The east has just turned white, and the roosters in the streets and alleys have begun to crow. A large mountain of bricks and stones that was originally piled on the Shangtu Bridge was moved to another place by the gods overnight like a foolish old man. The sun shines on the ground, and it can be seen from Bianhe Street. Looking straight at Donghua Gate, a smooth road appears in front of you.
Lei Yungong obeyed Liang Chuan's plan. This kind of poisonous plan that harmed others and cut off his descendants was best carried out by a rootless person like Lei Yungong. Anyway, his descendants had no roots and they would not have any descendants.
The forced demolition of other houses was done with weapons, using broadswords to open the way for coercion and inducement, but Lei Yungong's forced demolition was different, they used baskets and pickaxes!
Lei Yungong found another way based on Liang Chuan's fish farming method and came up with more damaging tricks.
A road is excavated directly from the Bianhe River. The houses have been demolished and the earth is broken directly. The pile of earth is as high as a hill. Or the earth is directly surrounded by those who do not move, and the earth is buried in their homes in the middle of the night. Turn someone's mansion into a big tomb!
The people in the city complained endlessly. They went to Kaifeng Mansion to report and accuse, but Cheng Lin dared not take care of it. Besides, what they did was right. They could just move away properly. . You have to stay where you are and be the thorn in your side!
Those residents who had relocated early had chosen a new site early. There was still a lot of land in the north of the city. Ding Wei was not a stingy person and would definitely fulfill his promise. He gave money and land to these 'good citizens' who cooperated with the imperial court. Not stingy at all!
The difference between moving and not moving is too big. If you move, the court will issue a certificate, and all conditions are easy to negotiate. If you don't move, you will die. If a good house is ruined, the house will collapse, and the sky will not scream. Not working.
Lei Yungong only rehabilitated three or five households, but all the people on the river moved cleanly!
Lu Yijian couldn't believe it after seeing it. These people in Bianjing City were not kind-hearted people, and they could not be cured by unconventional means. Ding Wei really had a trick, and he was able to clean up so clean in just a few days.
Moreover, the response from the people is not too fierce, and it is not to the extent of triggering a civil uprising. If the court does something, it is not to offend people. Some people are happy and others are worried. If no one complains, then there is something fishy in it!
The censors originally wanted to take this opportunity to talk about it, but they didn't expect this guy to be so efficient in doing things. They couldn't find any clues. They went to the river and asked who had not moved away on a "voluntary" basis. The black and white words on the paper are filled with fingerprints!
The relocated residents will need to build new houses, which will require a lot of building materials, and winter is coming soon. No one wants to spend New Year's Eve in the wild!
They were shopping for building materials everywhere in Bianjing City, and they were surprised to find that there were people selling building materials by the river, and what the building materials looked like. . It looks a little bit familiar!
That's right! Liang Chuan demolished their house and then sold their building materials to them! Making money is so fun!
Who would have thought that when moving out of their home, they would have to take down the door panels and carry away the beams and pillars? How wicked is that? No one can touch your own home, right?
Moreover, the officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army stood guard on the river with shining steel knives, waiting for the common people to cry, make trouble, and hang themselves until they demolish their own homes. The demolition will not be completed until next year, and the court will have to come to this matter!
Oh my god, is there any justice left? The court gave the money, and then all the money flowed into Liang Chuan's hands!
I heard that building materials prices are going to go up!
In the middle of the night, in order to stimulate everyone, Liang Chuan removed the wooden sign that was originally erected and wrote a new one: Bricks cost twenty cents a piece. The price was raised immediately. This increase not only did not reduce the enthusiasm of the people to move bricks, but also stimulated their sensitive nerves. Twenty cents is still cheap now, but it would be thirty cents if it was dawn!
The entire Shangtu Bridge was full of people, and everyone was frantically trying to grab materials. Some whole families were dispatched, carrying things on their shoulders, and the good ones were dispatched with donkey carts, horse-drawn carriages, pallets, carts, and the like, and some were hired directly. Large cargo ships took the waterway and hauled away tens of thousands of bricks in one load.
Tens of thousands of people gathered together, and a lot of things went wrong. If Xia Shouen hadn't done it for Ding Wei's sake, he would have wanted Liang Chuan to look good.
There were several conflicts on the Shangtu Bridge. Several groups of people took a fancy to a piece of material at the same time. Some were fine beams and some were beautifully carved stones. The two groups of people grabbed a piece and started fighting without disturbing each other.
Xia Shouen's iron hands were ruthless and ruthless. He went up and picked off the heads of two people, scaring the others into obeying the rules and not daring to act impulsively.
The effect of the two heads was also excellent. They were stuck on wooden poles until dawn. There was no more trouble in the entire Shangtu Bridge.
Liang Chuan and Sun Houpu had big dark circles under their eyes and worked hard all night. Although they spent most of the time ordering midnight snacks, either eating meat or drinking, and looking left and right, they were still more tired than the guys.
"How much does it cost? Let's go have breakfast later. There is a noodle soup shop and fried lamb intestines nearby that are pretty good, but you can't get them anywhere else!"
Sun Houpu asked his clerk to do the counting for a long time, and he couldn't help but sigh. The clerk checked the account and said, "We collected a total of 140,800 yuan."
All the copper coins are packed in bamboo baskets. There are dozens of baskets, which is full of visual impact.
Liang Chuan said: "Go, pick up a basket and give it to the military men on guard to buy some breakfast money, and then pick up five baskets and send them to Mr. "
Sun Houpu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, he patted his forehead and said angrily: "Yes, yes, I am still too young to do things. I am not like Brother Zhang who is on the road, and his worldliness is far different. I should express my feelings to Mr. Xia. .”
After the guys sent the copper coins, they came back to reply.
"How's it going? Has Master Xia accepted it?"
"Back at Dong Liang's house, I didn't see Master Xia when I arrived at the Xia Mansion, so I left the money and left."
"Have the people from Xia Mansion confessed anything?"
"No!"
Liang Chuan said: "You did a good job. Come on, let's go have breakfast. You can transport the money back to the village first."
Liang Chuan put his arm around Sun Houpu's shoulders and said, "This Xia Shou'en is not an ordinary person. This person is a swordsman in front of the officials. He is responsible for the safety of the officials. Ordinary people cannot get along with this line. If we establish a good relationship with him, we will be able to use him in the future." "
Liang Chuan gave away nearly 10,000 guan as soon as he made the move. It was not a big deal, but if he could pull this line well, how could he buy it with 10,000 guan in the future?
"Yes, I've learned a lesson from taking the long shot to catch the big fish."
"Ding Wei will have to give you some gifts later. Then I will introduce you to him. As for whether he can like you or not, it depends on your own ability."
After the demolition waste was cleared away, craftsmen from several contractors immediately set off to the construction site. Tens of thousands of migrant workers dug a channel several miles long. The scene was magnificent. Only the great Chinese people can have such creativity. .
The two of them had just returned from breakfast, and a temporary aqueduct five feet wide and more than seven feet deep had begun to take shape. The shovels and trowels of the migrant workers were flying up and down. The soil turned out to be wet mud under the house. There were no pedestrians stepping on it, so it was easier to dig than ordinary ground.
Liang Chuan watched tens of thousands of people start working together, his eyes almost dropped to the ground in shock. Except for the dam, the diversion canal has been dug almost completely. There are high piles of pond mud on both sides of the canal.
A brick kiln was set up on each side of the building. The bricks were left over from the sale last night. It only took half a day, and the speed was really amazing.
The weather in Bianjing in August was dry and dry, and there was not a drop of rain for a long time. The brick kiln did not even have a shed to protect it from the rain.
Boat after boat of firewood was transported from the Bian River. Although the mud on the brick kiln has not yet dried, the craftsmen have begun to deliver the bricks laid in the molds into the kiln piece by piece. Baskets of charcoal are piled into the kiln. When the fire is lit, the temperature of the charcoal fire will dry the brick kiln without waiting for the sun to dry out the water.
The bricks used in the palace hall were different from the bricks used by ordinary people. The migrant workers dug out the soil from the ground. The land in Bianjing turned out to be good fertile land. The soil contained not much sand but was rich in stickiness.
After crushing and sifting, the large particles in the soil are screened out, leaving only the fine soil. After adding water to make it wet, the soil ball needs to be kneaded like gluten, and then it can be put into the mold and pressed. forming.
The special brick molds are also larger than the blue bricks used by ordinary people, and the soil inside is pressed tightly, so that the fired bricks are like stones. Living in such a house will not be hot in summer or winter. Feeling cold.
If ordinary people use such bricks, the cost will be doubled several times. Small households cannot afford it, because the effects of small bricks are similar. The royal family pursues enjoyment and luxury, so naturally they want to use the best.
Liang Chuan has seen the modern red brick firing process. Ordinary fired bricks are also mainly made of clay, but shale and coal gangue are added as raw materials. Coal or natural gas are used for firing, and they can be out of the kiln in just six days. use.
Liang Chuan asked the craftsmen on the construction site, and according to them, it takes at least ten days for the bricks in this kiln to come out of the kiln, and one kiln can produce tens of thousands of bricks. The brick kilns at the back are also being built one after another. The amount of bricks produced in the future will be extremely huge. Two months will be enough to bake all the green bricks.
Liang Chuan and Sun Houpu returned to Liangjiazhuang in high spirits. In just a few days, they had made tens of thousands of dollars. In the future, they may only make more money than selling tea.
As soon as he returned to Liangjiazhuang, Liang Chuan gave each person a hundred guan of money. Walking around Bianjing City, there were places asking for money everywhere. There was no use in keeping the money he had earned. He might as well let everyone live happily together. a little.
The brothers in the intelligence team looked at the Sun family's boys carrying loads of copper coins into the village, their eyes widened. Is this money they went out to rob?
Yelv Chongguang was eating breakfast when he came across mutton and large livestock meat everywhere in Bianjing. For people like them, who have Khitan blood and are fond of meat, they still have an incomparable yearning for meat in their bones.
He didn't bother to chew on the leg of mutton in his hand, threw the bones on the ground, and hurried over. Last night, his boss urgently called for the Sun family's men, but none of his brothers called, and today they only have one load at a time The money has been shipped back home, and you are doing no good business without calling yourself one!
He already regarded the livelihood of the thirty-odd Khitan intelligence team members as his second life. He couldn't help them make money, and his heart was burning.
Now Liang Chuan's team is no longer just a group of them. The group of tigers and wolves in the tube team are not comparable to them. The formation, weapons and coordination of the tube team are no longer the category of the peasant army. Even more brutal than the regular army.
If my brothers don't pat their butts and show some harshness, I'm afraid they'll have to watch the Sun family's servants get drunk on the northwest wind.
"My boss, you are not honest. All the brothers are very powerful. You keep us at home farming, and you don't let the brothers go out to work when there is a good job outside. We can't feel good about just taking money!"
Liang Chuan patted his back and said: "Don't worry, you have your work to do. You arrange for two people to help me go back to Qingyuan as quickly as possible, and bring He Baozheng to Bianjing, and also bring Zhao Xiaopin and the others." Bring a bunch of people over too.”
Yelu Zhongguang said: "How to say?"
What he was worried about was that his brothers would be angry. What if they didn't believe it? This journey was no joke. It would take a month to go back and forth quickly, if you had to use the fast horse of the inn.
Liang Chuan leaned against a stone nearby, pondered for a moment, and said, "He Baozheng, just tell him that you have found his son. Do you want to come and meet him? Then Zhao Xiaopin said that he will build a palace for the official family. If they are still not moved by this, there is nothing they can do.”
Building a house for an ordinary family can be seen within a hundred years; building a house for an official family is a major event that can be seen for generations to come, and all descendants will benefit from it!
Yelu Zhongguang said: "I'll do it right away."
Liang Chuan said: "Wait, don't worry, you go find a good horse for each of the brothers. From now on, we will raise our own horses, practice them every day, and pick up all the riding skills. You can help me with the surrounding wastelands." Go and ask the owner to see if they can sell it. I guess it’s not valuable fertile land, so buy it all and let you use it for horse racing in the future!”
Yelv Chongguang was so excited that he almost cried. The horseback they longed for could only be ridden occasionally in Qingyuan, and it was fun. If they had their own venue, no one would say anything even if they ran every day in the future, let alone worry about their identities being exposed. .
"Thank you, boss!"
Yelu Zhongguang smiled like an old chrysanthemum.
