Datang Fenghua Road

"Red brick? What is that?" Yuchi Baolin was slightly startled, and everyone in the tent looked at each other in dismay.

Han Yuedao: "Red bricks also need to be fired at the kiln mouth, but they are easy to fire and don't require high clay. Unlike green bricks, it is not difficult to learn how to make blanks. Any ordinary person can master it after a few days of learning."

Tian Doudou suddenly tugged at his sleeve, and said worriedly: "Master, you need firewood to burn the kiln. There are grasslands stretching as far as the eye can see, and there are no forests for two hundred miles around. Where can we cut firewood for the kiln?"

The little girl has been diligent and thrifty since she was a child. She may not have any great knowledge, but her opinions are directed at the center.Firewood must be used to burn the kiln. If this problem is not solved, everything is empty talk.

Everyone frowned in thought.

"Do you want to buy charcoal in the customs?" Yuchi Baolin scratched his forehead, then shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "That would be a big expense."

Han Yue smiled faintly, his eyes slowly swept over the crowd, and found that everyone was thinking hard.

With bright eyes, he opened the tent curtain and pointed out, and said leisurely: "Fifty miles to the southwest of here, there is a black rock valley, which the local people call the Valley of Fire. Because every summer, black smoke rises in this valley, and occasionally The fire was burning, and the people thought it was a divine fire, but in fact, what was burning in the valley was coal."

Han Yue was right, their current position was outside the border in the Tang Dynasty, but in later generations that would be the northern part of Shanxi.What is the most in Shanxi?Naturally it is coal, and a lot of it is open-pit high-quality coal.

The ancient people didn't know much about coal, and most of them didn't know that it was the best fuel, except for the local people who stumbled upon its combustion characteristics.

With coal, and it is open-pit coal, it is possible to burn cement, not to mention burning bricks in a kiln.

Han Yue is full of hope for the future!

Sitting on an open-pit coal mine and under his command [-] people, if he can't figure out a little more, he will be blind and a good life.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!Now, just wait for the snow to stop...

……

The heavy snow fell for two more days, and finally began to weaken and become smaller in the early morning of the third day.

Countless people began to walk out of the tent. Those with shovels used shovels, and those without shovels used wooden sticks. Hundreds of thousands of people, young and old, joined hands. Seven or eight-year-old kids also went into battle. Everyone started to clear the snow.

If you want to build a home, you must first clean the ground.In the past two days, the people have heard that Hou Ye made a big wish to build a huge mutual market town here.

What a good lord this is.

Although the weather was very cold and the north wind pierced and froze people, none of the people backed away.

After four feet of snow on the ground, the splendid man would touch his thighs when he stepped in. No matter how strong a man was, he would shiver.

Suddenly a horse came on the snow, and immediately the knight kept shouting loudly, "Master Hou wants to build a brick-burning kiln, and now a wide range of craftsmen are being recruited. Anyone with experience in firing can apply, but no experience in firing. Those who are willing to learn are also welcome. This job is very rewarding, and once selected, at least five contribution points per day..."

The knight shouted and ran all the way, and many people who were shoveling snow heard it, and their faces showed eager expressions.

"Five contribution points, a lot!"

This contribution point is Han Yue's original creation. It is guaranteed by his own reputation and family wealth. Anyone who contributes to the construction of the mutual market will be given points according to the size of the contribution.This point is hard currency, harder than Datang's copper coins, and one point can be exchanged for at least five big coins.

Such a high exchange rate, but not a single citizen is willing to exchange it, no matter who gets the contribution points, they will keep it as a treasure.

why?

Because points can not only be exchanged for money, its most important function is to exchange treasures.For example, the magical medicine that Hou Ye made is placed in a crystal-like treasure bottle. No matter what kind of injury or illness, as long as one bottle is taken, the next day will immediately return you to a living person.The exchange price of the fairy medicine is as high as [-] points per bottle, but no one feels that it is expensive, but thinks that the price is a bit low.

In addition to the magical medicine, there are all kinds of strange treasures.For example, a few days ago, the old grandson got [-] points for his merits because he rescued a child who was out playing in the snow.The old grandson has no other hobbies, but likes to drink a small wine. As a result, he only took out two points to exchange for a jar of good wine from Houye's warehouse. The wine is fragrant as soon as it is opened. fine wine.

There is also Li Er Lengzi, because he hunted a yellow sheep on a snowy day and turned it in. This act is to make up for the lack of food for the migrating army. According to the provisions of the meritorious contribution table, he can get two points.Li Er Lengzi used two points to exchange for a divine crossbow from the Houye's warehouse. This crossbow is really powerful. As long as the winch is installed in advance, it can shoot thirty feet away without any effort.Li Er Lengzi no longer participates in snow shoveling, and goes to the north to hunt yellow sheep every day. The rich harvest makes people very envious.

Contributing points has become the most desired thing in the hearts of the people. Now everyone works hard and rarely asks for copper coins. What can copper coins be used for?It might be useful to get it, but it's not popular here.

No matter how good the copper coins are, can I exchange them for treasures from Lord Hou's warehouse?

……

Niuniu's mother suddenly pushed her man and said in a low voice, "Master, didn't you work in Lijiayao for a few years? Now Lord Hou wants to hire someone to be a potter. If you want to go, not only will you be able to report to Lord Hou for rescue. Thanks to Niuniu, you can also earn a lot of contribution points. Don’t shovel this snow, hurry up and sign up, I saw your brother run away just now, he understands better than you think…”

Niuniu's father is Liu Laosan, a simple and honest man. He threw the stick in his hand and grinned: "I think so too. I used to be a famous master craftsman at the mouth of Lijiayao. I have to personally check the kiln, and this time Lord Hou recruits kiln craftsmen, and I, Liu Laosan, will definitely be the foreman."

"Then hurry up!" Niuniu's mother's eyes lit up, she pushed the man forward with all her might, and said while walking, "I don't ask you to be the foreman, as long as you can be selected. Earn five points a day, What a good job this is? Niu Niu has long wanted the original Jingyang Hou fairy tale collection created by Hou Ye, or the kind with colorful pictures, you earn points and quickly change it."

"Okay!" Liu San agreed, stepping on the snow with one foot deep and one shallow foot hard to walk. He was also worried that he would not be able to report his name if he was late.

Liu Laosan is just a microcosm of the migratory army.

How many [-] people are there. Since ancient times, the folk have hidden dragons and crouching tigers. The cavalry only ran back and forth in the camp and shouted a few times. There were two or three hundred potters who escaped. study.

Han Yue was taken aback by this figure. With an army of nearly 500 kilns, it is enough to build [-] brick kilns. Could it be that there will be another industry selling red bricks in the future?

His eyes flickered slightly, standing in the snow looking south, suddenly feeling that this is really a good way to make money.

Since ancient times, blue bricks are too expensive, and only the imperial court can afford to build a city or a wealthy family can build a house. If his cheap red bricks are popularized, will it be able to rewrite a little ancient architectural history?

The construction industry is the most profitable industry!

Chapter 147 There are better things for you to burn

The brick kiln was selected to start construction five miles away from the mutual market. The construction of the kiln seems to be very tall, but it is not difficult at all to actually start the construction.

Building a brick kiln is even easier than building a house, as long as you have the skills.

The only problem is the chimney. It is necessary to know that the chimney of the common brick kiln in later generations has to be 40 meters high. This is a bit difficult in the Tang Dynasty when there were no tower cranes and no scaffolding.

Han Yue almost rummaged through all kinds of blueprints sold by the system, and finally he found a way to burn bricks without a chimney.

Cycle Kiln!

The appearance of this kind of kiln is similar to a row of long blockhouses, with a height of less than five meters, but a length of two hundred feet.The biggest advantage of the circulating kiln is that it can burn bricks in a circulating manner. It can build twenty kilns, and each kiln can be individually ignited.

Ignition alone means firing one kiln by one kiln. After each kiln mouth is fired, the flame is turned off and enters the cooling period, which does not affect other kiln mouths to continue firing at all.

Circulating kilns are more fuel-efficient than vertical kilns, which is a direct reflection of assembly line operations in later generations. This thing was unheard of in the entire Tang Dynasty. Many people who had experience in firing kilns simply shocked Han Yue into a heavenly man.

"Our Lord Marquis is amazing, and he can come up with such a miraculous method. Listen, the recycling kiln, the name alone reveals a novelty..."

"That's right, or it's Master Hou!" A man next to him was blushing, and suddenly lowered his voice: "Have you heard? There is a new treasure added to Master Hou's warehouse. Uncle Tian, ​​who guards the warehouse, said what kind of sappers are they called? Shovel, only two points can be exchanged, I'm going to get one and use it."

"Sapper shovel? Is it something newly created by Lord Hou? Is it great?" Liu Laosan was cleaning up the snow on the site where the kiln was built, and he couldn't help asking when he heard the words.

The man glanced at him, hehe said: "It's more than powerful, it cuts iron like mud. Our Lord Hou is willing to cut materials for everything. This engineer shovel is made of fine steel, which is harder than the Mo Dao used in the army. Yesterday I heard that General Yuchi refused to accept it, and used his precious saber bestowed by His Majesty to strike at each other with an engineer shovel. As a result, the engineer shovel of our Lord Hou was not injured, but General Yuchi’s treasured sword was knocked out. He has a gloomy face all day long, and he doesn't respond to anyone who talks to him."

hiss--

Liu Laosan sucked in a breath of air. He looked at the shovel in his hand, and suddenly one of them was still underground, and said loudly: "Donkey day, this point is not saved, I will go to change a engineer shovel first. As long as the tools are good, you can get results in your work, and you are not afraid that you will not be able to earn points in the future.”

His words spoke the hearts of many people!

Everyone knows that Han Yue has many original systems, such as contribution points, such as piece rate income.Hou Ye hired people to work not on a daily basis like other aristocratic families, but on the basis of work output, which greatly aroused the enthusiasm of the employees.No one is dawdling, everyone is trying their best.