When? In times of war! 232 Brick kiln

His clothes were thrown into a nearby pot filled with boiling water, and his clothes were boiling in it. I don't know which tailor made such a large D-M dress, and how much fabric does it cost?

Ten catties wanted to wash for a while, but Wang Hun had already kicked him out, and then several people pushed him over on a stone slab. Wang Hun smiled and pulled out the knife at his waist.

Ten catties thought that these people were going to kill themselves, so they let out a miserable howl in fright, and a series of begging for mercy in their mouths were those bandits, and there was also a commotion. Wang Hun roared: "What is the ghost called, and it doesn't want your life? ”

Dong Ce scolded: "It's important to do the right thing. ”

"Huh!" Wang Hun hurriedly responded, put the cavalry knife into the sheath, took out a horizontal knife from his arms, and gently stuck it on the back of the head of ten catties. Ten catties immediately didn't dare to move, for fear of cutting himself, Wang Hun moved his hand, pushed up, and ten catties of hair fell down. After a while, he had already turned into a big bald head, revealing a black head.

Ten Jin touched his head and felt that his hair was gone, first startled, and then cried loudly.

Although he is not a Han Chinese, he has grown up in the fence of this Han family since he was a child, and the concept of his parents is deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

Wang Hun ignored him, but scolded: "Go, go, bring your clothes, and freeze to death later!" "+ One + Book + Read + Novel +

Shi Jin stood up and went away. His clothes had been boiling for a while, and the housekeeper by the pot fished him out and wrung it out for him to wring out and put on his body. A cold wind blew, and it was terribly cold. It was too cold in other places, so he cowered down beside the fire, crouched there, and wept and sobbed.

Wang Hun roared: "Next! ”

Listening to the screams of the bandits killing pigs when they shaved their heads, Dong Ce just shook his head. In this era, the clothes are very dirty, there is no change of washing, there are few baths, the house is also very dirty, and the living habits are very unhygienic, resulting in them must have carried many parasites on their bodies. Needless to say, there are fleas in their hair, and there are fleas in many places on their bodies and clothes, and most of them have many small scars and traces of parasite bites. Chrysanthemums are washed to remove intestinal parasite eggs around chrysanthemums.

It's disgusting to think about.

However, in general, there are no other diseases in them, and as for the wealth and nobility diseases such as the three highs that often appear in later generations, there is no one. The bones are strong, the muscles are strong, and in some ways they are healthier than the people of later generations! One is dirty on the outside, and one is dirty on the inside.

"I asked Li Gui just now, is there a lack of a brick kiln in Panshi Fort now?" Dong Ce asked Zhang Han.

"Yes!" Zhang Han said: "It's winter now, the cost of mining stones is too great, it is very difficult, and often you can't pick much in a day, which is also an important reason for delaying the progress of the project." Moreover, in winter, the hands are cold and slippery, and it is easy to hurt the hands if you are not careful. Besides. In fact, it is not necessary to use stones to build buildings and walls in the city, but also large bricks. And to build a house in the future, you will definitely need a lot of bricks and tiles. ”

"Then build a brick kiln." Dong Ce said categorically: "Anyway, these bandits can't get in touch with the people now, and they can't be allowed to cross the Gan River until they are completely honest and tamed, otherwise they don't know what kind of chaos will happen." ”

Zhang Han nodded yes.

The bandits are still shaving their hair and bathing over there, and it seems that it will not be finished for a while. Dong Ce immediately found someone to send an order to Li Gui, asking him to find two masters who could burn bricks. After a while, Li Gui led a middle-aged man in his forties over, this middle-aged man was dressed neater than ordinary people, and it seemed that he should have some status.

After asking, it was indeed a captain under Li Gui, named Jia Yunxi.

"Little Jia Yunxi, kowtow to adults." He quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Dong Ce waved his hand: "Get up and speak!" ”

When he stood up, Dong Ce asked, "Will you burn bricks?" ”

"Yes." Jia Yunxi said respectfully: "Where the villain's hometown is located, there is a big brick kiln, and the villain has been working in it for more than ten years. ”

"And then?"

"Later, Li Chuang's rebels came over, and the owner killed them, and the brick kiln was abandoned." Jia Yunxi's face was a little gloomy: "The villain lost his work, and then there was a big drought, and he couldn't survive, so he became a homeless ......"

Dong Ce saw that his name was elegant and his speech was quite organized, so he asked, "But have you read a book?" ”

"I only know a few words, and I don't dare to say that I have read a book." Jia Yunxi said ashamedly.

Dong Ce didn't say anything more, just asked Jia Yunxi to talk about the way to build a brick kiln. This Jia Yunxi's finger joints are thick, and his hands are full of calluses, which shows that he has indeed done work.

As soon as he arrived in his professional field, Jia Yunxi immediately became lively, and carefully explained everything to Dong Ce and others.

It turns out that this burning of bricks is really not an easy task, and the cumbersomeness and exquisiteness of it are far beyond the imagination of Dong Ce and others.

Needless to say, the brick kiln is relatively easy to get, and it is an old routine handed down by hundreds of years of ancestors. At the beginning, although the kiln owner guarded against Jia Yunxi, he couldn't stand Jia Yunxi for decades, and he was already clear. Even if it is the most technically difficult to make bricks, install kilns, control the heat, etc., he is quite sure.

The trouble is to make bricks, which is very cumbersome, and the general process is divided into three steps. The first step is to dry the soil, the best soil used to burn bricks is the clay commonly known as 'cement', which is not easy to dig, usually have to dig a large pit, remove the soil on the surface to find. After the clay is mined, it must be crushed, dried, watered, and dried again to make it cooked. The second step is to make the cooked soil into bricks, how to control the size of the bricks is consistent, is also a technical work. The third step is to dry the bricks in the shade and dehydrate them sufficiently before they can be fired in the kiln.

Yin dry is also particular, you can't see the sun, you can't be blown by strong winds, and you can't be too cold. The last point is the most fatal, there is water in the brick, once the temperature is too low, the water inside freezes, and the brick is directly deformed.

So in general, bricks cannot be burned in winter.

And when burning bricks, you can't use 'hard firewood' such as coal and wood, you have to use 'soft firewood', that is, grass.

This is easy to solve, and the area around Panshi Fort, especially the south of the Huanshui River, the east of the Gan River, and the north of Qingfeng Mountain, is full of long dead grass.

When he said this, Dong Ce also remembered.

In Dong Ce's previous life, his grandmother's family was in the countryside, and at the intersection of the road at the entrance of the village, there was a large kiln factory on the side of the road. What impressed Dong Ce the most was the big chimney of the kiln factory, which was seventy or eighty meters high, and could be seen from all the surrounding fields and eight villages. The tail of the chimney is thicker than a house. On the outside of the chimney, at intervals of about a foot, there are small protruding iron ladders that can be climbed from the root to the top of the chimney.

When I was naughty when I was a child, where did a bunch of children go to play, a bold sister actually climbed up and scared the group of friends below into crying, with soft hands and feet. But the sister didn't blush, and slipped down again. Later, Dong Ce felt palpitations every time he thought about it, which was more than 20 stories high.

In addition to the big chimney, there is a big bay next to the kiln factory. This kind of bay is often called kiln bay, which is basically = formed by excavators taking soil, very deep, very steep, and has no slope. In addition, there are large patches of unfired bricks, covered with reed mats, neatly stacked, and dried in the shade around the kiln.

"Everything else is easy to say." Dong Ce groaned: "It's just that you can't dry bricks in winter, wouldn't you wait until next year's spring to burn bricks?" ”

"There is a solution to this." Jia Yunxi said: "It's just a lot of trouble." ”

Dong Ce waved his hand: "Speak!" ”

"Yes!" Jia Yunxi said: "The winter wind is strong and the weather is cold, so it is necessary to build windproof earthen walls on all sides and build a roof on top. Then dig some small ditches between the bricks, and often start a small fire in them. But let men keep watch over it at all times, and not neglect it for a day. ”

"The trouble is a little more troublesome, but there are so many people, there is no need to use it in vain." Dong Ce glanced at Zhang Han and said, "Mr. Zhang, the matter of this brick kiln will be handed over to Mr. ”

Zhang Han was happy in his heart, since he took refuge in Dong Ce, he was wandering around in this rock castle, and there was no real difference. Although everyone respects him, it is really uncomfortable to have no real power in his hands. Although he is only in charge of such a kiln factory now, he still has the power in his hands. If you want to do something, it's good to exert yourself.

Dong Ce said again: "Jia Yunxi, you are Mr. Zhang's deputy." Hmmm......"

He pondered for a moment: "From now on, you will not be the first chief, so you will serve as the deputy kiln master of this Rock Fort brick kiln!" You can receive one stone of grain and five pieces of silver every month. The more bricks produced by the brick kiln, the better the teaching, and the thicker the reward of the official! ”

Jia Yunxi was overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.

Although it's a pity that the first chief gave it a stroke, it is nothing compared to the title of this kiln master. From then on, not only did he not have to work, but he also received more food than before, and even silver! What's more, once you do this errand, you will become an official family member who eats public food, just like those Kudin who are on an errand in the arsenal!

The status is completely different.

Dong Ce smiled slightly: "Needless to say, it's just a good job." Half a month, the official will give you half a month, and the first batch of bricks will be baked! If you can't do it then...... Dong Ce looked faint and didn't continue, but Jia Yunxi and Zhang Han trembled in their hearts. "These captives, don't call to death, after all, they are good laborers, and we don't have many in our hands."

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