Jin Damin entered the brick cellar at the age of sixteen as a man, which is also the small worker Li Feibai said, starting from shoveling soil and drying it. He is not like other people, who are satisfied with only earning a few hundred yuan and one tael of silver a month, but has great ambitions, and is ready to work in a brick cellar and become a shopkeeper himself.

Therefore, every time he completes his own work, which is what Li Feibai said, he goes to help other people work. Within a few years, he learned to mix mud, make bricks, build cellars, burn bricks, etc. Just when he was about to open a brick cellar by himself, there was a famine at home, and on the way to escape the famine, his father and mother starved to death, his wife and children were gone, and he had no choice but to become a bandit.

Therefore, he is very familiar with the whole process of burning bricks, although he has the heart to agree with Li Feibai can produce bricks in a month or two months, but burning bricks is like planting crops, there must be a process of growth and maturity, it is impossible to sow seeds today and harvest them tomorrow. Besides, he had already explained clearly how to burn bricks before, and now he changed his words and said that the bricks can be produced in a month or two, not to mention others, even he himself doesn't believe it?

He looked at Li Feibai in embarrassment, but saw Li Feibai nodding at him, the meaning couldn't be clearer, let him tell the truth.

Jin Damin said: "If you want to produce bricks in a month or two, I'm afraid you can't do it!" ”

Uncle Liu smiled even more proudly and said, "It's not that I'm afraid that I can't do it, but I definitely can't do it." He turned his head to look at Li Feibai and said, "Big nephew, what do you say?" ”

Li Feibai said strangely: "Damin? You told me that the bricks would be produced in a month or two, why do you say you can't now? ”

Jin Damin was stunned for a moment, and said secretly: "Did I misunderstand what Lord Li meant?" Does he mean that I am telling a lie instead of telling the truth? But this kind of thing can deceive people? Even if I lied for you, you'll have to come up with a reason to convince others! I didn't know what to say, and suddenly heard Li Feibai say: "That day, didn't you say that you could build a drying room to quickly turn wet bricks into dry bricks to speed up the speed of burning bricks?" ”

Kim Daemin muttered two sentences, so quietly that even those closest to him didn't hear what he was saying.

That's right, when Li Feibai knew that he could burn bricks and asked about the steps of burning bricks, he asked him if he could increase the speed of burning bricks. He said that he could build a drying room to quickly turn wet bricks into dry bricks. But there must be a premise, that is, the guests are in urgent need, and they no longer care about the price of bricks. After all, it costs silver to build a drying room, and it costs silver to heat coal or firewood to heat the drying room.

Li Feibai said: "Why are you talking so low, like a girl, speak loudly." ”

Jin Damin's eyes lit up, and he said in his heart: "Master Li is just to prove that the drying room can shorten the time for making bricks, so what do I do if I care if I lose money?" Besides, Master Li had already said that there was coal in the village, and there was no need to spend more money. I just need to follow Master Li's intentions, and don't say the wrong thing again. ”

After figuring out this joint, he said: "Building a drying room can speed up the drying of bricks!" ”

Li Feibai said: "How many days can you shorten the speed of the bricks?" ”

Jin Damin said: "I can shorten the time of two months to five or six days!" ”

Li Feibai smiled at Uncle Liu and said, "How are you old?" ”

Uncle Liu also smiled and said: "It's just to shorten the speed of drying bricks from two months to five or six days, not to mention the rest, it takes more than a month to burn bricks." ”

Li Feibai asked Jin Damin, "Why does it take so long to burn bricks?" ”

Jin Damin said: "If you want to burn the bricks thoroughly, you must burn them violently for more than ten days, otherwise the bricks will not burn through, and they will be crispy and crispy when taken out, and they will not be able to be used at all." ”

Li Feibai said: "It takes more than ten days to burn through?" ”

Jin Damin did not hesitate and said, "It will take more than ten days to burn through." ”

Li Feibai said: "If you knead fine coal in the middle when mixing the cement, is it possible to make the bricks burn through quickly?" ”

Jin Damin was taken aback, and Li Feibai's gaze immediately became complicated. Kneading fine coal in the cement to speed up the burning of bricks is the secret of the brick cellar, how did Li Feibai know? You know, sometimes buyers are in a hurry to buy bricks, and they will pay a lot of extra money to buy them. At this time, the cellar owner will break up these outsiders and take the family to make bricks himself.

For a few years, Jin Damin couldn't figure out why it took more than ten days for the bricks they made to burn through, and the bricks made by the cellar master could be burned through in one or two days. He wondered if the cellar owner had any spell, until one day he took the risk of being beaten and losing a year's worth of food, and quietly hid outside the cellar to peek, and discovered the secret.

In a day or two, the bricks can be burned through. This thing looks magical, but in fact, it is not worth it after knowing the details. As Li Feibai said, it's just a mixture of fine coal into the cement. At first, he couldn't figure out why it was so easy to burn the bricks through after mixing fine coal. Later, one day he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and suddenly figured it out.

The cement is not mixed with coal, but the charcoal fire is burned outside, and it is naturally not easy to burn the bricks through. The cement is mixed with coal, the charcoal fire on the outside is burning, and the coal inside the brick is also burning, which means that the inside and outside are burning, and the brick is naturally easy to burn through.

Since he learned this secret, he has regarded it as his own secret, and intends to make a lot of money when he works in the brick cellar himself. He came to Xiapan Village with Li Feibai to burn bricks, and he had no intention of making this secret public, and wanted to wait for Li Feibai to encounter difficulties in the future, and then dedicate this method, which would make a great contribution at that time.

Who would have thought that he would treat it as a secret and not dare to sleep to death, just afraid that Li Feibai would know the way to leak out of his dreams.

Li Feibai saved his life twice, and he was grateful to Li Feibai, but he didn't respect him. After all, in his opinion, Li Feibai didn't know anything about burning bricks, and if he wanted to open a brick factory to make money, he had to ask him. How can a person who asks for him deserve his respect?

Now, he has to respect Li Feibai. Since Li Feibai knows how to mix coal in the cement, it can be seen that he is an expert in burning bricks. Moreover, the secret of mixing coal in the cement is so important that he casually said it in front of everyone, and the pattern is so big that it is a big business at a glance, unlike a small household that has never seen the world. Such a person, how can he not be respected and admired.

In fact, Li Feibai didn't really know the secret of the brick cellar because he knew about mixing coal with the cement in the cement industry, but he saw a lot of bricks in later generations, and found that there was a lot of black mud in the bricks, like distilled black charcoal. Seeing that Jin Damin was speechless for a long time, he asked, "Why don't you speak?" ”

Jin Damin came back to his senses and said respectfully: "In this case, it will be burned through in a day or two." ”

Li Feibai said with a smile: "This is very good, and it has saved more than ten days." ”

Uncle Liu frowned slightly, and said: "Only burning bricks, but it saves more than ten days, and the burned bricks are completely cooled in the cellar, and it will take ten days and a half months?" ”

Li Feibai said: "This is also easy to do!" All cellars must be opened in front of the cellar, and holes must be opened in the top of the cellar. When the bricks are burned, open the cellar door directly, and the top hole is broken, so that the wind can enter and it will naturally cool quickly! ”

Jin Damin hurriedly said: "Absolutely not! After a pause, he said: "Not only can you not open the cellar door and break the top hole, but you also have to check whether there is a gap between the cellar door and the top hole, and if there is, quickly repair the gap before the fire is extinguished." ”

Li Feibai said: "Why? ”

Jin Damin said: "Because if you don't do this, the bricks will turn red, and a cellar of bricks will be wasted!" ”

Li Feibai said: "Red is red, as long as it can be used, how can it be said to be wasted?" ”

Kim Daemin raised a finger and pointed to the sky.

Li Feibai didn't understand what Jin Damin meant for a while, and suddenly felt that Ma Kun gently knocked his shoes with his toes, and when he looked back, he saw Ma Kun making a killing gesture on his neck with his hand, and he understood why he couldn't use red bricks.