Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 228: Big Uncle Requests a Meeting

Chapter 228: Big Uncle Requests a Meeting

“Hurry up! Hurry up! You’ll each get a gold ingot if we finish it before the deadline!”

On top of the peak next to Kunwu Training Camp, Li Lin shouted.

Wang Chong’s purchase of the mountain had already caught the royal court’s attention, and when they finally acted on it, a ban on all construction of any kind in an area of a dozen li would definitely be imposed.

Thus, they had to complete the construction as soon as possible.

Wang Chong had already emphasized this in his letter.

‘Even demons can be driven with money.’ Wang Chong’s immense financial power was showing its prowess. Spending eighty thousand gold taels in one go might be an immense burden to most clans, but not to him. To Wang Chong, the concept of cost and liquidity didn’t matter; he could afford taking out such a huge sum for his plans.

If it was anyone else, even if they had the same intentions, they would be unable to do it so fast. Just gathering the required currency would take up a significant period of time.

With the incentive of a gold ingot hung before them, the bricklayers on the mountain peak were filled with drive. In just ten days, they had already created the foundations required. By the twentieth day, the rough outline of the manor could already be seen.

This was no simple manor.

Wang Chong intended to build a grand manor with a courtyard that could handle at least several hundred people simultaneously. Gardens, gazebos, pavilions, corridors, guest rooms, training grounds, tea rooms… Everything that was needed could be found here.

Of course, the cost was also staggering. Ordinary scions of the Three Great Training Camps wouldn’t even dream of bearing such a cost. Several hundred experienced bricklayers had been brought onto the mountain for the construction, and from afar, their busy figures were reminiscent to the diligent ants.

With the ample manpower, it took only a month for the structure of the entire manor to be completed.

And a magnificent structure it was. With its beautiful

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