The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Today, the emperor came to the manor, and with such a big show, the attendant naturally followed him, but he was not qualified to enter the hall to eat with the royal family, so he could only stay in the corridor.

Of course, the manor would not let him go hungry, and a separate portion was prepared for him to fill his stomach.

As for him outside, he could write whatever he wanted while watching the happy scene inside, but one thing was that he should be a mute at the door, and not say anything unhappy when everyone was in high spirits, otherwise, Li Yuan and Li Shimin would think of changing someone else to do it.

The attendant was only responsible for recording beside the emperor, not for speaking, and the one who was responsible for speaking was the Imperial Censorate.

It was better for everyone to do their own job.

After lunch, Li Fu and his wife took everyone to the side hall to rest for a while. If they were sleepy, there was also a place to rest in the mansion.

However, since they came here to attend the housewarming party, they were more interested in Li Fu's new house.

I also want to know what the house looks like, and why it took so many people three years to build it.

Therefore, after a short rest, the couple took Li Yuan and others to stroll around the house, introducing them to the scenery and facilities in the house.

The bedrooms in the house are equipped with separate ground heating. When the weather is cold in winter, they can directly burn the ground heating, and the couple will not have to stay on the kang in the side room like in Chang'an City.

But then again, being able to stay on the kang in the winter is also a kind of atmosphere.

"I thought that in winter, ordinary people can't afford to use floor heating in their homes, so we can simply promote the kang." Li Fu said: "Nowadays, all the new houses in the village have kangs. People always have to cook, no matter if it's two or three meals a day, and they cook with fire. There is a stove in the next room. When cooking and burning fire, the heat will go through the kang hole, the flue, and finally go out through the chimney. The kang in the middle will be warm. By the way, the heat emitted by the kang will also warm up the house, so that people can spend a warm winter."

"If this is the case in the houses of the people, it would be suitable." Li Shimin thought: "Promote Is it troublesome? "" No trouble, it will not use any money in itself, but it is also a craftsmanship. If the pan is not good, the pot is not good to burn the fire. Li Fu said: "I have drawings on my side." Li Shimin nodded: "Okay, then look at the drawings first." Go out for a while to see the houses on Zhuangzi? In fact, Li Fu had wanted to tell Li Shimin about the kang a long time ago, and Li Shimin had seen it when he came to the farm for dinner.

In the past, they had eaten hot pot on the kang in the old house when they came here in winter.

But the court was in trouble both internally and externally before, so Li Shimin didn't care about it.

Now that things have settled down, he naturally puts more focus on the people.

Every winter is hard for the people of the Tang Dynasty.

In winter, the weather is cold, there is no work to do in the fields, and you stay at home. If you are lucky, you can find some odd jobs outside and help others.

But most of the time, there is no work to do.

Winter is not a season for work. Even in the farm, everything stops in winter.

Winter is a time for all things to rest and recuperate, but ordinary people have to live. If they don't work and earn money, they can only survive the winter by relying on the grain harvested in the fields in autumn. They can only survive by tightening their belts, year after year...

Even in the Zhenguan period, the world is stable, but in the cold winter, there are still people who can't survive the winter.

Li Fu and Li Shimin went to the study, and Li Fu quickly found the drawings of ordinary houses built on the farm to show Li Shimin.

"When my second brother came to the farm before, he only saw the outside of those new houses, and didn't go inside." Li Fu smiled and said, "Now those houses are already occupied, and the farmers on the farm have gradually moved in."The next batch will be replaced in the new house."

"You paid for them to repair it and let them replace it?" Li Shimin asked curiously.

When he came to the manor last time, he didn't care about these issues.

"I paid for the repair. The number of houses is limited. It is definitely impossible to replace all of them at once. This year, more than half of the second phase of those houses has been built. By autumn, another batch can be replaced. They also have to pay." Li Fu explained: "If they don't pay, there are few houses and many people. Who will be given first and who will be given later? This will cause problems, so they still have to pay."

"Because there are a lot of things on the manor in the past two years, and there are many people employed. They have work to do. Just earning wages has earned a lot. If they have money in their hands, they are still willing to pay for replacing houses."

"When people earn money and save money, isn't the purpose still to make their families live a good life? Replacing houses and letting the family live a good life, this money is not wasted. "

Li Fu said, handing the blueprint to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin unfolded the blueprint on the table and looked at it carefully.

"This blueprint is simple."

"How complicated can the houses where the people live be? It is enough to meet their daily needs." Li Fu smiled and said, "That's it. The main structure of the new house is two-story, which can meet the needs of a large family.

"The main structure facing north and south is two-story. When the walls were built, they were all made of stone, which is very solid."

"There are side rooms on the east and west sides, and the stove is here. It is not separated by a wall. Inside is the bedroom, and the smoke duct runs along here." Li Fu pointed to the marked on the blueprint while speaking and explained to Li Shimin.

"When the weather is hot in summer, we can't burn the kang, and there is a stove outside." Li Fu said, "Build a stove in the open-air shed, so that you can cook with fire, and the house will not be hot."

Now it is winter to solve the heating problem by cooking with fire.

The next step Li Fu planned to do was to mine coal.