C775 Treasures like mountains (2/2)
Right at this moment, a round of applause suddenly came from behind them, as they turned to see that Xiao Letian had walked over.
”That's right, that's right, I didn't choose the wrong person. Sister Wu is indeed an expert who is born to be involved in intelligence gathering, always searching for secret information, and even the rumors were cleared by you …”
”Prime Minister …” The two of them hurriedly bowed.
Xiao Letian waved his hands, signalling them to relax, then he pulled out a silver bucket from his back as if he was performing a magic trick. The inside of the bucket was filled with ice, and inside the ice was a bottle of newly brewed rum.
”Speaking of which, the distillery on the island sent a fast boat over. It's been several hours since you've used ice. Do you have any oral medicine …” There were still three crystal cup on the ice, Xiao Letian split one each.
The amber liquid rolled up the ice cubes in the cup, clinking noisily with the crystal cup. The moment the strong wine entered his mouth, it was first ice-cold and then burning hot.
”Sister Wu is right, Yuan Ming Yuan is not an isolated garden, it is actually part of a set of garden systems. The Qing Dynasty called it the Three Mountains and Five Gardens …”
”The Three Mountains refer to the Ten Thousand Lives Mountain, the Fragrant Mountain and the Jade Spring Mountain, and the Five Gardens refer to the Yuan Ming Yuan, Summer Palace, Tranquility Garden, Tranquility Garden, and Free Spring Garden! Do you remember, Qiandong died in the Spring Garden, not in the Forbidden City! ”
”This means that the Three Mountain's Five Garden Construction Project has been going on since Kang Xi's era, and the first phase of the project can already be used. ”What follows is the gradual expansion of the Yongzheng and the dryad …”
They knew that the Gui Chen was very opposed to the rise of the emperor. Back then, when Emperor Yongli was preparing to move to Beijing, there were already a few court officials who objected when he was building the Forbidden City, not to mention those foreign emperors …
”Thus, the crafty Emperor started his deceptive tactics by breaking everything down to zero … Your Minister definitely wouldn't agree to an investment of several tens of millions, so you can't say anything about me investing one or two million, can you? Is a dignified Emperor unable to afford such a small amount of money? ”
”But investing one or two million this year is nothing. If I can't take it, I'll pour money in every year!” Furthermore, they would be the unending investments of three generations of emperors … ”During those years of drought, the imperial government would naturally suspend them for a year. However, that would be useless. In the end, they would have to make up for that …”
”Just like this, the entire three generations of emperors, in the span of nearly a hundred years, knew that only the late stage of the dryad's dynasty, the Three Mountains and Five Grounds System, could be considered fully developed … That was the period when the Three Mountains and Five Gardens were in complete victory! ”
”From Haidian Town to Xiangshan, there are more than 90 places such as Jingyi Garden, Jingming Garden, Qingyi Garden, Yuan Ming Yuan Garden, Changchun Garden, Qichun Garden, Unhindered Spring Garden, West Garden, Xichun Garden, Jingchun Garden, Jingchun Garden, Lanyanyuan Garden, Hongya Garden, Chengyi Garden, Xingfang Garden, Molgan Garden, Prince Cheng Garden, Prince Kang Garden, Shouen Garden, Rites Garden, Quanzong Garden, Temple Garden of Holy Spirit Temple, etc.
”But how much did it cost?” Xiao Letian's face darkened.