The correct way to open the elf

Chapter 79: Simple and Luxurious Commercial Housing
Many halflings who migrated to avoid the cold were envious when they saw the farmers of the Heimer clan using the almost unlimited supply of water resources in the wasteland to irrigate their own flat land. However, they were not from the Heimer clan and were not familiar with Feng Yu, so they could only sigh at the sight of the fields.

Of course, Feng Yu asked Allen to find someone to deliberately release the news of the land distribution to each household in order to attract the halflings to settle here.

Now the opportunity has come. Feng Yu once again spread the word to others. As long as they help them make bricks and build houses for a month, they can be allocated 20 acres of land next to the next canal to be built before farming, and they can farm freely.

In order to prove the authenticity of the news, Allen personally organized the spread of the news and recruited workers because Feng Yu promised him a house with transparent glass.

Feng Yu used a wooden model to show Allen, Dick and others the house he designed. These people began to look forward to moving out of the tent and living in the house designed by Feng Yu.

After all, it was just publicity and recruitment. This was not the first time that Alan had helped Feng Yu with this job, so he was very skilled at it.

Dick was also assigned by Feng Yu, and his salary was naturally the same as a house that was still on the drawing. Feng Yu was not ashamed of his behavior of selling pre-sale properties, and he used it very well.

Dick's job was to take a steamboat, carrying a 10-pound can of salt, and collect wood along the Snowy Mountains. As long as the dwarves cut down 30 trees that met the requirements and threw them into the river, they would get a can of salt.

If you were to dare to mention this deal in modern society, you would probably be beaten to death on the spot, but in the eyes of the dwarves, this is a deal that allows them to get a huge bargain.

The area below the snow line of the Snow-Top Mountains where they live is full of Pinus tabulaeformis. There is no need to apply for a felling permit to cut down this kind of pine wood. The dwarves are all very strong, and the short-handled battle axe is also one of the dwarves' weapons. All in all, it only takes three or five dwarves working together to earn a jar of salt in a day.

After three to five days, each of these dwarves could get enough salt to feed their entire family for a year.

As for Feng Yu, he only needed to make a few small boats to fish out the logs that kept floating down from upstream in the Lengshui River.

Anthony had witnessed the charm of materials or money. During the half month that Dick had been going up and down the Lengshui River, the alluvial plain not far downstream of the camp was filled with more wood than the total amount used in the entire camp.

Feng Yu set up a steam cutting machine next to the wood pile, and the beams and boards needed to build the house were processed continuously.

The house was a simple brick house with walls made of loess mud. At least it was airtight and did not affect its use. The old houses in the village near the orphanage where Feng Yu lived were built like this. He had lived there all his life and nothing had happened. However, Feng Yu's hope of having a three-story Western-style house had long been shattered by the output of stone powder.

While building the houses, the workers dug a large well in the middle of the planned industrial residential area, built bricks and stones along the well wall, and added a roof on top. Feng Yu designed several wheels supported by iron frames to draw water for the residents.

The water pump of a steam engine must be placed near the water surface and relies on the lift force to pump water. It will be useless if placed near a well because it does not have that strong suction force.

Originally, he planned to pump water from the riverside through water pipes, but later he thought it would be better to let the residents drink groundwater filtered by the earth. After all, it is cleaner. Anyway, the groundwater here also seeps from the Lengshui River.

Besides, pumping water with a wheel is always more stable than a steam engine. The more primitive it is, the more reliable it is. This is how Feng Yu comforted himself anyway.

There is strength in numbers. Looking at the project being completed so quickly, Feng Yu felt a sense of being in charge of the whole country.

The well was not shallow and had a large mouth, with six wheels installed. As long as people did not come to fetch water at the same time, it was basically enough.

All things are difficult at the beginning. We can just fool around now. At worst we can provide running water to compensate the residents later.

In order to save bricks and stones as much as possible, the houses are built in rows, with ten houses in each row, leaving open space on the streets.

The first row of houses was built under the supervision of Feng Yu, who also taught everyone how to lay out lines and plaster walls, and trained a group of construction workers.

Due to the climate, the kitchen was placed outside the door. Next to the stove, there was a kitchen shelf made of logs, which was now filled with kitchen utensils. Next to it was a large ceramic jar with a wooden cover, which was used to store water.

The yard is surrounded by a short fence of branches, three meters wide, which is made of branches cut from logs, still with bark, and has a unique artistic atmosphere. There is absolutely no such configuration in the house on earth with a price of less than 30,000 yuan per square meter.

The fence is actually just a decoration. Halfling children can climb in and out through the gaps. It is ridiculous to use it to prevent thieves because it is less than one meter high. It is just made to look more beautiful within the scope of conditions to attract workers' desire to buy houses. Developers on Earth do this, and Feng Yu is just following suit.

The dining room and living room are right at the entrance, with wooden benches and a low coffee table against the wall and a wooden dining table and stool on the other side. However, they are all made of solid wood, with a kind of rough beauty. They are solid wood furniture that you will get ten times the price if they are fake, and they are made of top-quality pine wood, as evidenced by the fragrant pine scent.

On the low coffee table was a set of tea sets made by Feng Yu, and next to it was a large exquisite porcelain jar, which was a drinking water jug ​​for boiled water.

Although Feng Yu had seen many people in the camp drink river water directly, he still hoped to promote this healthy habit.

Next to the living room are two separated north and south bedrooms. Due to the limited area of ​​the house, neither of them is very big and there is only a wooden bed and a clothes rack inside.

Outside the back door is a utility shed, and next to the shed is a dry toilet.

The backyard was also surrounded by a fence. Anyway, the land in the wilderness was worthless, and the conditions for a villa were not met, so a garden was essential.

This design has another advantage, which is that it increases the distance between the house and the toilet. The front and back yards also increase the distance between the backyard toilet and another row of houses behind it, so as to avoid strong smells that affect the living experience. After all, there are no conditions for flush toilets here.

In order to prevent the toilet from affecting groundwater, Feng Yu buried a large ceramic jar under the toilet as a container. When the jar is full of treasures, the half-orc farmers will need them.

They would dig out the fertile fields, and that's what they did in the big toilet in the camp. Feng Yu had seen it, and he had never experienced that kind of scene before, so he vomited, which made Alan laugh at him. This was one of the reasons why Alan thought he was a pampered aristocrat.

Feng Yu’s philosophy is that as long as the problem is not too difficult, he should think of ways to solve it. After all, buying a house is not something that can be done in a day or two.

(End of this chapter)