Chapter 604 Folk Skills

It has been half a month since Niu Huaiyuan led his students to Furong Guji. In this half month, their party ate and stayed in Furong Hotel. Every day, there was a special car to pick them up and drop them off. The county cultural center, the county magistrate office and the county government office sent a staff to accompany them. What kind of research to do, whether to climb on the roof or drill holes in the ground, or to tear down the wall to take materials, can be solved quickly.

With the assistance of government departments, Niu Huaiyuan's research can get twice the result with half the effort. The work efficiency in Furong County is completely incomparable to Sanfang Qixiang. Sometimes, he was fascinated for a moment. When he explained the formation history, structure, culture and other related knowledge of these ancient buildings to the students in detail, he could also find the convenience and arbitrariness of a similar "classroom" at any time, which made Niu Huaiyuan and his students have a good impression on 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 in Furong County. The first step is to dig roads, demolish redundant buildings and move trees. In the old county, there is a main street, which is also a provincial road. In Niu Huaiyuan's plan, the first thing to do is to open the main street, dig out all the cement pavement and lay slates. Let the motor vehicles disappear from the main street.

The second thing is to tear down the extra self-built buildings. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the gradual increase of the family population, the housing of the masses began to be tight, and they put on another layer of "clothes" outside the room. Building some houses next to the original houses, accounting for more than 50% of the ancient buildings in the county. Now all these buildings must be demolished, so that the ancient buildings can show their true appearance and restore their original appearance.

This kind of practice has a certain protective and destructive effect on ancient buildings. The earlier the building is built, the less damage will be to the house. For the rooms built in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Niu Huaiyuan also proposed to participate in the demolition in person, like the demolition of the wall near the ancient building. He even had to do it himself. Demolition of brick by brick, digging with a handful of mud and one with mud.

Zhu Daidong can't bear to refuse Niu Huaiyuan's enthusiasm for work, but he especially told the urban construction department that if it is Professor Niu's own house, he must ensure his safety. For Furong County, Niu Huaiyuan is like a treasure. It should be worshipped well, and there must be no loss.

As for moving trees, it is to increase the green area. From the period of large steelmaking, the greening of the county seat of Furong County has basically increased again. Entering the county seat of Furong County, in addition to the trees planted by the people themselves are growing happily, there are only seedlings with thick arms on both sides of the main street. This It was specially planted, otherwise it used to be bare.

Especially on both sides of the main street, after the new excavation, there need to be a large number of old trees of a certain age. A large number of trees must be transplanted around the ancient buildings and in the courtyard. People rely on clothes and Buddhas on gold, and ancient buildings also rely on good trees to match, so as to have a more atmosphere and create a quiet environment.

"Professor Niu" for the first and third articles, the county can now start to work, but I'm afraid it's not easy to demolish the built buildings for a while. Zhu Daidong said that in addition to the in-depth reconstruction of the county road, in the west of the old county, the main street of the new county has been built, and the bypass highway has also been repaired. In the future, if you pass through Furong County, you generally do not need to enter the city.

All the short-distance bus stations and long-distance bus stations in Furong County should be moved to the new county first, and the bus lines in the county have also been extended, which does not affect people's travel. Therefore, the main street of the county is now going to be excavated, and there is no problem.

"If it's not easy to do, you have to do it. If those illegal buildings are not demolished, how can we talk about the protection of ancient buildings?" Niu Huaiyuan said dissatisfiedly.

"Yes, yes, the highway needs to be dug up, and the illegal buildings need to be demolished, but Professor Niu, you have to give me a period of time. Many of those illegal buildings are used as the master bedroom. Suddenly, they have to be demolished, and many people have no place to live." Zhu Daidong apologized and said that it was his dereliction of duty to let the people still live in such a shack.

To fully solve the living conditions of the county residents, I'm afraid it will be after the new county is completely completed. This will be a relatively long-term process. "Well, we can now start to protect some ancient buildings that have not built illegal buildings." Niu Huaiyuan nodded. If he let the people promote the place of residence for the protection of ancient buildings, this is also what he does not want to see.

"Professor Niu, as for the protection, you just need to guide, and let those young people do the specific protection. With you and your students, I'm afraid you are willing to do enough for those heavy work. Zhu Daidong said with a smile that Niu Huaiyuan and his students are intellectuals. It's okay to talk. Let them do it. Unless it's some fine work, they have to tire them up.

"This is exactly what I want to tell you next. My students and I are only responsible for designing the plan and providing certain guidance. The specific construction needs to be done by a professional company. Niu Huaiyuan said that this is not an ordinary building restoration, and it can be done by hiring a few cement workers. The restoration of ancient buildings must have certain professional skills, which can't be done by finding someone on the street.

"Professional company? Professor Niu, we don't have such a company in Furong County." Zhu Daidong said, this is still a troublesome thing. I'm afraid there won't be a few such professional companies in the province.

"There is no company, you can set up," Niu Huaiyuan said with a smile.

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

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

It was precisely because he learned about the first building almost in person or by the students that he found that there are actually many folk artists in the folk. Moreover, these craftsmen in Furong County are all learning through very traditional teachers. Some architectural crafts, in today's people, look outdated, but in the eyes of Niu Huaiyuan, they are very authentic.

Their skills have been passed down from generation to generation. Their masters or ancestors have even personally participated in the construction of those ancient buildings in the current county. These 50 or 60-year-old craftsmen, many private houses with the architectural characteristics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties 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.

"Is there such a good thing? Well, I will immediately ask someone to organize them and set up a new engineering company under the county construction company to repair the ancient buildings. Zhu Daidong immediately said that there has always been no shortage of talents among the people, but only the Bole who finds talents. Now Niu Huaiyuan is equivalent to Na Bole, and only he can find these people and make use of them.

"It doesn't matter whether they set up a company or not. The important thing is that they have to bring a few apprentices now, or there will be a shortage of people." Niu Huaiyuan said that some of these people have also brought apprentices before, but now those apprentices can't find a job and can only change their business. And most of them have not received apprentices. These skills with traditional characteristics are not taught by everyone. Moreover, since the opening of the grass, such skills that have nothing to do with modern times, some young people, even if you want to teach them, no one will want to learn.

Over time, these skills will form faults. If it takes another ten or twenty years, after these people die, I'm afraid that Furong County will have to go outside to repair the ancient buildings in the county and hire expensive professional companies.

"There's no problem. I'll ask someone to arrange it right away." Zhu Daidong said happily that these people can easily find the right apprentice in the county construction company. In construction companies, there are many people in carpentry, masonry, masonry and sculptor, but these people learn modern construction technology. Now under the door of these old craftsmen, I believe it won't take long to enter the room.

"I didn't expect to find so many talents here. It seems that I have to re-estimate the cost of the restoration of the ancient buildings in your county." Niu Huaiyuan said that the cost of the restoration of ancient buildings is quite high, and the proportion of labor costs is also very large. Everyone who participates in the restoration of ancient buildings can Talents, even if they want to build a new brick, can't be done by anyone.

"What the county lacks most now is money. If it can be saved in this aspect, the county can do more work in other aspects." Zhu Daidong said that Niu Huaiyuan told him last time that if all the Ming and Qing Dynasties buildings in Furong County were to be repaired, it might cost about 1 billion yuan. This is a real astronomical figure for Furong County. If it hadn't been for Zhu Daidong and others, I'm afraid that the idea of protecting and restoring ancient buildings would

How much can a billion do? The construction of the new county in Furong County, the underground drainage system, the reform of education to grass, the reform of medical care to grass, and the reconstruction of highways, can be done well with only one billion yuan. The Standing Committee of this matter has also caused a fierce debate. Even the people of Chang Huaiqing and Chu Chaohui, who have always been convinced of Zhu Daidong, do not understand Zhu Daidong's approach. In the end, although they all unified their thoughts, some people still didn't turn around in their hearts.

"Congratulations. With more than 20 old craftsmen and more than a dozen of their apprentices, if you can bring out another 50 to 100 apprentices, this Ming and Qing Dynasty building restoration company will have enough manpower. And the cost of repairing ancient buildings in Furong County can also save nearly 300 million yuan in labor costs," Niu Huaiyuan said.

"Three hundred million?" Zhu Daidong said in surprise that more than 100 people's labor costs 300 million yuan. Isn't it possible for everyone to become a millionaire after this project is completed?