Wang Manju and Wang Yunda did not come up with a good solution. The whole small building, which has not yet been completed, has already cost about 800 taels of silver. Seeing that the beautiful blue brick building built with a lot of capital was smoked in the kiln smoke, and then invested money in it, I saw that there was no benefit. Originally, I planned to invite a few famous kiln sisters from Liuzhong County and Jiaohe County to take out more copper plates from the pockets of those who worked, but now it is not impossible to think about it.

Wang Manjiao was so angry that he felt that all his unsatisfactory feelings started from meeting this tall man. I scolded Gao Da enough in my heart, but there was still no way to do it. But his son, Wang Long, found him. When I asked, I knew that it was time for the next batch of Shangshu tasks. However, in the entire village of good governance, no one was willing to come out to do Wang Long's errand - no one went when the price was raised. People who can move have come to the ranch village to earn extra money.

The more Wang Manjie thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and shouted at his son Wang Long, "There is no one to do it for you, you go by yourself!" Why is it such a waste, you just talk about this thing, how much I spent for you in vain! ”。 Wang Long left aggrieved.

The new stable design follows the slope, which saves a lot of space and does not have to occupy a flat area between the two mountains. In the spring, when the grass grows and these horses are naturally raised, what should the scene look like? Thinking of this, Gao Jun couldn't suppress his excitement and rode to the ranch.

Wang Duoding returned to the village again, this time he called all the people who could come, divided them into several groups, and worked wildly in the earthen kiln construction site and pasture all day and night, but it seemed that Gao Jun had become a dispensable idler. But he couldn't go back to home, and he had a headache when he thought about Gao Chang, so when he was tired, he found a room in the ranch to sleep for a while, and then got up and walked around again.

Gao Yu rented a large house on the street in the village, and asked Luo Dao to go to the county seat to hire a group of cooks, and take people to transform it into a restaurant, which is much more spacious than the one in the north of the village. It just so happened that so many people from the village had nowhere to eat, so they all went to his restaurant. Gao Jun said, "Second brother, you are really good at trading!" ”

Gao Yu said, "This is not to make money, but just for the convenience of you and me." ”

"Can the first bricks be burned? Are you sure? Gao Jun asked.

"It depends on what your standard is, do you want red bricks, green bricks or black bricks? No problem. If you want gold bricks, if you want them, I will keep them! Gao Jun punched the second brother, "It's better to have a little bit of everything, and in the future, you will burn tiles and pottery pipes, and this time the money will make you double." ”

The kiln master invited from Liuzhong County is very responsible, starting from soil selection, mud making, and billet making, and watching every link. For example, it is necessary to choose a highly cohesive soil that is not easy to break after being burned dry. Among various types such as watercress soil, clay soil, and white sand soil, white sand soil is the most suitable. Coincidentally, this kind of soil is all over the hillside.

When making brick clay, first collect the selected soil into a pile, soak it in water for a few hours, and then use a pickaxe to smash out the stickiness, and then you can make adobe.

The mold for billet making should be made of dried wood. Generally, the mold of strip bricks is spliced with wooden planks that are one and a half feet long, nine inches wide and three inches high. The brick making is much simpler, just fill the mold with mud, smash it, put it on the field, and open the mold. However, the master also explained that before the bricks were dried, a layer of fine white sand should be sprinkled on the flat ground to prevent the freshly made bricks from sticking to the ground.

The kiln began to be installed here, and when the foundation of the second kiln was about to be dug on the east side of the small building of Wang Man's cabinet, Wang Man's cabinet came.

He found Gao Yu and said, "Master Gao, can you put the second kiln far away, otherwise, in the future, if the two sides are attacked, my small building will be completely blackened!" ”

Gao Yu pouted and said, "This...... This is not good, Master Wang, you know, burning bricks is not better than sitting under the stage and watching a play, and if you can't see it clearly, you can move your buttocks. The bricks I have here have to be moved into the kiln piece by piece, burned and then pounded out piece by piece, and I am afraid that it will be too far away. ”

Wang Manju almost knelt down for Gao Yu, and let him say all the good things, but Gao Yu just didn't agree, while beckoning the people over there to dig the foundation to step up. However, Gao Yu also pointed out a way for the rich man Wang: if Wang Manji agreed to hand over the half-built small building to him, he Gao Yu would still be willing to help him.

Wang Manji then snapped his fingers in front of Gao Yu, and Gao Yu said, "Master Wang, don't forget it, a half-pulled brick building has not been built yet." At a fixed price, the silver of Baihuahua is one hundred and fifty taels, and the transaction will be completed, and if it doesn't work, I will dig a second kiln. ”

In order to rush to build this small building, the cost of pulling these bricks alone is more than 150 taels. Wang Manji is a businessman, and he knows that this time he has entered someone's urn, so he begged Gao Yu to add some more. Gao Yu couldn't help but grind hard and foam, slapped his thigh and said, "It's okay, for the sake of everyone's face as a businessman, I'll add another fifty taels." ”

"Master Gao, can you do it again, add two hundred and fifty taels, and make up an integer line of four hundred taels?" He calculated, if it was four hundred taels, the capital would only be half back.

"Just two hundred taels."

"Then three hundred taels will do."

"Brothers, what are you waiting for if you don't start digging the foundation?" Gao Yu shouted to the east. He said to Wang Man's cabinet, "You know, I am also a businessman, what I want now is to burn bricks, you said that your half of the small building is placed here, what is the use of blocking your hands and feet?" Can you burn bricks? It's almost as good as being able to tear out bricks. If I don't see you embarrassed, I will ask for it for two hundred taels of silver? ”

Wang Manji gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay, two hundred taels, the deal." He pondered, it was better to be able to come back a little bit than to be lost.

Gao Jun saw that the second brother had bought a small building, and asked puzzledly, "Why do you want it?" ”

Gao Yu smiled, "I just need to put the second brick kiln on the west side of this kiln...... It's winter now, the northwest wind blowing, and the east wind is blowing in the spring, and neither this small building nor my brick kiln is in the way. Besides, when all three kilns are up, the bricks will be almost burned in the summer at the latest. At that time, I will not only dismantle these brick kilns, but also build a few more small buildings here. ”

"Second brother, why are you so hated? You are not afraid that the rich man will beat you with a stuffy stick! ”

"Brother is also in business. Besides, I have the approval of the Xizhou Mansion in my hand, and it is not the rich man of the king who has it, what am I afraid of! But Gao Jun still thinks that he has pressed the price too hard, will it cause trouble?

But Gao Jun didn't have the time to think about these things at the moment. He saw Liu Wu in the pasture just now, and he brought a few people to draw lines on the slopes of the mountain. The people led by Wang Duoding have already dug several places, and now they are waiting for the bricks. There is another thing that has always given Liu Wu a headache.

At present, there are many people who do the work, but there are not enough people in charge. Those croppers have the strength, but no one can really look at how to dig the foundation and where to dig it. Besides, how much work each person has done and how many days of work they have worked must be clearly recorded, otherwise how to pay people for work?

At first, Liu Wu was busy working alone, but then he couldn't do it, so he told Master Gao and directly called Wang Xizhu from the stable to help with accounting and work. Wang Xizhu knew that his chance to turn over had come again, and he took what Liu Mucheng explained seriously.

Liu Wuteng came to study the new address of the stable, not only the stable, but also the ministry room, and the special stable for pregnant horses and foals, all of which had to be planned at once. Running around like this, sometimes taking the guy and slapping it twice, a robe has long been dirty.

Liu Caixia looked at the sky and followed Liu Wu, handed over a hot hand towel, Liu Wu took it and wiped it, and the fatigue on his face was reduced a lot. Liu Caixia said again, "Lord Liu, you see that your robe is so dirty, why don't you take it off first and I'll wash it for you." Liu Wu was full of work and didn't think much about it, so he took off his official robe and handed it to Liu Caixia.

Seeing the hot situation everywhere in the ranch, Luo Quan wholeheartedly waited for Lord Gao or Lord Liu to give him an errand to take care of. There is no movement on the left, and there is still no movement on the right. Later, I saw that Wang Xizhu was called by Lord Liu to take care of the account, and the boss was not happy.

As soon as Wang Xizhu left, the task of raising ten horses naturally fell on Luo Quan. wanted to be lazy in feeding the horses, but Liu Caixia stared at it again. I was depressed all day, and I didn't know where to put some maggots to be happy.

It happened that Luo Quan came out of the stable that day, and saw Liu Caixia handing Liu Mucheng a hand towel and taking Lord Liu's robe to wash, and he immediately understood. The heart said that no wonder this girl is so spirited, dare to find a backer!

For a while, Luo Quan felt that he was being teased by Liu Caixia and Wang Xizhu, and he even boasted big words about them. Now, instead of climbing on top of these two people, he let these two people climb on top of him.

On this day, Liu Wu passed by Luo Quan's stable, and by the way, he came in to take a look, and saw that Luo Quan's ten horses were thin again, and there was no horse material in the trough, so he couldn't help but say that he had been disciplined.

The more Luo Quan thought about it, the more angry he became, and he felt that among the people who teased him, this Lord Liu also took a share. The heart says look at what you can! If you don't do something, you will have this bad breath, and the stable will be built in the future, and there will be no day for me to come out.

He rolled his eyes, crouched in the stable until midnight, crept out of the pasture, hid from acquaintances like a mouse, and walked through the village in the direction of the brick kiln.

The bricks laid during the day on Gao Yu's side were still wet on the sunny hillside behind the earthen kiln. The time was midnight, most of the people were resting, only the master master on the kiln took a few people to watch the fire.

Quietly, Luo Quan crept to the sun-drying site on the sunny slope, and through the hazy night, the rows of adobe glowed with white light. He stomped down as soon as he spotted it, a little sticky, but it was okay, he walked down in rows, and in a short time he stepped on most of it.

was secretly scheming, when he suddenly heard a person ask in a low voice, "Master Gao...... Is it a tall man? ”

Luo Quan turned his head in fright, and saw a figure by the light of the fire from the earthen kiln on the slope. Luo Quan was so frightened that his soul was lost, so he ran away, wanting to go back to the rented house, but he always felt that someone would block him. Thinking about how stealthy the people in the ranch were, he sneaked back to the ranch.

When I got to the stable, I calmed down my beating heart, only to find that a shoe had been lost at some point. He didn't dare to go out, so he devoted himself to the manger for half the night, and when it was dawn in the morning, he looked at his feet, and he was so frightened that he almost didn't get angry.

At noon that day, Gao Jun walked around several places to see that they were all dry, and a sense of sleepiness came up, and he didn't eat, so he lay down in a room in the ranch. As soon as he pushed the door in, it was Gao Chang, carrying a small food box in his hand.

It's been a few days, and Gao Jun is really like what he said, as soon as he hides out, he doesn't face anymore, and he doesn't go home to eat. For this reason, the old woman who cooked, Liu Bu, and even the three or four-year-old Xiao Tiantian all noticed it. Liu Yuru also muttered anxiously twice, "How can you not eat on time?" ”

Gao Chang was a little taken into his heart this time, and said that Gao Jun, this donkey, is really avoiding me? When it comes down, make trouble, once people really don't show up, no one can sit still.

Since Gao Jun had made a mistake with her in that alley in Xizhou, Gao Chang felt as if this kid had changed a lot from before. Thinking back to the days when I went to Xizhou, I observed that this kid was a lot more serious than before. Every time if he hadn't provoked him first, he would always be upright.

Gao Chang did not return to Chang'an with Guo Beifeng this time, in addition to the reasons mentioned above, she was still a little attracted by Gao Jun's group, especially Gao Jun's changes, and wanted to take this opportunity to observe them again. Seeing that Gao Jun didn't show up for a few days, he said to Liu Yuru, "That's it, let's finish the meal, I'll send it to him." Don't let me make your wishful husband hungry and thin anymore! ”

Seeing that Gao Chang was so active, Liu Yuru also thought that their sister and brother could reconcile, so she sent her mother-in-law to cook the meal and pack the food box. Gao Chang didn't let people take it, and found the ranch by himself. I inquired about the people inside, pushed open the door, and found Gao Jun leaning on the bed in the room with his eyes closed.

Gao Chang put down the food box and saw that Gao Jun didn't move, and he couldn't open his mouth in the opening remarks under the several situations he had originally thought of. I want to go, people don't know who sent the food, didn't I come in vain? So standing in the house, watching Gao Jun sleep, she neither advanced nor retreated.

From Gao Chang to Xizhou, she has never looked at Gao Jun with her eyes, and she has always regarded him as the person who was overly drunk and pale in her heart. This time, while Gao Jun was asleep, looking at Gao Jun's angular face, Gao Chang was a little crazy.