Chapter 234 Technical Director
Their brick kiln was not next to the yard where they lived, but two miles south of the valley, and charcoal was burned outside the valley.
However, because the brick kiln that Shen Qingqian requested was a bit complicated for them, it has not been built yet.
Fortunately, we made a lot of charcoal in the past few days, enough to burn for half a month, and everyone finally felt a little relieved.
Seeing that the bricks and clay barrels were almost ready, Shen Jun quickly led them towards the valley.
"What we just made is just a demonstration. Take it and ask Chen Er and others to make more. Once the kiln is built, we can start firing directly. If we are lucky, we can live in a brick house before the first snow." Shen Jun said as he walked.
They have discussed it these days and decided that instead of patching up here today and there tomorrow, it would be better for everyone to work together to rebuild the house.
Shen Qingqian wanted to object because it would significantly increase her workload. Unfortunately, the public's voice was too loud, so she could only bite the bullet and silently expand the scale of the brick kiln.
"Sixth sister!" After arriving at the place, Shen Jun waved at Shen Qingqian from a distance.
Shen Qingqian was supervising the work. When he heard Shen Jun's voice, he turned around and waved his hand and shouted, "Second brother, you are here!"
"How's it going? We've already made the bricks and tile barrels. Come and see if it's all right." Shen Jun trotted over, looked at the construction progress, and nodded secretly.
You know what, this group of people are working very hard to live in a brick house as soon as possible.
"The clay bucket is ready." Shen Qingqian's eyes lit up and she hurried towards the person carrying the clay bucket.
She thought it would not be finished until tomorrow, but she didn't expect it to be done so quickly.
Shen Jun chuckled, "We're lucky. There was a barefoot doctor passing by yesterday. His ancestors made bricks and tiles. When he saw us making clay barrels, he gave us some advice."
He hadn't had time to mention this to Shen Qingqian, so it's no wonder she didn't know about it.
Shen Qingqian took the bucket from Liu Junyan, turned it around and looked at it carefully. A heavy stone in her heart fell to the ground, and a smile appeared on her face. "Brother Liu, you did a great job. We will have tiles to use soon."
Liu Junyan was dragged here to make a clay barrel. He was originally very unhappy, but when he saw Shen Qingqian's smile and heard her praise, his ears turned red unconsciously and he couldn't speak clearly. "That's good, hehe."
Shen Qingqian looked at the bricks again and didn't see any problems, so she asked Shen Jun and his men to continue working.
Brick blanks are easy to make, as long as you have a mold, but making a clay barrel is much more troublesome and requires more skills.
Making tiles also requires a mold, a tile bucket, a rotating bracket, a special cutting knife, a semi-arc scraper, and a ruler.
The cutter is a tool for cutting with a bowstring mounted on a horizontal beam. The length of the bowstring, the distance between the horizontal beam and the bowstring are basically the same as the width and thickness of the tile.
Shen Qingqian and the others didn't have this thing, so Shen Shan went to the city to buy it two days ago.
Of course, the money was collected by the people in Shen Qingqian's yard.
The process of making tiles is much more complicated than making bricks, but who can blame them for not having money to buy them? You can't build a new house with bricks and stones and then have a thatched hut on top.
It was also because of this that Wu and others took the lead and held an urgent discussion for half a day before finalizing the rules for making tiles.
Although Shen Qingqian said that she had only seen the method in a book, the others were completely in the dark, so she naturally became the "technical director" and designed all the basic things.
A lot of inspiration came from the "Agricultural Tools Encyclopedia" provided by the system.
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