Chapter 173 - 172: Wanting the Artisan to Have a Good Future
After dinner, while there was still some of the sunset’s afterglow in the courtyard, Cheung Wusi took Wong Qiao outside and asked him to explain how their tents were connected and how the method differed greatly from those he had seen before, including the military tents used in the army.
Moreover, the fact that they could be setup so swiftly, without any prior preparation, and completed within just one or two days was an efficiency he insisted on seeing for himself.
Nanny Jin, Nanny Liu, and the maids and old woman servants were cleaning up the pots and pans after dinner. Qi Jia was in the courtyard, following Nanny Jin around, asking questions, and then running over to where Wong Qiao was, listening to him talk about things he did not understand.
Ye Xinyan was chatting with Qi Younian inside the house.
"Your Third Uncle was not idle either, he had work in his hands. But after your Fourth Master received the letter I sent, he thought that if your Third Uncle continued working with a small Water Wood Works in Hezhou," Qi Younian said, glancing at Ye Xinyan and explaining, "That’s what you referred to as the construction industry."
Ye Xinyan hurriedly smiled and said, "Grandfather, just speak in your own professional language. What I said was just the ramblings of an outsider, calling things at random."
Before she had acquired the book "Construction Regulations," she really did not know that the ancient construction industry was called "construction," and the ancient term for a construction team was even more interesting – Water Wood Works. It did not sound like the name of a construction crew at all, but rather like a little wooden house amidst mountains and waters.
Furthermore, a mason like her grandfather in the construction industry was not called a mason, but Waterworks. Carpenters were called Wood Works, and there were also Tile Works, Bamboo Works, Painting Works, and so on – oh, the knowledge points.
