"Study it carefully, then teach those master craftsmen once you've learned it. Let them watch. I'll teach you electric welding first... pouring reinforced concrete..."
Cement had not yet been discovered in the Black Tortoise Domain, so their floors were laid with wood or enormous stone slabs.
Of course, the wood was a special kind as hard as sheet iron, and special treatment made it much tougher than ordinary timber.
Still, it fell far short of reinforced concrete.
Wu Zi was very hardworking. He called over a dozen members of his family to join him in training welders and prefab house builders...
Electric welding was simple and easy to learn, and constructing low-rise buildings did not demand particularly high welding standards.
A Third-Grade Realm martial artist like Wu Zi had nimble hands and feet and strong resistance to heat.
He learned extremely quickly, grasping the essentials within a few hours. With a little more practice, he would more or less have it down.
Tang Wen's goal was to first build a four- or five-story "Wanda" mall in Black Tortoise City. Of course, he could not call it Wanda. It ought to be called the "Tang Su Mei Mall."
The Cloud Garment Workshop occupied over a hundred mu, which was more than enough.
When the time came, he would build two underground levels specifically for parking guests' carriages and horses.
The first and second floors aboveground would house shops and a bank, while the third and fourth would offer dining, entertainment, and so on. This was, of course, a long-term plan. He had to proceed step by step; he could not accomplish everything in one leap.
After all, Tang Wen's current construction priorities lay on Su Mei Island, not in Black Tortoise City.
That evening, Tang Wen brought several cartloads of goods