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Chapter 105: Full Brick Building

Chongrenfang is located in the southeast corner of the imperial city, almost next to the Taimiao of the imperial city. Diagonally diagonally is the famous East City of Chang'an City. In addition, the surrounding area is full of wealthy families from Chang'an City, so Chongrenfang is usually very lively. Especially in the past few years, Chang'an City opened a commercial ban, making business no longer limited to the two merchants in the east city. As a result, Chongrenfang, which is close to the east city, has also opened many business restaurants, which has become another East City.

However, within a mile near the Taimiao side of Chongrenfang, any merchants are strictly prohibited from entering, because the Taimiao** is the ancestors of the royal family and is strictly prohibited from disturbing anyone. The merchant restaurants are the most noisy, so there is such a regulation.

It is worth mentioning that there is an important building on the side of Chongrenfang near the Taimiao, that is, the famous Confucius Temple. In addition, the Imperial College is also here. The Imperial College can be said to be the highest institution of the Tang Dynasty. Usually, the students of the prison also need a quiet environment to study, so this is one of the reasons why businesses are prohibited from entering.

Early this morning, a carriage walked quickly along the road on the south side of the Imperial City, and soon passed through the gate of Chongrenfang and came to a street close to the Imperial College. Because the west side of this street is the Imperial College, this place is named Xuezi Street. On the east side of Xuezi Street, most of them are quiet houses, mainly where the Imperial College students live. In addition, some gentlemen in the prison also settled their homes here.

The carriage was parked at the corner of Xuezi Street, and there was a house under construction near it. It was a bit inaccurate to say that it was a house, because the building did not have a yard, it was just a building with a huge area. What's even more peculiar is that this building was not built with wood like ordinary buildings, but was completely made of bricks and tiles.

Although rectangular building bricks had appeared in the Central Plains during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, for example, the earliest Zhao Great Wall built by King Wuling of Zhao was built using this kind of fired brick. Later, Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, which connected the Great Walls of various countries to form the earliest Qin Great Wall.

However, although bricks used for construction appeared very early, because the cost of bricks is not low, most people cannot afford them at all. In addition, buildings in the Central Plains have always liked to use wood, so during the Tang Dynasty, blue bricks were not used in the construction of houses. At most, wealthy families liked to use blue bricks to build walls. In addition, some blue bricks were used in the foundation and lower floor of the house, and the main building was still mainly made of wood.

"Is this what Mr. Cui is talking about?" In the carriage, Zheng Zhong asked with a look of surprise on his face as he looked at the brick building that was under construction not far away.

"Yes, it's here. Before, it was an abandoned house. Then Li Xiu asked someone to demolish and rebuild it. I thought he wanted to build a villa here, but now it doesn't look like it. After all, no one built the place where he lives is like this. In addition, Li Xiu's performance is quite strange." Cui Gan, who was sitting in the carriage, also spoke with confusion at this time.

"What did Li Xiu do?" As soon as Cui Gan finished speaking, another middle-aged man who was also sitting opposite Cui Gan also asked curiously. This middle-aged man was Cui Fu'an, who was from the Cui family in Qinghe.

A few days ago, Cui Gan gathered people from the aristocratic family to discuss how to deal with Li Xiu's intentional release of news to crack down on their aristocratic family reputation. Later, although Cui Gan later discussed a solution, Cui Gan told another thing about Li Xiu. However, many people did not pay attention to it. Instead, Zheng Zhong and Cui Fu'an believed in Cui Gan more, so they made an appointment to take a look together today.

"Before, the bookmarking company was burned down by a fire, and Your Majesty ordered Li Xiu to rebuild the bookmarking company, and he didn't even let him care about the funeral. From this, we can see that Your Majesty attaches importance to the bookmarking company. However, during this period, Li Xiu spent most of his time here except for going to the bookmarking company, and personally directed people to build this strange building. That's why I felt that this building must have extraordinary significance, so Li Xiu took it so seriously." Cui Gan explained immediately.

"The Bookmark Office is a powerful weapon for Your Majesty to attack our aristocratic family. No wonder Your Majesty asked Li Xiu to devote all his energy to rebuilding the Bookmark Office. However, he was distracted from building such a strange building. Could it be that this building is related to the Bookmark Office?" Zheng Zhong couldn't help but guess when he heard Cui Gan's words.

Before, Zheng Zhong and Cui Gan had some conflicts because of the assassination of Li Xiu, but now they are facing the same threat. They can be said to be grasshoppers on the same rope, so they can only support each other. This means that Cui Gan has experienced more storms and can control his temper. Otherwise, most people would not have such a belly.

"Can Li Xiu want to use this place as the manufacturer of the printing and printing company, right?" At this moment, Cui Fu'an guessed that although his ability is not as good as Zheng Zhong, he has an advantage, that is, he is willing to listen to other people's opinions. For example, he thinks Cui Gan is the most trustworthy and smart, so he has always followed Cui Gan.

"No, the new bookmark has chosen a place, and it is still in the imperial city. After all, there was a fire last time, so the bookmarkmark will only be more defensive and safer in the imperial city. If it is placed here, it may be enough to give Li Xiu and the others a headache." Cui Gan shook his head firmly at this time.

"Mr. Cui said it well. This is not a book printing company. However, it is definitely extremely important to allow Li Xiu to spend so much time and energy here. It seems that we need to mobilize our strength to inquire with multiple sources." Zheng Zhong also agreed with Cui Gan's analysis at this time.

"It may be very difficult to find out here. I wanted to inquire before, but even the craftsmen here didn't know what it was for, and even the people in the palace didn't know. It seemed that except for a few people like Li Xiu and His Majesty, others didn't know the real purpose of this place." Cui Gan sighed at this time. If he could easily find out the news here, he probably wouldn't have told Zheng Zhong and others specifically.

"Hey, Mr. Cui, look, it seems to be Li Xiu's carriage there!" At this moment, Cui Fu'an suddenly pointed out the window and whispered, which made Cui Gan and Zheng Zhong look at each other. As a result, they saw a carriage turning at a distant intersection. Then the car stopped in front of the building under construction, and then Li Xiu got off the carriage. However, what Cui Gan and the others did not expect was that another unexpected person walked down from the carriage.
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