Go back to ancient times to be a royal merchant

After entering the city with the letter, Wang Xiujin didn't go to the store, but went directly to the grocery store.Shopkeeper Wu jokingly asked him when the house would be built. Before that, Wang Xiujin was in a hurry, as if he got the weeping willow today, and the house will be ready tomorrow.Wang Xiujin shook his hand, looking like he didn't want to talk about it, and shopkeeper Wu became even more gossipy when he saw it, "What's the matter?"

"The homestead is close to the river, so I thought about making the steps higher, so as not to enter the door when the water was flooded, I wanted to buy some bricks. I didn't want to take Juye to the workshop to ask the price, but the workshop actually asked for ten or twenty bricks. It's really scary." Wang Xiujin couldn't help sighing after finishing speaking, bricks are more expensive than grain, which made him wish he could change his behavior immediately.

"What's wrong with one or twenty bricks?" Shopkeeper Wu laughed "haha" when he saw Wang Xiujin's surprised face after speaking. Wang Xiujin was afraid that "one or twenty bricks" was one or twenty bricks. "You're thinking about it. After entering the workshop, did you see the appearance of bricks piled up?" Shopkeeper Wu began to explain Wang Xiujin's doubts. Generally, a brick-fired workshop is based on ten bricks, ten in length and ten in width. The "one or two dozen bricks" in China is actually one floor, not ten bricks, which is clear to everyone who builds a house.

After listening to shopkeeper Wu's explanation, Wang Xiujin couldn't help but widen his eyes, then shook his head, "Even if it's a hundred yuan, it's expensive enough."

"..." Shopkeeper Wu was a little speechless, "The bricks are not so easy to burn, so the price is not high."

Wang Xiujin didn't answer any more, and handed the letter in his hand to shopkeeper Wu, "Treasurer Wu, please deliver the letter to your young master." Wang Xiujin didn't say what was written in the letter, and shopkeeper Wu didn't ask, but he was sending the letter to the shopkeeper. An additional page was attached to the letter, detailing Wang Xiujin's "scared by hearing brick prices".

Neither Wang Xiujin nor Shopkeeper Wu would have thought that this letter was not delivered to the Young Master's family, but into the hands of the Son of Heaven.Because the emperor had been cheated by his son of new rice, he ordered to go down and tell him first the letter or thing sent from Xiangcheng in the south.On this day, the emperor had just finished approving the documents, and was about to visit some concubine, so he heard the father-in-law next to him say that if the letter was delivered in Xiangcheng, should the emperor read it or send it to the prince.Thinking that nothing happened, the emperor raised his hand, and the father-in-law immediately enshrined the letter.

The letter is divided into two parts, one thick and one thin. Open the thin one first, and the emperor will be happy after reading it. The youngest son of Prime Minister Wang will also be stupid. After all, it is a child.He casually picked up the thicker one, and after unfolding it, he saw that the writing in the letter was not very good, and he didn't pay much attention to it at the beginning of reading the letter, but the more he looked at it, the more solemn his face became.

In Wang Xiujin’s letter, he first complained about the high price of bricks, and then he talked about commodity prices, quality standards, taxation, various development and protection, etc. Of course, Wang Xiujin did not directly mention what should be done, and the whole article was filled with complaints , and even childish words, when Wang Xiujin wrote this letter, he spent a lot of brain cells, for fear that people who read the letter would think that he was a monster.

The fathers-in-law standing in the royal study lowered their heads and looked at each other. Could it be that something important happened in Xiangcheng?

After reading the letter, the emperor folded the letter and put it back in the envelope.Slowly turning the jade ball with one hand, narrowing his eyes, his face was slightly serious.Wang Huanzi is old and pedantic, but he has raised a good son. Although he is only eight years old, he has a talent beyond heaven.Although the letter hides its clumsiness everywhere, but because of its young age, it shows its sharpness, this son is interesting. "Send the letter to the emperor, don't let him know that I have read it."

The emperor dismissed the original idea of ​​going to the concubine's place, and felt a little tangled in his heart.Originally, Huang'er was not outstanding among the children, and the reason why he was allowed to run around at the beginning was because he was not outstanding, and he thought that this son was not a material for governing the country, but he didn't want to go out and hand over Wang Huanzhi's youngest son, and because of various reasons, he entered the palace. squinted.Although there were other reasons for arranging Old General Li's eldest grandson to follow the emperor's side, it was he who helped the emperor step by step. He could see the changes in the emperor, but he couldn't conclude that he had the power to govern the country. .After thinking about it, the Son of Heaven laughed out loud, if Wang Huanzhi knew that he valued his youngest son, what would he do?

The prince was very happy to see the letter from Xiangcheng. He opened it immediately and saw that there were two copies of the letter. The prince also opened the thin one. Ask someone, these things can be done by others, why bother running around by yourself.After closing the letter and opening the thick one, the prince knew it was written by Wang Xiujin when he saw the letter. After reading the letter, the prince rested his chin with one hand, thinking more.If he had seen such a letter at this time last year, he might have only thought about how to comfort the other party, but it is different now. "Go, invite Li Sushan into the palace."

The eunuch who accompanied him immediately ordered to go to the general's mansion to find Li Sushan.When Li Sushan entered the palace, the prince had already written an article.After Li Sushan saluted and greeted him, the prince beckoned him to his side, "Come and see."

Li Sushan carefully read the articles written by the prince. Although he didn't know the way of Wenzhi, he could understand a thing or two. The things mentioned in the article were very useful, but it was difficult to push them away.

Wang Xiujin has no intention of reporting to the young owner of the grocery store, but more of wanting to get to the bottom of it. Ever since the Chinese New Year, Wang Xiujin has been thinking about the identity of the owner of the grocery store. He has met quite a few people now. From the colleagues who visited when the father was the prime minister, down to the servants, all these people have various information notes on their heads, but the young master is a question mark, and he really can't figure it out.Can it be said that this is the case with the royal family?Wang Xiujin also couldn't remember whether he had seen any relatives of the royal family when he was in the capital, but the eunuchs had, and they seemed to have messages on their heads.For this reason, Wang Xiujin took a gamble, a gamble with an uncertain period.After the letter was sent away, Wang Xiujin was uneasy for a few days, and buried the matter in his heart.

A house always needs to be built. Wang Xiujin can't give up brick houses because bricks are expensive. At most, he wonders whether he can abandon bricks and build modern houses instead.Everyone knows that whether it is building buildings or bridges in later generations, concrete must be used. Concrete is made by mixing cement, lime, gypsum, etc. with water, and the main components of cement are limestone and clay. However, Wang Xiujin encountered a problem again. In his previous life, he was lucky enough to go to a cement factory run by a friend. Cement production also requires shaft kilns.Kong has a lot of theory, but it is still difficult to move forward. Wang Xiujin feels a little bit forced. He can't just open a cement factory just to build his own house!

When he went to buy bricks, Wang Xiujin was worried about money. His house even had the courtyard wall down, but it needed a lot of bricks, so how much would it cost.Don't buy bricks...Wait, Wang Xiujin felt that he had overlooked an important issue. When his house was being built, the mud on the ground was ready-made. Where did it come from?Can it be used to make concrete?

Wang Xiujin went to the village chief’s house and asked him where he bought the materials for building the house. The village chief told him where he could buy them. After thanking the village chief, he didn’t wait for the village chief to ask him when the house would be built. No matter how many people are needed, Wang Xiujin hurriedly took Wang Juye straight to the city to buy materials.The place where the mud is sold is a small shop, and there is a lot of sand piled up in the yard in the shop. The sand sellers say that the house mud is accompanied by the house mud. After adding water, stir it evenly and wipe the walls and floors.After asking the price, I realized that this item is really cheap.

The specific ratio of sediment and soil depends on the skill of the craftsman. Wang Xiujin is not a professional person. If he wants to try it himself, he weighs some of each. He also asks Wang Juye to go to the pharmacy to buy lime plaster. go home.Wang Juye was very strange about his uncle's behavior, but he didn't ask any more questions.After returning home, Wang Xiujin began to study.I tried all kinds of ratios, and I added a lot of things to it, like ashes from the stove, and I made detailed records for each of them.

Wang Laoliu was very angry at his youngest son who suddenly started playing with mud. Every time he ate, he would swear at him, but Wang Xiujin pretended he didn't hear it.Mrs. Wang was worried about the child, but she didn't ask any questions. She felt that the young son acted with restraint and would not play with things and lose his mind, so there must be a reason for it.Wang Xiuyun was dissatisfied because her father scolded her younger brother, and saw her younger brother wandering around the mud ball every day, regardless of the shops in the city, so she asked someone to find out. "Eldest sister, don't worry, younger brother is just doing something, and the results will be seen in a few days."

Wang Xiuyun was dissatisfied with her younger brother's answer, but she didn't ask any more questions. She only helped her younger brother to take care of the mud ball so that her father would not throw the mud ball away.Wang Laoliu saw that no one could take care of the children, so he asked Wang Juye to go to the city to call back the eldest son who had returned to the academy in the city after the tenth day.

After Wang Xiubai asked Ming Wang Juye why his father let him go home, he didn't even leave the academy, and asked Wang Juye to tell him that his younger brother had always acted with restraint, and there must be a reason for him to do what he did.Even if there is no reason, it doesn't matter if an eight-year-old child plays in the mud.

Wang Laoliu was so angry by the eldest son's tone that he kept running around in the room, but there was nothing he could do. The child was stubborn and contradicted him not once or twice. Every time he was so angry that he wanted to teach him a lesson, but since the last time he hit his daughter, The wife said that if the child did not make a mistake and he hit someone, he would be kicked out of the house.If these words are applied to other people's homes, they may not be effective, but they are very effective when applied to Wang Laoliu.

It didn't take a few days before the results came out. I tested several pieces in succession, some were hard to slag, some already had cracks on them, some would flow sand when exposed to water, or even collapse. In short, none of them were successful.Wang Xiujin scratched his head anxiously, what went wrong?

"Uncle, there are two yuan left, do you want to continue?" Wang Juye still didn't understand what his uncle was doing, but seeing his disappointed look, Wang Juye also became nervous, and even his tone of voice became cautious.

Wang Xiujin took a deep breath, and said two words fiercely, "Continue." If it fails, he can only spend money to buy bricks.