Traveling to Daliang Kingdom starts from falling into the water

Chapter 379 My son is older
It's not fun to have older sons, and it's even harder to fool them one by one. Gu Erzhu couldn't help but feel secretly while looking at his two sons with a smile.

He also believed that his eldest son had not drunk too much, so he went to chat with Zhou Shun, Ma Dazhuang, Gu Yangqing and Master Yun who he had not seen for a few days.

As a solid drinker, Gu Yangqing and Master Yun stayed at the Gu residence with their group until the end, chatting and laughing about interesting things in the city.

Who said old men don't gossip? Zhou Shun, Ma Dazhuang and others listened with great interest, making all kinds of strange laughter from time to time.

Gu Erzhu didn't even look at these old brothers. They were so wretched. Fortunately, the juniors were not around. There was nothing wrong with nagging him. He almost lost his life by nagging Zhao Lao Er.

In that room, Gu Erlang took Zhou Xiucai's pulse while he was sleeping and went to the backyard to find his son. He also accompanied his brother-in-law and others. Gu Wenxuan also went to the outer courtyard to handle personal matters before returning to the village.

Fortunately, today is no longer what it used to be. Everything needs to be done by one's own hands. Gu Dahua has already hired an agent from a dental shop in the city, and Zhi Ming has also hired a master craftsman who makes furniture.

The carpenter he had studied under before was not a poor craftsman, but now he was busy with his family's carpentry work and even called on all his apprentices.

From the doors and windows of workshops and estates to the small soap packaging boxes, it can be said that there are many things to do. This old furniture maker was recommended by the carpenter.

It is said that his craftsmanship is very good, and he has built many step beds for wealthy people in the city. I looked through my memories and I have never seen him in person, but I have heard that this person has a good reputation.

According to the information, he is a fifty-two-year-old carpenter. Perhaps it is not because he is a farmer. Relatively speaking, he is a few years younger than his actual age.

I brought my eldest son with me when I came.

This is not surprising. The vast majority of craftsmen are passed down from father to son and from father to son. They are inherited from generation to generation. Unless there are special circumstances, they rarely accept outsiders as direct disciples.

Even if he accepts a direct disciple, he will save his unique skills until the last moment. Not everyone can be like Master Zhou, who wishes that his only disciple would be better than his master.

That is no longer treating him as a direct disciple, but treating his disciple as his only successor. If there are any heirs, the status of the disciple will not be much lower than that of his own son.

When it was time to serve tea, due to limited time, Gu Wenxuan exchanged pleasantries with the father and son, then got straight to the point and let the other party look at the drawings and talk about business.

After all, he is a carpenter with a heritage, and after comparing the drawings, making slight modifications and adding a few points, he decided when to start construction in less than a stick of incense.

In addition, carpenters have the habit of hoarding wood.

Let’s not talk about the quality of the wood. Wood that has been stored for a period of time is naturally more suitable for making furniture. Gu Wenxuan really guessed it right.

This old master surnamed Lin also stocked up on a lot of wood. In addition to the common elm and catalpa wood in the north, there is also a small amount of black rosewood and nanmu.

Although one of the advantages of living next to the mountains is that there is no need to worry about wood, this year, as we build workshops and manors, we have consumed a lot of wood.

The wood stocked by the previous carpenter master was basically covered by him and his wife. Naturally, the wood stocked by this family is not easy to let go.

I saw that the price offered by the other party was basically only slightly higher than that of the carpenter master. It was understandable that the price was a personal relationship with the carpenter master.

This price is considered suitable for the large quantity of furniture to be sold, so it is a discount. As for when the furniture is sold, will corners be cut?

Gu Wenxuan was not worried. Not to mention introductions from acquaintances, the word "integrity" is still very important in business nowadays. Even though he is a mere scholar, the other party cannot afford to offend him.

We made an appointment to go to Qinghe Village to view the site first, measure the area of ​​some of the floors and bookshelves to be built, and then bring materials to the site to build furniture and other matters. The dental broker also arrived.

Rather than negotiating about buying furniture, it would be much easier to inquire about whether there are shops in the city or fields around Qinghe Village for sale recently.

Every dental broker has a book, which records the transfer information of various houses, shops, fields, forests and wasteland in such and such places.

The dental broker knew that he had caught a big business owner and that this house was his target. Without saying a word, he handed over the carefully prepared book with both hands for reference.

He didn't even take a sip of the tea first. His speed and enthusiasm made Gu Wenxuan almost wonder if he was going to be slaughtered as a fat sheep by the other party.

After listening to the other party's explanation of the transfer information recorded in the book, Gu Wenxuan selected several shops and fields to find out the real price.

That is the seller's psychological lowest price. Don't tell him what price the neighboring land is generally sold on the market and who owns the neighboring fields.

It’s not like I haven’t seen how Zhuangzi from a wealthy family determined the grade and land tax of the fields. Even if Zhuangzi was not from a wealthy family, I would say Qinghe Village is good.

The reason why the dozens of acres of land that his father bought back then could be allocated 1 out of 10 instead of 2 out of 10 was probably because there were loopholes to exploit at the time.

Of course, it was impossible to say this out loud, so Gu Wenxuan vaguely mentioned the level of farmland. Anyone who does this line of work cannot understand the meaning.

At the same time, he also bluntly told me that he did not want to take advantage of any loopholes and would still ask the government to reclassify the land after buying it, but the price of the land must not be inflated.

He can pay more for the errands, that is, select a few properties and shops, and ask the other party to talk to the seller again. When talking about a real price, he can directly contact Gu Guanshi (Gu Dahua).

After finishing these two tasks, I heard that shopkeeper Wang sent the waiter to deliver a table of wine and food, as well as several baskets of peaches and pears during Zhiming's reply. It was really getting late.

He wanted to "escape" or "leave" the county town and return to the village soon. Gu Wenxuan secretly laughed that the fruit delivered by Shopkeeper Wang was indeed the right one. If he stayed any longer, he might not be able to leave tomorrow.

No, as soon as Uncle Yun said that he would be the host at noon tomorrow, Uncle Yang Qing said that he was going to his house just after dinner, and people from the Zhao family diagonally opposite the door of the house were also here.

"Why are you leaving? This is not home? You got me drunk and you want to escape, no way! Don't even think about leaving. What does the curfew have to do with us?

The shop is open to traffic, so we just have another drink tonight. Gu Laoer, don’t speak. If you dare to say no, you don’t want them to live in your house anymore..."

Gu Erzhu didn't dare to speak when he saw that Zhao Laoer, who had just dissipated from his drunkenness and was still walking unsteadily, came to help and tried his best to save people. He also said this.

"Then let me speak, okay?" Zhou Shun, who was also dumbfounded, supported Zhao Laoer, "Waiting for the greenhouse, on the day of the greenhouse, we brothers will gather together for three days and two nights."

"it is good!"

Who shouted better?

Zhao Laoer turned around to look for him. It was Zhou Xiucai, an older man who was a generation older. He suddenly withered, making everyone laugh unscrupulously.