Cross the doghouse to save Party A, Your Highness owes me ten mines

If it weren't for them, his son wouldn't have been locked up. He hated himself for following the county magistrate for so many years and begging him for so long before speaking to him, but he was detained and locked up by the county lieutenant. Fortunately, he had a few acquaintances in the yamen, otherwise, their goods would have been all over the town today.

"Master, how do we smash the bricks?" asked the servant.

I've only heard of people hitting others with bricks, but this is the first time I've heard of someone hitting someone with bricks? The master must be really angry.

"Idiot!" The man went up and kicked him, cursing, "How can you build the wall if the bricks can't be broken open? You useless guy, can't you find some trowels? What's the point of having a head? Just chop them on their cow's buttocks..."

The cow was startled and the cart overturned, but the loss was not as great as the loss from cutting bricks. Besides, there were puddles everywhere in the mountains. If the cow fell into one and died, it would cost ten taels of silver to get the animal back. Humph!

"Hurry up and get to work!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

When we get a chance, we'll smash their stores so that they can't continue operating.

……

It's getting late,

As soon as we left the town, the night had already fallen. As soon as we turned the corner, it was completely dark. It was completely night.

On an early autumn night, on a small path in the woods, the sound of insects chirping all around was heard.

The bright moonlight shines down, casting mottled shadows on the trees. It is so bright that you can see the way home clearly when you are walking home at night.

The lanterns hanging on the side of the car swayed and were only used for decoration.

Xiyan said: "Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon!"

Yes, Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I heard that it is a very important festival in Dongzhou. Should we prepare a gift for the boss?

Should she ask first? If Party A gives her money, she will give it to Party A. If Party A doesn't give it, she will forget it and save a business entertainment fee.

Xia Shi leaned on a sack filled with coarse grains, thinking about random things, resting his head on his hands, looking up at the stars in the sky. The moon was dim, with only one star shining brightly.

The town is a few miles away from the village.

The road home is a little winding, but not rough.

Xishui Village is located at the foot of the middle section of the vast Northern Mountains, at the intersection of low hills and alluvial plains.

The land here is not as fertile as the plains, hunting is not as convenient as in the mountains, there are only a few large bluestones, and there are many small stones everywhere. The only good piece of fertile land has been occupied by the farm next door. It was almost time to sell the house and land.

Fortunately, there is business in the village now. The newcomers are kind and will first hire the young and strong people in the village, and then those from other villages.

Now we have a place to eat, at least the family can save a mouth to feed, and we can also use our wages to buy food in town, so no one will starve to death this winter.

Therefore, everyone sincerely hopes that this newly built brick kiln factory will get better and better.

Now being squeezed out by other shops, the old lady was very worried and wondered:

"Why did these families suddenly change their tune? That old turtle boss is the one who carries the brunt of the burden. He is usually the one who keeps his word..."

"I know the guy next to the grocery store. I often sell rabbit skins to him. When he saw me this time, he just kept blinking and didn't say anything when I asked him..."

"There's something going on here, maybe it's inconvenient to talk about it..."

"Let's go ask when no one is around. Maybe there will be some progress..."

"Why don't we go after dinner?"

"feasible!"

Xi Yan said, "Don't worry, our master has something in mind, so just keep it to yourself. But is it necessary to ask after dinner..."

They'd better not be hiding anything. If they are, it's too late to run away now. They dare to let the girl stand on the street for a whole day, huh!

"It would be great if the family who came to see the bricks today made a reservation. This is our opening business..."

As soon as I arrived in the village, I heard that someone was buying bricks. Erzhuang and a few other guys were waiting at the entrance of the village, talking about the good news this afternoon:

"...Someone came to look at the bricks and said ours were more neat and tidy. They were all the same price anyway, so why bother going to the county to get them? We could deliver them to their homes. They made the deal right away. They settled on nine thousand bricks, three cents a brick, a total of twenty-seven taels of silver, and paid a deposit of five hundred cents..."

The workshop shipped its first batch of goods at a price of twelve taels. Everyone was extremely excited. It was a free, homemade product with no capital investment, and everyone was very happy.

The simple villagers did not consider their labor as capital, but just thought they had made a profit. When they came back, they surrounded them and kept talking.

Xi Yan concluded: "If that's the case, let's go and deliver the goods tomorrow. Those who are pulling soil and sifting soil should stop for half a day to deliver the goods. We only have one ox cart, which we borrowed from the village. We will make some money tomorrow to feed everyone meat, and then buy two mules. Then we will have enough strength..."

Mules are cheaper than cows and you can buy about two.

"it is good!"

“Great!”

Everyone cheered loudly, and Xiyan also thought that he should cheer loudly, because every time the workshop needed more meat, he would go hunting, which saved a lot of money. He was itching to get a few more rabbits, so that he could save a lot of fur when winter came, and make cloaks for the masters and girls in the family.

"Tomorrow, if we can't finish the haul in one trip, Erzhuang will hold the cart, and the rest of us will go and collect the money. Suancai will be in the workshop, making porcelain..."

As the arrangements were being made, someone asked, "How many houses can be built with these nine thousand bricks?"

Xia Shi didn't know how big the house was, so he could only make a rough estimate: "... If you build a smaller room and it's lower, with 180mm walls, you can have about four rooms, and the rest can be used for paving the floor. If it's a big, bright house, with 240mm walls and the floor also fully paved, you can have about two rooms, or less. If you have thicker walls and build a big, bright house that's several feet high and several feet wide, then even one room won't be enough. It depends on how you use it..."

"Wow!"

Everyone envied: "No wonder people say that the row of blue brick and tile houses are so great, a few of them cost only a dozen taels of silver. My family just made them by ourselves with adobe bricks, and then we slaughtered a pig for everyone to have a meal..."

"Oh, you still slaughter pigs at home, but we built this house by ourselves. It took us more than half a year. The roof is made of thatched grass, and even the purlins and beams were cut by us in the mountains. We didn't spend a penny..."

"It would be nice if we could live in a big brick and tile house..."

"Aren't you dreaming?"

"I dared to dream about it..."

Xia Shi thought that if the porcelain factory could grow to a certain scale and merchants would purchase here, it would still be possible to realize his dream.

"Sauerkraut?"

"girl!"

Xia Shi said: "Learn well, the craftsmen are all paid a guaranteed salary of 300 Wen. Tomorrow, I will teach you a new style..."

"Hey!" Suancai agreed, clenched his fists, and got excited in his heart.

After arranging everything, I went back with Xiyan and started to climb the short winding forest path on the way home.

"girl!"

After going up the hill, I found Kuishan standing outside the gate, obviously waiting for me.