The construction of the village was not a whim of Liu Bei, but a plan.

A few years ago, my mother used the things of her predecessors to warn Liu Bei that her family and clan should be taken into account.

After asking a few friends, I knew that the Fan Zhong that my mother said did have his own people and things in history.

Cui Jun also told Liu Bei an allusion about 'Fan Chong planting trees'.

Fan Zhong wants to make utensils (furniture), first plant catalpa (tree) lacquer (tree). The people of the time sneered at it and said: "Er Lao, what if you want to make a tool in the future?" Fan Zhong didn't answer. Spring comes and goes, accumulating years, catalpa (tree) and lacquer (tree) are all used. Those who laugh at him come to ask for a fake (those who laughed at him before came to ask for a loan).

So Liu Bei decided to learn from that Fan Chong, so that the Liu family in Zhuo County had 'heavy halls and high pavilions, and pi canal irrigation'.

The buildings of the Han Dynasty were mostly made of wood. The advantages of timber construction are:

First, it is easy to take materials. Mountains and forests are everywhere, and wood is easy to obtain.

Second, it is highly manufacturable. It can build columns, beams, purlins, fangs and other components. And because the wooden frame is load-bearing, the wall is not load-bearing. Therefore, there is a saying that "the wall does not collapse when the house falls".

Third, it has strong seismic resistance. The wood itself has a certain degree of flexibility, and the wooden frame structure is combined with mortise and tenon joints, and the frame structure has a good shock absorption and seismic effect.

Fourth, the construction is fast. Wood processing is fast, and the use of building modulus after the Tang and Song dynasties has greatly accelerated the construction speed. European churches in the same period often took hundreds of years to build, and it took only three years to rebuild the three major halls of the Forbidden City during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.

Fifth, it is convenient for repair and relocation. The frame structure connected by mortise and tenon joints can be disassembled and assembled repeatedly.

Of course, there is also a huge disadvantage, flammability.

This is when the role of the wall becomes apparent.

Solid wood is used as a frame, and rammed earth is used to build a wall. Surrounded by square bricks, covered with tiles, it can be rocket-proof.

What about wood fire prevention......

Liu Bei then asked the old craftsman to ask.

"Back to the young owner, alum stone, seawater impregnation, can be fireproof!"

"Oh?" Liu Bei was overjoyed: "Where is the alum stone?" ”

"Alum stone is born in Hexi or Longxi, or Wudu Shimen." Sub actually knew.

"The alum is too far away, but the sea is not close." Liu Bei was thinking about how to achieve it. Su Bo said: "In the merchants' places in the city, there is 'salted wood'. Salted wood is not only anti-corrosion and anti-cracking, but also fire-resistant. ”

"Which merchant?" Liu Bei asked urgently.

"Liaodong Tian Clan."

There are giant trees in Liaodong. It is dragged by a sea boat, soaked in seawater all the way, and after going ashore, it is placed in a cool place to dry, which is the so-called salted wood.

It's easy to do. Liu Bei then rode into the city and went straight to Tian's shop.

The shops are not in the city. And on the corner of the street there is a separate three-storey pavilion. There are all kinds of goods in the north and south. Even hemp mats from Lousang Village are sold. Sure enough, it's a big business.

Liu Bei tied up the horses, lifted the curtain and entered, and was greeted by a merchant with a smiling face.

Hearing that Liu Bei said that he wanted to build a house, he was courteous and led to the second floor. There are no department stores on the second floor. Rather, it is like the hall of a rich man. Take off your shoes and enter, and sit on your knees on the side of the low table. Then a maidservant brought fragrant tea and pastries.

Soon, a steward in a robe with wide sleeves stepped in and bowed. Call Liu Shaojun.

"You know me?" Liu Bei straightened up and returned the salute.

"Naturally. Lou Sang Shaojun, who doesn't know? The steward smiled and knelt down opposite Liu Bei.

Liu Bei nodded and said, "That's it, very good." ”

This will be the intention of buying salted wood, slowly said.

The steward smiled and nodded: "Since Shaojun has spoken, my Tian clan should help me." Salted wood has to be transported by sea, which takes a long time. And it coincides with the snow, the road is muddy, and there are many inconveniences. How many days is it possible? ”

"Yes." Liu Bei also remembered the ancient adage that 'from the first month to the end of the season, you must not cut down trees, and silverfish will be born'.

The steward smiled, "That's the benefit of salted wood." After being soaked in seawater, the eggs and insects are all dead. There will be no worms. ”

"That's great!" Liu Bei also knows the truth that salt can sterilize.

was about to ask the price, but the steward asked: "Lousang hemp mat, can it be sold by Tian's family?" ”

Liu Bei was stunned. Then wake up: "Sell Liaodong, or sell the north and south of the river?" Liu Bei asked him if he wanted to be a state-level agent or a national general agent.

"Naturally, it is sold from north to south." The steward replied with a smile.

Seeing that Liu Bei bowed his head and was silent, the steward said again: "If Shaojun agrees, the salted wood needed by Lousang Village will be supplied in sufficient quantities by the Tian family, and nothing will be taken." ”

It turns out that the bait is here.

Liu Bei asked again: "If it is handed over to you to sell, what should I do if I want to sell it?" "It's not the only general generation.

"It doesn't matter. As long as the Tian family is sold in sufficient quantities, the rest of the young monarchs can sell on their own. The steward laughed.

"So, you have time to come to Lousang." Liu Bei agreed.

"Thank you, Shaojun!" The steward knelt on the ground and bowed.

"Hurry up, please." Liu Bei hurriedly helped each other through the case. Why salted wood can prevent fire, ask deeply, salt can extinguish oil fire.

Everything was ready, Liu Bei happily got on the horse and returned to Lousang Village.

The newly annexed people are busy building a cottage. The huts are lined up along both sides of the village road. Take a few strong bamboos and bundle them into columns, nail them into the roadside ditch, row the bamboo on the ground, cover the thatch into the eaves, build four walls, live near the water, but it is also convenient.

It doesn't take three days, and the grass house is completed.

Climb the building and look into the distance, live along the village road, like two long snakes accompanying each other, it is magnificent.

The ancestral fields that Liu Bei's family had just recovered from their second uncle were all sold.

Fertile land is ten thousand dollars per acre. The homeless people could not pay, so they let them buy on credit. In this way, more than 100 households can be settled in Qimin first.

Seeing that the people of the sect had no land to sell, the old patriarch came to look for Liu Bei. Can you hire some handmaids and domestic servants to replenish the number? Liu Bei thought about it, but still refused. Qi Min and domestic slaves obviously have different identities. One was a commoner, the other was a slave.

Since you don't want to be taken as a house slave, why don't you hire it?

Liu Bei's eyes lit up. That's where the calculations come in.

After all, the ancestral hall is a place to worship ancestors. I always boil glue mats in it, and it is not suitable for a long time. So, Liu Bei wanted to build a workshop in the village to specialize in making mats.

Thinking of the Tian family commercial building he saw earlier, Liu Bei named the mat workshop as Lou Sang Bed.

"Four" refers not only to shops, but also to workshops.

"Hundreds of workers live in a shop, in order to make it happen", it is said that the workshop is a shop.

The name "bed" can be understood not only as a shop selling bedding, but also as a workshop for making bedding. Kill two birds with one stone.

Liu Bei had already thought of the way: "The dormitory can hire them, sign an employment voucher, and be paid according to work like the Zongren." ”

A coupon is a contract. In ancient times, there was a saying that the three emperors and five emperors had knotted the rope and dissolved the contract. The bronze inscriptions in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty are the earliest contracts that can be examined in physical objects. The development of the Han contract was quite complete. There are buying and selling vouchers, loan vouchers, lease vouchers, employment vouchers, slave purchase vouchers, marriage certificates, shilling vouchers (wills), etc., almost everything.

There are three elements for the establishment of the voucher: the minimum identity of both parties to the contract must be the people of the household; There must be witnesses and guarantors; The content must be truthful, legal, compliant and consensual.

The legal effect of the bond is very strong, and once it takes effect, both parties need to earnestly perform it.

There are also three penalties for defaulters: agreed fines. Debt collateral. Punish according to the law.

What Liu Bei wants to sign is an employment voucher.

The old patriarch sighed: "If there are no constraints, things will not last long." After learning and leaving, what can I do? "The old patriarch is worried about stealing from the master to learn the arts, so it is best to take him as a house slave.

Liu Bei said with a smile: "There is no secret to make mats. Dividing them into teams, each of whom only peeks at one of them, is also meant to be on guard. Besides, the cost of hemp mats is extremely high and very affordable. Nowadays, Lou Sang bedding is well-known in the world, and the world knows that we are authentic. Even if someone can make it, everyone in the world knows that it is a counterfeit. Celebrities and gentlemen will abandon it. ”

"I see." The old patriarch's suspicions suddenly disappeared. In the final analysis, the high-end bedding that really makes money is sold to high-ranking officials and celebrities. These people think of themselves as high-minded, so how can they buy fakes?

Seeing that the old patriarch was smiling, for fear that he would say 'real people' Liu Bei again, he found a reason to send him away.