Chapter 36 Model House

A.D. 962 (the third year of Jianlong) October 1 (lunar calendar)

In the morning, hundreds of people came to the valley, and after Zhao Zizhong and Cui Zhaorong discussed, everyone made a division of labor, and Cui Zhaorong led more than 100 people to clear shrubs and weeds and level the land. Zhao Zizhong and Boris led more than 100 people to cut wood. Wei Hongye and Du Dalei led dozens of people to make adobe and prepare for the fire kang. The rest of the elderly, women, and children are responsible for the logistics of cooking, delivering goods, and so on.

Everyone took the tools and went to work. Zhao Zizhong led people to the edge of the woods and asked Fan Jinchun to shout: "The people who have cut down trees before stand up." ”

Seven people came out one after another, Zhao Zizhong put them in charge of logging, and the others watched from afar. Seven men scattered with axes, keeping a safe distance, and began to cut down trees. After a while, seven bowl-thick trees fell one after another, and everyone rushed up and cut off the branches of the trees with knives and axes. The trunk is then dragged aside and sawn into timber about two meters and four meters long by a carpenter.

Everyone worked together, and the wood accumulated more and more. Zhao Zizhong drew out some of his manpower, sharpened one end of the wood with a knife and axe, and transported it to the side of the ground that had been leveled. He had a sledgehammer fetched, and he sent two men to hold the tip of the timber that had been rushed down, and he stood on a cart and smashed the sledgehammer into the top of the timber, and he smashed it again and again, and the tip of the timber plunged into the earth. After the wooden pole entered the soil for about forty centimeters, Zhao Zizhong jumped out of the cart and shook the wooden pole vigorously with both hands, and the wooden pole was nailed very strongly, basically not shaking.

Zhao Zizhong asked everyone to do what he did, and after a while, a row of wooden walls about ten meters long was ready. The timbers are tightly packed together, with small gaps in between.

Zhao Zizhong asked everyone to continue nailing wooden poles to form a square, leaving only a one-meter-wide gap in the south to make the door. After a little more than an hour, the four walls of the house were formed. Zhao Zizhong sent someone to fetch some ropes and tie the tightly packed timbers together to make them stronger.

Zhao Zizhong approached Wei Hongye, borrowed two masons from him, and used a cart to pull a pile of slimy mud, and asked the masons to evenly cover the surface of the wooden wall to block the gaps between the timbers.

When the masons began to work, Zhao Zizhong asked the carpenters to make the roof components of the house, nailing the isosceles triangle structure with thinner wood, and connecting the sides of the triangle with small pieces of wood to make the components more solid.

After making five components, Zhao Zizhong found some more people, and everyone worked together to put these components on the wooden wall, fixed them with ropes and nails, and then used some wood to connect these components horizontally, and nailed the entire roof with wood.

At this time, the two masons had already painted the surface of the wooden wall with a layer of mud, and Zhao Zizhong asked them to climb onto the roof and cover the roof with mud as well. Two masons climbed up cautiously, and someone below brought them mud, and they were only responsible for pouring the mud on the roof, and then smoothing the mud evenly with tools, and that's it.

They dried quickly, and the roof was covered with a thick layer of mud. Zhao Zizhong sent people to find Cui Zhaorong, Wei Hongye, Boris, and Du Dalei, "Everyone will see how this board house is and give some advice." ”

A few people looked inside and out for a while, and Du Dalei preemptively said: "Boss, it's pretty good, but why is there no door?" ”

"It's too time-consuming to make the door, I'm going to get some thick curtains, anyway, the winter here is not very cold, let's deal with it this year, we will build better houses in the future."

Boris touched the wall, "Lao Zhao, I have a suggestion, the wall you made is very strong, but it still lacks support, if you find a few pieces of wood to connect the ground and the wall diagonally outside the wooden wall to form a triangle, it will be much stronger, no matter how strong the wind is, you will not be afraid." ”

Zhao Zizhong clapped his hands together, "This method is good, when the mud on the wall is dry, I will let people get it." ”

Wei Hongye said: "Lao Zhao, the roof can be laid with some branches, thatch or something, which is not only insulated but also protected from rain and snow, do you think it's okay?" ”

"Absolutely, just get it when the mud on the roof dries."

Cui Zhaorong praised happily: "Several gentlemen are all talents, this wooden house is very good, especially the construction is very fast, much faster than the experienced old craftsmen, I admire you very much." ”

Zhao Zi nodded emphatically: "Steward Cui has won the award, if this house is fine, we will start large-scale construction." My opinion is to divide into several groups, such as the logging group, the timber group, the building group, the mason group, and the logistics group. Each group sent competent personnel to supervise, reasonably arrange the labor force, and everyone worked together to build more houses as soon as possible before the weather became cold. ”

Everyone discussed for a while, completed the division of labor, clarified their responsibilities, adjusted the personnel of each group, and began to work hard.

When the construction on Qishan Island was in full swing, Na Zhe, who was in Cui's Manor, was not idle. Cui Daoshu sent two stewards to him, and asked him to be responsible for the layout of the auction venue, theatrical performances, and the formulation of the auction process. Then Cui Daoshu became the shopkeeper and disappeared. Na Zhe was busy with the two stewards, tired like a dog every day, mainly because it was very difficult to communicate with the ancient people, and the concept was also very different, if they wanted to make them understand their intentions, they could wear out their mouths, and Na Zhe's throat was swollen after a few days, and it was very difficult to speak.

He couldn't stand it anymore, so he went to Cui Daoshu and told him about his difficulties. Cui Daoshu thought for a while: "Third brother, it's not that I don't want to help you, I really have too many things here, I need to purchase a lot of materials, allocate a lot of money, collect displaced people, recruit craftsmen, I really don't have the skills, I really don't have the energy to do the auction." You have a background in music, and you must be very good at art, and this auction will be a piece of cake for you, and I am sure you will do well. As for the communication problem, An Dalang will be back soon, I will ask him to help you, and if you don't accept it, let Dalang beat him, and if you want money, people, and things, you will go to the two stewards I sent to you, and I have ordered them to meet all your needs. In this way, can the third brother be satisfied? ”

Na Zhe left satisfied, and continued to toss. The next day, An Dalang came back, hugged him affectionately when he saw Na Zhe, and immediately pulled him to drink. Na Zhe hurriedly said: "Da Lang, don't be in a hurry to drink, I need your help with urgent matters here, brother, I'm about to collapse!" ”

An Dalang asked suspiciously, "What's so urgent?" ”

Na Zhe said with a sad face: "The auction will be held in ten days, Xiao Qi is good, I don't care about anything, I am busy alone." But it's too hard to talk to the people of the Cui family, and some little things have to be repeated for a long time, and some people still don't understand. I don't know if they really don't understand or if they're pretending to be confused, but I can't help them. ”

An Dalang sneered a few times, "I know what's going on, some people have itchy skin and want to be punched by Lao Tzu, third brother, don't worry, I'll follow you now, you do things as usual, I see who is not honest and dares to argue with our brothers!" ”

Na Zhe began to get busy again, directing the servants to set up the venue. After a while, several people walked in, and a young man dressed as a steward approached and said a few words to Na Zhe. Na Zhe tried to listen, but still couldn't quite understand. An Dalang said beside him: "He said that you asked him to find singers with good singing skills, and he has found a few, and they have brought them, so let you go and hear how their singing skills are." ”

Na Zhe looked at the few singers standing on the side, they looked good, they were all young and beautiful little girls, and they were looking forward to it. So he took them to a quiet room next to them, and asked the singers to sing a few songs.

A singer babbled and sang, Na Zhe frowned, this singer has an average voice, the pitch is not good, but she looks very beautiful. If you talk to her about life and ideals with her at night, you can still consider it, but as for singing, forget it.

Na Zhe interrupted the singing, "Stop singing, next." ”

The beautiful little girl who was interrupted from singing felt very aggrieved, her eyes were red, Na Zhe was a little apologetic, and said to her kindly: "You sing well, but you are a little younger, you don't meet our requirements, wait a while for you to stay, I will give you other jobs, the money will not be less, more than singing." ”

The little girl went down happily, and Na Zhe continued to listen to the other singers sing. After listening to it all, there were no people with excellent singing skills, Na Zhe was very unhappy, and said to the steward who brought people: "The singing skills of these people can't meet my requirements, you send them away, the first one to stay, I'm useful." ”

The steward went out with a few singers, and An Dalang asked, "I think these little ladies are very beautiful, can't they?" ”

"The level of singing is too average, we are all from wealthy families and wealthy businessmen at this auction, they have never seen any scenes, these little girls are too immature to be on a big scene."

The door was pushed open, and the steward returned. Na Zhe said with some displeasure: "I asked you to find the best singer in Mingzhou, but the person you found is not good at all, I don't believe that there is no better singing in Mingzhou City, are you careless?" ”

The young man's expression was a little aggrieved, wah-wow-wow-wow said a local dialect, An Dalang jumped up from the chair after hearing this, and put a foot on the young man's stomach, and the young man took a few steps back and sat on the ground, in pain.

Na Zhe hurriedly asked: "What did he say, why did you hit him?" ”

An Dalang kicked the young man a few more times, "This guy said that the singer he found is the best in Mingzhou City, and you don't know the market at all." And you took the chicken feathers as an arrow, took advantage of the trust of the head of the family, and tossed the people of the Cui family, he said that he would not do it, and let you find someone else to replace him. ”

Na Zhe was a little angry, "Didn't I say a few words from him?" What is the origin of this guy, his temper is not small. ”

An Dalang said with a cruel smile: "What is the use of fart, I want him to remember it for a lifetime, our brother he can't afford to mess with!" ”