Burning bricks is not an easy task.

Tang Xidong came into contact with burning bricks, or when he was a child, he played behind the butt of the adults in the village, at that time, he just felt very novel, but he never handled it personally, but then he grew up, he would always miss that happy and happy days, and he would also recall the scenes of burning bricks with sweat, and he unconsciously saw more, and he also understood the principle of each process of burning bricks.

To burn bricks, it is necessary to first ingrediate, use the existing loess, doped cinder, and mud, set molds, then dry, and finally enter the kiln.

At this moment, Tangxi East on this Luoliang Mountain seems to have returned to the peaceful mountain village of his childhood.

The first kiln is to practice hands, and at the same time experiment, find problems, and then ponder and improve.

The loess transported from the hillside, the cinders transported from the back mountain, and the wooden molds made by the back mountain are all placed in front of Tangxi East.

A group of men, under the command of Tang Xidong, began to follow the proportions he said, and mud.

It's not too wet or too dry, it's a job to control the heat.

The reconciled clay is put into the mould and then shaped.

Then carry the mold and put it into the burning cave, which is not a boil, but because the temperature is too low, and it takes a long time to dry outside, so it is put into the cave with a small fire.

The other people in the front and back mountains were still busy, and Tang Xidong took the young men and young people to start building a newly erected five-hole brick kiln.

Before dark, the hot air is used to remove the mold in the kiln, and then the molded mud is carefully discharged, and sand and gravel are sprinkled between the layers to prevent bonding.

Taking advantage of the time, the kiln mouth is sealed, and the fire starts to burn the bricks, and after that, it is a long time, so you need to wait with peace of mind.

Tang Xidong looked at the burning firewood, his brows furrowed slightly.

I'm afraid that the firewood will not work, although the fire is strong, but the temperature cannot go up, and the fire is a little small.

Tang Xidong thought of the abandoned coal kiln in the back mountain, and planned to go to see it tomorrow, if it was possible to open another opening and mine the coal, then it would be of great help at that time, which would not only facilitate the kiln, but also facilitate everyone to heat up in the future, and then think of his own plan in the future, he also needed a lot of coal, Tang Xidong felt that he must dig out the coal.

It's a matter of a whole number of issues.

The brick kiln generally burns for three or four days, and Tang Xidong sent people to guard it day and night to prevent the kiln fire from going out.

Then he went to rest, this day was busy, his back hurt, he was eager to take a hot bath, but unfortunately the reality was cruel to reject him.

On the second day, after breakfast, I first went to see the brick kiln, and after everything was normal, Tang Xidong walked to the coal kiln in the back mountain.

Along the way, Tang Xidong carefully avoided the uneven stones on the mountain road, and walked down the path that had been stepped on white.

It would be nice to build a railroad track, even if there were no trains, it would save a lot of manpower.

However, there is no iron, not even a blacksmith.

On the big field halfway up the mountain, Liu Dagou sat on a stone, directing Qingzhuang to load and haul the car.

Seeing Tang Xidong's figure, Liu Dagou greeted him very warmly: "Oh, how dare you bother Tang Gongzi to come to this dirty place." ”

Recently, Deng Dahu and Liu Dagou both seemed very enthusiastic when they saw Tang Xidong, probably the same sex of people, and they asked people to give them a smile.

"Master Sanzhai, this is the coal hole?" Tang Xidong looked at the dark entrance of the cave and asked.

"yes? It's a pity, that's a lot of silver. Liu Dagou sighed with some regret.

Tang Xidong looked at the entrance of the cave, then walked over, followed by Liu Dagou, looked around, Tang Xidong found that the entrance of the cave was not destroyed, thought about it, and prepared to enter.

I found a branch, lit it by the bonfire that the young men used to bake the fire, and prepared to go in.

Liu Dagou saw Tang Xidong's posture, and hurriedly grabbed his face: "Tang Gongzi, you can't enter here!" There are a lot of people buried alive inside, I have been guarding here for the past two days, and I am panicked during the day, and from time to time I can hear the sound of rocks rolling down inside, which is dangerous and ruthless! ”

"Don't worry, the owner of Sanzhai, I only look at the entrance of the cave, this coal mine will be of great use in the future, if you want everyone to live a good life, it is best to reopen the coal kiln." Tang Xidong pushed Liu Dagou's hand and walked in alone.

At the mouth of the black hole, there was more than one person high at the opening, Tang Xidong lit a torch and got into it, and he was really panicked, but Tang Xidong didn't feel how scared, he had seen a lot of terrible things before.

After getting used to the darkness, Tang Xidong drilled deeper along the original alleyway.

In the past, there was no mechanized production in the coal kiln, and it relied on manpower to excavate, so it was cramped, and the feet were also deep and shallow.

After walking for forty or fifty meters, Tang Xidong could already see the more and more spacious roadway in front of him, and he knew that this was to find the coal seam.

Stopping, Tang Xidong thought for a moment, the distance from the outside to the coal seam was still in the direction, and then walked cautiously forward again.

After walking another forty or fifty steps, I saw a cave four or five meters square in front of me, but it was also topped with planks and stakes, but the old stakes were already a little crooked.

Getting closer, Tang Xidong saw the collapsed rocks blocked in front of him.

Carefully and carefully look at the trend of the coal seam, and then look at the location of the landslide.

Tang Xidong slowly planned in his heart, calculating the distance from the outside.

This hole is obviously unusable and has been blocked, but Tang Xidong feels that he can reopen a hole in other directions halfway up the mountain, as long as he takes protective measures and avoids the collapsed rock formation, he can mine the coal again.

After looking at it again, Tang Xidong became more and more sure of the plan in his heart, so he drilled outside.

Just when Tang Xidong drilled out of twenty or thirty meters, he heard the sound of a cave top stone hitting the ground behind him in the roadway behind him.

After a long period of exploration, Tang Xidong finally saw the light at the entrance of the cave, and his heart was much more settled.

Walking out of the coal kiln, Tang Xidong wiped the sweat from his forehead and adapted to the dazzling sunlight.

Looking at him again, Liu Lianqing, who had cold eyes, was staring at him deadly, and there were Deng Dahu and Liu Dagou with a mixture of panic and joy beside him.

"Don't die." Liu Lianqing said coldly, and then made a gesture to leave, but Deng Dahu beside her grabbed her.

Liu Dagou greeted him with a frightened face: "Oh, Tang Gongzi, you can scare me, I went in for a long time, and I didn't hear back from you, my old Liu was only afraid that you would be in trouble inside, so I hurriedly went to invite the owner of the village and the two of them to come over." ”

"Tang Gongzi, you must not enter the burying cave again in the future, it is too dangerous." Deng Dahu also stepped forward to blame.

Tang Xidong smiled and waved his hand to signal that everything was fine.

As soon as Deng Dahu stepped forward, he naturally let go of Liu Lianqing's arm, so Liu Lianqing prepared to leave again.

Tang Xidong saw that although people gave him a cold face, they also cared about him, so he hurriedly stopped: "The owner of the village stays, I still have important things to discuss." ”

When Liu Lianqing heard this, she stopped and turned around, but her face was still cold.