Became a prodigy in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 115

"That's it, if that's the case, then we'll sell it for three pennies a dollar." Cheng Chuli said.

"Okay, it's good to sell three pennies. The price is neither the highest nor the lowest. They have nothing to say, right?" Li Yuan said with a happy smile.

"Okay, then it's settled, let's go to other kilns to have a look! If possible, we will start selling them to the outside world today."

Well, everyone nodded, and followed Cheng Chuli's words, and headed for the other two kilns.

The result is gratifying, and the quality of the bricks from the other two kilns is equally good.

After looking at the red bricks, Cheng Chuli led everyone towards the cement factory.

Opening a kiln for red bricks is not the focus today.Cement plants produce cement is the top priority.

Cement is about to be produced, but everyone has no idea about this thing.

Cheng Chuli made a pack of masks and distributed them to everyone to wear.

"Eh? What the hell is this?" Everyone was puzzled, and Li Yuan was the first to ask.

Cheng Chuli said: "There is a lot of dust in the cement factory. If you bring this, you won't be afraid of dust getting into your mouth and nose."

Then, Cheng Chuli took one with him and demonstrated it to everyone.At this moment, everyone understood, and put on their masks.

After entering the cement plant, Cheng Chuli led everyone to the discharge port.

This is what it is, and everyone has seen it.But what effect this thing has, no one knows.

"Xiao Chuli, this thing is not a good thing at first glance, and it will fly into the mouth and nose, which makes people uncomfortable. What does it do?"

Li Yuan asked everyone's doubts.

Cheng Chuli thought for a while, it's better to get it out and show them the explanation.

So, he directly called a few workers.Made a model of a stone slab out of wooden planks.Then spread a large piece of parchment paper.

Someone went back and took a few steel bars and put them in.These steel bars are the waste left over from the original crossbow.

Just use cement and a little sand, put water and stir.After it was done, it was poured directly into the model.

Li Yuan couldn't help asking: "Xiao Chuli, what are you doing?"

Cheng Chuli: "I'm making a plaque for our Chengjia Village. In two days, old man, you can write on it yourself and stand it at the entrance of our Chengjia Village. How about it?"

Well, in this era, many rich villages will put up a stone tablet with the name of the village at the entrance of the village.

However, it is not a small project to polish a stone slab and then engrave characters.It will cost a lot of money.

There is none here in Chengjia Village, so Cheng Chuli wanted to build one.

Li Yuan asked in surprise: "You mean, you are making stone slabs?"

Cheng Chuli nodded and said, "Yes."

"Is that how the slabs were made?"

Li Yuan and everyone were so confused!

Cheng Chuli said: "Cement is not sold outside for the time being. We keep it for use. But old man, when we use this cement, we still have to pay the cement factory according to the sales price."

Li Yuan doesn't care much about money or not. What he cares most about is what is the use of this cement.

He couldn't help asking: "Xiao Chuli, why don't you tell the old man what's the use of this cement?"

Cheng Chuli said: "Old man, I plan to fence the [-] mu of land around Chengjia Village. It is divided into four areas. The mountain with trees is surrounded to raise chickens, ducks, pigs and other animals. I also want to fence off that piece of mine. As for this piece of flat land, I’ll fence it off as an industrial zone. And our Chengjia Village will also be fenced off to make it a community for people to live in. How about it?”

Everyone and Li Yuan were very confused: "Hey, Xiao Chuli, did you answer the wrong question? You say that, but I still don't understand what the cement is for?"

Cheng Chuli said: "I don't need to explain this, you will know after tomorrow."

The most important thing is that you don't believe me when I tell you!The effect of this thing is too great.

However, at Li Yuan's insistence, Cheng Chuli simply explained to them.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard the words, can this thing build city walls and houses?
Although Li You has become Cheng Chuli's student, his naysayer has not changed.

At this time, he stood up and said weakly: "Teacher, I think this is impossible. How can such a soft thing turn into a slate? Could it be that you can do magic spells, teacher?"

When Cheng Chuli heard it, he immediately became amused: "Second Senior Brother, since you don't believe me, how about we make a bet?"

Bet again?

As soon as Li You heard that he was about to bet, his scalp felt numb.If you bet with Cheng Chuli, you'd be afraid to lose!
Seeing his hesitation, Cheng Chuli said, "This time, I don't want you to place a bet. However, if you can break this stone slab with your bare hands tomorrow, I can promise you a request."

so good?
Li You's eyes lit up immediately, and he nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

Is Cheng Li so confident?It made everyone's heart itchy, is there any reason?

After class the next day, Li Yuan couldn't wait to drag Cheng Chuli to the cement factory.

Li You was even more nervous, and he had made up his mind that even if he beat his hand today, he would break the stone slab.

It is too tempting to promise Cheng Chuli a request.Well, in his heart now, Cheng Chuli's promise is more attractive than his father's.

After a day of solidification.The cement slab is now completely hardened.

Cheng Chuli asked someone to take the formwork apart.A smooth cement board was displayed in front of everyone.

Everyone's eyes lit up immediately, and then they all went up and knocked on the stone slab.There was a clanging sound.

Oh my god, it really looks exactly like a slate?
At this time, although everyone has seen and touched it, they still can't believe it.

"Hey, where is that second senior brother? Come over here and see if you can smash this slate into pieces?"

Cheng Chucun looked up, found Li You and said.

Then, everyone looked at Li You and became excited.

If there is no Li You, they all want to try the hardness of this thing by themselves.But now with Li You, this arduous task is entrusted to him.

A request from Cheng Chuli!So tempting, okay?

When Li You saw the concrete slab being taken out, he was taken aback.

A stone slab with a thickness of more than [-] centimeters, can it really be smashed with a fist?
But when he thought of making a request to Cheng Chuli, he gritted his teeth and stepped forward.I was praying in my heart, maybe this thing is useless!

Yes, at this time, most people think so too.If it is possible to make slabs in this way, the cement is too strong.

Everyone rushed to lift up the cement board for him.

Li You gritted his teeth, and luckily, he slapped the cement board with all his strength.

There was only a bang, and the cement board did not move at all, and there was no change at all.And Li You let out a scream.

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much!
Forehead?
Everyone looked at Li You sympathetically.Knowing that it is an unshakable object.You are still working so hard, you really won't die if you don't die!

But they didn't think about it, why didn't they want to try their best before Li You fought?

Li You jumped there, his face turned green from the pain.This teacher is too bad.Knowing that this thing is so tough, you still use it to tempt me to hit it.It's so frightening!
Cheng Chuli ignored him, and asked Li Yuan: "Old man, you should know the usefulness of this cement by now, right? If the walls of Chang'an City are built with this stuff, would you say they are strong?"

"Good stuff, really good stuff!"

At this moment, Li Yuan touched this cement board, like touching a lost and found treasure.

"Since it's a treasure, old man, tell me, how can this thing sell well?" Cheng Chuli asked.

Hearing this, everyone looked at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan nodded and said: "Although this thing is precious, it needs to be used in large quantities. We can't sell it too expensive, otherwise, the common people won't be able to use it at all. But we can't sell it too cheap, otherwise, he won't be a treasure." , but turned into rubbish. I think it’s better to sell it for ten cents a catty.”

What?Ten cents a catty?Then buying a hundred catties is consistent money.Excluding his cost of less than a penny and a catty, how much money does your sister have to make?

At this moment, Li Chongyi and the others suddenly felt so congested that they couldn't breathe because of the heartache. It seemed that they didn't participate in the cement factory either!
Cheng Chuli shook his head and said: "No way, old man, the reason why I built this thing is to build our Great Tang. It is so expensive that few people can afford it, so how can we build Great Tang? How about we cut it in half and sell it for five cents a catty?"

Old Li Yuan blushed, and gave Cheng Chuli a thumbs-up and said: "I am convinced, old man, and you are so self-conscious as a little Chuli, I am really ashamed. Okay, then we will discount it in half, and sell it for five yuan a catty." gone."

Cheng Chuli said a little embarrassedly: "Old man, it's not that I'm high-minded, but that I'm not very interested in money. I make money to develop our Tang Dynasty."

Ouch, my little heart, you kid doesn't have much interest in money?In the entire Tang Dynasty, the person who has the least right to say this is probably you, kid.

At this time, Li Chongyi walked up with a straight face and said, "Hey, well, Xiao Chuli, this brick factory and cement factory, let us also take a share, okay?"

"Yes, yes, we also want to invest in shares." Fang Yizhi and the others also followed suit.

Forehead?
Cheng Chuli asked suspiciously: "Didn't you say you didn't do it back then? Why are you doing it again now?"

Li Chongyi's face immediately turned red: "Well, this, didn't I know that this thing you made can make money so much?"

"Yes, yes, we didn't know about it before!" The others quickly echoed.

Cheng Chuli said: "It's not impossible for you to buy shares, but as I said before, the money required to buy shares beforehand is definitely different from buying shares now. It is no exaggeration to say that now, I sell [-] yuan or more for one share. It’s easy to sell for [-] yuan or even more.”

Well, obviously seeing something that can make money, how many people are rushing to buy shares?

"Yes Yes Yes Yes."

Li Chongyi and the others nodded their heads like chickens pecking at rice.

Cheng Chuli said: "We are all brothers, and I won't make things difficult for you. How about this? I will give you 1000% to share equally with you, and each of you can use [-] yuan to invest in shares! I still have the remaining [-]%. For you guys."

Li Congyi and the others immediately laughed. Although their hearts were bleeding, they laughed very happily.

contradictory?It was very contradictory. If they agreed before, they would just ask each of them to pay [-] guan.Now each of them has to spend a thousand guan.So their hearts are bleeding.

But then again, this is something lost and found.Cheng Chu immediately let them spend a thousand pennies to buy shares.It's really a bargain.

You must know that if the shares in these two cities are sold to outsiders.It can be sold for a price of thirty to fifty thousand guan.

At Li Chongyi's house, when Li Xiaogong, king of Hejian County, found out what happened.Immediately wished to kill the kid in front of him.

What kind of thing does this raise?If you don't pay five hundred guan, you have to spend a thousand guan.

At that time, Li Chongyi was beaten up crying for his father and mother.

At the home of the God of War, Li Jing, the same story was also unfolding.

In the families of Fang Xuanling, Yu Chigong and Qin Shubao, the same tragedy was also unfolding.

You can't do without beating them up. What can be solved by spending five hundred pennies, these guys forcibly doubled it. This is a proper prodigal son!Is it okay not to beat them?Can it work?
Just when tragic stories are being staged in various princes' mansions.

In Ganlu Hall, Li Shimin had a headache.His worst worry came again.There was a severe drought in Guanzhong, and it didn't rain for many days.If there is no more rain, the grain production in Guanzhong will be exhausted again this year.At that time, it will be hungry again!

A copy of the memorials were sent up, almost all of which were about this matter.Do you want to die or not?

No way, Li Shimin had to call all relevant officials over to discuss this matter together.

But after discussing and discussing, what solution can be discussed?This matter will happen every now and then, and it has happened every year in the past few years. If there is a way, it will be solved long ago.

In the end, there was no other way, Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, I think it's better to ask Master Cheng Xiaohou for a question! Among the officials in the Tang Dynasty, he is the only one who knows how to farm."

None of the officials had any objections, but they all agreed.

They are too difficult and don't know anything about this kind of thing.Being brought here by the emperor, besides being scolded, what else can I do?

That being the case, why not find a few more people to be scolded together!

If Fang Xuanling knew what they were thinking, he probably wanted to cry.In all fairness, he really didn't want to find someone to be scolded with.He really thought that Cheng Chuli might have a solution.

However, other people don't think so. After so many years, who can solve this problem?

The most important thing is that when Cheng Chuli raised this question, didn't he just give a solution that would take several years to solve?If it can be solved simply, why engage in such a large project?
Li Shimin also went to the doctor in a hurry, and ordered Wang De: "Wang De, you go to Chengjia Village and let Cheng Chuli come into the palace to see me."

When Wang De came to Chengjia Village, he was taken to the Weishui River.

At this moment, Cheng Chuli was instructing those people not knowing what they were doing.Anyway, Wang De couldn't understand it.

Wang De walked up to Cheng Chuli's side and said, "Master Cheng, the emperor has a decree, please enter the palace to face the saint."

As soon as Cheng Chuli heard his words, he was immediately annoyed.He waved his hand and said, "Roll, don't you see that I'm busy? I don't have any vision at all."

"What?"

Wang De was stunned immediately, feeling that his whole body was not well.Did this kid not hear me clearly?Do you dare not accept the imperial decree?How brave must this be?
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