Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

The inside of the concierge at the gate was also finished according to the drawings. Gu Erzhu decided to go around the woods behind to see how the progress was going.

At this time, after listening to what he said, Mrs. Liu knew what was going on.

Although maybe not twenty taels of silver, but forty taels of silver were all wasted, it was a blessing to end it here.

She was not worried about the children at home, but she was worried that her money would be loose, and the child's father would be confused for a while and miss the white-eyed wolf's eldest nephew again.

She thought and said this, leaving Gu Erzhu speechless.

If he hadn't been forced to do so at the inn, and an accident would damage the reputation of his old son and his wife, he could have taken out the banknote and lent it to the enemy who had plotted against his old son.

But my dear, why do you want to lend it to the young man’s wife?

The last time the elder man's wife instigated Sanya, Huniu said that from now on she would never borrow half a penny from her, nor would she stand by her daughter-in-law.

What are you afraid of?

If they want to move into the courtyard that Sanya rents in the county town, won't they say that they, a woman, can't make the decision and have to wait for the head of the family to come back?
What an excuse to say no.

Not to mention.

"Why don't you go home first and have a rest before coming back?"

"Don't be tired. You've eaten on the way. If you're not hungry now, you'd better go take a look before going home."

"Then you should have an idea of ​​when Sanya will be back, right?"

"It will take about half a month. Let's slowly move the things over here and arrange the manpower. When Sanya gets home and the house stops, we will start the work here."

While the couple was talking, Zhou Changgen, who was in command over the woods, ran over after hearing the news. He asked if he was free, so he would follow him and take a look behind him.

Gu Erzhu had this intention and asked Ms. Liu to get on a carriage. Gu Dachang's eldest son drove the carriage. She led the way and took the boxes and packages home.

Among them were the things Zhou Banxia gave to his mother's family, and the items Zhou Shun asked him to bring back first. There were notes written on them to indicate that he was not worried about Liu's arrangement.

"Should the road here be replaced with gravel? The manager of the quarry was very talkative. He bought a lot of bluestone slabs and offered half price for a load of gravel.

But I kept it secret when I went there. He said it was a car. I thought he was slow, so I asked him to send bluestone slabs. I asked people from the village to pull the gravel.

We farmers don't have a lot of strength, but they happen to have a carpenter, so I'll ask them to help make the mule cart bigger, and how about pulling a few more carts back? "

The place Zhou Changgen pointed to was the open space from the workshop's backyard wall to the woods. The drawing marked a bluestone path, which he felt was a waste.

It's not easy to walk on rainy days. The gravel road is no worse than the bluestone.

Since his in-laws trusted him and paid him a lot of wages, they also asked all the family management to obey his arrangements.

As an uncle, he doesn't want to give face to his niece, but he also has to save some money for her.

"Okay. We are laymen, and we can't trust you as a master. We can do whatever you say."

Gu Erzhu readily agreed and did not mention any other changes on the drawing.

It's not necessary, he said it repeatedly before going out, and it will be over if he mentions it again.

Looking at the scene where the number of people seemed to have not decreased, and they were busy dividing out which trees should be cut down and which ones should be kept according to the drawings, Gu Erzhu felt relieved.

After seeing this, the two people walked around behind the woods.

The open space here has been cleared and leveled, and the gravel has been piled next to the bluestone slabs.

Now we are busy building the outer wall on the west side that will connect to the workshop. Gu Erzhu stepped forward and took a look. Although the wall was compacted in layers and only reached his waist height, it could be seen that the thickness of the wall would not deviate too much.

According to Rokuro's idea, the walls of the village wall here should be able to walk on, and should be at least half wider than the walls of the workshop.

Once there is a calamity year and the hungry people are targeting them to steal money and food, the workshop as the first line of defense will not be able to survive, and all the villagers in the subsequent manor will be on the wall.

You won't just sit there waiting for at least a hundred people to pile up on the wall. When the time comes, there will be piles of stones and arrows ready on the wall. It won't work if the village wall is too narrow.

But it’s not easy to tell Zhou Changgen these words. Just like asking Zhou Changgen to build a house next, build the general structure first, and then remodel it secretly.

Just like this village wall, according to his family Liu Lang, it will not only be repaired every year, but also thickened and widened, and at least four watchtowers will be installed on the wall stacks.

What else could he say? According to what his family Liulang said, his family Sanya built a pastry workshop, and all the money they saved was spent on it.

Not to mention anything else, just following the drawings given to Zhou Changgen, or the general outline as his family Liulang said, a lot of money has been spent.

Can!
Do you want to follow the old son's book and tell the story of the landowners and gentry who were attacked by hungry people during the disaster years of the previous dynasty and their entire family was wiped out?
It's like Sanya said, you can still make money if you spend money, but you lose everything if you die. Even if you are planning for your children and grandchildren, you have to spend money when you should!

Thinking of this, Gu Erzhu couldn't help but think of the story Zhou Banxia told before coming back.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the kings of Qi and Liang were competing with each other. The master of the east courtyard predicted that chaos would occur, so he ground beans and corn into powder every day.

Then he made bricks and built them into a wall. He plastered the walls with clay and added beams inside the house.

As expected, a war broke out, and the people ran out of food and burned all the firewood.

The owner of the house took out the corn bricks to cook porridge and took down the beams to make firewood, so as to avoid starving and freezing to death.

Where are the corn bricks?

This will have to wait. Just like the granary in the dark, we will have to wait until the wall of the village is built. Then we should act more cautiously and bring it back from other places and mix it in the bricks.

A granary placed in the open?
After looking at it, they reached the waist-high wall of the village. Gu Erzhu took advantage of the fact that the workshop had added a lot of servants, and it was also a top priority to raise the granary with Zhou Changgen.

Zhou Changgen knew the location behind the woods and the requirements for the thickness of the courtyard wall. It was definitely not built slowly as Gu Erzhu said before. After the renovation, it would be a one-room house for the separated family's old son.

The place is just too big.

Besides, it’s not like the house in the village with many sons couldn’t be accommodated.

There are only two sons and two filial daughters-in-law, so there is no difference between the two families.

However, there are rules in the industry, just listen to the boss.

What's more, this large area of ​​​​land is still the niece's dowry, so there is no need to tell the truth.

In terms of friendship, it was thanks to Si Shunzi that he learned the craft and became a disciple. For several years, money was tight, and it was Si Shunzi, a stingy man, who lent him money to make a living.

When Sanya came back, she was just like her father, because he had lent her money to help her father find her two sisters, and he didn't forget about his cousin, no matter what the benefits were.

Being reasonable and not talking about keeping it secret, Zhou Changgen nodded and promised that the building would be the same as the granary in the previous workshop, and then he would lead his apprentice to do it himself.

The two of them had barely exchanged a few words when Zhou Changgen heard his apprentice calling him. He didn't bother to talk to Gu Erzhu about where he could save money.

Very busy.

"Okay, we brothers will chat later."