With this bricklayer, the problem of bricks was solved, from entering Miaojiazhuang, began to prepare for the brick kiln, Zhao Xin did not know much about the process of burning bricks, and could only rely on the understanding of the brick kiln in later generations, and carried out the construction, and the overall progress was not fast. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Now the arrival of these skilled workers, coupled with the ancient chemistry above, detailed description, at most 10 days, the brick kiln can be opened, when the time, within a short time, there will be bricks produced, may not take a month.

When will the Baozhou Mutiny happen, it will not be more than 3 months at most, and there is no information in this regard now, but Zhao Xin has faintly felt that the crisis is gradually coming, so he must build a brick kiln on a large scale as soon as possible to ensure a sufficient amount, and at the same time, he will find someone to buy some green bricks on a small scale, of course, this is just a cover-up, more through the card system.

The card system will be 30% more expensive than in reality, and it may cost twice as much if it were compared to buying in large quantities.

Money is not a problem, the key is defense, green bricks belong to strategic materials, generally repair the city, or build some houses to use, this amount will not be too much, can be used in the expansion of the mansion, used in the internal reinforcement.

Under the two-pronged approach, to solve the current problem, but there is a simplest problem, that is, he needs to get the cement out, cement is the key to everything, without cement, you can only use the previous method, not to mention the slow effect, the cost is large.

The price of glutinous rice is a key issue, it takes time to completely glue it, and glutinous rice is a product of the south, and there are not many plantings in the south.

The cement workshop, in fact, has not been opened at all, compared with the brick kiln, his technical difficulty is higher, and it can only be opened after the professional personnel come.

These two pottery workers are professionals who have high hopes for Zhao Xin, and it is these two professionals who give Zhao Xin a slight headache.

Obviously, when these two looked at Zhao Xin's scrutiny eyes, they drifted a little, and they didn't dare to face Zhao Xin's eyes, what does this mean, there is no bottom in their hearts, and liars can't do it, Miao Yuan specially invited them, at least they are practitioners, but it is difficult to say how high the level is.

If Zhao Xin really let them make ceramics, they may really fall into the pit, they only have a slight understanding of ceramics, all handed over to them, they will burn a bunch of waste kilns out, fortunately, Zhao Xin found them, just to try the refining of cement, with Zhao Xin's vision, the detailed introduction of ancient chemistry, plus their knowledge of ceramics, it should not be difficult to do this.

Cement is an important building material, it is the glue between bricks and other materials, without him, bricks are still bricks, steel is still steel, raw materials are still raw materials, and they cannot be combined into strong fortifications.

Cement occupies a very important part of Zhao Xin's plan in the future, but it is not easy to fire it, at least, this kiln should be built well, of course, while burning cement, bricks should also be burned, cement and red bricks will become a basic combination, can be large-scale construction of city defense, and even to a certain extent, the introduction of the fortress, can also be.

This kind of enemy, which is extremely strong in defense, is far more powerful than the small military fortress in the northwest, as long as the difficulty of construction and the north of the city are greatly reduced, it will become a nightmare for the nomads.

During the reign of Renzong, there were few large-scale battles between the Liao and Song dynasties, but between the Western Xia, starting from Fan Zhongyan and ending with Fubi and Han Qi, they all used to build cities as a method of defense, which cost a lot of money and were easy to be breached.

Of course, the small military village in front can block the Western Xia soldiers and lay a good foundation for the rear, which is also the foundation of the construction, but it is easy to cause damage, facing the army of 100,000 or 200,000, these military villages with weak protection capabilities are often wiped out by the whole army and are easily pulled out by the Western Xia.

The fortress is different, this is a cold weapon, or even a hot weapon in the early stage, the strongest protective fortress, as long as there is not a ghost inside, to break him, there is no direct way, in the world, until the power of the cannon rises, you can directly destroy the fortress before, there is no example of a strong attack on the fortress.

Occasionally, there are a few examples of successful captures, most of which are earthwork, using the method of digging tunnels, digging all the way to the bottom of the fortress, through explosives, blowing up the fortress, and capturing the fortress, which is a tricky method.

Direct attack, even if tens of thousands of people attack the fort of three or five hundred defenders, it is absolutely in vain, the unique shape of the fort, the personnel advantage in the unit area, to the extreme, even if you put tens of thousands of people, put into the war, there are only a few hundred people, almost the advantage of the defenders, to the best, this premise, there are sufficient materials, water, plus a little bit of rotation, this is the fundamental reason why the fortress can not be captured.

This is not only Zhao Xin's killer weapon to resist the mutiny in Baozhou, after proving his role, in the northwest, you can choose a smaller fortress, between 100 and 200 people, with the help of this reserve of food and water, at least can be guarded for more than a year, with these, the possibility of the Western Xia army driving straight into will be reduced to the minimum, and then whether it is hiding soldiers in the fortress, or organizing a mobile force, the attack of Western Xia is afraid that it will be very miserable.

If it is true, the mutiny in Baozhou is still according to the historical development, 5 months later, after the cement and red bricks are built, Zhao Xin will definitely choose the fortress, a village of 2,400 people, they protect, it is enough to deal with horse thieves, and it is really not enough to deal with the Song Dynasty officials and troops who are good at besieging cities.

According to the current situation, the outbreak of the mutiny in Baozhou is very likely to be advanced, and the time they have is uncertain, one month may be guaranteed, two months, it is estimated that it is about the same, five months, that is absolutely impossible.

Whether it is brick or cement, it takes time, and now, it is to work hard to lay a solid foundation, not only to make the regimental training go smoothly and provide enough strength protection for Miaojiazhuang, on the other hand, it is also necessary to upgrade to level 2 at least, so that the armor of the two sides no longer has a huge difference, and even the advantage here is a little greater.

Time, time is the most important thing, Zhao Xin for the time being, can only wait, temporarily pass the test, first make the cement, at least, make a small part, as long as the card system can be lit, even if it is not enough for the time being, you can also start construction.