"Where is Xu Duo?"

"The little people are here." Xu Duo stepped forward and bowed.

"How much does it cost to compare with blue bricks and red bricks?" Yang You asked.

"It is reported to His Highness the King of Dai that blue bricks take a little longer and consume more fuel than red bricks. Red bricks are relatively cheaper. In terms of the total cost, red bricks are 30% cheaper than blue bricks."

"30%."

Su Sheng exclaimed. In his opinion, red bricks and blue bricks are not much different. If the quality and function of a thing are not much different, if it is 30% cheaper, the impact on the expensive side will be quite large.

"Do you still remember the method of making red bricks?" Yang You looked at Xu Duo expectantly.

"The common people will never forget them." Xu Duo said a little embarrassedly.

"whee."

Yang Ji'er covered her mouth and laughed, making Xu Duo even more embarrassed.

"I need this recipe now, please give me a price!" Yang You said directly.

"His Highness of the King of Dai killed the villain. His Highness of Dai took a fancy to Xiaomin's brick burning recipe. That was a blessing for Xiaomin. How could he ask for money from His Highness of Daimin?" Xu Duo said panic.

Yang You was stunned for a moment, and there was something you didn't want to give money.

"Everything in the world is royal, and the method of making red bricks belongs to Your Highness. If you want to make up for Xu Duo, you can reward him." Su Sheng saw Yang You's doubts and explained.

After Su Sheng's explanation, Yang You understood the meaning. There was no protection of intellectual property rights in this era, and the emperor did not have to spend money. The royal family took things from ordinary people to your grace. If you feel sorry for it, you will reward you with something casually.

What a bullshit truth? It seems that the whole world is royal, and Yang You disagrees with this view very much.

But thinking about it on the other hand, I am now as a vested interest, and it seems to be pretty good.

"I will not ask for your things in vain, what do you want." As a modern person, Yang You certainly won't be greedy for his little advantage.

"The little people have nothing to ask for! Originally, Xiaomin made a temporary mistake in making red bricks, and was ridiculed by the villagers. If His Highness Dai Wang liked Xiaomin's prescription, it would be a legitimate to Xiaomin! Xiaomin was too late to thank him? If there were any other thoughts, it would be that it was lack of greed." Xu Duo said firmly, his tone revealing sincerity.

"If you don't reward merits, this is not my character! Let's see what the brick road I built." Yang You pointed at the brick road and asked.

"His Royal Highness Dai is wise, his brick road is durable and can be used on sunny and rainy days. His business and travel exchanges are very convenient, which can be said to be beneficial to the country and the people, and is an amazing masterpiece." Xu Duo flatteredly said.

"Since such a good thing is of course built more. Besides, refugees are about to enter Jingzhao County continuously, and it is imperative to build a large number of brick roads!" Yang You paused and continued.

"The construction of a large number of brick roads will definitely require a large number of bricks. If all of them are used, the cost will be too high. It is a general trend to replace blue bricks. The court is about to establish a disaster relief department. Why not just enter the disaster relief department to be responsible for the dispatch and quality of bricks!"

Xu Duo was stunned and let himself enter the disaster relief department. Wasn’t he an official? Did he hear it wrong?

A moment ago, I was a young master who was ridiculed by others. In a blink of an eye, I entered the disaster relief department and became an official!

"Don't you?" Yang Ji'er said mischievously.

"I'm willing, of course I'm willing." Xu Duo quickly responded, "Thank you Your Highness Dai, and thank you Princess Izumo."

Xu Duo usually dresses as a scholar and loves to study. Unfortunately, he is a child of a businessman and cannot participate in the imperial examination. This is originally a regret for his life. Unexpectedly, an accidental mistake made his life turn a shocking reversal.

The destined lifelong career of burning bricks has allowed him to join the ranks of officials. Although he still doesn't know what rank he is, whether he is an official or an official.

"The disaster relief department will be established tomorrow. You can just go there to report. This secret recipe for making red bricks will belong to the disaster relief department in the future. Of course, this secret recipe will be kept by you. If a kiln factory wants to make red bricks, you can provide a secret recipe, provided that they keep it confidential and pay 50,000 bricks as a patent fee." Yang You ordered.

"What is a patent fee!" Yang Ji'er was like a curious baby, and asked if she didn't understand.

Xu Duo and Su Sheng also looked at Yang You in confusion. No one had heard of this word before.

"The patent is the firing of red bricks. Xu Duo was an invention and the fruit of his labor. If others use this secret recipe, of course they will have to pay Xu Duo a certain amount of compensation." Yang You strives to explain in the simplest words.

Su Sheng nodded. It was true. After thinking about it, he had questions again.

"What if another person also made the red brick himself and did not secretly learn Xu Duo's secret recipe, and he also figured it out by himself?"

"That's it!" Xu Duo and Yang Jier nodded.

"Then I'm sorry, after all, come first and then come! What I've studied later is considered unlucky." Yang You smiled and said.

"Of course this patent also has a term, so it's up to twenty years!"

The "patent law", known as one of the magic weapons of the Great Sui Dynasty, was decided by Yang You in a few words.

"This is OK, it's fair." Yang Ji'er said, "Don't look at her laughing and laughing, she is not inferior to anyone when she is shrewd."

...

"Your Highness, the empress is late." The Minister of Works, Ping Honggui, led by the guards, came down to the nearby place.

"What is the Minister of Justice here for?" Yang Ji'er said strangely.

"Of course I'm here to pay the bill for us. Haven't you seen the brick dealer over there waiting to settle the bill?" Yang You pointed to the dozen merchants under the city gate and smiled.

More than a dozen merchants under the city gate were waiting leisurely. As early as when they started to pull bricks, the guards had already said that they would pay the bills at the market price. No one was worried that the royal family would default on the bill.

"Have you brought something?"

"Please look, Your Highness, King Dai."

Ping Honggui stretched out his hand and saw about fifty four-wheeled carriages lined up in a long convoy, leaving the city one after another, and lined up very long on the brick road.

At this time, the four-wheeled carriage in the front slowly left the line, and several guards were loading sacks on top, filled with sand and soil.

The two guards carried a sack together. Judging from their heavy appearance, they knew that the sack was not light.

The first car was loaded with ten sacks, and a craftsman inserted a red flag behind it. With the coachman's shouting, the two horses began to exert force and the vehicle started quickly.

As the vehicle moved rapidly, the flag behind the vehicle still fluttered, and four large golden characters appeared in everyone's sight.

"One thousand pounds." A man exclaimed.

Then others began to make noise. One thousand pounds were not a huge amount, and ordinary carriages could also be pulled.

But that was just pulling, slow like a snail. And it was impossible to run like a four-wheeled carriage on a brick road.

Immediately, the second car also started running, and a bright red flag was still flying behind it.

"One thousand five hundred kilograms." Everyone exclaimed again.

"Two thousand jin."

...

"Two thousand five hundred kilograms."

Ten consecutive carriages ran out, and the load capacity of the carriage had increased to 2,500 kilograms, which was already the limit of a wooden carriage.

Such a heavy carriage was pressed over, and the brick road was still unharmed.

Looking at the reactions of the people on both sides, Yang You and Ping Honggui looked at each other, and the four-wheeled carriage fired the first shot.

The forty four-wheeled carriages at the back were proposed to be tried by people, and the last thirty carriages began to be sold, each with a price of thirty cents.

Such a high price is out of reach for ordinary people, but for the children of the aristocratic families in Daxing, it is just a drop in the bucket. Instead, it was snatched up in a short time, and the remaining twenty trial carriages were also snatched up.

Fifty carriages sold a total of 1,500 stags. After paying the brick merchants 300 stags, there were still 1,200 stags left.

Ping Honggui gave all the 1,200 guan to Su Sheng in pain. As the funds for continuing to build the road, he couldn't bear to let the child get away with the wolf. Only the longer the brick road was built, the more popular his four-ren horse carriage would be. At that time, he would gain far more than 1,200 guan.

It was not until Ping Honggui left that Su Sheng came to the account. It seemed that His Highness Dai Wang built a five-mile brick road today. Not only did he not spend money, he made 1,200 trump cards.

What's going on in this world! Su Sheng was a little confused.
Chapter completed!