Chapter 37 Buying bricks to build a house

Author: Mo Fanshuang

Most houses in rural areas are built with soil mixed with hay, cow dung, etc., and families with a little more particularity also have houses built with wood.

But Chang Ning felt that the earthen house was not beautiful enough and the wooden house was not strong enough. She wanted to build a two-story brick house.

She once saw a new rural residence in 2000 in the virtual world that simulates rural life. The small villa with several floors is very consistent with her aesthetic taste, so she has always looked forward to building such a house in the countryside after she was reborn.

So now there is a little extra money, so Chang Ning started buying bricks and preparing to build a small villa.

The two walked for about half an hour before they found the brick and tile kiln at the foot of Yashan, a closed kiln built of blue bricks.

A two-meter-high arch was opened on the side of the kiln, and workers were specially responsible for transporting bricks. Thousands of blue bricks had been laid on the open space outside the brick kiln.

Before Chang Ning got close, he felt a wave of heat coming towards him, and then Han Mingyuan blocked Chang Ning.

Chang Ning looked at his back and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Han Mingyuan said angrily: "You go back to the official road and wait for me, I'll talk about buying bricks."

"No!" Chang Ningbuyi: "I want to go into the cave to see how the ancients and workers made bricks by hand."

"No!" Han Mingyuan said firmly: "You can't get over."

Chang Ning also felt a little angry in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of wind it was getting in Han Mingyuan.

Not far away, workers from brick kilns shouted to them, "Are the guests over there come to buy bricks?"

When Chang Ning heard this, he immediately walked around Han Mingyuan and went out from behind him, "Yes, yes, we are here to buy bricks!"

"Oh my mother!"

When the worker saw Chang Ning, he was so scared that he hurriedly hugged his hands with his chest and looked around to find a cover.

Only then did Chang Ning realize that almost all the workers in the brick and tile kiln were naked, and some of them were wearing only shorts on their lower bodies.

Han Mingyuan pulled her into his arms with a gloomy face and blocked her view with his strong chest.

"Do you still see it?"

A cold tone floated over his head, and Chang Ning replied cowardly: "I won't look."

Although this visual impact is nothing to Chang Ning, after all, modern men and women wear much less swimming pools than this, but now it is ancient times, staring at men will be included in the ranks of indifference.

But her words "I won't read it anymore" are indeed mixed with tens of true feelings.

His chest, covered in dust, looked really boring, and he was not as tempting as Han Mingyuan.

Chang Ning took the opportunity to poke the flesh wall in front of him. His strong and elastic chest muscles were not as good as that?

Han Mingyuan held her restless hand and said a little slower, "Go to the official road to wait for me, I'll go talk."

"Okay, remember to bargain, I want 40,000 bricks."

"good."

Chang Ning took two steps and turned around and handed him a purse, reminding him: "Remember to let them deliver the goods to their doorstep."

"good."

After confirming that Chang Ning obediently left the brick kiln, Han Mingyuan turned around and went back to find the worker hiding behind the brick wall.

"Sorry, how do you sell this brick?"

The worker walked out with a little embarrassed look on his face: "I'm sorry just now, I don't know brother, you bring the girl here."

Han Mingyuan replied in a cold voice: "It's okay."

Seeing that Han Mingyuan didn't want to mention this matter, the worker immediately changed his words: "The price of this blue brick was set by the prefect, and ordinary people bought it for a penny per dollar."

The firing process of blue bricks is cumbersome and expensive. Generally, supplier Jia Quangui sells them at the price of two bricks for three cents.

There are very few ordinary people who are willing to spend money to buy blue bricks, so the prefect gave ordinary people a preferential price.

Han Mingyuan, the prefect of Liangcheng, naturally recognized him. When he first met, he thought he was a good official with the people. With him as his parents in Liangcheng on this border, he would be able to ensure that the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Now it seems that it really lives up to expectations.

"When will it be shipped for 40,000 bricks in the west of Qinghong Village?"

"Forty thousand yuan?" The man was surprised and exclaimed: "Forty thousand yuan is forty taels of silver. Is the young master buying it for someone?"

Because of the rules set by the prefect, some unscrupulous merchants would also ask some people to buy blue bricks for them in order to save money, but once they discovered such behavior, they would be punished.

Han Mingyuan said: "For building your own house."

The man looked up and down at Han Mingyuan, obviously disbelief. He could build a large yard for 40,000 yuan. Is ordinary people so rich?

Han Mingyuan looked gloomy and said with no patience: "I will know when I sent it. If I don't want to do this business, that's all!"

Seeing that he was angry, the worker immediately laughed and said, "Don't blame me, young master, don't blame me, it's really the rules here, and it's not intentional to punish me."

It’s really not delicious to eat at the public!

If he turns a loophole for the unscrupulous businessman, he will be held accountable by the superiors.

Han Mingyuan made things difficult for him without intention and said, "You will know that it is a deposit when you send the bricks."

Han Mingyuan handed over a deposit of ten taels of silver, and then turned around and left.

It made the man feel like he was holding a hot potato and quickly greeted him: "Young master, I haven't written a receipt for you yet!"

Han Mingyuan turned a blind eye. He was thinking that Chang Ning was still alone on the official road and did not take the ten taels of silver to heart.

The man was wearing shorts and couldn't go after Han Mingyuan, so he hurried back to the brick kiln to find the manager, and made up his receipt, planning to hand it over to him when he sent the bricks tomorrow.

Chang Ning retreated to the official road alone and had nothing to do after he was idle, so he squatted on the side of the road and ate melon seeds.

The official road here is closer to Liangcheng, and there are endless carriages running around the world in business. Chang Ning ate a mouthful of dust, spat twice in disgust, and then retreated to the bamboo forest to wait.

"This is a good place, you don't need to bask in the sun."

Chang Ning sat cross-legged, held a handful of melon seeds in his clothes, and commented on all kinds of people passing by, and was happy and leisurely.

"Go away quickly, why are you pretending to be dead!"

A whip fell on his body, and someone let out a muffled groan.

Then I heard someone scolding and cursing: "Damn, I'm finally going to Liangcheng. Go quickly, otherwise I'll kill you!"

Chang Ning stood up and looked at the source of the sound. Two jailers wearing swords were escorting a prisoner wearing a shackle toward Liangcheng.

The man was dressed in rags and barefoots. Every time he took a step, he left a bloody footprint on the ground, and his body was whipped to death.

The prisoner had a seal on his shackle. Chang Ning knew through the original owner's memory that this was an exiled prisoner.

In ancient times, if he was sentenced to exile for a serious crime, two prisoners were usually escorted by him, and he suffered all the hardships through mountains and rivers. Most people might die if they could not get exiled.

When he arrives at his destination, he is just a new round of torture.
Chapter completed!