Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 41
After a hasty breakfast, Jin Yu followed the impatient Yan Lide to Baicao Beach.

The two first went to see the cement kiln. After hearing Jin Yu's "three shifts", Yan Lide couldn't help but praise him. He only worked four hours a day, which not only allowed him to rest well, but also greatly increased production. non-stop.However, it is still suggested that two shifts are enough, and Jin Yu slandered the "evil feudal society".

Soon it was noon, and Yan Lide didn't bother to eat, so he urged Jin Yu to quickly open the kiln to see how the bricks were burning.Jin Yu couldn't bear it anymore, but just to be on the safe side, Jin Yu asked people to open only one furnace surface, and after the bricks were stained, the bricks would come out. Looking at the dark red bricks after they came out of the furnace, Yan Lide didn't care about being hot, excited He held a brick and asked Jin Yu: "How many bricks can be produced at one time by Guitang?"

"This brick kiln is relatively small, and it can only burn about [-] at a time." Jin Yu was also a little excited when he saw the clay bricks with an [-]% yield in front of him.Although the finished product rate is a bit lower and the color is darker (dry firewood lacks vitality), the built house is always better than the wooden structure.

"How much will it cost?" Yan Lide asked about the production cost.

"The labor costs, the money for dry firewood, and the soil are all dug out from the foundation, so it shouldn't be much?" Jin Yu has never had much idea about the currency of the Tang Dynasty until now.

"One penny costs 40 yuan bricks, and one penny can pave a two-step-square road. Now there is a good way to pave the road!" Yan Lide calculated the cost and said to himself.There are some things that Jin Yu doesn’t know, but it doesn’t mean that the chief architect of Datang doesn’t know. The imperial court is willing to lay the road with a headache now. It’s not easy to mine stones. When it rains, the road will be potholed, muddy and difficult to walk, and it will take a lot of time. If the method used by Jinyu is not only not afraid of fire, but also less expensive, even the cost and time of road construction will be solved.

"Returning to the Tang Dynasty, can this method be dedicated to the imperial court? This is a great achievement!" Yan Lide wanted to understand the relationship between power and power, and said solemnly to Jin Yu.

"It's nothing to dedicate to the court, but the bricks can't be used as dry firewood after burning, and the waste of fertile land is serious." Jinyu built the brick kiln at that time because he saw that there was no place to put the soil used for digging ponds and foundations. Don't worry about the house with civil structure, so I thought of such a trick.

"Now the green bricks are burning a lot of fertile land. Besides, Guitang's method can also use wasteland soil. Isn't Guitang's house located in wasteland? There really won't be so much dry firewood." Yan Lide said to himself His brows were also wrinkled.

"Is this method very important to the imperial court?" Seeing that Yan Lide was concerned, Jin Yu asked one more question.

"Yes, there are few official roads repaired now, and letters come and go slowly, which affects the delivery of government affairs." There are two other points that Yan Lide didn't say, that is, there are unstable and rebellious places, and the speed of the imperial court's troops is also deeply affected; the other point is that Chang'an is now The population is increasing, and the supply largely depends on water transport. If there is a drought, water transport will be difficult and food shortages will occur. If the population continues to grow, the water can not afford such a large transport volume. Only roads need to be built. , through the mountains on all sides to solve this problem. (The move of the capital to Luoyang during the Wu Zetian period was indeed due to the rapid population growth and the transportation volume could not keep up.)
"That's not impossible." Jin Yu struggled for a while, but decided to speak out, "Uncle Yan, do you still remember the coal that the boy mentioned last time?"

"Gui Tang refers to using charcoal?" Yan Lide originally smiled when he heard Jin Yu said there was a way, but when he heard about charcoal, his brows gathered again, "The charcoal is too expensive, the key is that the output is too low."

"As far as Guitang knows, there are many places in Chang'an, but no one has discovered it, and no one has mined it. If it doesn't work, carbon mud can barely deal with it." Jin Yu is indeed confident that there are many large coal mines around Xi'an in later generations. .

"That belongs to Tang, do you know where it is?" Yan Lide asked.

"Ask more and you will find out." Jin Yu shook his head.

"It's not too late, the old man will go to Zhongshu Province right away." Yan Lide didn't throw away the bricks, and was going to lead the horse with the samples in his arms.

"Uncle Yan, wait a moment." Jin Yu called Yan Lide, and continued: "This matter still needs to be carefully considered. How to control this method from being learned by the people, so as not to destroy the cultivated land; secondly, those who burn green bricks for a living must also be considered. The life of craftsmen should not drive them to a dead end; thirdly, this charcoal must be strictly controlled and cannot be exported, and it must be known that this charcoal can not only be used to burn bricks, but also to make iron."

"Thank you Gui Tang for reminding me, the old man will pass on Gui Tang's words." After Yan Lide thanked him, he turned around and trotted towards the place where the horses were kept, saying as he ran, "Don't worry Gui Tang, the cold food festival tomorrow, the old man will take a rest , I will bring a few villains to help Guitang until Guitang's house is built."

"Thank you, Uncle Yan, please slow down." Jin Yu shouted loudly towards Yan Lide's back.Well, I have to arrange it myself today.

"My lord, the day after tomorrow will be Qingming. There are laborers nearby who want to go back to worship their ancestors. I ask this old slave to come over and ask if it's okay." Chen Rui saw that after Yan Lide had left, Jin Yu trotted over and asked when he had time.

"That's right, Qingming and Hanshi are together. It's a holiday! Those who want to go home to worship their ancestors will have a three-day holiday starting tomorrow. Those who don't go back will count as overtime, and their wages will be three times the usual wages." Jin Yu couldn't help but think of it. Grandpa Tang, the old man who never forgets the past, should give him a holiday.

"Young Master is kind, but isn't this three times the salary too much?" Chen Rui is now worthy of being a housekeeper, and he is very concerned about the plans of the sparsely populated Jin Mansion.

"Not much, just three times! Not only that, but I will trouble Uncle Chen to go to the butcher's to pull ten pigs and buy another hundred catties of rapeseed oil. Everyone has worked hard these days, and I want to add vegetables for everyone. If there is no festival, one person who goes home will bring a catty of fried meatballs back, and those who don’t go back can eat enough, and these must be prepared in advance.” Jin Yu said in a big way that there is a shortage of manpower now, and he must let others know that he has enough Have a good time.

"Young Master is kind, this old slave will tell everyone what you mean." Chen Rui understood Jin Yu's meaning and said excitedly.

"What a wonderful host, I must strive to stay here." Lao Lijia said.

"Such a good master, I won't go home, I will work hard, if I can't stay in Jinjiazhuangzi because I don't work hard, my parents will scold me when I go back." Lao Liyi said.

"I also want to try to bring my wife and children to enjoy the blessings." Lao Libing.

"I don't have a family, I have to work hard to earn back my contract of prostitution and sell it to the young master." Lao Liding.

There are many people who heard the news and bowed in the direction of Jin Yu from a distance.

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Jin Yu looked at it from a distance, and was very satisfied with the effect. He grabbed a few strong laborers around him as meat grinders, and went to the chef team to chop meatballs.

(End of this chapter)