This visit to Xun Yu is definitely a great harvest!
I won’t talk about the hemp threads that are enough.
There are also fifty large spinning wheels used by the government, a hundred skilled spinners, and more than a thousand silkworms!
As long as he can make use of these, He Yan is confident to short out the entire Yuzhou!
"La la la~"
He Yan, who was humming a little tune, was also willing to go out of the city for a walk, and his destination was naturally the fields he bought.
Just like when you make money and like to take it out and look at it, He Yan naturally also wants to take a look at his own land.
The fields near Xuchang are very good in terms of water conservancy and so on. And because of the previous years of war in the Central Plains, the land did not need to support crops and was very fertile. The people who moved to Xinye were obviously very satisfied with these fields and hardly resisted.
He accepted his fate as Kyōdo.
As for Zhao Yun.
Even though he pretended to be cool in front of He Yan, he had no airs about these people like him and easily got along with them.
In addition, Zhao Yun was not only handsome, but he was also born in the land of Yanzhao, and he had a sense of heroism. These people who moved here were also willing to use Zhao Yun as their backbone to fight against this strange and unknown future.
When He Yan found Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun was leading a group of strong men to carry earth and rocks, hoping to build several warmer houses to prepare for the coming cold winter.
"Zilong! I'm busy!"
"Um……"
Zhao Yun was a serious person and worked hard, and his concentration was quite concentrated. There was a lot of brown mud on his clothes and face. Even He Yanlai didn't let him raise his head to greet him.
I saw that he was vigorously tamping the loess with a wooden stick (tamping pestle) to make it dense and hard. This is "rammed earth building". The rammed earth is dried piece by piece, and it becomes a brick that can be used for masonry.
Bricks of wall.
In addition, He Yan also saw many people transporting trees from far away to make frames for houses.
During the Han Dynasty, common people's houses all followed the layout of "one hall and two interiors", so more pillars were used, and the erection was extremely complicated.
Rows of houses are neatly arranged in this wilderness. If the frames are laid, rammed earth is used as walls, and then two layers of wheat straw mud are painted on the walls and white is added, it is not difficult to imagine another prosperous village house.
scene.
"Zilong, you just use river sand to make rammed earth?"
"What if?"
Zhao Yun asked He Yan back, his expression as if it was natural.
For hundreds of thousands of years, everyone in Hebei and Henan has built their houses this way. Could it be that they are doing something wrong?
"A house like this will inevitably suffer some damage in the future."
He Yan stepped forward and pressed hard on the rammed earth bricks that had not yet been dried, and a finger mark suddenly appeared on the bricks.
"Look! If you do this, the house will be in ruins in a few years."
He Yan patted the soil off his hands: "If you add a little glutinous rice water and alum to the adobe bricks, it will be a little harder at least."
Zhao Yun was a little surprised: "You, a rich man, still know this?"
He Yan: "..."
After a long while, He Yancai said angrily: "I don't want to argue with you about who is more valuable and who is less valuable. I only know that if I live in my own house one day, I don't want my house to be taken over by others at any time."
I don’t want it to be damaged easily by seizing it.”
"So, you put up the beams and pillars of the house first, and I'll figure out a solution for the rammed earth bricks."
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Glutinous rice is grown in southern Yuzhou, so He Yan directly asked Man Chong to help deliver a stone of rice.
Alum is now widely used as medicine and can be easily obtained in Xuchang and the surrounding Nanyang area.
The function of glutinous rice water is to adhere, while the function of alum is to dehydrate. When the two were added to the rammed earth bricks, the hardness increased to another level, which made the common people marvel.
"I didn't expect Mr. He to know this!"
"Yeah, I've never heard of anything like this in my entire life."
"..."
Not only did he improve the rammed earth bricks, He Yan also directly helped these people buy the tiles for their roofs with a wave of his hand, and they were the best quality blue tiles.
"It's a pity that we couldn't get any green paint, otherwise these rows of brothels would look nice."
Brothels, in this era, have nothing to do with fireworks venues.
During the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, those who could afford to live in brothels were all super wealthy.
For example, Cao Zhi, who still wears crotchless pants and follows Cao Pi, wrote a poem in the "Beauty Chapter" in the future, "I want to ask the girl to live in peace, but it is at the south end of the city. The brothel faces the main road, and the high gate has many gates."
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Therefore, brothels at this time refer more to luxurious and exquisite houses. If He Yan can really build a row of brothels, it will definitely be a matter of great honor.
Compared to He Yan's complaints, these people didn't think there was anything wrong.
As the houses are put up one by one, everyone can clearly feel that this kind of house is indeed stronger than the previous house, especially when the expensive blue tiles are put on the roof, oh! It's really quite a bit...
What a majestic look!
These people were originally a little uneasy when they were moved to Xuchang, not knowing whose family they had fallen into as tenants. But now that they saw He Yan and knew about He Yan and the Deng family's mother and son, everyone felt at ease.
"Although Mr. He is a temperamental person, he is still a good person."
"It's not true, it's obviously true!"
"Master He doesn't have a residence outside the city yet, how about we build one for him?"
"good!"
The common people who had nothing to repay but were very simple found Zhao Yun together. Zhao Yun came to find He Yan and told him the people's plea.
After hearing this, He Yan blushed and scratched his head: "Then why are you so embarrassed?"
Zhao Yun's attitude towards He Yan also quietly changed: "We sincerely want to thank you. Besides, you have spent so much money and food, so there is no need to be embarrassed."
He Yan lowered his head after hearing this, which made Zhao Yun think that He Yan was still struggling. When he was about to continue to persuade him, he realized that He Yan had already found a brush and started drawing on the straw paper.
"The house is right. First of all, I want a three-story building. It's best to have dozens of rooms, otherwise it won't be enough to live in."
"Then the sewer system must also be installed. Do you know how to make a toilet? If you don't know, I will teach you how to do it."
"Moreover, dig a bigger pool for me. I'll definitely have more than one person in the hot springs in the future."
"That's right! It must be big outside! Plant some fruits or something for me to satisfy my cravings."
"Zilong, do you think I should build a sheep pen or a chicken pen in the future? In fact, I also want to eat pork! How about leaving some space to raise 1,800 chickens?"
"..."
He Yan raised his head to ask for Zhao Yun's opinion. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun had already retreated to the door with his hands clasped in fists: "Master He, take your leave!"