The people from the Construction Bureau left the Qianqing Palace with their heads drooping, and then they realized that they couldn't afford to offend the Fourth Prince.
Based on this understanding, two days later, Yinzhen summoned them and gave them a geomantic map, instructing them to build the Fourth Prince's residence according to the map. They didn't even have time to look at the map before they hurriedly agreed.
The speed at which they agreed and their obsequious tone made Yinzhen think that the people who had been ignoring him a few days ago were not them.
Yinzhen shook his head, thinking to himself, "I wonder what triggered this again. The people in the Construction Department are really fickle."
However, the outcome was good for him.
The construction department agreed readily, but when they returned with the geomantic map, they felt a pang of bitterness. It wasn't that they couldn't build such a house, but the cost would be quite high.
The money allocated by His Majesty is absolutely not enough for them to embezzle; in fact, even if they don't embezzle, it might still be insufficient.
This gave them a real headache, but what could they do? In the end, the few people in charge of the construction department discussed it and decided to just see how it went. If it really wasn't enough, they would just add some more.
Yinzhen knew the intricacies of the Construction Department and that his house was indeed quite expensive. If the Construction Department hadn't left in such a hurry, he would have been about to ask for a subsidy. But they, like all the fierce tigers and wild beasts of the Fourth Prince, ran away so fast that he didn't even have time to speak.
There was nothing he could do but wait for the Construction Bureau to come and ask for more money, but after waiting for several days, he received nothing.
Then he heard that the Fourth Prince's residence had already begun construction.
Yinzhen looked completely bewildered.
Could it be that prices have dropped in recent years, and a mansion like the one on his geomantic map could be built for just over 200,000 taels of silver?
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