The meeting hall was brightly lit.
Zhu Renxia took care of the fifth place in the banquet room.
Except for Jin Zhu who did not come, Jiang Guanjun, Zhao Yun, Chen Huang and others were all present. Chen Gui, the director of the Woodworking Bureau who had made great achievements today, was also invited to attend the banquet.
Everyone knows that today's topic will definitely not go around the brothel. As a woman, Jin Zhu is very disgusted with this. If she doesn't come to the banquet, the atmosphere will be more harmonious, otherwise there is a high chance that she will quarrel with the fifth place.
Before the banquet began, the fifth person presented the eight ancient paintings he had purchased.
"The highest level among them is the "Boneless Peony Picture" by Xu Chongsi, a great painter in the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty. I bought it for three taels of silver. Although there is no homophonic word for "Phoenix Nirvana" in this picture, its painting The quality is high and the artistic value is outstanding, so I spent money to buy it.”
Zhu Renxia nodded: "You're right. Tianzun said that all valuable antiques, calligraphy and paintings should be bought. I have bought "Grape Picture" for him before."
The fifth person continued the introduction: "We are in the remote mountains of Guizhou and are located in the western border. It is not easy to buy valuable paintings. We still have to go to the two capitals. In addition to this ancient painting from the Song Dynasty, I The other paintings collected are all from this dynasty, and cost a total of three and a half taels of silver."
"What Fifth Brother said is that now that we have money, the next step will be to target Beijing and try our luck there where there are dignitaries."
Zhu Renxia raised his wine glass and said, "Come on, let's all raise a glass together to welcome the fifth master."
After drinking for three rounds, the fifth person brought up another important thing: "In the past, the people only needed food, but with the gradual commercialization of Chang'an Town, many places will need money in the future. So should we give it to the people?" Do you guys have the option of exchanging work points for silver?"
"What Fifth Brother is saying is that we can't let these bachelors carry pork and wine jars to visit the brothels, right?"
Zhu Renxia nodded and agreed: "Tomorrow you will take fifty kilograms of gold to Tongren Mansion and exchange it for five thousand taels of silver."
Everyone was surprised and delighted: "If we use the gold cut from this necklace without permission, will it make Tianzun angry?"
"Won't."
Zhu Renxia drank the wine in the cup and said, "Tian Zun has passed down a decree and asked me to decide the use of the gold. It will mainly be used to purchase antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and to build and develop our Chang'an town."
Everyone laughed when they heard this: "Tianzun is so kind. Our Chang'an Town has obtained such a huge amount of gold, so why worry about not being able to develop and grow?"
Zhu Renxia added: "With the development and growth of our Chang'an Town, more and more people will come from other places to do business in the future. We still don't have enough carpenters in Chang'an Town. We must send a few eloquent people to recruit, at least Recruiting five to ten more carpenters.”
"Mayor, don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by me."
Zhao Yun agreed immediately, "The new teacher in the college, Xie Yangxin, is eloquent, smart and smart. It would be a good choice to send him."
While the leaders of Chang'an Town were drinking and discussing matters, Ye Sanniang also led people from Yihongyuan to receive daily necessities from the warehouse.
There were polished rice, pork, mutton, cooked beef, cabbage, potatoes, refined salt and other supplies. They even received ten jars of white wine and some "beer" that they had never drunk before.
"This Chang'an Town is really a paradise on earth. If you spend money to buy these supplies, you may not be able to buy them for more than ten taels of silver. Mayor Zhu is such a good person!"
Ye Sanniang happily directed the fifteen kiln sisters and eight turtle men to transport the supplies they had just received to the outer city and move them into their Yihongyuan.
However, Yihongyuan is located on the commercial street of the outer city, and there are no other shops open around it, which isolates them from the brightly lit inner city.
But fortunately, the outer city wall also has a strong gate. The torches swaying on the city wall are Minzhuang patrolling, which gives these new arrivals a little peace of mind.
Judging from the performance of the Minzhuang people today, they firmly believe that after the opening of Yihongyuan, this inner city gate will be in vain, and the lights of Yihongyuan will be on all night long.
When Zhu Renxia returned home, Axiu was chatting with Chunmei.
"Brother Xia is back. I'm going to help you pour the bath water."
Seeing Zhu Renxia enter the house, Chunmei hurriedly stood up and greeted warmly, "There is hot water in the big pot, it's still hot. I'll scoop it into the wooden basin for you."
"That's it, that's all... I'll do it myself!"
Zhu Renxia hurriedly stopped the enthusiastic Chunmei, "You can just chat with Axiu. I'm not a prince or nobleman. I can do all the rough work."
"Brother Xia is a descendant of Taizu, no worse than the princes and nobles!"
After being rejected by Zhu Renxia that night, Chunmei no longer rushed to cook the raw rice into cooked rice, but followed A Xiu's plan step by step, preparing to let nature take its course.
Axiu was right, there were still seven months before she gave birth. Chunmei didn't believe that Zhu Renxia could abstain from touching women for seven months, so she just waited patiently.
"Don't say that I have been expelled and become a commoner. Even before, I was the lowest-level Lieutenant of Fengguo. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Ming Dynasty. What kind of aristocrat am I?"
Zhu Renxia put a kraft paper bag on the table. Inside was the specialty lotus leaf glutinous rice cake brought back from Tongren by the fifth person.
"Eat it, this is a specialty that Fifth Master bought from Tongren Mansion. It's fragrant, sweet, crispy and glutinous."
"There's something good to eat!"
Jiang Axiu cheered as if like a child, "Sister Chunmei, come and eat, let your husband get the bath water by himself, you don't have to worry about it!"
Chunmei, who had just stood up, had no choice but to give up: "Okay, thank you for your hard work, Brother Xia."
Chunmei picked up a piece of glutinous rice cake and asked while eating: "I heard that the fifth master brought a group of kiln sisters to our Chang'an town today?"
"good!"
Zhu Renxia nodded, "We have nearly five hundred bachelors in Chang'an Town now. Most of them are young and vigorous men. If their physiological needs are not addressed for a long time, they will be a huge hidden danger."
"Brother Xia, you won't go to the brothel secretly when you have nothing to do, right?" Chunmei asked hesitantly while eating glutinous rice cake.
Zhu Renxia laughed dumbly: "Based on your understanding of Brother Xia, do you think I would secretly go to a place like this?"
Jiang Axiu ate happily and said while eating: "My husband is a gentleman, so naturally he would not go to a place with fireworks like this."
"I also know that Brother Xia is not a lecherous person, but I have heard from the older generation that domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers, so..." Chunmei scratched her neck and said with a blush.
Zhu Renxia smiled: "You are also a wild flower, why didn't I pick them?"
"I don't want to be a wildflower!" Chunmei was a little angry, feeling deep down that the word wildflower contained a huge derogatory connotation.
"I, Zhu Renxia, only have one beauty in my family, and that is Jiang Axiu!"
Zhu Renxia put his hands behind his back and asked before turning around and going out, "By the way, what's going on with Xiaoyu these days?"
Jiang Axiu said: "I'm much more honest now. Yesterday I spent a day in the stable feeding the horses with the people from the horse breeding bureau. Today I went to the academy to study honestly."
"Hmm... not bad, but you can't be careless to prevent this kid from getting playful again."
Zhu Renxia came to the woodshed, scooped the hot water from the large iron pot into a wooden bucket, carried it into the bathroom, poured it into the wooden tub, took a comfortable hot bath, and then went to bed.
The night passed quickly, and the morning light shone on the increasingly prosperous Chang'an Town.
Zhu Renxia personally directed Minzhuang to work. First, thick linen and cotton were laid at the bottom of the city wall to protect diamonds that fell from the city wall.
Several residents near the west city wall have been evacuated, and a cordon has been put up nearby to prevent the gem from hurting anyone if it falls to the ground.
After being prepared, Hou Jie led the skilled "Ape Camp" to climb the city wall, wielding hammers, pickaxes and other tools to demolish the wall stacks and passes on the inside of the city wall. Finally, dozens of people used crowbars together. Pry.
"One, two, three...hey yo, hey yo!"
Accompanied by uniform slogans, this ruby as huge as a carriage rolled down from the city wall.
It landed just on top of the linen and cotton that had been laid out in advance. The huge inertia made it roll forward for dozens of feet, until it hit a wooden building, and then it came to an abrupt end with a huge noise.
The weight of this gem was about seven to eight thousand kilograms. Chen Fu controlled the dragon-snake cart and tried to lift it, but unexpectedly it fell apart with a "click".
Hou Jie commanded men from Yuanqi Company to try to move it with crowbars. Forty or fifty people worked together, but the huge ruby did not move at all.
With no other choice, Zhu Renxia had to give up his plan to move it into the warehouse, and asked the masons in the town to take advantage of the situation and build a warehouse on the spot to store the ruby.
