanzhang would dispatch troops and a total of 300,000 troops to the west, completely integrating the southwest region into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
The south did not stop, and the north was the same. The army of the Daming Dynasty had only driven the Yuan Dynasty out of the Central Plains, but they had not completely destroyed it. The Northern Yuan that occupied the Mongol grasslands was still rampant, causing people to be unable to sleep at night!
The vast region of the Northern Desert and the Western Regions had yet to be controlled by the Darming Dynasty.
The Darming Dynasty had gone through more than 20 years of war before finally achieving unification, and now it was only the 12th year of Hongwu.
And war was the most expensive!
In addition, the cost of governing the country was also quite high. The expenses of the army, the expenses of the officials, and the construction of various roads and water conservancy projects. As well as dealing with natural disasters, which one didn't cost money? To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang wasn't very comfortable as an emperor.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang did not only have one son, the Seventh Prince. Zhu Rong was not the only one who needed to get married and build a royal residence.
Over the years, Zhu Di had gradually become a threat to Crown Prince Zhu Biao.
Zhu Yuanzhang was already thinking about it. If he chased Zhu Di to the fief, he would also need to build a royal residence!
If it wasn't for the fact that Jiang Yin Hou had spoken so bluntly, Zhu Yuanzhang would have planned to drag it out for another month or two.
However, even if he agreed to the payment, the first batch of silver was only a mere ten thousand taels!
In his reply to Marquis Jiangyin's memorial, Zhu Yuanzhang had said that he would build it first and that he would not have to pay the royal tax this year. In addition, the salt that Marquis Jiangyin had brought over could help King Qi earn some silver, and the money would be paid as soon as possible.
After receiving the memorial, Marquis Jiangyin nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Your Majesty, you're scamming me! What could 10,000 taels of silver do?”
To put it bluntly, even the mansions built by some wealthy merchants near Qingzhou City cost thousands of taels of silver.
Now that Qingzhou City was thriving, many wealthy merchants had moved to Qingzhou City to set up their businesses. Someone had spent nearly ten thousand taels of silver to build a house outside Qingzhou City!
King Qi was the Seventh Prince! It was not a large courtyard for wealthy merchants and landlords, but a royal residence!
He had waited for so long, and Zhu Yuanzhang had only approved ten thousand taels of silver?!
The lack of silver would definitely slow down the construction progress of the Imperial Residence.
His daughter's marriage to King Qi would be pushed back time and time again.
It would be strange if Marquis Jiangyin wasn't angry.
Seeing this, Zhu Rong smiled and comforted him." Father-in-law, don't be angry. The imperial court is using troops to attack the outside world. The national treasury is in short supply. It's understandable." This ten thousand taels of silver was better than nothing.”
Marquis Jiangyin sighed." Your Highness King Qi, I'm afraid you don't know, but the Fourth Prince's estate has already started construction. Your Majesty is being biased!”
Zhu Rong sighed in his heart. This was something that could not be helped. In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, he, the Seventh Prince, naturally could not compare to the Prince of Yan, Zhu Di.
Zhu Xiong said to the old servant beside him,""Go and bring the snacks that our Grand White Restaurant has recently released for Marquis Jiang Yin to try.”
"Yes, Your Highness!"
After that, Zhu Rong continued to speak to Marquis Jiangyin,""Let's start work first. I've already set up a business in Qingzhou. The amount of silver that flows in every day is not small. Other than building the official road, I think it can be used to build the Imperial Residence.”
Marquis Jiangyin's eyes widened in disbelief.
"The Imperial Residence is extremely large and cannot be dealt with a mere ten thousand taels of silver. King Qi, please don't joke about this. Once the construction started, it was not good to stop in the middle. Otherwise, if word got out, it would be a joke.”
A prince couldn't even afford to build a place to live. It would be a huge joke if it was passed down.
The Marquis of Jiangyin couldn't believe that Zhu Xiong had so much money. Because not long after Zhu Xiong arrived in Qingzhou, he had chased after him from the capital.
He knew that Zhu Rong had not rested since he came to the city of Qingzhou. He had been fiddling with some industries, especially the sale of salt. He had made a great deal of progress. He heard that caravans were spread all over the land of Qilu.
However, in just a few months, even if he made money, how much could he earn?
Moreover, he had also paid for the road repair with his own money. Now, the asphalt road in Qingzhou City was almost completed and began to expand to the official road outside the city.
He had also seen the construction process of asphalt roads before. It was relatively complicated and required a lot of materials. It was likely that a lot of silver was spent.
With such a massive project before His Highness King Qi, how could he possibly have the money to build a mansion?
Marquis Jiangyin had thought that Zhu Fou did not know how much money was needed to build the mansion, and had specially reminded him.
"Don't worry, father-in-law. Since I dare to say this, I naturally have confidence. You can just supervise the construction. I'll worry about the silver. You can use this money first."
Marquis Jiangyin received the thick stack of bills and opened it. Good heavens, it was a total of 100,000 taels of silver!
" 100,000 taels?!" Marquis Jiangyin couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air, looking at Zhu Rong in a whole new light!
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