Next, Jin Jue first asked those craftsmen who knew how to burn bricks, in this era, how they burned bricks, what specific steps they had, and what special needs to be paid attention to.

After listening, Jin Jue summed up and said, "Well, this son understands. In your own way, each of you had to find a suitable place to dig and build a brick kiln around the county town, and everyone had to build a medium-sized brick kiln. Tell me now what you lack, and if not, go now.

You will strive to not only build a brick kiln but also fire a kiln of red bricks within two or three days. Ben Gongzi also knows that the time left for you this time is too urgent and too tight. However, winter is coming, and now, there are still two-thirds of the people in the entire city of Luoyang County, let alone tiles, even the thatch that can barely be used to shelter from the wind and rain is about to disappear.

My son's time is much more urgent than yours!

Of course, your responsibilities are only twofold: first, to find a place to dig and build a kiln, and to supervise the repair of the kiln, and second, to fire the red bricks that can be used. Also, it doesn't matter if you fail once or twice, but if any of you dare to fail three times in a row, my son will relegate that person's family to iron ore mining. Do you understand? ”

"Childe, although you have ordered this, the time is still too tight. The villain just can't do it in three days! A bricklayer in his thirties and forties, with a meaty face, replied with a stiff neck.

"Childe, this craftsman's surname is Shi, and he is not only a bricklayer, but also a builder. The subordinates heard that although this person's temper stinked a little, the level of his two skills was extremely high, and he had repaired the palace for Zhang Jiao. As soon as he saw the person who spoke, Wei Dan hurriedly stood up and specially introduced.

After listening to the introduction, Jin Jue nodded with satisfaction.

In the past, this kind of thing should have been told to him by Lu Huo, but because Lu Huo was busy doing other things at this time, Jin Jue asked Lu Huo to inform Ke Wei Dan in advance, so that he could understand the specific situation of the craftsmen in advance.

At present, Wei Dan is doing well.

"Oh, in this way, stone craftsman, even if you are not from Julu County, you must be from Jizhou. So, why didn't he leave with those Yellow Turban brothers in Julu County that day? Jin Jue asked playfully.

"Qi Yu Gongzi, although Lao Shi and I can't speak, but I am not stupid, follow them, I may be able to live happily for a while, but I will not be able to last long. What's more, as Gongzi said today, even when Zhang Jiao was alive, how could there be real equality? Childe, you can do this at a young age, Lao Shi is deeply admired, and is willing to smear your liver and brain. When Lao Shi heard this, he immediately replied.

"Yo, Master Wei, listen, if you still can't speak, this flattery is right, my son is overjoyed when he hears it, if the ten permanent servants are in front of him, won't they all have to be ashamed to death? Hahaha! When Jin Jue heard this, he laughed and teased.

However, as soon as Jin Jue mentioned the Ten Standing Attendants, Lao Shi's eyes immediately seemed to be on fire. Seeing that the other party was like this, he immediately realized that he had gone too far in his joke just now, so he coughed lightly and asked: "Lao Shi, if any of you think that you can't complete this task assigned by this son, what are the difficulties in it, so that you think so, talk about it, speak freely, and if it is reasonable, this son will definitely not force you to complete the task within three days." Let's talk about it, right? ”

Lao Shi finally stabilized his emotions before he replied: "Childe, don't underestimate the craft of burning bricks, first, making bricks is not something that ordinary people can do, if the bricks are not good, once they enter the kiln, even if there are no problems in the firing process, they will definitely be all waste."

Second, fuel, this is the biggest problem at present, there was a heavy rain some time ago, the mountains and forests near Luoyang County are wet, any such wood can be used as fuel? ”

At this time, among the bricklayers, he was the only one who dared to speak in front of Jin Jue and tell the truth.

"Well, it's very pertinent, is there anything else, Lao Shi has finished speaking, do you have anything to add?" After hearing this, Jin Jue nodded, glanced at Lao Shi, looked at the others, and then asked.

However, everyone else either had already said what Lao Shi had to say, or they didn't dare to express their opinions in front of Jin Jue.

"Well, Ben Gongzi can see that there are more than 30 of you, and only Lao Shi is capable. Everything else is sake bags, rice bags, useless things. Jin Jue deliberately choked these people with words.

"Childe, the villain has something to say, the villain found that Liu Junwei pulled a lot of black stones into the city, but those things don't look like iron ore. Could it be that the black stone was the fuel you asked Lieutenant Liu to prepare in advance to replace the wood? A small man in his thirties stood up and asked, half-bowing his head.

"Well, you're good at observing." Jin Jue gave the other party a thumbs up, but then, he asked jokingly: "However, Ben Gongzi can be sure that this guy of yours must have secretly tried to burn that thing before this, otherwise, no one would have thought that that thing could burn, you say, Ben Gongzi guessed correctly!" ”

"Childe, the villain was just curious at the time, please spare the little one!" When the man heard this, he was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and begged for a detour.

Jin Jue waved his hand and said indifferently: "Okay, after you know about this, don't spread the word, that thing will be made into coal, which is used instead of wood." When burning bricks, how to control the temperature with this new material is one of the difficulties, you can test it yourself! However, I would like to warn you that when stealing coal on weekdays, you can't light an open fire on the spot where the coal is stored, and second, you can't burn coal in a closed room for heating.

If there is no other problem, Ben Gongzi will solve the first problem that Lao Shi just raised, the matter of making bricks, I will leave it to the carpenters, they will make tools out of wood, so that you can save time. If the first batch of fired bricks all fails, it means that Lao Shi's worries are right, then the fault is on me, and I don't blame you. ”