Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 54: Enshrined by the craftsmen
a few days later.

The weather is cold.

The leaves are autumn yellow.

Li Huaian was lying on a deck chair covered with a fur cloak, looking at the autumn leaves in the yard, simmering warm wine next to him, enjoying the corrupt life of the ancient feudal class.

"Master."

Old Wu Tou came to Li Huaian's house with a jar of good wine that he could buy in Chang'an City, and greeted Li Huaian with a smile on his face.

He still calls his boss, without any change, as he was used to it when the Liuli Pavilion was rebuilt, and it is natural.

At the same time, he also handed the wine jar in his hand to the maid Taohua on the side.

"Miss Peach Blossom, I'll give you this jar of wine."

"Old Wutou, you are the one who leads a group of craftsmen to open a shop. You are also the boss of a shop."

"I'm still a master craftsman from the Ministry of Industry. Now is not the time to renovate Liuli Pavilion, so don't call me boss."

"Also, come as soon as you come, and don't bring anything with you in the future."

"Sit down and see how the chairs in your shop look like."

Li Huaian said a few words to Old Wu, regardless of whether the other party heard it or not. He smiled and pointed to another recliner next to him, motioning for Old Wu to come and sit next to him. This recliner was also made in Old Wu's shop.

The Lao Wu Ji shop is a high-end product made by master craftsmen. The Lao Wu Ji stamp engraved on this lounge chair is embedded with gold thread.

All the utensils needed in this house now are made in the shop run by Old Man Wu.

"Hey, my boss is joking. You have all the good things in your house. We don't have anything to bring here. I'm afraid my boss won't accept the expensive ones, and I'm afraid my boss won't like the food. After thinking about it, it's better to bring a jar. If the wine is suitable, if the boss doesn’t like it, you can use it to cook.”

There was no intention of asking him to change his title.

Old man Wu was sitting on the recliner. He did not lie down, but sat upright in the chair. As a master craftsman in the workshop of the Ministry of Works, he often dealt with officials, so he naturally knew what it meant to be polite.

Your courtesy can be accepted.

But you can't really take the nobleman's politeness seriously and follow it.

Li Huaian did not correct this, nor did he tell Old Wu to sit so rigidly. Everyone has their own way of survival, so there is no need to be too demanding.

but.

After all, Old Wu Tou is a close person, so he is not so unfamiliar.

So he laughed.

"Okay, let Taohua tell the cooks to cook a meal later, and let you stay for dinner."

"hey-hey.."

Little thoughts were pointed out.

Old Wu didn't quibble, but his throat twitched and he swallowed, acquiescing to Li Huaian's words.

Now, because of Li Huaian, Old Wu Tou is also a master he has eaten before.

In Chang'an City, he was invited by many noble people to renovate their houses. They bought furniture for them at Lao Wu Ji's shop and asked him to customize their furniture and appliances.

During this period, Lao Wu Ji's shop received many orders from nobles in Chang'an City for custom-made dowries for their noble ladies. Many of the orders have been queued up for more than ten years.

Because of these things, Old Wutou had a lot of food from these noble houses.

However, these noble people have eaten too much food, and that's it.

No wonder he did so.

In fact, the food at Li Huaian's house is the only one in Chang'an City. Even if Old Man Wu only eats it once or twice, it still makes him remember it for a long time.

Li Huaian motioned to Taohua, the maid who was waiting next to him, to tell the kitchen to prepare meals, just in time to send the jar of wine brought by Old Wu Tou to the kitchen.

"Peach Blossom Girl, I'm in trouble."

Seeing the maid Tao Hua holding the wine jar and preparing to leave, Old Wu Tou quickly stood up and expressed his gratitude to the maid Tao Hua. He had never neglected the maid Tao Hua.

"It's okay. Old Master Wu is here chatting slowly with the husband. I will go to the kitchen first to take a look."

The maidservant Peach Blossom smiled and said, "She is very familiar with Old Wu Tou, so she speaks naturally and casually."

After signaling to the maid in the yard to come and serve him, he left the yard with the wine jar and went to the kitchen to tell the cook to prepare the meal for later.

Wait for Old Wu to sit back on the recliner again.

Li Huaian started talking about today's business, picked up a dozen drawings from the side and handed them to Old Wu.

"I came to see you today because there are a few new things that I need you to take a look at. Here are the drawings of the things I want you to make."

"See if you can do it."

Each drawing has an exploded composition of everything, as well as a complete graphic and text introduction.

Of course, these drawings were still written by Li Ruoqiu.

Upon hearing this, Old Wutou solemnly took all the drawings from Li Huaian.

There is no direct guarantee that there will be no problems.

Regarding the new things Li Huaian asked him to make, he acted as if he was receiving the teachings from his master every time. He was very cautious and cautious and did not dare to neglect.

Much like a student taking a random test from a teacher.

Even though he was the highly praised Master Wu outside and had a high reputation and respected status among the craftsmen in Chang'an City, he still did not dare to make mistakes in front of Li Huaian and insisted on following the master-disciple etiquette.

This is why, every time Old Wu comes to Li Huaian's house, he will bring some gifts in his hand, even if they are worthless things, he still has to bring some.

Because this is to maintain the disciple's etiquette, to give the master the ceremony, just like the literati to the teacher.

Until you carefully read all the drawings.

Old Wu Tou breathed a sigh of relief and said easily: "Master, whether it's the iron stove, the chimney, the matching briquettes, or the kang, these things are all very simple."

"Where's the conservatory?"

Li Huaian asked if there were any construction difficulties in the greenhouse that Old Wu had not mentioned.

Old man Wu said truthfully: "Master, there is nothing wrong with this greenhouse. It is just a splicing of some wood. It is much simpler to build the foundation of the greenhouse than to build a house."

"It's just that there are a little too many windows in this greenhouse. The entire greenhouse is almost hollow. There is only a one-foot-wide pillar as an interval between each window. According to the dimensions taught to us by the owner, it is a three-foot-long pillar." Ten centimeters wide pillars.”

"These reserved windows are a bit too big. The height reaches directly from the bottom to the roof, and the width is as wide as a room. It is hard to imagine such a large window. Only a circle around the edge of the window seems to be used for The window lattice that plays a fixed role has at most the benefit of decorating the edge of the window, but these window lattice does not support the window paper."

"How do you make the window paper strong and keep warm in this entire window?"

"If an owner wants to make a greenhouse, he should reduce the number of windows as much as possible, and make the windows as small as possible to play the role of a greenhouse."

“Also, the location of the roof of this greenhouse is the same as the wall of the greenhouse. It only has a peaked frame with four slopes and five ridges. The owner did not say in the drawing how to seal the roof or what tiles to cover.

"On the drawings, the greenhouse that the owner wants is over an acre in size. The greenhouse is too big. I'm afraid that after it is built, it won't be able to function as a greenhouse at all, and the owner may not be able to use it by then."

After listening.

Li Huaian understood Old Wu's concerns. This kind of greenhouse definitely did not exist in the Tang Dynasty.

but.

He didn't want to explain too much about it and decided directly.

"You don't have to worry about this now. Once the frame of the greenhouse is built, you will know what to use to seal these windows." "Just tell me, these iron stoves, chimneys, and fire pits, can we build a greenhouse?" "

After Li Huaian asked, he forgot to mention the coal for the iron stove.

"Well, there are also briquettes."

"In this case, it can be done."

There is no need to worry about the greenhouse, the rest of the things will be no problem.

So Lao Wutou immediately nodded and said there was no problem, leaving the matter to him and ensuring that it would be handled properly.

Li Huaian nodded with satisfaction and followed suit.

"It just so happens that you opened a Lao Wu Ji shop. After these things are made, you can continue to make these things and sell them, and then open a shop or something."

When Old Wu heard this, his face was extremely excited. He quickly stood up from his chair. Without waiting for Li Huaian's reaction, he knelt on the ground with a 'pop' and kowtowed heavily.

"My boss, on behalf of all the craftsmen in Lao Wu Ji's shop, I would like to thank my boss for the reward."

This couldn't help but make Old Wutou so excited.

Li Huaian's casual words seemed casual and uncaring, but they made the craftsmen like them develop a few more cooking skills out of thin air.

This is a job that can support a family for a lifetime and be passed down to the next generation.

before this.

Old Wutou and the other craftsmen who had done work for Li Huaian and had received favors would have already acquiesced in the master-disciple relationship with Li Huaian, if they were not afraid of Li Huaian's displeasure.

These craftsmen...

There is even the idea of ​​enshrining a longevity tablet at home.

at this time.

Old Wu Tou felt that it was no longer enough for craftsmen like them to just worship the longevity tablets at home. They had to arrange a place for the master to worship them at his side.

The ancestor created a precedent for craftsmen, and that’s why craftsmen like them exist.

The boss gave these craftsmen several heirloom jobs.

If this is not enshrined together with the ancestor.

Aren't these craftsmen who have received favors from their employers worse than pigs and dogs?

"Okay, get up quickly."

"At such an old age, if you kneel on the ground in such a cold weather and kowtow to a young man like me, you are not afraid that I will shorten my life."

"If this happens again in the future, you'd better come to my house as soon as possible. No matter what else I have to do, I won't dare to leave it to you."

Li Huaian didn't know what Old Wu was thinking in his heart at this time, so he raised his hand to let him get up. At such an old age, kneeling down and kowtowing to him would be shortening his life.

After letting Lao Wu wake up.

He continued.

"These things are nothing to me. You can naturally learn them when you are doing them. Instead of hiding them, it is better to give them to you and use them directly."

There was no such thing as intellectual property in ancient times.

Otherwise, in ancient times, there would be no such thing as hiding something and hiding something. This situation happened.

It's better to be a friendly person.

Isn't it possible to win people's hearts?

After hearing that he was not allowed to come to the house in the future, Old Wutou quickly stood up from the ground and smiled at Li Huaian: "My boss is joking. My boss has a long life, how can his life be shortened?"

Li Huaian glanced at Old Wutou speechlessly and ignored him. He focused on the things he asked Old Wutou to make, thinking about things.

Among these items, iron stoves, chimneys, and fire pits can be used to make money.

Without his willingness, there would be no second greenhouse in the Tang Dynasty except in his house.

As for the fire kang, at most the craftsmen can earn a wage.

It’s hard to say how much the materials for the heated kang cost.

Iron stove, chimney.

These two things can be made into finished products and sold as commodities in the shop.

You can also make some money.

But it’s also hard-earned money.

The most profitable thing should be coal, this kind of black gold.

want to come.

When winter comes, Old Wutou starts selling iron stoves and chimneys in Chang'an City. The price of coal in Chang'an City should gradually increase.

After all, before this, Li Huaian had asked Li Ruoqiu, the maid Taohua, and the maids in the house, and they all said that in winter, even ordinary people would not dare to use coal for heating unless there was no other way.

Because that coal will kill people.

This is why Li Huaian called Old Wu to the mansion to make these iron stoves, chimneys, and fire pits. There were more than 100 maids in the mansion, and they needed to find a way to solve the winter problem.

He, Li Ruoqiu, and the maid Taohua were easy to talk to. The Tang Dynasty also had many ways to survive the winter, such as furs, stoves, and charcoal. As long as you had money, there were many ways to solve the problem of surviving the winter.

But the more than 100 maids in the mansion cannot all follow this standard.

Not to mention he can afford it.

But money is not such a waste.

There is a better way to survive the winter, so naturally choose the optimal solution.

thought here.

Li Huaian felt that he could start searching for coal mines in Chang'an City now, so that he could make some coal money when winter came.

You can even cooperate with Wu Qiwang and use the power of Wu Qiwang to monopolize the coal trade in Datang.

Because it is foreseeable that with the emergence of iron stoves and chimneys in the Tang Dynasty, coal will definitely become the most daily consumables for the people of the Tang Dynasty, becoming an existence with the same status as salt and iron.

It is impossible to have a monopoly on iron stoves and chimneys.

But coal is an industry that can achieve a basic monopoly. As long as you control a large number of mineable coal mines in a certain place, you can basically monopolize the local coal industry.

In this case, Li Huaian wanted to get involved in the coal business without the help of the Tang Dynasty court or the Tang emperor.

The five surnames and Qi Wang were the greatest protective force he could obtain in the world of the Tang Dynasty, and they were also where he dared to get involved in the coal business.

No matter how you put it, he is almost becoming the common son-in-law of the seven families with five surnames and Qiwang.

As long as Qiwang of the fifth surname sends his legitimate daughter to Chang'an City, the identity of this son-in-law will be confirmed.

In this case, there is nothing wrong with cooperation.

Just when Li Huaian was planning to get involved in Datang Coal Industry, the maid Taohua came over to inform him that the food was ready and was about to take Old Wu Tou to eat.

An uninvited guest came to his house, which could also be said to be a bad guest.

(End of this chapter)