Chapter 113: Brick Kiln and Coal Mine

From this day on, Li Dayin's life became even busier, in addition to continuing to take care of the cultivation ball competition, he also divided part of his energy and leaned towards the grand idea of "building a bridge over the river".

By the end of February, the amount of silver deposited by the charity fund in the capital of Four Seasons Money Village reached 100,000 taels, and the first step of the plan was launched.

In fact, Zhao Ran said that when to start, you don't need to look at the accumulation of charity funds, you can start at any time, but Li Dayin is still not at ease.

He was always uneasy to see the real money that would be paid off in the future, and to start spending money just by relying on estimates. What if something happens and a large amount of money is taken out here, but the money over there can't keep up?

If it weren't for Zhao Ran holding a credit line certificate issued by the Jiangxi head office of Four Seasons Money Village and throwing it in front of him, he would probably have to wait until the accumulated reserves exceeded 200,000 taels before he dared to start.

This certificate clearly states that the maximum amount of money that can be borrowed at any time in the charity account is 500,000 taels at an annual interest rate of 8%. This is a very low income, and it is the Pure Yang Pavilion's incomparable trust in the cultivation ball competition.

Wang Zongyi accompanied Zhao Ran to the foot of Jubao Mountain to inspect the restoration of Guanjiao Village, where there were originally more than 200 brick cellars, and with Wang Zongyi's efforts in recent months, half of the cellars have resumed production. Today happened to be the day of the cellar, Lei Shan accompanied Zhao Ran and waited for a long time, and when the trial production of green bricks came out of the cellar, he immediately took two master craftsmen to check the quality. After the inspection, he nodded to Zhao Ran, so Zhao Ran made a decision on the spot and signed the package purchase document with the cellar manager.

Wang Zongyi focused on accompanying Zhao Ran to inspect another cellar factory less than a mile away, where three new brick cellars were built, and Lei Shan was quite satisfied with the same production quality, but Zhao Ran noticed that the old craftsman who presided over these three brick cellars was the same person as the master craftsman of Guanjiao Village he saw when he came over a few days ago.

Zhao Ran had no intention of pursuing the catty here, let alone who owned this kiln, and also threw down a package purchase document, and at the same time asked Lei Shan to give the drawings and instructions of the wheel kiln method to the master craftsman.

The master craftsman was amazed after a cursory look, and stepped forward to ask Abbot Zhao where the drawings and instructions came from, regardless of his dignity, and wanted to know which sage created it and which classic it was seen in.

Zhao Ran looked up at the sky, seemed to be immersed in some kind of memory, and then sighed softly, telling this master craftsman that this method came from a continent called Ao Song overseas, and it was the work of five hundred immortals.

After hearing the words, Wang Zongyi, Lei Shan, the master craftsman and others admired it, and they looked up together to remember.

From the end of February to the beginning of March, Zhao Ran inspected five kiln factories and six coal mines in a row, and Wang Zongyi accompanied him throughout the process.

However, Wang Zongyi blew his beard and glared, and said bluntly: "Abbot Zhao, who do you think of this official? Abbot Zhao has worked tirelessly for the people of the capital, and this official is the governor of the government, and he should do his best, is it true that in the eyes of Abbot Zhao, this official is an official who pampers and does not understand the people's livelihood? As an official, he should benefit one party, and he should not mention anything like sitting in the yazhong!"

Zhao Ran had to try his best to appease and apologize without stopping: "Wang Fu Yin is angry, it is the poor road that is wrong! The poor road has made amends to Wang Fu Yin!" and then said: "The production capacity is still not enough, the brick cellar is like this, and the coal mine is also like this." ”

When Wang Zongyi asked again, Zhao Ran pulled him to the Lion Rock where he pointed out the country with Li Dayin last time, pointed to the river, and shouted the same words heroically: "I have a dream......

Wang Zongyi did not say, "You are crazy", like Li Dayin, and the confidence of ordinary people in the monks is much stronger than that of the monks themselves. What he cares about is how much money Zhao Ran can spend on such a big project.

So, Zhao Ran took out the Four Seasons Money Bank credit certificate that he carried with him again, so Wang Zongyi was stunned by the 500,000 taels of credit per year marked on it.

In the evening, when Zhao Ran was in the study and Li Dayin, who came to reconcile the accounts, to talk about the concept of budgeting, Zhike came to report that it was Lu Zhiyu, the supervisor of the Shangyuan County Court, and Liang Youhe, the county commander, who jointly visited. Zhao Ran confessed a crime to Li Dayin, Li Dayin didn't raise his head, waved his hand to signal that you are busy with you, and then continued to bury his head in the table drawn by Zhao Ran.

Zhao Ran came to the guest hall to greet him, Lu Zhiyu was born in Lizhou, and he had a lot of dealings with the people, so he developed the habit of going straight, and said when he met: "Liang County Ling said that he wanted to visit the abbot, but he was afraid of being presumptuous, so he pulled me here." I have been taken care of by him these days, and I think Liang County is good, so I came over to disturb the abbot together. ”

Zhao Ran responded eagerly: "Lao Lu's friend is my Zhao Zhiran's friend, thank Liang County Ling for taking care of Lao Lu, and I must continue to support Shangyuan County Daoist Institute in the future!"

Liang Youhe hurriedly said: "It should be, it should be." ”

After a few words of greetings, it was still Lu Zhiyu who broke the question and explained Liang Youhe's thoughts, it turned out that this county magistrate was extremely well-informed, and at this moment he had heard that the new abbot of Xuantan Palace, Zhao Zhiran, had a grand plan, and the name of this plan was "I have a dream".

As for whether Abbot Zhao's dream can be successfully realized, Liang Xianling feels that he has an unshirkable responsibility, so he came all night, wanting to hear it and make a contribution.

Zhao Ran was deeply grateful for this, everyone gathered firewood and the flame was high, and the lonely family would definitely not be able to do great things, so he was happy and pulled Lu Zhiyu and Liang Youhe to climb the Lion Rock overnight.

Fortunately, the capital is really the most prosperous place in the world, even if it is dark and the night is deep, the riverside is still densely lit, and you can see it very clearly. In Zhao Ran's lyrical recitation of dreams, Liang Youhe repeatedly confirmed several times, "Is this the location?"

, "Do you go to Pukou City", "How far is the west side from the sandbank", "How many miles away from the north side is Qilitan", and then go down the mountain hand in hand.

Zhao Ran's dream of building a bridge is a core secret, and not many people know about it, but it is the matter of street and drainage renovation, which is known to the people of the entire capital under the hype of "Inside and Outside the Imperial City". The project has attracted a lot of applause, especially when it was repeatedly revealed in the journal that public huts would be set up on every street, and it was warmly welcomed by the people. To tell the truth, the days when feces were everywhere on the streets were really terrible, and the people had strong expectations for the clean and tidy life depicted in the periodicals.

In mid-March, with the first batch of green bricks out of the cellar, with the commissioning of several wheel cellars, and with the first payment of 800 taels of silver, the street and drainage renovation project in the capital was officially launched. After hearing about this incident, the household department, under the clapping of Gan Shangshu, specially allocated 1,000 taels of silver to Ying Tianfu, which made Wang Zongyi very happy.

The first street that Zhao Ran wants to renovate is Xuantanfang Street, where the Xuantan Palace is located, and this street will also become a demonstration street for the project. The 300 craftsmen and laborers recruited will complete the renovation of the 210-square-foot street in three days, including prying out the broken bricks and rubble, leveling the exposed ground, laying new masonry, and rebuilding the drainage ditch. Three days later, two public huts will be built at the east and west ends.

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