Building a pottery kiln is not something that one or two people can accomplish, Gu Qing must mobilize the whole village to help.

So Gu Qing immediately visited Feng Aweng and politely explained his intentions, Gu Qing's polite attitude made Feng Aweng feel very satisfied, and he found the feeling of an authoritative old man who had not been seen for a long time.

"Help! must help, the whole village has the strength to count, and it can be done within three days. Feng Aweng's words were hard, as if he was in the barracks with a military order against the general, and he didn't say a word to raise his head to see him.

Gu Qing hurriedly said: "Don't be in a hurry, please do your best, and you can't help in vain, it's just that the kid is not loose on hand, and when the pottery kiln is completed, the kid is willing to pay a little honorarium." ”

Feng Aweng said categorically: "There is no remuneration among fellow villagers, and they are divided." The left and right are just a matter of carrying stones for a few days and ramming the wall for a few days, which is not heavy work. ”

Gu Qing smiled, but still decided to pay the honorarium.

There are a total of more than 100 people in the village, except for the women and children and the elderly, there are only about a dozen people who really have the strength to work, according to the standard of this year, it is normal for each person to pay a penny a day, if the pottery kiln can be built in three days, a total of dozens of pennies are paid, which is not expensive.

Although everyone is a fellow villager, after all, they don't know each other, and Gu Qing doesn't like to owe favors, especially favors from strangers.

Feng Aweng looked at Gu Qing's face with a half-white beard, and said slowly: "Gu family baby, why did you suddenly remember to burn pottery?" It's more risky than farming. ”

Gu Qing said with a smile: "There is too little land in the village, I don't want to live half starved and half hungry for a lifetime, I want to find a way to live for myself." ”

"Are you sure? The pottery is naturally sold, do you know a merchant outside to take over? ”

"I don't know, but I'm sure I can sell it."

Feng Aweng hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help but say: "If this matter is possible, can you help the villagers and neighbors, so that they can also live a good life without worrying about food and clothing for a few days?" ”

Gu Qing thought for a while and said with a smile: "If the kid has spare strength, it is naturally incumbent on him, but I will not give it away in vain, everything will be paid according to work, how much work you do, how much you will be paid." ”

Feng Aweng nodded again and again: "This is a natural and natural thing. ”

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The new generation of village tyrants in Shiqiao Village and the respected elders joined forces to mobilize, and the whole village was quickly mobilized.

The kiln is built halfway up the mountain, and it requires many people to carry large stones and wood, which is not a lot of work, but it is very tiring. There was not much labor available in the village, and everyone worked together to carry the stones and shout the trumpet to move them up from the foot of the mountain.

Fortunately, there is no cost for stones and timber in these years, and they can be used anywhere, and in less than a day, the kiln mouth on the mountainside can already see the prototype, and Gu Qing's mood is becoming more and more happy.

From ancient times to the present, working people are diligent and efficient in doing things, Gu Qing has been observing, everyone is working very this day, I don't see anyone lazy, the sound of the trumpet together with their whole person is like injecting some kind of stimulant, in the rhythm of the trumpet to move stones to the mountainside.

The nation that built the Great Wall really lives up to its name.

Three days later, the pottery kiln was basically built, as Feng Aweng said. The first thing Gu Qing did was to give money to the villagers who participated in the construction of the kiln.

The money is not much, three cents per person, according to the price of this year, about a liter of millet can be bought, if a family of three saves a little mixed with wild vegetables to eat, it is enough to eat for about half a month. For the villagers, this is a lot of money.

After the money was distributed, the eyes of the villagers looking at Gu Qing changed.

Before this, the villagers were quite afraid of Gu Qing, after all, he was a powerful existence that cleaned up the village tyrant, Gu Qing looked quite friendly on the surface, and he had never seen him bully his neighbors, but everyone in the village knew that in the dead of night in recent days, the original Ding family house would let out a scream like killing pigs, and no one knew what happened in that house.

Today, Gu Qing sent the money to the villagers with a smile on his face, and Gu Qing's image suddenly changed again.

A little brutal, a little more brutal, so what? He is kind to his neighbors, and his cruelty is only inflicted on bad people, and that is enough.

Shiqiao Village is fortunate to finally have a young man who can give equality and justice to the villagers.

The villagers who received the money gathered around Gu Qing and refused to leave.

Gu Qing looked at them inexplicably, and it was inevitable that he was a little villain in his heart. Is there less money? He asked Song Gensheng, this is the market price.

A villager who had received the money cowered and stepped forward tentatively: "Listen to Gensheng, if I want to show respect and surrender to you, I just need to shout 'Daddy' to you?" ”

"Huh?" Gu Qing lost color, and his expression suddenly became embarrassed: "This, uh, no...... Not necessarily. ”

The villagers bowed to Gu Qing very seriously, and the dantian was so angry that he had enough strength, so that the green tendons on his neck jumped violently, and he yelled hoarsely: "Dad——(broken sound)"

Gu Qing's eyelids jumped, and the villagers behind him bowed down in unison: "Dad——! ”

The sound shook the sky, startling a flock of crows perched on branches.

Gu Qing was so frightened that he took a few steps back, and suddenly felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was as heavy as Mount Tai.

"Free, no-courtesy...... It's all gone. Gu Qing was uncomfortable.

Then he turned and walked away, his eyes looking left and right, wanting to kill someone, wanting to kill a big-mouthed scholar to sacrifice to heaven.

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The mold made of clay has been formed in the hands of Uncle Han, worthy of the professionals invited from afar, an inconspicuous piece of clay in the hands of Uncle Han casually pinched a few times, it became a small and exquisite pottery bowl.

There are many kinds of clay brought back by the villagers, Uncle Han marked each type of clay with the marks of the pottery, and after sending it to the pottery kiln, Uncle Han rubbed his hands and said: "Owner, it's almost done, now you can light the fire, do you plan to use dry firewood or charcoal?" ”

Gu Qing smiled: "You don't need dry firewood or charcoal, Uncle Han, you seem to be a responsible person, there is something I can hide from others, but I can't hide it from you, let's use something new in the kiln......"

Uncle Han said strangely: "What's new?" ”

Gu Qing didn't answer, and beckoned Uncle Han to dig a pit together.

Strange, why is he so involved in digging a pit?

Uncle Han didn't know where to go, but the owner had instructions, so he had to dig together, and the two of them sweated profusely and dug to three feet square, and the familiar black coal was exposed at the bottom of the pit.

Uncle Han naturally knew coal, and his expression was stunned for a moment, and he said, "Graphite? ”

"It's coal...... Forget it, it doesn't matter. Gu Qing pointed to the coal at the bottom of the pit and said, "Let's try this?" ”

Uncle Han's knowledge is much stronger than Song Gensheng's, and he muttered: "The blacksmith shop under the official mansion is to use graphite to make weapons and farm tools, I heard that the iron smelted from graphite is pure and durable, and it is much stronger than the iron smelted with dry firewood and charcoal. ”

Gu Qing explained: "Coal ...... That is, graphite, its burning temperature is not at the same level as dry firewood and charcoal, the temperature is high enough, the iron smelted is naturally purer, the same reason, if you use it to burn the kiln......"

Uncle Han will be skeptical, but he is very clear about his position, since the owner said that he wants to use graphite, then use graphite, he is a part-time worker, not a person who can call the shots.