The drawing that Lin Ximan showed him did not include the open space on both sides. It was only a drawing of the five courtyards. Now was not the time to start large-scale construction.
This house used to be a mansion. When the house was revealed, you could see that the wood on top was all made of small-leaf red sandalwood. Now due to maintenance issues, some of the wood is a bit deteriorating and of course has to be replaced, so corresponding wood is needed.
In order to create an extra room, the original tenants removed the carved columns and beams, and this one also needs to be installed again. There is a carver, but the wood is really hard to find.
There are also many places in Lin Shihao’s decoration drawings that need carving, such as partitions and indoor moon doors, which are all wood carvings. They are beautiful, but the wood is waste.
Master Wang had told Lin Ximan that six small-leaf red sandalwood trees were needed to fill the gap. But if it was installed according to this drawing, it would take at least 20 pieces of wood.
The other foreman's surname was Bai. He had many more questions about Lin Ximan's construction drawings than Master Wang, because many of them were things he had never seen before.
Fortunately, they were all modern things. Lin Ximan explained them to him carefully, and he understood a lot.
When she brought the materials, she found that she had brought six pieces of small-leaf red sandalwood for Master Wang, and another twenty pieces of golden nanmu, as well as some pipes, wires, floors, tiles, sanitary ware and other things that Foreman Bai needed. Master Wang was stunned when he saw these things, as they were things he had never seen before.
Especially the pipes used for central air conditioning are incredible. This thing doesn’t exist in China yet, and they have never seen it.
Lin Ximan explained them to him one by one, and made it clear what these things were used for. After seeing the real things, Foreman Bai understood their uses even better, which made Lin Ximan feel more at ease.
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