A moment later, a middle-aged man was called, dressed in coarse linen clothes, barefoot, looking a little wooden, but his complexion was not bad, his surname was Zhou, because he was the eldest in the family, he was named Zhouda.

"Young master, what do you command?" Zhou Dazuo asked.

"You need some wooden boards, about six feet long, about three feet wide, and five inches thick, for use to make a desk to place items, it doesn't matter if it's rough, there are six pieces in total, and it may be done in an hour?"

"There are big trees in the back mountain, but you can cut down one, and you need some help."

"Elder Huang, find a few more people to help, it must be completed before dark."

"You guys go help, hurry." Huang Lao pointed to a group of people and explained.

More than a dozen men hurriedly went, Qin Huaidao pointed to the eaves of the ancestral hall and continued: "Find some stones, no matter the size, the more the better, and then get some clay, build a stove for cooking, the ancestral hall will be requisitioned first, and wait a few days to build a more generous ancestral hall for everyone, ask for a blue brick house, and enter the courtyard twice." ”

"It's useless, it's okay, let's arrange it." Huang Lao said indifferently, the blue brick house, and the courtyard twice, I don't dare to think about it, it's a big deal to tear down the earthen stove in the future, and it can still be used as an ancestral hall.

Qin Huaidao didn't explain much, thinking that there were more than two hundred mouths in the village at once, and the primary problem was not food, there were tens of thousands of taels of silver enough to support a long period of time, but housing.

It is very inconvenient for several people to squeeze into a room, and the rooms are dilapidated, leaking air everywhere, and may collapse at any time, and there will be deaths, Qin Huaidao looked at the low thatched house not far away, and was very worried.

Winter will be in a month or two, and the housing problem must be solved as soon as possible, it is unrealistic to buy, there is not so much silver, and there is no place to buy, so you can only build it yourself.

But Qin Huaidao can't look down on the low mud thatched house, not to mention the laborious and laborious work, it is not safe, and it is not comfortable to live in, so he must have a brick house, or - burn bricks and tiles by himself?

It is not difficult to burn bricks, the clay is mixed with water to make bricks, and it is calcined in the brick kiln for about ten to fifteen days to make bricks, and the tiles are similar, this Qinjiazhuang is not short of clay, and there is no shortage of manpower, hundreds of men have nothing to do, there is no problem in building a kiln, but the wood is not burned, the temperature is difficult to reach, and coal and coke are better.

Coke can be refined by soil method, only need to dig out a rectangular soil pit, put bituminous coal into it to burn, and then fill it with soil to isolate the air, and wait for the gas to be burned, no longer smoke to form coke, the quality is average, and it is not environmentally friendly, but it can't be taken care of, the question is where to find coal?

In my memory, there is no coal mountain near Chang'an.

Just thinking about it, Huang Lao hurriedly came over, his face was a little strange, and he said in a low voice: "Young master, there are a large number of people from outside the village, looking extraordinary, the other party claims to be Princess Yuzhang and Princess Jinyang, looking for the young master to see a doctor, saying that he will be offered 10,000 taels of silver, and two carts of precious medicinal materials will be used as medical money." ”

Where can I get 10,000 taels of silver to see a doctor, not to mention that there are two carts of precious medicinal materials, could it be that Li Er is looking for an excuse to compensate for the more than 200 women? The question is where will I see a doctor, in case there is no one in Qinjiazhuang, one up and down Qinjiazhuang is counted as one, don't even think about it, isn't this adding to the chaos?

Qin Huaidao hurriedly said: "Just say I'm not there, let them go back." ”

Huang Lao smiled bitterly: "Young master, a person who calls herself Princess Yuzhang said that if the young master is gone, they will wait in the village, just set aside a place to settle down, and never disturb everyone, and said that no matter whether it can be cured or not, it will have nothing to do with the young master in the future." ”

"Once a person enters the village, how can he say that it has nothing to do with it." Qin Huaidao was a little angry.

"The old man is also worried, but the other party said that he came by order, if he didn't care, he would resist the order, and he couldn't escape if something happened." Huang Lao reminded.

"It's a no-brainer." Qin Huaidao said angrily.

"Or, let's try again and see if we can invite people back."

"Forget it, since the people are here, they definitely don't plan to go back, let them come over, isn't there a vacant lot behind the ancestral hall, settle down there, and tell everyone not to approach, especially to take care of the children, so as not to collide with the princess." Qin Huaidao explained depressedly.

Huang Lao agreed and hurried away.

Not long after, a huge convoy slowly entered the village, two of the carriages were served by palace maids, followed by some carriages pulling supplies, and there were guards in front and behind, staring vigilantly around, and stopped in the open space behind the ancestral hall under the guidance of Huang Lao.

Qin Huaidao was too lazy to care, more than two hundred people were still waiting to eat, commanded people to dig clay, poured water and stepped on it, the village sent stones, the elderly, women and children also came to help, and soon piled up into a mountain, everyone under the command of Qin Huaidao, built three simple earthen stoves with stones and clay, and then built a few low walls, and the wooden board was a desk, which was convenient for putting all kinds of things.

Jia Youcai brought daily necessities with the guards of the house, full of several large carts, and three pots were also transported together, and placed on the earthen stove of the new base, the size was just right.

"Burn the heat and bake."

Qin Huaidao gave an order, everyone brought dry firewood to light the fire, natural air-drying is too time-consuming, can't afford to wait, it is not a big problem to use the fire to bake slowly, anyway, it is just a temporary use.

When the clay from the earthen stove was baked, Luo Zhang returned with the purchased materials, and the long convoy lined up outside the village, everyone came to help unload the goods, and even two hundred women came to help, the grain was piled up in the ancestral hall, and the sheep were handed over to a group of older children to take care of temporarily.

After the materials were unloaded, Qin Huaidao announced that he would invite everyone to eat, and when he gave an order, they all came over to help, and the three pots were all used to stew mutton, and the noodles were taken to other villagers' homes to make steamed buns, and the bedding was sent down, and the Zhuangzi was suddenly full of laughter and laughter, which was more lively than the New Year.

Eating meat is too far away and too strange for many people, watching the three major iron pots bubbling, swallowing saliva one by one, their eyes are glowing, and many children are saliva flowing out, but Qin Huaidao's heart is panicked, just a mouthful of meat, it's really ......

The steamed buns were quickly out of the pot, the mutton was also stewed, everyone lined up, holding the newly bought pottery bowl in their hands, one by one smiling, Huang Lao personally distributed the meat to everyone, worried that it was not enough, one person only gave a few pieces, no one complained, took a few steamed buns to the side and ate them.

Xue Rengui came over with a bowl and found Qin Huaidao, and said in a low voice: "Young master, where is the princess?" ”

Qin Huaidao has been busy, he didn't care about the princess's side, took the pottery bowl, got started directly, picked up a piece of meat and ate it, while looking at the back of the ancestral hall, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious in his heart, he didn't show his head for so long, this princess is not an arrogant and difficult person to get along with.

The dissatisfaction in my heart suddenly dissipated a lot.

After eating the meat in the pottery bowl in three or two bites, Qin Huaidao came to the earthen stove and picked up a big bowl from the desk: "Huang Lao, pick some good ones, I'll send them to the princess." ”

Huang Lao picked out some fat and thin, filled a big bowl, Qin Huaidao took it, and saw that everyone was staring at the pot unsatisfied, and the three pots were not enough at all, so he said: "Huang Lao, stew three more pots." ”

"But I can't help it, young master, the meat essence is expensive, and the days have to go by slowly."

"It's okay, listen to me, the right is to make up for everyone's body."

Qin Huaidao dropped a sentence and walked towards the back of the ancestral hall with a large pottery bowl of meat.