Chapter 208: Cutting Corners?
The time has entered August, and the autumn tiger really lives up to its name and is exuding the last scorching heat.
In the new palace, tens of thousands of craftsmen and helpers are sweating and busy, and the palaces are rising rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Yang Benman has been running to Xingong very diligently recently, and he has to go over every three or five times to have a look.
Before, the guards of the Chu Palace's palace firmly controlled the entry and exit of the personnel of the new palace, and the idle people had no chance to enter.
However, with the will of the imperial court, Yang Benman, in the name of supervising the progress of the construction of the new palace, naturally entered and exited freely without hindrance.
Some time ago, the delay in the construction of the new palace by the Governor's Mansion of the city was in an uproar, and Yang Ben was full of excitement and entered the new palace with a group of people, thinking that he could catch something.
However, Yan Liben took everyone to visit and saw the efficiency of concrete construction, and then explained the follow-up construction period, it is difficult to find tangible evidence of delay.
However, Yang Benman still did not give up, but whenever he was free, he would go to Xingong to take a turn, and for this reason, he also specially arranged a craftsman who was proficient in architecture to follow him to serve.
"Yang Yushi! On this hot day, you are really dedicated. ”
Xu Jingzong said sarcastically.
Yang Benman and the King of Chu do not deal with each other, this is something that many people know, Xu Jingzong now thinks that he is the right-hand man of the Chu Palace, so naturally he will not give Yang Benman a good face.
Besides, it's clear that people are here to find fault.
"Hmph, Your Majesty trusts this official, and he should work tirelessly to share his worries for the king. Xu doesn't have to follow behind this official to join the army, don't waste your precious time. ”
Yang Benman even dared to scare Li Kuan, so he was naturally not afraid that Xu Jingzong, a small Chu Wangfu Cao, would join the army.
As the saying goes, there are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there is no speculation for more than half a sentence.
Xu Jingzong naturally didn't want to serve Yang Benman, there was nothing special to keep secret at the construction site of the new palace, he liked to wander around on a hot day, just let him go.
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The main hall of the new palace is Hanwon Hall, which is the first palace to be built after the completion of underground construction.
Liu Qing and Liu Fang's group of people from Liujia Village were assigned here.
Although they have experienced high-intensity labor during this period of time, Liu Qing and they not only did not become thinner, but they were strong and strong, wearing a short coat on their upper body, and at the moment they picked up the bricks, their biceps jumped and jumped, making people feel infinite strength.
The skin that has been exposed to the sun for a long time has a healthy dark color, and it is covered with fine beads of sweat.
"Liu Fang, I have really seen a lot during this time, I didn't expect to build a house like this."
Liu Qing is a farmer with a bit of craftsmanship in Liujia Village, and in the off-season, he often helps the villagers build houses, and originally thought that his skills could also be played in the construction of the new palace.
As a result, the first two months were constantly leveling the ground, pouring all kinds of concrete, then laying various pipelines, and then pouring the pillars of the main hall, all the work he had not done before.
However, fortunately, Liu Qing had a strong ability to accept and quickly stood out from the crowd.
Today, he is already a small foreman at the construction site of Hanyuan Palace.
"Yes, I never thought that the new palace was built like this, just now I saw a bunch of made glass windows transported to the temporary warehouse, it is said that this Hanyuan Hall will use a lot of glass than gold."
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is really filial, I heard that a glass mirror in the West Market costs a hundred yuan, and if such a large glass is used to make windows, wouldn't a window cost tens of thousands of dollars?"
Liu Qing also felt that his three views were constantly being refreshed.
Glass, heating pipes, these are not used in previous buildings.
Toilets, even more unheard of.
Even the wooden floor, which was to be laid on the ground, was the first time I had heard of it.
There are too many firsts, which makes Liu Qing full of expectations for the new palace after completion.
Just when Liu Qing and Liu Fang were chatting while working, Yang Benman came to their side and stared at them with their hands and feet neatly building the green bricks into a wall one by one.
"Oops!"
Yang Benman stumbled and was almost hooked by the bricks on the ground.
"Ah, Yang Yushi, are you okay?"
As soon as Liu Qing turned around, he saw Yang Benman bending over and rubbing his little feet there, and asked worriedly.
This Yang Benman has often appeared at the site of the construction of the new palace recently, and many craftsmen know him.
This imperial history is here to find fault, everyone pay attention, don't be caught by his pigtails.
This is probably the first reaction of craftsmen from all walks of life when they see Yang Benman.
Now that Liu Qing saw that Yang Benman almost fell in the construction area he was responsible for, he was naturally a little worried.
He is just a small citizen of Shengdou, but Yang Benman is a high-ranking court official in Liu Qing's opinion, so he is naturally afraid that he will make trouble for him.
Yang Benman ignored Liu Qing, these Tian Shenu, where is it worth looking at it squarely?
This brick seems a little weird.
Yang Benman bent down again and picked up the brick that had almost tripped over him just now.
"Huh?"
As soon as he picked up the brick, Yang Benman felt that something was wrong.
It's too light!
Aren't bricks supposed to be quite heavy?
Why is this brick so light?
Yang Benman immediately bent down and picked up the brick next to him.
A! It's so light!
Two pieces! It's still so light!
After a few quick steps, I picked up another piece, just as light!
"Smack!"
Yang Benman held one end of the brick in his hand and smashed the other end into the other brick.
"Bang dang!"
The bricks snapped.
What appeared in front of Yang Benman was a hollow brick in the middle.
This brick is actually hollow?
Yang Benman felt excited, the emperor lived up to his wishes, and finally let himself get the handle.
Although I don't know much about house construction, I have never heard that bricks are actually hollow.
To be on the safe side, Yang Benman came to the wall where Liu Qing and they were working again, and snatched a piece of green brick from a craftsman that was ready to be built on the wall.
Just as light!
It seems that this time it is stable!
"In the new palace, are all the green bricks like this?"
Yang Benman glanced back at Liu Qing, who was cowering and following beside him.
"Yang Yushi, all the green bricks are the same."
Although Liu Qing sensed that something was wrong, he didn't dare to lie casually.
Although at the beginning, he also had doubts about why the green bricks used in the new palace were hollow, but after seeing more strange things in the new palace, he didn't dare to say anything.
For fear of accidentally exposing his ignorance again.
However, the current situation seems to be ......
"Humph!"
After Yang Benman heard this, he couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
And said that there was no delay in the progress, and now that's how cutting corners to catch up with the work?
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