Chapter 19 Under the Glass

Although the only advantage of a mud house is that it is not hot in summer, it is difficult to resist the rainy season in spring and the severe cold in winter, and it has to renovate the roof every year or so.

Li Shen is not great at all, he does not have the slightest sense of belonging to this era, and he only has the pride of belonging to the entire Chinese nation in this peak era of China.

He still thought about the red brick matter, and it would be more appropriate to let His Majesty Li Er do it, he should have the ability to spread the red bricks all over the country, and the other is to repair the city wall of the frontier and even the entire Tang Dynasty.

Let the people live a better life, at least they don't have to worry about the roof in the cold winter, take the big pots and small bowls at home everywhere to catch the raindrops that seep down from the cracks in the roof, and in winter, they can sit on the hot kang and pull the home, without worrying about whether the snow will collapse the roof.

"What red bricks?" His Majesty Li Er asked suspiciously.

"A simple way to refine bricks, but the bricks are red, and the hardness of the bricks is relatively a little worse than that of green bricks, but compared to the cost of green bricks, at least several times lower."

"Oh, really?"

Listening to His Majesty Li Er's faint tone, Li Shen looked at it with some doubts, this... Nothing? Why is there no surprise at all? It shouldn't be like that, right? How to say that as soon as the red bricks come out, the entire Datang can undergo earth-shaking changes.

In fact, Li Shen didn't know that although there were low-priced red bricks, those who couldn't afford to build a house still couldn't afford to build a house, and those who could afford to spend money to build a house didn't account for so much money, and the emergence of new industries would inevitably have an impact on the old industries.

No one knows how many people in the entire Datang are specifically engaged in brick firing as a work, but one thing can still be simply counted, even if each city is a workshop of two brick kilns, there is no machinery now, it is all operated by manpower, regardless of the size of his factory, according to thirty people, how many cities are there in the entire Datang? At least there are nearly 10,000 people engaged in this kind of industry, relying on it to support their families, and this is the smallest calculation, the people in the big city are probably specialized in this area, and it is estimated that there are more than 1,000 people in a city.

There is also the fact that the Tang Dynasty has not been stable for many years, and the wealth is relatively concentrated in the hands of the powerful, and the industries of these bricks and tiles are basically controlled in the hands of the powerful.

Take these things out, can the bricks really be reduced in price? Obviously, it's impossible, at most it only reduces the cost, the powerful families become richer, and some things are not just words.

His Majesty Li Er looked at the expression on Li Shen's face, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he said with relief: "There are many things that you can't take into account, do you think that if you can come up with such a thing, the people can all afford to live in a brick house?" Some things in Qian'er are not as simple as you think, and there are too many things involved. ”

"It's just a brick field, what can it involve?" Li Shen asked with some confusion.

His Majesty Li Er shook his head slightly, and said, "The recipe for burning paper with bricks, if you write it down, at least it is not something that can be taken out now." ”

Li Shen nodded helplessly, although he didn't know what the situation was, but since he said so, there must be a last resort, and he must be a little discouraged in his heart, but there is no way, since ancient times, Huaxia has basically been the same, and many things want to be done, and there will be many obstacles for no reason.

In fact, Li Shen also knew that some of his ideas were too naïve, and he wanted to hand over the method of firing red bricks to businessmen, and the government would regulate the price of bricks, but he forgot that the status of businessmen now, not to mention now, is modern, and the status of businessmen is in front of the government, even if you are rich, rich and rival the country, and it is just a matter of the government's words.

Li Shen remembered that when he was a child, there was a private steel mill not far from their home, and the business was originally very prosperous, and even the surrounding counties and cities knew about it, but what happened later? Today, the leaders of the city came to inspect it, and tomorrow in the county, the day after tomorrow, in the town, it will be this department and that department, and the good steel mill will have no choice but to close down.

"Anything else?" His Majesty Li Er asked lightly.

Li Shen shook his head, yes, yes, it's a matter of cement, forget about it, what he built is only a five-story building, and it doesn't use much cement, and it is estimated that it will be cheaper to take it out of those people's pockets, so it is better to carry it now and talk about it when the time comes.

"I heard that you bought a large piece of land in the East Market, what are you going to do?" His Majesty Li Er took a sip of tea and asked lightly.

"Build a restaurant."

His Majesty Li Er nodded slightly, and said, "You don't need to come forward for this matter, you can just change it to someone to handle it, and pay attention to your identity." ”

Li Shen paused slightly and said, "Got it." And the glass thing is better to make a detailed ha, I want to use the glass to make the window paper, at the latest in April, the hotel will open, when the time will definitely ......"

"You're short on money?"

Li Shen smiled and said: "Of course, the more money the better, and you can sleep more soundly, besides, children still have many ideals and ambitions, and it is impossible to do without money." ”

"Including the throne?"

Listening to His Majesty Li Er's inquiring tone lightly, Li Shen chuckled in his heart, looked at him with a wry smile, and said, "This joke is not funny at all, how do you feel?" Do you think there is any other opportunity for your child? ”

"If I told you that you had a chance, what would you do with your brothers?"

Li Shen paused for a moment, looked at His Majesty Li Er with a wry smile, sighed in a low voice, and asked, "Father, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" ”

"Truth."

"The truth, the truth doesn't even know to me, I haven't thought of this yet, and I haven't thought about the future, let alone that I'm just a civilian now."

"Do you feel like you're a civilian? Can a commoner enter the palace at will? ”

"Yes! How could a civilian enter the palace at will, and still sit here and talk about such nonsense today. Li Shen said helplessly.

"Tell me, I don't believe you never thought about it."

Li Shen looked at His Majesty Li Er, a little speechless in his heart, how could he say that he came here while talking? Does it really mean anything to let him step into the court again?

Li Shen knew that this probability was very small, but it was not impossible, who would make the emperor the greatest, if His Majesty Li Er insisted on this, it would be useless for the ministers in the court to oppose it.