Chapter 42: The Meditation House

After sending Vivien away, Li Xuan picked up the codex again and looked at it.

Reading a lot is a good way for Li Xuan to have a deeper understanding of the world, and he already likes to read all kinds of books.

He had read a lot of books and codexes in this world, and Li Xuan found that there were always all kinds of strange records on these books and codexes, only a small part of them were academic and historical records, and more were trivial records, more like memoranda and diaries, and some records were even a bit like ledgers. But these did not prevent Li Xuan from reading, he could always slowly look into it, and then obtain some information about the world.

"Sir. Anna walked over and called Li Xuan softly.

Li Xuan looked back at her and asked, "What's the matter, Anna." ”

"Butler Boris asked me to tell you that Mr. Noah of Stanlini Castle has arrived, bringing with him several wagons of goods. Anna said.

"Okay, I got it. After Li Xuan finished speaking, he picked up a fiery red maple leaf, put it on the codex as a bookmark, then closed the codex, got up and went downstairs.

When I got downstairs, I saw a lot of people, Noah, the son of Viscount Olympus, with a number of people, was slowly moving many boxes out of the carriage, Vivian and Boris were also watching, it seemed that she had not yet taken the 1,000 gold coins used to make the bed.

Seeing Li Xuan appear, Noah walked over quickly and saluted: "Master Li Xuan." ”

Li Xuan smiled and nodded at him and asked him, "Is the parchment with a large area I said ready?"

"It's all ready, sir, I used a whole piece of high-quality goatskin nitrate, there are more than a dozen pieces, the area has met the requirements you said, and there will be several batches of parchment of similar specifications in the future. And the ruler and graphite block you mentioned are also ready. Noah replied respectfully.

Li Xuan was very happy to hear it, although the parchment paper in this world is well-processed and the writing is smooth, but there is a shortcoming, that is, the area is too small, because when it is made, it will be cut, and Li Xuan has never seen a large piece of parchment until now, and to make a meditation house, Li Xuan needs to draw the approximate size and design of the meditation house with the help of tools, so that the craftsmen can know how to build it and consider the load-bearing problem. And to draw such a design, it is obviously more difficult to draw small sheets of parchment.

The problem with the ruler is because Li Xuan found that there are no accurate length measurement tools and measurement standards in this world, and the craftsmen have their own rudimentary measuring tools, relying on their own standards and experience to judge the length.

Soon, the items on several carriages were moved into the barn, and Li Xuan also got the parchment and graphite blocks that Noah had prepared to draw the designs.

Then Li Xuan asked Boris to call the carpenter, and began to discuss the structure of the meditation house with the carpenter, and began to design and paint.

The carpenter's name is Wright, a sturdy man in his forties, very skillful in manual work, and he is a very famous carpenter in the city of Carouston, although he is famous, but because carpenter is a lowly profession, Wright seems very cowardly, hardly speaks, and even says very little when he was introduced.

Li Xuan took a complete piece of parchment and spread it out on the table, the wide parchment was slightly brownish, although it was not white, but it also made Li Xuan very satisfied, Noah said that the second batch of parchment would be larger and whiter, because the second batch of parchment was made of goatskin.

"Sir, what do you want me to do?" Wright cautiously asked Li Xuan, he knew that he was a person who was not very good at talking, although the manual work was not bad, but because he was not good at expression, he often made his employer very dissatisfied, so he often went wherever there was work, and he did short-term employment. Li Xuan is the most honorable and generous of all the employers he has encountered, and he is a long-term employee, so he hopes that he can perform well so that he can continue to stay in this manor, and when Boris handed out gold coins in the morning, Wright couldn't believe it was true, and rewarded 10 gold coins at a time, which made Wright wonder if he was still in a dream.

"I'm going to build a meditation house in the backyard, and the house will be hemispherical, like this, like this. Li Xuan said, while taking a piece of graphite that is relatively handy, slowly sketching a circle on the parchment, and next to the circle, sketching a semicircle little by little, which is not difficult for Li Xuan, who has learned sketching, although the tools are a little simple, but still draw well.

When Li Xuan started to paint, Wright, Boris and Noah around him jumped when they saw it, this was a whole piece of parchment with excellent texture, and Li Xuan easily started to draw it. Noah was the only one who knew the price of the parchment, and a whole piece of parchment like this was collected this time, and these fifteen pieces cost a full five gold coins.

Wright watched distressedly as Li Xuan first drew a cross and then a border on the complete parchment, and finally drew a circle.

After Li Xuan finished the flower, Wright was surprised to find that Li Xuan actually drew very well, and Li Xuan, without the help of any tools, drew a very good circle and semicircle.

Li Xuan, who didn't notice everyone's expressions, pointed to the painting and said to Wright: "This is the floor plan of the house, this is the elevation plan, you don't need to build a standard circle, but the rounder it is, the better." ”

Seeing Wright nodding, Li Xuan then drew a small strip outside the circle, and in the semicircle, drew a rectangle of the same proportion of the door and said to Wright: "This is the reserved door, and the direction of the door should be made to open outward." ”

After finishing speaking, Li Xuan drew a few semicircles in another place, and drew a number of criss-cross key points in the semicircles, which are the four cross-diagonal magic infusions of the meditation house, and slowly began to explain to Wright how to do it.

Noah, who couldn't speak next to him, quickly took Vivian to say goodbye, Li Xuan instructed Boris to fetch the gold coins for Vivian, although Noah wanted to refuse, but he didn't dare to refuse, although Li Xuan seemed to be very talkative, but in Li Xuan's high-level mage status, he really couldn't afford to refuse Li Xuan's idea, so he could only follow Boris and the elated Vivian to get the gold coins, 1000 gold coins is not a small amount, and the weight is not light at all, Vivian can't carry 1000 gold coins on the carriage.

After everyone left, only Li Xuan and Wright remained.

After Li Xuan's detailed illustrated explanation, Wright the carpenter had a complete understanding of what to do in the meditation house that Li Xuan was going to build. He was amazed at Li Xuan's ability to draw, and at the same time he was very surprised by his concept of clear dimensions. Wright even had a strange feeling, as if Li Xuan was a more experienced carpenter than him.

The two kept communicating until it was dark, and it was basically Li Xuan who was slowly talking and drawing, and Wright kept nodding and shaking his head on the side.

After the explanation, Li Xuan twisted his neck and a little sore shoulders and asked Wright, "How is it, can you do it? How long will it take for the entire meditation house to be built?"

Wright looked at it and thought seriously for a while, and said to Li Xuan: "Find four more stonemasons and three carpenters, if you are more skilled, you can build it in 4 days at most." ”

"Tell Boris about finding someone, and let Boris go to Feuerbach to ask for someone. That's all for today. Li Xuan felt that he was already a little hungry.

Wright hurriedly said, "Yes sir." ”