Chapter 612 Work Hard

After walking a few steps, Zhao Hanzhang turned around and saw Tinghe and two personal guards following her. She waved her hand and said, "You don't have to follow."

The two guards agreed, bowed and left, but Tinghe did not leave, "Girl, I still have to serve you."

"Okay, you can follow." Zhao Hanzhang didn't want the guards to know that she was going to the palace, but he was not worried about Ting He knowing.

Ting He happily agreed and followed her with great interest. After walking for a while, a group of people came from the next road. Zhao Hanzhang stopped and looked up, and saw Fu Tinghan and Zhao Erlang walking side by side. As soon as he saw her , the horse under Zhao Erlang jumped forward excitedly, and rushed towards her over Fu Tinghan.

Zhao Erlang reined in his horse in front of Zhao Hanzhang, smiling so hard that his eyes narrowed, "Sister, where are you going?"

Zhao Hanzhang reached out and touched the horse's neck and mouth, rubbed its fur soothingly, then raised his head and said, "We've been walking around, why are you here again? There's no meat at home today."

"I have it," Zhao Erlang took out a fat rabbit with its limbs spread out from a cloth bag hanging on the horse's back and said, "I took people to cut beans today, and when I saw a rabbit, I held it down. Sister, do you want to eat rabbit meat?"

Zhao Hanzhang immediately smiled and looked at him approvingly and said: "Erlang's skills are getting better and better. He handed the rabbit to the cook and asked him to divide it into two portions, one to fry and eat, and one to stew with vegetables."

Fu Tinghan couldn't help but smile when he saw the smile on her face, dismounted and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Just take a walk."

Fu Tinghan handed the horse to the guard behind him, "Let's go together."

Zhao Erlang rolled his eyes, dismounted, handed the horse and rabbit to Lu Hu, and said, "Take the rabbit back to the cook."

He ran to Zhao Hanzhang, looked at them eagerly, and wanted to follow.

Zhao Hanzhang laughed and waved to the guards behind them.

The people and horses were all gone at once, leaving only Fu An.

Zhao Hanzhang looked at the three of them and said simply: "Okay, let's go."

Going forward, only half of the houses were in good shape, while the other half were all black with broken eaves and broken walls, all of which had been destroyed by fires before.

Except for people who live in Taixue who occasionally take this road, few people come here again. Anyway, Zhao Erlang has not been here much since the emperor left.

He curiously looked left and right, and saw that the walls and yards of many houses were covered with weeds. Spring and summer were when the vegetation was in full bloom. These houses were unoccupied and had been burned by fire. The ash left behind seemed very It is easy to encourage the growth of vegetation. At a glance, there are tufts of grass on the wall in the east and west, and the yard is also full of grass.

"Sister, will all the houses here be like this in the future?"

"No, rebuild the house when you have money."

Zhao Erlang was already very sensible. He asked: "How much money will it cost?"

He said: "We are just building a barracks, and Mr. Xie said it would cost money."

"Don't your soldiers do it themselves when building a house? There is no labor cost, so why is it so expensive?"

"Lumber, stone and bricks cost a lot of money."

Zhao Hanzhang sighed, "You all know that money, rice, oil and salt are expensive."

Zhao Erlang turned to Fu Tinghan and asked: "Brother-in-law, please send someone to build a brick workshop outside Xin'an City."

Fu Tinghan: "Isn't there already a brick shop in Xin'an County?"

"Their bricks are so expensive that I didn't even ask for blue bricks or red bricks, I just got clay bricks."

The so-called mud bricks are bricks made of vegetation and mud. The cost is much lower. Most of today's houses are made of mud. However, if they are made into bricks, they will be thicker, easier to build, and more windproof. .

Not only in Xin'an, Gucheng and Luoyang, most of the houses built outside the city are now mainly made of this kind of mud bricks, which are low-cost and high-efficiency.

The better blue bricks and red bricks are used by wealthy people.

Compared to earth-yellow mud bricks, Zhao Erlang prefers blue bricks, but red bricks are also acceptable, so he and Fu Tinghan suggested, "Brother-in-law, you can open another brick workshop in Xin'an. Then it will be cheaper for me."

Fu Tinghan shook his head and said: "The workshop has limited manpower, and their brick prices are within a reasonable range, so we don't want to compete with the people for profit."

Zhao Hanzhang asked: "How much is it expensive?"

Fu Tinghan smiled and said: "Each brick costs only half a penny, but they are different from us. They need to pay part of the money to the local county government to get the land."

That's really not expensive.

Fu Tinghan said: "I am planning to raise the price of bricks in our workshop recently so as not to compete with the common people for profit."

Zhao Hanzhang happily patted Zhao Erlang on the shoulder and said, "That's right. I know you've saved money. Don't be lavish in the future."

He added: "It's not easy for ordinary people to do some business. If you earn purely hard-earned money like breaking bricks, don't complain. You can't owe them bricks."

Zhao Erlang agreed and said: "Although Mr. Xie said it is expensive, I still have this little money."

Just take out a gemstone from the trophies and exchange it for copper coins. That's it... "Sister, our jewelry can't be sold. Have you sold it?"

Zhao Hanzhang was also depressed, "No."

The two siblings sighed together.

Fu Tinghan smiled and shook his head. When he looked up again, they were at the bottom of the imperial city. He was puzzled, "What are you doing here?"

"Go in and have a look."

There are not many soldiers guarding the gate of the imperial city, just two. They mainly prevent thieves from sneaking into the palace to steal things. There are also patrols in the city. It seems quiet during this period, but in fact there are still people coming from all kinds of Sneak into the cave and go to the palace.

It’s just that it’s not certain whether you can steal something.

Zhao Hanzhang wanted to go in. Although the soldiers guarding the door were confused, they immediately opened the door and let them in.

Theoretically, she shouldn't enter. In fact, there is no place in Luoyang City that she can't go to. Even beggars can sneak in, let alone her?

Inside the door is a spacious straight road with towering walls on both sides. After walking for about a hundred steps, there is a branch road. Zhao Hanzhang introduced to the curious Fu Tinghan and Zhao Erlang, "These two sides are where the officials of the DPRK and Central Government work. Zhongshu Province, Shizhong Temple, and Secretary Supervisor all work here."

Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan said: "My great-uncle was the Shangshu Ling, the chief official of the Shangshu Province. The Ministry of Industry is now divided into the Ministry of Water, Tiancao, etc., all of which are under the management of the Shangshu Province. I decided to subdivide the functions and make a prototype. There are six departments, among which the Ministry of Industry will be handed over to you."

Fu Tinghan asked: "What about the household department?"

He didn't know much about Dongguan and Shuibu, but he still knew the Six Books of Shangshu. The historical content he learned in middle school, so even if he rarely had contact with relevant knowledge after middle school, he still remembered it firmly.

Zhao Hanzhang said: "Leave the household department to Ji Yuan."

"But the Ministry of Revenue is very important. The imperial court is still there and everyone in the world is watching me, so I won't announce it for the time being. I will just leave this part of the matter to him."

Ji Yuan had always done the same thing. Fu Tinghan nodded. He looked around and asked, "Then what are we doing in the imperial city?"

Zhao Hanzhang walked to the wall, reached out and patted the familiar and thick wall and sighed: "I feel bad, I am too poor, so I came in to relax and take a look at the houses inside..."

Imagine that one day she no longer has to worry about the office space and can work directly there.

Anyway, just give yourself a shot of chicken blood to encourage yourself.

She sighed: "It's probably the same as people who are trying to save a down payment and take a look at their favorite properties from time to time to encourage themselves to work harder and save money."

Fu Tinghan couldn't help laughing.