"Mo still has one more technique!"
When the officials heard this, they could not help but turn around and stare at Meton.
Last time, when Meton mentioned Mo's technique, he directly used the Salt Snow Secret Technique to change the Imperial Court's policy towards Tuyuhun, from the original punishment to the destruction of the country.
The might of Mo's technique shocked the officials, and now that history was repeating itself, how could the officials not raise their eyebrows.
"The bricks that we used before were all green bricks, the manufacturing process was complicated and the cost was expensive. But in the far west country, they mostly used a cheap red brick." Merton said.
"Red brick?" The officials did not understand.
Meton nodded and said, "After a few months of research, the Mo family finally cracked the secret technique of the red brick. This red brick is easy to make, the steps are simple, and it is much stronger than green bricks. More importantly, the cost is half of the red brick."
Meton waved his hand, and Mo Si opened the four-wheeled truck, revealing a truck full of red bricks.
The people in the south of the city were shocked, the Mo family village's four-wheeled truck could carry five thousand jin, and when they saw the truck full of bricks, they were convinced. But it was also the first time they saw red bricks, and they all went up to take a look.
Very quickly, Qin Huaiyu and the other two each carried over ten red bricks, and walked up the South City Tower without any signs of difficulty. Anyone who saw them could not help but praise them for being good men.
"The three brothers' young masters really make others envious!" Li Jing looked at Qin Huaiyu and the other two placing the bricks, and praised.
"Fooling around all day, why aren't you moving to the side!" Qin Qiong shouted at Qin Huaiyu. But he did not let the three go down, and instead moved to the side to show their faces in front of the officials.
The three of them immediately retreated to the side as if they had been pardoned, and did not look like the hedonistic young masters they used to be.
Qin Qiong looked at Qin Huaiyu and the other two, and then looked at Mo Jiazi who was speaking frankly in front of the officials. He then looked at Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong, and the three of them sighed in unison.
Li Shimin picked up a red brick, looked at it, and compared it with the green brick on the city wall. He realized that the red brick and green brick looked very similar, only the color was different. He picked up two bricks, and knocked them together, producing a crisp sound.
"It's actually so hard!" Cheng Yaojin picked up a red brick, and knocked it hard, and it did not break.
The corner of Morton's mouth twitched involuntarily. Red bricks were still trustworthy in terms of their sturdiness. In the future, breaking bricks with one's hands required a lot of practice and a lot of practice. Breaking bricks with one's hands alone was definitely not possible.
When Cheng Yaojin saw that the red brick was sturdy, he flew into a rage out of humiliation. He directly knocked the two bricks against each other. Immediately, the two red bricks broke into four pieces.
After a long time, he had to admit that the red brick was indeed harder than the green brick.
Li Shimin nodded in his heart. Mo Jiazi was usually very unreliable, but the Mo family's Mo technique had never disappointed anyone. Ever since Meton took out the red brick, he already believed half of it.
Meton said proudly, "If the Tang dynasty changed the ten roads to red brick, then it would only cost 2.3 million strings of coins."
"2.3 million strings of coins!"
This amount was already extremely huge, but the officials did not feel any heartache. Compared to the previous 4.6 million strings of coins, everyone felt that they had earned more.
Everyone could not help but look at Meton in shock. The power of Mo technique was indeed amazing. A simple red brick secret technique could save more than 2 million strings of coins, and after the red brick was popularized, the price of the Tang dynasty's bricks would definitely drop, and the money saved would be more than 2 million strings of coins.
"One technique to destroy a country, one technique to save millions!"
The officials sighed in their hearts, and Mo technique was infinitely raised in everyone's hearts.
Even Wei Zheng's opposition this time was not so strong, and his heart began to waver.
Meton snickered in his heart. This was actually the same as buying things. If an item was 50% off, even if you did not need it, you would probably buy it. Moreover, the benefits of building a brick road were obvious. It could save half of the cost, so everyone could not help but be tempted.
However, Wei Zheng was not so easy to fool. He directly caught Mo Jiazi's loophole and said, "Since the Mo family has mastered the red brick secret technique, why don't they make red brick paving roads, but buy the green brick paving roads at a high price?"
Li Shimin's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he stared at Meton with a scrutinizing gaze.
Meton smiled bitterly and said, "Burning bricks is the most destructive. There are many people in the Mo family village, and every time the land is extremely precious. How can it be destroyed?"
Burning bricks destroyed the land, and the reason why the large-scale ban on burning red bricks in later generations was to protect the fertile land.
"What's more, the Ministry of Works requires a tight schedule. Even if we make red bricks, it's too late!" Meton looked at Duan Lun and defended himself.
Duan Lun snorted and retorted, "In my opinion, it's Marquis Merton who doesn't care about the low-level work of burning bricks!"
The four-wheeled carriages, iron and steel, and famous wines produced by the Mo family village were all very profitable. Naturally, the Mo family village did not care about the low-level craft of burning bricks.
Meton smiled embarrassedly and said, "Burning bricks is the most labor-intensive. The Mo family village does not have so much manpower. It's not lazy to bite off more than you can chew. It's better for the Mo family to focus on their main business. "
In this era, the technology of burning bricks depended on manpower, and almost all of them were coolies. Therefore, the Mo family village would not put their precious manpower into burning bricks.
"What's more, once the red brick secret technique spreads, the price of green bricks will drop greatly. I don't kill Boren, but Boren will die because of me. The villages around Chang 'an City that burn bricks are also the neighbors of the Mo family village. The Mo family village will buy the green bricks as compensation for them. "Meton said.
"Good job, Mo boy!" Cheng Yaojin shouted.
Meton's move could be said to be very good. Once the cheap and practical red bricks were introduced, the green bricks would be very difficult to sell. It would be a big blow to the villages that burn bricks for a living.
Even Wei Zheng, who was the most picky, could not find any fault with it.
At last, Meton smiled bitterly and said, "Originally, I wanted to sell the red brick secret technique to the villages that make bricks to offset the cost of the green bricks. But the Minister gave it to the imperial court, so I gave it up!"
The Mo family village did not know how to burn bricks, so they could only spread the red brick secret technique. They wanted to make a fortune, but they did not expect that the emperor and all the civil and military officials in the imperial court would know about it. Therefore, Meton had to give up the red brick secret technique to save the king.
Cheng Yaojin could not help but open his eyes wide and shouted, "I thought you were crazy to spend more than 20,000 strings of coins to pave the road. It turns out that you did not intend to pay."
All the civil and military officials in the imperial court suddenly realized that if the red brick secret technique and the green brick cost offset the cost, the Mo family village would not spend much money to pave the official road in the south of the city.
They all looked at Mo Jiazi and could not help sighing in their hearts. It did not cost much to pave a road that was related to the lifeline of the Mo family village. If they were in Mo Jiazi's position, they would not hesitate to do the same.
"Cleverness overcomes cleverness!" Li Shimin looked at Meton and sneered.
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