So Dong Ce opened a grain store next to the Animal Husbandry Department to buy grain. And on this street, among all these storefronts, the grain store may not be the most conspicuous, but it is the most important and the most central. Because the people don't have much money in their hands, they only have grain, but with a grain store, they can exchange grain for money, and then use it to buy other things.

Through these shops, Dong Ce was able to hoard a large amount of grain, and if this grain was stored, the Rock Fort would be at ease for several years.

And the silver money he paid to buy the grain in the hands of the people will flow back to him through those other shops, which is equivalent to him exchanging some commodities for the grain in the hands of the people, in terms of silver money, he has not lost much, and those commodities used to exchange for grain are obtained through various channels, and it will not cost Dong Ce much money. For example, the gold and silver jewelry sold in the gold and silver shop was all paid.

But he's not ********.

Because Dong Ce can guarantee that in his store, it is absolutely fair to buy and sell, there will be no forced buying and selling, and most importantly: the price is very fair!

The people will not suffer when they buy things in his storefront. And in order to make the price low enough, some things Dong Ce even loses money. For example, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, he can only buy from outside, for example, a bottle of vinegar costs one penny in a lonely store, and the selling price is two pennies. After it is shipped to Panshi Fort, the cost may increase to two cents, but Dong Ce still has to maintain that the price of this bottle of vinegar is lower, at least not higher than the price in the lonely store.

People exchange grain for silver, buy things with the money, and go home to consume the things they buy, and this creates a cycle.

Although these shops have only opened today, in fact, they have been preparing for a long time, and Dong Ce instructed Wang Yu to do this when he left Panshi Fort, and the manpower and goods have long been complete.

Today's opening is full of momentum.

These shops are nothing, and the most striking thing is the outermost shop of these stores, which is actually very small, only occupying two of them. The plaque on the door of the shop is also very interesting, with only one word written on the huge signboard: brick.

As if for fear that someone would not recognize this word, a picture was drawn next to this brick word, on which was a very vivid brick pattern. In this way, even the illiterate people know roughly what is being sold here.

When Qian Yichuan saw it, he was immediately very surprised in his heart, and said in his heart, what is this selling? Could it be that he sells bricks? It's just that this façade is so small, there are only about two rooms, how many bricks can be stored in it? You must know that the transaction of bricks, the amount of that time is very large, even if these two facades are used to seal bricks, how many cars are enough to pull? How many deals are enough?

He was a little curious in his heart, thinking that it was early anyway, and it was completely too late to rush back to the barracks, so he planned to go up and ask. Walking to the front of the shop that sold bricks, he found that this store was the most crowded of all the shops now, not only the store was crowded with people, but even the outside of the store was also crowded. At a glance, there were only twenty or thirty people.

Qian Yichuan was even more puzzled in his heart, so he asked the person in front of him: "This old man, dare to ask what this store sells?" Why are there so many people? ”

The man he questioned was about forty years old, of medium stature, not very tall, but his body was very stout, and he seemed to be full of strength at all. It was already winter, but he was wearing only a single coat, which was very shabby, and it was stained with many black and gray stains, and it was dirty, and it was covered with a very small hole, which looked like it had been splashed by sparks on his clothes when he struck iron.

Qian Yichuan saw his appearance, figure, and dress, and roughly guessed that this might be a blacksmith in the workshop.

As soon as the blacksmith turned around, he saw Qian Yichuan'er dressed as a soldier, and his expression immediately became much more respectful.

These craftsmen in the Rock Castle, Dong Ce is very good to them, at least in this area, their status is actually not low, but they are all used to living a hard life, and they are all quite cautious, they have always been low-key, and they don't have much contact with other people except this group.

He smiled and said, "This shop sells bricks. Whoever wants to build a house has to buy bricks, just go in and tell them how many bricks you want to buy, where you want to transport them, and then pay a deposit, and in two days at most, they will catch someone and pull the bricks to your designated land. This is convenient, and you don't have to pull it yourself, and you don't have to go to the kiln factory, you can do it directly in the fort. ”

"Huh?"

Qian Yichuan exclaimed and said, "Are you allowed to build a house in the city now?" ”

The man smiled, "You don't know yet, do you? It took only two days for the news to come down. ”

He pointed to the inside of the gate of the city and said, "Look, there is a notice posted there, and that's what it says." Lord Dong said in the notice that anyone who had been divided into the city could now build houses on it. However, the specifications of the house are said, not too big, not too small, there are all written on it, you can see for yourself! ”

Qian Yichuan said with a smile: "Brother, you can know that the land has also been divided at a glance." ”

The man smiled, pointed to himself, and looked a little proud, and said: "Those of us who are craftsmen, although we have not been allocated a homestead, but we have lived in the fort since we entered the rock fort, but the houses we lived in were all houses that were preserved before. It's very cold and damp, and I don't know how many years, it looks good outside, and it is really uncomfortable to live in it to know that it is ventilated everywhere. ”

"This time, the adults above us who can take charge of things also specially asked Lord Dong for instructions, and Lord Dong allowed us to tear down the house we lived in and build a new one."

He pointed to the people in the store: "Up to now, the people crowded inside and outside the store are basically those of us who are craftsmen. ”

He was right, and he didn't cheat money. These craftsmen, they don't look obvious on weekdays, and they don't go out much, but they just go back and forth between the two artisan workshops and their homes. But in fact, they have been in the Rock Fort for so long, and they all have quite a lot of net worth.

The monthly salary set by Dong Ce for them was already relatively high, and after more than a year, many of them had been promoted to second-level craftsmen, third-level craftsmen, and the highest had even reached fourth-level craftsmen. The higher the level, the more silver money he gets, and Dong Ce never spares his rewards for them. Every time they overfulfilled their tasks and created more Iron Armor and Lu Mi Gong, Dong Ce would give them some rewards. And they themselves eat and live in the Rock Fort, and they don't have to pay for it themselves, so the money is purely leftover.

The money saved in the past year is almost enough to build a house.

Anyway, the house they planned to build didn't need to be too big, and it wouldn't cost too much silver.

After Qian Yichuan heard what he said, he suddenly remembered that when he came this morning, the Zheng family had specially told him to ask more about building a house in the fort. He hurriedly asked, "But what about buying bricks?" If you transport the bricks to the homestead, you won't be able to build a house yourself. ”

"Hey, you don't have to worry about that. Master Dong has already thought about it for us. ”

The blacksmith smiled and said, "Now we have a civil engineering team in Rock Fort, which is responsible for building houses. Once you've moved the bricks to the ground, you can ask them to build a house at a fair price. Moreover, they originally built houses for the government, and the quality of the houses built is needless to say, after the house is built, you will not make any mistakes in keeping it for several generations. ”

This civil engineering team, in fact, Dong Ce asked Gao Danian and Sun Wumu to be separated from under their team, and the number of people was about twelve or thirteen. The reason why such a team was divided was to make it easier for the people to build houses in the city.