Loan!

It was a very new term for people in the 16th century, but for Edwin Schue, it was a common thing.

Although it is very commonplace, Xu Sicheng reminds him that workers are not necessarily willing to borrow money to buy a house.

After all, you need to pay interest on borrowing money.

"This matter, when we get back, we will discuss it slowly, first build the house, let's talk about it, our factories, nearly 2,000 workers, can anyone still want to live with their families?"

Shi Yiwen smiled casually, who is the house sold to?

Of course, it is sold to people, and since there are people, they will definitely not worry about selling the house.

In just one day, Shi Yiwen chose the location of the new village - a piece of agricultural land less than two miles from the iron factory, and after buying a few hundred acres of land there, he recruited craftsmen among the refugees in the capital with great fanfare.

There is no need for a guarantor, no need for introduction, everything is public, but in just a few days, there are thousands of grass huts near the factory, where the refugees and their families live, and they eat and live on the construction site.

Of course, in the beginning, they were training and tidying up the land. At the same time, some of the masons and carpenters were also recruited for training, after all, the houses to be built here were different from the ones they used to build in the past.

Considering the relationship between cost, the houses in Xincun are different from the houses of this era, but the three main houses and tiled houses and two small courtyards similar to the side houses that were common in the countryside in later generations.

"You see, this kind of triangular truss is different from the bucket roof truss we use, it is made of lower requirements for carpenter's technology, and it is more bottom, and the bucket roof truss not only needs several large trees as pillars, but also has high technical requirements for craftsmen, which does not meet our needs......"

Holding the drawings, Shi Yiwen explained to Li Xingchu and others that although load-bearing walls and Haowei trusses had been introduced as early as the construction of the factory, because Zhao Guoye and others were busy building the factory, the construction of the house here could only temporarily recruit craftsmen from among the refugees and explain to them the advantages and benefits of the "triangular truss".

Ancient Chinese architecture not only has many columns, but more importantly, it is a waste of materials. In order to provide more lateral supports, bucket arches and columns were wasted, and countless timber and man-hours were wasted. Compared with the traditional beam-lifting structure and bucket-piercing structure, the truss structure introduced from the West in modern times can be said to be time-saving and labor-saving, and can be used for large-span plant construction. For timber structures, only truss structures can greatly improve the span of the structure, and it is estimated that without truss structures, limited by the material characteristics of the timber itself, the maximum can only be 15 meters. The span of the long-span wooden triangular truss can reach 50 meters, and this long-span room is a necessary part of the development of industrial construction plants.

Because of this, the large workshop of brick and wooden roof trusses has always been a feature of this area since the day the iron factory was founded, and now it is only introduced to private houses.

Sometimes, even if it is explained, it may not be able to explain, in addition to the drawings, there is also a way, that is, to take these people to the scene to take a look, for craftsmen like Li Xingchu who have built a house for half their lives, when they come to those large rooms with bricks and pillars and wooden beams, they look up at the appearance of several pieces of wood buckled together with iron plates, and realize its advantages when compared in the bottom of their hearts.

"Owner, this beam is really economical!"

It's not just about saving materials, not only saving materials, but also saving time.

"No, I don't think it's as much material to build three houses as it used to build one."

"Well, it can indeed save a lot of wood, so let's build a thousand yards according to such a drawing."

"A thousand!"

When the people around heard this, they were all surprised.

"Who are you going to build so many houses for?"

Of course, it is for the workers to live, according to the habit developed in another time and space, even if the community is to be built, it is natural to draw a community planning map to show people the overall plan of the community, so there are several more newspaper columns near the factory, and the newspaper column has the overall plan of the new village.

Plans are readily available – copied from magazines, even architectural drawings, readily available. These epoch-making houses, although only painted on paper, still aroused the interest of the workers.

For a while, after the tea and dinner, the workers in the factories were all talking about the house, talking about the question of buying or not buying, of course, those small workers who did not have much money to spare, often only looked at the house and sighed. However, all this did not stop it, and the new village became more and more lively.

In less than half a month, not only did 10,000 or 20,000 refugees flee from the south gather there, but the original small market even faintly turned into a town, but the town built along the river beach is really too simple.

Although it is modest, it still attracts a lot of displaced people, at least here they can easily find a job, even if it is digging sand by the river, and the meager income will allow them to ensure that their families do not starve to death, which is better than begging in the city.

"Zhiyuan, that is, you, can do so many things without fame and fortune."

Standing on the riverbank, looking at the ownerless riverbank wasteland, the grass huts next to each other, the smoke rising between the straw huts and the laughter of the children, all of which reminded Zhang Jingxiu that these homeless people now have a livelihood.

"Why don't you remember fame and fortune, don't you see, I can also earn silver, these thousand houses, one earns a few taels of silver, that is also a profit of several thousand taels."

The profit is not high, but there is still a profit after all.

Shi Yiwen's answer made Zhang Jingxiu smile, but he didn't know that this bit of silver was not eye-catching to Shi Yiwen.

Looking at the flowing river quietly, Zhang Jingxiu sighed.

"Hey, I don't know how many people have been displaced by this drought......"

"Drought?"

Shi Yiwen looked at Zhang Jingxiu puzzled and asked.

"Why did Zixuan say that?"

"Zhiyuan, look at this river."

Pointing to the Lugou River, Zhang Jingxiu said,

"There has been no rain around the capital for a month, that is, the water level of the Lugou River has gone down more than a foot, the Lugou River is still like this, not to mention the other small rivers in Beizhili, I am afraid that at this time, I don't know how many small rivers have dried up, now is the time to use water for food, the rivers are dry, there is no water for irrigation, and the drought is naturally unavoidable, and the life of the people is sad......"