When the prince of no descendants found out that he had a baby, he went crazy

Chapter 158 Chapter 157 Collected a group of laborers
Because of Gu Hua's generosity, Master Mao found more people to help build the house.

On the day of construction, Gu Hua specially asked someone to go out in advance to buy firecrackers. The crackling sound created a festive atmosphere and auspicious beginning of the construction.

Just when everyone was happy, Zhang Shanhu found Gu Hua and hesitantly said that his former subordinates also wanted to stay here...

Gu Hua saw Zhang Shanhu's face, which was almost wrinkled like a bun under his beard, and guessed what he was in trouble for. So he didn't play dumb and asked directly, "Don't they have money to build a house?"

Zhang Shanhu looked at Gu Hua with a piercing gaze, and asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

Gu Hua: “…”

You've expressed your meaning so clearly, if I still can't guess it, I'd be a fool.

Gu Hua: "That means I guessed it right."

"Yeah!" Zhang Shanhu scratched the back of his head and nodded naively.

Gu Hua smiled amiably, but his words were cold and straightforward: "Didn't I invite them to come?"

"Yes." Zhang Shanhu thought that Gu Hua had indeed asked him to work for her at the beginning, and even the other subordinates under her were accepted because they recommended themselves as skilled talents.

"Since I didn't ask them to come, then I don't have to be responsible for their food, accommodation and transportation, right?"

Zhang Shanhu thought that Gu Hua was unwilling to take those people in, so he slumped his shoulders dejectedly and said, "Yes."

Gu Hua looked at the man who was in trouble and valued friendship and loyalty, and wondered how long such a man could survive in the apocalypse.

"You want me to take those people in?"

Zhang Shanhu glanced at her secretly and nodded.

"You should be able to see that I'm not a good person." Gu Hua said lightly, disdainful of pretending to be hypocritical.

It's not impossible for her to pay for building houses for those people, but there is no free lunch in the world.

“Go tell those people that if they want me to pay for their houses, they have to be my tenants for ten years.

For the next ten years they must listen to me, and we will split the harvest of the reclaimed land equally.

Ten years later, I distributed the reclaimed land to them for free according to the number of people, and they became their own private farmland.

You ask them whether they agree or not. If they agree, they can sign and seal the agreement. If they don’t agree, they can leave on their own or find a place to build a house to live in.”

Zhang Shanhu was stunned that it could be done this way.

The honest man who couldn't keep up with Gu Hua's thinking still obediently conveyed what she said to those people. Anyway, he had tried his best, and Zhang Shanhu didn't care what choice they made.

Gu Hua admired Zhang Shanhu, a man who was loyal and righteous but not excessively kind-hearted. So she was willing to give him face and keep those people so that they would not be bullied by bandits from other hills when they returned.

After hearing what Zhang Shanhu said, those people thought about it and felt that the conditions proposed by Gu Hua were fair and did not exploit them.

The real tenants who rented the land from the landlords would, at best, split the land 60% to 40%. But if they encountered a cruel and exploitative gentry landlord, the split would be 30% to 70%.

Besides, no employer would pay for building a house for the tenant to live in. Thinking of this, those people felt that Gu Hua was a good person.

The profiteer Gu Hua smiled as he saw those people coming over here. He called Gu Chen and Chen Ling to come over to write a contract and asked them to sign it. In this way, he accepted a group of free laborers under fair and voluntary conditions. Gu Hua looked around and saw that there were mountains all around. The Bashu region of Daxuan was more like the modern Yunnan region. Under normal circumstances, there was a lot of rain here, and there were many mountains. In ancient times, transportation was not convenient. It was indeed not a good place.

However, after Gu Hua came here, he saw that this place was entirely mountainous, with sparse and barren fields. Under normal circumstances, it would be very difficult for people exiled here to live a good life.

So, after coming here again and seeing this situation.

When Gu Hua was looking for a suitable place to live some time ago, he paid attention to the geographical environment of this place and felt that it was very suitable for terraced fields built on the mountain.

So after taking those people in, she went around again to check, and when she found it feasible, she began to write and draw the style of terraces built around the hillside.

On the other side, Master Mao personally led a group of people to build Gu Hua's villa on the hillside. The people he called to work with him were busy building houses for others on the flat ground below.

During this period, when Wang Hanyou and Gu Jitang's group were preparing to find someone to build a house at the foot of the mountain with soft soil.

I don't know who was kind enough to spread the message that if a house is built there and there is a heavy rain or rainstorm, it is very likely to suffer from mudslides.

It’s a pity that good words cannot persuade the damn ghost.

The group of people firmly believed that it was Gu Hua's people who wanted to laugh at them, causing them to be homeless in the winter, living in tents outside, and suffering from the cold in Egypt.

So they simply don't listen to the words of those who are trying to remind them.

A few wealthy families over there built courtyard houses next to the mountain, like the Chen, Shen, and Sun families. The poor also built houses with adobe walls and brick roofs.

It took more than a month.

The houses where most people lived were gradually built, leaving only Gu Hua's villa halfway up the mountain at the foot of the mountain, which still needed the final finishing work.

The Chen family's house was built next to the slope at the foot of the mountain. The fourth branch where Gu Chen lived, Gu Jikun's family, the Shen family, the Sun family and the Shan family all lived in it.

Datou, who is a carpenter, used the tools bought by Gu Hua, such as axe, saw, chisel, and plane, and worked hard to make doors, windows, and furniture.

Lin Mi cut the bamboo and started his life as a craftsman.

When the house took half a month longer to build than other houses, and was simply decorated and ready for living, Gu Hua led people in and saw that there were not only wooden furniture, beds, tables and chairs...

There are also bamboo beds, bamboo stools, bamboo chairs, bamboo loungers, mats, coasters, curtains...some rooms are even covered with bamboo floors. Gu Hua couldn't help but sigh that craftsmen have been really amazing since ancient times.

October 28th is a good day to move.

After Gu Hua moved in with his people, he wanted to go to the mountains to hunt some big fish and bring them back to treat everyone to a house-warming feast, and then let Master Mao and others who had been busy for a month or two leave.

Master Mao knew that life was not easy nowadays, so he declined, saying, "I appreciate Mr. Gu's kindness, but I won't eat."

Gu Hua did this to thank Master Mao for leading this group of people during this period of time and getting up early and working late to help them build the house before the coldest time of winter arrived.

Moreover, Master Mao personally led the team to help her build a small villa. What she didn't expect was that Master Mao, an experienced construction master, did not fool around at all. He laid a more solid and stable foundation. The house he built was both solid and beautiful. She should treat him to a meal.

Watching the heroic and valiant Gu Hua waving her hand and leading her people into the mountains, after a month or two of getting along with her, Master Mao also discovered that she was not an ordinary weak woman.

He smiled and stopped saying no.

So I didn't refuse her kindness.