Chapter 41 New Style Desk and Chair

  In the early morning, Qin Yu woke up from his dream, rubbed his numb legs and muttered to himself, "This breathing technique is indeed amazing, I can even fall asleep while sitting."

  Qin Yu finished speaking, stretched his waist and got up to wash, welcoming the arrival of a new day.

  The method of exhalation and inhalation in Qin Yu's mind came from nowhere, Qin Yu felt that this was what the lazy Taoist had passed on to him. As for its specific effects, the lazy Taoist didn't tell Qin Yu. At first, Qin Yu thought it was some kind of internal skill or true Qi-refining technique, but unfortunately, it seemed not to be so.

  No feeling at all, at most it's just a spiritual thing, but as soon as he thought of that pervert Taoist's perversion, Qin Yu's heart was burning again. The art of breathing has been around since ancient times, unfortunately, it was almost lost later on. Qin Yu planned to persist in practicing and see what gains he could get.

  Breakfast was simple, just a little rice porridge and two cold dishes. These few things were still snatched up by Cheng Huailiang and Cheng Huaimo, leaving Qin Yu helpless.

  After having breakfast, Qin Yu hurried to the separate courtyard used for brewing wine. At this moment, unrelated personnel were prohibited from entering, and there were six house guards standing guard at the entrance. In fact, it was not necessary to do so now, after all, so many soldiers were guarding Qingfeng Residence.

  Although the soldiers were guarding only sweet potatoes, Sun Erniang insisted that it must be so. In her view, Qin Yu's distillation technique absolutely could not be seen by others, so she insisted on doing so.

  Qin Yu arrived, and Sun Erniang welcomed him with a joyful face. Since the equipment was assembled, Sun Erniang had not left this place, even sleeping here, showing how much she cared about brewing.

  "Master, we can start brewing now." Sun Erniang said with a smile on her face.

  Sun Erniang was already thirty-five or thirty-six years old, but her skin was very white and looked young. Even the sound of her voice was full of temptation.

  Qin Yu swallowed his saliva and said, "Alright, let's start then. Qingfeng Residence still has some grain that was collected previously, which can be used for a period of time."

  "Yes, young master." Sun Erniang said, and immediately ordered her servants to start transporting the grain. Qin Yu looked on for a while before leaving, as staying here would not allow him to brew wine immediately, and it was also taking up space.

  Qingfengju didn't have any tables or chairs, only a food case. Qin Yu couldn't take it and after returning to his room, he picked up his brush and drew several types of tables and chairs. Looking at the improvement in his painting skills, Qin Yu smiled, "Not bad, not bad, it seems I still have the potential to become a great painter."

  Qin Yu was pleased and drew a portrait of Sun Erniang, but soon his face stiffened, "Alas, there's still room for improvement."

  Only under Qin Yu's brush, Sun Erniang looks like the stunning and peerless Shi Liu Jie in modern movies. It's enough to see how powerful Qin Yu's painting skills are, but he doesn't have any artistic cells at all.

  Qin Yu's drawings of tables and chairs would have been impossible without the help of a simple compass and ruler.

  "Go and call the carpenters over." Qin Yu ordered the maid waiting by the door.

  "Yes, young master." The maid replied in a crisp voice and immediately went to find the carpenter with quick steps. Qin Yu looked at the maid's quick steps, slightly stunned, and after a moment, asked, "Who did you learn this from?"

  Qin Yu didn't notice the maid's hand covering her belly, her forehead frequently breaking out in cold sweat, otherwise she would have definitely understood why the maid was walking with short steps.

  It wasn't long before the maid led three carpenters over, but the maid had changed to a different person. Qin Yu was slightly taken aback, but didn't make a fuss about it. Who doesn't have their own affairs?

  "Young master, the carpenters have arrived." The maid called the carpenters to wait outside and entered the house herself, speaking in a voice that seemed somewhat tense, apparently this was the maid's first time serving Qin Yu and she didn't know much about him.

  "Alright, let them in." Qin Yu saw that the maid was a bit tense and immediately understood the reason behind it. He smiled slightly and said.

  As it turned out, Qin Yu's smile really made Ya Niang relax a lot, and her expression could be seen.

  The maid secretly let out a sigh of relief, and hurriedly went out to call the carpenters. At this moment, three carpenters were waiting outside with full expectation. After all, Qin Yu had never called them to work in vain, and their wages had never been shortchanged, so it was only natural that they would be expecting something.

  "The young master is calling you in." The maid said, then stood outside. When the master speaks, the servants must step aside, and the maid still understands this principle.

  The three carpenters hurried into Qin Yu's house and shouted in unison, "Your humble servants pay their respects to the young master."

  Qin Yu nodded and said, "Mm, you come over and take a look, can these things be made?"

  The carpenters hastened forward, looking in the direction Qin Yu pointed, and saw that the drawings depicted furniture they had never made before. They seemed to be chairs and long-legged dining tables, which didn't appear too difficult to make.

  The only thing that's a bit more difficult is the rocking chair, but it's not too hard for the carpenters. After all, Qin Yu has descriptions of the parts next to the finished product diagram, so even people with no skills can make it by following the instructions.

  The three carpenters looked at each other and said in unison, "Young master, this can be done."

  "Ah, that's best. You all follow the example above, but remember to polish it well afterwards, or it won't be comfortable and might prick." Qin Yu said with a smile.

  "Yes, young master. With the young master's invention of the plane, I will definitely polish this furniture to be extremely smooth. However, what kind of wood does the young master plan to use?" The older and more prestigious carpenter asked hastily.

  "This." Qin Yu's words stopped halfway, and as it turned out, Qin Yu only thought of making tables and chairs, and never thought of using that kind of wood.

  "Right, how could I forget? This is the Tang Dynasty. Those precious woods are at my disposal! Gold-threaded nanmu wood might be a bit hard to get, but purple sandalwood shouldn't be difficult. At this time, purple sandalwood hasn't become popular in the Tang Dynasty yet."

  Qin Yu thought of this and suddenly brightened up, opening his mouth to say, "Purple sandalwood, that's it, use purple sandalwood."

  Carpenters do carpentry, and although purple sandalwood has not been fully utilized, they are also aware of the existence of purple sandalwood and know that some furniture is made from it. This is no big secret among carpenters, but the price is a bit expensive.

  The older carpenter hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Young master, using purple sandalwood isn't bad, it's just that the price of this purple sandalwood is slightly more expensive..."

  "What's the price?"

  "Ordinarily, a foot of zitan wood is worth one hundred wen, but if the material is good enough, it can be sold for as much as one thousand wen per foot." The older carpenter said after some thought.

  Qin Yu heard this and let out a breath of relief, "Just use purple sandalwood, buy the largest and most substantial one possible."

  "Yes, young master." The carpenter replied with a bow.

  Qin Yu immediately took out 200 silver coins and handed them over to the old carpenter without hesitation. The old carpenter was so moved, how could he not be? This was silver, not copper coins, and yet Qin Yu had given him so many at once, which was enough to prove his trust in him.

  The old carpenter was moved to tears, bowing repeatedly and saying, "Young master, I will definitely buy you the best purple sandalwood."

  "Alright, go." Qin Yu said with a smile.

  Lao Mujiang was a slave, and even if he had eaten bear hearts and leopard gallbladders, he wouldn't have dared to embezzle funds and escape in secret. Qin Yu was still quite confident about this. Although the laws of the Tang Dynasty weren't that strict, they were like this when it came to slaves. Otherwise, there wouldn't be cases where masters could kill their slaves at will, as long as they reported it to the authorities afterwards.

  Qin Yu watched the three carpenters leave, thinking to himself, "What a bargain, it's really a bargain. If I don't buy this purple sandalwood to make furniture, wouldn't that be a waste of crossing over into this world? Hehe."

  Qin Yu didn't have any idea of protecting plants, besides this was the Great Tang Dynasty, where plants were everywhere, and Qin Yu using a little wouldn't make a difference.

  As for Qin Yu insisting on making tables and chairs, it wasn't without reason. Now they used food trays to eat, kneeling down to eat was very tiring, not to mention the numbness in their legs, it felt awkward too, so naturally Qin Yu didn't like it.

  "It seems like there's a lot of this purple sandalwood at Ah San's place." Qin Yu muttered to himself, stroking his chin.

  At this time, the maid outside came in and said, "Young master, the bricks and tiles for building the winery have arrived. Those merchants are waiting for you to go over."

  Qin Yu smiled and said "good", then left the house to meet with those businessmen.