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"Gong Chen, we are here." The craftsmen ran steaming one by one, immediately dispelling the cold morning fog.

"Okay, everyone has eaten. If not, go finish your breakfast before leaving."

"After eating, you have to do hard work. How can you come out hungry? Isn't this taking advantage of the master's family?" Everyone said with a smile.

"Okay, in that case let's go. The oxcart is pulling the wood. We won't arrive until dawn."

"Okay." After saying that, the craftsmen found their own ox carts one after another. The craftsmen who didn't have ox carts walked beside them. If they encountered rocks on the road, they could help push them.

A group of people rushed to Xinmin Village. Fortunately, today was not a market day. Otherwise, if it ran into other people's bullock carts, who would give way to whom and how would still be a problem.

The thick fog in the morning slowly dissipated after the sun came out. By the time they arrived at Xinmin Village, there was no fog in the air, and the sun was shining warmly on everyone.

The craftsmen had hurried all the way and had already taken off their jackets due to the heat. The sweat had already dried by now.

After arriving in the village, Chen Lazi took a group of people to store wood from house to house. She kept records of who ordered how much and how much they needed.

She doesn't know advanced knowledge, but she still knows this simple daily record.

After unloading the wood, everyone stretched out and went to work. Shen Nan wanted big windows, so he ran over to communicate with Chen Lazi.

"Miss Shen Er, if the window you mentioned is really what you said, it must be very thick. I'm afraid it won't be good for you when it's made."

"Listen to me, this is what I think..." Shen Nan took a pen and sketched on the paper.

Chen Lazi originally thought her idea was unrealistic, but after she actually drew it and explained it clearly, her eyes immediately warmed up and she felt the joy of discovering business opportunities.

Seeing her like this, Shen Nan knew that she had understood, and continued to explain with a smile.

"The biggest advantage of this kind of window is lighting and ventilation. There is no glass originally. Well, the room is already big. If the window is smaller, there will be no light inside and it will be dark. I don't like it."

"What kind of glass did Miss Shen just say? Is it Liuli?"

"Uh, right!" Shen Nan didn't know whether the colored glaze of this era was glass, but when she read novels in the past, it was said that colored glaze was glass with rough craftsmanship, so she could only answer this way.

"Don't even think about it, girl. Liuli is more expensive than jade. We ordinary people can't even see it, let alone use it. We can only see it in the magnificent imperial city."

"Oh, okay!" Shen Nan originally just said it casually and had no intention of using it. After all, if they were from a remote country, if they really used that thing, whether they could keep it or not was one thing. The key was if she was reported. It's not easy to fool around.

Seeing her disappointed expression, Chen Lazi couldn't figure out what she was thinking, so he had to comfort her: "Miss Shen Er, you don't have to be discouraged. As for the method you just mentioned, I will talk to the craftsmen later. If it is really feasible, , then your troubles will be solved."

"it is good!"

"Miss Shen Er, I'm going to help."

"Okay, let's go."

The progress was fast. One family's house was already having beams put up. Chen Lazi transferred more than 20 people from other places to help with the beams.

Shen Nan watched the workers lift the beam, which weighed several hundred kilograms, and couldn't help but admire the wisdom of the ancients.

Although the ancients did not have the machinery of modern people, they had planned various structures and frames in great detail when building houses.

The size and angle of each component are designed to be perfect. These are all handmade, and it takes a lot of experience to do this.

And they can cleverly solve geographical and terrain problems and adapt to local conditions. Even the most ordinary craftsmen can stand alone and have real skills.

The beams were put up here and had to dry for a few days, so the workers were transferred to other houses. As time passed, more and more houses were completed in the village.

The most difficult thing to complete is the three residences of the Shen family. Shen Nan plans to build a three-heyuan courtyard with a large courtyard enclosed in the middle, so that everyone can eat and chat together as before.

But in actual practice, it still felt unfeasible because there was no such precedent here and the craftsmen were not very good at it. In the end, their house became a large house with three entrances and three exits.

In addition, high courtyard walls are also built behind each house. It is said that it is three in and three out. In fact, Shen Nan's own thoughts are added to it. A few more rooms and a few less rooms are allowed.

Whether in Kaoshan Village or Xinmin Village, the Shen family's house is the largest and most magnificent.

If he had been someone else, he would have been dissatisfied a long time ago, but Shen Tiezhu was an upright man and had received favors from the Shen family. He had no dark thoughts about their family's practices.

The Shen family's house has three entrances in total, and each courtyard is assigned to a different craftsman to facilitate the transportation of materials.

As long as you plan the distance in advance, you won't go wrong. In the end, you will be done by building walls for each courtyard you enter.

During this period, many craftsmen who had completed their work came to help in the Shen family's yard. Of course, the help is not free, and wages will be calculated at that time.

The wages of craftsmen are basically twice as high as those of coolies. After all, they have skills, and skills are the value of that premium.

The craftsmen who come to Xinmin Village are paid 180 cents a day, while other workers with seven or eight workers can almost finish the work in two days. However, the construction period of some brick houses is longer.

Even with the help of workers who joined later, their house was busy for seven or eight days, including the days of drying the beams. In total, the labor cost was more than 20 and nearly 30 taels, plus the material cost, it was about 50 more. two.

Although it is much more expensive than other stores, it is really too cheap for the Shen family (except the Nian family).

On the day of completion, Shen Nan made the decision to treat all the workers to a banquet, which was regarded as a housewarming party.

Although Shen Nan said that it was run by his family, other villagers were too embarrassed to sit back and enjoy the benefits, so they all sent several kilograms of rice, vegetables, and copper coins.

In this way, it was almost like hosting a banquet. Although their family paid for it, they received a lot of gifts.

Shen Nan had the mall in hand, and even if she paid out all the money, she wouldn't blink an eye, but she was still very pleased that the villagers were so measured.

The fifth day of October is the housewarming party.

Early in the morning, the craftsmen who had washed themselves and put on their own clean clothes came to Xinmin Village in the dust. They were carrying either a bag of rock candy, a box of pastries, or a piece of cloth. It's all important.