When Merton pushed the wall, he would not hide the progress of the new house construction. With tiles pasted on the outer wall with cement and glass windows, a beautiful villa gradually took shape.
All the people who saw it were amazed. Such a unique shape and different materials made people startled. After word of mouth, it soon spread more and more widely in Chang'an city. In particular, the design concept of Mohism using the human body Avenue as the framework added a bit of legend to the rumors.
"People all over the world use steel muscles and iron bones to describe people's strength, but today mojiazi goes the opposite way. He uses the human body avenue to build new houses and takes the best steel produced by Mojia village as muscles and bones. It can be imagined how strong it is. I'm afraid it can't be used for a lifetime."
"It is said that at least 5000 Jin of steel was used."
"How much will it cost?"
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In the pan restaurant, people talked about it one after another.
There is no doubt that no one doubts that mojiazi's house building concept will not succeed. What everyone marvels at is the materials used by mojiazi. You know, the price of steel is very expensive. Five thousand kilograms of steel is very valuable!
"It's nothing? You know what this cement is. It's refined by Taoist alchemy. Its value cannot be estimated. It's powder. Once it sees water, it can solidify like a rock in one day. It must be destroyed by great force." a merchant flaunted his hearsay.
"Needless to say, the Mozi custom-made white porcelain in Xingyao kiln, Hebei Province. It is made into thin ceramic tiles and pasted on the outer wall, supplemented by transparent glass mirrors. Without opening the window, the sun can enter directly. It is not only bright in the house, but also extremely warm in winter, which is much better than window paper." a landlord laocai said with envy on his face.
In this era, white paper is used as the window. Although it barely shows some light, it is very limited. It is far from transparent glass, but even if they envy it, it is futile. Not to mention that the output of glass in Mojia village is not large, they are not sold out. Even if it is sold, it is expensive. How can ordinary people afford it.
Everyone talked about it. Just by imagination, we can know how amazing the new house is.
"Hum! Mojiazi!"
On the second floor of Pan's restaurant, Quan Wanji snorted coldly and put his wine glass on the table with an angry face.
He is now frustrated in officialdom. He hated Li Shimin before. In addition, when he was the imperial censor, he offended many officials. He took the opportunity to be killed by these people and impeached him one after another.
Now the imperial court's order has been issued, and he has been transferred to other places as an official. I'm afraid it will be difficult to return to the center of the Imperial Hall in a short time, which makes Quan Wanji, who thinks highly of himself, feel how oppressed.
"Brother Quan, don't be anxious. As long as I'm waiting, the Mohist school will not be arrogant." Yu Zhining, who was on the side, shared a bitter hatred.
Yu Zhining is also a great master of Confucianism. Quan Wanji has repeatedly targeted the Mohist school. Among them, he helped. Quan Wanji was not investigated for a while, but was seized by Merton. Yu Zhining was naturally dissatisfied.
"Brother Yu, be careful. The Mohist school should not be underestimated, or I will learn from the past." Quan Wanji warned.
Yu Zhining shook his head and said, "don't worry, brother Quan. If I don't have a complete plan, I won't act rashly. Brother Quan didn't find that the new house of mojiazi is really exquisite. I believe the princess will like it, but there is a biggest problem."
Quan Wanji thought, his eyes flashed and said, "is brother Yu talking about the cost?"
Yu Zhining nodded proudly and said, "yes! In order to build a new house, all the things used by the Mohists are rare and expensive. I just calculated that the cost used is at least 500 yuan."
"More than 500 passes?" Quan wanjiton's eyes lit up when he built the house. In addition to bricks, all the materials used by the mojiazi were extremely rare and expensive in the market. It was a conservative estimate to say that it was a 500 pass. What a luxury.
"Is brother Yu impeaching Mohist and Princess Changle's new house too luxurious?" Quan Wanji thought.
"Not bad!" Yu Zhining said proudly.
"Brother Yu must not. I ended up like this by getting involved in the marriage of Princess Changle. Brother Quan, don't repeat my mistakes!" Quan Wanji reminded me kindly.
Yu Zhining sneered: "let alone the princess's wedding room, the prince is extravagant. Yu also dares to write to his majesty."
Yu Zhining didn't talk big about this. In history, Li Chengqian built a house in the east palace. Yu Zhining criticized him for being too luxurious. Li Chengqian played with eunuchs around him. Yu Zhining directly compared Li Chengqian to Qin II, which shows how stubborn he is.
Quan Wanji moved in his heart and didn't persuade him any more. Instead, he bowed his hand and said, "in the future, the court will give it to brother Yu. In these days when Quan is away, the Confucian journal hopes that brother will take care of him."
Yu Zhining was delighted and said, "don't worry, brother Quan. I will do my best."
The reason why Yu Zhining acted so well in front of Quan Wanji and couldn't wait to attack Merton was that he wanted to take over the Confucian journal. As the discourse power of Confucianism, the Confucian journal played an increasingly important role. Whoever held the discourse power in his hand was in his hand. Yu Zhining had long thought about it in his heart. Now Quan Wanji is an official, and the Confucian journal just has no owner, Yu Zhining will not miss this opportunity.
The two tacitly made an exchange. Quan Wanji wanted Yu Zhining to avenge himself, while Yu Zhining wanted to accept Confucian journals. They just took what they needed.
"I wish brother Yu a successful start."
"I wish brother Quan a pleasant journey."
The two raised their glasses together and drank it all at once. They laughed and said, the same smell!
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The Confucian journal acted quickly, but in two days, a special issue had been issued, even adding fuel and vinegar. It directly doubled the cost of the house, reached a thousand passes, and immediately detonated the whole Chang'an city.
Thousands of dollars to build a new house, ordinary people to build a brick house with labor is only about 20 dollars. If you add the land money, it will cost more. Confucian journals directly call this new house the most expensive house in Chang'an City, and even ridicule that mojiazi has forgotten the concept of Mohist conservation.
"Black sheep!"
Countless Confucian scholars shook their heads and lamented, looking at the Mohist son's hatred of iron and steel.
Later, Yu Zhining took the lead, and other imperial officials played one after another to impeach the Mohist school. Extravagance and debauchery became a common practice. For a moment, the government and the public were all over the city.
"Yu Zhining?" Merton frowned. He didn't know how he provoked the character.
Master Li explained: "Yu Zhining is a great Confucian scholar. This time Quan Wanji left the capital, Yu Zhining took over the Confucian journal."
Merton suddenly realized that Yu Zhining must have just taken over as a Confucian journal and wanted to borrow Merton's power.
Mo San angrily said, "young master, it's just to build a wedding house. Naturally, you should repair it? Confucian journal is meddling. Young master, don't worry. Let Mo journal refute it."
Master Li shook his head and said, "it's not just a matter of Confucian journals, but the imperial historian has played a role in the imperial court. His majesty has repeatedly advocated thrift, and the building of Merton is indeed too luxurious. I'm afraid it's difficult to do it!"
Mr. Li looked at the new house reflecting the sun outside the window. Anyone who looked at it knew that it was expensive.
Merton sneered: "are these royal princes fed up and don't do their own work, but when they care about these trifles, don't we have to go beyond the system to build a house in the Mohist family, and we have to go through their permission."
Master Li immediately smiled bitterly. Merton said these imperial historians, but in fact, he didn't say Confucianism. With the rise of Mohism, there were more and more contradictions between Confucianism and Mohism, and he was very embarrassed in the middle.
Now he has shifted his focus to the master's college, and the matter of Mo magazine has gradually been transferred to Mo San.
"Young master, there are people from the imperial court. Please go to the court and argue for yourself." suddenly Fu Bo came in a hurry.
Merton suddenly stood up and said, "OK, young master, I'll meet Yu Zhining in person."
He did not pay as much attention to fame as Li Chengqian in history. He could only endure it, but increasingly encouraged the arrogance of these Confucian scholars.