West of Chang'an City.

The site of a house under construction.

A middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears looked at the empty scene and asked with a roar, "What about people?" Where have those craftsmen gone, do they still want to eat, it's all three poles a day, and there is no one to be seen. ”

This man is a businessman, and since last year he has gathered a large number of craftsmen to build a house for himself, and seeing that the house is about to be built, he will be able to move in after the beginning of spring, so he is very strict with the craftsmen, so that the craftsmen build day and night.

However, it was almost noon today, and there was no trace of the craftsman.

The merchant was furious: "How can this be reasonable, all their salaries have been deducted, not a penny has been kept, and from today onwards, the meals served will be reduced from two to one." ”

Next to him, a man ran over and said, "Master, I have heard, our craftsmen have all run away and gone to work near Chunming Gate." ”

Well?

Shang Jia frowned: "How can this be reasonable, they dare to run to work for others, a group of sluts, quickly, gather people, and arrest all these people, a group of lowly craftsmen, it's just the opposite." ”

The man said helplessly: "Master, I'm afraid we can't help them." They were taken away by the Lu Guogong Mansion. ”

"Lu Guogong's Mansion? General Lu Guogong? Shang Jia asked.

The man nodded.

The merchant suddenly died down.

He is just a businessman, he doesn't even have a head and a face in Chang'an City, and the people who come out of Wuhou can cook him, let alone Cheng Biting Jin.

The prestige of the Demon King of the Mixed World is not called in vain.

He waved his hand sadly and said, "Forget it, since the Lu Guogong Mansion wants people to leave, don't mention this matter again, you can quickly gather a group of craftsmen." ”

The man shook his head: "Master, the craftsmen in this Chang'an City, including many places under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion, have all been recruited by the Lu Guo Mansion. ”

"What?" Shang Jia's eyes widened, "Is the Lu Guogong Mansion crazy?" Why do they want so many people, and they don't build a palace for His Majesty, besides, are those craftsmen stupid, how can they be willing to do things for the Lu Guogong Mansion? In this way, if you increase our wages by half, those craftsmen will definitely come back on their own initiative. ”

There is nothing in the world that money cannot solve.

The man shook his head: "Master, the Lu Guogong Mansion gives each craftsman a minimum of twenty yuan a day, three meals, and meat ...... at least once a day."

When Shang Jia heard this, he smacked his lips and stopped talking, his mood was very complicated.

After a while, he scolded: "Phew, the Duke of Lu Guogong will be punished by God for doing this......"

High wages.

Three meals.

And meat to eat!

It is conceivable that the current craftsmen have been spoiled by the Lu Guogong Mansion.

In the future, if you can't afford this price, don't think about recruiting craftsmen.

Just when this businessman scolded Lu Guogong's mansion, many big families were also scolding Cheng for biting gold.

"Phew, the Demon King of the Mixed World doesn't follow the rules!"

"It's so damnable!"

"How can you recruit those lowly craftsmen at a low price in the future!"

"It's all caused by Cheng biting gold!"

"How can it be!"

……

Near Chunming Gate.

The 500 acres of land have been covered with planks or sticks.

In order to facilitate Chen Chu's supervision, Cheng Yanjin directly resorted to his unreasonable means, and after kicking the city guard a few times, he successfully built a house for Chen Chu on the upper floor of Chunming Gate.

From here, you can see the entire construction site.

At this moment, Chen Chu was lying on a recliner by the window, with an iron stove burning coal at his feet.

Originally, Cheng Yanjin was sneering at this kind of coal-burning thing, because in this era, coal is called black soil, and when it burns, there is billowing smoke, not to mention, there will be a choking smell, and if you are not careful, it will cause death.

But Chen Chu's stove is different, there is a smoke pipe, which leads all the smoke and smell to the outside of the house, and the room has no effect, but is extremely warm.

In the cold winter, this is an artifact.

Lao Cheng couldn't help but scream in the middle of the court, in front of Li Er, in front of the minister.

Li Er directly sent Gao Chen to ask Chen Chu to build a batch of iron stoves.

After going back and forth, this kind of non-technical content was revealed.

Nowadays, when the big families in Chang'an City spend the winter, they don't use charcoal pots, but use this kind of iron stove.

The people of Datang are still smart, and they directly named it Chen Chulu.

When Chen Chu learned the news, there was a black line.

What kind of education level is this?

Naming this kind of thing is very good, but naming an iron furnace, Chen Chu still feels a little ashamed.

The kettle on the stove was steaming hot.

Cheng Yanjin also lay on a recliner opposite, applying for comfort.

Cheng Chubi squatted aside, feeling very satisfied.

Poof.

Suddenly, Cheng Yanjin stretched out his foot and kicked Cheng Chubi, and shouted: "Little rabbit cub, why don't you hurry up and go to the construction site to show your uncle that those craftsmen are lazy?" ”

"Oooh!"

Cheng Chubi pursed his mouth and bowed his head to leave.

Cheng Yanjin sat up straight, took a sip of tea, and then asked: "Fifth brother, are these craftsmen enough, if they are not enough, I will let people recruit them elsewhere, there are no idle craftsmen in this radius of hundreds of miles......

Chen Chu's head was big for a while, and he hurriedly said, "Enough is enough, fourth brother, it's enough." ”

At the beginning, he just wanted Cheng Yanjin to help recruit a group of craftsmen, who knows, Cheng Yanjin fully carried forward his old man's unruly spirit, even deceived him, and even did not hesitate to use force to get him thousands of people.

When the craftsmen arrived, they were smiling.

But the people in Chang'an City are all scolding Cheng for biting gold.

Even the officials in the court also attacked Cheng Biting Jin on this matter twice in three days.

Chen Chu said worriedly: "Fourth brother, you have committed public anger this time, so you are not worried at all?" ”

Cheng Yanjin said disdainfully: "Just with those fools, I can't help my old Cheng, fifth brother, you can do it with confidence, no one dares to do anything to you." ”

Chen Chu was very moved.

Originally, this matter could have been pushed on him.

But Cheng Yanjin did things with such fanfare under the banner of the Lu Guogong Mansion, which was to avoid Chen Chu.

After all, Chen Chu is just a white body, and if he is besieged by the whole Chang'an City and those people in the court, he can't bear it at all.

Lao Cheng is a particular person.

Chen Chu said: "Fourth brother, later, eat a hot pot of beef shabu." ”

Cheng Yanjin asked, "Where did you get the beef?" ”

Chen Chu smiled a little embarrassedly: "Ahem, I just came out of the Lu Guogong Mansion, I went out with Chu Bi one after another, and saw a cow killed on the side of the road, I think since this cow is dead, according to Buddhism, I still have to overdo it......"

Cheng Yanjin nodded approvingly: "Yes, yes, it's time to go over, don't let the monks come here, let's come together, let it be reincarnated as a person in the next life." ”

"Yes, yes, yes......"

The two hit it off and immediately got busy.

It didn't take long for the scent of the room to waft out.

It spoiled the soldiers who were standing guard on the towers.

……