Red bricks, a commodity, were born at the wrong time in ancient China and could not survive for thousands of years.

It stands to reason that red bricks have simpler craftsmanship and lower cost than blue bricks, so they should be more popular. However, emperors of all dynasties said here: n.

The two colors of true yellow, bright yellow and true red cinnabar are the exclusive colors of the royal palace and the royal family members. Just like the Queen's black Rolls-Royce, they are exclusive to the royal family.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the decline in the control of the imperial court, the people of Fujian, a land far away from the emperor, had a wave of folk construction of red brick buildings. During this period, the Dutch even went to Zhangzhou and bought a lot of red bricks to build the city of Relanja.

In addition, it was not until the collapse of royal power in the late Qing Dynasty and the influx of industrial products that the entire medieval society began to use red bricks in large quantities.

Chuanchuanzhong also had twists and turns in terms of bricks. The sales of the red bricks shipped to Hangzhou were not very hot at the beginning: not everyone dared to use this thing, and it would take many years to build walls and houses. One day, the scene would be like this.

Evidence of rebellion.

Next, the officials quickly adjusted the ingredient ratio of some 95 red bricks according to the telegram returned from Tangzhuang, so that the product became light red. As a result, the sales situation of the 2o version of red bricks improved.

Soon the 3o version bricks produced by Da Yuan will be on the market: as the strength of the kiln area base increases, a brick kiln specially used to bake green bricks for export will be launched. By then, both in terms of geometry and strength, it will completely surpass the traditional green bricks.

The industrial version of bricks, blue bricks, will definitely become a popular item on the market in other places. You know, there is a word in ancient times called "grinding bricks with seams", which has clearly reflected the quality of the original handicraft products.

With the arrival of a large number of purchasers, the already deserted Tangzhuang neighborhood became chaotic and noisy overnight.

A large number of sailors and coolies came and went between the warehouses and rivers. The rich slaves in bright clothes and angry horses accompanied people who looked like butlers and wandered around the goods piles. Masons, carpenters, and stonemasons squatted together, with a guy eating in front of them to indicate their occupation.

, eagerly waiting for customers to come and pick them up.

All the way north along the small bay in front of the gate, there are a number of rental boats moored in the Tangzhuang River. There are now some noisy businessmen, big and small, gathered in front of Tangzhuang gate. Whenever the fleet enters the port, various short-term activities such as buying and selling at high prices are carried out.

Business began to flood among the crowd. This is probably how the original exchange came about?

Not long after, nearby villagers paddling small boats also came to sell lotus leaf glutinous rice cakes. There were more and more thieves squeezing through the crowd. Tax collectors in official robes also came to draw bamboo shoots.

Wooden.

Xiong Dao has been tied up recently because of this sudden and explosive situation.

This is definitely not going to work: Tangzhuang does not need to turn its entrance into a building materials and home decoration market. The most important task of this freight station is to transport certain special "goods" at night, and other businesses are incidental. If this continues, it will not be possible.

How soon will someone set up a tent and set up a stall nearby, and spend the night there? This is intolerable. We need to be clear about priorities.

So Xiong Dao began to rectify it.

The goods for selling glutinous rice cakes were bought, and then the simple man was kicked into the river by the bullies of Tangzhuang: "Get out! Come and burn the boat again!"

The little thief who stole something was picked up by the big men and walked away: "There is a wild lotus pond two miles away. I will take you to see the lotus flowers."

As for the bamboo and wood bureau, Xiong Dao released Diao Xing, a group of people under the Ministry of Industry, a group of director generals, ambassadors, and Nei Ge who are staring at the bamboo and wood geese in the world and plucking their hair every day.

He and Lao Diao are both old friends. We all had a meal together and after discussing the deal, these plague gods were settled.

This was just to save face. In the late Ming Dynasty, the power of merchants was actually very powerful, especially those with the support of Jin gentry or relatives of the emperor.

Here is a short story written by Wanli Dongguan for reference: Huizhou wood merchant Wang Tianjun and others used money to buy 160,000 pieces of wood, evaded taxes of more than 32,000, and lost 50,000 to 60,000 taels from the state tax. The Ministry of Public Works

The minister called upon dozens of people from Huizhou to kneel down in the court, and all businessmen knew that the public could not seize the stolen goods, so they poured the stolen goods to Dongchang.

Yes, you read that right. Dozens of red-top businessmen evaded taxes. After being caught, they could not deny it. They actually framed Dongchang together.

Has the world's outlook collapsed? Dongchang, which has always been ranked alongside the military-controlled KGB and is considered the chief representative of a brutal agency on TV, was framed by businessmen in the lobby of the Ministry of Industry.

After the irrelevant people disappeared, Xiong Dao then began to rectify the related households: from now on, each group of craftsmen will only be allowed to leave one customer service person with a certificate to pick up customers neatly under the bamboo tent set up, just like the China Unicom girls doing activities in the square in later generations.

Like us, all the other craftsmen, big and small, rushed back to Hangzhou city.

As for the businessmen, Tangzhuang had to set aside a red brick warehouse for them to work around, with chairs and tea prepared in it, and Chu Maosheng served as the salon manager.

All meals and water are now provided by Tangzhuang, and all outside vendors and vendors have been driven away.

The most important point is: every day at four o'clock in the afternoon, Tangzhuang begins to close, all business stops, and immigrants must take small boats back to the city. The only people left here are the locals wearing official gowns.

"It finally looks like that." Xiong Dao was standing on the stone platform at the entrance of Tangzhuang, looking at the immigrants who were returning home by boat after work, and nodded with satisfaction. Recently, he has done almost nothing, every day

I just stayed here to maintain order, and worked hard for more than ten days to calm down the situation.

"Fortunately, there was no delay." Xiong Dao continued to observe the surroundings and saw that the man on duty, 66, began to patrol the empty market one after another. He turned and returned to Tangzhuang.

Tangzhuang is still the same as before, but the difference is the back garden. The back garden was originally transformed by the time-travelers. Later, with the withdrawal of the main force of the time-travelers and most of the equipment, it has been opened to Mingren's subordinates.

Nowadays, Xiong Dao and his two concubines, secretaries, and reporters occupy a small building. The roof of the building is equipped with several photovoltaic panels and antennas. The remaining ordinary small buildings have been allocated to the "nursing homes" for living.

Tangzhuang and Moyunguan now share the same group of guards, most of whom are old people from Pingfengzhai. When they were first divided, the young bandits went to Da Yuan Island and the fleet, while the middle-aged bandits stayed and became guards.

The little leader of the courtyard and the beggar gang.

The guards later formed a mixed guard team with some members of the Beggar Clan, and the members began to take turns receiving combat, night patrol, and crossbow shooting training in Moyun Temple. After the large troop of Chuanzhong left, these people took on the responsibility of

He took on the important task of guarding Moyunguan and Tangzhuang.

Xiong Dao returned to the small building in the back garden and looked at his watch. It was already past 5 pm. He first asked the girl to bring him dinner and finished it quickly. Then at 6 o'clock, he turned on the car radio and started talking to Moyun Guan.

Lu Cheng is on the phone over there.

Soon after the call ended, Xiong Dao began to call the several captains of the escort team who were waiting outside to assign tasks one by one.

After the decoration was completed and the thugs were ordered to leave, Mr. Xiong walked into the bedroom and began to take off his clothes and change clothes with the two girls. Until the sun set, the lone star gradually rose, and the sky began to darken.

, the building door slowly opened, and Mr. Xiong took the lead and walked out of the building.

At this time, Mr. Xiong changed his image as a wealthy businessman. He was wearing an imitation B night combat uniform and a benny hat. His long hair fell into the hood from the back of his head. Mr. Xiong was holding an S17 tactical assault rifle and a 9-9 pistol in his waist.

, with a low-light night vision device hanging on his chest and a walkie-talkie on his back, looking like a special police officer on duty.

Behind Mr. Xiong are two SWAT girls. The girls are wearing black wedge-heeled leather shoes and black tight-fitting washed cloth trousers. They have tactical daggers on their thighs, and American Baal hand crossbows hanging on their waists. They are swinging on their chests.

, it is an infrared telescope and a night vision device. The horse's tail on the back of the head is swaying, the lines are zigzag, and the figure is heroic.

After the team of one king and two queens went out in a murderous manner, Mr. Xiong smiled lewdly and patted a girl's butt. The girl let out a soft cry and ran all the way into the watchtower in the corner.

"The Yellow River reports to the Yangtze River. The view is now good and there are no abnormalities."

"Yangjiang received it, pay attention, pay attention." Mr. Xiong walked out while testing the walkie-talkie with the girl. Not far from the back garden, the other girl also left him. The two girls wanted to monitor Tangzhuang from the watchtower.

To the west and north of is the direction of Hangzhou City.

As Mr. Xiong kept walking out, people kept following him from both sides.

"Have the coolies settled in yet?"

"Thank you to the owner of the village, everything is closed!"

"Check the lock again and send someone to guard the door."

"Here!"

At this time, it became clear why Mr. Xiong was so mobilizing today: "goods" arrived tonight.

Every night when we watch the "goods" from Moyun, Tangzhuang is also facing a formidable enemy. The coolies will be locked in the room, and all other personnel must be dispatched to ensure the smooth handover of the "goods".

After Xiong Dao walked out of the gate of Tangzhuang, he saw that his men were ready and the sailors on all four boats were also ready, so he went straight to the row of brick and concrete warehouses by the river.

Seeing the village owner approaching, the two guards opened the warehouse door. Xiong Dao walked through the rice bags stacked in the warehouse, opened a secret door in the corner, and then climbed up a narrow stone step to the roof of the warehouse.

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The roof was built by our own people when we were building the house. There is a sunken machine gun nest in the middle, with wooden boards covering the top of the head. This is an important commanding height. In all areas, including Tangzhuang and Hewan Wharf, the roof can be directly accessed.

observe.

After Xiong Dao climbed up to the roof, he first observed the surrounding movement with night vision goggles. After confirming that there was no abnormality around him, he began to leisurely set up the assault rifle, then took out the walkie-talkie, started to turn the channels, and contacted the other party one by one.

stand up.
Chapter completed!