North America 1849, from Gold Rush to Warlord

Chapter 22 Take your money and leave my house

A few days later, job seekers attracted by the high-paying positions filled almost all the positions in Huamei Company.

One hundred and twelve improved foot-operated sewing machines provided by three authorized manufacturers are also basically in place.

All personnel and machinery were deployed to the vacant workshops at the shipyard, and production of jeans and prefabricated houses officially entered full swing.

The first batch of thousands of pairs of jeans and thirty prefabricated houses have been produced.

The most pressing issue is sales!
Sunday was the day when Bishop Evan personally presided over the farewell service for the victims of the "Barbara" shipwreck at Dolores Church.

Almost all the important people in San Francisco were present!
It was still early, and the church doors hadn't opened yet. Some prominent figures who had arrived early gathered in the square outside the church, exchanging greetings and forming small groups to discuss matters.

Every worship service is not only a religious ceremony, but also a social occasion for these leading figures.

At this time, two freight carriages drove into the square.

A dozen workers came with the carriage, wearing strange blue bell-bottom pants, and unloaded neatly arranged wooden boards from the carriage.

"What are they going to do?"

Under the curious gaze of a group of dignitaries, a group of workers skillfully pieced together the wooden boards.

In less than half an hour, two wooden houses, twenty feet long, ten feet wide and nine feet high, were built steadily and stood in the center of the square!
"What...? What kind of wooden house is this? How did it get built so quickly?"

"Wow! This is a miracle! I've never seen a house built so quickly!"

Driven by curiosity, a group of prominent figures and the bustling crowd in the square were all attracted by this wooden house that was built out of thin air in a very short time.

"Squeak!"

The tightly closed door of the wooden house suddenly opened.

Out of the wooden house, a tall and plump beauty with golden hair walked out!
And such a beauty was not wearing a skirt!

She was wearing a pair of blue bell-bottom pants!

These seemingly ordinary pants look exceptionally clean and neat on her, and surprisingly charming!

"Wow!"

Everyone exclaimed in amazement!

"Beautiful lady, may I ask how this wooden house was built?"

"Excuse me, can we go in and take a look?"

Vivian smiled, leaned over and gestured, "Of course, please come in!"

Everyone rushed to get into the wooden house first.

After entering the wooden house, everyone touched here, looked there, and stomped hard on the wooden floor.

"How could a house built in such a short time be so strong? I can't imagine how they did it!"

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

Following a crisp sound, everyone realized that there was a beauty in the room!

I heard this beautiful woman handing out flyers and saying in a clear voice, "Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to our Eden Cottage!"

"With just an eighty-dollar down payment and ten dollars a month for the next two years, you can own a perfect home!"

"Our Eden Huts are not only easy to transport, easy to build, and easy to dismantle, they can be built anywhere you want, and they're also sturdy and durable enough!" "We're currently having a big sale! Buy an Eden Hut and get three pairs of jeans for free!"

Daisy was also wearing neat jeans and promoting her own mobile home with a smile on her face.

"Beautiful lady, are you serious? You can own a house like this with only a down payment of eighty dollars?"

"Of course! If you choose to pay $260 in one lump sum, that's fine too!"

"That's great! We just got here and haven't been able to find a place to stay, so we're just crammed into a tent... Excuse me, where do I pay? I'm about to buy this cabin!"

"Two hundred and sixty dollars for a house is too cheap! I have to buy it right away!"

"Buy a house and get free jeans? What the heck is that? Is that the same kind this beautiful lady is wearing? They look pretty sturdy!"

"Beautiful lady, here are eighty dollars! Excuse me, where can I get it to my home?"

"I have two hundred and sixty dollars, beautiful lady. Take your money and get out of my house! And leave your pants behind!"

The prefabricated house, known as Eden Lodge, has become unexpectedly popular.

San Francisco used to be too small to accommodate the gold diggers and adventurers who flocked from all over the world.

Houses like prefabricated houses, which are cheap enough, strong enough, and extremely easy to build, transport and dismantle, are exactly what countless people urgently need!
For only eighty dollars, you can own a warm home and say goodbye to crowded, dirty, cold in winter and hot in summer, infested with snakes, insects, rats and ants, and without any sense of security in the tent. Who can resist such temptation?
Not only people who need a home, but also countless gold diggers!

They are panning for gold and surviving in the wild, and this kind of mobile house perfectly meets all their needs!
These prominent figures present were all more or less related to gold mining, and many of them had a group of gold diggers under them to help them mine gold.

Such mobile houses are also urgently needed by these leading figures.

Just as the crowd was surging and pushing its way into the wooden house, a luxurious carriage painted black and painted with gold drove into the square.

A tall and strong black servant got off the carriage first, and then a middle-aged white man with a slightly pale face, wearing a tall hat, a black bow tie, and a tuxedo, got off.

As soon as the man got off the carriage, he looked up and saw the crowded wooden house, and his brows couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"When did two more wooden houses appear in the square?"

The middle-aged man pointed with his cane: "Go ask what happened!"

The black servant hurried to inquire as instructed, and came back a moment later to tell him what had happened.

"A log cabin that can be erected in half an hour? With only an eighty-dollar down payment? And it's also incredibly easy to transport, set up, and dismantle?"

The middle-aged man's frown gradually relaxed: "Go ask again, who created this masterpiece? I want to meet their boss!"

The man pulled out his gold pocket watch. "Service is about to begin! I'm going to see him at his office after service!"

"Yes, sir!"

The church door slowly opened.

The farewell service presided over by Archbishop Evan himself is about to begin.

More than an hour later, Vivian, as an eyewitness to the shipwreck and a representative of the victims' families, stood on a high pulpit and recounted the details of the shipwreck and the rescue.

All of a sudden, all the bigwigs in San Francisco knew this lucky yet unfortunate beautiful girl!

They also heard that this stunningly beautiful girl was actually Bishop Evan’s niece!
Moreover, this beautiful girl was actually one of the creators of the wooden house called "Eden Hut" in the square!

(End of this chapter)