After Xu Wenshan explained his intention to the head of the Yao family, his first reaction was: "No, it's impossible." ”

Today is the first day that Xu Wenshan is preparing for the aqueduct, and he directly went to the Yao family, who made pottery, to solve the most difficult brick problem.

Although pottery and brick making are not the same thing, they are relatively close, and Old Man Yao is the best person he can think of.

But after he told Old Man Yao, Old Man Yao immediately shook his head and said, "No, this is impossible. ”

Last time, Xu Wenshan came to Old Man Yao and gave him 20 yuan to build a kiln to make clay pots. Now the 20 yuan is hidden under the bed by him intact, and it is useless.

It's not that he doesn't want to use it, he can't use the money at all. He originally wanted to buy a piece of land, but the land of each family was bought by the Xu family long before he made a move. Xu Changshui covered the ground so hard that he couldn't buy it.

What's even more uncomfortable is that last time, for the request of the young master of the Xu family, a kiln was built for the boss, and it was never used once. Such a big kiln, don't use it, it's distressing, use it, it's a waste. He felt that he had been cheated by the young master of the Xu family.

Xu Wenshan advised: "Old Man Yao, think about it, such a small amount of cultivated land in our village is because of the lack of water, if I build the aqueduct, wouldn't it be a great thing for the benefit of the whole village?" If you don't think about me, you should think about so many villagers......"

Old man Yao rolled his eyes and said, "It's a good thing to build a diversion canal, but if I build a batch of brick kilns that can produce 10,000 bricks, and I need to make 1.2 million bricks within five months, it will not be a good thing, it is difficult for a strong man." ”

Xu Wenshan folded his arms and said, "Old man Yao, don't be presumptuous, it's man-made!" ”

"It's not a man-made thing! I've never heard of anyone burning so many bricks at once since I was born! "Old man Yao is very stubborn.

"1 Wen 10 pieces," Xu Wenshan stretched out his finger and said, "If you can do it within 5 months, I will pay 1 Wen to buy you 10 bricks." ”

Old man Yao said contemptuously: "I, old man Yao, am not that kind of ......"

"You can always calculate, 1 yuan is 10 yuan, and 1.2 million yuan is 120,000 yuan, which is 120 yuan."

Old man Yao sat directly on the ground.

"Do you really have that much money?" Old man Yao asked in surprise.

Xu Wenshan said: "What do you say? ”

Old man Yao pondered for a while, and whispered: "But these 120 pieces, even if I get it, I won't be able to spend it......"

He deliberately lowered his voice, lest others listen.

Xu Wenshan also whispered: "Did you forget? You still owe me 50 times! ”

"When do I owe you 50?!" Old man Yao almost jumped up.

"I will build this brick kiln with technology and I will build it with funds, and I will burn bricks with manpower after it is built, and it is yours when it runs out, am I stupid? You're going to get the money. Xu Wenshan said.

Old man Yao smiled bitterly: "But you also want to burn bricks......"

"One yard to one yard, you can still earn 70 yuan after you finish it, do you do it?"

Old man Yao immediately nodded and said, "!" ”

Xu Wenshan clapped his hands and said, "Okay!" Just do it, and tomorrow I'll bring someone over to build a brick kiln. ”

Looking at Xu Wenshan's distant back, Old Man Yao touched his head, and suddenly thought: Even if it is these 70 pieces, I can't spend it!

……

The most basic problem to be solved by burning bricks is not the brick kiln, but the fuel.

1.2 million bricks, which is several times the amount of fuel, is not an extremely significant burden.

There is no open-pit coal mine near Luhegou, so you can only use other fuels to burn bricks. But the temperature of the firewood is not enough, and the bricks burned are definitely not qualified, so only charcoal can be used.

Then a lumber yard and a charcoal yard are needed.

Zhang Asan is just an ordinary woodcutter, he never thought that he would have anything to do with the son of the Xu family.

Those are all big people, and they deal with their family's miscellaneous servants at most, and usually sell two bundles of firewood or something, but today, it seems to be a very exceptional day, and the son of the Xu family actually found him in person.

He personally found him, holding the ...... in his hand Two sticks of firewood.

Xu Wenshan handed a piece of firewood to himself and said, "What is this?" ”

"It's ...... Firewood. Zhang Asan didn't know if his answer was satisfactory to him.

"What about this?"

"This is firewood too."

"If you had to burn charcoal, which one would you choose?"

"This."

Xu Wenshan nodded and said, "Very good." ”

Zhang Asan was a little confused and didn't know what was good. I just answered a question that a 6-year-old child in the village understands.

"I have a job here," Xu Wenshan said, "I need charcoal, a lot of charcoal, I need you to bring a group of people to burn charcoal together, you need to burn a lot of charcoal every day, would you like to do this job?" ”

Zhang Asan said hehehe: "So that's the case, if you want to talk about it or not, I can help at any time." ”

He thought that Xu Wenshan just wanted to burn charcoal for fun, and he went over to help him under his guidance, so why didn't he want to?

Xu Wenshan said: "Okay, I'll send someone tomorrow, you take them to build a charcoal kiln, make it bigger, and it can produce 100 catties at a time." ”

After saying that, Xu Wenshan left, and Zhang Asan was stunned on the spot: 100 catties at a time, what a big charcoal kiln.

Li Dazhuang was waiting outside the door, and when he saw Xu Wenshan coming out, he hurriedly followed. Xu Wenshan said to Li Dazhuang: "This young man is good, he agreed to come down in one bite, but I don't know how his skills are." ”

Li Dazhuang is honest and honest: "I only burned charcoal when I played with him when I was a child, and I don't know what his ability is." ”

Xu Wenshan said: "You can learn by burning and burning." ”

The two walked out for a long time, and Xu Wenshan patted his head and said, "Oops! Forgot to talk to him about wages! ”

The next day, Zhang Asan was stunned to find that more than 50 people were crowded in front of his small dilapidated hut, waiting for him to command.

Only then did he realize that maybe the son of the Xu family had misunderstood him.

……

Ah Fa is very busy these days.

A few days ago, Xu Wenshan officially gave Ah Fa a position at the Liao Congress (the full name is the Liao Zhai Representative Conference, Ah Fa doesn't know why he called such a strange name): Minister of Propaganda.

Ah Fa didn't know much what propaganda was, Xu Wenshan told him: "It's what I want everyone to know, you have to convey it to as many people as possible." ”

Ah Fa suddenly, he said that he was very good at this, and if there were any strange things among the servants of the Xu family in the past, he could spread it all over the village in half a day.

Xu Wenshan said to him with some headaches: The key is not to let the whole village know, but also to let the whole village understand the correct meaning as it is, and there can be no misunderstanding.

This makes Ah Fa very difficult, he has been in his career for more than ten years, and he has never spoken without adding fuel and vinegar.

Xu Wenshan has asked him to find and pull people everywhere every day these days, and he has broken his leg in the past few days.

He often sneaked to the tea shed at the head of the village, chatted with people, and said in his spare time: "Follow Xu Gongzi to do things, and don't rely on his mouth and legs to pass on words." ”

Once I was blowing water in the shed, blowing happily, suddenly my back was cold, and when I looked back, I found that Xu Wenshan was standing behind me.

Ah Fa stood up in silence and said, "Young master......"

Xu Wenshan said as if he was wandering: "Is there a head in opening a tavern?" ”

"Huh?"

"I think it's funny!" Xu Wenshan said suddenly.

The people around me are starting to scratch their heads again.