Early the next morning, he had people put on the carriage, he was now in the west of the city, and if he wanted to get to Liu Haojia's fiefdom, he had to pass through the county seat of Tianjin.

After a night's rest, the spirit of the shopkeeper Hu was much better. Sitting in the carriage, he looked around without saying a word.

As a person who often walks back and forth in the north of the Ming Dynasty, he is familiar with city life. In his opinion, no matter how many times he has been to these cities, there will not be much change! But this year, he saw too many differences in Tianjin County!

First of all, none of the idlers on the street are gone! And these idlers are the beginning of the troubles in the city! The characters they find out they can blackmail will never be soft, and if they find that they can't swallow it, they will transfer the business to other gangs! And these people are still doing things in secret, and they can't catch any crimes, so it's a great change to be able to clean them up!

When he entered the main street of the city, he found that the houses on both sides had not changed much, but many of the storefronts had been replaced with bigger and more beautiful plaques! The pedestrians on the street also seem to be in a hurry, no longer as lazy and lazy as before.

And with his sharp eyes, he was very sure that there were no beggars or homeless people in this city! And there are very few idlers on the street who have nothing to do, and it seems that the street is much more deserted.

And he also looked over the branch street next to it and saw that there were quite a few buildings in it that were being renovated! He even saw that some of the houses were being heightened!

The shopkeeper Hu traveled from south to north and knew the pattern of the general city. This branch street is mostly filled with shops and inns, and then there are houses with gardens, and ordinary people do not live here. And the large-scale renovation and renovation here shows that the flow of people here is enough for the boss to make a decision!

Shopkeeper Hu and his entourage soon passed through the city, and after leaving the city, they found that there were many people who were on the same road with them! Most of them were businessmen like him, and many of the convoys seemed to be heavy and were pulling goods.

And he also saw a lot of workers rushing to the seashore, he glanced at the sun, and at this time he could still see so many workers rushing to the direction of the dock, which means that there must be a lot of people working there.

The shopkeeper didn't want to wrap himself into the line, so he motioned to slow down, got out of the carriage himself, and sat on the wheel to look around. As soon as they slowed down, they were left behind in the rear of the group, but he was not in a hurry, and leisurely looked at everything around him.

Just when they had walked a short distance, Shopkeeper Hu saw a group of children who were playing with stones on the side of the road suddenly running towards them! Shopkeeper Hu smiled slightly when he saw it, knowing that today's matter would fall on these children!

The first to run was a twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy, and when he grabbed the carriage out of breath, he slapped it the wheel, making a "pop" sound! And the children behind him let out a wail in unison!

Shopkeeper Hu knew that this was a sign of the little boy's victory, and he didn't interject, just smiled and watched how they did it. What did not disappoint him was that the other children who did not photograph the wheels scattered in all directions, and two of the children who looked stronger than him did not say anything else, but just waved their fists at him in demonstration.

At this time, the little boy saw that the other companions had dispersed, so he gasped hard, tried to make his words clear, and said, "Master, this is the first time you have been to the Hou Ye's fiefdom, right? Let me show you the way, there's no place I'm not familiar with!"

Shopkeeper Hu smiled and said, "Then how much do you charge a day?"

The little boy quickly looked the shopkeeper up and down, glanced at the clothes of several family members around him, and then tentatively reported a number and said, "Thirty wen a day!"

Then he felt that the report was a little too high, and he quickly said, "I have brought my own dry food!" ap.

Thirty yuan is naturally not as good as a dime a dozen for Shopkeeper Hu, but he also knows that the price quoted by this little boy is a little inflated, so he bargains with business rules and talks about the price to twenty-five wen a day!

When the little boy joined the team, he naturally wanted to make small talk. Through small talk, the shopkeeper knew that the little boy's name was Chen

Ermao! This name is simply a handful among ordinary people, and some people can even count from big hair to five, six, seven or eight hair!

Shopkeeper Hu and Chen Ermao were chatting, and suddenly found that a road composed of gray and white stones appeared in front of them! Each of these rocks is huge, almost eight feet square! And the surface is incredibly smooth! The eyes of the shopkeeper and others who watched it were straight!

They don't know how much manpower and material resources it will take to extract such a large stone from the mountains and transport it, and they can't calculate it at all! And they had never seen such an off-white stone!

Chen Ermao said proudly: "Further on is the periphery of Hou Ye's fiefdom, so Hou Ye specially built such a road!"

One of the housekeepers asked, "Where did he get the stones?" With such extravagant paving, he really has enough money!"

Chen Erbao gestured and said, "This is not a stone quarried from the mountain, but made of something called cement! It is said that it is fired, and then the cement is poured into the wooden frame and it is ready!"

Shopkeeper Hu's eyes lit up when he heard this! He had instantly thought of several ways to use cement, not just on the road! So he immediately said, "What does this cement look like, do they sell it?"

Chen Ermao said: "That cement was originally like a pile of soil, but after being put on water and sand, it became like this after two days! As for selling them, they are still sold! However, I have heard that it is better to fire these cements wherever they are used, otherwise it is not cost-effective to transport them long distances! Not to mention that this thing is too heavy, and I am afraid of water when transporting! As soon as it gets wet, it will clump and it can't be used!"

Chen Ermao also did his homework seriously in order to do business, and he said for a long time, in addition to how to fire, how to use cement and the effect are clear! This made the shopkeeper Hu and others even more emotional, cement is really a good baby!

In particular, a family member even said: "If this thing is used to build a fort outside the side wall, it won't be able to rush in!"

By the time they had finished, the carriage had already driven to the gray and white road. The shopkeeper Hu also deliberately jumped out of the carriage and stomped his feet hard, and the leader of the family even smashed it a few times with a scabbard, but found that there was nothing on the ground under his feet!