Chapter 300 New Capital

Compared with the plagiarized works of Tiecheng, Shufengcheng, Thunder Cliff, and Gondor, the design of the new capital is truly a huge test for Ye Tao. This is the first time he designed an entire city so original. Speaking of which, Gondor copied the Lord of the Rings, after all, it was only a fortress on the mountain, and the large areas on the ground were also redesigned, but in terms of style, Gondor was too Western. That was the style that Ye Tao liked, and the people of Yunzhou would also like, but it was not a style model for the future imperial capital. Gondor was at best just to let Ye Tao try large-scale urban planning and step-by-step urban development plan. In the new capital, Ye Tao decided to use Chinese architecture that he was not very familiar with, and there must be places where innovation was inevitable, but the style could adapt to most of the entire kingdom in the future, and would not make officials from afar think that they were in another country and felt too profound and incompatible.

Ye Tao thought about it and continued the topic just now: "When it comes to Gondor, Yunzhou is really not short of money. Besides, isn't there any pre-sale auction? It should be that recently, it was held in Danyang and Ningyuan. It's hard to say how much money can be raised, but it must be enough for Gondor to build. In the past few days, the merchant groups in Yunzhou have brought enough money to Danyang. They are working hard and don't want too many chassis to fall into the hands of people outside Yunzhou. I don't think about this matter. If I spend too much, although I have enough money, it will damage the financial resources of the local gentry in Yunzhou. But I can't go back on my previous statement, and at most I can use other parties to compensate them."

Tan Xiaopei disagreed and said, "I even wanted to make the new capital like this. I never thought that the land could be sold before it started to be built, and some people bought it. The construction funding for the new capital is huge. Although Dongping is not unaffordable now, I am not sure that I can survive while fighting and building the new capital. Hehe, Ye Tao. Since you started to come to Danyang, it seems that the city has never stopped building. Someone has been constantly typing the chapters and saying that you are smoking the blood of the kingdom."

Ye Tao shrugged indifferently and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing I can do. Anyway, I have always had as much money as I can do. From Tiecheng and Shufengcheng to now, I have spent more than billions of money just building the city and recruiting soldiers in the past few years. If I don't say it, I feel sorry for it."

Ye Taodi's new capital plan currently only has basic designs, such as some ancestral temple buildings, city gates and towers, palace planning, etc., but on the sand table, it can be seen that the grand system is already very obvious. To be concerned, the new capital may be several times higher than Gondor. However, in terms of construction difficulty, it is much simpler than Gondor's things that have never been made by humans. The most attractive thing is the cross-star layout of the new city. The current Danyang is only the entire southern part of the new city in the future. This layout that meets the celestial phenomena and the clear functional division of different regions make people full of expectations.

"Your Majesty. The new capital is not in a hurry. Like Gondor, let's start with basic projects. Water conservancy, sewer and other projects will not be completed in a year or two. When the construction of the main body of the city really starts, the Northern Liao War will probably end. At that time, there will be some time to build the city with peace of mind." Ye Tao continued.

Zhuo Mang chuckled, and Huang Xuping also curled his lips. However, Chi Xianping kept lying on the table, concentrating on fighting the fine wine and food. Seeing the atmosphere becoming strange, Ye Tao couldn't help but say strangely: "Your Majesty, isn't that right?"

Tan Xiaopei waved his hand and said, "Let's leave today. Ye Tao, go back to the palace with me. Let's continue talking."

Everyone present all surrendered. There were too many people gathering today, and what Tan Xiaopei wanted to say was that some of them were not qualified to know the status of some of them.

When I arrived at the imperial study room, Tan Xiaopei asked, "I haven't told you one thing, because until now, I have only figured out what's going on. When you went to Chunnan, you captured Feng Jiang, which was a great achievement. But you never asked about it afterwards. Do you really don't want to know? Or have you been confident long ago?"

Ye Tao was stunned and said embarrassedly: "It's your Majesty's business that Feng Jiang has given to His Majesty. Those who are ministers dare not argue." In fact, he originally wanted to ask, but after returning to Yunzhou, there were too many things that he didn't remember this matter for a while. If he didn't mention such a thing himself, his subordinates would not remind him. After all, the people were in the Intelligence Bureau, and in the hands of the king, they were this very tricky person, and everyone was afraid of touching the secrets of the royal family. Now Tan Xiaopei's tone was strange, which scared Ye Tao.

"Haha..." Tan Xiaopei laughed and said, "It's okay, I'm just scaring you. The result of Nie Rui's questioning scared me. Feng Jiang was indeed bribed by Prince Chunnan, and the one I asked Feng Jiang to kill was someone I never thought of. Can you guess?"

Ye Tao was stunned and rushed out: "How can I guess..."

"It's Wei Zai." Tan Xiaopei took a sip of tea and said lightly.

"Your Highness the Little Prince?" Ye Tao was stunned.

Tan Xiaopei nodded and said, "I didn't know why, but this time Jiang Yan came to me and talked to me about it. Old man Chang from Chunnan is really a bit versatile. He is in poor health and wants to stabilize the situation for Chunnan in the last few years. The dispute over the throne is getting worse and worse in Chunnan. Old man Chang wants to take Weizai over and love his grandson."

Ye Tao thought for a while and said, "Is it to deliberately suppress the factions in the court and pretend that His Highness the Little Prince is one of the candidates for succession?"

Tan Xiaopei nodded: "Jiang Yan really dares to think about it. This is his idea. Although this kind of thing sounds impossible, if I am willing to help, it can turn him into magic. As long as a small group of people believe this, I think Wei Zai may ascend Chunnan, and with Jiang Yan's assistance, you can naturally divide, win over and kill him calmly with Jiang Yan's help. And with the great victory of Xiling, Chen Xujing is very loyal to Old Man Chang and is very important. No one dares to disobey no matter how he does it. But the problem is, I have to help."

Ye Tao was a little knotted and said, "What can Your Majesty do in Chunnan? Isn't it just that your prince is allowed to go to Chunnan?"

"Not only that... I have to say something, for example, Chunnan and Dongping are brotherly countries." Tan Xiaopei sneered coldly: "In this way, the association will be rich. Moreover, according to Jiang Yan's meaning, Wei Zai really has the possibility of succeeding to the throne. If the two princes were too outrageous, Old Man Chang could really do such a thing. Although Chunnan's royal family's bloodline was interrupted, the royal family was preserved. Thinking about Wei Zai and his mother, although they are really brotherly countries, Wei Zai may not be very close to Wei Ming. But there is another possibility that if Wei Zai succeeds to Dongping at the same time, the two countries will naturally become one. If this can be done, even I cannot be moved."

Ye Tao began to think about the joints over and over again. He always felt something was wrong with it. He asked carefully: "Your Majesty, then... have you really considered making the Little Prince a crown?"

"How is it possible? I'm not stupid." Tan Xiaopei said: "But no matter what, this is a very fun thing. I have promised Jiang Yan to let Weizai go to Yuhang. Anyway, he can't see Chang Ling without seeing him. It's becoming less and less likable. Anyway, they live by Chunnan people. Compared to those around Chang Ling, I still have a better feeling for Jiang Yan and Yan Gong. I have already told Weiming about this, and he also thinks it's quite fun. Zhuomang, Huang Xuping, and Chi Xianping all know about this, and then it's you. You have to watch Weiran in Yunzhou."

Ye Tao nodded and said, "Your Majesty, are you worried about him, are you afraid that he will be impulsive? In fact, Weiran is far more mature than you think. Although he is not always at the center of the kingdom and is giving you advice, in Yunzhou, he is already the second most deserving figure in the military."

Tan Xiaopei smiled and said, "I'm not worried that he will be impulsive, but just worried that he will be depressed. He regards assisting Weiming as his lifelong goal. If my voice changes here, his lifelong aspirations will be vanished. Although Weizai is also a smart child, he is also the most out of place in the Tan family now. Perhaps, I shouldn't have kept Weizai by Chang Ling from the beginning. Now, it's too late. I know that Weiran is a child who takes the overall situation into consideration. If I say it's possible that Weizai will ascend the throne, come and

Let Dongping Chunnan become one naturally, he will still be the sharp blade of the country, but it will inevitably be depressed for a long time. Until he knew that things were not like that. I wanted to explain this to him in advance, but Weiran's cunning is not as deep as Weiming, and the reaction is not very natural at that time, and it will inevitably arouse suspicion if he pretends not to be like him. That is not fun. The reason why I say this is because I was like this back then. When my brothers died one by one, I was the only one who inherited the position of the king.

Others may think I should be very happy. After all, what I caught was a country that had thrived through decades of combat, a country that had already shown its ambition to unify the world. Dongping has a strong military force and a systematic and excellent military-made workshop at all levels. Foreign trade was originally done by those big sea merchants who broke through the blockade of Chunnan Sea Merchants through years of operation and gained their own place. They had cooperated with Yunzhou for many years, especially in the critical moment.
Chapter completed!