Chapter 44: The Legendary Imperial Brick
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Yang Jun came back from running, and Lao Wu took three masons to prepare to lay floor tiles.
The floor tiles of this year are not the kind of floor tiles of later generations, they are not as smooth as those of later generations, and the size is still small.
Not to mention the small size of the floor tiles brought by the old five, and it is not smooth at all, this kind of floor tiles is a defective product in later generations, as long as it is cloudy and rainy, you can smell the fishy smell of the house.
"I said the fifth brother, don't you have better floor tiles?"
"Guys, isn't that good? If you inquire in the market, this floor tile is already medium to high, and the money you give is only enough to buy this grade. ”
Lao Wu picked up a floor tile and looked at it, and then said to Yang Jun,
"Guys, it's not impossible if you want to change the floor tiles better, I'm afraid you won't spend money."
"Listen to you, there are better floor tiles? Why didn't you say it earlier? ”
"They are all people who live their lives, there is no need to spend that unjust money, this floor tile is enough." Lao Wu looked like he was thinking about Yang Jun.
"You don't have to worry about money, you just need to lay the best floor tiles for me."
Is he Yang Jun short of money?
The fifth looked around at no one, and then whispered,
"One of my brothers has a 'gold brick' in his hand, which is the same as your courtyard wall tiles, but the price is a bit expensive."
"Then what are you talking about, take me to your brother."
As soon as Yang Jun heard about the gold bricks, he immediately smiled.
He didn't want to have so many things in his life.
Seeing this, Lao Wu saw that Yang Jun wanted gold bricks, so he turned around and explained to the plasterers, and then led Yang Jun out.
After a while, the two came to a small remote alley, looked at the door of the innermost house, and then came forward and knocked on the door.
"Who?" A rough shout came from the courtyard.
"I, the fifth."
The door creaked open.
Out of it came a middle-aged man with five big and three rough and rough edges.
The middle-aged man first glanced at Yang Jun vigilantly, and then said to the fifth child with a smile on his face,
"Fifth brother, what are you looking for me?"
"Hei San, this is my master's house, he wants to see the batch of goods in your hand."
"Fifth brother, what are you talking about, why don't I understand, what's the goods?" Kurosan asked, pretending to be puzzled.
"Okay, Heisan, if it weren't for someone I could trust, I wouldn't have brought it here." The fifth child waved his hand at Hei San, signaling him to rest assured.
"Hehe, fifth brother, look at what you said, I can't believe anyone, I can't trust you." Hei San immediately changed his face and leaned to the side: "Come in." ”
Yang Jun followed the fifth child in.
This is a house with a single courtyard, three rooms in the back, two west wings on the left, and a broken shed in front of the courtyard.
Kuromi led them to the broken shed, cleaned up the mess that stood in the way, and uncovered a piece of linoleum.
He pulled out a floor tile and handed it over.
"Authentic 'gold bricks', for the royal family."
Lao Wu glanced at the floor tiles, nodded at Yang Jun, and then handed him the gold bricks in his hand.
Yang Jun took it and looked at it on both sides, this is the gold brick?
The gold bricks are not yellow as people think, but they are black in shape, and the surface is dark, and they do not reflect in the sun.
Yang Jun carried it with one hand, and knocked on it with the other hand.
"There is a sound of knocking, but there is no hole in the break."
Yang Jun knocked on his hand and knew that this was a real gold brick, and it seemed that it was not in vain today.
This kind of gold bricks are all over the imperial city, and even the ground is paved with three floors.
When Hei San saw Yang Jun's words, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Okay, I didn't expect my brother to be an expert. It's not that I'm blowing it to you, my three ancestors burned gold bricks for eight generations, and these things were all carried back from the cave by the ancestors one by one. ”
"The gold bricks are made of exquisite materials, selected from the yellow clay of Linyang Cheng Lake, sticky but not scattered, powder but not sand, the production process is extremely complicated, it takes nearly 700 days to go through 29 processes,"
Yang Jun was sure that these were real gold bricks, and he no longer listened to Heisan's nonsense, and asked directly,
"How much is a piece?"
"This number, if it is less, it will not be sold." Hei San glanced at the fifth child, and then gestured with his hand to the word eight.
A gold brick is eight dollars, which is simply unimaginable in the eyes of ordinary people.
On the market, an ordinary floor tile is only a dime, a better one is only three cents, and a black three-one exit costs eight yuan, which is the rhythm of scaring people away.
"Five." Yang Jun counteroffered.
"Eight yuan, don't let a cent, I sell it to anyone at this price, don't believe it, you ask the fifth brother." Hei San looked like he didn't give in to the price.
"Brother Yang, Hei San usually sells at this price, and I said just now that you can't afford to buy such an expensive floor tile, and you can use it for a lifetime for a few cents." Lao Wu persuaded beside him.
Hei San saw that Yang Jun looked like he wanted, and then he spoke,
"I said this brother, it's not that my Hei San deliberately asked for a price, but that this brick is worth this price, and these gold bricks were all brought back from the brick kiln one by one by my ancestors at the risk of losing their heads."
Yang Jun also understands in his heart that in a feudal society with a strict class, gold bricks are by no means affordable for ordinary people, even if you have money, you can't jump out of the restrictions of rank.
The three ancestors of the black are all burning gold bricks in the imperial kiln, and it is indeed a risk of losing their heads to get these gold bricks, and the price is so high, it is naturally worth it.
"Okay, eight is eight."
Yang Jun saw that Hei San refused to give in, and he knew that he couldn't talk about the price, so he readily agreed.
"Pay you 1,000 yuan first, and refund the rest and make up for the rest." Yang Jun ordered a thousand yuan and handed it over.
The new house is more than 70 square meters, the upper and lower compartments, the floor tiles should also be paved on top, the two floors add up to nearly 150 square meters, according to eight yuan a gold brick, about 1200 yuan, he first gave 1000, and the rest will be paid after the house is decorated.
Hei San saw that Yang Jun was happy to pay for it, his mouth kept smiling, and he was almost grinning behind his ears, and his thumb stuck a little saliva in his mouth, and counted them one by one.
"Brother, don't worry, use it well, come back later, I'll give you a cheaper."
"Okay, that's it." Yang Jun thought that after his new house was renovated, he would also decorate the old house after the year, and then come to Hei San again, and it would be cheaper.
Yang Jun, Lao Wu and Hei San discussed the transportation details again, and then rode to the factory alone.
Before entering the office door, I heard Lao Wei's voice training people in the office in the corridor.
Yang Jun listened to it, and he probably reprimanded the clerks and procurement specialists in the procurement department for their ineffective work.
Yang Jun thought about it and decided that it would be better not to disturb Lao Wei.
In the past two days, under the pretext of going out to look for food, the workers under his command have wandered all over the streets, and some even blatantly went to visit their relatives.
It's good to let Lao Wei straighten it out.
Yang Jun returned to the office, first poked the stove, and then poured water on the pier.
After a while, the water boiled, Yang Jun made tea, looked at the time and saw that the time was almost up, so he took the lunch box to the canteen to eat.