Because every time he goes to a house, he will receive warm hospitality, and at the same time, there will always be people like the concubines of the family who come to pay the master's New Year greetings! Then the master will say seriously: "This is
Marquis Wu Ning is a member of our family, so there is no need to avoid it!"
So the target of these pretty girls' New Year greetings would naturally turn to Liu Haojia. So it took a long time to deal with these people. Of course, he may have disappointed many pretty girls!
In the following days, Liu Haojia rested in the capital until the end of the holiday before returning to Tianjin. As soon as he returned home, Zhang Zhi came to ask for an audience. Liu Haojia knew what he was here for, so he let him in.
As soon as Zhang Zhi entered the door, he saluted Liu Haojia and said, "I wish you all the best in the new year!"
Liu Haojia smiled and said: "Don't say any more polite words. My ears have become calloused after listening to them for a few days! Tell me, what do you want to see me for?"
Zhang Zhi held the scroll in his arms and said: "The plan for the salt farm has been made!"
After Liu Haojia finished the scroll, he looked at Zhang Zhi's face carefully, and then said: "You look pale, without any blood, and your eyes are swollen. Needless to say, you stayed up all night, right? You haven't even celebrated the New Year, right?"
Zhang Zhi bowed and said: "This is my first time doing such a big thing, so I have to put some effort into it!"
After speaking, he said eagerly: "Please take a closer look at the work of the slave. For this salt field, the slave asked many old salt workers and many local fishermen before deciding on this plan."
Liu Haojia nodded and opened the scroll. When he didn't see anything else, he first praised and said: "Zhang Zhi, you are really good at painting with fine brushwork!"
Liu Haojia said this because this scroll is not so much a design drawing of a salt farm as it is a realistic landscape painting!
The perspective of the scroll is from the direction of the sea and from high altitude. There are already layers of salt fields on the scroll, as well as various houses! You can tell from the appearance of the houses that some of them have residences, warehouses, and offices.
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In particular, there were many people working in this painting, and there were also clerks running around holding documents! Liu Haojia even saw that he was actually in Zhang Zhi's painting! It was clearly like he was leading people on a patrol!
Liu Haojia looked carefully at the villain who represented him and said, "Zhang Zhi, is this person you?"
Zhang Zhi raised his eyes and saw the little man Liu Haojia was pointing at. This little man was pointing everywhere with his fingers and talking to Liu Haojia in the painting. Judging from his clothes, it was not him! So he said with an embarrassed smile
: "Make the Marquis laugh!"
Liu Haojia shook his head and said: "Your painting skills have surpassed too many people!"
However, Liu Haojia did not continue talking about this issue. Instead, he began to carefully inquire about the purpose and size of various places on the map. Then Zhang Zhi told him that there were many words and numbers marked on the end of the scroll, which showed the height, width, and size of the various places in the salt field, as well as the size of the houses.
specifications and dimensions.
Under the guidance of Zhang Zhi, Liu Haojia quickly compared the things drawn on the drawing one by one. Moreover, there are various construction costs at the end of the drawing. Even the time and height of the tide are marked very clearly!
And judging from the handwriting, at least six people participated in the statistics and planning of the figures. It can be seen that among Zhang Zhi's group of people, there is indeed a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger! This makes Liu Haojia covet the eunuchs in the inner study!
In his opinion, instead of letting these people who come out of the inner study serve tea and water, it is better to come to him and form a team to do things for him. This can be regarded as making the best use of people!
After the two people understood it, Liu Haojia rolled up the scroll and returned it to Zhang Zhi, saying, "Now you can make preparations! If you need money, go directly to Liansheng Bank to withdraw it, but you have to keep a good account for inquiries."
Zhang Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this, knowing that this job was a sure thing! When the salt field produces salt in the future, he would be the number one contributor! But he still said: "I just don't know when Lord Hou wants to start construction?"
Liu Haojia said: "You make up your own mind about this matter! There is just one thing you need to pay attention to, that is, our cement is not easy to use in winter, so we can only use it when the weather is warm. You have to make your calculations based on this."
Construction period."
Zhang Zhi said: "That slave wants to receive a sum of money now to recruit civilian workers to start the initial infrastructure construction."
Liu Haojia said: "Yes, and I can also give you a group of people to make your work easier and more labor-saving!"
The person Liu Haojia was talking about was the new unit he had just established this year, engineers! Engineers are included in the supply troops. These engineers are not responsible for transporting anything, but are specifically responsible for a series of tasks such as opening roads in mountains, building bridges over water, and building camps. This construction
The Oshi Salt Field is for them to practice!
Their biggest role is not in building and digging foundations, but in using gunpowder to carry out large-scale blasting! Although the terrain along the coast of Tianjin is relatively flat, there are many rocks and reefs. With these engineers here, the construction period can be improved a lot
!And they are most familiar with the use of cement and can help Zhang Zhi grasp the construction schedule.
After listening to Liu Haojia explain the role of construction workers, Zhang Zhi was overjoyed and expressed his gratitude to Liu Haojia repeatedly. He knew that with the help of these construction workers, the construction period would be accelerated to the highest speed! Especially when facing those rocks, there was no need to use a chisel.
Just use a chisel to cut it open and blast it directly! And the blasted stone becomes the best raw material after processing!
As the Spring Festival passed, Tianjin began to gradually return to its previous appearance. The land was cultivated, the work was done, and the business was discussed. In addition to arranging people to survey and map, and further improve the drawings, Chisel was concentrating on waiting for spring flowers.
When it's on.
Spring is a good season when the flowers are blooming, especially for those scholars and officials! They can wear gorgeous clothes, take beautiful prostitutes everywhere for an outing, and leave poems and tributes by the way.
People appreciate it, and then receive a lot of praise!
But in the eyes of the people, the warmth of spring has another name. It means no harvest! At this time, they had just planted the food and saw that the hope of a year was emerging! But at this time, the food reserves at home were about to be exhausted.
The young seedlings are green but the golden maturity stage cannot be seen. This is the reason for the lack of green and yellow seedlings!
This time of year is the carnival time for the landowners, and a large number of farmers will borrow money from them. When the grain is harvested in a few months, it will also be the time for them to harvest the farmers. But there are also many farmers who simply stay at home.
The old and the weak take care of the fields, while the young and strong go out to escape to reduce the burden on the family. If you are lucky, you can bring back some copper coins to your family. If you are not lucky, it is not uncommon to lose your life outside!