The person coming was none other than Zhang Qiang. After being pinched by his wife who was too embarrassed to show her face, he came here full of anger. He happened to see the fat rich man trying to whip the man, and he finally had a place to vent his anger.
!
He wanted to give the fat rich man a slap, but he resisted. He stepped forward and grabbed the whip. With a strong push of both hands, the bamboo whip snapped into two pieces. Zhang Qiang threw it again and the whip was far away.
It flew out from above the heads of these people.
"Ah You……"
The fat rich man was startled by the sudden appearance of Zhang Qiang. He was caught off guard. The whip in his hand had turned into a nunchuck. Just as he was about to get angry, the nunchuck flew away again.
"Oh my god, is this person so cruel?"
At this time, the stunned fat rich man quickly swallowed the curse words in his mouth, rolled his round eyes twice, and was not annoyed that the whip was taken away. Instead, he quickly handed it over and said: "Ah, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just saw it."
Slavery almost ruined things. In a hurry, I forgot that I was under the Marquis's house and broke the rules of the Marquis's house. I hope you will forgive me!"
"snort……"
Zhang Qiang straightened his waist, mainly because when he bent down a little he touched a bruised area, it hurt...
He casually raised his hand to the fat rich man, taking it as a return gift. At this time, people around him saw the movement here, and all of them stopped what they were saying and looked over.
Seeing this, Zhang Qiang suddenly felt something in his heart. He opened his mouth and said to the fat rich man: "Forget it, since you are just here, let's forget it this time!"
After saying that, without waiting for the fat rich man to express his thanks, Zhang Qiang said in a long voice: "But! You all listen, Xiao Hou doesn't care about these chores, but since you are here, whether you come here and leave, or you have to stay
, When you work here in the future, when you enter here, the first thing is that you are not allowed to bully others at will. If Xiao Hou sees that with his jealous temper, no matter who it is, he must go back in full, that is
Delusion! Do you understand everything?"
"Understood..." There were sparse echoes from all around. A few people in ragged clothes were obviously relieved, but most of them showed surprised faces, as if they couldn't believe it.
Zhang Qiang's angry eyes swept around him, and those who looked shocked immediately lowered their heads, not daring to look at him.
"As long as you heard it! Work!"
Zhang Qiang snorted again, startling the others and starting to work quickly.
Butler Lu's scholarly spirit has not subsided, and Xiao Han is not here. As a brother, he should be the master. Knowing that Xiao Han is soft-hearted and does not want to see others suffer, it is not a bad thing to give these people eye drops in advance.
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Of course, Zhang Qiang did not expect that his words would change the fate of those slaves. In the Tang Dynasty, killing a slave was only punished by a fine of five kilograms of copper. This was still the case where the slave was sued. Most of the time, the slave made a mistake and was punished.
Beating him to death is just a matter of throwing him into a mass grave.
Under Zhang Qiang's supervision, the people who had just stagnated began to move again. Those who moved bricks moved bricks and moved bricks. However, the shouts and curses that had been heard just now could no longer be heard.
Seeing the orderly construction site, Zhang Qiang nodded with satisfaction and turned around to walk towards the main register. When the fat rich man saw it, he patted his forehead lightly and trotted to follow while holding the front hem of his robe.
"This sir, this sir, wait..."
"What are you doing!"
When Zhang Qiang heard someone calling him, he stopped and turned around, only to find that it was the fat rich man. He said angrily: "Why are you shouting? I'm not an adult. Who are you and why are you looking for me?"
The fat rich man was a little too weak. He didn't do anything good as usual. After running a few steps, there were beads of sweat on his head. Seeing Zhang Qiang stop, he hurriedly ran to him and raised his hand to wipe the sweat.
He said: "Sir, when I look at you, you are a noble man! My surname is Huang, you can call me Lao Huang."
He stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling man. The fat rich man was so good at talking, so Zhang Qiang didn't say anything more.
Seeing that his compliments had an effect, the fat rich man quickly took advantage of the situation and said, "I wonder who Sir and Xiao Hou are..."
"Xiao Hou? He is my brother!"
After saying that, Zhang Qiang didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly felt happy.
The fat rich man was delighted when he saw Zhang Qiang, and his smile suddenly became even brighter. He thought to himself that just when he saw this man talking, even the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion looked like he was taking it for granted, he knew it was not an ordinary Chacha.
I thought he was Mr. Hou’s brother!
"It turns out he's Xiao Hou's brother. I'm so rude!" The fat rich man saluted solemnly.
"polite…"
Although Zhang Qiang was a little unhappy with him, seeing how polite he was, he couldn't turn around and leave, so he had to return the favor.
"Sir, when I was young, I was in the masonry business. It's an honor to have the honor to deliver bricks and stones to the Marquis. I looked at the list made by the Marquis. Why don't the things I bought this time look like materials for building the Marquis' mansion?
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"Oh?" Zhang Qiang raised his eyebrows and asked a little strangely: "Can you see this?"
The fat rich man Lao Huang proudly twirled his mustache and said: "Haha, you don't know, my ancestors were in the brick and stone business. I have been dealing with these houses since I was a child. What materials are used for this house?
How much I use, I can be considered a semi-expert!"
Having said this, he paused for a moment, and the man named Lao Huang looked aside. No one noticed him, and he didn't see any movement. A glass pendant fell into Zhang Qiang's hand.
Zhang Qiang looked at the glazed pendant in his hand in surprise. Before he could speak, he heard Old Huang continue: "Hey, I'm not bragging. Around Chang'an, my bricks and stones are well-known. If the Marquis is
Because I am worried about the quality of the masonry, please rest assured. No matter how much you need, I guarantee that the price will be cheaper than others, and the quality will be absolutely high! If it is for other reasons, it is not a small thing, but there are some ways
, as long as the Marquis says it clearly, I will help the Marquis complete it even if I go through fire and water!"
Having said that, Old Huang looked at Zhang Qiang expectantly, as if as long as he nodded, the materials for the Hou Mansion project would be delivered to him immediately.
Business has been hard to do recently, and fewer and fewer people can afford bricks and stones. People in the villages below just make do with rocks and mud, and then move in, while those with small families build a house and use it.
Not to mention the materials, every penny had to be broken in half and spent, so there was no profit at all.
And an owner like Xiao Han, who buys dozens of houses at once, is definitely a big golden pig, and he is willing to spend money. He doesn't dare to mess with the quality, but with high quantity and high price, he can still make a lot of money!
What a great job it would be if we contracted the most lucrative Hou Mansion, and we would not have to worry about food and clothing for the next three years. Fortunately, I am quick-thinking. If that old Yin were to snatch this business, I would
What a big loss!
However, things didn't seem to be going in the direction the fat rich man wanted. Zhang Qiang, who was in charge of things in his eyes, didn't seem to be interested in his greeting gift. He rubbed the glass for a long time, and finally said: "Haha, I understand."
, I’ll come back to you if I need it!”
After saying that, Zhang Qiang weighed the Liuli accessories in his hand and threw them back to him! Liuli? What a haha.
Not in the mood to pay attention to the fat rich man who hurriedly caught Liuli behind him, Zhang Qiang turned around and strode to Master Cao's desk.
Chief Cao was sitting in front of a log table with a simple shed on his head. He was holding a pen, but he didn't know what he was thinking about. He didn't put it down for a long time.
Zhang Qiang stood outside the shed and shouted, but Chief Cao didn't hear him at all. The superior had to lower his head and duck into the shed, stretched out his hand and patted Chief Cao on the shoulder: "Hey, Old Cao!"
"ah……"
Master Cao's hand shook, and he poked the brush directly on the account book, and a big ink dot quickly spread on the paper.
"What's wrong? Are you distracted? What's the matter?" Zhang Qiang looked at Director Cao and was a little confused. If he was distracted, there was no need to react so drastically.
"it's okay no problem…"
The shocked Master Cao quickly came to his senses, hurriedly picked up the brush, took out the ink-stained paper, and threw it aside.
Zhang Qiang watched Chief Secretary Cao busy, dragged a chair to one side, sat on it, and then said to him: "Old Cao, someone just told me that these materials are not from the Xiuhou Mansion? Xiao Han
What's going on? Are you addicted to living in a shabby house?"
Bookkeeper Cao was busy processing the ink marks printed on the account book below. The stroke just now was too heavy and wetted several layers of paper. Even some of the things he recorded were stained with ink. According to Zhang Qiang, he didn't even look at it.
He replied: "Oh, I don't know what the Marquis thinks. He said that he wants to build a house for his family first. He needs to redesign it, but he doesn't know how to get it."
"Redesign? Then he designed it. Only a devil could build the thing he drew. Even if he built it, it would be so high that a gust of wind would blow it down and bury himself!"
Chief Cao didn't know Zhang Qiang and Xiao Han's usually insulting speaking styles. When he heard Zhang Qiang's mean words, he almost knocked over the inkstone again. He stood up in a hurry and said to Zhang Qiang: "Zhang Qiang be careful with your words, be careful with your words! Mr. Hou, Lord,
It will take us all generations to follow wealth and honor! How can you speak like this, let others hear it, and it is not a good thing to spread it to Xiao Hou's ears!"
"Hey, hey, hey, I was just joking, don't make a fuss! That kid Xiao Han curses me every day, but he doesn't see me angry..."
Zhang Qiang did not expect such a big reaction from Chief Cao. He was stunned for a moment, then stood up with a smile and pushed the astonished Chief Cao down on the chair, and then said to him: "I also saw the house that Xiao Han designed for you.
, row after row, neat and pretty, but why don’t we see many craftsmen coming? Do you want us to do it ourselves? "
"This..." Director Cao hesitated for a moment, and then said to Zhang Qiang: "Well, the Marquis seems to have said that he wants to study something that can be used to build houses instead of Sanhe soil. It is said that it can be built stronger than stone! And it is not afraid of water and fire.
, it is definitely a good thing! So you see here now, there are only materials but not many craftsmen, and those few young people are just here to lay the foundation, just waiting for the things from the Marquis to come out!"
