The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

Lu Tianming smiled after hearing this, and did not mention the blue brick and tile house anymore. He continued:

"Brother Wu, what kind of treatment do you usually get when you ask villagers to build a house?"

Wu Lichang thought for a moment and said:

"When villagers help out, they usually provide two meals a day and pay ten cents a day."

After hearing this, Lu Tianming said:

"Brother Wu, I'd like to trouble you to ask about this matter.

We also treat people the same way when we hire them.

At the same time, there must be two pieces of flatbread in each of the two meals a day."

When Village Chief Wu heard this, he was also secretly surprised.

The two meals he just mentioned were just vegetable porridge with thin soup, and at most one meal of wild vegetable pancakes mixed with grain.

As for the two-grain flatbread, I would only eat it when there were guests.

For example, the staple food on their table today is a two-grain pancake.

As for rice, although they grow it every year, few people are willing to eat it.

Most families pay grain tax after the rice harvest.

The rest was sold to the grain shop and exchanged for coarse grains to be brought back.

But this is not enough. We have to spend more money to buy some coarse grains so that each family can survive until the next harvest.

Of course, they don't just grow rice around here; they also grow a season of winter wheat and a season of summer rice.

But because the price of rice here is high, everyone in Baoshan Town grows rice.

If the treatment Lu Tianming offers were to be told, I'm afraid the villagers would rush to work for him.

Thinking this, Wu Lizhang responded:

"That's easy. I'll ask around in the village and pick out some good workers for you."

Seeing that he agreed, Lu Tianming hurriedly said:

"In that case, thank you very much, Brother Wu!

I have a jar of good wine, I'll have it delivered to you later this afternoon, please don't be disgusted."

Village Chief Wu said a few polite words and then agreed with a smile.

Seeing this, Lu Tianming continued:

"Brother Wu, I have something else to trouble you with.

We used to live in the north, and the villagers have been growing wheat all their lives, but they have never grown rice.

So, we want to find an experienced rice grower in the village to teach us.”

This was a simple matter. When Village Chief Wu heard this, he agreed immediately.

"That's easy. In Baoshan Town, the best farmer is Old Li.

Every year, his family harvests much more rice than other families in the village.

I'll talk to him later and ask him to teach you."

Upon hearing this, Lu Tianming hurriedly thanked him.

Village Chief Wu took the opportunity to ask:

"Brother Lu, where did you live before? Did you also grow crops?"

Lu Tianming knew that someone in Baoshan Town would ask about this matter, so he said:

“It’s a long story. We originally lived in Lujia Village in Yidu County.

We grow wheat twice a year..."

During the question-and-answer session between the two sides, Lu Tianming talked about the lives of the villagers.

As for what happened during the journey to escape the famine, I only talked about it in general terms.

Village Chief Wu listened carefully, but he didn't hear any officials or powerful people in the conversation.

Just from the tone of their voices, it seems that there are a few people in this group who know some martial arts.

Village Chief Wu didn't think much of it.

In his impression, two fists are no match for four hands. The Wu family has many more members than these people, so they are sure that they will not be able to cause any trouble.

However, this group of people fled all the way and were still able to drive a carriage and rush over with a lot of things.

Moreover, he dared to hire people to build the house with grain and cakes, which shows that he must have quite a lot of money.

He became more and more convinced that Xu Wenshan had accepted benefits from these people and was deliberately using such tactics to scare him!

Thinking of this, Village Chief Wu became more casual.

The two sons of the Wu family who were listening nearby also relaxed when they saw this.

Seeing that the matter was done, Lu Tianming also started chatting.

As for raising silkworms, there is no rush.

Therefore, Lu Tianming only mentioned it occasionally in the subsequent conversation.

During this meal, as they drank and chatted, they continued eating until noon.

When leaving, Wu Lizhang thought about the jar of good wine and politely saw the person off.

Then, he asked his two sons to go to the village to run errands and fulfill the promise he had just made.

Lu Tianming offered generous compensation, so naturally, the Wu family was chosen first to build the house.

For the rest, he will look for people with other surnames in the village who are on good terms with him.

As for Old Li, the rice farmer, he was a very honest man. He just asked someone to tell him.

When Lu Tianming returned, each family had already eaten and had even chosen where to build their house.

Seeing that it was still early, Lu Tianming planned to go to the city to look at bricks and tiles, and place an order directly if everything went well.

As for how many bricks and tiles are needed for each house, the old village chief knows it.

When he was young, in addition to carpentry work, he also helped build houses.

Calculating the number of bricks and tiles is the most basic.

Everyone in the team was very concerned about building the house, and each family sent one or two people to follow.

Therefore, this time when we went out to order bricks and tiles, a total of six carriages went out, and they were all full.

The group was worried about returning in the dark, so they hurried.

The team first went to the nearby town of Lunbi and found the team of craftsmen after asking around.

That group of people haven't had much work to do recently, so they're all busy working in their respective fields.

When the leader Zhao heard that there was such a big job, he was overjoyed.

He told Lu Tianming and others that they would start construction as soon as the bricks and tiles arrived.

When he heard that they were going to Yining County to buy bricks, tiles and other building materials, he immediately said that he knew someone who could go with them.

Lu Tianming was naturally very welcome when he heard this.

After the team arrived in Yining County, led by the team leader Zhao, they visited several stores and decided on the materials.

Lu Qingqing didn't expect that the store service in this era would be so good.

When the shops learned that it was such a large order, they helped calculate the approximate usage of each store.

After receiving half of the deposit, he planned to send someone to deliver a batch first.

At the same time, send someone to follow and calculate the actual usage.

Once the order is placed, it will be delivered in batches using a cart.

Lu Tianming took the opportunity to ask about the high terrain at the foot of the mountain. When the shop owner learned that the terrain was uneven, he told them helplessly that he could only deliver the food to flat land.

As for going further up, it would be difficult to move up with such a heavy load on the cart.

They had encountered this situation before, and blue bricks were better, as they were less likely to break when collided.

But the tiles are fragile and normally need to be carried up manually.

Or use a cart to transport it up slowly in small quantities and multiple times.

But if that is the case, the store also needs to charge according to the time.

At the same time, tiles that break during transportation will not be replaced.