Fitzwilliam was then invited into the village by the enthusiastic lizard people, and he saw more things.
Almost everywhere the shipwright looked, production and construction were going on in full swing.
In addition to the figures wielding scythes to harvest crops in the criss-crossing strips of fields, Fitzwilliam also saw pieces of wood being pulled back from the direction of the swamp and stacked under the huts.
good.
Groups of people who looked like carpenters were picking through the hut. After selecting the wood they wanted, they started processing it on the spot.
Crab Point is located in the east of the empire, and there are almost no brick kilns there, so Fitzwilliam couldn't identify those smoking loaf-shaped buildings, and could only barely guess what the lizard people should be firing.
But he is a shipwright himself and is very familiar with carpentry work.
However, Fitzwilliam stood by the hayloft and looked at it for a while, and soon discovered something different.
Carpenters in Crab Point often use right-angled wooden rulers and compasses to measure before processing.
Especially the square ruler is easy to use, but because of its limited length, if the thing you want to measure is relatively long, you have to measure it in sections or cut out a rope of the same length first.
But here, in addition to the above two kinds of measuring tools, people use a small round cake that can be held with one hand, and a thin iron piece with a scale can be pulled out from it.
Those thin iron pieces can be pulled out a long distance, and after marking, they can snap back when you release your finger, which is very convenient.
The shipwright looked at it and exclaimed that it was amazing, thinking that if this little thing was used to build a ship, especially a big ship, it would be very useful, but Fitzwilliam soon came back to his senses.
Now that he has been exiled to the Western Region, there is no way he can build any ships.
He shook his head to get rid of this somewhat nonsense idea, and then looked down.
After completing the measurements, the carpenters began cutting. The tools used were traditional axes and wedges. If thick boards were processed, a two-man vertical saw would be used.
This was no different from the carpenters at Crab Point, but during the subsequent renovation process, the carpenters here used something that Fitzwilliam had never seen before.
It is a rectangular tool with two short handles on the side. It can be held and pushed by hand. Soon the surface of the wooden board being pushed will become flat.
In other places, this part of the work is done with chisels and axes. The efficiency is obviously not so high, and it has high requirements for the carpenter's skill level.
In addition, Fitzwilliam also saw a lot of wooden frames that had been erected in the village. The styles and sizes were standardized and they were standing neatly there. They should be planning to build houses.
I just don’t know why I haven’t started using mud to plaster the walls.
It wasn't until the boatman saw several brick houses under construction at the other end of the village that he got the answer, and he was later invited to visit a brick house that had already been built.
It was the first brick house built in the village, with gray tiles and red walls, two bedrooms and one living room, and a kitchen attached. There was a chimney on the roof, and the flue was connected to the sleeping kang in the bedroom.
The brick house itself does not occupy a large area, about sixty square meters, which is only half the size of the most common thatched hut on the continent of Bratis.
However, all rooms are separated by brick walls, forming independent spaces. In addition, the floors are also paved with tiles, no longer the original dirt floor.
This will keep you dry even when it rains, and it can also prevent poisonous insects from emerging from the ground. In addition, the waterproofness of the tiles covered on the roof is much better than thatch, and there will be almost no raindrops even if it rains heavily.
Falling inside the house also greatly reduces the risk of fire.
In order to take care of his sick sister, Fitzwilliam
After arriving in Greenfield, he stayed in Teacup Castle and was not assigned to the farm yet. However, other members of the family who were sent with him have already arrived at their new home one after another.
When Jane's health was almost recovered, the shipwright also visited the nearest ones.
For nobles who are accustomed to living in towns and castles, their residence in the green fields may be slightly better than a dark dungeon.
At least there is sunshine and some freedom.
However, apart from these two things, other places are not much different from dungeons.
There were also no beds and furniture, a messy environment, leaky walls, doors and windows, and a strong stench left by livestock in the house, which could not be cleaned no matter how hard it was.
Once it rained, wooden buckets had to be used to catch the water. Some people couldn't bear the rain and the place where they slept was leaking. They went to the farm manager and asked for help. The reply was that they would fix it themselves.
This is not because the manager is deliberately bullying these newcomers, because after renting these houses to farmers, they are indeed maintained by the farmers themselves.
It's just that most of the nobles of the Weiting family don't know how to repair roofs. Some people wanted to challenge their limits and broke their legs. So others gave up the idea and could only continue to live like this.
In comparison, the brick houses that people are building in this village on the edge of the swamp can be called luxurious.
Even compared to Fitzwilliam's original residence, it is not much different.
In addition to the houses for people to live in, each room at uukanshu.com www.uukanshu.com is also equipped with a small courtyard with a pigsty and a livestock shed. In this way, humans and animals are also separated, and there is almost no smell in the house.
Fitzwilliam looked envious.
The first brick house in Green Field was naturally given up by the lizard people to Li Yu, the prophet, to live in.
However, Li Yu is away from Bratis most of the time, so the actual owner of this house is the maid Clara.
She has now joined Shuangxiujiao. The Christian name given to her by Li Yu is Mary. I don’t expect her to discover polonium and radium one day. I just hope that she will not waste her intelligence and talents, at least she can learn and do things.
Be more serious.
However, as of now, Li Yu's hope has come to nothing.
After seeing Fitzwilliam, the little maid's eyes immediately lit up. She opened the drawer behind her with a smile, took out a small square box from it, and said to the shipwright.
"The Prophet is not here right now. He will not come back until midnight tonight."
Fitzwilliam nodded, "It's okay, I can wait. It's very interesting here and there are a lot of novel things. I want to hang around outside more."
"We can talk about Zhuanzhuan later," Clara said with a serious look, "You said you want to join the Shuangxiu Sect, but do you know what the most important doctrine of the Shuangxiu Sect is?"
The shipwright was stunned when he heard this, and then he immediately said respectfully, "Please give me some advice."
"Enjoy life. Every believer who believes in Saturday should have a deep understanding of the importance of rest and entertainment. Come and let me teach you now."
Clara opened the card box in her hand as she spoke.
This chapter has been completed!