A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 150 The family is safe

When they arrived at the door of his house, Zhang Cheng stopped the carriage, jumped off, and waved to Foreman Luo to indicate that he had arrived.

Foreman Luo also stopped the donkey cart.

"Brother Zhang, are we here yet?"

"Yes, Foreman Luo, this is my home. We are already here."

Grandpa Zhang, who was in the main room, heard the sound of a carriage and voices coming from outside. He guessed that it must be the second son who had returned, so he walked out of the courtyard.

Seeing Zhang Cheng tying up the carriage at the door, he said, "Second brother, you're back." He then looked at the two people standing next to him and asked, "Who are these two?"

"Father, this is Luo the foreman we found in town, who is responsible for building houses. The one next to him is a Feng Shui master."

"Hey, hello, you two must be tired from the journey here."

"It's okay, it's okay, there's a donkey cart here, it's not tiring."

Zhang Cheng tied up the carriage and looked at Foreman Luo and the other man: "Foreman Luo, Mr. Feng Shui, let me take you to see the foundation first."

Foreman Luo: "Okay, Brother Zhang, you lead the way."

Zhang Cheng and Grandpa Zhang took Foreman Luo and the Feng Shui master to the foundation next to the one bought by old Zhang's family.

Zhang Cheng took the Feng Shui master for a walk around the land they bought.

After the walk, the Feng Shui master took out a compass and made some calculations: "It's calculated. Opening the main door here can ensure the prosperity of descendants, the flow of wealth, and the safety of the family."

After saying that, he took a branch from somewhere else and stuck it into the ground to mark the spot.

Foreman Luo also took a look at the area where the house was to be built: "The area here is enough to build the three courtyards shown in the blueprint."

Grandpa Zhang saw that the Feng Shui was good, so he said, "That's good. Foreman Luo, Mr. Feng Shui, let's go to my house and have a seat."

"Okay, that's troublesome."

Grandpa Zhang and Zhang Cheng took the two of them home.

Now that the weather is getting colder, the Zhang family eats in the main hall, so Grandpa Zhang led a few people into the main hall.

Grandpa Zhang raised his hand and motioned for the two to sit down, and Zhang Cheng poured tea for them.

Grandpa Zhang: "Mr. Feng Shui, the Feng Shui has been confirmed. I wonder when the construction will start. We should prepare some things for the construction."

Feng Shui Master: "Please tell me your horoscope, I will calculate it for you."

Grandpa Zhang told the other party his horoscope.

The Feng Shui master raised his hand, moved his thumb a few times, and muttered something.

"Old sir, you can start construction at si hour three days later."

"Okay, thank you very much. I will have to trouble you again with the beam raising and moving work."

Grandpa Zhang took out two taels of silver from his sleeve and handed it to the other party. Just now, when the Feng Shui master was calculating the foundation next to him, Zhang Cheng had already told him the situation and how much money he needed, so Grandpa Zhang gave him the money directly without asking.

"It's my duty, old sir."

Grandpa Zhang turned to Foreman Luo and said, "Foreman Luo, the Feng Shui master here has calculated that the construction will start in three days, so please call for the people to come in advance."

Foreman Luo nodded and said, "I understand. I will bring my men to arrive on time before the hour of Si in three days. In addition, because the yard we are building is relatively large, I have also told Brother Zhang about it in the town.

You need to recruit 20 to 30 people to help, so that the project can be completed within two months.

Also, we need to purchase bricks, tiles, and mortar within three days. Once the foundation of the house is dug, it will take time if we don’t have the materials.”

"Okay, we will prepare everything in these three days."

"Okay, now that everything is settled, let's go back to town first and come back in three days."

Zhang Cheng stood up and raised his hand to signal: "Okay, Foreman Luo, Mr. Feng Shui, I'll take you there."

Zhang Cheng sent the two men to the door, then saw them get on the donkey cart and go back through the small road. When the donkey cart was no longer in his sight, he turned around and went back to the main room.

Zhang Cheng sat on a stool in the main room.

"Dad, there are still two days left, and there are a lot of things to do in these two days." Zhang Cheng said in a deep voice.

"Well, it's a bit much. So, I'll take care of the recruitment in the village, and you can buy bricks, tiles, mortar, etc. Fortunately, these can be bought at the brick and tile shop next to the town gate. I bought them there when I built the workshop before."

"Yeah, okay."

"As for the things to prepare for the construction and the food for the workers, we can ask Xiaoyun to drive the carriage and take Yueyue and Xiaoxue to the town to buy them."

At this time, Zhang Yunyue came in from outside and heard Grandpa Zhang assigning the purchase of materials and recruiting people.

"Grandpa, Second Uncle, are you discussing the purchase of materials for building the house? Have you found a foreman for the construction?"

Grandpa Zhang: "Yes, today your second uncle went to the town to ask your father, and it just so happened that your father knew someone, so it was decided directly. The construction date has also been determined. Construction will start in three days. We must prepare all the necessary things as soon as possible in these three days."

"I see. By the way, Uncle, when are you going to the brick and tile shop?"

"I think I'll go in a bit. If we can still deliver goods today, we'll start today and send some over in advance."

"Well, that's fine too. We can send it over as we use it later. Otherwise, there will be too much material piled up here and it will take up too much space. Uncle, our third courtyard has a wall, and the bricks used for the wall are also blue bricks. When you order bricks from the brickyard, remember to include them."

"Yes, I know this."

"Yueyue, the day after tomorrow you, your second aunt, and Xiaoyun, go to town and buy some fruits, incense, candles and paper for the construction. Oh, and go to the rice shop to buy more flour. The workers who are building the house need to be fed. Fortunately, the workshop has meat, and vegetables can be bought in the village. The main thing is flour."

"Okay, Grandpa, I understand."

The next three days.

Everyone in the Zhang family is busy recruiting people and buying materials needed to build the house.

Grandpa Zhang recruited thirty-five men in the village to help build the house, paying them 25 cents a day, with food provided.

Three more women were found to help prepare meals for the workers. Otherwise, with dozens of people feeding, it would be completely beyond the capacity of Zhu and Grandma Zhang to cope with it.

So in the end Grandpa Zhang decided to just find three people with good cooking skills in the village to be responsible for it, and pay each person 20 cents a day. After all, they had to come early every day and clean up before leaving at night, so the working hours were long, so Grandpa Zhang decided to pay more.

The brick and tile shop also calculated the number of bricks and tiles needed for the entire house based on the drawings provided by Zhang Cheng and the needs for the wall.

Then he agreed with Zhang Cheng to transport it to the construction site in three batches.

In addition, the required mud is also delivered in three batches.

Zhang Cheng settled the money for bricks, tiles and mortar at a lump sum of seventy taels, and would refund the excess and make up the shortfall later. After all, it was impossible to calculate such an accurate amount for such a large house, so he just paid part of the money first.

Zhang Xingyun also brought Zhang Yunyue and Zhu to the town to prepare everything needed for the construction.