This is not the only blueprint designed by Cui Wei, what Bai Shan sees now is only a corner of it.
After he was helped back to his residence, he only took a sip of tea before taking Bai Shan to his study, and took out seven or eight drawings from the study, each of which was half the size of a table, and spread them out for Bai Shan. look.
There are rough ones and some fine ones, he picked out three and put them together for Bai Shan to see.
Because the table was not big enough, he asked someone to take a piece of cloth and spread it on the floor, and then put the drawings on it. The doors and windows were opened, and the sky was shining in. Disgusting that it was not enough, he even lit candles.
This blueprint is like a beautiful scroll, with piers, houses, and streets lined up one after another, in an orderly and symmetrical manner, even the other courtyard built by Bai Erlang is marked in it.
Bai Shan fell in love with it just by looking at it. Yes, this is exactly the Longchi Wharf he envisioned, even more orderly than Laizhou Wharf.
Bai Shan became excited, and asked, "Master Cui, have you estimated how long it will take to build this pier?"
Cui Wei looked up at him and said, "Based on the current speed, it will take at least ten years."
Bai Shan's blood turned cold.
Cui Wei took it for granted, and said indifferently: "So I just drew this blueprint, and adults don't necessarily need to follow it to build, but it can't be frugal here without the transition."
Bai Shan rubbed his chin and asked, "Master Cui, is he afraid that I don't have money?"
Master Cui said "Yes", and asked with some expectation: "Master Bai has enough money?"
"Not enough." Bai Shan glanced at the houses and streets on the drawings, and shook his head decisively.
Even if the saltworks make more money, it will be difficult to raise enough money to build houses in a short period of time, not to mention the wharf.
The wood, stone, and craftsman's craftsmanship needed there are not cheap.
Master Cui's heart turned cold, and his eyes fell on his blueprint again. What can I say if I don't have money
Bai Shan rubbed his chin and said, "Money is never the most important thing, the most important thing is people!"
Well, there is no other way to think about the money. He has plenty of ways to let people build houses, but the manpower and craftsmen needed to build the dock...
Bai Shan looked at Cui Wei, "Master Cui, you have worked in the Ministry of Industry for many years, so you can't let me go through the back door?"
Cui Wei ignored him.
Bai Shan surrounded him and persuaded, "Your blueprint is so well designed, what a pity if it can't be realized?"
He said: "If the Longchi Wharf is really built according to your plan, as long as it takes a hundred years, not only the people here, but the whole world will be able to remember Mr. Cui. This is an achievement that will go down in history."
Cui Wei is not an ordinary official of the Ministry of Industry, he is from the Cui family.
As a literati from aristocratic family, there is a special kind of affection for being famous in history. When there is no chance, Cui Wei is willing to do what he loves wholeheartedly;
It is a huge temptation to be able to do what you love and have the opportunity to live forever with your favorite career.
Cui Wei thought about it.
Bai Shan looked at him eagerly.
Cui Wei raised his eyelids to look at him, with a suspicious look on his face, "Master Bai has no money, so what's the use of just asking for someone? I found him, can you afford it?"
Bai Shan immediately said: "There is still money to support people."
Cui Wei lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "Just building a pier is not a great achievement. If the houses behind the pier are chaotic, what's the difference from other piers?"
Bai Shan promised: "My lord, don't worry, you can just build the pier boldly, leave the rest to me, and I will definitely let the houses and streets behind the pier be built according to your drawings."
Cui Wei narrowed his eyes and stared at him, "Really?"
"Really."
Cui Wei began to think about it. In fact, he still has some people in his hand.
After all, he has been in the Ministry of Industry for many years. Although he is a little withdrawn, he also has some familiar master craftsmen. The master craftsmen have a group of small craftsmen under their hands, and he also has a little face in the Ministry of Industry.
If he voluntarily requested, Han Shangshu should send some people to him.
Cui Wei thought for a while and then said: "I heard that Lord Zhou delivered the baby for the young lady of Han Shangshu's family before, opened her belly to take the child, and kept the mother and child. If she intercedes, Lord Bai just wants to call more craftsmen to come over. Not impossible."
Cui Wei is withdrawn, but his background and IQ are also there, so he is very flexible, it all depends on whether he is willing or not.
Bai Shan looked at him quietly, "Master Cui is really thoughtful, what else?"
Cui Wei smiled slightly and said: "I can call some people, and Master Zhou intercedes. If Han Shangshu is willing to raise his hand, then the number of people who will come is almost the same. If it is worse, I will call some people from home." that is."
Bai Shan rolled his eyes, "From the Cui clan?"
Cui Wei: "... Lord Bai thinks beautifully, but Cui doesn't have that ability."
If it is his home, it is his own home!
He doesn't have the ability to transfer craftsmen from the Cui clan, and he won't have it in his lifetime.
Because he was obsessed with fortifications and arithmetic, some elders in the family thought that he had ruined the style of the family, and the branch he belonged to was rejected. Although he would not decline, it was difficult to speak in the family.
Fortunately, his elder brother can think about it, he doesn't blame him, and he is allowed to mess around outside.
It is also because Cui Wei likes fortifications. When he was young, before the absurdity of the family gave him up, he bought many craftsmen to raise in his own village, and even exchanged some craftsmen with some families in the clan. In my own village.
Cui Wei decided to write a letter back and asked his elder brother to send them too.
Bai Shan was overjoyed to get an approximate number of people, so he began to search in his own home, but the number of craftsmen in his home was limited, only a few sporadic ones, except for a few who were good at building houses, carpenters had the most.
Bai Shan sighed, there are too few people, and it is not worth the loss to let them come, it is better to find ready-made people to train.
There are only two small villages near the Longchi Salt Field, and it is also very lively at this time.
After Bai Shan closed the saltworks, they had a hard time for a while, but they got better soon.
One is that Baishan needs a lot of workers to build a pier here. At first they thought that building a pier was more laborious than boiling salt, but after getting used to it, they found that it was the same, and the wages for building a pier were higher than boiling salt;
The second is that more and more craftsmen come here, and when there are more people, they need to eat and drink. Although the food, vegetables and meat in the construction site are transported from the official fields outside every day, occasionally when the vegetables and vegetables are not enough to eat, the big kitchen on the construction site will also and buy from them.
Besides food and drink, there will be other expenses, such as wear and tear of shoes, clothes and socks. A group of big men can't repair them, and women in the village can do some needlework to make money. In general, life is better than when there was a saltworks. better.
They were very happy, but they didn't know that Bai Shan was standing at the bottom of the hill looking at their territory, and said to Bai Erlang: "Their house has to be demolished and rebuilt."