One by one, Liu An moved the cloths and silks into the room. Because there were too many counters to fit in, Liu An simply placed them neatly in the corner of the clothing store.

This also facilitates the shopkeeper to check the logarithm.

By the time Liu An finished moving all the cloth, he was panting from exhaustion and out of breath.

Although a piece of cloth is not heavy, it cannot withstand dozens of trips back and forth.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly poured a glass of warm water for Liu An, and also brought him a matza for him to sit down and rest.

While Liu An was resting, the shopkeeper went to the corner to check the quantity of cloth and silk and verify the quality.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Liu An, who had rested for a while, had regained his breath. The shopkeeper also finished inspecting the silk cloth, so he went to fetch Liu An the gold cakes and scattered copper coins weighed behind the counter.

"The silk is 36,200 yuan, and the fine cloth is 75,000 yuan, totaling 111,200 yuan. These are 11 gold cakes and 1,200 copper coins. Please check it, Liu Jun."

The shopkeeper specially brought Liu An a small sack, put all the money in it, and handed it to Liu An.

"Thank you, shopkeeper." Liu An suppressed his excitement, took the sack, counted the gold cakes inside, and when he saw that the number was correct, he raised his hands and said to the shopkeeper: "In this case, I won't disturb the shopkeeper, take my leave!"

"Why don't Mr. Liu come to the courtyard and talk to me so that I can get closer to Mr. Liu?" the shopkeeper persuaded.

"This..." Liu An was a little moved. He could get a lot of useful information by chatting with businessmen.

But thinking that I still have a lot of things to do today, I can only say with regret: "I am not trying to criticize the shopkeeper's face, but I am really busy with many things now. When I have free time, I will come to your door to bother you. I hope the shopkeeper will pay attention to it."

After saying that, Liu An bowed and expressed his apology.

"In that case, I won't force Liu Jun to stay. We will talk about it someday." The shopkeeper smiled and was not angry at Liu An's refusal.

Liu An said goodbye and left the garment shop and went to Zhang Fu's carpenter's shop.

On the way, Liu An saw how valuable pure cotton cloth was, and secretly made a plan to plant cotton next.

Liu An didn't know when cotton was introduced to China, but judging from the appearance of the shopkeeper, there should be no cloth spun with cotton threads now.

In fact, Liu An should have noticed this earlier. When he bought the quilt, it was filled with poplar catkins or kudzu.

Originally, Liu An thought that quilts filled with cotton or animal hair were higher-end quilts with extremely high prices, so he did not ask the boy if he had any cotton quilts, but directly chose the discounted poplar quilt he saw at the time.

Including clothes, when Liu An heard the prices of those good clothes, he immediately lost interest, so he didn't know what materials those clothes were made of.

Except for Gongsun Zan, Liu An has never seen any other high-ranking officials, so naturally he doesn't know what materials they wear.

Unexpectedly, there was no trace of cotton on the market at this time!

Calculating based on the price of cotton cloth, if Liu An planted all 10 cotton seeds, he would be able to sell them for a huge price after harvest!

Cotton is sown around April in the Gregorian calendar, exactly one month later than potatoes. After planting potatoes, you can wait a while before planting cotton.

When we arrived at the carpenter's shop, the clerk saw it was Liu An and directly told Liu An that his teacher was in the backyard.

After Zhang Fu saw Liu An, he came up to him with a smile.

"Did Liu Langjun expect that the wooden box was completed? Why did it come so early?"

"Oh? The wooden box has been finished?" Liu An also looked surprised.

Yesterday, Zhang Fu said it could be completed as soon as today, but he didn't expect it to be completed early in the morning.

"If Mr. Lang doesn't know, then he is here to transport ceramic bricks this time?" Zhang Fu was puzzled.

"No." Liu An shook his head and said, "I want to build a few houses. I came here to ask Master Zhang to recommend some craftsmen who know how to do this. Unexpectedly, the one who came here was just in time."

"These apprentices of mine all know a little bit about this and should be able to help. However, it is more secure to hire two more bricklayers. But... I don't know if Liu Langjun wants to hire craftsmen alone or directly complete the construction of the house.

Pack it out?"

"What's the difference between the two?" Liu An didn't know anything about the rules of building houses in the Eastern Han Dynasty, so he could only ask for advice humbly.

"If you hire individuals, you only need to pay each person on time, but Liu Langjun has to prepare the materials needed to build the house. If it is a full package, Liu Langjun needs to inform the foreman of the scale and requirements of the house, and then

The foreman will give the price, and all the bricks, tiles or wood needed to build the house will be settled by the foreman, and Liu Langjun only needs to wait for the house to be built."

Zhang Fu saw that Liu An didn't understand the matter of building a house, so he patiently explained it carefully.

Liu An heard it. The former of the two options took more effort, but purchasing the materials yourself might save a lot of money.

For the latter, you don't have to worry about it after paying the money, and you don't need to worry about waiting for the house to be handed over, but the charges will probably be much higher.

Liu An will definitely choose the former. There are many trees on his wasteland, and they have to be cut down anyway. Why not use them directly? Although the cut wood needs to be reprocessed, just hire a few more carpenters, and these wood can save money.

Bet a lot of money.

Secondly, his family has free labor, and he can also leave it to the victims to do felling of trees or some simple and unskilled reprocessing.

After thinking about this clearly, Liu An said to Zhang Fu:

"To be honest, I have dozens of acres of wasteland that I want to renovate. There are many trees on it. The house I want to build is right here, so I can use local materials. And I have more than 100 young people in my family who can help with some rough work. Zhang

Master, how many carpenters and bricklayers would be most appropriate to hire in this situation?"

"I wonder what specifications Liu Langjun wants to build?"

"First we will build a house measuring three to four feet square, and then we will build four or five more, and then we will build a wall covering three acres of land."

"So and so..." Zhang Fu pondered for a moment and gave a suggestion: "Liu Langjun can hire 5 bricklayers and 10 carpenters, which should be enough."

"Thank you so much, Master Zhang." Liu An bowed his head and thanked him, then asked, "I don't know where to hire people?"

"Haha!" Zhang Fu laughed loudly and said cheerfully: "If you trust Zhang, you can leave this time to Zhang."

"That's great!" Liu An had limited energy, so it would be best to have someone to help him.

Zhang Funeng has so many apprentices. He must have been in the carpentry circle for many years and must have a wide network of contacts. Business just happened to come to him. He wanted to do some work for his disciples and acquaintances. Liu An also understood.

"By the way, I need to dig a well. Master Zhang, does he know who I should look for?"

There was no water source near the camp for the victims, and it was not an option for Liu An to secretly use endless water bottles to replenish water every day. Over time, the secret would definitely be exposed, so the sooner he dug a well, the better.

"If the young men of Liu Langjun's family are willing to contribute, we only need to add two more bricklayers."

Liu An could see that Zhang Fu was really thinking about him and did not trick him into hiring more people just because he didn't understand, so Liu An felt relieved.

"Okay, that's it. I just don't know how to calculate the commission?"

"How about 15 yuan per person per day, and Liu Langjun takes care of the food?"

"Hmm..." Liu An didn't expect that the labor force in the Han Dynasty was so cheap. One person only paid 15 yuan a day. Even if he was in charge of food, he could only eat less than 10 yuan a day. Calculating, one person only paid 25 yuan a day.

Thinking that one piece of clothing costs hundreds, Liu An suddenly understood why his ex was wearing such tattered linen clothes in the middle of winter.

When Zhang Fu saw that Liu An was silent, he thought he was too expensive, so he explained: "Mr. Lang, these craftsmen all have skills. No matter where they go, they will be more expensive than hard laborers who know nothing."

Zhang Fu's words shocked Liu An even more. He thought the commission was cheap, but he didn't expect it to be even cheaper.
Chapter completed!