The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"What do you mean, do you want to invite your family members as well?" Li Fu asked.

"That's fine." Yan Lide said with a smile, "It's convenient for you and us. Even if the Duke of England doesn't come to the manor, the Duke of England's wife can bring their young ladies here. It's not just one family, so they can all go out together to see the scenery." Yan Lide said, "With so many female relatives here, there's no convenience."

"Then, where to live? Or the houses in the manor?" Li Fu asked, "This arrangement is appropriate."

Yan Lide smiled and shook his head.

"There is no need for a residence on the farm. There is a better place."

Yan Lide then said: "The trading area on the workshop side has been completed for a month. Everything that needs to be decorated has been decorated, and the house has been tidied up. I originally planned to put it into use in the fall. Before using it, let the family come to see it and feel it. If there are any imperfections, they are all family members, and they are easy to talk to. They can be adjusted. Wait until the fall, and welcome the time to make money with a more perfect attitude."

"Huairen hasn't gone to the trading area to take a look yet? The decoration inside is very generous and elegant. If you welcome people in the future, it will definitely make people feel that it is worth the money."

"Oh? It's all ready? Even the room is decorated, so fast?" Li Fu was surprised.

The last time I heard about the trading area was when the women on the farm were making bedding together.

"Very fast, the furniture inside has been built long ago, and has been outside for almost two months." Yan Lide said: "As soon as the house was built, after a few days of drying, we started to move and arrange it inside. We have a lot of people on the construction site, and we finished it all in one day.

Before, we asked the people on the farm to make the bedding, and it was all done in just a few days."

"This is the advantage of having a lot of people. In addition, Huairen, you paid to hire them, and the benefits were sufficient, who wouldn't work hard?"

"It turned out that it was already done, so fast." Li Fu smiled.

"Of course it's fast, and your house, the main part has been done, and the rest are detailed work. When autumn comes, most of the craftsmen can be dismissed. The remaining work can only be done by a good strength, but it happens that the remaining work is the most difficult to do."

"What about the construction period? When will my house be completed?" Li Fu asked.

"Wait until next year. If you move in, you can probably move in before the beginning of winter next year. Of course, this is a good estimate. It is hard to say whether there will be any mistakes or delays in the middle of the work. The fastest time is before the beginning of winter next year."

Li Fu's new house on the farm was built last year. If you can move in before the beginning of winter next year, the house has been built for two and a half years.

And this is under the condition of spending a huge amount of money and hiring thousands of craftsmen.

For Li Fu, who is "unsophisticated", this is a big job.

When building the Da'an Palace for Li Yuan, only these people were used.

Now building a new house for yourself, also using these people, and building it for two and a half years, the new house must be very exciting.

Isn't it a whole look forward to living in it?

"How is the situation at the academy?" Li Fu asked.

"We have dispatched more than a dozen carpenters from Chang'an City to work with experienced carpenters on our construction site to build things for the school." Yan Liben said, "Building a house requires a lot of people and enough materials, so it's simple. But once the house is built, it's just a bare main structure. We have to ask experienced craftsmen to do the subsequent carvings and paintings.

Including building furniture, some carpenters have been in this business for a long time and have good skills, while others have average skills. Our requirements are high, so we also need experienced carpenters who don't work, but watch these craftsmen do their work. If there is anything, they can correct it on the spot, which can save a lot of time, materials, and money."

"The arrangements are all very appropriate. In this way, we can save some money and reward these experienced craftsmen who correct mistakes." Li Fu said, "This is what they deserve."

Everyone nodded.

Ma Zhou silently memorized it in his heart, and when he returned to his room, he wrote it down in a small notebook.

Things need to be done, and accounts need to be done well.

You can't just wave your hands and spend money, but when you check the accounts later, you don't know how the money disappeared.

"The work on the river channel is done." Jiang Que smiled and said, "We just finished it today, what are the things?Everything has been handled properly. As for the craftsmen, we can let them go back after they have settled their wages tomorrow. "

"I have confirmed with Master Yan that there are enough people in various places on the farm now. The academy and the new house can't accommodate people."

"Okay, okay, Xingben, you have worked hard." Li Fu said with a smile.

"It's not hard, it's all for the people." Jiang Que said with a smile: "Isn't this the duty of an official?"

Look at his ideological awareness, it's high, worthy of being from the Jiang family of Tianshui, this pattern has opened up all of a sudden.

"King Bin, tomorrow you will cooperate with Xingben to settle the wages of the craftsmen." Li Fu said: "We can't be careless when it comes to money. If there is something on the farm in the future, we have to continue to find people to work. The farm maintains a good reputation. With the lessons learned from the past, people will have confidence in their hearts when they come to our side and work for us in the future. "

"Yes, Your Highness, don't worry. "Ma Zhou bowed his hands in response.

Ma Zhou is very calm now, but he looks really tired, thinner and tanned.

He was obviously just dealing with the accounting in the house, but he liked to do everything by himself, often running outside to check with people outside, and only after confirming it, he would seriously enter it into the account.

Similarly, Du Gou, who followed Ma Zhou, changed his appearance in just a few days.

If this person was chased to the street, who could still recognize that this was the eldest son of the old Du family.

Different from Ma Zhou's half-dead appearance, Du Gou, who once looked like a weak young man, is now a little tanned, showing his martial arts side, giving people a very strong and healthy look.

I don't know if Old Du will feel distressed when he sees it.

"You say, this time is slow and fast, and in a blink of an eye, autumn is almost here. "