Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

For Fang Zheng Yi, the matter of requesting Emperor Jing to manage a ward in the capital had been brewing in his mind for some time.

Therefore, he decided to speak up only when he was eighty or ninety percent sure about this matter.

In his opinion, Emperor Jing's thinking was quite open-minded. As an emperor who came from the battlefield, he had rich battlefield experience. Not only did he have courage, but his thinking was also difficult to be restricted by those secular rules.

After all, the most dangerous changes in this world are hard to exceed the battlefield. For survival, people can come up with any method.

Secondly, it also benefited from Li Yuan Zhao's stunning performance some time ago, which undoubtedly greatly increased Fang Zheng Yi's credibility in Emperor Jing's mind.

Granting the Crown Prince the authority to manage a ward was not a particularly important matter in itself. The only problem was that Fang Zheng Yi and the Crown Prince might do business together. This matter would sound unpleasant, and the court officials would inevitably have discussions.

However, Fang Zheng Yi thought that he and the Crown Prince were already notorious! What's the difference if you scold us a little more? What's wrong with doing business? Isn't the emperor also selling tea?

So, taking advantage of the opportunity to earn more than 40,000 taels, he decisively spoke to Emperor Jing. As Fang Zheng Yi wished, Emperor Jing readily agreed.

As for the location of the chosen ward, Fang Zheng Yi had already planned it in his mind.

After leaving work every day, due to his professional habits, he always wanted to look around, so he had a general understanding of the situation in the capital.

The capital has a total of one hundred and eight wards, distributed throughout the city like a chessboard.

Initially, Fang Zheng Yi's choice was the Yuhu Ward, which was closest to the east of the inner city. Yuhu Ward has a superior location, complete infrastructure, prosperous commerce, and good public security. Even the road surface is paved with stone slabs like Taoyuan County.

Everything can be used as it is, which can save a lot of money.

Moreover, Yuhu Ward is also close to the Dongcheng Bingma Division. If you encounter trouble and need manpower, he and Li Yuan Zhao can have people dispatched as soon as possible, which is very convenient.

However, even with such superior conditions, Fang Zheng Yi struggled for a while before deciding to give up.

The main consideration is that the interest relationships in Yuhu Ward, with its such superior conditions, must be intricate and complicated. Even if the Crown Prince manages it, many incidents will inevitably occur.

The more important reason is that Yuhu Ward is very wealthy, while Banshan Ward is poorer.

Compared with it, the conditions in Banshan Ward can be regarded as worlds apart. The road surface alone is uneven. Although I heard that the Five Cities Bingma Division has recently renovated the roads throughout the city.

However, Banshan Ward basically just compacted the dirt road once. When it catches up with rainy weather, it will inevitably be muddy.

Not only are there many poor people here, but the conditions of the surrounding wards are also similar.

Fang Zheng Yi grew up in a pile of poor people. He has seen a lot of suffering and is instinctively more likely to consider poor areas first.

If you choose Banshan Ward for development, on the one hand, you can directly improve the livelihood of the people in the ward, and on the other hand, you can also drive the development of the surrounding wards.

The significance of the transformation lies in this. Although the first consideration is the development of Taoyuan County, we can't let the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This is not Fang Zheng Yi's original intention.

Now Fang Zheng Yi doesn't have much money on hand. After spending 120,000 taels of silver from Taoyuan County, plus the gifts to the palace, miscellaneous bribes, and miscellaneous expenses in the mansion, only a small portion is left.

Adding the 40,000 taels earned yesterday, and giving half to Emperor Jing, after all the calculations, Fang Zheng Yi only has about 50,000 taels on hand now.

It should be enough to completely transform and improve the infrastructure of Banshan Ward from beginning to end. Although it may be a bit tight, it is, after all, built according to the standards of Taoyuan County.

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Afterwards, Fang Zheng Yi had a brief discussion with Emperor Jing about the details and went straight to the East Palace.

Li Yuan Zhao ran over as soon as he saw Fang Zheng Yi and shouted, "Lao Fang, you're finally here! How much money did we make yesterday?"

Fang Zheng Yi smiled slightly and held out four fingers.

"Four thousand taels!?" Li Yuan Zhao's saliva almost dripped down. He never dared to imagine earning four thousand taels in one night. That was more than half a year's worth of pocket money.

Fang Zheng Yi shook his head: "Wrong! It's forty thousand taels!"

Li Yuan Zhao immediately felt a little dizzy when he heard this, and then his eyes suddenly burst out with happy brilliance, and he shouted: "Where's the money? Where's the money!"

"Oh, His Majesty is saving your share for you."

Li Yuan Zhao grinned: "Who wants him to save it for me? I'm going to talk to my father!"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't worry! Your share of the money has been exchanged for good things." Fang Zheng Yi quickly stopped him.

Li Yuan Zhao cast a suspicious look.

Fang Zheng Yi didn't want to keep him in suspense any longer and said directly: "I asked His Majesty to let you manage a ward in the capital. Don't you like Taoyuan County? Now you can build your own Taoyuan."

"Really?" Li Yuan Zhao blinked, somewhat unable to believe his ears.

Originally, his father letting him leave the palace was already a great reward. Now he can actually let him manage a ward. Wouldn't he be able to do whatever he wants in the future?

"Really!"

Li Yuan Zhao immediately clapped his hands and laughed when he heard this: "Hahahaha, good job, Lao Fang, thanks to you, my long-standing idea finally has a chance to be realized!"

"What idea?"

"Surround the entire ward, put up fences, and then put a hundred tigers, lions, wolves... a battle of beasts!"

Fang Zheng Yi's face stretched out long.

Isn't this what a fatuous ruler does? He just had a relapse two days ago?

"What about the people inside? Are you feeding them to the tigers?"

Li Yuan Zhao waved his sleeves and said triumphantly: "This is the wonderful part! Move everyone out and only put wild animals inside."

"If you want to visit, build an iron cage, lock people inside, and then drive around in it in a carriage, so you can get close to those wild animals, right?"

"What about the horses?"

Li Yuan Zhao was stunned. That's right, what about the horses? There are lions and tigers inside, what if the horses are gone.

However, he had a plan after a little thought: "It doesn't matter, you can put iron armor on the horses, so you don't have to worry."

Fang Zheng Yi sighed to the sky.

Li Yuan Zhao may have been a zookeeper in his previous life... It's really a waste of talent to be a Crown Prince.

"Lao Fang, what do you think of my idea?" Li Yuan Zhao was very proud.

Fang Zheng Yi gave a thumbs up: "Wonderful! Wonderful, it would be even better if there was a car that could run by itself. As expected of Your Highness, His Majesty will definitely be happy to have another child when he sees it!"

"Okay, let's talk about business. Tomorrow, Your Highness will go to Banshan Ward with me. That will be your place from now on."

"I'll go to the Beicheng Bingma Division to get some things first. Your Highness can think about how to plan it."

"Banshan Ward? I've never heard of it. Why did you choose such a godforsaken place?" Li Yuan Zhao looked at Fang Zheng Yi suspiciously.

"You'll know when you go tomorrow, Your Highness!"

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