Riding the Pheonix Chapter 322: Master Craftsman

After changing his clothes, adding a few forehead lines on his face, and trimming his eyebrows and corners of his eyes, the middle-aged scribe transformed into an experienced master craftsman.

He came with the merchants from the county. With a simple and upright smile, he talked to Ah Xuan: "I heard that you are recruiting craftsmen, so I came to try my luck."

Seeing that he looked very serious, Ah Xuan's attitude became a bit polite: "What do you know, sir?"

"A certain master of cartography, his ancestors made it as a general supervisor, a craft passed down from family to family."

Ah Xuan looked at him differently.

Masons and carpenters are not difficult to find, but master craftsmen who can draw are rare, not to mention the descendants of the master craftsman who will be the supervisor.

"Is it a general from the previous dynasty who served as prisoner?"

"Yes." He took out the small wooden box from the bag, which contained thick drawings, and showed it to Ah Xuan, "You see, these palaces were painted by our ancestors. My craftsmanship is not as good as my ancestors, but You can also build a garden."

Jiang Zuojian is a yamen that specializes in building palaces. Building cities and palaces is not a problem. What's more, the previous dynasty was extremely extravagant and accomplished in this regard.

I didn’t expect that this small county in the northwest would actually have such a talent hidden in it.

Axuan called a few craftsmen who had some experience in this matter. After a few words, they surrendered. Ah Xuan knew that the other party had real abilities.

Very good! They can build the house as they like, but they can't build the castle without a master craftsman and supervisor. He made the decision on the spot: "Sir, please stay for now. As for the salary, you can ask for it."

The other party burst into tears with gratitude: "To be honest, in this Gaotang area, certain skills are of no use. If you go to those big cities, you have no reputation and can only do small jobs. There is no chance to build such a big house." .My boss is willing to stay, and I am satisfied.”

A Xuan did not dare to say that what they wanted to build was not a big house, but a castle. He only said: "As long as your husband is capable, he will be given the treatment he deserves. My young master is not a stingy person."

The other party asked carefully, asking for a separate room that would be cleaner so that he could draw more easily.

Ah Xuan agreed.

While having dinner, Mingwei heard that the person stayed and nodded: "It seems that he is not the leader, but also an important person."

A Xuan was shocked: "Is there something wrong with him?"

Ming smiled.

A Xuan was hesitant to fire him, so she said: "Let's see if he can really supervise work. Where can we find such a talent in this poor place?"

"Miss Ming..."

"Make the best use of everything." Ming Wei said meaningfully.

A Xuan glanced at his young master and found that he had no objection at all. He sighed helplessly: "Okay."

I hope those robbers will stop sending people here. If this continues, the racecourse will become a den of thieves.

……

The days in Gaotang Shepherd Superintendent were very leisurely.

With Ah Xuan as a coolie, he basically started everything.

Because Ah Wan was not on good terms with Ming Wei, she was unwilling to stay in the house, so she helped Ah Xuan with the work.

Duofu and Xiaotong are either out in the wild or thinking about making delicious food.

Ning Xiu is just a doorkeeper. With his grace and temperament, no matter where he goes, no one dares to speak loudly.

Yang Shu is also very busy. After leading the generals to practice every day, they would think about how to infiltrate Hudi or get news from the Northwest Army.

Ming Wei said that the eight tribes of Beihu are attacking each other. To find the right time, they must understand the situation there.

In comparison, Mingwei is an idler. Even the surveillance work is done by the little white snake. She has nothing else to do except bask in the sun and eat and drink.

The great craftsman Hou, the one in disguise, took out the drawings and presented them to Yang Shu within a few days.

Yang Shu lazily leaned on the small table in the main room, and kept finding faults: "There are too few houses. How can there be enough room for people in such a small amount? I will raise a lot of people in the future, and the grazing and weaving species will The food... is too little, so I have to add three to five times more."

So Master Hou went back, worked all night, and drew new drawings.

This time Mr. Yang was a little satisfied: "This looks pretty good, but the house is too short. I want to build a tall building, one that can be seen from afar, you understand? Well, let's build a few more."

Master Hou raised the house again and added several tall buildings in the front, back, left and right.

Mr. Yang touched his chin and said, "It doesn't look good like this! I always feel like something is missing."

As a good subordinate, Ah Xuan immediately said: "Sir, the house is too big and too many. Can't the courtyard wall be too short?"

Master Yang clapped his hands: "That's right! This doesn't match the situation."

Dajiang Hou's thoughts changed quickly. It seems that this young master likes to show off, so okay, let's change the courtyard wall into a city wall!

After listening to his suggestion, Mr. Yang was a little satisfied: "I heard that Wubao was popular in the previous dynasty and was built like a small town. It is very beautiful. You might as well build it like that!"

Hou Dajiang is really good at building Wubao. There are ready-made Wubao architectural plans in the drawings left by his ancestors. I showed it to Young Master Yang, changed the parts that were not beautiful enough, and added a few more things, and finally settled on it.

He breathed a sigh of relief and went to supervise the construction with the drawings in hand.

When Mingwei came out of the room, Yang Shu had already put away his dissolute expression and looked thoughtfully at the place where Mr. Hou left. ~IndoMTL.com~ He really has some skills. He said to Mingwei, "I don't understand architecture, but I have learned how to defend a city." The suggestions he made were to the point. ”

Mingwei poured himself a cup of tea and said, "It's not easy for such a talented person, isn't it?"

Yang Shu muttered unhappily: "You obviously have the ability, why do you take this path? How can you be a thief, a beautiful woman like me?"

"Being capable and doing bad things are two different things. How many treacherous officials in history are considered to be great talents. Maybe their ambition is to be a robber?"

Yang Shu was speechless: "Yes."

"However, if he has the ability, he is lucky." Ming smiled, "If you don't have the ability, just kill him. If you have the ability, it doesn't hurt to stay and put it to use."

Yang Shu held the tea cup and said viciously: "It's okay to stay, but he must be turned around!"

Ming Wei smiled.

Speaking of which, she and Yang Shu are actually two extremes. He seems to be a playboy, but in fact he was taught extremely well by the eldest princess. And she seems to be selfless in what she does, and is really informal about details. She was too lazy to correct someone like Mr. Hou, she would only think of ways to control him and let him be used by her.

After half a month, the foundation has been laid.

Mr. Yang said: "I don't want to live in this shabby house for too long. What's important is that it's quick and easy to make money!"

As word spread, nearby merchants knew there was money to be made here and kept delivering goods.

For a time, Gaotang Racecourse quickly became a more prosperous place than the county seat.

Feng Yi, the county magistrate, found out about this and felt very complicated.

The passing of the caravan revitalized the local economy, and the poor people also had a place to earn money. Gaotang County suddenly became prosperous.