The construction of a building in the village was not caused by Liu Bei on a whim, but had a plan.

A few years ago, my mother used the affairs of her predecessors to warn Liu Bei that her family and her clan should take it into consideration.

I asked several friends that I knew that Fan Chong, the one my mother mentioned, was indeed true in history.

Cui Jun also told Liu Bei an allusion about "Fan Chong planting trees".

Fan Chong wanted to make utensils (furniture), so he first planted utensils (trees). People at that time sneered and said, "You are old, how can you do it when you make utensils in the future?" Fan Chong did not answer. Spring and autumn came and fall, and all the utensils (trees) were used to make use of them. Those who laughed at him came to ask for fakes (the people who laughed at him before came to ask for borrowing).

So Liu Bei decided to learn from Fan Chong and let the Liu family in Zhuo County have "chung halls, high pavilions and canals infused".

Most buildings in the Han Dynasty were made of wood. The advantages of wooden structures are:

First, it is easy to obtain materials. It is easy to obtain mountains and dense forests.

Second, it has strong fabricability. It can build various components such as columns, beams, purlins, and beams. Because the wooden frames bear load, the walls do not bear load. Therefore, there is a saying that "the walls fall but the houses do not collapse."

Third, it has strong earthquake resistance. The wood itself has a certain flexibility, and the wooden frame structure adopts a combination of mortise and tenon, and the frame structure has good shock absorption and earthquake resistance.

Fourth, the construction was fast and the wood was processed quickly. After the Tang and Song dynasties, the construction speed was greatly accelerated. European churches at the same time often took hundreds of years to be built, and it took only three years to rebuild the three halls of the Forbidden City during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.

Fifth, it is easy to repair and relocate. The frame structure connected by mortise and tenon can be repeatedly disassembled and assembled.

Of course, there is also a huge disadvantage, which is flammable.

At this time, the function of the wall appears.

Strong wood is used as frames, and rammed earth is used to make walls. Square bricks are surrounded and covered with tiles, which can resist rockets.

About wood fire protection...

Liu Bei then asked the old craftsman to ask.

"Report to the young master, alum stone, seawater immersion, can prevent fire!"

"Oh?" Liu Bei was overjoyed: "Where is the alum stone?"

"Alum stones are born in Hexi or Longxi, or Wudu Shimen." Su Bo actually knew.

"The alum stone is too far away, but the sea water is not close." Liu Bei was thinking about how to achieve it. Su Bo said again: "There are 'salted wood' in the city. Salted wood is not only anti-corrosion, cracking, but also fireproof."

"Which businessman?" Liu Bei asked anxiously.

"Liaodong Tian Family."

There are giant trees in Liaodong. They are dragged by sea boats and soaked all the way in the sea water. After they get ashore, they are placed in a cool place to dry. This is the so-called salted wood.

It would be easier to do if there was. Liu Bei rode his horse into the city and headed straight to the Tian merchant store.

The shop is not in the city. There is an independent three-story pavilion on the corner of the street. There are all goods in the north and south. Even the hemp mats in Lousang Village are sold. It is indeed a big merchant.

Liu Bei tied the horses and lifted the curtains into the room, and a peddler greeted him with a smile.

After hearing Liu Bei say he wanted to build a house, he took the second floor with great care. There was no department store on the second floor. Instead, it looked like a hall of a wealthy family. He took off his shoes and sat down beside the short table. A maid gave fragrant tea and pastries.

Soon, a manager with a long robe and wide sleeves walked in and bowed and called Liu Shaojun.

"You know me?" Liu Bei gave a gift straight.

"Naturally. Who doesn't know about Mr. Lou Sang?" The manager smiled and knelt across from Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded and said, "It's great."

This will tell you the purpose of buying salted wood slowly.

The manager nodded with a smile: "Since my young master has spoken, I, Tian, ​​should help me. The salted wood needs to be transported by sea, which takes a lot of time. And it happened that the snow was melting and the road was muddy, so there were many inconveniences. Can you be lenient for a few days?"

"Yes." Liu Bei remembered the ancient saying "Since the first month of the year, the end of summer, you must not cut wood, and there will be worms."

The manager smiled and said, "This is the benefit of salted wood. When the sea water is soaked, the egg worms will die. Then there will be no insects."

"So good!" Liu Bei also knew the principle that salt can sterilize.

Just as he was about to ask about the price, the manager asked, "Can the Lou Sanghema mat be handed over to the Tian family for sale?"

Liu Bei was stunned and then woke up: "Selling Liaodong or selling all over the country?" Liu Bei asked him if he wanted to be a state-level agent or a national general agent.

"Of course, it's sold all over the country." The manager replied with a smile.

Seeing Liu Bei bowing his head and saying nothing, the manager said again: "If Shaojun agrees, the salted wood required by Lousang Village will be sufficient for Tian's family to supply it, and there will be no money to get it."

It turns out that the bait is here.

Liu Bei asked again: "If I want to sell it to you, what should I do if I want to sell it?" Is he the only general agent?

"It's okay. Just sell the wholesale and the Tian family, and the remaining young master can sell it on their own." The manager smiled.

"So, you have time to come to Lou Sang." Liu Bei agreed.

"Thank you, Shaojun!" The manager knelt down and gave a big gift.

"Please get up quickly." Liu Bei quickly helped each other across the case. Why is salted wood able to prevent fire? Only after deep questions can we know that salt can eliminate oil and fire.

Everything was ready, and Liu Bei happily got on the horse and returned to Lousang Village.

The people of the new affiliation were busy building thatched cottages. The thatched cottages were lined up along both sides of the village road. A few strong bamboos were tied into columns, nailed into the ditch on the roadside, and the bamboo was laid as the ground, and the thatch was covered with eaves. Four walls were built to live next to the water, but it was also convenient.

In less than three days, the thatched cottage will be completed.

Looking up the tower and looking into the distance, you will live along the village road, like two long snakes accompanying each other, which is spectacular.

All the ancestral fields that Liu Bei's family had just recovered from his second uncle were sold.

A fertile land of ten thousand yuan per acre. It is difficult for refugees to pay, so they are allowed to buy it for credit. In this way, they can settle in more than 100 households in Qimin first.

Seeing that the clan members had no land to sell, the old patriarch came to find Liu Bei. Can he hire some maids and servants to fill the number of people? Liu Bei thought about it, but refused. Qimin and domestic slaves obviously had different identities. One was a civilian and the other was a slave.

Since you don’t want to take it as a slave, why not hire it?

Liu Bei's eyes lit up. This made him think about it.

After all, the ancestral temple is a place for worshipping ancestors. It is always boiling glue and making mats inside, which is not suitable for a long time. So Liu Bei wanted to build a workshop in the village to make special mats.

Thinking of the Tian family's commercial building I saw before, Liu Bei named the mattress workshop: Lou Sang Essi.

Si refers not only to shops, but also to workshops.

"A hundred workers live in houses to accomplish their business" refers to the workshop's store.

Named as a bedding shop can not only be understood as a shop that sells bedding, but also as a workshop that makes bedding. It kills two birds with one stone.

Liu Bei had already thought about it: "Yinsi can hire them and sign employment coupons, just like the clan, and pay according to the work."

The coupon is a contract. It has existed since ancient times. During the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, there was a saying that knots and ropes were used to untie the contract. The bronze inscriptions in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty were verified by words, and were the earliest contracts that could be verified by physical objects. The contracts in the Han Dynasty were developed quite complete. There were coupons for buying and selling, borrowing and loans, leases, employment coupons, slave coupons, wedding books, shilling coupons (wills), etc., and they were almost everything and were all included.

When a certificate is established, there are three factors: the minimum identity of the contracting parties must be the registered household registration; there must be witnesses and guarantors; the content must be true and legal, and compliant.

The legal effect of the coupon is extremely strong. Once it takes effect, both parties to the signing party must implement it effectively.

There are three penalties for breach of contract: agreed fines, debt mortgages, and punishments according to law.

What Liu Bei wants to sign is the employment coupon book.

The old patriarch sighed: "If there is no restraint, things will not last long. If you finish your studies, you will leave. What if you do?" The old patriarch was worried about stealing his skills, so it was best to take them as a slave.

Liu Bei smiled and said, "There is no secret to making mats. Dividing them into several teams, each of them only has one of them, and it also means being prepared. Besides, the cost of hemp mats is extremely high and extraordinary people can bear it. Now Lou Sang mats are well-known all over the world, and everyone knows that we are authentic. Even if someone can make them, everyone in the world knows that it is a counterfeit. Famous scholars will abandon it."

"So that's it." The old patriarch suddenly disappeared. After all, the high-level bedding that really makes money is sold to high-ranking officials and famous scholars. These people think they are noble, so how could they buy fakes?
Chapter completed!