Although there are no brick kilns or bricklayers in the Western Region, fortunately there are still many carpenters.
Basically every village has people who can do carpentry work, but in Yin Leya's territory, ordinary people have a very bad impression of the lizard people.
More or less, some of their relatives or friends died at the hands of the lizard men, and they both hated and feared these bandits who lived in the swamp.
Even though Li Yu had asked the lizard people to take off the giant lizard heads that could be worn on their bodies so that they would not look much different from ordinary humans in appearance, when they heard that they were going to work in the land where the lizard people lived,
, even if Li Yu was willing to offer double the reward, no one was willing to respond.
In the end, Li Yu could only find five carpenters from the Black Rock City next door, plus the assistants they brought, a total of twelve people.
After some testing, Li Yu retained two of the carpenters who were skilled and honest enough, as well as the three assistants they brought with them. The remaining people paid a hard fee and asked Yin Leya to send someone to take care of the carpenters.
They sent it back.
Li Yu hoped that the two carpenters and their assistants could stay for a long time.
Talents are the most scarce at all times, especially those with professional skills.
The lizard people looked at the carpentry masters per capita and built treehouses. Everyone participated in it and it was in full swing. Anyone could help out, but they took a wild route. When the work came out, it highlighted a bohemian look. In addition, in addition to treehouses and some of their commonly used
Nothing can be done except with wooden tools.
There is still a long way to go to meet Li Yu's requirements.
In comparison, the two carpenters are much more reliable. One of them is human, in his early forties, because his father is a carpenter, and he has developed a good craftsmanship from childhood.
The other person is a half-orc, he is exactly one hundred years old this year, and when he is strong, he can work as hard as two people.
Both of them had participated in the construction of the castle. They were mainly responsible for building the outer scaffolding, various temporary wooden sheds, and the arch supports. The human among them also presided over the construction of bridges. As for the construction of various types of furniture, even more so.
That's out of the question.
They also carry a complete set of tools, including hammers, axes, saws and chisels.
Li Yu still used the old method of throwing money at people.
The price offered was double their usual income, and they could get two days off for every five days, in exchange for them settling down permanently on this land.
Both of them were obviously moved.
Among them, the half-orc carpenter nicknamed Nine Fingers quickly agreed, while the remaining middle-aged people seemed a little hesitant.
Black Rock City and Green Field are not far away, and he has heard a little bit about what happened here, even though the man named Merlin repeatedly assured him that the lizard people's crisis had been properly resolved.
In the future, no one will rush out of the swamp to burn, kill, and loot around here, but when it comes to the safety of himself and his relatives, he cannot afford to be careless.
In addition, there is another point that worries him, that is, there are no believers of the Silver Moon Goddess in this land. All the people living in this land are pagans who believe in a strange god named Saturday.
This made the middle-aged carpenter very uneasy.
Li Yu could understand this uneasiness, so he went to Taobao and bought a wood planer for fifty-five yuan and gave it to the middle-aged carpenter as a housewarming gift.
The latter was soon deeply shocked by this small tool that could easily flatten the surface of wood. He was fascinated by it and held it in his arms day and night, wanting to dig it wherever he went.
In the end he agreed to stay.
In addition to the three assistants they brought, there were five carpenters in the territory. Li Yu assigned fifty lizardmen to help them, forming five carpentry teams.
On the other side, the designer Li Yu contacted also sent over the completed design drawings.
In all his years as a designer, he has never received such a strange order.
As soon as the client came up, he stated that he wanted a brick and wood structure and not the most common reinforced concrete as building materials. This was fine. After all, these days, people are building pure wooden houses. Although there are fewer and fewer brick and wooden houses, it is not the same.
How outrageous.
But the next request shocked him. The other party didn't want him to design the electrical and running water, nor did he need a toilet or bathroom. However, the kitchen needed a chimney, and the flue had to be connected to the sleeping kang in the bedroom.
The designer looked at it and took it back to his childhood, thinking that he might have met a fellow villager. Isn't this design the same as the Northeast Kang in his hometown?
He couldn't help but become enthusiastic when he spoke. At the same time, out of professionalism, he couldn't help but ask one more question, "Boss, what are you going to do with this toilet?"
Li Yu replied, "I'm going to build a public toilet outside. Well, one that can be shared by more than a dozen households."
The designer dreamed back to his childhood again, and immediately understood, "Aqua toilet! Don't look for someone else to boss, I will give you a copy of the design of the aqua toilet. These things are everywhere, just treat it as a friend, but
Do you really not want water and electricity?”
Dry latrines and heated kangs are relatively common even in rural areas now. However, these days there are not many places without water and electricity, especially electricity. Many deep mountain ravines have wires inserted into them.
Li Yu didn't explain, and just continued typing, "No, please make the design drawings and send them to me first. If there are no problems, I will come back to you when building a public bathhouse."
Although there were still many doubts in his mind, the designer sent the first version of the design plan to Li Yu two days later. After reading it, Li Yu put forward several modifications.
After the designer made further changes as required, Li Yu asked him a few more questions this time a day later. However, this time there were no revisions. Most of them were related to the specific construction, and some were very naive.
The designer answered patiently, and Li Yu finally expressed his satisfaction.
So not long after, the designer packaged and sent over the complete design plan, including land size, building area, cost estimate, construction parameters, various architectural drawings, structural drawings and water supply and drainage drawings.
Li Yu also happily paid the balance.
Overall, this was a transaction that both parties were very satisfied with. Although the designer felt that the client's request was a bit strange, he didn't take it too seriously.
At this time, he had no idea that this was just the beginning of a long collaboration between the two of them. In the future, the things the other party asked him to help design would only become more outrageous each time.
And his self-consciously mediocre design works will soon become popular throughout the Bratis continent, worshiped by countless stonemasons and carpenters, and even lead a massive art trend.
Of course, these are things for later.
This chapter has been completed!