"Okay, then I'll consider making something to keep the sub-beast warm first. Is the pottery kiln still firing pottery now?" Meng Yuqing asked about the situation at the pottery kiln again.
"It's been a while. The tribe has enough supplies, and it's not convenient to trade directly with other tribes for the time being." Yang felt a little uncomfortable with Meng Yuqing's change of topic.
They were talking about building a house one second and talking about a pottery kiln the next.
"I want to burn some bricks and use them as heating devices." Meng Yuqing smiled and said, "Once the classroom is built, we can also use this heating device in our own house."
"No problem, just go to the pottery kiln and tell them. But you need to teach them how to make bricks. They have never done it before."
"Okay, then I'll go get the bricks first, and you can build the house first." Meng Yuqing said after thinking for a while.
The bricks need to be dried before they can be put into the kiln. Now is a good time to dry the bricks, but the equipment in this world is really crude, and it is still not possible to burn bricks of the same high quality as modern ones.
But the slightly worse one from before should be enough.
He did what he said. After handing over all the planting matters to Ronglin, Meng Yuqing ran to the pottery kiln and began to teach the disabled beastmen guarding the kiln how to make bricks.
Since the burning of charcoal is now entirely their responsibility, they don't have as many people free as before, but it's still enough for burning bricks and pottery.
"First, make a few molds like this." Meng Yuqing showed them a brick mold he had made himself. "Then go dig up some clay, mix it with water, and finally fill it into the mold. Don't make the clay too thin, otherwise it will be difficult to shape."
As he spoke, he stuffed the mixed mud into the mold and carefully smoothed the surface and corners. Everyone watched his movements intently, afraid that he would miss any step.
After smoothing one side, he sprinkled some wood ash on it to prevent it from sticking to the ground, then turned it over and repeated the previous action.
After smoothing both sides, he walked to an open space on the side and sprinkled some wood ash. He shook out the formed mud in the mold and placed it on the ground sprinkled with wood ash to prevent it from sticking to the ground, and then dried it.
"Just like that, let them dry, then stack them up and assemble them into a simple small brick kiln and burn them directly. After everything is done, you can also put them in a pottery kiln and burn them all." Meng Yuqing walked up to them and continued to lay the next brick.
After watching his demonstration, the orcs also started to sit up.
Because there was only one ready-made mold and it was too late to burn it, they made the mold on site directly with wood.
Meng Yuqing was instructing them on the size of the mold.
In just over half an hour, they each had a mold.
They followed the steps Meng Yuqing taught them carefully.
They accomplished a lot in just one morning.
The weather is sunny now, so when it is half dry, I specially light a fire to speed up the drying process.
The wood ash from burning was not wasted. He collected it all and used it for growing potatoes and making cement in the future. He had told Xia a long time ago that all the wood ash in the tribe should be kept and not thrown away, as he needed it.
After the bricks were completely dry, Meng Yuqing put all the bricks into the kiln and started burning them.
He was actually quite nervous. After all, this was a kiln specially used for firing pottery. The information he had read showed that bricks could theoretically be fired here, and he had actually fired bricks in his own small pottery kiln, so he dared to use this kiln directly.
If it succeeds, he won't need to change the brick kiln production plan.
The waiting time is still very difficult to endure.
Fortunately, hard work pays off. Under his supervision, the bricks were successfully fired after the kiln was opened.
Although it may not be as good as bricks made with modern professional technology, the quality is similar to the bricks made in rural areas in the past.
Holding a brick, he turned around and looked at the disabled orcs who had been busy following him all this time. They were all looking at the baked bricks nervously. It was their first time to bake this thing and they couldn't tell whether it was successful or not.
"It's done. We succeeded in burning bricks. This method is feasible. I'll have to trouble you to burn bricks in the next period of time. They will be very useful to us in winter." He looked at the bricks in his hand and inexplicably felt a sense of security.
With a brick in hand, the world belongs to me?
Having completed another task, Meng Yuqing returned home and happily took out his memo, crossing out the brick-making item.
After seeing that there was more energy in the energy storage space, he nodded with satisfaction.
The system has rarely issued tasks proactively recently, and even hidden tasks are not reported. Basically, after Meng Yuqing finishes a task, the system directly adds energy to his energy storage space.
Maybe they felt that Meng Yuqing was too reliable and no longer needed it to issue tasks and guide the development direction.
It is now in a state of quietly serving as a tool.
But Meng Yuqing discovered that the system was much more concerned about his safety than before.
During the days of planting in the patrol area, he felt the system's energy surrounding him vaguely.
Especially when he strayed slightly off track, the system suddenly suggested that he go in another direction.
However, Meng Yuqing checked the energy and found that the system did not use his energy.
The system's explanation for this was, "The host hadn't used the system's bonus features for a long time, and the system had saved all of this energy for the host's personal safety. This energy can only be used for the host. If it involves other people, the host's energy will be used instead."
Meng Yuqing raised his eyebrows. He thought that the exploration and identification times he had not used would be lost if he missed them, but he did not expect that the system would directly convert them into energy and use them on him.
Although this system is unprofessional and sometimes unreliable, it is indeed very concerned about itself and has always ensured its own safety within the scope of its ability.
After the brick-making problem was solved, Meng Yuqing went to Yang's side to take a look. He brought a dozen disabled orcs and chose a large area behind the tribe and began to dig the foundation to build a house.
At Meng Yuqing's request, ventilation holes were left at fixed intervals where the wall was grounded. However, the house was indeed built quite large, so it took them some time to select the materials and adjust the size based on their house-building experience.
However, orcs themselves are very buggy. Their nails can easily cut stones, and the resin used to build houses is also a good adhesive. Their construction speed is not slow at all.
Every day he ran back and forth between Yang's construction team, the pottery kiln and the potato plantation to make sure they wouldn't encounter any problems.
He was so busy that he forgot about the cotton and cement.
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