Next, Chu Tianjiang was busy, and Nicol and the others were also very motivated.

Two days ago, Chu Tianjiang surveyed the entire river valley in detail, selected sites for farmhouses, barns, fish ponds, etc., and also made some preliminary preparations. Next, Chu Tianjiang and Nicol spent three days laying the foundation, and Chu Tianjiang collected the hard stone slabs from the cliffs on the other side of the river, and Nicole and the others were responsible for putting the stone slabs into the foundation dug in advance. After completing this important work, Chu Tianjiang went to the upper reaches of the river, cut down a large amount of timber, and then lowered it downstream, which was collected by Nicol and the others downstream, and finally processed by Chu Tianjiang.

These heavy tasks are not a problem for Chu Tianjiang at all.

Because there is an energy body, it saves a lot of time. For example, the harvested wood should be stored in a ventilated place for at least a few months, so that the moisture in the wood can be naturally dried before it can be used to make beams, columns and boards, while Chu Tianjiang uses energy bodies to dry the wood, and there is no need for natural air drying.

After collecting enough materials, Chu Tianjiang arranged the work for the seven "flower butterflies", and he went to do another crucial thing.

That is, a cordon is deployed around the river valley.

After becoming more proficient in the application of the energy body, Chu Tianjiang discovered that if a part of the energy body was separated from the body, he could still feel the disturbance of the energy body. This phenomenon is most evident in the rings given to Nichol, that is, Chu Tianjiang can sense the basic movement of the holder in the direction through the energy body that makes up the ring. This gave Chu Tianjiang an extremely bold idea, that is, to use the energy body to deploy a cordon around the river valley. As long as the cordon is touched, Chu Tianjiang can immediately perceive it.

To do this well, Chu Tianjiang spent three full days.

Although Chu Tianjiang proposed to buy land within dozens of kilometers near the river valley, the matter had not yet been implemented, so Chu Tianjiang only deployed the cordon five kilometers away. Circling the river valley, almost forty kilometers. In order to reduce the amount of energy body used and not be discovered by others, Chu Tianjiang tried a variety of methods to arrange the cordon, and it took some time, otherwise it would not have taken three days at all.

When Chu Tianjiang returned to the river valley, Nicol and the others had already made the beams and planks for building the farmhouse.

Obviously, they weren't lazy. Because Chu Tianjiang was not there, there was no one to rely on, so they were even more active than a few days ago.

The rest is much simpler.

In the evening, after Nicol and the others fell asleep, Chu Tianjiang returned to the Xuanwu Strategic Command Center and asked Zhang Xiaogang for some iron nails and other materials needed to build a house. Chu Tianjiang came to the door in the middle of the night and asked for these worthless things, which made Zhang Xiaogang very annoyed.

Early the next morning, the construction of the farmhouse began.

Two days ago, Chu Tianjiang personally erected the pillars and beams, and then taught Nicol to lay various specifications of wooden planks on them to form floors, walls and roofs. Subsequently, Chu Tianjiang began to excavate the fish pond and swimming pool, and fired the excavated clay into tiles.

On the fifteenth day of arriving in the river valley, this home finally took shape.

The fish pond and swimming pool were dug first, and the fish pond had been impounded, but the swimming pool still had to be post-treated, so the water was not stored immediately. The basic structure of the farmhouse has been built, but all that is missing is the tiles on the roof, the door panels of the rooms, and the furniture.

"How's that, isn't it?"

"Is this what we built?" Rachel was surprised, even a little skeptical.

In front of everyone, it was not an ordinary farmhouse at all, but more like a wooden castle. The farmhouse covers an area of more than 2,000 square meters, with five floors above ground and two floors underground. At the bottom is the cold room, where Chu Tianjiang plans to get some thermal insulation materials and build it into an ice cellar, which will be stored in the winter and used in the summer. Above is a storage warehouse divided into 20 rooms, which is mainly used to store necessary daily necessities and valuables. The first floor of the ground floor is the lobby, dining room, kitchen and utility room and other daily life functional areas. The second floor is divided into twenty rooms, all of which are planned. The third floor is divided into several large rooms, which are planned to be used as a study, gymnasium and recreation room. The fourth floor was specially requested by Nicole and the others, and there were only eight rooms, which were cloakrooms for them and Chu Tianjiang. At the top was the bedroom, and at Rachel's request, there was only one bedroom. It's just that no matter how big the bedroom is, it can't occupy 2,000 square meters, so a large area is still vacant. Chu Tianjiang originally designed a spire according to tradition, but at the strong request of Nicol and others, the part facing the back garden was changed to a flat roof, leaving room for open-air baths and pavilions in the sky. For this reason, Chu Tianjiang had to get some waterproof materials, and also built a staircase from the back garden to the top of the building.

Of course, this is only the prototype of the "castle".

Because Nicol and his wife made a lot of extra demands, which led to a significant increase in the weight of the structure, the original timber frame structure was certainly not able to withstand it. Chu Tianjiang was helpless, so he could only find a way to solve it, such as using steel or other high-strength metal materials to strengthen the main structure of the "castle". If the overall weight of the castle is too large, there is even a way to strengthen the support of the foundation.

These questions all made Chu Tianjiang a little big.

It's just that the "castle" is right in front of him, even if there are some hidden dangers, thinking that he built it himself, Chu Tianjiang also has a sense of accomplishment.

"It's the culmination of the hard work of all of us." Chu Tianjiang smiled and said, "In a few days, after the barn is built, we will start paving the road, and then reclaim the nearby land." You might even be able to plant some winter crops before the first snow falls. ”

"No way!"

"What, there's a problem?"

Rachel smiled and said, "Let's build the pool first." ”

"This ......"

"A few days after you went out, we found a natural hot spring upstream. Build a pipe to bring water from the spring, and we'll be able to soak in the hot springs in the winter. ”

"Do you need to be so troublesome?"

"It's just a spring, and it's halfway up the mountain, it's very troublesome to go up and down, and it can't accommodate so many people, so we have to build a swimming pool first." Rachel smiled playfully, leaned on Chu Tianjiang's shoulder, and said, "Besides, you won't let your woman go to a hot spring a few kilometers away naked, right?" ”

Chu Tianjiang rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, let's get the swimming pool first, and after the spring, we will build roads and reclaim wasteland." ”

"That's right, I know that you feel sorry for us."

Chu Tianjiang was speechless, and hurriedly said: "If you don't want to continue sleeping in the open, let's do it together and complete the last process!" ”

Rachel grabbed Nichole and Maya and said, "Sisters, we have worked so hard for so many days, we can't let our men be lazy, right?" ”

"Grandma, am I lazy these days?"

"Who knows? Don't say anything else, why did you go in those three days, who knows what to do? Rachel laughed, "Even if we believe you didn't go behind our backs to have a tryst with another woman, you might have gone to sleep." Besides, who said we weren't allowed to do rough work? ”

Chu Tianjiang rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, I'll go lay the tiles, but you have to help." ”

"How can I help?"

"Throw the tiles up, you can't let me go up and down."

"Rachel, don't embarrass him." Maya pulled Rachel down and said to Chu Tianjiang, "You go up to the roof, let's throw the tiles up." ”

Chu Tianjiang didn't have any wordiness, it was almost noon, and if he didn't hurry up, he would have to sleep in the open at night.

Tile laying is a delicate job, and even if all the other work is done, it can't be done quickly.

It took two hours to finish halfway.

Below, as soon as Maya threw up a handful of tiles, Chu Tianjiang suddenly felt a strange movement, and then he was stunned, not noticing the tiles flying towards him.

"Be careful—"

Maya screamed, and Chu Tianjiang suddenly came back to his senses, caught the tiles that flew in front of him, and jumped off the roof after putting down the tiles.

"What's wrong?"

"Where's Nichol?"

"I've started to go down to the river to bathe, and now I should be basking in the sun on the river beach." Maya volunteered to help, and Rachel ignored her.

"Go and get them dressed, someone's coming."

Maya was stunned for a moment, but she hadn't reacted yet.

"Hurry up, the helicopter they're in will be there soon."

Maya didn't hesitate any longer and hurried towards the riverbank. Under Rachel's leadership and instigation, Nichole and others developed a bad habit of not wearing clothes when they were not doing things.

By the time Rachel and the others got dressed and arrived, the helicopter appeared over the valley.

"Who is it?"

"Zhang Xiaogang." Seeing Rachel's appearance, Chu Tianjiang's brows jumped a few times, "Be careful, he is not the only one, there are many people who come." ”

Rachel grimaced and pulled down the t-shirt that was rolled up to her chest and covered her chest.

The helicopter circled in the valley for a week before landing in a clearing near the "castle". There were not only Zhang Xiaogang, but also a few people who Chu Tianjiang didn't know. Seeing Xiao Fangfang take Wu Guoxiong off the helicopter, Chu Tianjiang frowned. The last thing to come down was a foreigner wearing black clothes and pants and a small hat on top of his head, Chu Tianjiang was even more surprised, that guy was dressed like a priest.

"Lao Chu, that's good, it's only been half a month to build a comfortable nest."

"It's still early." Chu Tianjiang greeted him and said to Zhang Xiaogang, "I still plan to go to you at night, and I need some engineering materials." ”

"Is this kind of trivial matter worth bothering me?" Zhang Xiaogang smiled bitterly and said, "You make a list, and I'll send someone to send it to you." ”

"Okay, I'll trouble you when I think about what I need." Chu Tianjiang didn't laugh and said, "With such fanfare, is it time to go?" ”

"Tomorrow, tonight to be exact."

"Okay, but I'll have to take them with me."

"I've thought of it a long time ago, so you don't have to worry about it. Well, there's a more important thing to do now. ”

"More important things?"

"Get married."

"What!?"

Zhang Xiaogang smiled and said, "These comrades from the Civil Affairs Bureau will handle the marriage registration and naturalization procedures for you on the spot. You see, how thoughtful am I? Nicol: They are friends from overseas, and I have brought in a priest. ”

Although he was extremely surprised, Chu Tianjiang knew that this day would come sooner or later.