Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 17 Building a Villa
Feng Daiwen brought Ma Zhou, a group of craftsmen and others back to Zhujiazhuang. It was getting late and arranged for everyone to rest, and said to Ma Zhou: "Today, King Bin has a good rest. I will hand over the map of the villa to King Bin tomorrow. From now on, all the arrangements here will be made." All the work will be handed over to King Bin, and you can come to me at any time if you need anything, and all personnel will be transferred with King Bin."

Ma Zhou said gratefully: "Thank you for your trust. Ma Zhou will definitely do his best to build a good villa for him. Now that Ma Zhou is not well-known, Feng Daiwen values ​​it so much, so he can't help but let Ma Zhou give birth to a scholar and die for his confidant." ,
Feng Daiwen said: "There is no need for King Bin, you are older than me, you can call me Daiwen or Weiguo."Feng Daiwen sent another set of food, lodging, clothing and supplies, and then bid farewell to Ma Zhou.

Early the next morning, the whole village had turned into a huge construction site. Stone quarrying, logging, and road leveling were all going on in an orderly manner under the arrangement of Ma Zhou. When Feng Daiwen saw Ma Zhou, Ma Zhou was talking with several big Craftsmen discuss things.Seeing Feng Daiwen, he hurriedly said, "I've seen the young master."

Feng Daiwen pretended to be angry and said, "Wang Bin is so polite, so I will treat him as King Bin and treat me as an outsider. You see, I keep calling you King Bin."

Ma Zhou said with a smile, "It's not too late for such a week. It's just right for Weiguo to come. I think there are so many people now that road construction and mountain villa construction can be carried out at the same time."Ma Zhou also saw that Feng Daiwen not only paid the workers wages, but also provided three meals, so he was also very moved.

Feng Daiwen said: "I have already said that everything arranged by King Bin is just that."

Ma Zhou went to the master just now and suggested that the brick-burning site should be placed in the clay mountain in the east of the villa, so that materials can be collected conveniently. Burning bricks existed in the Qin Dynasty. Everyone should have heard of Qin bricks and Han tiles, but before that It's blue bricks.

"That's great. If you need anything, King Bin can come to me at any time. In addition, there will be a batch of supplies and refugees coming from Wannian County in the near future. King Bin will take care of the arrangements."

The establishment of the villa is in full swing, almost changing every day. Feng Daiwen not only manages three meals a day, but also pays wages, and slowly spreads around the surrounding area. In just half a month, many surrounding villages have come to sign up for work, because It’s almost winter and many people are idle at home. Wannian County and refugees have also recruited more than 5000 people, and Zhujiazhuang has almost 2 people. Of course, they also reported to Li Yuan. The roads in Nian County were only checked by someone, and the 5000 elite soldiers led by Feng Daiwen also perfectly blended into the crowd.

The road to Wannian County has only been built for more than a mile. The main reason is that the road is too wide for four horses to walk in parallel. As for the particularly difficult places, it is narrower. The road surface is not only flat but also not afraid of rain, and there are two rows of trees moved from other places on both sides of the road. The repaired road gives people a grand, comfortable and pleasing feeling. Ma Zhou also asked whether it is necessary to build such a wide road. Okay, but for Feng Daiwen, who is used to watching concrete roads, this is not considered a four-horse race. The main reason is that he does not look for more things. How can these 5000 people hide? Besides, there will be more people coming later. Feng Daiwen is still having a headache looking for more engineering to do.

"Little Grandpa, Little Grandpa", a craftsman came running out of breath, shouting excitedly as he ran, "Little Grandpa, go and have a look", running up to Feng Daiwen, the craftsman gruffly said Feng Daiwen arrived.

"No hurry, no hurry, take a break first and speak slowly", Feng Daiwen told the craftsman to sit down,
After calming down, the craftsman excitedly pulled Feng Daiwen over, "Hurry up, hurry up and go and have a look, my lord, good stuff, you never imagined what we burned."

Feng Daiwen followed the craftsman to the brick kiln in doubt, and asked the craftsman on the way. The craftsman said that the specific young man would know it after reading it, but he couldn't explain.

Feng Daiwen came to the brick kiln, and the craftsman held out a brick and handed it to Feng Daiwen. Feng Daiwen couldn't help but stare at it, and saw that the bricks fired were not completely blue bricks, but blue and white intersecting with luster. Feng Daiwen took it Brick, there is a delicate feeling in the hand, and when you touch it carefully, it is not like brick, but more delicate like porcelain.Feng Daiwen asked, "Is this all?"

"Yes, my grandpa, the first kiln will be opened today, and it will look like this when it cools down," the craftsman said excitedly.

"Okay, okay, very good, open a few more kilns, experiment, how to burn it out, don't just burn bricks, make more other shapes, if successful, you can make it bigger, thinner, and stick it on the wall and the floor", Feng Daiwen thought of the suggestion of wall and floor tiles.

"Okay, little grandpa, we want to try burning some bowls, bottles and other utensils, how about little grandpa."Artisan to:

Feng Daiwen said to a group of happy craftsmen: "Very good, you can try whatever ideas you have. This time, the master will reward you with a reward of 1 yuan. If you succeed, there will be a big reward, and you can try firing it." Whether the time is different or not, you all know these things, I will not ask, if it succeeds, then the life of your family will be guaranteed for generations.”

The craftsmen immediately cheered, and their enthusiasm for work soared,,,,

(End of this chapter)