Gongsun Xu was a real estate merchant and knew the value of bricks best.

Gongsun Xu knew in his heart that it was very tiring to burn bricks by hand, and the output of a large brick kiln would reach the level of small brick factories in later generations, but Gongsun Xu had already made up his mind to do this.

At this time in the late Han Dynasty, all the raw materials were free, as long as he wanted to burn bricks, as many raw materials could be obtained, and the labor was extremely cheap.

As long as the young and strong people who work can be fed, and they can be given some small wages on the basis of having enough to eat, these young and strong laborers will work hard.

In the eyes of Gongsun Xu, these people can be said to be the cheapest labor, but what! His approach is better than other Taishou's approach.

The Han Dynasty followed the practice of the Qin Dynasty, and under normal circumstances, it was for nothing to let the young and strong serve as laborers, and they could not even eat enough, let alone give money on the basis of full food.

For the young people of this era, it is already a kind of happiness to be able to eat a full meal every day, at this time, Gongsun Xu not only gave them a full meal, but also was able to make money, which was a great joy, and they rushed to sign up and asked to work under Gongsun Xu.

Gongsun Xu felt that it was the end of the Han Dynasty, there was no large-scale machinery, and everything needed to be done manually, and now at this time, it was necessary to establish an excellent reputation, so that everyone knew that as long as he worked under Gongsun Taishou, he would not only be able to eat enough, but also be able to get money.

In this way, you will be able to enter a virtuous circle, and the more people will trust him, and the more people will be able to do things under him.

This year's bumper grain harvest, coupled with the grain stored by Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun in Xiangping City, is open for those young people to eat, and they will not eat it for two years.

It's like building a building in later generations, only when the foundation is firmly laid, can a tall building be built later, and what he needs most now is to lay a good foundation for the masses.

There are countless ways to make money in his mind, and the most important thing now is to need people.

Gongsun Xu wanted to spread his reputation and make more people believe that as long as they came to Xiangping's side, as long as they could work, they would be able to eat enough.

The poor in this era have little pursuit, as long as they can be fed and clothed, as long as they can live.

Gongsun Xu was extremely convinced of the demographic dividend put forward by later leaders, and only when the population base went up, the region, or regional economy, and other aspects would grow.

The Northeast region began to be gradually developed after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and at that time, the demographic dividend went up, and the economy of the three northeastern provinces developed.

The Northeast region is cold, and the people of the Central Plains have an idea of not wanting to stay away from their homeland, if there is no attractive thing, how can they attract more people to Xiangping, and how can he carry out greater development.

Therefore, after Gongsun Xu took over Xiangping, he began to put the idea of demographic dividend in his heart into practice, and now is not the time for him to accumulate wealth or accumulate soldiers.

He must first do a good job in Xiangping's economy, do a good job in infrastructure construction, use some preferential conditions to attract people of insight to come and defect, and even use some small means to let those poor people, or those who can't eat in Youzhou, come to Xiangping.

Once the bricks are burned, they can be used to build buildings that are different from this era.

For example, if he wants to build a new blast furnace now, according to the architectural style and way of the ancients, it will be quite difficult to build a blast furnace that is more than five meters tall, but if he burns the bricks, he can build a good blast furnace with some construction methods of later generations.

In this era, most of the barracks were made of wood, and in winter, the soldiers were quite hard to stay in the barracks, and it would be extremely advantageous if he could build the barracks with bricks before winter came.

At this time in the late Han Dynasty, even the scholars or big merchants lived in large places, although many of them were carved beams and painted pillars or their residences were splendid, but they did not have that kind of brick structure houses.

When bricks were used to build commercial houses and benchmark houses for the wealthy, more scholars and wealthy merchants would consider living in such comfortable houses.

Just like a hundred years ago, the people who could live in the western-style buildings were the kind of people with great status and status, so that the price of housing went up, and the status of the scholars could be revealed.

Compared with the building and the bungalow, there are countless advantages, for example, there are hundreds of people in the large clan, and when living in the bungalow, the main family or the person with status in the family can have a separate room, and the other people will be crowded into a small place to live.

A large family is divided into many places to live, and if you live in the building of Gongsun Xu, this matter will be greatly improved.

Gongsun continued to think very clearly, when he first started building a building, he would not choose to build a house first, but would choose to build a well-planned new city outside Xiangping City.

In this new city, he will build a large trade market, and the buildings will be rented and sold as the most important shops.

Only when the currency is withdrawn to a certain extent will Gongsun Xu consider the promotion of buildings in Xiangping City.

The promotion of this kind of building will be built according to the different places of residence, according to the requirements of the head of the Tushi family, and a certain way of replacement can be carried out for a certain location.

After Gongsun continued to occupy Xiangping, he had a long-term plan for the direction of his future development.

The first step is the most stable, that is, after entering Xiangping City, first restore Xiangping City to stability, the people in Xiangping can have a good impression of him, and he can let the people in Xiangping City eat well.

The follow-up things have to be done step by step, as for what to do first and what to do later, Gongsun Xu has his own ideas in his heart, but he will not reveal this idea too early.

Gongsun Xu knew that the use of bricks was extremely broad, and he now not only wanted to build a military camp, but also to build the first scientific laboratory in the Han Dynasty, which required countless bricks, even if the brick factory he built burned bricks every day, there would be a serious gap when he started building.

But what! Gongsun Xu understands that the bricks fired by the brick factory can be built in the early stage as long as they can build steelmaking blast furnaces and steelmaking sites, and when the blast furnace of steelmaking comes up, it will begin to produce good steel, and the follow-up will have a rapid progress in terms of building brick kilns and raw material supply.