Chapter 604 Folk Techniques (please ask for three monthly tickets)

Niu Huaiyuan has been leading his students to Furong County for half a month. During this half month, they all lived and fed in Furong Hotel. Every day they traveled, they had special cars to pick them up and drop off. The county cultural center, county annals office and county government office each sent a staff member to accompany them. No matter which building they wanted to see, what kind of research they wanted to do, whether they climbed up the roof, drilled holes on the ground, or demolished walls and retrieved materials, they could be quickly solved.

With the assistance of government departments, Niu Huaiyuan's research was twice the result with half the effort. His work efficiency in Furong County was not comparable to Sanfang Qixiang. Sometimes, he was even fascinated by it and could find similar "classrooms" at any time when explaining the formation history, structure and culture of these ancient buildings to the students on the spot. This convenience and randomness made Niu Huaiyuan and his students have a good impression of Furong County.

After half a month of research, Niu Huaiyuan has come up with a preliminary plan for the maintenance and protection of the old county town of Furong County. The first step to do is to dig roads, demolish excess buildings, and move trees. In the old county town, there is a main street, which is also a provincial road. In Niu Huaiyuan's plan, the first thing to do is to use this main street to dig out all the cement roads and lay stone slabs to allow motor vehicles to disappear from the main street.

The second thing is to demolish the excess self-built buildings. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the gradual increase in family population, the people's housing has begun to be tense, so they put on another layer of "clothes" outside the room. Building some houses next to the original houses accounted for more than 50% of the ancient buildings in the county. Now all these buildings must be demolished to let the ancient buildings reveal their true appearance and restore their original appearance.

Such practices have a certain protective effect on ancient buildings and a certain destructive effect. The earlier the building is built, the lighter the damage to the house. Niu Huaiyuan also proposed to participate in the demolition of the room built in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. For example, he even had to take the demolition of the wall close to the ancient building. He even had to take the initiative to demolish one brick after another, and dig handfuls of mud and mud.

Zhu Daidong couldn't bear to refuse Niu Huaiyuan's enthusiasm for work, but he specifically instructed the urban construction department that if Professor Niu took the initiative, he must ensure his safety. For Furong County, Niu Huaiyuan is like a treasure, and must be well-supported and must not lose any losses.

As for moving trees, it is to increase the greening area. Since the period of steelmaking, the greening of Furong County has basically increased. When we enter Furong County, except for the trees planted by the people themselves, there are only seedlings with arms as thick as arms on both sides of the main street. This was specially planted after Zhu Dai came to Furong County, otherwise it would have been bare before.

Especially on both sides of the main street, after the newly dug, there are a large number of old trees of a certain age. A large number of trees must be transplanted around and in the courtyard of ancient buildings. People rely on clothes and Buddha rely on gold, and ancient buildings also rely on good trees to match them to make them more atmosphere and create a quiet environment.

"Professor Niu, the county can start working on the first and third items, but the demolition of the buildings may not be easy to deal with for the time being." Zhu Daidong said that in addition to the deepening of the reconstruction of the county highway, to the west of the old county town, the main street of the new county town has been built, and the ring road has also been repaired. In the future, vehicles passing by Furong County will generally not need to enter the city if they are passing cars.

The short-distance bus stations and long-distance bus stations in Furong County must all be moved to the new county town first, and the bus routes in the county town have also been extended, which does not affect people's travel. Therefore, the main street of the county town is now open for excavation, so there is no problem.

"We must do it even if it is difficult to deal with. If those illegal buildings are not demolished, how can we start to protect ancient buildings?" Niu Huaiyuan said dissatisfied.

"Yes, yes, the roads need to be dug, and illegal buildings must be demolished, but Professor Niu, you have to give me some time. Many of those illegal buildings are used as master bedrooms. Suddenly, it is necessary to be demolished at once, and many people have no place to live." Zhu Daidong said apologetically that letting the people still live in such sheds was his negligence.

To completely solve the living conditions of county residents, it may only take after the new county town is completely built. This will be a relatively long-term process.

"Okay, we can now start protecting some ancient buildings that have not built illegal buildings." Niu Huaiyuan nodded. If the people were asked to promote their residence for the sake of the protection of ancient buildings, this was something he did not want to see.

"Professor Niu, as for protection, you only need guidance. For specific protection, let the young people do it. With you and your students, you may have the will to be too hard for those heavy work." Zhu Daidong said with a smile that Niu Huaiyuan and his students are all intellectuals, and it is okay to move their mouths. If you want to let them do it, unless it is some fine work, they will have to exhaust them.

"This is exactly what I want to tell you below. My students and I are only responsible for designing the plan and providing certain guidance. For specific construction, we have to hire a professional company to do it." Niu Huaiyuan said that this is not an ordinary building restoration, and you can just hire a few cement workers to do it. The restoration of ancient buildings itself requires certain professional skills, and you can't just find someone on the street to do it.

"Professional company? Professor Niu, there is no such company in Furong County." Zhu Daidong said that this is still a troublesome thing. There may not be many such professional companies in the province.

"If there is no company, can it be formed?" Niu Huaiyuan said with a smile.

"You seem to have an idea?" Zhu Daidong's eyes lit up.

"I found a few older craftsmen in your Furong County. I found that they also know a lot about the construction of Ming and Qing buildings, but they have not been systematically studied, otherwise they can be called experts of Ming and Qing architecture." Niu Huaiyuan said that because of the intervention of government departments in Furong County, he could have a detailed understanding of every Ming and Qing buildings in Furong County. Not only that, he could also conduct in-depth visits to the residents living in it to understand their living habits, family background and historical status.

It was precisely because he had almost personally or students who knew the first building that he discovered that there were actually many folk artists among the people. Moreover, these craftsmen in Furong County learned their skills through very traditional apprenticeships. Some architectural craftsmanship seems to be outdated by people today, but in Niu Huaiyuan's eyes, it is very authentic.

Their skills were handed down from generation to generation. Their masters or ancestors even personally participated in the construction of ancient buildings in the current county town. These craftsmen in their fifties and sixties, many of the houses with the characteristics of Ming and Qing dynasties in Furong County since the founding of the People's Republic of China, were built by them. In Niu Huaiyuan's eyes, these people are the best ancient building restoration engineers.

"There is such a good thing? Okay, I will immediately ask someone to organize them and set up a new engineering company under the county construction company to restore ancient buildings." Zhu Daidong immediately said that there has always been no shortage of talents among the people, and all they lack is the Bole who discovers talents. Now Niu Huaiyuan is equivalent to the Bole, and only he can discover these people and use them.

"It doesn't matter whether a company is established or not. The important thing is that they have to bring a few apprentices now, otherwise there will be no successors." Niu Huaiyuan said that some of these people used to have apprentices, but now those apprentices cannot find work and can only change careers. Most of them have not received apprentices. These skills with traditional characteristics are not taught by everyone. Moreover, since the reform and opening up, some young people, even if you want to teach them, no one wants to learn them.

Over time, these skills will form faults. If in ten or twenty years, after these people die, Furong County may have to go outside to hire expensive professional companies to restore ancient buildings in the county.

"There is no problem, I'll ask someone to arrange it right away." Zhu Daidong said happily that if these people want to find their apprentices, they can easily find them in the county construction company. There are many carpenters, masons, tilers, and carving workers in the construction company, but these people learn modern construction techniques. Now, under the disciples of these old craftsmen, I believe that they will enter the house without long.

"I didn't expect to find so many talents here. It seems that I had to re-estimate the cost of restoring ancient buildings in your county." Niu Huaiyuan said that the cost of restoring ancient buildings is quite high, and the proportion of labor costs is also very large. Everyone who participates in restoring ancient buildings can be regarded as a talent. Even if it is just a brick, it is not possible for anyone to do it if you have to build a piece of brick.

"What the county lacks the most now is money. If we can save some money in this regard, the county can do more work in other aspects." Zhu Daidong said that last time Niu Huaiyuan told him that if all the Ming and Qing buildings in Furong County were to be restored, it would cost about one billion yuan. This is a real astronomical figure for Furong County. If it weren't for Zhu Daidong, if it were someone else, he would have given up the idea of ​​protecting and restoring ancient buildings.

How much can one billion do? Furong County’s new county construction, underground drainage system, education reform, medical reform, and highway reconstruction can only be done with one billion. This matter also caused too fierce debate at the Standing Committee. Even Chang Huaiqing and Chu Chaohui, who have always been convinced by Zhu Daidong, did not understand Zhu Daidong’s approach. In the end, although they unified their thoughts, some people still did not turn a corner.

"Then congratulations. With these more than 20 old craftsmen and more than a dozen of their apprentices, if they can bring out another fifty to one hundred apprentices, this Ming and Qing construction restoration company will have enough manpower. The cost of restoring ancient buildings in Furong County can also save nearly 300 million labor costs." Niu Huaiyuan said.

"Three hundred million?" Zhu Daidong said in surprise that more than one hundred people's labor costs 300 million yuan. Wouldn't everyone become a millionaire after the project is completed?

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