Chapter 729

"Ink offering wine!"

With the loud announcement of a bodyguard, Merton walked up to the Tai Chi hall and walked through the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty with his face unchanged,

"Please see your majesty!"

Merton went to the ministers and bowed to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin nodded and said to Yu Zhining, "Yu Aiqing, the ink sacrifice has arrived. If you have anything to ask, just ask!"

Merton built a beautiful house as the new house of Princess Changle. From the perspective of a father, his son-in-law was so sincere to his daughter that he was naturally happy. However, as an emperor, he had to set an example by banning the luxury of the imperial court three or five times.

"Excuse me, do you want to build a three story new house?" Yu Zhining shouted.

Merton nodded and said, "yes, it's true. Weichen's new house is for his wedding in January. It's three floors high, about three feet high, and it doesn't exceed the system."

All officials nodded, and the three Zhang high was indeed not beyond the system. The whole Tai Chi hall was about six Zhang high. Besides, there were three Zhang high buildings everywhere in the streets of Chang'an city.

Yu Zhining asked again, "although it has not exceeded the system, whether it uses steel, cement refined by Taoist alchemy, porcelain produced by Xing kiln in Hebei, and glass with a radius of one meter."

Merton admitted without hesitation, "but there is this!"

When the Manchu courtiers heard Merton's admission, they couldn't help but be in an uproar. Steel, porcelain and glass are very expensive things in Chang'an City, not to mention the cement refined by Taoist alchemy, which is very valuable.

"Tell your majesty that Mo sacrificing wine is in vain as a royal relative. It is extremely luxurious to build a wedding house in order to cling to the princess. If everyone follows suit, will it not reproduce the arrogance, extravagance and debauchery of the Sui Dynasty? Please think twice." Yu Zhining bowed.

Li Shimin was expressionless, turned to Merton and said, "Merton, what can you argue for yourself?"

Merton sneered: "before, Lord Quan said that he was afraid that the princess would be wronged and was not used to living in the palace. He was worried that he would be wronged in Weichen's home. Now Weichen has rebuilt his new house, but Lord Yu has been criticized as too extravagant. You have said all the black and white. What do you want me to say? According to Lord Quan's meaning, how do you want to repair the house to make you satisfied when marrying the princess?"

Many legitimate sons and royal betrothed dignitaries still remember Quan Wanji's words. Now when they see Yu Zhining's Memorial, they can't help frowning. The wind direction of the censor will fall here and there for a while. When their legitimate son marries the princess, I'm afraid it will be as difficult as it is today. If it is repaired well, the censor will impeach and repair poorly, and the princess will be dissatisfied, It's a dilemma.

Yu Zhining said stubbornly, "it's not wrong for Lord Quan to worry about the princess. I'm sure you're extravagant and dedicated. How can you be confused. Your new house is more than a luxury. A house costs thousands of dollars. I'm afraid the whole Chang'an city can't find such an expensive house!"

Even Li Shimin could not help but frown. The cost of a house was thousands of yuan. I'm afraid it couldn't even cost so much money to build a palace. Merton really went too far.

Merton looked at Yu Zhining curiously and said with a surprised face, "who told you that I spent thousands of yuan on it."

Yu Zhining snorted coldly: "the Confucian journal has listed one by one. The materials used in your new house are extremely luxurious. First, you spent at least 5000 kilograms of steel. Steel is an important weapon of the country. It's not enough to make swords for front-line soldiers, but you buried it in the wall. It's more than luxury. It's a waste. What do you say about this."

Merton suddenly realized, "you say it's steel! It's more than 5000 Jin, there's 8000 Jin of steel. They're all produced by their own workshop. They're used casually and don't spend money!"

"Home made!"

"No money!"

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Everyone was stunned. Even Li Shimin was stunned by Merton's fallacies. It seems that the income is reasonable! What money do you talk about with your own things!

Yu Zhining immediately poured blood into his heart. He didn't expect that Merton didn't calculate the price of steel on the market, but it was as if he had no wood to build his own house and cut down his own tree.

"Do you know the market price of Mohist refined steel? How much is the value of 8000 Jin of steel?" Yu Zhining roared.

Merton waved carelessly and said, "I don't care how much the market price is. My Mojia village started with work. The steel produced is like the grain knocked down by farmers. Can't you even eat your own grain because of the high grain price?"

Suddenly, many courtiers couldn't help laughing. Among them, Cheng Yaojin had the biggest laughter and couldn't help thumbing up to Merton.

Merton's words are not rough. It's nonsense that he can't use the things produced by his own family. In this case, Yu Zhining is indeed a bit nosy.

Yu Zhining's face turned red and roared, "are you using it yourself? How wasteful it is that you buried 8000 gold steel into the wall. What's the excuse for the ink sacrifice?"

Merton pretended to say: "That's what you said! Since Mo saw his Royal Highness the king of Wei break the secret of the Earth Dragon turning over last year, he was always worried. What if the Earth Dragon turns over in Chang'an City, Mo doesn't care. If the princess is in danger, he will die. This 8000 kilograms of steel as muscles and bones, even if the Earth Dragon turns over, can still ensure the safety of the new house 。”

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty could not help but move in their hearts. Although it was rare to see the Earth Dragon turn over, no one could guarantee that they would not meet it. If they had such a strong house, wouldn't they rest easy,

Yu Zhining looked helplessly at Merton's nonsense. The Earth Dragon turned over once in many years. How can it happen to appear in Chang'an City? In this era, there is no sense of earthquake prevention. In his opinion, Merton is just nonsense.

Merton looked at Yu Zhining jokingly and said, "as for the waste you said, it's nonsense. When steel bars buy Cement, they won't rust at all. 180 years later, if the house is renovated and smashed, the steel bars inside are still intact. It's still a good piece of steel. Why waste it?"

"One hundred and eighty years?" many ministers of the Ministry of industry could not help nodding. The Mohists used real materials. In their view, once the new house is completed, it is not a difficult problem to support one hundred and eighty years. There are not many houses on the market that can support one hundred and eighty years. According to this calculation, there are also advantages.

In an instant, many ministers were excited. The new houses built by mojiazi were safe, strong and durable. Many people began to wonder whether they would build one for themselves in the future.

Even Li Shimin couldn't help his eyes. For the royal family, the words "safety" seemed to have a special meaning. Merton's new house was as safe as a fortress.

Yu Zhining suddenly felt powerless. As expected, mojiazi was a catfish and couldn't keep his hand. Originally, he impeached mojiazi, but unknowingly became a publicity meeting for mojiazi's new house. He obviously felt that many ministers were excited after hearing the explanation of mojiazi.

He originally wanted to prohibit this unhealthy trend, but he didn't expect that more and more ministers were excited and wanted to have such a house. Is there any reason.

So he decided not to tangle with Merton on the steel bar, but to transfer the attack point to the ceramic tile. It was produced by Xingyao kiln in Hebei Province, and it was not produced by the Mohist's own workshop. Moreover, porcelain was also extremely expensive. He didn't believe that the Mohist could give any reason.

"You mean ceramic tiles! There are two kinds of ceramic tiles. One is pasted on the wall to look beautiful. It looks like white jade from a distance. It can also prevent the house from being exposed to the wind, sun and rain. The other is pasted on the ground inside the house. It is as smooth as a mirror, and even a trace of dust can be seen." Merton said with a puzzled face.

"Stick it on the ground!" Yu Zhining felt that his IQ had been insulted. Porcelain was as white as jade. Most of it was used as utensils, tea sets and dishes. The mojiazi not only pasted it on the wall, but also made it into ceramic tiles and pasted it in the house for people to step on.

Li Shimin couldn't help but have a headache. He was deeply speechless about Merton's idea of flying around. He paved the road with bricks and paved the house with porcelain. Is there anyone else in the world who dares not step on Merton's feet?

Other ministers were also stunned. They really couldn't think of what kind of experience it would be to spread porcelain all over the house. However, when they think about it, they all know that it must be an ultimate enjoyment. Many adults were born in rich families. They couldn't help but sigh that the Mexican family would enjoy it.

"Paste the wall with porcelain and lay the roof. You are a luxury lunatic." Yu Zhining roared with a red face. I don't know whether he was angry or thought he had grasped Merton's handle.

"By the way, I didn't pay for these ceramic tiles. I have provided the ink technology for making ceramic tiles for Hebei Xingyao, and Mojia village has made a special machine for pressing porcelain. It's just right to use these ceramic tiles to pay off." Merton said easily.

Hebei Xingyao is a famous official kiln in the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, it can't be said that there is no money, but Mojia village proposes to pay the bill with goods, and Hebei Xingyao naturally wants 10000.

Yu Zhining is extremely depressed. According to Merton's theory, I'm afraid he'll have to change his own machinery without spending money.

"A square meter of glass?"

"Home made."

"What about the cement refined by Taoist alchemy?"

"The two companies cooperate."

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Yu Zhining became more and more angry. The glass was also made by himself, and the cement was jointly produced by the two Mohists. Even the workers who built the house were Mohist children. According to Merton, when he built such a luxurious new house, he only bought some bricks and spent some money.

"In the adult, indeed as if the eye is like a torch, the boy spent five yuan to buy so many bricks, but also are cheap red brick, if it is blue brick, I'm afraid there will be more money, but the kid only from six products salary is meager, unable to let his highness live in green brick house, is really ashamed of his Majesty's love."

The Minister of Manchu Dynasty silently watched Merton's performance. How much is the brick worth? I'm afraid I can buy as many bricks as I can take out a piece of glass.

Yu zhinington turned dizzy with anger. Fortunately, he was much younger than Quan Wanji, so he didn't make a fool of himself.

Even Li Shimin couldn't stand it. He said coldly, "so, should I give you a raise?"

Merton immediately said with a dry smile: "no, no, after the minister's son-in-law and lieutenant take office, he will start from the fifth grade. At that time, the salary should be enough."

Li Shimin snorted coldly, "since you didn't spend much money building a house, I'll spare you this time for your sake of being eager to get married."

Now Merton's house has been built, and the wedding date of Princess Changle is approaching. Can Li Shimin tear down the house? Where will Princess Changle get married at that time! Now that Merton has justified himself, Li Shimin is just stepping down the slope.

"Your Majesty, this wind can't rise! Your majesty doesn't severely punish the Mo family today. Over time, Datang will be the first to follow suit and everyone will build such houses!" Yu Zhining cried out sadly, with an impassioned look of worrying about the country and the people.

Other imperial officials also made a series of exhortations, and the whole Tai Chi hall was suddenly silent.

Seeing this, Merton was angry in his heart and suddenly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, I have a word and am willing to argue for myself."

Li Shimin took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in the center, and said positively, "speak!"

Merton got up, looked around at the imperial officials who asked for orders and said: "At the time of the ancestors, the people were not well clothed, and people mostly wore animal skin linen clothes. Is it a luxury when the first person draped silk on his body? Most of the ancestors lived in caves. Is it a luxury when the first ancestor went out of the cave and built a wooden house for himself? Later, the wooden house became a brick house. Now it doesn't seem to be a luxury, but more and more ancestors wear it from now on On silk, more and more people live in wooden houses and brick houses. No one thinks it is a luxury anymore. "

Many dignitaries nodded thoughtfully.

Merton continued: "The three-story reinforced concrete building built by Mo is not the first wooden house, the first brick house and the first silk. The house is a home. People want to live in a safe, spacious and comfortable home. The house can't be washed down by water, burned by fire and collapsed by earthquake. It can keep warm in winter and cool in summer. Even on cloudy days, the house is still open Transparent hall, who doesn't want to own such a house? "

When Merton finished, almost all the ministers were silent. Many ministers who had experienced poverty could not help sighing that owning such a bright house was probably the dream of all the poor people.

"Mo is getting married and getting married. I need to build a strong and beautiful house as a new house, and this house is the best house I can build. First, there is no extravagance and waste. I use gold, silver, jade, silk and satin, precious and famous trees. Second, I don't occupy the house widely. The land used is only 30% of the size of Tai Chi hall. Don't say I'm to marry the princess Just built. Even if I married a little Jasper, I would also build such a house to make her live like a princess. "Merton said proudly.

Li Shimin nodded in agreement. He was relieved that Princess Changle didn't see the wrong person. Mozi was indeed a good match.

"You think that Mo's luxury is popular, but Mo believes that he has created a new way of construction. Just like the first person to build a wooden house, it is not luxury, but to make his family live better. All the materials for Mo's new house can be produced in mass. Over time, such cement and reinforced houses are all over the Tang dynasty like brick and tile houses and wooden houses, There is no hidden danger of burning several streets, no fear of termites eating wood, no risk of house collapse. This is not a boy's wild talk, but it will come true one day. You will find how ridiculous today's accusation is. "Merton snorted coldly.

"This is just your idea, just sophistry for your luxury!" Yu Zhining argued strongly.

Merton looked coldly at Yu Zhining and said, "the purpose of the contention of a hundred schools of thought is to make the people of the world live better, not to criticize and block in a disguised form an attempt that should be beneficial to the world. Your saint's way has deviated, my Lord."

"Yellow haired child, I don't know what to say. He talks wildly about the way of saints!" Yu Zhining was furious and denounced Merton.

He has always considered himself a great Confucian. Confucianism has reached its peak, but he can't stand being accused by Merton of the way of saints.

"On the second day of February, at the ink art exhibition outside Nancheng gate, the boy is waiting for adults to listen to the way of Mohist saints." Merton solemnly saluted and handed over a ticket.

"Well, Yu will certainly come to the door and learn it in person!" Yu Zhining said gnashing his teeth.

So far, the original reason for impeaching Merton has become a laughing stock. Naturally, no one mentioned it again. Yu Zhining originally thought that even Li Shimin would favor the Mexican family in order to take care of Princess Changle, and would certainly make compensation for his frank advice.

However, under the sharp words of mojiazi, he became a villain who made trouble. This time, he deeply realized the difficulties of Quan Wanji. Mojiazi was so difficult.