"Hateful!" Dong Ziquan's clenched fist slammed into the desk.

Gong Qing glanced at him, he knew what Dong Ziquan was angry about, and he didn't bother to ask.

Seeing that Gong Qing didn't want to ask him, although Dong Ziquan was dissatisfied, he still said: "Dong Ce is doing this, obviously coming at us, is there any way to kill him?" ”

Gong Qing blinked, shook his head and said, "If we deal with him now, it will be against half of the material merchants in Jiangnan, and we don't have the strength." ”

"Are you watching the price of materials rise?" Dong Ziquan said angrily.

Dong Ce's action this time is not small, now it is the New Year's Festival, and the people who want to build the house are basically completed at the end of the year, so the building materials will usher in a trough, it is the most cost-effective period for them to imitate the art garden, and Dong Ce must think so, otherwise it is impossible to delay until now to prepare to acquire the shops around the art garden.

Now, although they took the lead and gained the upper hand, Dong Ce turned around and intervened in the material business, and made such a big move, so what should they do? Is it to spend a lot of money to buy materials to build? Or wait until the price of materials is reduced before building?

The price of the former is bound to exceed their budget, while the latter is tantamount to putting thousands of dollars there, when will it come in handy?

It is difficult to choose left and right, and it is obviously Dong Ce's return to them!

"Could it be that the gentry watched them raise their prices? Brother Zizhu, you have a bad relationship with the little prince, can you let him make a move? Dong Ziquan pinned his hopes on Gong Qing.

Gong Qing waved his hand and said: "Don't say that the little prince hates participating in these things the most, even if he is willing to make a move, it depends on whether those scholars are willing to agree, although they don't want to spend a lot of money to help Taiping Dao build a Taoist temple, but now they are being caught." In addition, there are some scholars who secretly support and reveal a lot of news to Taiping Dao, obviously wanting to bring down those scholars who participated in the Xiaoyao Palace, which shows that the Xiaoyao Palace is a chasm. It can divide the Jiangnan Shi clan into two factions and wrestle with each other, which is what Taiping Dao is most happy to see, so they will definitely support the price increase of materials! ”

With the support of Taiping Dao, what else can Dong Ziquan and Gong Qing do? There is no choice but to watch people make a lot of money, turn around, and lower the price of materials. They're good at making things!

From the second day of the Lunar New Year, the streets gradually increased with pedestrians, and some shops were busy opening, and by the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, they were basically back to the past, but, to the surprise of many people, they lived in the prefecture and county. Both wood and stone have risen wildly. Yesterday's price, today's price, almost tripled in two or three days, making people smack.

"Are these people who buy wood and stone crazy? Who buys wood and stone for this big New Year? "Many people are puzzled, just because these material merchants see that the New Year's goods merchants make a lot of money. My eyes were red, so I went crazy!

Although it's just the rise in building materials, and it's not rice salt, everyone can't worry about it.

However, nothing at first. But after a long time, many problems have arisen!

Let's just say that the industries closely related to the wood, such as chairs and benches, bed screens, and combs for Sanwen were sold for ten yuan, and the coffin shop for a coffin was also doubled, which made some people who suddenly had white things at home angry.

But it's not important, after all, after all, after the Chinese New Year, you can endure it by spending ten yuan to buy a comb, and the people who can get the coffin in this year are not poor at home, and they are not bad for these few dollars, and they have endured it, but the price of other people's materials has risen, why is his mother's firewood, rice, oil and salt coaxing?

"Auntie, the price of your chicken is enough for me to buy five in the past, even if it is a big New Year, you can't go up like this!" A middle-aged woman said dissatisfiedly to the old woman selling chickens.

"Alas, don't talk about this lady, the old body can't help it, my grandson is going to marry a daughter-in-law, and the family can't live there, I'm raising money for him to build a house, besides, everyone else is at this price, why do you only say the old body?"

The middle-aged woman is speechless!

Sun Meng hurriedly came to the Yiyuan Ferry, at this time the Yiyuan Ferry has been completely rebuilt, not only has a flat stone brick paving, but also a comfortable tea house waterwheel, but at present the teahouse is still a semi-finished product, but its unique style of stilted building is very eye-catching, there are many carpenters inside and outside are busy.

Sun Meng didn't care about this, but simply walked towards Dong Ce, who was squatting on the stone brick floor.

"Master, what are you doing with so many mallets?" Tu Xiaoguo squatted beside Dong Ce and asked curiously.

Before Dong Ce could answer, Sun Meng had already stepped forward, and after saluting respectfully, he said, "The owner!" ”

"It's Steward Sun." Dong Ce turned his head to look at Sun Meng, then clapped his hands, got up and said, "Say it on the side." With that, he walked to the stone platform first.

After Sun Meng followed Dong Ce to the corner of the stone platform, he said: "Now that there is anything outside, the price has skyrocketed, and if it goes on like this, I'm afraid something will happen!" ”

"Reasonable." Dong Ce nodded and said, "I have already asked Steward Meng to handle this matter, you don't have to care." ”

"Huh?" Sun Meng was stunned, and immediately understood that Dong Ce didn't mention it to him before, because he had just arrived, and the owner was wary of him!

Seeing Sun Meng's somewhat embarrassed face, Dong Ce understood what this guy was thinking, smiled faintly, and said: "It's not that I deliberately hid it from you, but your duty is not here, what you have to think about is for Yiyuan, and now that the matter has been completed, I am about to tell you to do some countermeasures." ”

Sun Meng couldn't help blushing for a while, but soon regained his expression and asked, "The owner, please command." ”

"You go and send someone to investigate the price, go back and discuss with Steward Zhou and Xiao Zhen about the appropriate salary increase for employees, and then, you can concentrate on giving me a deal here!"

As Dong Ce pointed, Sun Meng saw a building on the other side of the Qinhuai River.

There are two workshops on the other side, and the owner actually wants to sell it, is it willing to sell?

There is a world of difference between the shop and the workshop, although the price of the shop is high, but it is easy to get it, but the workshop is different, this is the foundation of many people, and even the ancestral industry, as long as it does not lose money, ordinary people are absolutely reluctant to sell it.

And Sun Meng is more puzzled, why did the owner choose to be across the river? This is obviously not suitable for the development of the art garden, because this tributary of the Qinhuai River is not wide, and the boat will reach the opposite bank in a moment, and it is impossible to attract guests with a cruise ship, but it makes people feel cumbersome, after all, you get on the boat with your front feet and reach the shore in the blink of an eye, what is the fun? But you can't row a boat up and down and come back, so you might as well just take a boat to play.

Waiting for the doubts, Sun Meng went to do something.

Dong Ceyou continued to pick up the hammer and the wooden chisel and began to work.

This is also the Chinese New Year, everyone is busy visiting relatives and friends, and the art garden is temporarily closed, so that he has time to make up a little hobby.

"Master, are you making a small waterwheel?" Tu Xiaoguo took the drawings painted by Dong Ce and looked at them repeatedly for a long time, and finally determined that it was a small waterwheel.

Dong Ce said while chiseling wood: "It's a car, but it's not a water wheel, it should be said to be a dry car, but to be precise, it's a bicycle!" (To be continued.) )