Traveling across the heavens starting from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 71 The Twelve Flower Goddess Maid of Shouchang Hou Mansion
The craftsman installs each courtyard window.

There were several maids in the back who hung up the curtains, and then cleaned the room, cleared away the debris, and restored the cleanliness of the house.

Until all windows in the occupied courtyard have been replaced.

The greenhouse is also finished.

"All the windows of the Marquis have been installed, and the glass in the conservatory has been capped. Whether it is a glass wall or a glass roof, the inner and outer edges of the inlays are softly wrapped with animal skins, and a layer of cork is added. Paint glue is applied, which can not only cushion the glass, but also seal and prevent rain.”

Wu Dayong stood in the greenhouse and pointed to the edge of the wooden wall pillars of the greenhouse. The area had been sealed with wooden strips two fingers wide. He could clearly see that there was a layer of animal skin and a layer of cork between the glass and the wooden strips. .

Li Huaian took a look and was very satisfied. It can be said that Wu Dayong and these craftsmen were really thoughtful.

"That's right, Old Wu, you guys have worked hard."

"Hahahaha, how dare we be careless when working for Mr. Hou? Isn't that a slap in the face? We won't fool ordinary customers outside. But here at Mr. Hou, we have to be extremely careful."

"Besides, these things that Mr. Hou made are also new. We don't dare to take them lightly to avoid making mistakes. If Mr. Hou sells this kind of glass in Chang'an City in the future, we can also accumulate work experience, right? .”

Wu Dayong was also very happy to be recognized by Li Huaian, as if he had been praised by his master.

Upon hearing this, Li Huaian directly dismissed Wu Dayong's idea of ​​​​glass for these windows.

"Don't think about this kind of glass. At least I won't sell it out for the time being. At most, if someone close to you wants it in the future, I will be willing to do it. I will ask you to lead someone to install such a glass greenhouse for them. "

Selling this kind of glass in Chang'an City is not self-defeating, causing the business of 'Liu Li Pavilion' to plummet. Selling this kind of glass will obviously lower the style of Liu Li Pavilion.

He wouldn't do such a thing.

Even if the price of the glass greenhouse is set extremely high, a glass greenhouse costs one million taels of gold.

"That's alright. Those who can make the Marquis willing must be noble people."

Wu Dayong is not worried about whether he can get a lot of work to install glass greenhouses. Anyway, there is no glass greenhouse work. His team of craftsmen still have ordinary construction work in Chang'an City.

Except for the construction work.

Lao Wuji's shop still has furniture.

Under the instruction of Mr. Hou, Lao Wu Ji's shop expanded into new businesses. It not only made furniture, but also opened a new Lao Wu Ji ironware shop.

Together with Lao Wu Ji Furniture Shop, they are collectively known as Lao Wu Ji Shop.

After the Shouchang Hou Mansion has finished its work.

Lao Wu Ji's iron shop is about to officially open its furnace. With the coming of winter, the blacksmiths among them need to put all their energy into building iron furnaces and turn the iron materials stored in advance into coal-burning iron furnaces. The chimney is in line with the Marquis's Coal Chamber of Commerce's plan to warm up the furnace in winter.

So even without the glass conservatory job.

Craftsmen like Wu Dayong will also be very busy throughout the winter, and they will still have no time to relax. The carpenters are making furniture, and the blacksmiths are working continuously.

As for the masons?
They will not be idle, they will all walk in the streets and alleys of Chang'an City to make fire beds for people.

During this period, because the weather is getting colder and colder, the people of Chang'an City did not agree with the fire kang very much at first, but now they are scrambling to invite the masons from Lao Wuji Shop to make fire kang at home.

Really, this fire kang is so convenient.

Not only can you keep warm, but you can also cook.

The most important thing is that this winter, the people of Chang'an no longer have to suffer from the cold when sleeping. They can sleep on the warm fire kang to spend the winter.

in fact.

One of the most important reasons why people in Chang'an like the heated kang is that the heated kang burns firewood, not charcoal. This virtually saves the poor people in Chang'an a lot of money, and they don't have to buy too much charcoal for heating their homes in winter.

Just buy more firewood which is cheaper than charcoal.

save money.

This is the reason why the people in Chang'an City like the fire kang so much.

You can also keep warm in the winter and make a fire for cooking.

This made the people in Chang'an City like him even more.

Suddenly, in the winter of the sixth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, a new scenery appeared, making the mason of Lao Wuji's shop the brightest boy in Chang'an City and the most popular person in the people's homes.

Many masons from Lao Wu Ji's shop would be warmly entertained by the host's family when invited to cook the Kang, and they would be treated to the best food at home.

Then the people in Chang'an City showed off their fire kangs to their relatives in the villages outside the city.

After the people in the villages around Chang'an City knew about it, it would be even more serious.

People in the city of Chang'an still need to buy firewood for burning. People living in the villages outside the city do not need to spend money to buy firewood. The firewood is brought to the city to exchange for money. If you want to burn it, you can go up the mountain at any time. Find trees to cut down. Firewood can be found everywhere in the village and is worthless.

Thus.

In the villages around Chang'an City, the whole village began to mobilize, just to snatch a mason from Lao Wu Ji's shop to make a fire bed in the village.

Invisibly, Lao Wu Ji's newly opened ironware shop had an extra business before the iron stoves were sold, that is, the sale of iron pots that match the hot kang.

You can't use the masons from Lao Wu Ji's shop, and if you want to buy an iron pot, you can go to other shops to buy it?

The people of the Tang Dynasty were not so unreasonable.

Moreover.

The Tang Dynasty was also short of iron.

Many people in the Tang Dynasty would take the iron they saved to the blacksmith shop if they needed any ironware at home, and give the blacksmith some wages to make the needed ironware.

in this way.

These people who make hot pots will not choose other blacksmith shops to make iron pots. Firstly, they will lose face, and secondly, it will be troublesome. They might as well leave it to Lao Wu Ji Shop and enjoy the launch of Lao Wu Ji Shop. Our one-stop service saves worry and trouble. As long as you pay the money, you can enjoy the hot pot directly. Wouldn't it be more comfortable?

What's more, these Chang'an people discovered a secret, that is, the iron pots made by Lao Wuji Iron Shop are of the quality of hundreds of steelmaking, and they don't know how Lao Wu Ji Iron Shop makes the iron.

This made the Pankang family even more determined to choose to buy iron pots at Lao Wuji Iron Shop.

The masons in Lao Wu Ji's shop were fought over by the people of Chang'an.

On the other hand, the blacksmiths at Lao Wuji Iron Shop worked hard to steal the limelight from the masons when it snowed and become the focus of discussion among the people of Chang'an City.

Let the iron stoves they made with their own hands enter the homes of thousands of Chang'an people, and let the iron stoves they made with their own hands become the thing that attracts the most attention of the people of Chang'an this winter.

The renovation of Shouchang Hou Mansion was completed this year.

Wu Dayong and his craftsmen all evacuated the Hou Mansion and started busy with various matters of Lao Wu Ji shop this winter. It is expected that more than a dozen Lao Wu Ji shops will be opened in Chang'an City and surrounding counties. Semicolon for sale of goods.

As for the expansion and construction of the Shouchang Hou Mansion next spring, that will have to wait until next year.

Wu Da left with these craftsmen.

The Shouchang Hou Mansion returned to its former peace.

The maid Taohua came to a large courtyard between the inner house and the front house. The environment of this yard was very elegant, with mountains and water, and many separate rooms.

However, this courtyard is used for the residence of the maids in the mansion.

The reason for arranging such a location of the courtyard is for the maidservant to live.

The purpose is naturally to allow the maids in this courtyard to take good care of the inner house and the front house.

Of course.

Not just any maid in the mansion can live in this courtyard. She must reach a certain level and wear a jade pendant around her waist. Only maids in the two levels of gold-plated and gold-inlaid jade are eligible to live in this courtyard. , have a room of your own.

As for the remaining silver jade pendants, they live in the yard of the front house.

same.

The female clerks outside the Shouchang Hou Mansion, because they work in the shop, according to their duties, wear three grades of copper, iron, and wood pendants on their waists. When they return to the house, they automatically change into silver and jade pendants, which are also the residences. In the front house, he lives with the palace's maid wearing a silver jade pendant.

but.

Although these maids with silver and jade pendants lived in the yard of the front house, Li Huaian was not a real feudal capitalist and did not let these maids sleep in Datongbu.

Instead, they arranged a room for four people, complete with a fire pit and a stove, so that four people could live together and have someone to take care of them.

"Sister Peach Blossom."

yard.

A maid wearing a gold and jade pendant around her waist made a wish to the maid.

"peony."

The maid Taohua called out the maid's name and glanced at the gold-inlaid jade pendant around the maid's waist. There was a peony made of gold on it.

As for the name of this maid, it was naturally given by Li Huaian.

All the maids in the mansion had their names changed from the day they entered the mansion and were named after flowers.

"Peony, go and call the other eleven steward maids to the meeting hall in this courtyard."

After the maid Taohua gave her instructions, she turned around and went to the meeting hall in the courtyard to wait.

"Okay, Sister Taohua."

The maid Peony didn't stop. She turned around and went to the area in the yard where these first-level maids with gold and jade pendants lived. She called the other eleven maids with gold and jade pendants over.

It just so happened that they, all twelve maids with gold and jade pendants, were resting in this courtyard just after finishing their work in the house.

As the maid Taohua said.

There are a total of twelve maids in the mansion who are at the level of gold and jade pendants. They are also named after the flower god of the twelve months. They are responsible for helping Li Ruoqiu and the maid Taohua manage the entire Shouchang Hou Mansion.

Moreover, the beauty of these twelve maidservants can be said to be stunning, just like their flower names, each has its own merits.

Before entering the house.

When Li Ruoqiu bought them, they were already being groomed as future courtesans in various flower houses in Pingkangfang.

otherwise.

Li Ruoqiu would not let these twelve maids serve as gold-inlaid and jade-level maids in the mansion.The material for future courtesans in Pingkangfang.

Not only is she beautiful.

In terms of talent, he is naturally top-notch.

Li Ruoqiu didn't want to choose something ordinary and get a reputation as a jealous woman from Li Huaian.

Soon.

The maidservant Peony brought eleven stunning maidservants to the meeting hall in the courtyard. The twelve maidservants expressed their blessings to the maidservant Peach Blossom who was sitting in the main seat of the meeting hall.

"Plum blossoms, apricot blossoms, pear blossoms, pomegranates, lotus flowers, crabapples, osmanthus, golden chrysanthemums, hibiscus, camellias, and narcissus."

"I've met Sister Peach Blossom."

"Get up."

The maid Taohua sat on the chair and raised her hand slightly to signal. Next to Li Huaian, she behaved like a little maid, considerate and gentle, and could stand, never sit.

But in front of these maids in the mansion, she is the biggest maid in charge in the mansion, so she naturally has to raise her posture.

"Have the windows and stoves in your respective rooms been finished?"

As for the fire bed.

In this courtyard, there is no such thing as a separate room for each person and a small fire pit in each room. It is too complicated and unrealistic.

Of course, we can't say that we won't make a fire bed.

Instead, another method was adopted, a method similar to collective heating. The yard was divided into several areas, and several fire paths were built under the ground to heat several houses at one time.

In addition, each room has an iron stove. The maids who live in this yard enjoy much better things on beds than the maids who wear silver jade pendants. It can be said that the room is very warm.

In order to keep the inner house tidy.

This method is also used, commonly known as underground fire kang.

After all, Li Huaian, a modern person from the main world, had slept on a hot bed when he was a child. He didn't want to sleep on such a hot bed again in the Tang Dynasty world.

Especially when there is no shortage of women to warm the bed, who cares about the fire kang?

The worst thing is, one beauty is not warm enough, so just bring in a few more.

"Go back to Sister Taohua, everything has been changed."

The twelve flower goddess maidservants replied, with excited smiles on their faces. After the glass windows were installed, they had gained a lot of experience.

"Well, that's fine."

The maid Taohua nodded, and then said proudly.

"This is all Mr. Lang's love for us slaves. He is afraid that the slaves in the mansion will be cold and frozen in the winter, and will freeze again. Burning charcoal is afraid that the slaves in the mansion will sleep to death."

"That's when Lang Jun came up with these fire kangs and iron stoves."

"You are all the stewards second only to me in the mansion, and you should know the price of the colored glaze sold for takeout at the 'Liu Li Pavilion' opened by Shouchang Hou Mansion."

"In this way, Lang Jun was afraid that the slaves in the house would be too cold in winter and would not be able to get sunlight in the house, so he spent a lot of money to find this transparent glazed glass as a window so that the slaves in the house could stay in the warm house. Inside, you can still get some sun.”

"Look, among the noble houses in Chang'an City, there is no slave in the house who has such a good life as the slaves in the Shouchang Marquis Mansion."

"Even the monthly payment is more than that of slaves in other houses, and the rewards are constant on weekdays. The key is that there are not so many rules and bad things in the Shouchang Hou Mansion. If you want to leave the house, you can just ask for leave. "

"We slaves only need to serve the good husband."

"And Mr. Lang has a kind-hearted nature and is easy to serve."

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The maid Taohua stood in front of the twelve flower goddess maids, and kept talking about the kindness of Li Huaian and the goodness of the Shouchang Hou Mansion.

Wait until it's almost said.

The maid Taohua asked the twelve flower goddess maids in front of her.

"What do you think of our husband?"

The twelve flower goddess maidservants heard the words and immediately responded.

"The husband is naturally excellent."

"Sister Taohua, rest assured that Langjun gave such precious colored glass to us slaves. If anyone dares to say something bad about Langjun, I, Haitang, will be the first to spare her and will have to break her legs."

"However, come to think of it, there shouldn't be such a heartless servant in the house."

"That's right, where did we all come from? Not to mention having contact with those noble people, we should have seen a lot of them. Who can be as caring as our husband?"

"No."

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The twelve flower goddess maidservants began to chatter and make a lot of noise.

Even if it's stunning.

The maidservant Taohua raised her hand to signal the twelve flower goddess maidservants to shut up. She waited until the twelve flower goddess maidservants calmed down before she began to speak.

"You also know where you come from. Before you entered the mansion, you were considered to be the rarest beauties among the dozens of flower houses in Pingkangfang."

"I think if you are not bought into the house, one of you will become the future oiran of Pingkangfang."

"The Chinese New Year is about to come, and you have grown up now."

"You also know, not to mention that our husband is as rich as the country, but from your monthly salary and rewards, we know that there is no shortage of money in the mansion, so the young lady thought about something during the days when the husband was not in the mansion."

"Let me ask you questions today."

The twelve flower goddess maids looked at the maid Peach Blossom with curious eyes.

"Sister Taohua, Miss has something to do, but please give me your instructions. You don't need to ask us."

"I still have to ask about this matter. If you have different opinions, then it will be more than worth the gain if it causes Mr. Lang's displeasure."

The maid Tao Hua smiled teasingly.

"Then what does Sister Taohua want to ask us?"

This moment made the Twelve Flowers goddess maidservants somewhat confused.

The maid Taohua didn't hide it either.

"During the Chinese New Year, I plan to give you twelve gold-and-jade-level maidservants as gifts to your husband, so that you can spend the New Year with him together."

"I'm afraid you don't want to."

"Although you have a bond of sale in the house."

"But you also know that in this matter, we must pay attention to the joy of harmony. Forcing you to serve the husband will definitely lead to the husband not being able to enjoy himself to the fullest."

"If the gentleman loses his interest, this is what the lady does not want to see."

"So Miss asked me to ask you, if you all agree, during this period, you will not say fasting and incense, but you must also prepare in advance. During the Chinese New Year, use the skills you learned in the flower house. come out."

"how?"

After the maid Taohua finished speaking, she looked at the twelve flower goddess maids, waiting for the answer.

But the twelve flower goddess maidservants were all stunned.

After a while.

Only then did one of the flower goddess maids react.

"Sister Taohua, is this true? Miss really asked us to serve our husband during the Chinese New Year?"

Immediately afterwards, the other eleven flower goddess maidservants also came to their senses and realized that something good was coming.

"Is Sister Taohua real?"

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The maid Taohua nodded.

"real."

Then, I saw twelve flower goddess maidservants saying to the maidservants "Peach Blossoms, Wanfu".

"I am willing to listen to the lady's orders, and I will definitely serve the lady as a good husband during the Chinese New Year."

Taohua, the maid, smiled when she heard this.

This result was just as she thought. It seemed that these twelve flower goddess maidservants had been waiting for this day for a long time.

"Sister Taohua, what about us?"

at this time.

The door of the meeting hall was pushed open.

After a while, the door was filled with beautiful maidservants of all colors, as many as 24, each wearing a gilt jade pendant around his waist. Naturally, flower patterns were carved on each gilt jade pendant according to each person's flower name. , the eyes of these maids wearing gold and jade also reveal what they want.

It seems that just now, these gilded and jade-clad maidservants were eavesdropping outside the meeting hall.

"You guys, let's wait until the Lantern Festival. There are seven new ladies coming into the house. In addition to the twelve maids above you, there is only one husband. Counting you 24 charming ladies, how will the husband cope with it? come over."

"No matter what, we must let Lang Jun take a break. If Lang Jun's body is damaged, no one will be able to eat by then."

The maid Taohua looked at the gilded and jade-wearing maid at the door of the meeting hall, and waved her hands angrily. Don't worry about this New Year's headache, they are not responsible for it.

This is the difference between stunning beauty and good color.

(End of this chapter)