Before, Chen Mu wrote a letter to Prince Liu Ding.
The content of the letter basically stated that he had enough building materials on hand to save the Long Xia Dynasty a lot of expenses.
When people move south to west, the country needs to put down a large sum of money.
In addition to the allocated land, whether it is private houses or a series of buildings such as city defenses, all require money from the court.
This was a considerable expense, and for this reason, Chen Mu sensed business opportunities from it.
Seeing the prince coming across the wilderness with a few people from Puyang, Chen Mu hurried forward to greet him.
It's summer now and the weather is hot, so Chen Mu and Chen Mu hide under the shade of a tree to enjoy the coolness.
But looking at His Highness the Crown Prince who was walking along the way, sweat had already soaked through his bun and thin clothes, making his figure even more obvious.
Although her body is petite, she is well-proportioned. At first glance, she really has a unique charm.
But the next moment, Chen Mu stretched out his hand and slapped himself, and then secretly spat: You are so fucking drunk for having sex with a man!
But the prince smiled brightly and said: "The letter said that it could save me one-third of my expenses. You are so bold. If you dare to lie to me, you must be punished... for deceiving the prince."
After saying that, he playfully made a beheading motion with his hand knife.
"Haha, how dare I? Prince, come with me."
Hundreds of brick kilns are at work every day, and before you even get to the ground, you can see plumes of smoke rising into the sky.
When he saw the brick kilns lined up along the Minjiang River and the mountains of bricks, even the current prince couldn't help but be stunned.
"So many brick kilns? Chen Mu, you haven't planned to deduct money from this prince, have you?"
Chen Mu waved his hand: "This is called a win-win situation. Nowadays, I am the only one who can build so many brick kilns in the northwest. I am afraid that I, Chen Mu, am the only one. Not to mention anything else, I can save a lot for the court just in terms of shipping costs.
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Although that is true, whether building materials are transported from Jingzhou or Sili, there is a considerable freight cost.
But looking at Chen Mu's proud expression, the prince just felt unhappy.
"Tell me, what's the price?"
"We have known each other for such a long time. The market price is fifty cents and a hundred cents, and the prince's price is forty cents. Isn't that heroic enough?"
The prince stretched out his green little finger, shook it and said: "Serving the country is your honor as a shepherd in Yizhou. Twenty-five cents, no more."
Chen Mu's eyes twitched: "Twenty-five coins, you might as well send the army to grab it!"
The prince curled his lips like a scoundrel: "Okay, if you, King of Shuchuan, don't sell the bricks, then I, the prince, won't buy them. Haha, but now that there are so many bricks piled up, I'd like to see which wealthy company in the world
If you can afford it, I won’t talk nonsense to you, and I’ll go make bricks with Sili.”
The prince thought he had defeated Chen Mu, and sure enough, the moment he turned around, Chen Mu stepped forward and took his hand.
"Okay, you win, okay. Thirty-five coins, I will transport it to Shuofang for you personally. Not only that, I will show you another strange thing."
After saying that, Chen Mu asked someone to bring up a piece of cement.
After Chen Mu said something, the prince's face suddenly condensed!
"Is there really such a strange thing?"
The old craftsman in front of him didn't know that the man in front of him was the prince of the dynasty.
In order to show off in front of Chen Mu, he immediately said vividly: "We have all tried it. No matter how hard we hit it with a hammer, this thing doesn't even have a crack. This is the first time I have seen that it can turn sand and stone into something as solid as
Rock stuff, it’s amazing.”
Every word he heard shocked Lao Zhu's heart.
The first thing that comes to mind is the city defense issue at the border.
The city defense plays a role in resisting invasion. Although the city was built with bricks, lime, glutinous rice, etc.
However, after all, lime and glutinous rice are far inferior to real stone. They do not have the ability to withstand wind and sun like stone. The adhesion effect will be greatly reduced over time, so almost all border cities need to be repaired almost every year.
Repairing the border city walls every year was a huge expense for Long Xia's finances.
Now, Chen Mu has actually made something that can turn sand into stone. You can imagine the importance of it.
"What is this thing called?"
Chen Mu proudly said: "I invented cement."
"If it is true as the craftsman said, it can withstand the hammer blow without breaking into pieces, then thirty-five cents will be thirty-five cents."
Chen Mu and the craftsman both looked confident and had no doubts about the hardness of the cement.
"Puyang, smash it for me!"
"yes!"
Puyang is an enemy of hundreds of people. He looks thin, but with the strength of his hands, even if several big men are tied together, they may not be his opponent.
With one hammer blow, the cement instantly shattered.
The prince smiled proudly and said, "That's it. I'll give you an increase of thirty cents at most, but you still have to give me the cement formula as usual."
Chen Mu was speechless, but since he had just spoken out, he had to swallow it alone.
This was a big order. The next morning, Chen Mu asked the Longchuan Escort Bureau to transport the bricks to Wuwei Tianshui and other places.
Today's Longchuan Escort Agency is composed entirely of more than ten thousand murderers. Although these people are part of Chen Mu's army, they have no reputation as soldiers.
The superiors are keeping a close eye on them. If they dare to form an army, failure to protect them will lead to death.
Therefore, we took advantage of this opportunity to clear up the identities of these ten thousand people.
When he had nothing to do, Chen Mu took the prince for a walk around Dujiangyan.
With the hard work of 50,000 people, it has begun to take shape.
As for the prince, he must have been completely conquered by Chen Mu's move.
From ancient times to the present, how many dynasties have been plagued by floods and droughts in the Yizhou Plain?
But it was solved by the young man in front of him.
"Several cities in the Shuofang area are about to be rebuilt, and I will have to go back tomorrow."
There was no trace of loneliness in his eyes for a moment, and he just smiled at Chen Mu.
"Okay, I will bake the bricks you need and send them over as soon as possible."
After the prince left the next day, Chen Mu began to take one hundred thousand refugees and got busy on the Sichuan-Sichuan plain.
To survive in a large agricultural country, if you want to get rich, you must first cultivate the land. Food will always be hard currency.
At present, most of the Yizhou Plain is covered with wasteland covered with trees and grass, and land reclamation is urgent.
The required fields must be dug as soon as next spring.
So far, Chen Mu has recruited tens of thousands of migrant workers from various prefectures and counties in Yizhou to do this.
But when it was actually implemented, apart from the refugees, the Yizhou people recruited showed no enthusiasm for the matter.
It can be seen that once the land reclamation is completed, one acre of land will be obtained as a reward.
Chen Mu really couldn't figure it out, but after learning the truth, he finally understood why these farmers were suddenly so disinterested in the fields that should be regarded as their lives.
The reason is that since the war, the entire country's economy has been weak to the point of collapse.
At this time, neighboring Japan continued to ship an extremely cheap but delicious flour to help the Long Xia Dynasty tide over the difficulties.
At present, all the people in Longxia are praising the Japanese country for its true justice, but it only costs a penny per pound, which is cheaper than the salt sold by Chen Mu.
For this reason, instead of farming, the people of Longxia might as well spend money to buy.
As a result, all the fields in the Central Plains are now overgrown with weeds and completely barren.