After hearing An Sizheng's report, Jiajing didn't even open his eyes. He asked calmly: "You handed over the project to Tanji Construction. Didn't Xiao Feng say anything?"
An Sizheng replied cautiously: "Master Xiao said that since Long live this matter has been ordered to be handled by Dao Lu Division, it is inconvenient for him to interfere."
Jiajing recalled: "Huang Ban, I remember that day, I said that I would leave it to the Daolu Department to help handle it, but I didn't say that I would not let him take care of it?"
Huang Jin also recalled: "Long Live remembers it right, that's what he said. Maybe Xiao Feng misunderstood."
An imperceptible smile appeared on Jiajing's lips: "Not necessarily."
Tan Xinren returned to Tanji Construction happily, and everyone in the construction team was also very excited. After all, big projects mean big profits, and if the owner has big profits, he will naturally get a share of the following, which is called meat fat soup. Also fat.
Tan Xinren handed the engineering standard book to the captain of Tanji Construction, who was also the shopkeeper, and asked him to organize and buy materials quickly. He had already received half of the silver from Daolu Division and handed it all over to the captain. The captain carefully read the engineering standards document that Tan Xinren had brought back and frowned at one of the items.
There are dozens of materials used in such a large project, so in the materials column, there are a lot of densely written small words, which are all clichés. In the jargon of the construction team, they are all nonsense. But one of the items says "Sanhe Tu", and the various ingredients are listed behind this item as usual.
The captain pointed to a pile of ingredients at the back for Tan Xinren to see: "Master, look at this one!"
Tan Xinren glanced at it: "It's nothing. Sanhe soil requires the use of Dongling soil, Nanshan ash, and canal sand. This is all a lie. Projects in the capital generally say this, so you just use something from other places. He can’t find out either.”
The captain pointed to the back: "There is one more thing, boss, white soup. Mix it with pure white soup. This white soup is quite expensive."
Tan Xinren frowned. The words "pure white soup stirred" were among a lot of small characters. It was not easy to see, and it was not noticeable. The main ingredients of Sanhe soil are soil, hydrated lime, and sand. When mixed in a certain proportion, it is called Sanhe soil. But this is basic triple soil, which is also very strong and is enough for residential use.
If it is used for military purposes, such as building a fortress, a certain proportion of white soup, that is, glutinous rice soup, is often added. After solidification, the strength of Sanhe soil with white soup is no less than that of later generations of cement. In later generations, people have discovered that the white soup three-tone earth city wall that is thousands of years old can produce sparks when hit with a hammer!
Pure white soup refers to rice soup with a very high glutinous rice content, rather than the clear soup with little water.
Tan Xinren thought for a while: "Although the white soup is expensive, this project will only cost an extra two thousand taels of silver at most. We will still make a lot of money! Don't worry and prepare!"
The Tanji construction team drove into the open space with great vigor. To build a house, the foundation must be leveled first and then the foundation laid. This part of the work actually accounts for a small half of the entire project. There were no large-scale machinery in those days. Leveling the land and laying the foundation were all done manually, and the efficiency can be imagined.
Fortunately, Tanji Construction Team has a great cause and has now taken on a big project. Because it has to meet the construction deadline, it has deliberately recruited more workers. But there were not so many workers available in a hurry. The team leader approached Tan Xinren to find a way. Tan Xinren waved his hand: "Add more money and poach people from other construction teams!"
The captain hesitated a little: "This is not good, it will make colleagues poke their backs. Besides, let's give more money to the newcomers. Should the old people pay more? If not, the old people will definitely not do it. The newbies will leave after finishing this urgent job. The old man is our long-term support."
Tan Xinren calculated in his mind, gritted his teeth and took out another thousand taels of profit: "Add it all, add it all, the profit is enough anyway! After you finish this job, just reduce it back!"
In the next few days, workers from various construction teams in the capital were poached by high salaries. The bosses of those construction teams dared to be angry but dared not speak out. They gathered together to drink and secretly scold Tan Xinren, disrupting the market.
While he was scolding, someone suddenly said: "Everyone is having a great time drinking and eating, why don't you say hello to me?"
When everyone saw it, it turned out to be Zhang Tianci. Originally, everyone was neutral, but now that Tan Xinren was messing with him, they were emotionally biased towards Zhang Tianci, so they quickly greeted him and came over to sit down.
Zhang Tianci was also very generous and waved his hand: "I'm taking the liberty to join you. I'm buying the wine for you today! I'm a grain merchant and have just entered the construction industry. I hope all the seniors can give me some advice!"
These construction team bosses secretly thought to themselves that one person is better than another. He didn’t have many contacts with Zhang Tianci before. He only knew that he was in the grain merchant industry and Tan Xinren didn’t deal with him. Now it seems that he is a good person, at least better than Tan Xinren is so much better!
After three rounds of drinking, everyone became familiar with each other and called each other brothers. Naturally, the main topic was talking about Xinren together. A boss slapped the table and said, "According to Xinren's approach, we will not be able to survive in the future. As the president of the Chamber of Commerce, he takes the lead in breaking market rules. It is really shameless!"
Zhang Tianci immediately raised his voice and said, "That's right. Originally, he monopolized all the major construction work in the capital. We all have grass growing in the cracks of the stones. What he is doing now is simply cutting the weeds and eradicating the roots!"
Another boss said sadly: "Boss Zhang, you're okay. Everyone knows why your construction team was established. It's just that the industry is in chaos, but you still have the grain store to support you, and you still have good food and clothing. We are finished. , all my wealth is in the construction team, there will be no work in the future, and the wages are high, I can only hang myself and wipe my neck."
Seeing that the time had come, Zhang Tianci immediately slapped the table: "Grandma, others are afraid of him talking about new benevolence, but I am not afraid. Everyone, I have something to say. If you can listen to it, then just listen. If you don't, it doesn't matter. Talk."
Everyone listened to him for a while, as an old man, and sometimes as a younger brother. They all felt that this man was really good-natured, and they all asked in unison: "You can just say it, but is there any reason not to listen?"
Zhang Tianci said: "It would be fine if his project goes smoothly. If something goes wrong in the middle, he will have to repeat his old tricks and put on a smile so that everyone can help collect resources and tide over the difficulties. I think that everyone must not help. Even if he pays a high price, we must not let him recover for temporary gain. Otherwise, we will not be able to survive in the future!"
Everyone had drunk enough, and their emotions were at an extremely high level. They all shouted, "Of course it is! Are we going to save him and let him continue to bully us?"
Zhang Tianci looked around: "Everyone is saying this now. I'm afraid that by then, with interests at hand and fear of talking about Xinren's power, he will do something unmanly."
Everyone's male hormones were already raging at this time, and they had been bullied for many years, which aroused old hatreds. They cursed together: "If there are such people who do not believe in their words, everyone should attack them together!"
"Okay!" Zhang Tianci slapped his thigh, "Shop, bring a pen and paper! This eldest brother is old and virtuous, so I ask you to write a document. If anyone betrays his trust and joins forces with Tan Xinren, all property will be confiscated. , share it with everyone! What do you think?"
The atmosphere is here, who can say no? Even if there were one or two people who were hesitant, after much deliberation, they all gritted their teeth and signed. Unknowingly, an anti-talk alliance against the construction industry was established, and Zhang Tianci naturally became the leader of the anti-talk alliance.
For no other reason, although Zhang Tianci’s thighs are not thicker than everyone else’s, they can’t stop others from hugging him!
At this time, the thick-legged Xiao Feng was practicing martial arts at home. He walked slowly in the yard, sometimes stopping and sometimes sitting down. Silently feel the inner strength in your body where you have been training hard these days.
That feeling is like a seedling newly drilled out of the soil. It seems fragile, but as long as you irrigate it diligently, it will slowly grow up and one day it will grow into a towering tree.
