The newly built mansion in Jiehe Shang City in Wuhaogu is located in Gonghe Fang. This is one of the best lands in Jiehe Shang City, which is close to the administrative district of Shang City, which is Zhengfang, and is not far from the bank of Jiehe River. If you stand at a height of two floors, you can see the surging river flowing eastward, and you can also see the land belonging to the Great Liao Kingdom on the other side of the river.

The street where the Wu family mansion is located is called Wangbei Street, which is a street that runs northwest-southeast. The streets and alleys are connected to Zhengfang Square. The south of the northwest entrance is Wanda Wazi, Jiehe Xiefang Tower and Jingong Tower to the north. Wuhao Ancient Mansion follows Wanda Wazi, which is located in the northwest area of ​​the street and alleys. There are at least ten large rooms on the street and facing the street. It is a real high-walled mansion. On the other side of the Wu family mansion is the Jiehe Daxiangguo Temple under construction.

Opposite the Wu family mansion is the residential area developed by Wangbeilou Commercial Bank, which is called Wuyouyuan, which means carefree and worry-free. Don’t worry about being killed by Yelu Yanxi... During these days when Wuhaogu was not in Jiehe Commercial Market, Wuyouyuan’s mansion had been sold for more than fifty places, and they were all sold for non-building. Of course, the price cannot be compared with the houses in Kaifeng Mansion. It is basically a "one in and one thousand" market, that is, one in and one out of the house, one in and one out of the house, two in and two in and two be sold for two, and so on, Wuhaogu’s mansion in Jiehe is worth 5,000 pieces of silk.

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After a long journey, Wu Haogu, who arrived in Jiehe Market, Gao Qiu and others, led by Huang Silang, came to this Wu family mansion. It was indeed a bright red wall. Gao Qiu opened his mouth and immediately said in surprise: "What's going on? Why are they all red walls? Is this color not exceeding the rules?"

Wu Haogu didn't expect that his house in Jiehe Commercial City was built with red bricks in later generations. However, in this era, Wu Haogu had never seen it before. The bricks he saw were all blue bricks, but he didn't expect that he saw red bricks in Jiehe.

"Why is this brick red?" Wu Haogu frowned, "Is there something wrong with the soil here?"

"Dongweng, I don't know that's the case?" Huang Silang was also confused. "Because the supply of bricks was difficult after the Jiehe was frozen last winter, some simple brick kilns were built, and somehow the red bricks and stones were burned... It was useful, but the color was a bit bad. However, it would be a little bit bad. But later, people would apply mud and they would not be able to see it."

In fact, the reason for burning red bricks was that Huang Silang asked someone to build a brick kiln that cut corners, which saved the kiln roof and made it difficult to build the kiln roof. Huang Silang, who was in a hurry, asked someone to use a roofless brick kiln to try to burn a kiln brick, but the red bricks were burned. Although the quality was not as good as the blue bricks, they could still make do with it.

The only problem is that the red wall is a bit beyond the rules. If you are in Kaifeng Prefecture, you will not dare to do so, but in Jiehe Market, it will not be so strict. However, you cannot always use the red wall to show it to others, and you still have to cover it with mud and dust.

Huang Silang said again: "After the beginning of spring this year, I found a few more masters who knew how to burn bricks. They didn't know why, so they said that it might be related to the lack of a brick kiln."

"Not a top?" Wu Haogu didn't know how bricks were burned. "Can a kiln be used without a top?"

"Yes, just burn it the same." Huang Silang said, "The cost is still lower and it is convenient to build a large kiln, so I asked someone to build a few large brick kilns in Jiehe. In the future, I will burn bricks by myself, so I will save myself from buying them... You don't know, this brick is hard to buy."

The reason why bricks are difficult to buy is because the construction scale of Jiehe Commercial City is too large. Wu Haogu does not like rammed earth adobe houses and requires brick and tile houses to be built as much as possible. Most of the handicrafts in Yanyun area are official, with small scale, low efficiency, and pitiful output. They cannot meet the construction needs of Jiehe Commercial City at all, so they can only build their own kiln factory.

The brick kiln with a lid is difficult to repair, so Huang Silang didn't have the talent in this area, so he had to burn red bricks. As a result, he made a mistake and created an open straight-flame brick kiln with higher efficiency.

"By the way," Wu Haogu remembered cement again at this time, "What do you use to glue bricks?"

"Use three-metal soil," Huang Silang said, "lime, clay, fine sand, and a little glutinous rice juice."

"Buy it in a kiln, and then burn it," Wu Haogu didn't know the formula of cement at all. "Take off the fine sand, grind it with lime and clay, calcin it, and then grind it into powder to see if it's easy to use."

"Okay..." Huang Silang didn't know what Wu Haogu wanted to do? But he was Dongweng and mayor, so he could only respond.

Seeing that he was a little confused, Wu Haogu smiled indifferently: "I won't say it anymore... I'm hungry, I'm a man with iron rice and steel. Let's talk about the serious matter after eating! Huang Silang, can I have food in my house?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Huang Silang smiled, "Old Teacher Lin personally arranged... He should be doing it in the house now."

"That's good!" Wu Haogu said to a large group of people behind him with a smile, "But when I get home, I can finally have a hot meal!"

It turns out that Wu Haogu is still trying to hurry up and avoid the official etiquette that attracts and sends people as much as possible. Otherwise, his current status would not be able to eat, drink and have fun all the way, and he would not be able to finish it in a month!

Although his style saves time, he eats a lot of hard work on the road, which really makes the people who follow him suffer. Today, he finally arrives at Jiehe, and everyone can settle down, have a good meal, and take a nice hot bath.

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In Jiehe Commercial City, in Wuhaogu’s “red brick mansion”, this supper made people who are all in the dust eat happily.

Huang Silang and Lin Chong actually did not arrange any delicious food for Wu Haogu and others. Jiehe Market was first established and the conditions were still very difficult. This supper was the farm flavor of Cangzhou, with tender yellow rice porridge, pretty green vegetables, sweet fruits, and fresh soup made from carp fished in Jiehe. The mat was placed in a hall on the second floor, with a window open, feeling the cool breeze blowing from Jiehe at night, and looking at the starry lights of the boats moored on Jiehe Wharf in the distance, everyone felt comfortable.

Wu Haogu was even more interested. Although he was a good person in Kaifeng and was a dignified favorite, here he was the lord of a city! And... he was also the creator of this city! Here, he was the real master!

This city does not exist in the history of the Song Dynasty! It was created by him, and its appearance destined to be very different in the future history.

Because of the ghost of the bourgeoisie, he finally found a paradise that could allow it to grow and grow.

During the meal, Wu Haogu didn't care about etiquette or superiority. He asked Yan Po'er to bring a group of belles and swallows to the table, and didn't want them to sing and dance, so he just ate and drank with everyone. However, Du Wenyu still couldn't let go and pulled Oliga back to his room to have dinner. The girl next to Wu Haogu was Yan Po'er's girl, who kept talking and laughing, all of them were dirty jokes, which made Wu Haogu, Gao Qiu, Huang Silang, Lin Chong, Zhang Xizai, Zhao Jiaren, Lin Wancheng and others present laughed happily.

When I was drinking for three tours, food for five flavors, and everyone was enjoying it, Gao Qiu, who came with Wu Haogu, changed into a serious face, "Dalang, brother, this time I came to Jiehe, but it was because of you... I was well served in Kaifeng Prefecture, but now I have been appointed as the direct commander of the imperial horse in front of the palace, and the burden on my shoulders suddenly became heavier. Five hundred knights, there is no place for 750,000 acres of land. Can so much land be bought? I am afraid that this is not easy to handle! We can set traps for others, and they can dig holes for us."

Taiwei Gao was a treacherous minister and a villain, and he was very good at thinking about it. On the way to Jiehe, he had already thought about it.

It is not easy to buy 750,000 acres of land! And someone will definitely make trouble for their own family. At this moment, Lu Jia asked and An Tao that he must have cursed Wu Haogu because of the demolition. How could Gao Qiu miss the opportunity to revenge?

There are so many things that have slandered each other in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty! So this trip to Beicangzhou will definitely not go smoothly.

"I'm not afraid," Wu Haogu smiled, "Brother Gao, don't worry, we have money, power, and some people... and there are things that cannot be done in Cangzhou? Just worry, let's worry, the land purchase is all included in me."

"Is it really sure?"

"Yes!" Wu Haogu patted his chest, "It's all arranged." He nodded at Zhang Xizai, the finance and tax officer of Jiehe Commercial Finance and Taxation Office, and said, "Zhang Erlang, how much land has he bought?"

It turned out that Wu Haogu had asked Zhang Xizai to acquire land on the south bank of Jiehe River in the morning. In fact, Wu Haogu's acquisition of land on the south bank of Jiehe River has never been suspended since the establishment of Jiehe Commercial City. Zhang Xizai, the Jiehe Grand Accountant, has been in charge of this matter.

Zhang Xizai smiled and said, "Reporting to Dongweng, his subordinates have purchased 93,300 acres of land for Dongweng, of which 43,300 acres are contracted, and the rest are hidden fields."

Gao Qiu was shocked, "There are so many hidden fields?"

Wu Haogu smiled, "When the water rinses, the soil will disappear... Brother Gao wouldn't think that the water can really eliminate the soil, right?"

Gao Qiu asked: "Who is in the hands of these fields?"
Chapter completed!