Then everyone followed Yang Fan to Xinghe Iron Factory.
The desolation of this area surprised Xu Guangqi. He didn't know that there was such a poor place besides the prosperity of Zunhua City.
When I saw the outer wall, I felt even more chilled. It was like the wall had collapsed and the house had collapsed.
The walls have collapsed in many places, and the houses are all shabby thatch sheds.
Fortunately, the craftsmen and apprentices looked good and had shiny faces, unlike those in other factories, which made him feel better.
He doesn't know that he eats all these things from kitchen waste. He eats a lot of fat these days.
When I entered the factory, I found that the yard was very clean, with not a single leaf on the ground. Not to mention, there were garbage everywhere, sewage flowing across the ground like other factories, and there were even gifts that made people's fortunes stepped on carefully.
When I saw the factory building, although it was made of wooden pillars and straw curtains, the equipment and tools were all complete, arranged in an orderly manner, and cleaned cleanly. I couldn't help but nod my head.
There is a wooden plaque hanging on the beam, which reads, "Spend less to do more, don't spend money to do big things." This is the factory motto of Xinghe Iron Works.
Xu Guangqi was confused. He could understand that if he spent a little money, he would get a lot of things done. What the hell was this?
Through conversation, I found out that several old craftsmen were quite good, and there were also some good talents among the apprentices. Only then did I feel relieved.
Finally, when I saw the three discontinued blast furnaces, they were very tall and of very good quality, and I finally agreed.
"Mr. Xu, you see, my factory has ten acres of land, and it covers a vast area. If it is not enough, you can buy more from the government on the wasteland outside. You can use one of these three blast furnaces. Master craftsman and apprentice, we will cover all the materials.
What do you think?"
"These old men are satisfied, but the living conditions are really, really simple."
"Don't worry about this. I will start building a new house in the next few days. I will never let you live in these straw huts. I guarantee you will be warm in winter."
After all the problems were solved, Xu Guangqi decided to focus the research and development of new cannons here. After he returns to Beijing, he will send some people to carry out research work under the leadership of Song Yingxing.
After these people left, Zhao Fu came up and asked if he really wanted to build a house. There were only two months left before winter, and he might not have enough time to build both a house and a school.
Yang Fan has made up his mind to turn this place into a fortress. This is where he will settle down and live, and he must build enough to protect his safety. As for his residence and school, he plans to buy some cotton tents, plus a briquette stove, to spend the winter in North China.
Still no problem.
Yang Fan returned to the small courtyard. Xiao Niangpi and Yao Guang were already awake. They were sitting in the main room eating hot pot. Seeing him coming in, Xiao Niangpi rolled her eyes. She ignored him. It seemed that she still remembered what happened yesterday.
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Yang Fan was not polite and asked Xiang Yi to bring over chairs and bowls and chopsticks, and sat down directly to eat.
"Yaoguang, I want to renovate this place. Do you have any suggestions?"
"You finally have to start repairing your turtle shell."
"Don't say it so harshly. That turtle shell is my 30,000-square-foot mansion."
“It’s not just a castle”
Yang Fan thought that there were many rules in architecture in this era, so don't accidentally cause trouble.
"Master Tushan, my subordinates want to demolish this place and build a new house. I don't know if the laws of the Ming Dynasty allow it."
Xiao Niangpi swallowed the blinds in her mouth, glared at him, and said slowly and logically: "Bring me the drawings. Who knows if you can't exceed the limit by saying something like this in a general way."
Yang Fan snapped his fingers, "You can have this."
He turned around and entered the room, took out a few pieces of paper and handed them over. They were all architectural drawings printed online.
Xiao Niangpi looked at the first one, curled her lips, and said: "This is not good, this will be punished." After that, she threw it aside.
Yang Fan picked it up and took a look, well, this is the drawing of the Bastille.
"This won't work either. The tower is super high, higher than the Hall of Supreme Harmony. You have to go to heaven!"
Yang Fan picked it up and took a look, well, this is Neuschwanstein Castle.
The rest of the Hohenzollern Castle and so on are all useless.
At first glance, it looks like a military castle, and you are going to rebel.
Yang Fan had no choice but to give her the last one. This was the style of later generations of residential buildings. It was just in the shape of a zigzag. The first floor was for factories and warehouses, ten meters high. The second and third floors were for housing, but the windows to the outside were smaller.
A fence made of thick steel bars was also installed.
The open space surrounded by buildings on all sides is where the blast furnace is placed. On the north side is Yang Fan's small yard.
"How high is this house?" Tu Shanyue tilted her head and looked at the drawing.
"About five to six feet tall."
"This is okay. It's not as tall as the Drum Tower in the city, so it should be fine."
This house was designed by Yang Fan himself. The outside is continuous convex, a bit like the horse face of a city wall. The wall is planned to be built with cement and stone. The outside of the factory building is three meters thick and the inside is one meter thick. There are no windows on the outer wall.
And any openings are pure walls.
This thickness of concrete cannot be blasted by the artillery of this era.
Black powder blasting is also difficult to explode. After all, it is not explosive.
A parapet and battlements are built on the roof of the building, which can be used as a city wall.
The residential part is more than ten meters high, and the exterior wall is one meter thick and is also made of stone concrete.
The exposed windows are only one foot square, and are equipped with thick steel bars. They are poured directly into the cement and are very strong. People from outside cannot get in. People inside can be used as shooting holes to release bows and arrows and crossbows.
And firecrackers.
The open space enclosed by the zigzag houses happens to be the current factory area.
Yang Fan planned that the construction would not affect production. He would first build a new house on the outside, and continue production inside as usual. After the outside house was built, the inside would be demolished directly.
"This house is fifty feet long and thirty-four feet wide (150 meters long and 102 meters wide). Such a large area cannot be built in three or four years." Xiao Niangpi said thoughtfully.
"It won't take that long. I have a special method and it can be done in a year at most." Yang Fanxin said that I had prepared so much steel bars and cement, so how could it take so long.
"I want to buy all the surrounding wasteland. Master Tushan, do you have any connections with the county government housing? Help me clear it."
"Hmph, do you look down on me if you come to me for such a trivial matter? You go and find that poisonous snake. It's not a matter of Master Ruan's words. But you have occupied all the land. What will these poor people do? They have no money to rent.
House to live in.”
Yang Fan gave a thumbs up in his heart. Even if the little girl has all kinds of faults, her kindness is worthy of respect. After working in Dongchang for so many years, she still has compassion. She is really untainted.
"I will recruit all these people who are willing to work, and I will take care of their food, housing, and wages," Yang Fan said.
"You still have a conscience, huh," the little girl curled her lips.
"By the way, where is my hundred households? I have to go and see."
The little girl rolled her eyes and said, "You still know that you are a member of a hundred households. I thought you had forgotten about it a long time ago. I came to you this time to take you to go through the handover procedures."
In the afternoon, Yang Fan and Tu Shanyue went to the Zunhua Guard Commander's Office in the city to handle the handover procedures for hundreds of households. Naturally, a small household like Yang Fan could not see the commander. There was only one commander to receive and handle the matter, and Yang Fan verified
After all the formalities, it will be stamped directly.
Yang Fan also accepted the red envelope of ten taels of silver prepared by Yang Fan.
After leaving the door, Yang Fan asked: "Master Tushan, where are you going now?"
"Stupid pig, of course you have to go to your shit house to have sex with your ex."
This chapter has been completed!