Niu Huaiyuan led his students to Furong for half a month, in this half a month, their group of people eat and live in the Furong Hotel, every day of travel, there is a special car to pick up, the county cultural center, the county office and the county government office each sent a staff to accompani, no matter which building they want to see, what kind of research they want to do, whether to climb to the roof or drill holes, or tear down the wall to collect materials, can be quickly solved.

With the assistance of government departments, Niu Huaiyuan's research can get twice the result with half the effort, and the work efficiency in Furong County is not comparable to the three lanes and seven lanes. Sometimes, he was even fascinated for a while, and when he explained in detail the history, structure and culture of these ancient buildings to the students on the spot, he could also find a similar "classroom" at any time, which was convenient and the randomness of Chapter 604 folk skills (asking for three monthly tickets), so that Niu Huaiyuan and his students had a good impression of Furong County.

After half a month of research, Niu Huaiyuan has come up with a preliminary plan for the maintenance and protection of the old county seat of Furong County, and the first step to do is to dig roads, demolish redundant buildings, and move trees. In the old county town, there is a main street, which is also a provincial road. In Niu Huaiyuan's plan, the first thing to do is to take this main street, dig up all the cement pavement, and pave it with stone slabs. Make motor vehicles disappear from Main Street.

The second thing is to demolish the redundant self-erected buildings, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the gradual increase in the number of families, the housing of the masses began to be tight, and they put on another layer of "clothes" outside the room. Some houses were built next to the original houses, accounting for more than 50 percent of the ancient buildings in the county, and now these buildings must all be demolished to let the ancient buildings reveal their true appearance and restore their original appearance.

Such a practice has a certain protective effect on ancient buildings, but also has a certain destructive effect. The earlier the building is built, the less damage will be to the house" For the rooms built in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Niu Huaiyuan also proposed to personally participate in the demolition, such as the demolition of the wall near the ancient building" He even had to do it himself. A piece of Chapter 604 Folk Skills (asking for three monthly tickets) is demolished brick by brick, and a handful of mud is dug up.

Zhu Daidong couldn't bear to refuse Niu Huaiyuan's enthusiasm for work, but he especially told the urban construction department that if it was Professor Niu's own house, his safety must be guaranteed. For Furong County, Niu Huaiyuan is like a treasure, to be enshrined well, and there must be no loss.

As for moving trees, it is to increase the green area, from the beginning of the period of steel smelting, the greening of the county seat of Furong County has basically increased again, "into the county seat of Furong County, in addition to the trees planted by the people themselves, in addition to the growth of the trees planted by the people themselves, there are only seedlings with thick arms on both sides of the main street, which is still specially planted after Zhu Daidong came to Furong County, otherwise it was bare before."

Especially on both sides of the main street, after the newly dug up, "there needs to be a large number of old trees of a certain age." A large number of trees had to be transplanted around the ancient buildings and in the courtyards. People rely on clothes, Buddha relies on gold, and ancient buildings also rely on good trees to match, so as to have more atmosphere and create a quiet environment.

"Professor Niu" said that the county can start work now, but it may not be easy to demolish the buildings that have been erected for a while. Zhu Daidong said that in addition to the in-depth reconstruction of the county road, in the west of the old county seat, the main street of the new county town has been built, and the ring road has also been repaired.

The short-distance bus station and long-distance bus station in Furong County will all be moved to the new county seat first, and the bus lines in the county will also be extended, which will not affect the people's travel. Therefore, there is no problem that the main street of the county town is now being excavated.

"If it is not easy to do, if those illegal buildings are not demolished, how can the protection of ancient buildings begin?" Niu Huaiyuan said dissatisfiedly.

"Yes, yes, the highway will be dug up, and the illegal buildings will also be demolished, but Professor Niu, you have to give me some time, many of those illegal buildings are used as master bedrooms, and suddenly they will be demolished in a half, and many people will have no place to live." Zhu Daidong apologized and said that it was his dereliction of duty to let the common people still live in such shacks.

In order to completely solve the living conditions of the residents of the county seat, I am afraid that it will only be possible after the new county seat is completely completed. It's going to be a long-term process, "Okay, we can start protecting some of the old buildings that haven't been built illegally." Niu Huaiyuan nodded, if for the protection of ancient buildings, let the people promote the place of residence, this is also what he does not want to see.

"Professor Niu, as for the protection, you only need guidance, and for specific protection, let those young people do it. With you and your students, I am afraid that you will not be able to do enough for those heavy tasks. Zhu Daidong said with a smile, Niu Huaiyuan and his students are intellectuals, it's okay to move their mouths, let them do it, unless it is some delicate work, otherwise they have to be tired.

"That's exactly what I'm going to tell you, my students and I, are only responsible for designing the solution and giving some guidance. The specific construction has to be done by a professional company. Niu Huaiyuan said that this is not an ordinary building restoration, and a few cement workers can do it. The restoration of ancient buildings requires a certain amount of professional skills, and it is not something that can be done by just finding someone on the street.

"Professional company? Professor Niu, we don't have such a company in Furong County. Zhu Daidong said that this is still a troublesome matter, and I am afraid that there will not be a few such professional companies in the province.

"If you don't have a company, you can form it." , Niu Huaiyuan said with a smile.

"You seem to have an idea?" , Zhu Daidong's eyes lit up.

"I found a few elderly craftsmen in your Furong County, and I found that they also know a lot about the construction of Ming and Qing Dynasty architecture, but they have not been systematically studied, otherwise they can be called experts in Ming and Qing Dynasty architecture." Niu Huaiyuan said that because of the intervention of government departments in Furong County, he can have a detailed understanding of every Ming and Qing dynasty building in Furong County, and not only that, but he can also conduct in-depth interviews with the residents living in it to understand their living habits, family origins and historical conditions.

It was precisely because he had such an understanding of almost the first building in person or by the students that he discovered that there are actually many folk artists in the people. Moreover, these craftsmen in Furong County, they are all very traditional apprentices, and some construction techniques, in the eyes of today's people, are outdated, but in the eyes of Niu Huaiyuan, they are very authentic.

Their skills have been passed down from generation to generation, and their masters or ancestors have even personally participated in the construction of those ancient buildings in the current county seat. And these fifty or sixty-year-old craftsmen, many houses with Ming and Qing architectural characteristics since the founding of Furong County were built by them. In Niu Huaiyuan's eyes, these people are the best ancient building restoration engineers.

"And such a good thing? Well, I immediately had them organized and set up a new engineering company under the county construction company to specialize in the restoration of ancient buildings. Zhu Daidong immediately said that there has always been no shortage of talents among the people, and what is lacking is only Bole who discovers talents. Now Niu Huaiyuan is equivalent to Na Bole, and only he can discover these people and use them.

"It doesn't matter if they set up a company or not, the important thing is that they have to bring a few apprentices now, or there will be no successors." Niu Huaiyuan said that some of these people had also taken apprentices before, but now those apprentices can't find a job and can only change careers. And most of them have not received apprentices, these skills with traditional characteristics, they are not taught by everyone, and since the grass reform has been opened, such skills that have nothing to do with modern times, some young people, even if you want to teach them, no one will want to learn.

After a long time, these skills will form a fault, if it is another ten or twenty years, after the death of these people, I am afraid that if Furong County wants to restore the ancient buildings in the county, it will have to really go outside to hire expensive professional companies.

"There's no problem with that, I'll arrange it right away." , Zhu Daidong said happily that if these people want to find apprentices, they can find them in the county construction company. In the construction company, there are many carpenters, masons, bricklayers, and carvers, but these people learn modern construction techniques. Now under the door of these old craftsmen, I believe that it will not be long before you can enter the house.

"I didn't expect to find so many talents here, it seems that I originally had to re-estimate the cost of restoring the ancient buildings in your county." Niu Huaiyuan said that the cost of ancient building restoration is quite high, and the proportion of labor costs is also very large, everyone who participates in the restoration of ancient buildings, can be regarded as a talent, even if it is a brick, to rebuild a piece, it is not just anyone can do it.

"What the county lacks most now is money, and if we can save some money in this area, the county can do more work in other areas." Zhu Daidong said that last time Niu Huaiyuan told him that if all the Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings in Furong County were to be restored, it might cost about one billion yuan, which was a real astronomical amount for Furong County.

How much can a billion do? The construction of the new county seat, the underground drainage system, the improvement of education and grass, the improvement of medical care, and the reconstruction of highways in Furong County can be done with only one billion yuan. This matter has also caused fierce debates at the Standing Committee, and even Chang Huaiqing and Chu Chaohui, who have always believed in Zhu Daidong, do not understand Zhu Daidong's approach. In the end, although they all unified their thoughts, some people's hearts still did not turn a corner.

"Then congratulations, with these more than 20 old craftsmen, plus more than a dozen of their apprentices, if you can bring out another 50 to 100 apprentices, this Ming and Qing Dynasty building restoration company will have enough manpower. The cost of repairing ancient buildings in Furong County can also save nearly 300 million labor costs. Niu Huaiyuan said.

"Three hundred million?" Zhu Daidong was surprised and said that the labor of more than 100 people will cost 300 million wages, isn't it that after the completion of this project, everyone can become a millionaire?!!!