"Is it all set, I don't have that much money." You Miao wiped her mouth, put the empty bowl aside, and said, "It's okay to turn it over 70% new."
"We can't rely on us for 70% of the new ones." The older craftsman who spoke first said, "Young master may have to hire someone, and there's not enough wood. Look at the windows and doors, there's not even a single piece of it. …”
You Miao often dealt with that group of businessmen, so how could he not know what these two guys meant in secret? Just wanting to increase wages, You Miao said rudely: "You want to change the door, I don't want to. Look at the things carved in this hollow flower, pear wood, don't fool me, This is the wood that the young master uses at home."
You Miao knocked in front of the two of them and said, "In this kind of place, the rivets are only rusted and broken, but the wood is not a problem, just add two rivets, or you will tear down the door of Xiaoye's house. Fire? Beams and pillars don't need to be adjusted, be careful, don't break the door, you won't be able to pay for it."
The craftsman who spoke just smiled shamelessly: "This can't be done, young master, it really can't be done, we can't do this job."
You Miao knew that these two people were invited by Li Zhifeng from Anlu Village. Anlu Village was in the south, Guozhuang in the north, Jiangbo Villa was stuck in the middle. Then he said casually: "Look, you can't do it, you can't go back, I will go to Guozhuang to find someone. When the time comes, I will tell them that the young master wants to repair Shenyuan, and you people from Anlu dare not pick it up, and the people of Guozhuang listen. Guess what they have to say?"
When the craftsman heard this, he couldn't leave again, and said, "Young master, you are not being kind. Who would have known that two people would have to repair such a big garden before you came? Don't talk about knocking and knocking, we need to move something for the two of us. I don't have the strength, just to unload a few doors and plan them again, this door will cost 40 to 50 pounds..."
You Miao said, "You two are tall and big, and you can't even move a door? Li Zhifeng!"
Li Zhifeng responded, and You Miao said, "My butler is tall and thin, and I can't get enough to eat three meals a day... Li Zhifeng, bring me the water tank outside."
Li Zhifeng walked to the middle of the garden, bowed, and put his fingers into a hole in a stone pier in the garden.
For a while, the three people in the hall didn't say a word. Just looking at Li Zhifeng, the water tank only weighed a few dozen pounds, but Shi Dunzi weighed nearly a hundred pounds. With only one hand, Li Zhifeng lifted the stone pier, lifted it outside the main room, and placed it on the ground with a muffled sound.
You Miao: "Okay, take it back."
Li Zhifeng hooked up the stone pier with two fingers again, took it back, and threw it on the ground with a thud, and the dust was flying.
The two craftsmen were dumbfounded.
"This, this..." The older craftsman said, "Young master, I didn't say it. It doesn't have much to do with whether it's heavy or not. It's really difficult to handle."
You Miao said: "If you can't take it, forget it, let's walk around, what are you talking about? Look at your little stature, you are not the kind of people who do the work of the ancestors..."
"Who said that!" The younger craftsman seemed to have been greatly insulted and said, "It's your family who swindled and won't give you money! Two people do the work of ten people, you say it yourself, say it yourself Is it?"
The older craftsman was busy looking at him to stop him. You Miao sneered: "You two do ten people's work and receive ten people's money, isn't it good? The money is not short for the two of you."
The older craftsman seemed to be thinking about it, and You Miao added: "Whatever you want to carry, you can let the housekeeper in my house help you. Don't talk about it, just come and see."
You Miao led the two of them in and out, and said, "In these places, you have to fix the windows for me, the doors, and the wooden boards inside, if you want to throw them away and dismantle them, you have to ask me first, I didn't say you can dismantle them. Yes, you are not allowed to dismantle."
After turning around for a quarter of an hour, the main room, the east wing, the west wing, the guest room, the second door, the gate, You Miao looked at all the places once, and said, "This is the money for repairing the house, and I'll give you a total of money after all the money. If it's gone, don't bargain with me, I know you are hired outside, and only ten cents a day. This is ten days' worth."
The smaller craftsman was busy tugging at the clothes of his companions. You Miao knew that if you hired these two people, at the market price, it would be 200 cents for ten days. In this way, it was indeed ten people's wages. .
The older craftsman said, "Master, do you take care of the meal?"
As soon as the owner called, You Miao knew that it was okay, and said cheerfully: "Manage the rice, what I eat, you two can eat."
"My brothers eat a lot," said the little artisan.
You Miao said: "Every person is given a pound of rice a day, and two taels of wine in the evening. The excess is gone."
"Okay." The master craftsman nodded and said, "I still have to think about how to do this work for you. The young master understands. We need to finish it within ten days."
"Don't worry, you are optimistic about the places to be repaired. You can discuss it with me first. If you can't finish it, you will be done if you continue to do it. I don't blame you." You Miao said casually.
The big craftsman smiled and said, "Is it possible to make it for you quickly? The brothers have to go home for the Chinese New Year."
You Miao laughed, he actually didn't care much about the money. After all, when he was in the capital, he used to spend two dollars, and a single piece of money was not enough to buy a pot of tea in the big teahouse in the capital. It is better to have fewer people than to have more people. After all, it is easier to keep an eye on it when there are fewer people. He will not be stalked by others, and he will not quarrel with his own people among the craftsmen, and he will not be lazy and do not work.
Li Zhifeng squatted under the porch to eat breakfast, You Miao drank tea slowly, and the two craftsmen met in Shenyuan. You Miao ignored them, and Li Zhifeng and Li Zhifeng took the prepared packages and went out to enclosure.
I didn't go around carefully before, but now I started to leave. You Miao found that Jiangbo Villa was so big that even he was a little scared. As far as he could see, it was all a large open space. It was a pity that it was a pity.
Nine thousand acres of land, so two hundred acres are planted, and even a fraction is not enough, and the nine thousand acres have to be paid to the court every year. Although this tax was charged from Biyu Villa's account, my father probably didn't care about the money, but since he took over it, it is impossible to say that starting from next year, he would have to spend a few hundred taels of silver for the court to suck blood.
You Miao's feet were sore when he walked, so Li Zhifeng carried him on his back. The two walked through a canal that had long since dried up. The canal was winding, coming from Anlu in the south, and it was strange that the water would flow northward.
"Is the water here dry?" You Miao asked.
Li Zhifeng replied: "I asked, the water drawn from Anlu Village is not flowing now."
Youmiao came down to the ground, bowed and grabbed some soil, distinguishing the color between his fingers, and said, "Bring some water."
Li Zhifeng prepared a wooden cup in his luggage, poured some water out of the leather bag, and You Miao melted some mud into the water, and found that the soil quality was actually quite good.