Chapter 337

"Ink has another skill!"

Hearing the speech, all officials could not help but turn around and stare at Merton.

The last time, when Merton told the court that ink had a skill, he directly offered the secret skill of snow and salt, changed the court's policy towards Tuyuhun, and changed from the original beating to the war to destroy the country.

The power of ink technology shocked all officials, but now history reappears, how can we not let all officials look at it.

"The bricks we used before were all green bricks, which were cumbersome and expensive. However, in the far western countries, most of them used an extremely cheap red brick," Merton said.

"Red brick?" all officials were puzzled.

Merton nodded and said, "after months of research, the Mohists finally solved the secret technology of red brick. This red brick is simple to make, simple in steps, more solid than green brick, and more importantly, its cost is about half lower than red brick."

Merton stretched out his hand and saw the four wheeled truck under the city wall, revealing a cart full of red bricks.

The people in the south of the city suddenly realized that the four-wheel truck in Mojia village had a load of 5000 kg. When they saw the full truck of bricks, they believed it. However, they saw the red bricks for the first time and came forward to see it.

Soon, Qin Huaiyu and the three of them each carried more than ten red bricks and went to the Nancheng building. They didn't feel hard at all. Anyone couldn't help praising a good man at a glance.

"The sons of the three brothers really envy others!" Li Jing praised Qin Huaiyu as he watched them lay bricks.

"Fooling around all day, don't step aside!" Qin Qiong shouted to Qin Huaiyu! But he didn't let the three go down, but retreated to one side, which can be regarded as showing his face in front of all officials.

The three of them were immediately pardoned and quickly stepped aside. They didn't look like dandies in the past.

Qin Qiong looked at the lucky Qin Huaiyu three, and then looked at the Mo family talking in front of all the officials. She looked at Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong, and the three sighed in unison.

Li Shimin picked up a red brick, looked at it and compared it with the green brick on the wall. He found that the red brick was very similar to the green brick in appearance, but the color was different. He picked up two bricks and touched them, making a crisp sound.

"It's so hard!" Cheng Yaojin picked up a red brick and made an effort to worship, but he didn't break it.

Merton couldn't help but draw from the corner of his mouth. The red brick is still reliable in firmness. The hand splitting of bricks in later generations can only be completed through long-term practice and strength angle. It is certainly not feasible to break bricks by hand alone.

Cheng Yaojin saw that the red bricks were strong and became angry. He directly knocked the two bricks against each other, and immediately the two red bricks became four pieces.

Duan Lun also came forward to check. For a long time, he had to admit that red bricks are indeed harder than green bricks.

Li Shimin nodded in his heart. Although Mohist Zi usually acted very unreliable, Mohist ink skills have never disappointed people. Since Merton took out the red brick, in fact, he has believed half of it.

Merton proudly said, "if the ten roads of the Tang Dynasty are paved with red bricks, it only takes 2.3 million passes."

"2.3 million yuan!"

This number has been extremely large, but the officials not only did not feel distressed, but compared with the previous 4.6 million Guan, there was a feeling of making money in their hearts.

People couldn't help looking at Merton in horror. The power of ink technology was amazing. A simple red brick secret technology could save more than 2 million Guan. Moreover, after the popularity of red brick, the brick price of Datang would drop greatly, and the money saved would be more than 2 million Guan.

"One technology destroys the country, one technology saves millions!"

All officials sigh in their hearts, and ink technology is infinitely higher in the hearts of all people.

Even Wei Zheng's opposition was not so strong this time, and his heart began to waver.

Merton secretly laughed in his heart. In fact, it's the same as going shopping. If a thing is 50% off, even if you don't need it very much, I'm afraid you can't help buying it. What's more, the benefits of building brick roads are obvious. It can save half the cost. The completion of the construction can't help but arouse the hearts of the people.

However, Wei Zheng was not so easy to fool. He directly caught the loophole of Mohist Zi and said: "Mohist has mastered the secret skill of red brick, so why not produce red brick paving, but buy these green brick paving at a high price."

Li Shimin also immediately felt a pause in his heart and stared at Merton with a look of examination.

Morton smiled bitterly and said, "brick burning is the most destructive land. There are many people in Mohist village and less land. Every time the land is extremely precious, how can it be damaged."

Burning bricks destroyed the fields, and the reason why later generations banned burning red bricks on a large scale was to protect the good fields.

"Besides, the construction period required by the Ministry of works is tight, and it's too late to refine red bricks!" Merton said to himself after glancing at Duan Lun.

Duan Lun snorted coldly and countered: "in my opinion, Lord Mo doesn't like brick burning. Let's wait for inferior work!"

Which of the four wheeled carriages, steel and famous wine produced by Mojia village is not profitable? Mojia village naturally doesn't like the low-level craft of brick burning.

Morton smiled awkwardly and said, "brick burning consumes the most manpower. There are so many manpower in Mojia village. It's better for Mojia to focus on its main business."

In this era, brick burning technology depends on manpower, almost all of which are coolies. Naturally, Mojia village will not put precious manpower on brick burning.

"Besides, once the secret skills of red brick are spread, the price of green brick will drop greatly. I don't kill Biren, but Biren died because of me. The brick burning villages around Chang'an city are also neighbors of Mojia village, and the purchase of green brick by Mojia village is a little compensation for it," Merton said.

"Mo boy did a good job!" Cheng Yaojin shouted.

Merton's move can be said to be very beautiful. Once the cheap and practical red brick is implemented, the green brick will certainly be unsalable, which must be a big blow to the villages that burn green brick for a living.

Even the most critical Wei Zheng could not find anything wrong.

Finally, Merton said with a bitter smile: "originally, the boy wanted to sell the red brick secret skills to brick making villages to offset the cost of green bricks, but Wei minister gave it to the imperial court. It's natural to give up!"

Naturally, Mojia village can't burn bricks. It can only spread the red brick secret skills. Originally, it wanted to make a profit. Unexpectedly, it shocked the emperor and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. As a last resort, Merton had to offer the red brick secret skills and abandon the car to protect the marshal.

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but stare and shouted, "I said your boy is crazy. He spent more than 20000 on laying brick roads. It turned out that your boy didn't intend to pay."

The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty suddenly realized that if the cost of the red brick secret skills and the green brick offset, the Mojia village didn't spend much money on laying the official road in the south of the city this time.

Looking at mojiazi one by one, they couldn't help sighing that they can lay a road related to the lifeblood of Mojia village without spending much money. Think about it in another position. If they stand in the position of mojiazi, they must do so without hesitation.

"Smart is mistaken by smart!" Li Shimin sneered at Merton.

If it had not been for Merton's green brick paving, Merton's plan would have succeeded.