Three times in a row, even buying and selling, there are now a total of 295 people in the Ming Dynasty in Yulin Bay. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 There are 278 people who can work, and the rest are elderly and children. Among the 278 people, 21 women and girls were given to the garment group, 10 were picked up by Liang Chengdong's agricultural group, 2 blacksmiths were returned to Shen Daxing, and the rest was divided between the salt industry group and the construction group. Di Chong was excited after being assigned people, not because there were many people who were assigned this time, but because among these newcomers to the Ming Dynasty, he found someone who could burn bricks. This person's name is Wu Chengzong, and he was also a craftsman.

At present, the group has not been able to make cement, and the pure wood houses and rammed earthen walls are not always so reassuring, so bricks and tiles are urgently needed to improve the quality of the construction. Although Di Chong was a contractor in later generations, he dealt with bricks and tiles all day long, but he knew nothing about how to fire bricks and tiles, and he tried several times and failed.

The bricks of the Ming Dynasty should be the best quality bricks in modern times, and the most famous is the city of Nanjing, which took 20 years to build. Nanjing is the city with the largest number of bricks used in single buildings in history, with a preliminary estimate of hundreds of millions of bricks.

The Ming Dynasty has strict requirements for the firing quality and craftsmanship of city bricks, and there are more than ten processes in brick-making alone. According to Lu Tianxiang's recollection, the clay bricks used to burn Mingcheng bricks need to be "delicately dried in the plastic clay and made of blanks" to prevent the bricks from "physical sand pine". Ming Dynasty officials also had a standard when inspecting the quality of city bricks: "There is a sound when knocking, and there is no hole in the break". To burn Mingcheng bricks, the soil should be taken first, the impurities should be sieved with a sieve, and then the water buffalo should be driven into the pond to trample on, the raw mud should be stepped on into the mature mud, and then the middle part of the soil should be made into bricks, and then dried and fired in the kiln. Firewood and grass are used when firing the kiln, and how to master the heat is also a technical job. Once there is overfire and underfire, the brick will be bent or cracked, and the brick will not be used. Each of the times Di Chong experimented there were problems in soil selection and fire weather.

Wu Chengzong followed Di Chong to the brick kiln in fear. After turning around, Wu Chengzong stood silently aside.

Di Chong asked a little unhappily: "What is the hell with this brick kiln, can it burn bricks?" Wu Chengzong, to tell the truth, Yulin Bay is not interested in telling lies. ”

"Returning to Master Di." Wu Chengzong said hesitantly, "If you want to burn good bricks, I'm afraid this brick kiln 。。。。。。 ”

"Do you want to remodel?"

"Tear down and rebuild."

"What?" Di Chong's eyes widened, how could the brick kiln that he had spent most of his time figuring out in the eyes of this Ming Dynasty person be so worthless?

Wu Chengzong also went out, and in the past few days when he came to Yulin Bay, the Ming Dynasty people spread all over Ye Sunquan's affairs, and they all said that just because he had the process of building a fire system, not only did he have 1 tael of silver to build one himself, but he also had silver points for others to build, what is called patent dividends. This Ye Sunquan seems to be about to make a fortune, and even his son has been walking for a few days with his chest held high. Wu Chengzong secretly competed with Ye Sunquan, you can fight the fire system, I can burn bricks, and see who has more silver in the end.

"Master Di, this brick kiln is also called Mantou kiln, which is divided into 7 parts, such as workshop, ash storage tank, fire door, fire chamber, kiln room, kiln bed, and flue. The fire door is divided into two parts, and it should be built with bricks; An ash storage tank should be provided outside the fire door to collect the ash powder generated during the brick burning process. In addition, the kiln wall should be carved into a figure-of-eight flue, which should be divided into 6 smoke outlets。。。。。。 ”

Wu Chengzong talked for most of the day, and listened to Di Chong is the cloud and mountain fog cover, it seems that he really has heard the Tao in succession, and he has a specialization in the art industry. Di Chong searched his stomach and remembered this ancient sentence that had not been returned to the teacher.

"Master Di, the little one is too talkative." Seeing that Di Chong hadn't spoken, Wu Chengzong finally closed his mouth.

"No, you're saying that's good, very good." Di Chong's eyes rolled, "Wu Chengzong, I now appoint you as the deputy leader of the construction team, and you are fully responsible for the burning of bricks, and those who are assigned to our group are all under your control." ”

What kind of official is the deputy team leader, Wu Chengzong can't figure it out, but since Master Di is the team leader, the deputy team leader should not be small, and suddenly there are 5 or 60 people under him, Wu Chengzong fell to the ground excitedly: "Thank you Master Di for your grace." ”

"Get up, let's kneel down in Yulin Bay." Di Chong pulled Wu Chengzong up, "Don't be in a hurry to thank you, this deputy team leader is not easy to do, you think clearly, you must burn bricks." ”

"The little one understands, the little one understands."

At the beginning of September, Li Shuang came back, not only back, but also brought three boats.

Li Shuang went for almost a month this time, and the committee was a little anxious, and the population suddenly increased by so much, and the food in Yulin Bay was a little tight. Xu Lang and the others were worried about whether he would be plotted by He Lao Liu, because he had never been there for so long. Sun Tianhao repeatedly proposed to go to Yazhou to have a look, but was rejected by the committee. The situation is not clear, it is better to wait.

Li Shuang's trip this time was a mixed blessing. The salt brought with him was sold very smoothly, but the shopkeeper Huang didn't see it, and the guy said that the shopkeeper Huang had returned to Qiongzhou Mansion. The master of Yazhou still hasn't come back, and Menzi said that the master went out again after he came back a few days ago, but Li Shuang had a feeling that this master seemed to be hiding from him. The negotiation with Mr. Zhao Qian cost Li Shuang's old nose, Mr. Zhao Qian seems to be a bold and straightforward martial artist, but in business, he must be more profitable than a profiteer. Li Shuang does not have Sun Tianhao's ability, he can only slowly grind with this Mr. Qian, after giving a total of more than 20 taels of silver gifts one after another, Mr. Zhao Qian finally promised that Li Shuang's ship could dock at Yazhou Wharf, and it didn't matter what he transported, but each ship had to pay the port fee, and 5 taels of silver were charged for every 100 materials, which made Ding Laosan scold Zhao Qian's heart behind his back.

Li Shuang began to purchase grain, iron, cotton, and leather in Yazhou, but everything that Yazhou had, basically all of them, in addition to getting some saltpeter and sulfur, the quantity was not much. This made Li Shuang a man of the year in Yazhou's business circle, and everyone knew that there was such a big merchant from Linchuan. Li Shuang began to admire Sun Tianhao in his heart, with such a large-scale purchase, Li Shuang didn't have so much silver at all. Use other people's money to make money, and that's the person who will make money. Li Shuang firmly remembered what Sun Tianhao taught him, and according to the method that Sun Tianhao told him before leaving, all payments would be paid monthly. This trick scared away many people, but Li Shuang increased the purchase price by 10%, and there were still some wealthy merchants who were willing to give Li Shuang goods on credit. The condition is that Ding Laosan stays in Yazhou as a hostage.

On this trip to Yazhou, what made Li Shuang most relieved was that He Laoliu disappeared. Although the two are mortal enemies, if the enemy is looking for trouble for you every day, you can rest assured, because you at least know what he is doing, but if he is silent, then it really responds to that sentence, not afraid of thieves stealing, afraid of thieves worrying. The key is that not only He Laoliu is gone, but even He Laosan is honest, he didn't find any trouble, and he led Li Shuang to show off his power in Yazhou. This Li Shuang became more and more uneasy in his heart, and secretly inquired for a few days, but there was no news.

Seeing that all the required materials were completed, Li Shuang also calmed down, hired three ships with 200 materials, loaded them with supplies and drove to Yulin Bay.

"Brother Xu, Brother Sun." Li Shuang, Xu Lang, and Sun Tianhao sat around a small table, with a few side dishes on the table and a pot of wine, "This time, thanks to Brother Sun's teaching of the method of credit, Li can live up to his mission." I toast 2 people. ”

"Brother Li is polite." Sun Tianhao drank the wine in the glass and pushed away the cigarette he rolled over Xu Lang, "You can keep it for yourself and smoke, I can't stand that energy." ”

"It's just, Brother Xu, Brother Sun." Li Shuang said hesitantly, "In the past few times I went to Yazhou, Li has taken out all the family funds, and now he is a little stretched, I am ashamed to say that Li himself is nothing, but Li still has dozens of people waiting to eat." ”

"Understood, understood. Brother Li, it's time for us to settle our accounts. Sun Tianhao took out a notebook from his pocket, "This is the details of our transaction, according to our original agreement, two catties of salt for one catty of rice, until now, we owe Brother Li 118,540 catties of refined salt, I am in charge, make up the whole, 120,000 catties." Brother Li, please take a look. ”

Li Shuang secretly took a breath of cool air, and unconsciously Yulin Bay actually owed him so much money, is there so much salt in this Yulin Bay?

Xu Lang saw Li Shuang's doubts, smiled slightly, lit the cigarette in his hand, and took a long breath, "Brother Li, we don't have any silver, but if you want, you can transport the 120,000 catties of salt away at any time and make some room for us." ”

"You have so much salt now?" Li Shuang didn't believe it, when he just left a month ago, there were less than 20,000 catties in Yulin Bay, and now there will be so much?

"Hehe, Brother Li." Sun Tianhao smiled, "Do you remember what I said when we first met, I want as much as you want." "Because of the increase in manpower, Xia Yang has built a few new salt ponds, and now according to Xia Yang's estimates, according to the current production capacity, the annual output can not reach 70 million catties in later generations, but millions should be available. Sun Tianhao is now speaking more and more confidently.

"It's just Brother Li." Xu Lang took over the conversation, "Brother Li doesn't have to worry about the output on our side, but is there a problem with the shipment on your side, after all, our output is getting bigger and bigger." ”

"This Brother Xu can rest assured." Li Shuang was afraid that Xu Lang would have any more ideas, so he went to find other buyers, "Shopkeeper Huang left a message, no matter how much I ship here, he will accept it all." ”

"Shopkeeper Huang?" Xu Lang elegantly wanted to spit out a smoke ring, but the smoke ring didn't spit out, but choked himself so much that he coughed, "Shopkeeper Huang went to Qiongzhou?" ”

"Yes, Li didn't see the shopkeeper Huang when he went to Yazhou this time, and the guy said that he went to Qiongzhou."

Xu Lang didn't speak again, smoking silently.

"Two brothers." Li Shuang saw that Xu Lang didn't speak, so he asked, "It's nothing over there, but Li is a little worried about He Lao Liu's side this time, this time he went to Yazhou, He Lao Liu didn't show his head, this is not quite like his style." ”

"Brother Li, Sun will teach you another sentence, to brake with static, and to respond to all changes with no change." Sun Tianhao snorted and drank another glass of wine, "Little loach, you can't make any waves." ”