The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 646 Site Selection
The most important thing about engineering colleges is naturally craftsmen. The purpose of Xuan Shijing's construction of this college is to improve the treatment of craftsmen to a certain extent, to train more excellent craftsmen, and to promote Datang's "science and technology". "Development, only with these, will there be relative benefits, and it will also prevent the Hou Mansion from losing money. If the enthusiasm of the craftsmen for this engineering college is not high, then there is no need for Xuan Shijing to make money here. shouted.

"What's the matter with the Marquis, even if you tell me, I will do my best." The person in charge said very humbly to Xuan Shijing, the superior.

"En." Xuan Shijing nodded, and then slowly said: "I plan to choose a place within this government square to establish an engineering college."

"Engineering school?"

"What is an engineering school?"

"It sounds like something related to artisans."

As soon as Xuan Shijing said this, all the craftsmen sitting below whispered to each other and talked a lot.

Ordinary people would never even think about building a school for craftsmen, so none of the craftsmen here would think about it. They just think that the engineering college mentioned by Master Dongshan is probably a pretty big house.
After all, when they come to this government workshop, their main task is to build a house, isn't it?

"Everyone, please listen to what I have to say." Xuan Shijing silenced the discussions of the craftsmen below, and then began to explain to the craftsmen present the purpose, significance and future development of the engineering college he wanted to build.

The status of craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty is not high, not only the officials believe so, but the common people think so, even the craftsmen themselves have a somewhat resigned attitude. Craftsmen, as long as they make money, they can feed and clothe the family. It would be great to live in peace, but as for status or something, how dare you ask for extravagance.

The status of artisans is still higher than that of merchants, but there are still a large number of people who want to go into business. Why, because merchants can make money, ordinary farmers, in fact, are not as wealthy as artisans at home, so they also Some farmers, after their children are born, will be sent to some larger towns to serve as apprentices to some master craftsmen. Firstly, they can have a living, and secondly, they can also learn a craft. In the future, even this craft If you can't use it, it's because you have too many skills and don't overwhelm yourself. However, there are not many cases where you can't use the skills after learning the skills.

This is true for status, but if there is a mason or carpenter in a village, and someone from the eight townships in the neighborhood has something to do, he will come to find someone to help him, who dares to say that he does not respect the craftsman, and the family has not had a wedding or wedding, or It is a matter of repairing houses and farm tools. If you have a bad relationship with a craftsman, to put it bluntly, you will not even be able to find a coffin for you when you die in the future.

After listening to Xuan Shijing's explanation, all the craftsmen below were flushed with excitement, and the light from their eyes almost pierced through the hall and rushed to the sky.

It is really the blessing of the craftsmen that Hou Ye valued the craftsmen so much. In the past, I only heard that those literati had schools and academies. Now, the craftsmen also hope to have such a holy place. How can I keep them from being excited.

"Master Hou, is what you said true?" One of the craftsmen couldn't help but stood up and looked at Xuan Shijing and asked excitedly. He hoped that what he just heard was true, not Xuan Shijing. Shijing's lies.

Xuan Shijing smiled: "I am also the Marquis personally appointed by His Majesty, what are you doing to lie to you? Today, Her Royal Highness and I came here to choose the seat of this engineering college. Now the whole Daozhengfang is under construction. , This matter should be settled as soon as possible, and save some effort." After that, Xuan Shijing stood up, walked to the long table, pulled out the planning map of Daozhengfang, spread it on the table, and then signaled All the craftsmen in the hall gathered together.

Out of curiosity, Jin Yang also came over. Seeing this, Xuan Shijing protected Jin Yang by her side. After all, she is a princess, isn't she?
Xuan Shijing pointed to a large area of ​​Daozhengfang and said: "Look, everyone, let's discuss where is the most suitable location for this engineering college."

Hearing this, everyone turned their attention to the map, which had already planned various houses, but now if they want to choose a place to build the engineering school, they will definitely break this layout within a certain range.

Whether it is in terms of location or location, the most suitable house is nothing more than the No. [-] house that Xuan Shijing settled down before. The place is big enough, and if it is used to build the engineering college, the rest of the house does not need to be relocated. It moved, but it was the place that Xuan Shijing liked, and the craftsmen would not be so stupid as to propose this place to compete with Xuan Shijing for the site.

Fortunately, there are many places along Xuanwu Lake in Daozhengfang, and the space that can be occupied by a No. [-] house is also limited. Therefore, the craftsmen aimed at the places close to Xuanwu Lake.

Without him, if the engineering college is built here, it will be very beneficial to craftsmen. No matter what craftsmen do, they cannot do without water. Masons, blacksmiths, and even carpenters cannot lack water. The most indispensable thing is water, and the craftsmen are thoughtful enough. In the future, if the things produced by the engineering college want to be transported out of Chang'an, it will be the most convenient way to take water.

The craftsmen gathered their thoughts and told Xuan Shijing. After thinking about it, Xuan Shijing felt that the craftsmen's ideas were very reliable. If so, it is inevitable that the engineering college is close to Xuanwu Lake.

The general direction is determined, but the specific location is quite difficult to choose.
"Sister, what do you think?" Xuan Shijing set his eyes on Jinyang, because the No. [-] house is also close to Xuanwu Lake, and the construction of the Engineering College is likely to be next to the No. [-] house, and the No. [-] house Xuan Shijing wanted to give it to Jinyang as a princess mansion, so naturally he needed to ask Jinyang for his opinion.

Jin Yang thought about it for a while, and then with his fingers, he drew an area on the map.

"I think this place is very nice." Jin Yang said.

The place that Jin Yang pointed out was next to her future princess mansion, and the place was not small.

"The next door to this place is your princess mansion." Xuan Shijing said thoughtfully.

"That's okay, maybe it will be very lively, Brother Jing, think about it, if you are bored in the future, just go to the engineering college for a while, there will definitely be many new things, and, the engineering college The number of people will not be too many. Such a large place must be sparsely populated in the early stage. If there are really many people in the end, I am afraid that the engineering college will have to move." Jin Yang said with a smile: " Moreover, the Institute of Engineering is built here, along the shore of Xuanwu Lake, and part of it can extend into the lake."

(End of this chapter)