A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 40

The streets and alleys of the medicine store in the southeast of Dongshi were boiling.

Under the rotten bricks and tiles of the abandoned shop that was burned down in the previous dynasty, a pottery urn was dug out, which contained gold, silverware and copper coins.

Then soon someone dug out a silver pot not far away, which contained a pot of silver slag.

Seeing this situation, everyone was shocked, and then boiling with excitement, they all went to find tools to dig the ground to hunt for treasure.

"I dug it."

Someone dug up silver collars, someone dug up silver cakes, someone dug up Persian silver coins, someone dug up Fushi gold coins, and someone dug up jade articles.

When seven or eight people dug out the treasure, everyone went crazy. Even Zou Luotuo threw the treasure's cart and steamed cakes aside and started to move bricks and tiles with his bare hands.

Not many people noticed who the seven or eight people who dug up the treasure were.

The ruins that had been abandoned for many years were excavated three feet excitedly by the merchants and people who kept coming.

The instigator, Huaiyu, had already moved all the props. When he came to the rented room of the mansion by the south gate of the east wall, everyone who came back was sweating. The scene just now was too crazy.

"Good guy, I almost never came back."

"Is nothing lost?"

"They're all there. Fortunately, I ran early, otherwise I might not be able to keep them."

Fatty Wu was also a little scared, the scene was too spectacular.

He also admired Wu Huaiyu for thinking of such an idea, secretly buried several urns and jars in the ruins of the medicine shop in advance, and staged such a treasure-hunting show today.

"What's next?"

"Let them dig for a few days first. The ruins will be dug up to the sky within three days. All the rotten bricks, broken tiles, and even buried beams, columns, and rafters will be lifted up. When the gust of wind passes, we will clean it up." , then you can save a lot of energy.”

Fatty admired Huaiyu very much, but he was a little puzzled, "Even if they dig it up, it will take a lot of effort to clean it out."

"Don't worry, I have my own way."

The treasure dug out of the ruins of the East City Medicine Store spread throughout the entire East City in a short time, and then throughout Chang'an. Countless people came to the East City to dig for the treasure.

Huaiyu and the others returned to the scene after a break. This time they did not come to dig treasures, but secretly threw some copper coins, jewelry and other things in the ruins, and lit another fire.

For the next three days, countless people were digging for treasure on the ruins.

Someone really dug up a lot of good things.

At the beginning, a fire burned more than 24 shops in 4000 rows. Although most of the goods were burned by the fire, some things were still buried in the ground, especially gold, silver and copper coins, as well as some precious items from the medicine store. Some medicinal materials are still hidden underground because they are well preserved.

This time countless people hunted for treasures there, and they really dug up a lot.

There are many good things such as agate cups inlaid with gold animal heads, gold cups, and silver bowls.

Every time something is dug up, it can arouse the enthusiasm of others.

Three days later, Huaiyu arrived at the area that was agreed to be cleaned up with the Municipal Department. There was a ruins in the medicine shop area, a small part of the entire ruins, and this was also the area where the treasure encounter started. Because many treasures were found, this place was also excavated. the most thorough area.

At this moment, it was a mess here.

Chen Xing and Zhao Xin ordered four long poles from the wooden shop, and there was a basket on the long poles.

Many people who were still hunting for treasure and people in the nearby shops looked at them curiously. Some people recognized that Xin Zhao was the lucky one who dug up the treasure first.

"What is this going to do?"

Xin Zhao smiled and directed the wooden staff to put four long poles on the four sides of the designated area, then dig a hole and plant the wooden poles.

Four long wooden poles stood there.

Everyone looked confused.

Xin Zhao beat the gong to attract more people's attention.

"A few days ago, I was very lucky. I accidentally found some treasures here and made a windfall. After thinking about it, I should make everyone happy."

He pointed to the four tall poles, "There is a basket on each of the four tall poles. As long as everyone can throw bricks and stones into this basket, I will reward you with ten coins. Everyone will be rewarded!"

As soon as this was said, many people who had dug for several days and found nothing became interested.

"Keep your word?"

"of course."

After Xin Zhao finished speaking, he asked Chen Xing and the others to bring a few bags of money, "See if you've got a hit, and you keep your word. Hurry up, everyone, it's only for today."

As soon as this remark came out, many people hurried to pick up bricks and stones.

Countless people lined up to shoot under the four poles, but the poles were so high that it was not easy to hit them.Occasionally, if someone made a hit, Xin Zhao would immediately strike the gong and give ten copper coins.

He is not limited to continue to vote.

Although the vast majority of people didn't hit the ball, they were not convinced. Anyway, they didn't need money, so they just picked up bricks and stones and lined up to continue voting.

After a while, under the four long poles, four mountains of bricks and stones have been piled up.

But the pile of messy ruins dug for treasure is rapidly shrinking.

Fatty Wu leaned in front of Huaiyu and sighed: "I didn't expect this plan to be followed by another plan, Erlang is crazy."

Although a lot of bounty was also taken out, but it can be seen at a glance, this bounty is not worth mentioning compared with the cleaned bricks and stones.

When the closing gong starts to sound, many people are still a little bit unsatisfied.

At this time, Xin Zhao stood up again and announced that if you need these bricks, stones and wood, you can take them yourself, within three days, and he will transport them away at that time.

During the shooting activity during the day, all the bricks and rocks on the ruins were picked up and thrown into the basket, and all the wood in the ruins was left behind. These woods are basically useless, but most of them are good for burning as firewood.

As soon as Xin Zhao said this, many merchants and ordinary people who wanted to go home came over to pick them up.

After three days.

The treasure-digging movement has gradually subsided, and the land in Huaiyu has changed drastically. The bricks and stones have been picked up in piles, and the wood has basically been taken away. earth.

Seeing the big change, everyone was amazed.

"It really saves a lot of effort."

"Well, has the craftsman contacted you yet?"

"It's all done."

The next thing to do is much simpler, just hire some people to come over and clean it up, mainly those rotten bricks and rotten wood.

Huaiyu's solution is to directly hire craftsmen to come and start building Qianjintang shops. Each shop is about [-] square meters. Basically, there are shops facing the street, and there are workshops behind the shops, and even houses and mansions for residents.

The shops are small because they are facing the street, but the squares and mansions behind them can be relatively large.Generally, some shops do not need the square mansion behind them, and some only need the square mansion without the mansion.

Huaiyu intends to have all the squares and mansions.

Now bricks, stones, and soil are all ready-made. As long as you invite small craftsmen and buy some good bricks, stones, tiles, and wood, you can build a shop.

Inviting these people can even level the whole land first.

In this way, the agreement with the Municipal Department can be fulfilled as promised, and the construction of his own shop can be accelerated. The most important thing is that he can build Qianjin Hall on the ruins. He can not only choose the good location at the intersection of the cross street, but also obtain a large piece of land behind. Building workshops and mansions is much better than directly renting or buying the current pharmacies.

Xin Zhao contacted everywhere, and the materials and craftsmen could basically be found in the East City, and the construction was not too difficult. After all, they were all one or two-story paved workshops. The foundation did not need to be too deep, and the walls were built with rammed earth. Mainly wooden structure.

As long as you are willing to spend more money to hire more people and the materials are in place, Qianjintang will be built in a short time.

(End of this chapter)