Jia Qing's outer study, Lai Sheng led a sixty-year-old man into the door, Jia Qing hurriedly stood up with a smile and greeted him, helped him and said with a smile: "In a hurry, I asked the old gentleman to come over to discuss the construction of the garden, and I ask the old gentleman to forgive me for the disrespect." ”

The person who came was Shan Ziye, he looked a little sincerely afraid, and said continuously: "The lord is polite, how can the little old man be so virtuous, how can he get such a favor from the lord?" ”

Originally, Lai Sheng invited him to a very noble sedan chair, which made him very frightened, but who knew that when he saw Jia Qing, he was even more polite. Although he is a master-level figure in the construction of the garden, he is also the best part of the people, and he is a craftsman who directly works for the imperial court.

However, after all, he is just a craftsman.

This era does not pay attention to the spirit of great craftsmen. Use it, don't throw it away! This is the attitude of the rich and powerful towards craftsmen in this era. In many cases, craftsmen have become the exclusive tools of production for nobles and even merchants.

This is almost the case in all dynasties, and the current dynasty is still kind to craftsmen, and there is rarely poison. After all, the role of craftsmen in the development of society is becoming more and more obvious!

However, a noble person like Jia Qing treated him so politely, which still made Shan Ziye a little uneasy.

Jia Qing led Shan Ziye to sit down on a soft chair, then sat back on the main seat, and said with a smile: "The old gentleman doesn't have to wonder about it, the mansion will build a provincial villa for the mother, and the old gentleman will take charge of the garden design."

Originally, the younger generation was going to build a garden for Niangniang in person, but suddenly he was ordered by the emperor to go down to the south of the Yangtze River. In this way, to build a garden for the mother, you have to ask the old gentleman to bother a lot. ”

Jia Zheng had already told Shan Ziye that he would assist Jia Qing in building a garden, so he was naturally not surprised. I heard that Jia Qing was going south on the emperor's order, so I asked him to bother more, so he quickly stood up and said:

"Thanks to the lord's attention, the little old man will do his best to contribute to the provincial villa of the mother."

Naturally, this kind of talk is not too sincere, Jia Qing is not in a hurry, let him sit down again, and then said: "Dare to ask sir, how much do you think my family will cost to build a garden this time?" ”

Shan Ziye was a little at a loss to say anything, and listened to Jia Qingdao: "Old man, it's okay to talk about it." Only then did he think about it and said, "If it is according to the previous calculation, all the manpower and material resources will be more than 200,000 taels. It's just that this is just what is needed to build a garden, and all the silver used in your mansion is probably a little more......"

"Old gentleman, tell me the truth?"

"How dare the little old man deceive the lord."

Jia Qing pretended to think about it, and then said: "Since Mr. has such a calculation, after I leave Beijing, I want Mr. to take my place and take full charge of all matters related to the construction of the garden, I will order all the people in the Mansion to obey Mr.'s dispatch, I don't know what Mr. wants?" ”

When Shan Ziye heard that Jia Qing asked him to take charge of building the garden for him, he was startled, got up again and said, "Thanks to the lord's wrong love, I'm afraid the little old man can't afford it!" ”

What kind of joke, let him be the chief judge to take the heirs of this Houmen Mansion, and tell them to do things, he thinks that he will not dare to do such an errand unless he is crazy!

Jia Qing soothed: "Don't worry, old man, the younger generation is not abrupt, it is really a decision after careful consideration." The old gentleman's design drawings for the garden, the younger generations have also appreciated it, and they are deeply admired.

Now my family is prepared for my mother's relatives, and I build a garden to make it perfect. Although my family is not rich, I dare not be frugal here, so I raised 300,000 taels of silver for my husband to build a garden, and strive to be perfect on the original basis.

After I left Beijing, the money spent on various projects in the garden, no matter who is responsible, must obtain the consent of Mr. before using the silver, otherwise the account will not put the silver!

In this way, not only can all the money be used for real use, but the gentleman will not bear the false name! As long as Mr. Niangniang's provincial garden is successfully completed as scheduled, not only will the government thank Mr. for his kindness, but even Niangniang will thank Mr. Yu. ”

Although he knew that this was a fire kang, Jia Qing said it so sincerely, and promised all kinds of guarantees, he could also see that Jia Qing might really reuse him.

Jia Qing saw that he was a little moved, and said, "I don't know how much my second uncle promised to invite Mr." ”

Shan Ziye was stunned for a moment, and said: "As the official of the Ministry of Works, we obey the dispatch, and we don't need to pay the government again."

It's just that the political old and virtuous corporal, pity the poor and the weak, are extra gracious, and the little old man should be allowed to pay eighty taels. ”

Eighty taels? Even if Jia Qing knew that it would be very low, he couldn't help but be surprised.

Eighty taels is also a huge amount of property for a civilian home, and it is obvious that Shan Ziye is also very satisfied with this. However, this is the planner of the Grand View Garden from beginning to end, although the implementers are Jia Zheng and others, but how can this be regarded as a top engineer, and it is the huge project of the Grand View Garden.

This is equivalent to a project worth hundreds of millions of yuan, and its chief designer only gets 20,000 or 30,000 yuan, on average, only more than 2,000 yuan per month......

This is still a good encounter, other ordinary workers, but a few hundred dollars a month, are simply taking the price of cabbage.

However, none of this has anything to do with Jia Qing. What he has to do is to ensure that the Grand View Garden is completed perfectly on schedule, and to prevent the erosion of moths in the two mansions, these people, just take a bite, may be more than Jia Zhengxu's reward to Shanziye!

"The younger generation is willing to pay 1,000 taels of silver to invite the old gentleman out of the mountain, and, as long as the garden is beautifully covered, can get the approval of the mother, from now on, the government is willing to Feng Mr. as the secretary, and the house provides 200 taels of silver as the living needs of the gentleman every year. And there is no need for the husband to leave the Ministry of Works.

What do you think, sir? ”

Such conditions are too generous, not only can you get a huge sum of money at one time, and if you do a good job, you can also get a long-term meal ticket! The most important thing is that since then, he has been involved with Jiafu, especially with the young lord in front of him who treats people very gently and has an unlimited future.

Compared to the risk to take, he felt that it was totally worth a try!

I have done most of my life for the court and the nobles, and now that I am getting old, I will fight hard and have a good future for my children and grandchildren, and it is not a loss!

"Since the lord has said everything about this, wouldn't the little old man be ignorant of resigning? I only hope that the old bones of the little old man can still do this errand for the lord, and the rest, I don't dare to ask for it. ”

Shanzi was ambitious, so he didn't hesitate.

Jia Qing is happy, this first step is completed. With Shanziye's full discretion, I believe that even without him Jia Qing, the Grand View Garden can still be perfectly presented!

Now, he just needs to remove the interference for Shan Ziye!

"Since Mr. is willing to contribute to the mansion, he has to temporarily grieve Mr. for a few months and move to live in the mansion. The house has packed up the first-class rooms for Mr. to rest.

In the future, it will be more convenient to go into the garden to check or to instruct the stewards of the house to do things. ”

Most importantly, this is for his personal safety.

"But it's up to the lord to decide."

"In the future, Mr. will not have to call me sir, and it will be interesting to listen to it. It's better to call me the second master like everyone else, but I have to forgive the younger generation for the crime of disrespect. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare ......"

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