Once the development of another civilization begins, many new industries will inevitably emerge, and some previously inconspicuous industries will begin to grow.

The printing industry and newspapers are the biggest beneficiaries at the moment.

At this time, the North Lane was overcrowded, not that the business was good, and now the entire Datang is still in the process of recovery, and the people have no spending power, and most of the people who come here are here to apply.

And the people who came to apply for the job, almost all of them were dismissed officials, some of the officials from the Shi clan have already returned to their hometowns, they can return home, they can be squires, they can be the lords, this is why the Shi clan can limit the imperial power before, that is, I don't need you to give me this bite to eat, the status is relatively speaking, it is more equal, and the later bureaucracy, that is, the supremacy of the imperial power, there is a way, eat the king's Lu, worry about the king, they leave the emperor, it is basically dead.

But there are still many officials, especially those at the bottom, who don't have a lot of land waiting for them at home, and they have to make a living, otherwise they won't be able to survive.

It just so happened that Feng Feilou posted an announcement recently, recruiting wise men, mainly the editor-in-chief of Datang Daily, as well as the printing workshop.

What does the editor-in-chief do, that is, to write articles, those officials who have been dismissed, what can they do, but they are good at writing articles, and this position is immediately chased by these unemployed people, at least it is also a job with a pen, and there is no shame in saying it.

This is also a perfect match, in fact, Han Yi has never had any talents who write well, and they all want to be officials with this talent, and they all rely on content to attract readers, and the writing is actually very ordinary.

The printing workshop is even more so, although the development is fast, but the expansion is relatively slow, this is because there are not many literate people, Chang'an is like this, needless to say locally, this typesetting can need to be literate.

Of course, those young and capable jinshi are still waiting for the tax bureau and the patent office to recruit people, and they still want to become officials.

It can be seen that they really don't have any vision, and all the books over the years have been read into the dog's belly.

Fengfei Building.

"Eun Gong!"

"Sit down."

After Sang Mu sat down, Han Yi asked, "How is the signboard?" ”

Sang Mu said with a smile: "In the past, we used to find someone who could read and write, I don't know how difficult it was, but it was because of the recruitment of some courtesans that it slowly grew and grew, but today, there are still talents for us to choose, it's really ......." ”

Speaking of the back, Sang Mu was already smiling from ear to ear.

Han Yi nodded and said, "Try to recruit as many as possible, our Datang Daily has been entrenched in Chang'an for so many years, and it's time to go out." ”

"I know."

Sang Mu said and suddenly remembered something, and said, "Engong, are you free today?" ”

Han Yi was stunned for a moment and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Sang Mu said: "Recently, a craftsman named Jiang Shuiqing under our command invented a new kind of rammed earth more than two years ago, after two years of research and improvement, I think it is really very good, if Engong is free, you can take a look." ”

Han Yi said depressedly: "It was invented more than two years ago, and you only tell me now?" ”

Sang Mu said: "At that time, Engong you were very busy, this matter, I didn't report to Engong you, just these days, the back is digging a manure tank, let's try the new rammed earth." ”

"Any invention is not a trivial matter, if it weren't for these, our Fengfeilou would probably have gone out of business long ago."

Han Yi stood up and suddenly said curiously: "Manure tank? ”

Sang Mu hurriedly said: "Engong, have you forgotten the flush toilet?" Recently, the clay workshop is going all out to sell this flush toilet, and many wealthy families are vying to buy it first, so we plan to get a few of them. ”

"If you don't say it, I really forgot about it, and the clay reaction was a little slower, it had been several years before he took it out."

"Engong, this can't be blamed on clay, when he was planning to sell toilets, suddenly the imperial court promulgated a new policy, and it turned out to be a few years old."

"That's just as well."

Han Yi nodded, thinking, it's all my fault! Impatiently: "Let's go, let's see, let's see." ”

Sang Mu immediately took Han Yi to the courtyard at the back of Fengfei Building, which was originally a yard for stacking sundries, and the thatched house next door, Sang Mu planned to transform this place into a new thatched house, and change the next door into a miscellaneous house, so that it would not affect everyone's life. After all, there are too many people in Fengfeilou, and there is a lack of design, so it can't be the same as Han Yi's manor, and directly get the toilet into the house, but Han Yi's room can't, because Han Yi's bedroom is much smaller than Mengsi's, Sang Mu has always proposed to change Han Yi's big room, but Han Yi thinks that he doesn't always live here, so there is no need to change the room.

At this time, a group of people were squatting on the edge of a pit, and when they saw Han Yi coming, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Proprietor, Grand Steward."

Han Yi smiled: "I heard that you have recently invented a new kind of rammed earth, so I came over to take a look." ”

A man with a face full of vicissitudes hurriedly walked out, pointed to the edge of the pit and said, "Owner, you see, this is the villain's latest invention of rammed earth." ”

This man is Jiang Shuiqing, in his early thirties, but he looks like he is forty or fifty years old.

Han Yi looked at it, blinked, and said, "Cement? ”

"Huh?"

Jiang Shuiqing was stunned.

Han Yi walked quickly to the pile of dirt, looked at it carefully, and said to himself: "It's cement, there will be no mistake." As he spoke, he turned his head again, looked at Jiang Shuiqing and said, "You invented this?" ”

"It's... It was invented by a villain. ”

Jiang Shuiqing was very nervous when he saw Han Yi's reaction!

Han Yi was curious: "How did you come up with it?" ”

Jiang Shuiqing was a little frightened by Han Yi and stammered to explain.

It turned out that his father was a craftsman who specialized in building tombs, so he knew a lot about stones, but he didn't want to repair tombs when he was a child, so he went to work as a potter, but he didn't develop much in potters, and later came to the construction team of Fengfeilou.

In recent years, they have nothing to do, so they wandered around, and one day he passed by a small river near an iron mine, and found a strange kind of soil sticking to the goose warm stone by the river, very tight, and very hard, he was very surprised, this stickiness is too amazing, so he looked for the reason, and finally found that it was a mixture of lime, iron slag, and sand.

However, he studied stone, worked as a potter, and knew a lot about calcination, and he was able to make the cement in one fell swoop.

"I see."

Han Yi nodded, he was surprised, not completely because of cement, because this cement is already very advanced, in fact, any invention is a step-by-step improvement, after he said this, it is not difficult to understand why the cement he invented is so advanced, because there must be slag near the iron mine, maybe clay, these two key materials have become ready-made, there is no need to look for it, to think. Suddenly, he saw that Jiang Shuiqing's hands were rotten and unshaped, and said, "Your hands were made because of studying this new rammed earth, right?" ”

Jiang Shuiqing nodded and shrunk his hand in embarrassment.

Han Yi smiled and said, "You use your hands to bring wealth to our Fengfeilou, and I promise you here that even if you lose your hands, I will make you rich for the rest of your life." As he spoke, he said to Sang Mu again: "I remember that we seem to have some properties in Chongrenfang?" ”

Sang Mu nodded and said, "There are also three small mansions." ”

"Give one of them to Jiang Shuiqing, and in addition, give him a hundred yuan as a reward, and promote him to be the material manager of our construction team, and triple his salary."

"I see."

Sang Mu nodded, his face was flat, and he was already prepared in his heart.

Jiang Shuiqing was confused, he didn't expect that he was very satisfied with today's life, Fengfeilou's construction team has all become propertied people, can be regarded as a small middle class, he himself has built a new house in the suburbs, the turmoil of the past few years, Fengfeilou still pays them salaries, but there is no bonus, and this time, Han Yi directly let him surpass the class of small landlords, Chongrenfang is the concentration of wealthy merchants in Chang'an, where the houses are the most expensive, and small landlords can't afford it at all.

Sang Mu coughed lightly and said, "You don't want to thank the proprietor soon." ”

Jiang Shuiqing was stunned suddenly, and suddenly burst into tears, crying silently, and bent down to Han Yi vigorously, unable to say a word.

"Alright, alright, you deserve it."

Han Yi nodded with a smile, and said, "Oh, the people who participated in the research and development of this new rammed earth will each be rewarded with twenty yuan." ”

To be rich is to be capricious!

Sang Mu smiled and nodded, rewarding these people with money, Sang Mu didn't care, because these craftsmen came to Fengfei Tower very early.

Even so, those craftsmen on the side still flashed envious eyes, although twenty guan is a lot, but compared to the reward of Jiang Shuiqing, it is not worth mentioning.

Han Yi said with a smile: "You also remember, I still have two mansions in Chongrenfang. ”

The rest of the craftsmen smiled embarrassedly.

It's a good feeling to be the first to be on the spot! Han Yi smiled secretly. In fact, he has been covering the cement without getting it, that is, he is waiting for this crisis, and then it will break out to stimulate employment, and he can use this to fully promote the urban economy, cement is very helpful for urban construction, it doesn't matter in the countryside, it is much more comfortable to live in a wooden house in the countryside. But he didn't expect that this kick in the door was intercepted by Jiang Shuiqing, but he felt very refreshed, and he made it himself, it was just for planning, it was impossible to have this kind of refreshment.

Because his technology is from the next generation, he can deceive people, but he can't deceive himself, he doesn't feel how smart he is, after all, he didn't invent it, he just used it, but the people under him invented it, he felt very happy.

Han Yi suddenly said: "The secret recipe of this new rammed earth hasn't been passed out, right?" ”

Sang Mu hurriedly said: "Engong, please rest assured, only Jiang Shuiqing and the two foremen know about the secret recipe, and it has not been passed on." ”

Han Yi nodded and said, "Keep it secret for me first, I'll keep it useful." ”

"Yes."

Han Yi said again: "Let's go see the toilet." ”

Sang Mu took Han Yi to the house again, and saw a very beautiful, bright, and patterned porcelain toilet placed in the corner of the wall.

"Holy shit! Clay doesn't think of this toilet as a work of art. Han Yi looked carefully.

"Engong, this is the best toilet sold in the clay workshop at present, the price is very expensive, and the general toilet is that kind of jujube red."

"When did you become so generous."

"This is your invention, of course we have to buy the best. Oh, the clay has also burned a few very beautiful toilets especially for Engong, the kind of toilets that money can't buy, they have already been delivered, and I am preparing to let people replace them for Engong's manor. In addition, Jiang Shuiqing thought that the water tank could be placed on the roof, so that it would be larger and easier to pour water, and at the same time, it would also be possible to use the new rammed earth. ”

"When did we Feng Feilou refuse new things!" Han Yi said with a smile.