Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 240 You must visit Lingnan in this life
The courtyard was full of chaos. They were all descendants of aristocratic families, and everyone brought a few followers with them, so crowded that there were chattering everywhere inside and outside the courtyard.

Li Shan is a little strange, why didn't he think... oh, they used to drag me to the grain drying field.

After finding Zhu Wu and asking a few words, Li Shan suddenly realized that today Zhu Wu sent wine to Xishi, and found that the wine shop was closed by the county government. On the way back to report the letter, he met Li Kai and Li Zhaode.

It just so happened that today Chang'an ordered Li Ganyou to not go to the court, and Li Zhaode still doesn't know who did it... He guessed it was Wang Renyou, because he only knew that Li Shan and Wang Renyou had a grudge against him.

And Wang Renbiao and Li Kai doubted Li Dewu at first, but then they also felt that it was impossible... It was not because of Li Dewu's noble character, but because he definitely wanted to distance himself from Li Shan, and he didn't want outsiders to associate him with Li Shan .

"The banquet will be held later, and today I will show you some fresh dishes." Li Shan clapped his hands, "Go, let's go for a walk first."

"Brother Huai!" Chang Sun Chong approached, and asked in a low voice, "I just heard about Brother Xiaoqing...do you want me to send someone to inquire about the Chang'an county government?"

"No need, the order of Chang'an is the uncle of the Li family." Li Shan briefly rebuffed, he had a faint guess in his heart, it should be Yuhuchun who swept too much wealth in just over a month and was coveted by others.

Those who can command the Chang'an County Yamen must not be ordinary characters, and they will never be those jealous merchants, they can only be from a powerful family.

The influence of the aristocratic families in this era is unimaginable for future generations, and it has penetrated into almost every corner of the entire society... Business must be a very important part.

Nowadays, there is no such thing as a scholar, a farmer, a businessman and a businessman.

What Li Shan was thinking about was whether a certain clan made the move, or someone from a certain clan made the move...the two are different.

Moreover, Li Shan also discovered that during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the so-called powerful families did not have a ruler in an absolute sense... That is to say, the power center that constitutes the dominant family is not a certain person, nor is there a so-called patriarch, but a collective. will.

A group of people went out for a walk, except for Li Kai and Wang Renbiao, the others had never been to the village after it was newly built, they were all descendants of the northern aristocratic families, and seeing the small bridge and flowing water, they were quite novel.

The diversion canal winds and flows past the door of every house, there are small bridges built with stone slabs, and even because of the terrain, there is a small waterfall with a drop of nearly ten meters.

All the way to the west, at the west end of the village, Li Shan pointed to the pool of water under the hill, "Brother Xiaoqing, do you remember?"

Wang Renbiao said with a smile: "Someone said that day...there is a pool in the west of the village and a pool in the east of the village to control the amount of water to avoid waterlogging."

"One Day Lake, One Moon Lake." The chubby Gao Xing pointed to the northwest side curiously, "What's over there?"

Everyone looked intently, and in the distance, villagers the size of ants were carrying soil. A dozen or so big men sprinkled the black soil in the box, and then raised a sledgehammer to beat the ground vigorously.

On the side, Qing Zhuang filled the beaten soil into molds and made them into small mud bricks, which were stacked neatly.

Fang Yizhi blurted out, "Huairen, are you making mud bricks?"

"By the way, Mr. Ling and Brother Su have moved here, and a new house is about to be built in the village." Wang Renbiao frowned and said, "Huai Ren, it will take several months for the mud bricks to be used. Is there time?"

Li Shan laughed, "It's not mud bricks, but bricks and stones."

"Uh, this is someone who saw it in Lingnan..."

Li Shan reluctantly explained: "After drying in the shade, it is fired in a kiln. Although it cannot be compared with the best green bricks, it is enough for building houses."

Gao Xing is also speechless, knowing that what you have learned is complicated, but you can even know how to make bricks... It's too complicated!

This kind of earthen kiln was often seen in the countryside in the previous life. Li Shan often went to do part-time jobs during winter and summer vacations in high school. It's just plain red brick.

In this era, most of the houses were of civil structure, and the output of blue bricks was small, and they were only used in royal families and Buddhist temples. The so-called mud bricks and river bricks were not comparable to the ordinary red bricks of later generations in terms of firmness and durability. .

Changsun Chong laughed and said, "It must be making bricks...Brother Huai only understands a little bit."

The people around laughed, and everyone present was acquaintances, and they all knew that this was Li Shan's catchphrase.

Fang Yizhi sighed quietly: "I must visit Lingnan in this life!"

The low-pitched laughter sounded again, and Li Kai couldn't help nodding his head and said: "Lingnan is a vast and profound land. After more than ten years, Huairen has become famous in Guanzhong...it is indeed worth visiting."

Li Shan scolded a few words with a smile, and led the crowd into the village from the south of the village, pointing to the large area of ​​land on the south side, and said: "Brother Su proposed to dig a river from west to east to connect the sun and moon lakes."

"Although the distance is not too far...but it will take a lot of time." Li Kai made a calculation, "I'm afraid there won't be enough manpower for spring plowing soon?"

Li Shan nodded, "It's time-consuming and labor-intensive, and you have to spend money to hire people, but it's not a loss."

Li Shan had considered the layout of the entire Zhujiagou and its future development a long time ago, and kept revising the blueprint in his mind as the number of people increased, and now it has almost a prototype.

Back in Li's house, in the main hall, there are two Eight Immortals tables. On each table is a huge copper hot pot... Uh, it's the kind of old-fashioned hot pot with charcoal fire in the middle and dishes around it.

These two hot pots are quite expensive... After all, they are made of copper, which is equivalent to using RMB as firewood!
There were also various dishes on the table, which Li Shan specially prepared. The beef and mutton were frozen outside the house last night, and Zhu Ba and the others cut them off layer by layer with a dagger.

"Come, come, I'll show you." Li Shan picked up a plate of mutton slices and poured them in. As soon as the mutton changed color, he picked it up and put it into his mouth with the sauce.

Gao Xing was the first to move his chopsticks, tried to eat a few slices of mutton, his eyes lit up, "It's tender and delicious, when it comes to tasting the world's delicacies, Brother Huai is really everyone!"

Everyone moved their chopsticks one after another. At first, they only ate beef and mutton, but then fish balls, egg dumplings, and quail eggs were looted.

Throw in fresh mushrooms, the more delicious the soup is, the fresh and tender frozen tofu with delicious soup makes people salivate.

It's just that the sauce is not enough... Li Shan only got green onion, garlic, ginger, and old vinegar, and made a special mushroom sauce. If it is in the south of the Yangtze River, he can try to mix some seafood soy sauce.

The stomachs were full after eating, so everyone slowed down and chatted while drinking.

Wang Renbiao pinched his fingers and calculated, "Huairen, Mr. Ling, brother Su and nearly 300 people who moved with you from Shandong, plus the refugees who settled last year... all have to build new houses, I'm afraid it will be a little embarrassing .”

"Moreover, the river channel needs to be dug." Fang Yi shook his head and said, "Besides, the cost of firing bricks and stones is too much. Even if Yuhuchun gets a profit, it will be difficult to make up for it."

Li Shan smiled and didn't explain anything. In this era, green bricks were actually fired at a loss, so only the royal family and Buddhist temples would use them... The key reason for this is the kiln's materials.

Nowadays, when firing kilns, hardwood is first used to burn charcoal, commonly known as white charcoal. White charcoal has a high density and high calorific value, but later generations use coal... Li Shan did not want to be a coal boss, but the amount of superficial and shallow coal in this era is not large. Not too difficult to collect.

Using coal, the effect is good and the cost is low... Calculated in this way, the cost is actually not too big.

"And now Yuhuchun..." Gao Xing glanced at Li Zhaode.

"Father is just going to Jingyang for business, and he will be back tomorrow." Li Zhaode patted his chest, "Will not let the wine shop be closed."

Li Shan said vaguely with a smile that there is no clear direction for this matter, whether the business can continue... The key is the person behind the scenes, but Chang'an Ling Li Ganyou should be able to find out.

To be honest, it was beyond Li Shan's expectation that Yuhuchun could sell so well... No way, almost Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin even brought Li Yuanji, and the family of four became advertising channel dealers.

However, for Li Shan, Yuhuchun is not indispensable to him.

(End of this chapter)