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Uncle Tian did what he said, and went to Taoshan to survey the terrain the next day.Although there are blueprints provided by Tao Ran, field visits are also necessary, and I don't feel relieved if I don't see him with my own eyes.

After working hard outside for many years, Second Uncle Tian didn't forget to recharge himself all the time, and he still has a little understanding of the blueprints.To be honest, he really didn't know that there used to be a temple on the mountain contracted by his brother-in-law, especially now that the ground is flat and there doesn't seem to be any trace of a temple before.Looking at the large flat land in front of him, it was really strange that there was so much empty land. He had come here to play at the beginning, so why didn't he expect anything.

If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. Uncle Tian is not a person who sticks to the horns.Facing the blueprint in his hand, Second Uncle Tian was good at making gestures while studying it.As a non-professional, he can see that the design of the drawing is very delicate, it perfectly protects the Shennong spring, and it also happens to match perfectly with the peach trees in Taoshan.

Excited, Second Uncle Tian went down the mountain, planning to go to Yuanshan Town to contact the building material merchants he was familiar with. This time, he must build the Shennong Temple.He was planning to set up a construction team in his hometown. The Shennong Temple entrusted by Tao Ran's family was his first step to gain fame, and even if he didn't consider these things, it would take a dozen of energy to build the temple just for his brother-in-law.

The Shennong Temple shown on the drawing is a brick and tile structure, and it is marked with blue bricks and red tiles, which made Uncle Tian a little embarrassed.Fortunately for the green bricks, there is a company in Yuanshan Town that specializes in producing all kinds of bricks, and the quality is high.It’s just that the tiles are not easy to find. There are not many people who use tiles now, and the drawings still require old-fashioned tiles. Uncle Tian has not heard of such tiles being fired for a long time.

In the next few days, he ran to several places, and Uncle Tian ordered all kinds of materials, but he still had no idea about the old-fashioned tiles.Uncle Tian went to ask the old people in the village, and was finally recommended a private tile pit in a small village in Yuanshan Town.

I heard that most of the people in this village have the skill of making tiles, which was famous in all towns and villages in the past.But with the rapid development of the times, fewer and fewer people build tile houses. Even if someone buys tiles, they go back to buy glazed tiles. Old-fashioned tiles have become uninterested.After the village was unable to support its family with the skill of burning tiles, it stopped burning tiles in the past few years, and the villagers all went out to work. It is a bit regrettable to think about it.

After hearing the news, Second Uncle Tian thought about it, and made a special trip to Tao Ran's house.

"...That's it. If the village is willing to re-fire the tiles, it may ask for a higher price. After all, the kiln needs to be re-activated." Uncle Tian explained the ins and outs of the matter to Tao Ran.

Tao Shengwen didn't interfere at all in the construction of Shennong Temple. Uncle Tian had discussed with Tao Shengwen about building the temple at first, but who knew that Tao Shengwen waved him to find Tao Ran.At the beginning, Second Uncle Tian didn't trust Tao Ran to handle it well. After getting in touch with him these days, he was completely convinced of his nephew's ability, and he would consult him about anything he encountered.

"Second Uncle, the price is not important. What I care most about is whether the tiles they burn are of good quality." Tao Ran is not very short of money now, and the vegetables sold to Li Tingzhou have made a lot of money these days, even when the temple was built. If some are missing, he will also have a lot of income during the period of building the temple.

"You can rest assured about the quality. I have inquired about this tile kiln. It used to be famous for its high quality, and the people in that village are also very honest. If the price is not required, I will discuss it with them today." Talking about this At the time of the incident, Second Uncle Tian didn't treat Tao Ran as his nephew, but directly as his boss.

He has been working outside these years, and he understands a lot of truths. The most important thing is to distinguish between public and private, and not to rely on relatives to get ahead.He was in charge of building the temple. Since he accepted Tao Ran's employment, he should be treated as the boss, so some things had to be clarified with Tao Ran.

It happened that Tao Ran had nothing to do yesterday, so he got into Uncle Tian's car and set off directly.Although that small village is also under the jurisdiction of Yuanshan Town, it is far from Taoyuan Village to the east and west.That is, because the distance is too far, Second Uncle Tian has never heard of it.

Uncle Tian drove his small car for a short distance. Although he had already found out where he was, he was still not familiar with the road, so he had to ask for directions.When we were still some distance away from the small village, the cement road disappeared and turned into a path paved with earth and stones.

Tao Ran is very familiar with this kind of small road. Taoyuan Village also had this kind of road a few years ago, and it was only after the road planning in front of Taoyuan Village that the cement road was paved.Fortunately, the weather is not bad today. If it is raining, it will be difficult to go. The car staggered to the entrance of the village on this dirt road.

After entering the village, Uncle Tian asked a villager for directions, and went directly to the village chief's house.Along the way, Tao Ran looked out of the car window, and found that this small village not only had few people, but also had poor economic conditions. It could be seen from the houses and villagers' clothes that the conditions in Yuanshan Town were the worst. the village.

But the biggest feature here is that the village is full of tile-roofed houses. Looking at the roofs, Tao Ran can see that they are all old-fashioned tiles, which look simple and thick.The car drove all the way to the gate of the village chief's house, which was also made of blue bricks and red tiles.The village head was sitting in the yard smoking a pipe, when he saw a strange car parked at the door, he looked over suspiciously.

After Second Uncle Tian got out of the car, he greeted him through the door.The village chief saw that they didn't seem to be going the wrong way, so he quickly got up to entertain them.Second Uncle Tian was not too polite, and directly explained the purpose of his visit.

"What? Are you here to buy tiles?" The village chief stopped tapping the dry smoke. He really didn't expect this is what the two of them came for. He felt that the two of them were just joking: "Our kilns here It’s been a long time since it was burned, why did you come to our village, I remember there is a seller of glazed tiles in the distant mountains, if you don’t know the way, I can show you the way.”

"Master, we are not kidding. We are going to build a temple, so we need this kind of old-fashioned tiles. We don't have this kind of kiln near the distant mountains. We have inquired for a long time, and we have found you. .” Second Uncle Tian struggled to convince the old village chief that he was not joking.

The old village head was stunned, took a few deep puffs of cigarettes, and said, "Are you kidding me? Our village used to burn old-fashioned tiles, but it hasn't been done in the past two years. It would cost a lot of money to reopen the kiln. Less effort."

"So, if you want to buy old-fashioned tiles from our village, we have to spend time opening kilns, so if you want fewer tiles, it may not be cost-effective for us." The old village head was a little embarrassed to speak, but He still has to make it clear that if he burns tiles specifically for them, the price will definitely increase a lot.

"The price is negotiable, as long as you can guarantee the quality. However, you, the village chief, can't talk too loudly." Uncle Tian second settled the heart of the old village chief.

The old village head put down the cigarette in his hand, got up and led them to the yard, and set up the big ladder under the eaves.Seeing that the village head wanted to climb up, Second Uncle Tian hurriedly stopped him. The old village head looked a little old, and if he accidentally fell, he couldn't stand it.

"Don't look at my age, my legs and feet are still sharp." The old village head said so, but he didn't stop the second uncle Tian from going up instead of him: "As for the tiles on the roof, you can take two pieces off at will."

Second Uncle Tian went up directly, and he didn't make a special choice, so he just peeled off two tiles and handed them to the old village head.The old village chief showed Uncle Tian and Tao Ran the tiles that had been in good condition on his roof for several years, and explained everything from the materials used to make the tiles to the various processes.

Tao Ran didn't know anything about this, and after listening to the old village chief's introduction, he took a look at it, but he still didn't understand it.Uncle Tian knew a little about these things, but it was only half a bucket of water. After repeated observations, he preliminarily determined that they were high-quality tiles.However, he was still not at ease, and planned to go back and ask the old man in the village to help him identify it.

After sitting down a verbal agreement with the old village head, the two rushed back to the village and went directly to the old man who knew the old-fashioned tiles.After confirming that the tiles were of good quality, the two went to the old village head to settle the contract without stopping. After all, Tao Ran wanted to build the Shennong Temple before the new year, and now time is running out. Every time the system interface is opened, the task of building the temple keeps flashing reminded him.

After making an appointment with the village chief, they will only charge tiles with the same quality as the sample tiles or even better, and the price is much higher than the old village chief imagined.Before leaving, Tao Ran mentioned that there might be opportunities for cooperation in the future.

The old village chief was very excited. The skill of burning tiles has been passed down from generation to generation. Over the years, this skill has supported the villagers. In the past two years, he had no choice but to give up this skill. Many people in the village felt uncomfortable.

This time, after the village head signed the contract, he notified the best craftsmen in the village overnight. Although Tao Ran needed few tiles, the last sentence made the old village head feel more relaxed.

But in any case, this transaction must be successfully completed.The old village chief also spent a lot of words to convince the villagers who called over that someone had really placed an order.At night, many people were so excited that they couldn't sleep. If they couldn't make it through, they wouldn't give up the handicrafts handed down from their families, go out to work outside to get angry, and start working in full swing the next day.

The news of Tao Ran asking the old people in the village about the tiles got out, and with the fact that Mr. Tian, ​​who was doing construction in other places these days, ran to Taoshan, the villagers of Taoyuan Village knew that Tao Ran was planning to build a temple.

Now they have such a good life, but they all rely on Shennong Spring. The villagers in Taoyuan wanted to contribute their own hearts to the construction of Shennong Temple, and they all ran to Tao Ran's house one by one to ask for help.

Finally, under the auspices of the village head, it was decided that when the construction team was working, the whole village would take turns to provide food, and then [-]% of the income from selling vegetables in the village would be used for the maintenance of Shennong Temple.

The villagers agreed to the village head's proposal, and quickly promised that they would have to eat well when building the temple.Some people thought that [-]% was too little, and wanted to donate more, but were rejected by the village chief. Now the villagers are already earning a lot, and they can earn even more when they expand the vegetable planting area in the coming year.Do this first, and then modify it later if it doesn't fit.

After all the materials were ready, Uncle Tian's construction team was also organized.The people in the team are all villagers from several nearby villages. They have been working outside with Uncle Tian these years, and they are all people with excellent craftsmanship and good character carefully selected by Uncle Tian.

The most important issue now is the statue of Shennong in the Shennong Temple. Before Tao Ran started to worry about what kind of statue to make, the Shennong system directly gave him a big surprise.

Looking at the products that suddenly popped up in the system store, Tao Ran was speechless.Because this product is marked as an attachment to the blueprint of Shennong Temple, and the price is only one star coin, it seems that the system can't wait to let him build the temple as soon as possible.

It's a pity that Yuanshan Town didn't make statues. After many inquiries, Tao Ran chose a business that made statues with a good reputation in the province.After Tao Ran exchanged the blueprint of Shennong's statue, he handed it over to the shopkeeper with all kinds of careful instructions.

Tao Ran originally wanted to do it cheaply, but he really didn't have enough cash.For some reason, everyone in Taoyuan Village knew about it, and they were all ready to contribute their hearts. The village head directly decided that the money should be paid by the village.In the end, Tao Ran couldn't bear the enthusiasm of the villagers, and finally the whole village worked together to order a brass statue with money.

In fact, the people in the village have only earned income from growing vegetables in the past few months, and the money in their hands is not too much. Tao Ran persuaded everyone to make a brass statue first, and then replace it with a better one when the income is more. .

Now everything is ready, just waiting to choose a good day and auspicious day to start building the temple.