On the second day, the craftsmen of the city were in full swing.

Those who knew each other formed a team of four or five people, and began to get busy according to the range assigned to them by the people of the Taishou Mansion.

Xu Jiao used the price of ten catties for a penny to buy soil from the people. Children from every family went out of town to dig in the soil and buy snacks for food.

Dirt is everywhere, and some women who are busy with the family are also vying to dig up the soil to subsidize the family.

Some people wondered what the princess was doing with the dirt, and their questions were answered immediately.

Every house in the city has to install something called a fire kang!

I heard that this thing can keep out the cold, and lying on it in winter will not be freezing, this is the princess paid for them to make it, and they don't need to give money.

A team of craftsmen entered a private house, and after asking about the master bedroom where they slept, the craftsmen quickly determined the size of the style, and someone picked up the dirt, and they threw up their arms and started to dry.

The kang was quickly formed, and the craftsmen became more and more skilled and faster.

Since it needs to be made for every household before the real cold winter comes, each household can only make one large fire kang.

But the princess also said that if every family had done it before the cold winter came, then they would go back and do it again for the families with large populations.

Xu Jiao listened to the report of the next person, the city was in full swing, and she thought that it would be all busy in two or three days.

She beckoned Zhuqing to send a message to Taishou: "Let the craftsmen who finish first go to the county seat and the countryside in the jurisdiction, and gather local craftsmen to learn, and they must make a kang for every household together." ”

Zhu Qing withdrew from Xu Jiao's dormitory and walked quickly towards the Taishou Mansion.

Taishou had already expected that the next step would be the county towns and towns in the jurisdiction, and he ordered to gather all the local craftsmen early.

"Go back and tell the princess, the officials have arranged it, so she doesn't have to worry about it." Taishou smiled at Zhu Qing and said, this is the princess's personal maid, and his attitude is extremely friendly.

Two or three days later, the scene in Zhongxiang City was also in full swing in other counties, cities, and villages.

It was seven days before all these places were completed, and many of the roads to the village were too difficult to walk, and most of the craftsmen's time was actually wasted on the roads, but fortunately the task was completed.

Xu Jiao knew in her heart that they were working hard, and each of them was rewarded with ten taels of silver and some cloth that she didn't need, and after the craftsmen thanked them, Xu Jiao told them: "If there are other places to ask you to make a kang in the future, you will set the price and collect the money yourself." ”

The craftsmen were immediately ecstatic, they knew the profits, if this really had a miraculous effect, it was simply a necessary winter standard in the bitter cold area, and there would definitely be no shortage of people who came to them to work at that time......

Xu Jiao didn't care about their thoughts, in her opinion, hiring them to work for so many people this time was already considered to be oppression, and she wouldn't care how they made money in the future.

She was looking at an excerpt sent by Wang Fugui and others.

They had already been ordered to leave for Lingqu County, and as the official team brought by the princess, the local people in Lingqu County did not dare to slack off.

They also brought a lot of sweet potato seedlings over, but now they have just arranged for people to plant them, and they have not yet been able to see the harvest results.

The purpose of sending the excerpts this time was that when they cooperated with the craftsmen to do the census so that each of their families could make ondols, they found many people who had no homes.

Many of these people are people with disabilities, or young children, and some are elderly.

These people have no permanent place to live and usually make a living by begging or doing short-term work.

Most of them live in broken temples, or carry straw mats with them, and just find a roof to lie under the eaves at night.

In previous years, there were many people who froze to death in this group, and the corpses were carried out from various broken temples and alleys by the officials every day, thrown to Yizhuang, and thrown to mass graves after a long time.

Wang Fugui and the others wanted to apply for a sum of silver taels to build a residence for these people, and asked the princess to name the residence.

The original financial and silver taels of Lingqu County were all used by the original county officials to invite Taoists, buy Dan furnaces, and buy medicinal materials to squander, resulting in the deficit of the finances they are now taking over.

Xu Jiao immediately sent them a silver tael, and the money was not taken from the Taishou Mansion, but directly from her private treasury.

Taishou is poor, she is afraid that she will take the money and see the dead face of Taishou crying poor every day.

Wang Fugui and the others received a reply from the princess and silver taels the next day.

"What's the matter, what did the princess say, how did she send so much more money than we applied for?" Dong Chengzhen poked his head over, wanting to see what was written on the reply.

Wang Fugui handed him the letter and said to the others: "The princess said don't be stingy, build bigger, more luxurious, richer food, don't let people look down on the officials from our country." She also said that we should choose the name ourselves, don't waste her brain. ”

The others nodded with smiles on their faces: "This is really the style of the princess, atmospheric." ”

Wang Fugui felt that there was something strange about this, and he couldn't think of a reason, so he stopped thinking about it.

With such a generous sum of money, they immediately went their separate ways.

Dong Chengzhen took people to count these homeless people, and he must not miss a single one. Wang Fugui immediately asked the craftsman to draw the drawings and set aside a large area to build.

He had all the names in mind, and it was called Keats House, which was really a good name that made people's hearts warm when they heard it.

There are also the rest of the people who went to buy ingredients and stock up on grain, and as soon as they came, they found that there was nothing in the county government, and now that they have money, they naturally have to spend money to stock up on food immediately, even the share of Keats House.

Xu Jiao soon received a follow-up letter, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she whispered: "It's really earthy......"

Keats Academy, a name that is not fashionable in the land, is worthy of being thought up by Wang Fugui, and it is not very fashionable like his name.

Zhu Qing covered his mouth and smiled beside him, and then said: "Tai Shou also sent someone a few days ago to say that Zhong Xiangcheng and other counties and cities have also started to survey these homeless people, and it must be effective immediately." ”

Xu Jiao nodded, this group of people must be properly arranged, if this is not arranged well, there will definitely be a large number of people who can't resist it in winter.

"Let them give money quickly, the craftsmen can build houses faster, don't grind all day long." Xu Jiao ordered to go down and let the Taishou keep an eye on those counties and cities, and not to delay or lower wages.

Lingqu County is the fastest, counting all the homeless population in just two days.

Wang Fugui hired twenty or thirty craftsmen and dozens of strong workers, and the wages were paid daily, and hot soup and rice were provided every day, and the house was almost built in just a few days.

It's just that the interior decoration layout and some details still need to be bothered by the craftsmen.

The workers went home with a smile on their faces, and the government paid generously, and they worked hard, and with this money, they could be more comfortable during the Chinese New Year this year.