Princess of the auxiliary country

More than a month passed in a flash.

The weather is getting colder and colder, with heavy snowfall all day long, and even many places in the capital have been hit by disasters.

Among them, Huo Junyao's Xiaohuangzhuang is also among them.

But it was not serious, because she had already asked the stewards to reinforce the houses before. Although some houses collapsed, no one was hurt. Although there were not many houses on the village, they could still be accommodated if they were squeezed.

Such a situation also put some pressure on Huo Junyao.

This Zhuangzi belongs to her, and the people in it are also her place of residence, so the arrangements must be made well.

She has also visited those houses. They are all dilapidated. If there is no fireplace for heating, if the previous methods are followed, I am afraid that many people will not survive this winter.

Therefore, it is certain to wait until spring to renovate the house. She also grew up in poverty, so she is very willing to help those who are also poor. Moreover, these are still her livelihood, and as a boss, she should do this.

In the past period of time, although the weather has been getting colder and colder, the situation in the greenhouse has been relatively stable, and the production of vegetables has not been delayed much, so there is some income every day.

In addition to daily expenses, I still have more than ten dollars left from selling vegetables.

In addition to the fireplaces sold in front, one with two strings, fifty fireplaces, and one hundred strings were obtained.

At present, the money in her hand is a little more than 110 yuan.

"Hongxiu, how much does it cost to build an ordinary house? A house the size of Xiaohuangzhuang."

Hongxiu, Wangxia and Xiaochan all knew about her plan to build a house.

"That one is very cheap. If the people in Xiaohuangzhuang do it, a house will probably not cost as much as usual."

Hearing this, Huo Junyao's eyes widened and she asked in disbelief, "So cheap?"

The houses in Xiaohuangzhuang are all in the style of concave courtyards. There are four or five rooms in each courtyard. Although the area is not large, it seems that they cannot be bought with regular money.

"Those houses are all adobe houses, with mud and straw everywhere, and they live in them themselves, so naturally they don't cost much."

"At most, it's just some food rations."

"Like this?"

Not to mention, Huo Junyao really didn't understand much.

"Can we only use adobe to build houses here? I saw that most of the hot spring villas are made of adobe."

"Of course not. There are also houses built with blue bricks. The main courtyard of our villa is built with blue bricks, but the quantity of blue bricks is very small, and they are not easy to buy."

"Young blue bricks? How is that possible? Isn't there a brick kiln here?"

In her impression, the bricks were very easy to bake. Although she didn't know how the blue bricks were made, she still understood how to make the red bricks.

"Yes, but I heard that the output is very small."

"Oh? What's the price?"

Huo Junyao suddenly had some ideas. The output was small and the supply exceeded the demand. This was a good thing.

"I don't know this. I might as well go and find out."

"Okay, go and find out."

Not long after, Hongxiu came back.

There were many people in the villa, and as soon as she greeted her, someone who knew him immediately came forward.

"Two dollars for a penny?"

"Yes, and the supply exceeds demand. I heard that many people here in the capital can't buy it even if they want to."

Huo Junyao's eyes lit up after hearing this. This is a good business.

At that moment, she was making calculations in her mind.

It takes about 10 to 2000 [-] minutes to bake red bricks. It costs [-] yuan to bake in one kiln. So according to the current price, one kiln is the same amount of money.If there are ten kilns, then there will be ten kilns in one kiln. If you don’t burn more than one day, you will burn three times a day, which will be thirty kilns.

Excluding materials and labor, you can earn at least more than 20 bricks that day. Although there may be a backlog of goods in the process, as long as the bricks are available, there will definitely be no shortage of buyers according to Hongxiu's saying that the supply exceeds demand.

Moreover, this brick house is stronger and more durable than an adobe house.

From now on, Xiaohuangzhuang will be her property. It’s not bad to do it once and for all, and it can also make money.

But then she thought again that the area of ​​her small imperial village was not large, and it was all fields. It could not be used to dig brick kilns, otherwise the court would come and cause trouble.

"I remember that there was a barren mountain next to Xiaohuangzhuang. I wonder whose land it is?"

"It should be from the imperial court."

"Can I buy it?"

As soon as she said this, Hongxiu and the others became a little confused. I had never heard of anyone buying Barren Mountain.

"I'm not sure about this. Why don't you ask His Highness?"

Soon, Huo Junyao went to find Princess Ningyang. As soon as she finished speaking, Princess Ningyang said with a smile, "You can buy it, but the specific price is hard to say. What do you want with that barren mountain?"

Huo Junyao didn't hide anything and directly talked about her plan to build a brick kiln.

"You, although the supply of bricks exceeds the demand, they are not easy to bake. Although you can make money, it won't be much, so why do you bother?"

"Mom, what I made is different from the others. Just ask the price for me. Besides, it's not a loss to buy the barren mountain. What can I do with it then?"

Seeing her say this, what else could Princess Ningyang say? If her daughter wants to buy it, just buy it.

She immediately asked Aunt Zhao to go outside and call a guard. After explaining the matter, the guard stepped back.

He inquired about the price that day.

"Five hundred guan? How come it's so cheap?"

The hilltop behind Xiaohuangzhuang is not small. According to her guess, three to five thousand guan should not be able to take down such a hilltop.

She was also thinking about whether she could buy only a small area instead of the whole thing.

Her words caused black lines on the foreheads of Hongxiu, Wangxia and others beside her.

Five hundred dollars for a barren hilltop, still cheap?

I really don't understand what my young lady is thinking. In their opinion, five hundred yuan can buy a small house in the capital.

Isn't that better than buying a barren hilltop?
Princess Ningyang is also a little depressed. What is going on with her daughter? Is this cheap?

Do you know what the net income of Duke Ji’s Mansion is in a year?

Excluding a certain amount of expenses, there is only a balance of two to three hundred guan in a year. This is still a good time. If there are many circumstances, there will be only a few hundred guan left in a year.

Five hundred guan is already considered the best income Ji Guogong's mansion has had in nearly two years.

"Mom, are you interested in partnering with me?"

She only has more than 100 guan in hand now, which is definitely not enough to buy Shantou, so she can only turn her attention to her mother.

After hearing her words, the eldest princess Ningyang wanted to refuse. After all, in her opinion, spending [-] yuan to buy a barren hilltop was really not cost-effective.

But seeing her daughter's expectant eyes, she really couldn't refuse.

After thinking about it in my mind, I said, "Mom can only take out two hundred strings."

The amount of money left by Duke Ji's mansion is only a few thousand guan. This is still many years of savings, and Huo Jinyan will get married next year, which will also cost a lot of money.

Although she wanted to support her daughter, she also had to consider the livelihood of her family.