"Master Hou, Lin Mou exchanged 120,000 catties of brass from the Japanese merchants, and all of them have been transported to Lantian County!"

The next day, early in the morning.

Lin Wenyuan came to the Yong'an Hou Mansion and reported to Li Zexuan.

Li Zexuan was overjoyed and said, "So fast? Good! 120,000 catties, plus Mr. Wang has also rolled out the production line over there in the gallum mine, and our Lantian County should not be short of brass in a short time! Boss Lin, you have done Benhou a great favor! ”

The day before yesterday, he just received the news, saying that the production line over there of the gallum mine in Lantian County has been built, according to Wang Ji's estimate, the brass output of the first month of this gallium mine should be about 3,000 catties, although it sounds a little little, but in this era of copper shortage, it has been quite a lot!

What's more, with the maturity of the refining process in the future, the output of brass every month is bound to increase greatly, and it is estimated that the Tang Dynasty will also pay attention to the wet copper smelting technology, and the gallium ore in the world will definitely become very sought-after!

"Where, where! It is Lin's honor to be able to serve Master Hou! ”

Lin Wenyuan bowed slightly, and hurriedly bowed his hand.

Li Zexuan smiled slightly: "Boss Lin doesn't have to be too humble!" Now that there is such a huge amount of brass, Ben Hou can arrange for people to erect wires in Lantian County! At that time, the people in Lantian County can also use electric lights like Yanhuang Academy! Among them, Boss Lin must be credited! ”

"How dare you!"

Lin Wenyuan arched his hand, suddenly his eyes flashed, and he sighed: "Lin just moved his family from Chang'an City to Lantian County a few days ago, I didn't expect to be able to enjoy such a magical thing as electric lights immediately, no matter what, this is all due to the favor of the Hou Ye!" So helping Hou Ye change the brass, in the final analysis, is also helping Lin himself, and Lin doesn't dare to take credit! ”

Li Zexuan chuckled and asked, "Oh? Boss Lin has settled in Lantian County? Is there anything you need Ben Hou to help with? ”

"It's settled! Settled! The house purchased by Lin is in this Yong'an Fang, and it is only a few steps away from the Hou Mansion! ”

Lin Wenyuan said with a smile.

Although the population of Lantian County has increased dramatically in recent months, it is basically difficult to find a place, and the housing prices and shop prices have risen a lot, especially in Yong'an Fang, where the Hou Mansion is located, those who can live here are either rich or expensive, and ordinary people can't afford to buy a house here, but Lin Wenyuan is also the first batch of members of the Yanhuang Chamber of Commerce, and it is not difficult to buy a house in Yong'an Fang with his net worth!

As for why he placed his home in Yong'an Fang, he naturally understands!

"Oh? In this way, isn't Boss Lin a neighbor with Ben Hou? ”

Li Zexuan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.

Lin Wenyuan hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare!" Lin is just to be able to better listen to the Hou Ye's dispatch! ”

Li Zexuan did not comment on this, but asked with a smile: "If Boss Lin has difficulties in doing business in Lantian County in the future, you can come to Ben Hou, and Ben Hou may be able to help you with things within the law!" ”

Officials in this era generally despise businessmen, but Li Zexuan has never underestimated businessmen, the workshop products sell well all over the world and the prosperity of Lantian County today, there are the shadows of businessmen behind them, and sometimes, Li Zexuan is also willing to give businessmen some benefits, so that they can help them develop their fiefdoms!

"Thank you, Master Hou!"

Lin Wenyuan's heart was suddenly filled with huge surprises, he got up and arched his hand at Li Zexuan and said, "Master Hou is going back, but there is a sending, Lin will definitely be on call!" ”

Li Zexuan thought for a while and asked with a smile: "It's June now, how is Lang Linhao's preparation for the exam?" ”

Hearing Li Zexuan mention Lin Hao, Lin Wenyuan's old face was suddenly full of relief, and he smiled and said: "There is Lao Houye's concern, the dog has been preparing for the exam under the guidance of Mr. Han Xiao for more than half a year, and he has never slackened!" This kid and old man watched him grow up, but he had never seen him so concerned about anything, and it can be seen that he really wanted to be admitted to an academic holy place like Yanhuang Academy! ”

Li Zexuan said with a smile: "No hard work, no gain, Ling Lang works so hard, he will definitely reap something!" ”

Immediately, he felt that it seemed a little inappropriate to say this, just like hinting that Lin Wenyuan was going to secretly "escort" his son to Yanhuang Academy, so he hurriedly added:

"But even if Ling Lang accidentally loses the exam, it doesn't matter, now the Lin family is also a member of Lantian County, Lin Hao can go directly to the county school to study, there are many gentlemen in the county school who have taught in Yanhuang Academy, study in it for a year and a half, and then take the Yanhuang Academy, the success rate will be greatly increased!"

Under normal circumstances, Li Zexuan would not open the back door in the matter of academy enrollment, at the beginning, royal children like Li Ke and Li Tai relied on their own abilities to get close to Yanhuang Academy, even if Lin Wenyuan helped Li Zexuan do more things, Li Zexuan would not open the back door to his son Lin Hao.

Hearing this, a trace of imperceptible disappointment flashed in Lin Wenyuan's eyes, mainly because Li Zexuan's first half of the sentence gave him hope, otherwise he wouldn't have felt a little disappointed!

"What Master Hou said is true! Lin decided to move his family to Lantian County, and he also had this consideration! After all, in other states and counties, it is basically impossible for the children of merchants to enter the local government school! ”

Lin Wenyuan smiled and said.

At this moment, he had already figured it out in his heart, because compared to the merchants in other places, he was undoubtedly much happier!

"The prosperity of Lantian County today depends on the prosperity and vigorous development of commerce, and it is inseparable from the efforts of businessmen.

Li Zexuan said solemnly.

"Hou Ye Gaoyi!"

Lin Wenyuan arched his hand, and then he seemed to suddenly think of something, and said a little embarrassedly: "Speaking of business in Lantian County, Lin recently plans to build an inn for merchants to rest, but on the construction of this inn, he has encountered a lot of problems, I wonder if Lord Hou can give some convenience?" ”

"Build an inn? What kind of inn does Boss Lin plan to build? ”

According to what Lin Wenyuan said, this inn is definitely not an ordinary inn, otherwise he would not have come over to ask for help, Li Zexuan couldn't help but ask curiously.

Lin Wenyuan arched his hand and replied: "Master Hou, Lin plans to imitate the style of the Yunshan Villa, and use reinforced concrete glaze to build a six-story inn, and its interior decoration is all imitation of the decoration of the Yunshan Villa, with sofas, transparent glass windows, and so on!" I hope that Hou Ye can allow it! ”

If this is a different superior, he will definitely not agree, after all, the superiors are tyrannical, they don't want someone to imitate their own family to build an inn, but Li Zexuan doesn't care much about this, on the contrary, Lin Wenyuan can see the potential value of Yunshan Courtyard and excavate it, which makes him a little surprised, he waved his hand and said:

"Boss Lin spent his own money to build an inn, what can Ben Hou disagree with? If you like the architectural style of Yunshan Villa, I have some similar drawings here, so you can use them when the time comes! But then again, after Boss Lin's inn is built, it's not cheap to stay for one night, right? ”

When he built the Yunshan Villa, Li Zexuan not only designed a set of drawings, but also had a lot of spare, but now he doesn't have the heart to build a house, so it's not bad to use it to make a favor for Lin Wenyuan!

Lin Wenyuan looked surprised, and arched his hand: "Thank you Lord Hou for the picture!" After the inn is completed, Lin hopes that it can become a landmark building in Lantian County, and in terms of price, it should be slightly more expensive than other inns! ”

Immediately, his face was embarrassed, and he hesitated: "But this inn needs a lot of cement to build, and it also needs craftsmen who know how to build cement buildings. ”

"Cement, artisan!"

Li Zexuan's heart moved, and said: "The workshop now has a lot of cement inventory, which can be allocated to you in batches, as for the craftsmen, Ben Hou has an idea here, can you see if it's okay?" ”

Lin Wenyuan said respectfully: "Master Hou, please speak!" ”

Li Zexuan said slowly: "When Yanhuang Academy and Yunshan Villa were built before, most of the craftsmen were locals of Lantian County, Ben Hou thought that if the style of building in Yunshan Villa could be loved by businessmen, Ben Hou could let some people in Zhuangzi who knew how to build set up a construction team to specialize in contracting the construction of this style of building!" First, it is convenient for you, and it can also allow the people to have more income and live a better life! What do you think? ”

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful! Master Hou's plan is very good! ”

Lin Wenyuan's eyes lit up, and he stroked his palms and smiled: "Master Hou, you don't know, there are definitely not a few businessmen in Lantian County who have Lin's idea, they also want to build a house like Yunshan Villa, which is both clean and beautiful, and tall and sturdy, but they don't have cement, and they don't have skilled craftsmen, if Hou Ye really plans to let the people set up a construction team, there will definitely be a lot of businessmen who hire them at that time!" ”

When Li Zexuan heard this, he immediately clapped his hand and said, "That's good!" Ben Hou first asked Hanjiazhuang and Meicun to set up an engineering team, and then supply a batch of cement to Boss Lin, and after your inn started construction, Ben Hou encouraged the people of other villages to set up a construction team, and opened a few more cement factories to speed up the production of cement! ”

Lin Wenyuan said gratefully: "Thank you, Master Hou!" It's just that... Lin was brave, and asked Hou Ye to help give Lin a name for the inn! ”

Li Zexuan said with a strange face: "You let me help you name your inn?" Are you sure? ”

Lin Wenyuan inexplicably had a bad premonition in his heart, but since the words were said, there was no reason to take them back, so he stubbornly said:

"Please give the name to the Hou Ye~!"

Li Zexuan was helpless, he pretended to think about it, and then said with some evil taste: "Then it's called the Dragon Gate Inn~!" ”

"Dragon Gate Inn?"

When Lin Wenyuan heard this, his heart suddenly became suspicious, why did the secret Hou Ye choose the name Longmen Inn? I heard that there is a Longmen County in Jiangzhou, Hedong Province, what does Hou Ye have to do with it? Gotta find time to check it out!

Li Zexuan didn't know that he had a little bad taste, but a big incident was involved in it!

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Now that the brass is in place, the dozens of bicycles handed over to Lin Wenyuan have all been replaced, Li Zexuan immediately ordered to start erecting wires for the county seat of Lantian County, and the second generation of bicycles in the workshop has also begun to enter the stage of full-scale mass production!

As for the electric bicycle, Li Zexuan plans to push it back for a while, after all, it will take some time to erect the wires and let the electricity pass to every household in the county, and it will be meaningless to sell the electric bicycle before that.

In addition, in the afternoon of the same day, Li Zexuan found Lao Hu, Liu Qingfeng, and Liu Wanshan and told them about the joint establishment of a construction team in Meicun and Hanjiazhuang!

"Young master, this construction team is set up to help others build a house like the Yunshan Villa, we naturally have no problem, but seeing that the wheat in the field is about to be harvested, no one in the Zhuangzi will be willing to work in the city in this busy farming season!"

Hearing this, Lao Hu scratched his head and said.

Second Master Liu also nodded and agreed: "Xiao Hu is right, we croppers naturally have to focus on crops, but we can't let the crops rot in the ground in order to go to the city to make money!" ”

This can't be blamed on Hu Hanyun and Liu Erye, they don't give Li Zexuan face, but the croppers have always valued crops more than anything else, this concept has been deeply rooted, and no one can change it.

Li Zexuan smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Hu, Second Master Liu, this crop harvest is not in conflict with going to the city to work!" I didn't say that everyone in the village should join the construction team, this is not realistic, only a very small number of young people who know how to build can join the construction team, and the rest can still harvest crops on the farm! Taking a step back, even if there is not enough manpower, it will be a big deal to go to the village to ask someone to help harvest the crops, and it will definitely not be a loss, because the construction team is definitely very generous! ”

Hearing this, several people glanced at each other, and finally Second Master Liu said: "That's okay!" Don't worry, young master, let's go back and recruit people, set up a construction team, and go to the county town to help people build houses when the time comes! ”

"Hmm!"

Li Zexuan nodded.

Liu Qingfeng hesitated at this time: "Young master, where should I buy the cement that the engineering team needs?" ”

Li Zexuan said with a smile: "Liu Lizheng, you don't need to worry about this, I have already arranged it!" In addition, I also choose a few suitable locations in the near future and open a few more cement workshops, so that there will be no shortage of cement at that time! ”

Liu Qingfeng nodded and said, "That's fine!" ”

Afterwards, several people got up to take their leave.

Looking at their departing backs, Li Zexuan couldn't help but smile.

He has always wanted to increase the income of the people, before he promoted bean sprouts, greenhouse vegetables, and this year he promoted cotton, to be reasonable, farming is only to allow the people to solve the problem of food and clothing, to make the people rich, but also from other aspects to find a way, the construction team is just a good start.

According to Li Zexuan's plan, in the future, he will encourage those farmers with meager capital to open some small workshops, which will replace pure handicrafts with workshop-style production, and the production efficiency will be greatly improved, and it will be difficult for the people to become rich!

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