"Don't worry about artificial things. Kunshan has more than 50,000 or 60,000 civilians." Pan Jixun continued:

"The main thing is stone and cement. I have never built such a dike before, so the amount is not used for a while, but of course the more the better."

Speaking of this, he suggested to Zhao Hao: "You should advise Ling Zun to smash Yufeng Mountain, so that it can save a lot of money on stones and freight."

"No need, leave only the only seedlings for the people of Kunshan." Mr. Zhao waved his hand proudly: "We have stones, is it enough to drive the entire Xishan Mountain?"

"Xishan?" Pan Jixun was stunned. "Which western mountain are you referring to?"

"The west mountain of Dongting." Zhao Hao smiled and pointed to the direction of Taihu Lake on the drawings. His fingertips followed the river to the location of Nanshan Temple and said: "You can load the ship by driving the stones and transport them directly to the embankment. It is easier than driving Yufeng Mountain!"

Yufeng Mountain is in the county town. When you mine the stones, you have to use a car to pull them out of the north gate and load them on the edge of Loujiang River to carry them over.

If you quarry from Xishan, you will be 150 or 60 miles away from the county town.

But in this era, the advantages of shipping were too great. You can load the ship directly on the Xishan side, then go down the river, and you can reach the dike in one morning.

It's not that much effort.

"The west mountain of Dongting, isn't that the territory of the Dongting Chamber of Commerce?" Pan Jixun's family was by the Taihu Lake and naturally knew it.

"Looking at the island full of stones, I bought it." Zhao Hao seemed to be talking about a trivial matter.

"Buy, have you bought it?" Pan Jixun was dumbfounded: "How many have you bought?"

"Of course I bought it all." Seeing Old Pan's incredible expression, Mr. Zhao happily pretended to be Boyi: "It's all wilderness, and I can't ask for a few dollars."

In fact, he didn't spend any money at all. Mr. Liu bought it out and gave it to Mr. Zhao to atone for his sins.

"Uh, okay..." Although Pan Jixun was a wealthy family, he knew better because of this, how outrageous it was.

They usually call this kind of person a "prodigal son"!

However, Mr. Zhao’s prodigality came to support the construction of Kunshan, which seemed to be nobler than ordinary prodigality.

"Mr. Zhao is indeed a very good-looking bone, and I admire him." Pan Jixun seemed to see the situation of Mr. Zhao and his son begging for the future.

Thinking of this, he patted Zhao Hao on the shoulder and whispered: "One day in the future, I will go to Wucheng to find me."

"Uh..." Zhao Hao was stunned for a moment, and then he realized, unable to help but laugh and cry. Is this young master making money very seriously? He is not spending his family at all!

But Old Pan was also kind, so Mr. Zhao smiled and nodded, "I will definitely have a chance."

In any case, Pan Jixun finally felt relieved. At least it would be no problem to repair this embankment.

~~

In the afternoon of the same day, Pan Jixun, the "water control craftsman", called Zheng Ruozeng, and seized the time to compare the drawings and conduct the last field investigation.

The two of them wanted to call Zhao Hao together, but unfortunately Mr. Zhao did not have the courage to go out with the scorching sun, so he stayed in Nanshan Temple for a nap.

Unfortunately, he was destined to be unable to sleep today. He was about to lie down when Gao Wu reported that Gu Dadong was visiting.

"It's really a good time to pick him." Mr. Zhao muttered depressedly. However, the other party was the patriarch of the largest clan in Kunshan, so it's not easy to be too neglected, otherwise it would be difficult for my father to do it.

So I cleaned up briefly and went to the incense room to meet Gu Dadong.

The Gu family is the undisputed largest clan in Kunshan. It has been rich in officials and princes for generations. It has more than 3,000 houses in its family, covering more than ten miles, and it also accounts for one-eighth of the arable land in the county, with tens of thousands of tribes.

Gu Dadong is about the same age as Pan Jixun, but he looks a teenager younger than him. Obviously, he usually pays great attention to maintenance.

Unlike Pan Shui Shen, who had a good life, this man spent money like soil when he was young and spent money in different ways. He was a complete prodigal son.

Zhao Hao heard that once he was very bored, he gathered all the disciples together and told them that he had thought of a new way to spend money. He could cross out fifty stags of money by just one chopstick, but he would not get bloated and full of food.

A helper immediately stood up and said, "I can do it."

Gu Dadong then ordered the servant to pick up fifty coins of money to go out with the man.

Three days later, the guest came back to offer treasures. When Gu Dadong saw that it was just a little bird, he was angry and scolded the other party for treating him as a kid. He asked him what bird is worth at this price?

The guest explained that this was a yellow bird that would win every battle. He bargained with the seller for two days and two nights before he bought it for more than 40 knots.

All the remaining money was bought by lamp grass. He used these lamp grass to cook the birds and served them, which cost exactly fifty cents of money.

Gu Dadong laughed and ate it with one chopstick.

There are more than one joke about this old man who is extravagant.

Legend has it that there is another time when he bought tens of thousands of black bowls, put vegetable oil and lamp grass in it, lit it and put it into the lake south of Yufeng Mountain.

On a dark night, he stood on the top of Yufeng Mountain, overlooking the lake's lights floating around. Where the breeze passed, the bowls and bowls gently bumped, making a jingle sound, like fairy music.

Kunshan has a vast street, and everyone is here to enjoy this unforgettable wonder.

The citizens named Yufeng Mountain a different name "Wanshan", calling the lake where Gu Dashen was setting off the lights as "Wanshantang".

Zhao Hao also heard that because of excessive squandering, he spent most of his property, and he was worried that his father, who was an official, would come back to deal with him.

So a "bride-reporting tower" was used as an excuse to make a huge loss of money to make a perfunctory deficit. He also placed a stone basin on the top of the tower, raising a seven-star croaker in the basin, lied that he could pay homage to the Beidou and pray for his father.

After his old man came back, he saw that his family was about to lose all his money and became very angry. Later, he finally saved his life and believed that it was the role of this person, so he did not blame him again...

~~

"Mr. Gu, I have been keen on for a long time." As the saying goes, if you don't know the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods. Zhao Hao feels that compared to this master, his father is simply a sensible baby.

"Young master is so apart, so too is apart. What if you don't dislike you and my brothers?" Gu Dadong sat down with a smile and put an air-conditioned ice bucket on the table.

"What is this Brother Gu bringing?" Zhao Hao couldn't help but be curious. Seeing this thing in June makes people feel full of salivation.

"The cold drinks from the ancestors will bring some cooling to the young master." Gu Dadong smiled and opened the ice bucket, and took out a glass bowl from it.

When Zhao Hao saw the cold drink of milky yellow cream with a slight air conditioning in the bowl, he couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Ice cream?"

"Oh, is there another name in Sushan?" Gu Dadong asked strangely.

"It is said that Taixi is called this name. During the Yuan Dynasty, a man named Ma passed it over from us." Zhao Hao smiled.

"Try it and see it." Gu Dadong smiled and handed him a bowl, and attached a silver spoon.

Zhao Hao scooped a spoonful and tasted it. It was indeed smooth and mellow, just like the soft ice cream that had not been hardened, which was much better than his smoothie.

"This is a sloppy!" Mr. Zhao couldn't help but praise him, and suddenly felt that this old man was very cute.

Although Gu Dadong didn't know what the meaning of "hanging" means, it probably means it's delicious. He couldn't help but smile happily: "If you like it, I will send you the prescription to the county government office and let the servants make it to you to cool down."

"Okay!" Zhao Hao gave a thumbs up, then asked with a smile: "Tell me, what do you want to do?"
Chapter completed!