From Chief to Ball

Seeing these people nodding, Chen Jian felt relieved.With the addition of the rest of the tribes, counting the children who will be born, the population of the entire village will reach 2000.

There are only 300 people in my own tribe, and the proportion is a bit small, so I have to tie these three tribes with my own tribe with interests, so that the proportion of the population can account for one-third.

The two rescued tribes are now considered to be their own tribes, and the elected leader is only his leader. The stone tribe is also considered a relative tribe because of their children.

Chen Jian patted the bark, and called the elm money to ask her to calculate the daily amount of pottery, salt, and lime, and how many days it would take to satisfy the rest of the tribe.

Yuqian counted very slowly, so he could only use wooden sticks to replace some relatively large numbers and count slowly. Chen Jian looked at the others and said, "We will use these things in the future, and we will also exchange them for things. After the exchange, we will divide them into pieces." .”

Stone asked a little puzzled, "Why?"

"I think each tribe has ten clay pots, but you think each tribe has twenty, so how can that work? Besides, if other tribes see it, will they not want to exchange it?"

Chen Jian did some calculations, and then said: "Now the wheat beans have not been harvested, and the wine making is not good, and the rest must be staffed. Each tribe has ten people who are responsible for these things. I will take care of them. The last day of every month What you get in exchange."

"Then how should we divide?"

"If there are ten catties of grain, our tribe needs five catties, the Shitou tribe needs three catties, and the remaining two tribes need one catty each."

The two tribes didn't object, and it was a surprise for them to be able to get something. They were still slaves a few months ago. If it weren't for Chen Jian, maybe they wouldn't even be able to see the snow.

Shitou thought about it, and accepted it gladly. Chen Jian could do these things even if he didn't call his tribe, and she was quite satisfied with such a division.

Chen Jian repeated solemnly: "Remember, these things belong to us, not everyone."

"It's clear. It's just... Jian, what if they burn it themselves?"

Chen Jian shook his head with a smile and said, "Impossible. Do you know how long it took them to build a kiln? One month! Do you know how long it took them to learn how to burn charcoal? One and a half months! They don't have that much time to go. More than [-] people were assigned to do this for dozens of days. Even if [-] people go hunting every day, it is enough to exchange for the clay pots used by their tribe, why spend time doing it by themselves?"

There is another sentence that he didn't say because of his modesty.But these people also understand that if Chen Jian didn't come up with a solution, it would take a long time to discover these things by chance.

"By the way, there is one more thing. We can't be idle this winter. We should reclaim more land before the snow falls. The closer to the village, the better. After you go back, talk to the clansmen, don't be afraid of being tired, and reclaim more land. After that, we don’t need to reclaim land, lest the best land be occupied by other tribes, our future land is far away. You have to believe that when the apricots are yellow, those tribes will go crazy to open up land.”

Of course they believed in Chen Jian. Although they knew that reclaiming the land was exhausting, they decided to tell their clansmen about it as soon as possible.

After returning home, after discussing with the clansmen, ten best young men were selected and sent to Chen Jian.

If you want to increase production efficiency, you must need skilled trades, and it is time for the division of labor.

It took Chen Jian three months to pile up a few craftsmen who finally took shape.

Whether it is burning bricks or burning charcoal, you need to rely on experience.He only has a little understanding, and the gap between a little understanding and the details is like heaven and earth.

Taking charcoal burning as an example, there are many opinions on when to close the kiln.

If it is too early, the burned charcoal will be raw, and there is still a hard wood core inside; if it is too late, the oxygen will be sufficient, and the charcoal will become a pile of ashes, leaving nothing behind.

And these details are based on three months of non-agricultural production, so he is not worried that those tribes can quickly copy them, and they cannot afford three months of off-the-job study.

Chen Jian brought these [-] people to the kiln factory. When he was far away, he smelled a choking smell of raw smoke, which made his eyes hurt.

The kiln door of the charcoal kiln has been opened, and it is late autumn, but the people carrying charcoal outside only wear a fiber cloth to cover their indecent parts, and their bodies are covered with sweat, mixed with charcoal ash.

From top to bottom, only the teeth are white, and only the eyes are bright.

Acorn and those masons are building a new pottery kiln. Charcoal burns at a higher temperature than wood. Glaze has appeared in the previous firing process. Acorn is thinking about how to fire glazed pottery.

Seeing Chen Jian coming, he ran over with a piece of burnt pottery and said, "Jian, touch this piece of pottery, it's very slippery, like ice."

This piece of pottery is indeed different, pottery and porcelain are completely different, this is not porcelain, because there is no sieve to sieve the clay too finely.

The surface of this piece of pottery has a layer of bluish-white glaze, which is very uneven and ugly, but it is completely different from the previous pottery.

"How did you do that?"

"Last time you said that you should try to use different kinds of mud to paint on the pottery. I tried to use the lime and plant ash you burned out to smear a layer. I think give me a few more months, we will also This kind of pottery can be used, and it looks much better than the previous pottery."

"It's not urgent. I brought you a few people and asked them to learn from you. You don't need to do some work by yourself, just let them do it. Pottery should continue to be fired. You can build a smaller kiln. How long does it take to burn each time?" Also write it down, change little by little, and you can always find a way in ten months."

There is not enough manpower here. According to the rules of the tribe in the past, Acorn himself has to do things like adding firewood and moving bricks.

Chen Jian's words still made Acorn a little unacceptable. He felt that it was not good for him not to work, which was completely different from the previous rules.

Chen Jian saw his worries and said with a smile, "That's it. If you can burn this kind of pottery, it will be far better than moving thousands of bricks."

Acorn wanted to say something, but was pulled aside by Chen Jian and reminded in a low voice: "Teach a few people how to turn the pottery wheel, and those who learn slowly will be responsible for turning the pottery wheel. Those who learn quickly, teach them how to turn the pottery wheel." Pinch. You can’t give all of these people to you, and some will be given to those who burn charcoal and bricks. You will be separated in the future, and you will only be in charge of firing pottery. You choose first.”

According to the method Chen Jian taught him before, let these people take turns kneading beside the pottery wheel.He has been burning pottery for several months, and he knows many details in his mind, and he can choose those suitable ones from the first time he touches the clay.

According to the difficulty of the skills required, these people were distributed in batches to several people in charge of these things.Basically similar to the apprenticeship system, led by the master, the apprentice is the main labor force, and the light and heavy tasks are separated.

After all these people were divided, Chen Jian called the responsible people together again, and took out the elm money to count the number.

Now the pottery firing can be delayed for a while, the amount of lime needed to soak the acorns is very large, at least until the apricot yellow.

According to the ration, roughly divide the number of firings that need to be fired this month, and it must be completed before the end of the month.You can rest for the rest of the time, and you don't need them for things like ramming walls and digging holes.

Acorn was still a little embarrassed, and said, "Let's rest, isn't it a little bad to watch the clansman ramming the wall?"

"There's nothing wrong with it. After the wall is rammed, they also have time to rest. Let me ask you, how many pottery do you need to make out of the pottery you knead in a day?"

"Six or seven?"

"That's right, the one who rams the wall quickly is equivalent to two of you. I let the one who rams the wall burn the pottery, and I let you ram the wall. What can be done in one month will take three months."

Acorn pondered for a moment, then nodded, that was indeed the case.

"That's it. Burn it well. In the future, other tribes will exchange food, furs, etc. from us."

"If you burn more, it's equivalent to catching a rabbit for the tribe. The more you burn every month, you can add a sheep for your meal."

"If you burn too much, other tribes can't use so much?"

"When the apricots turn yellow, we will go downstream along the Caohe River to find other tribes. They will want them, but they must be burned well."

He glanced at Caohe in the distance, and said with a smile, "Don't think that there are only our tribes in this world."

Chapter 29 Painting City

After assigning simple handicrafts, Chen Jian found Song and found several young women who were not pregnant from the four tribes.

I put them on simple sackcloth skirts, and made a few jingling pottery bracelets and shoes made of rabbit skin.

The rabbit skin is a whole piece, with two ears dangling in front of those women's feet, small and cute.

There is a three-color thread tied to the ankle just like the Dragon Boat Festival in the previous life, because I really can't make up the five colors, but it's a pity that a string of silver bells is missing.

A simple wooden hairpin is studded with a perforated malachite that sways gently with every step.The women who put on the shoes felt that they couldn't walk anymore, so they finally moved to the river and looked at their reflection, laughing.