Li Feibai knew that the rules of ancient times were very great, and sometimes he didn't know to avoid the Venerable, and a mistake in writing a word would lead to death. Therefore, after the crossing, he was cautious and paid attention to any taboos everywhere.

Therefore, literacy pretends to be illiterate, and first, it is impossible to write traditional characters. Second, I am afraid that I don't know what taboos there are, and I write something that shouldn't be written, which will lead to death.

However, most of the taboos he paid attention to before were talking and doing things, and he didn't pay much attention to the taboos of color. At this time, seeing Ma Kun's gesture of killing his head, he understood after a little thought.

After Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed the Yuan, he thought that the Yuan was the descendant of Jin, and the Yuan was naturally Jin's life. And he can destroy the Yuan, according to the Five Elements Xiangke, Ming is naturally a fire life. Fire is red, and red naturally becomes the national color.

Although he had never seen the emperor, he also knew that the emperor's dragon robe was red. In addition, the surname Zhu itself refers to red, and red has become a royal specialty, and others are not allowed to use it without permission.

If he burns red bricks, who will dare to buy them? You can't use it for yourself! What do you want to do? Rebellion!

It is no wonder that the houses seen are all made of green bricks, and there are no red bricks. First of all, the people at this time are not good at their skills, and they can't burn red bricks. It turned out that it was not that it could not be burned, but that it was afraid of taboos.

Li Feibai wanted to ask why the bricks burned out were red when the brick cellar was ventilated. The door of the cellar and the gap in the top hole were plugged and stuffed for a few days, and the bricks burned were blue. But after thinking about it, he dismissed the question.

Thinking that he crossed over, he didn't know that he had hundreds of years of knowledge than Jin Damin, and Jin Damin definitely didn't know. The reason why Jin Damin knew that the bricks turned red when opening the door must be because the bricks were burned too much, and the experience he gained was obtained. As for why it turned red, Kim Daemin definitely doesn't know.

In his opinion, it must be that the door is opened and oxygen enters, and it oxidizes with some substance in the brick. As for what substance has an oxidation reaction with, it is unknown.

He smiled and said, "Since ventilation will turn the bricks red, then don't ventilate, stuff him for five, six, seven or eight days, and let the bricks slowly cool down." Anyway, it has saved more than ten days to burn bricks, so the bricks will definitely be produced within a month. ”

When Uncle Liu heard Jin Damin say that mixing coal with bricks can shorten the time required to burn the bricks to one or two days, he was very shocked and said secretly: "It is not possible to produce bricks in one or two months." "But think about it, what cools the bricks, burns the bricks thoroughly, and the time required in the whole brick-burning process is just a small head, and the real waste of time is the drying of the soil. After listening to Li Fei's vernacular, he smiled and said:

"It takes six days to dry the bricks, two days to burn the bricks, five days to cool the bricks, and eight days to mix the cement and make the bricks. In this way, it only took 21 days, and it seems that the bricks can be produced within a month. It's just that the eldest nephew seems to have forgotten that you don't need time to build a cellar? It doesn't take time to dry the mastic, it doesn't take time to level the land for drying the cement and stacking the bricks? ”

Li Feibai turned his head to look at Jin Damin and said, "How much time do you think it takes?" ”

This is Jin Damin's strong point, he made a little calculation, and said: "Two hundred and fifty people, first pull out all of them to level the land, and in about five days, the land for building a cellar can be leveled." At this time, half of the people built the cellar, and the other half continued to level the land. After ten days, the cellar can be built, and the bricks can be burned, but the amount is less. Then the people who built the cellar were separated, some of them continued to build the cellar, and some of them began to stir up mud and make bricks. And the people who flatten the land are also divided into two halves, half digging the soil to cool the sun, and the other half continues to flatten the land. In this way, about a month and twenty days, the first bricks will be out of the cellar. ”

Li Feibai said: "What if I delay the construction of the cement factory and hand over all 500 people to you?" ”

Jin Damin did not hesitate and said: "One month and five days, the bricks can be produced." ”

Li Feibai turned his head and smiled: "Uncle Liu, what do you think?" ”

Uncle Liu shook his head and said, "Eldest nephew, you forgot the most important thing, what about the cold drying cement?" Cement is the foundation of brick making, and everything is nonsense without cement. Unfortunately, it takes half a year to cool the cement in the cold, how do you solve this problem. ”

With that, he raised his eyes to look at Kim Damin. Jin Damin's black face turned red, and he was speechless for a long time. He smiled proudly and said secretly: "Boy, you see that I'm old, so you want to play sloppy with me, don't you?" Although your uncle is old, he is not confused at all, and if he wants to fight with me in this matter, he will definitely not be able to! ”

When he saw Jin Damin go to see Li Feibai, he also went to see Li Feibai, and when he saw Li Feibai's frowning, he unabashedly put his pride on his face. He smiled and said, "Big nephew, since you can't produce bricks in two months, it's me who wins and you lose." Do you do business? You have to do it step by step. Let's discuss where to find some stone carving masters to help us do a good job in the stone carving business. As for the brick factory cement plant, it will not be too late to talk about it in two years. ”

Everyone also breathed a sigh of relief, and waited with a smile for Li Feibai to disarm and surrender.

Li Feibai didn't forget about the cold drying of the mastic, the reason why he didn't say it, and pretended not to know what to do, he just thought it was very fun to see Liu Bo and others proud. As for why Jin Damin deliberately did not mention the matter of drying the cement in the cold, he was also very clear in his heart. After all, if he can't produce bricks in two months, even if he loses, the brick factory will be yellow, and Jin Damin's wish to show his strength will be in vain. Therefore, Jin Damin didn't mention the cool sun, how could he try to get by, but how could this kind of thing be fooled.

He pondered for a long time, and said: "Damin, the cement in Xiapan Village, the wind has been blowing for thousands of years, do you see that the upper layer does not need to be cooled?" ”

Jin Damin's eyes lit up, and he recalled the situation when he checked the cement, and said: "The layer on the top of the cement is at least one foot usable!" ”

Li Feibai said: "You estimate, how many bricks can be burned by this layer of cement alone?" ”

Jin Damin said: "It is estimated that one million yuan cannot be burned, but 800,000 yuan is still possible!" ”

Li Feibai turned his head and smiled: "Uncle Liu, what do you think?" ”

Uncle Liu's smug expression suddenly froze. Why didn't he think about this stubble, according to the amount of 800,000 bricks, it should be enough to supply the person who bought Tianxianglou in the county seat to build a house in the early stage, it is difficult to lose himself, and he has to contribute the craftsmanship of eating. Not willing to fail, he said:

"Doing business, the emphasis is on a trickle, and it is impossible to just do a one-shot deal. Let's not say that the bricks you burned can be sold, even if you can sell them all, you will fall into a situation where there are no bricks available when you burn 800,000 bricks, and there will be no bricks available for at least four or five months, what should you do then? There's no way the person who built the house can wait for you for four or five months, and you can still get hundreds of people to sit there for a few months? I'm afraid that no one will do it. ”

Li Feibai said: "People say that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, Uncle Liu really thinks about me in everything, and the little nephew has thanked me in advance." He turned his head and said, "Damin, don't you have a good idea, say it and tell everyone!" ”

Jin Damin has no good way, and if there is a good way, he has already said it. He looked at Li Feibai helplessly, hoping to see the solution to the problem from Li Feibai's face.

Li Feibai said: "Don't you still have a drying room?" ”

Kim Daemin reacted immediately. The drying room can dry the bricks, and naturally the soil can also be dried, but the cost is much higher. As long as the problem can be solved, does it matter if the cost is high?

He said, "Yes, the oven." Dry the cement in a drying room. After a pause, he explained: "Divide the hands of the people who dig the cement into two groups, one group of digging to be placed elsewhere to cool and dry, and the other group of digging is directly sent to the drying room for urgent use." It only takes six months, and the cool-dried cement can be used six months ago, and then it can be combined with two groups of people, and the waste drying room can be recycled with only the excavated cement, which will completely solve the problem of no glue available! ”