There are many members of the Jin clan in Long'an Prefecture. Not counting the direct branches living in the city, there are thousands of families living in the villages on the outskirts alone, which is more than the people in the three villages.

There are many people who are willing to spend money to buy blue bricks to renovate their houses. They also need to repair public housing such as Jin's ancestral hall. One hundred thousand blue bricks are not enough.

The Luo family is similar: "At least one hundred thousand yuan."

They are all big patrons.

Uncle Mu Tong was very happy, but he still asked in advance: "When will your two families want green bricks? To be honest with you two, we just took over the 50,000-yuan green brick business from the Feng family of Sha Liuwei a few days ago. In addition,

It will take a lot of time to bake the green bricks from your two families."

Mr. Jin San said: "On the way here, I discussed it with the nephew of the Luo family. As long as the price of the green bricks is right, we don't mind waiting a little longer... Just give us 100,000 green bricks within half a year. Wei

So is there any problem here?"

Half a year is enough time. Uncle Mu Tong is very grateful, but he said: "If a war breaks out during this period and delays the construction period, causing the guard station to be unable to deliver the bricks on time, please ask the Jin family and the Luo family to be accommodating."

When Master Luo heard the word "war", his expression turned bad. After experiencing a battle to defend the city, he was still scared when he recalled it.

Mr. Jin Sanye said: "The defense station should focus on resisting the enemy. If work is delayed due to the war, the Jin and Luo families can wait and will not pursue it."

Master Luo nodded and asked worriedly: "May I ask Butler Wu if the bandits won't come back again?"

He was really afraid. He had told his grandfather earlier that it would be better for the whole family to move away, but his grandfather scolded him, saying that Long'an Mansion was the ancestral land of the Luo family and his ancestors had always lived here. If Long'an Mansion was besieged, he would be

Moving away would be a disgrace to his ancestors. As the eldest grandson and future heir of the Luo family, if he dares to think of moving the whole family again, his legs will be broken!

Uncle Mutong said: "Don't worry, Master Luo. With Lord Xu guarding Daokou ditch, the soldiers will not dare to invade."

Saying this is the same as not saying it.

But what Master Luo wanted was just a reassuring word. After hearing this, he felt relaxed and said with a smile: "That's good."

Uncle Mu Tong told them the rules of the guard house again, pointed to a tent next to the gate of the guard house and said: "Only two people from a family can enter, and the others will have to wait here for the time being."

This camp was just added in the past two days and is specially used to entertain guests who cannot enter the guardhouse.

Mr. Jin Sanye was very reasonable: "In this important place, the rules are naturally different from those in other places. We will abide by them."

Master Luo nodded and repeated Master Jin's words.

When Uncle Mu Tong saw this, he thought this young Master Luo was a bit cute... He didn't know that Master Luo came here to buy green bricks on the order of his grandfather. If his grandfather hadn't pressured him, he wouldn't have wanted to come here at all.

As soon as he stepped into the first line of defense, he felt that this former battlefield was filled with lonely ghosts. Just thinking about it almost scared him to death.

It was precisely because of his timidity that the old man of the Luo family specially asked him to come here, lest he would be unable to protect his people when he became the head of the family.

"Thank you for your understanding. Please use insect attractants first." Uncle Mutong invited them into the new camp outside the door.

This new camp has complete supplies, including a kitchen tent, a pharmacy tent, and a shed specifically for livestock, which is filled with fodder.

Mr. Jin Sanye took a cursory look and was very satisfied with the new camp outside the guard house. It was better than the one they lived on the road.

Master Luo didn't want to stay here any longer, so he asked Third Master Jin while using insect attractants: "Uncle Jin, it's not too late now. Should we return immediately after seeing the blue bricks?"

This is a battlefield. People have fought and died. What if something happens to them?

Jin Sanye said: "Now we have to camp on the road before setting off. Let's stay here for one night for safety."

After all, it is a guard station, and there are soldiers to help if anything happens.

After hearing this, Master Luo felt bad. He almost fainted by imagining the horror of this place at night... It was the first month of the year, but he had to suffer here. It was too difficult to be the eldest grandson!

More than a quarter of an hour later, they used up the insect attractants, cleaned up, and followed Uncle Mutong into the guardhouse. They walked for more than two-quarters of an hour to the brick kiln and saw small brick kilns one after another.

Jin Sanye was a well-informed man and asked in shock: "Is this the small kiln recorded in the book?"

Uncle Mu Tong smiled and nodded: "Exactly."

It was about Uncle Lu’s family craftsmanship.

Jin Sanye said: "Chang Liang Wei is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, there are even such capable people... Here in Long'an Prefecture, except for the Meng family, you are the only one who can bake things with a small kiln.

Already."

The ancestors of the Meng family were in the pottery business. Some of their ancestors used small kilns to make pottery, but that was during the previous dynasties. Today, the Meng family's craftsmanship is getting worse from generation to generation. They can no longer produce good pottery and can only make pottery.

Blue bricks and tiles are for sale.

However, because they have powerful in-laws and a large brick kiln, the Meng family still controls the largest green brick business in Long'an Prefecture, and can control the price of green bricks and tiles. The Meng family can raise or lower the price with just one sentence.

thing.

Nowadays, the price of blue bricks given by the Meng family to generals, high-ranking officials, wealthy families, and nobles is very cheap. Some families can buy a brick for ten cents, but families with low official positions and local noble families want to buy blue bricks.

The price of the green bricks is so high that even without delivery it costs 20 cents a piece.

Ordinary wealthy households have to spend more money if they want to buy blue bricks.

So when Jin Sanye and others saw the green bricks and asked about the price, they were very surprised and asked: "It's really eighteen cents for a blue brick. Can you give us an additional three thousand green bricks as a supplement?"

Uncle Mu Tong smiled and said: "Exactly. Originally, you bought too much, so you should have lowered the price. But what we sold to the Feng family of Sha Liuwei was eighteen cents per brick, so we couldn't lower the price for you, lest we deal with it."

I don’t live in the Feng family.”

Mr. Jin Sanye nodded: "It's really difficult to lower the price for us, but this price is already very cost-effective in today's northwest. Thank you very much."

Master Luo followed: "Thank you very much, Butler Wu."

Uncle Mu Tong smiled, this Young Master Luo really... said whatever he saw Mr. Jin said.

"If the Jin family and the Luo family think it's okay, let's sign the deed first." Uncle Mu Tong handed four copies of the deed to Mr. Jin and Mr. Luo for them to read.

The two took it, looked at it carefully, nodded and said, "Well, no problem, I'll sign it."

Mr. Jin signed first, and Mr. Luo waited until he finished signing before he dared to sign.

After signing, they each took out a thousand taels of silver notes and handed them to Uncle Mutong: "This is the deposit."

Uncle Mu Tong accepted it and said with a smile: "You two go pick out the green bricks. After you have picked out the three thousand green bricks, I will send someone to send you to the camp outside the guardhouse and pack them for you first."

good."

"Okay, let's go pick out the green bricks first." Mr. Jin took Master Luo to pick out the green bricks.

Butler Situ then said: "I've seen Qingzhuan, it's very good."

It is actually similar to the green bricks fired from the Meng family brick kiln.

He added: "Zhuangzi is building a house over there and needs more green bricks. We have ordered 100,000 yuan. The price does not need to be lowered, but my general wants to get the green bricks quickly."

The general did not want to wrong his wife, but he was anxious to build a house with green bricks.

Uncle Mu Tong agreed: "The Jin family and the Luo family are not in a hurry. Our brick kiln will bake green bricks for the Situ family first."

After hearing this, Steward Situ smiled and bowed: "Thank you for your work."
Chapter completed!