The Duan family in Nanyang is also a very famous family.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a inheritance of poetry and books.

Now I heard that he opened a kiln factory here.

All of a sudden, many people had strange eyes.

This is a heresy.

It is indeed a humiliation of the family. If Duan Shaobao is alive, don’t be angry to death.

Emperor Tianqi suddenly became interested. He was a very smart person and probably had imagined something, so he asked: "What does this kiln factory do?"

Duan Yan said: "In fact, it is a brick kiln. Now the population in Fengqiu has skyrocketed, and many people need to build houses. In addition, there are many projects in the county that require this brick. Many newly built workshops and kiln factories have a great demand for bricks. Therefore, students recruit craftsmen here and set up this brick kiln with the help of the county!"

"The bricks produced by students are mainly blue bricks. The blue bricks need to be made, which is more difficult than red bricks. However, I asked the craftsmen to improve some methods and use coal to burn bricks. The quality is not to be said. A few months ago, a kiln was opened, and now there is a new kiln here under construction."

He seemed very calm.

It seems that he does not show any timidity because of other people's strange gazes.

Obviously, he has seen such strange gazes these days.

Emperor Tianqi then asked Duan Yan to take him away. The kiln factory occupied a considerable area and a large amount of clay was transported. Then the craftsmen began to mix water and mix it into mud, and then used the molded tools to make bricks one by one.

On the other side, there is a kiln. There are chimneys in the kiln. The smoke from the chimney is rolling. As soon as you enter, a wave of heat comes to your face.

Emperor Tianqi only walked a few steps and felt too hot, so he hurried out again.

Emperor Aoki said: "How many bricks can you burn?"

"A kiln, after a day, the output is now around 30,000 yuan."

“Can you sell it?”

“Supply is in short supply.”

Emperor Aoki was very interested, and he seemed to find anything that made money interesting: "How much does the monthly profit?"

Duan Yan thought for a while and said, "It depends on the situation. At present, the supply is in short supply. The monthly net profit can reach 800 taels of silver. When the new kiln is built in the future, the net profit is not doubled, but it can still be 1,3500 taels per month."

One thousand three hundred taels a month, will it be nearly twenty thousand taels of silver in this year?

Just burn a brick.

Emperor Aoki was a little surprised at this.

"How much does it cost to build your kiln factory?"

"In fact, it is not the main thing to apply for land from the county. If the county does not sell land, it only rents it. For example, the kiln here is 60 taels per month, which is not too much. As for the expenses of building kilns, it is not large. Within one thousand taels, it will definitely be built. The main thing to deal with is the expenses of personnel and employees."

Duan Yan talked freely, talking about his business philosophy: "Of course, as long as the kiln is built, it will be easy to handle. Of course... this business needs to be done for a long time, and it depends on credit after all. Brick kilns are not difficult to do..."

As he said, he picked up a pile of blue bricks, opened the shade of the blue bricks to show to Emperor Tianqi, and said, "So these blue bricks are marked by our Duan family. Slowly, the transactions have started. Nowadays, many people have demand for bricks, and there are not no kiln factories here, but most of them are still willing to come to me to buy bricks."

After a closer look, there was an inscription on the blue brick. It was obviously the one that had been carved in the brick mold when the brick was made.

Emperor Tianqi said with great enthusiasm: "In this way, if you continue to expand your scale, you must make a fortune?"

Duan Yan smiled: "If the business is to be expanded in the future, students will no longer build brick kilns. Although the selling price of these green bricks is higher than that of red bricks, the profit is small after all, and there are many brick kiln factories now. The students have trained a group of kilns. If they build kilns again, they will probably have to burn pottery and tiles."

After hearing this, Emperor Tianqi smiled: "This is what is mentioned in the art of war, and the water is unpredictable. It's true, you can't always stick to one method. After all, many transactions are in common. In this way, you are afraid that you will make a lot of money in the future."

Duan Yan introduced enthusiastically: "There are more and more, and taxes are also required. Fortunately, the commercial tax in Fengqiu County is not too heavy. Of course, if the county collects taxes, it will also help solve some problems."

When Emperor Tianqi said he was doing business, he was very attentive. He looked at the molds used by the craftsmen and said, "Your brick mold is not good, it is shoddy, and there is also a cart for transporting bricks. It is too old, why hasn't anyone ever thought about improving it?"

Duan Yan was stunned. He really didn't understand this.

Emperor Tianqi said: "Transporting blue bricks, especially those bricks, requires easy handling. The cart is too bumpy and cannot transport a few bricks. Tomorrow, I will help you improve it. If you follow my method, you will definitely work."

As he said that, he seemed to have seen something accidentally, and his eyes were straight at a distance, and he said, "You still have a water truck here?"

As Emperor Apocalypse's eyes fell, a water truck stood far away along the river.

Duan Yan said: "Yes, it is mainly used to draw water..."

"This water truck is not good either..." Emperor Tianqi held his hands behind his back. He just looked at the water truck and said lightly: "This is the water truck that Song Shiqi has used. It's too old... I think about it..."

Emperor Tianqi immediately said, "Well, I have a prescription. The fundamental reason for the water wheel is the shaft. Do you often need to repair the water wheel, especially the shaft, which is easy to collapse. Not only that... the paddle fan also needs to be replaced."

Duan Yan looked at Emperor Tianqi in surprise and said, "Yes, yes, that's it."

Emperor Tianqi said, "That's right, haha... I will teach you a way in a few days."

No one expected that Emperor Aoki began to go off topic as he talked.

At this time, Emperor Tianqi said: "If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. Since you rely on this to make a living, why didn't you think that the tools you produce are crucial?"

Others may be confused when they hear these words.

But Duan Yan understood.

Better tools can bring greater output and lower costs. If a person who does not run a workshop will also keep such words in his mouth, these words are actually just for talking and debating with others, but Duan Yan can understand the weight of this sentence most deeply.

At this moment, he looked at Emperor Tianqi with solemn expression and admired, and couldn't help but sigh: This emperor... really understands everything.

"Yes, students are taught." Duan Yan said convincedly.

Emperor Tianqi looked at Duan Yan's respectful gaze and was immediately happy.

However, the eyes of the officials behind him became more and more different when they looked at Duan Yan.

Someone stroked his beard and took advantage of the fact that Emperor Tianqi walked forward and talked to Zhu Youjian and introduced the principle of the water truck to Zhu Youjian, a sudden sentence came out: "If Duan Shaobao knew that his descendants were fond of this, they would always speak out with profits, and would be ashamed to death."

The one who said this was the Hanlin King.

What Wang Jie said was actually the voice of the officials.

What is a scholar-official? A scholar-official is not just a profession, it is the incarnation of the sacred.

It monopolizes public opinion and power, but at the same time... they also monopolize morality.

In other words, when a group that holds public opinion and power, they have moral standards of measurement.

For example, what kind of people are noble and what kind of people are noble.

With a word of profit, Wang Jie almost directly penetrated An Duan Yan to the bottom of morality, which was like Wang Jie standing on the commanding heights of morality and looking down at a smelly fish and rotten shrimp like Duan Yan.

Duan Yan stopped and said whether this sentence was light or not, and he happened to hear it.

He turned around and glanced at Wang Jie.

Wang Jie was still proud.

In fact, Wang Jie has experienced this many times in his life. He usually uses this to scold merchants or shop assistants.

This strong sense of superiority has come to life on the face.

Others were scolded by him, either they smiled awkwardly or they just lowered their heads and walked away in shame. After all, Wang Jie's identity is extraordinary.

But Duan Yan is different. Duan Yan is essentially a member of the literati class. His grandfather was a high-ranking official and a real gentry. How could a person who came out like this swallow his anger?

So, he suddenly shouted, "I wonder what advice do you have for me?"

As soon as I opened my mouth, the temperament of a scholar emerged.

So, Emperor Tianqi, Zhu Youjian, Zhang Jingyi and Guan Shaoning, who were walking in front, stopped and turned around.

Why did it start to quarrel? Hurry up... watch the fun.

Guan Shaoning was fine, his face was calm, but the other three were all full of energy.

The officials were laughing, but now they found that Duan Yan was not convinced, but they all had a tense face.

Wang Jie didn't expect Duan Yan to continue speaking, so he showed disdain and said unceremoniously: "I said you speak out with profit, which will bring shame to our ancestors."

"Don't you talk about profit?" Duan Yan said: "Brother Tai has no profit, but she can have rich food and clothing. Someone is supporting her studies and hires famous teachers. Is it a good title? If it is not profitable, I think everyone knows how much salary the court has. Then how can I eat and drink enough, and have the leisure to talk about it? Brother Tai clearly occupies the greatest profit in the world. Turning around, he is ashamed of making profits. It's like a person who has to eat, but he insists on being ashamed of the kitchen. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Every word of this is really heart-wrenching. Every sentence contains a trap, and you start squirting directly at Wang Jie.

Just kidding, in the past, people like you, Wang Jie, were able to show off because you really had some bullshit, but because people like you controlled public opinion and power, and even monopolized knowledge.

Now, you are so stupid. You are here to provoke me Duan Yan, thinking that I, Duan Yan, are vegetarians?
Chapter completed!