Night falls.

The rainbow lights of the entire Chang'an City are always bright! The lights are brilliant.

Although Chang'an City implements a curfew, after all, there are many wealthy households, and every night in the market, every household lights up.

On the south city gate, two guards stand on the south tower of Chang'an City, looking at it, it is like a layer of blurred brilliance, there is a different scenery, this is the only fun of the city gate guards every night, once it is later, then there is only a long night of hard work.

"What's that?" Suddenly, one of the guards pointed behind him and exclaimed.

The other guard suddenly turned around and looked towards the official road in the south of the city, where a torch was particularly dazzling on the dark official road in the south of the city.

Then one torch after another was lit, and the lights were like a long dragon, stretching for miles.

The two guards were suddenly shocked, as if they were facing a great enemy, this was Chang'an City. If something goes wrong, then they won't be able to eat and walk around.

"Don't panic, this is Mojia Village is rushing to repair the road overnight, and it has already been reported to the official." A voice rang out behind the two.

"General!" When the two guards saw the comer, they immediately bowed and saluted.

This person is officially the new guard of the South City Gate, and he is not embarrassed by Mojia Village's request, but readily agrees, you must know that the last South City Gate guard is still eating sand on the Great Wall, and he doesn't want to re-embark on the lessons of his predecessor.

Moreover, the road construction in Mojia Village is outside Chang'an City, and in order to avoid suspicion, it is guaranteed not to approach Chang'an City for a mile.

"Mojia Village to build roads? Isn't the road to the south gate already finished? The two of them often take turns at the South City Gate, so they naturally know the process of road construction in Mojia Village.

The road of the official road in the south of the city has already been built flat and flat, which can be said to be the crown, how do such roads need to be repaired?

The guard of the South City Gate smiled bitterly: "Who knows, it may also be an official from the Ministry of Industry to check, and some still need to be corrected!" After all, it is almost the date of acceptance by the Ministry of Industry, and it is normal for Mojia Village to rush to work overnight. ”

The two guards also nodded suddenly, looking at the long line of lights in the distance, not only secretly sighed, it was already a luxury for ordinary people to light the lamp, but Mojia Village actually had torches for several miles, specially used to build roads, and it was worthy of being the richest village in the south of the city.

The torches jumped, shining on Xu Jie and Merton's faces, showing a different kind of red light.

"Young Master, we really want to do this!" Xu Jie couldn't help but tremble.

Merton nodded solemnly and said, "Let's start!" ”

With Merton's order, a cart of four-wheeled carriages drove out of the darkness, and soon, a group of Mo family children wrote down pieces of green bricks from the carts, and paved them on the road one by one.

The blue brick pavement, if anyone learns about Mojia Village's move, they will definitely be shocked.

Now the green brick is a luxury, only the rich and noble can afford to use it, most of the houses built by ordinary people are thatched houses built with green bricks on the ground floor, and the new houses in Mojia Village are all built with bricks and tiles, which has long made the surrounding villages envious.

When the shortcomings of the carriage were exposed, Merton knew that the only way to solve it was to imitate the hardened pavement of later generations.

The brick road is the lowest-level hardened pavement in later generations, but it is appalling in Datang, if Merton paves the road during the day, it will definitely cause many people to obstruct it, so Merton only acted overnight, resulting in the established fact.

When the world learns about the benefits of brick roads, everything is a foregone conclusion.

"The bricks are ready!" Merton asked.

Xu Jie took a deep breath and said, "Young Master Qiqi, the bricks of more than a dozen kiln factories around Chang'an City have all been packed, and the number required by the young master has finally been gathered. ”

Fortunately, there are many wealthy households in Chang'an City, and there are many kiln factories in the village, and Xu Jie has placed a huge order more than 20 days in advance, otherwise Xu Jie would not have been able to gather so many bricks in a short period of time.

"Hejiazhuang is also among them!" Under the firelight, the corners of Merton's mouth showed a slight curvature.

Xu Jie nodded and said, "According to the young master's orders, all the bricks in Hejiazhuang have been bought. ”

Merton commanded, "Then let them bring it overnight!" ”

When Hejiazhuang all went out and pulled all the green bricks of the nail device to the official road in the south of the city, he was stunned.

"You're paving the road with bricks!" The owner of He Zhuang trembled with anger!

Merton nodded, "Why not?" ”

"It's a terrible thing!" The owner of He Zhuang said distressedly.

In his mind, green bricks are used to build houses and city walls, even if Hejiazhuang has burned bricks for many years, the village only has some roads paved with broken bricks, and he has never thought of paving the road with intact bricks.

Mo Dun snorted coldly: "Use bricks to build roads, why not, isn't Vermilion Bird Street all paved with bricks, and how can Mojia Village toss around on this official road every year?" ”

Located on the central axis, the Zhuque Street is paved with bricks, and there are drainage ditches and street trees on both sides of the road, and when Merton saw Suzaku Street, he made up his mind to build a brick road in Mojia Village.

It's just that Mojia Village was just starting out at that time, and Merton could only temporarily settle down.

When the villages in the south of the city collectively forced the palace on Mojia Village, Modon seized the opportunity and took advantage of the situation, giving himself an excuse to build roads.

"You deliberately took over the task of repairing the official road!" Lord He said bitterly.

Only then did he understand why Merton had promised to be so happy at that time, and made a military order to continue contracting this road in the future.

Everyone is afraid that Merton will repent, so it seems that Mo Jiazi is afraid that they will repent.

He was smug and boasted that his village had finally thrown out the official road in the south of the city, but he didn't expect that he had fallen into the calculation of Mojia Village.

Merton smiled in the firelight. , self-explanatory.

Xu Jie snorted coldly and said: "The owner of He Zhuang is here to sell bricks today, as for how we use it, it is our own business, if He Jiazhuang does not sell, there are kiln factories in Chang'an City that are willing to sell bricks to Mojia Village, you know, my Mojia Village can not be low!" ”

The face of the owner of He Zhuang was cloudy, and more than ten of their villages forced the palace Mojia Village, but they fell into the plan of the Mojia Village, not only did they not have any losses, but they also easily solved the annual conscription in the future.

And among the villages, the other villages are evildoers, only he Hejiazhuang buys bricks for profit, no matter how you look at it, he wants to cooperate with Mojia Village, so that Hejiazhuang will not offend other villages to death.

"How can you not sell if you sell!" The owner of He Zhuang couldn't think about the three-breath time, and immediately made a decision.

With the super large order of Mojiacun, Hejiazhuang knew that it was poisonous, and he had to swallow it, after all, there are so many people in Hejiazhuang, who make a living by selling bricks, and if he loses such a large order, he will not be the owner of the village.

Merton and Xu Jie looked at each other and smiled, and if they got rid of the thorn in Hejiazhuang, the villages in the south of the city would be a plate of scattered sand, and they would no longer pose the slightest threat to Mojiazhuang.