In these few months, the thing that the Marquis of Jiangyin was most worried about was the issue of silver taels for the construction of the wangfu. Actually, the Wu clan could also take out some silver taels. He didn't dare to say if it was more, but he could definitely take out tens of thousands of silver taels.
However, he didn't dare to give too much money to Zhu Rong, because when Zhu Rong married the little daughter of the Wu family, the amount of money spent would be astronomical.
The wedding of a prince, especially the first princess consort, had a very big scale!
Among the princes, the crown prince was the most respected. If the crown prince married the crown princess, it would cost at least a million yuan, and this was not counting the construction of the crown prince's residence.
As for Zhu Xi, he had asked for a million taels of silver when he wrote the memorial. Of course, he would not get that much in the end. The Ministry of Revenue would definitely reject it, but he expected to get 300,000 taels of silver.
It couldn't be helped. The specifications of the Imperial Residence were placed here. There was too little silver and it couldn't be built!
This was also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang only gave ten thousand taels of silver, almost causing the Marquis of Jiangyin to vomit blood.
As for the wedding, it would also need to be done in a big way. The dowry of his Wu family was estimated to be about 200,000 yuan.
To be honest, the Wu family had yet to prepare everything!
But no matter what, they had to find ways to get money. The marriage with the Tian family must not be too shabby. This was also a critical moment to show the strength of the Wu family and support the Seventh Prince.
Therefore, although he brought some silver with him when he came to Qingzhou, it was not much.
The silver used for the wedding was the biggest part. He had to save it up and did not dare to use Wu Yan's dowry in advance.
And in just a few months, Zhu Xiong had actually given him 100,000 silver. How could he not be shocked!
The thick stack of bills in his hand felt a little surreal, but it also made him feel extremely at ease.
Marquis Jiangyin's heart was in turmoil. Although he didn't know how much wealth Zhu Xiong had after coming to Qi Land, he thought that at most, it would be tens of thousands of silver.
In other words, he had earned at least 50,000 to 60,000 silver in these few months.
This did not include the money spent on building roads in Qingzhou City and the money spent on building houses for the relocated households.
Carefully keeping the receipt, Marquis Jiang Yin became excited.
Although the way of doing business was not mainstream, one could not be a hero for a penny.
For King Qi to be able to amass so much wealth in such a short period of time, he was no ordinary person.
After all, he was the son-in-law of his family. The more outstanding King Qi was, the happier he would be as his father-in-law.
With 110,000 taels of silver in his hands, the construction of King Qi's Imperial Residence officially began.
The old man didn't stop recruiting people. First, he demolished and relocated all the civilian areas involved in the construction of King Qi's residence.
The entire process was very smooth because these people's residences had already been settled.
For a time, Qingzhou City was extremely lively. Large cars and small cars shuttled back and forth, moving all the properties of these relocated households to the newly built residential area.
The relocated residents who had been waiting impatiently for a long time finally got their own houses.
Those who had elderly people in their families were assigned to at least a house on the first or second floor. Those whose families were mainly young were assigned to high-rise houses.
This kind of small building had a drawback. It was not friendly to the elderly. It was very difficult for the elderly to climb five or six floors every day.
Zhu Rong had specially instructed him about these details.
As the commoners moved, they talked about King Qi's character.
Reputation was built up bit by bit. People's hearts were gathered little by little like this.
His Highness King Qi had personally instructed them, so they naturally did not dare to disobey. The process of assigning rooms was transparent, and bribery and petty tricks were strictly prohibited.
The Qingzhou Prefecture Magistrate was also personally watching this matter.
The entire neighborhood was unprecedentedly lively.
Everyone was busy moving. When they arrived downstairs, they looked at the dark gray cement wall. It looked dignified, heavy, and very strong.
"Aiyo! There was a well here, so it was convenient to get water.”
"King Qi is truly thoughtful to have so many carriages and rooms.”
"What is this?"
"You haven't seen it before, have you? This is called a fake mountain, and only the residences of high officials and nobles have this. His Highness King Qi is about to build a mansion, so he's abandoning the rockery and moving it to our neighborhood!”
"This building is really tall. It can see half of Qingzhou City. That building over there must be the Taibai Restaurant!”
The laughter continued in the neighborhood.
The commoners greeted each other and chatted for a while as they busied themselves with touring the neighborhood or moving things around.
It was slightly different from the buildings built in the future. The corridor was not inside, but outside. In the middle of each floor, there was a flat transition road, which was convenient for the residents to carry things.
The circular platform protruding out of the corridor was the stove of each household, which could be used to cook outdoors.
Moreover, there were stairs on both sides of the building. Different residents needed to go up from different corridors on the north and south sides.
There was a long corridor on each floor that was connected to each other.
There was another drawback to this building. They could not use the toilet at home. They had to go downstairs to the public toilet. Men and women were separated and in different corners.
On the day of handing over the house, other than moving out. The most important task was to rent out the empty houses!
In the neighborhood, there were already a lot of long-term workers who needed to rent a house.
In the past few months, King Qi's Mansion had been recruiting workers. The construction of King Qi's Mansion was about to begin, and the labor force needed in Qingzhou City was even more! One could imagine that in the future, there would be even more people pouring into Qingzhou.
Food and drink were easy to solve, but accommodation was a big problem.
In Qingzhou City, renting a small house with a courtyard was quite expensive. It was not something that ordinary people who relied on hard labor could afford.
Moreover, the number was relatively limited.
However, each house in this district had 15 rooms of various sizes. The long-term workers who had worked in King Qi's mansion for a few months had basically saved some money. They only rented one room. In the case of short-term renting, they could still afford it.
Some people could even rent a few rooms and bring their wives and children over.
This community provided a large number of houses, greatly reducing the pressure of renting a house.
Wasn't this more comfortable than living in the shed?
Moreover, it made the employees who came from afar feel like they had taken root.
On the same day, many employees rented houses and joined the army.
Some smart merchants and landowners also smelled the scent and came over.
Firstly, many wealthy merchants and landowners often came to Qingzhou City to do business. Now that Qingzhou City was becoming more and more prosperous, he might need to buy a property here in the future.
Normally, they would have chosen the traditional courtyard house, but this six-story building looked particularly novel and exciting.
Other than the houses that were distributed to the relocated households, there were still a few buildings that were built. Moreover, new buildings were still being built.
These businessmen were very shrewd. When they saw that they could rent out the house as soon as they got it, they were all tempted.
Even if he was not the City Lord of Qingzhou, it was still worth it to rent it out!
Hence, they began to inquire about the sale of the new house.
This was naturally within Zhu Rong's calculations. In his eyes, the salt business was just a small business. Real estate was the real deal!
In the eyes of the Marquis of Jiangyin, a few hundred thousand silver was an astronomical figure. If he were to start a real estate business, heh, that silver might as well enter his pockets like flowing water!
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