The snow had not yet fallen, and the hut in the village, closest to the cliff behind the mountain, had already lit a fire.

Inside the two large clay pots were freshly fired charcoal, which was obviously a little more heated in the kiln, but at least not full of green smoke like firewood.

The tiger's skin was laid flat on the red brick floor, and a huge deer's head hung from the wall, and its long, forked horns showed the strength of the hunter. The two large pots of gourds grew tenaciously, relying on the temperature of the charcoal burning and not afraid of the frost outside, and the vines that stretched out were already wrapped around the antlers.

This is a room that Chen Jian has carefully "renovated" as the hall of the tribal council.

Two stacks of bricks and a large bluestone slab form his desk, next to which a layer of birch bark and charcoal is piled up as pen and paper.

At this time, there were seven or eight people sitting in the room, looking curiously at the white stamen of the gourd that Yu Qian'er was dipping in some hemp fibers, and didn't know what Jian Chen was asking her to do.

These seven or eight people were all people from the two tribes plus the two tribes that were rescued, except for the chief, who could count to 10,000, and the people of the rest of the tribes were still on their way.

Jian Chen motioned for everyone to be quiet, and he took out a piece of bark, on which everything the four clans already had.

"When the wheat beans are harvested, the rest of the tribes will come here as well. You were the first to come and live here with our tribe, and as you know, if you want to eat meat, you need to hunt first, and now that we have finished hunting our prey, of course, this meat cannot be eaten by other tribes in vain. ”

These people are well aware that after living these days, they are well aware of the difference between clan property and public property.

"We can now make wine, burn pottery, burn lime, burn charcoal, and boil salt...... These are all things they need, and if they want them later, they need to exchange them. After those tribes come, the scope of public property will change, can you distinguish the difference between yours, mine, ours, and everyone? ”

Seeing these people nodding, Jian Chen was also relieved. With the addition of the rest of the tribes, the population of the entire village will reach 2,000 people, including those who will be born.

There are only 300 people in your own tribe, and the proportion is a bit small, so you have to tie these three tribes together with your own tribe with interests, so that the proportion of the population can account for one-third.

The two rescued tribes are now basically considered to be their own tribes, and the elected leaders are the only ones who are the only ones, and the stone tribe is also a family of relatives because of their children.

Jian Chen patted the bark and called Yu Qian'er to ask her to calculate the amount of pottery, salt, and lime burned every day, and how many days it would take to satisfy the rest of the tribes.

Yu Qian'er counted very slowly, and could only use wooden sticks instead of some relatively large numbers to count slowly, Chen Jian looked at the rest of the people: "We will use these things in the future, and we will also use things in exchange." After the change, let's divide it again. ”

Puzzled, Stone asked, "Why is that?" ”

"I think each clan has ten clay pots, and you think each clan has twenty, so how can it be done? Besides, let other tribes see it, will they also want to exchange things in their hearts? ”

Chen Jian calculated for a moment, and then said: "Now the wheat beans have not been harvested, and the wine is not good, and the rest must be manpowered." Ten people from each tribe are in charge of these things, and I am in charge of what they get on the last day of each month. ”

"How do you divide it?"

"If there are ten catties of grain, our tribe will ask for five catties, the stone tribe will have three catties, and the remaining two clans will have one catty each."

The two tribes did not object, it was a surprise for them to be able to share something, they were still slaves a few months ago, if it weren't for Chen Jian, he might not even be able to see the snow.

Shi pondered it for a while, and accepted it very happily, Chen Jian could do these things even if he didn't call them clans, so she was quite satisfied.

Chen Jian solemnly repeated again: "Remember, these things are ours, not everyone's. ”

"It's clear. It's just that...... Ken, what if they burn it themselves? ”

Jian Chen shook his head with a smile and said, "Impossible." Do you know how long it took them to build a kiln for Acorns? One month! Do you know how long it took them to learn how to burn charcoal? A month and a half! They don't have that much time to dedicate two dozen people to spend dozens of days dedicated to this. Twenty people, even if they go hunting every day, are enough to buy clay pots for their tribe, so why take the time to make them themselves? ”

There is another sentence that he did not say because of modesty. However, these people also understand that if Jian Chen does not come up with a way, they are afraid that it will take a long time and a long time to discover these things by chance.

"By the way, there's one more thing. We can't be idle this winter, so we can cultivate more land before the snow falls, and get as close to the village as possible. When you go back, tell your tribesmen that you don't have to be tired, and we don't need to cultivate it after we cultivate it, so that the best land will not be occupied by other tribes, and our future land will be far away. You have to believe that when the apricots are yellow, those tribes will also go crazy to open the land. ”

Of course, they believed Jian Chen, and although they knew that it was tiring to reclaim the land, they still decided to tell their people about it as soon as possible.

After going back, after discussing with the clansmen, ten of the best young men were selected and sent to Jian Chen.

If you want to improve production efficiency, you need skilled jobs, and it's time to divide labor.

It took Chen Jian three months to pile up a few handicraftsmen who finally took shape a little.

Whether it is burning bricks or charcoal, you need to rely on experience. He only understands a little, and the gap between a little understanding and the details is like heaven and earth.

Take charcoal burning as an example, there are many sayings about when to close the kiln mouth.

If it is early, the charcoal will be pinched, and the core of hardwood will be inside; If it is late, there is enough oxygen, and the charcoal will become a pile of grass and ashes, and there will be nothing left.

And these details were piled up by three months of non-agricultural production, so he was not worried that those tribes could be copied quickly, and they could not afford to study for three months of full-time production.

Chen Jian took these thirty people to the kiln factory, and when he was far away, he smelled a choking smell of raw smoke, and his spicy eyes hurt.

The door of the charcoal kiln had been opened, and it was late autumn, but the people who were carrying charcoal outside were only surrounded by a fiber cloth that covered the indecent parts, and they were covered with sweat and mixed with charcoal ash.

All over the body, only the teeth are white, and only the eyes are bright.

Acorn and the masons were building a new pottery kiln, the charcoal burned at a higher temperature than the wood, the glaze had already appeared in the first few firings, and Acorn was figuring out how to make glazed pottery.

Seeing Jian Chen coming, he ran over with a piece of burned pottery and said, "Jian, you touch this piece of pottery, it's very slippery on it, like ice." ”

This piece of pottery is really a little different, pottery and porcelain are completely different, this is not porcelain, because there is no coop sieve now, there is no way to sieve the clay too finely.

The surface of this pottery has a layer of blue-white glaze, which is very uneven and ugly, but it is completely different from the previous pottery.

"How did you get that?"

"The last time you said you could try to paint the pottery with different kinds of mud, I tried to smear it with the mess of lime and plant ash that you burned. I think that if I give me a few more months, we can also use this pottery, which is much better than the previous pottery. ”

"There's no hurry, I've brought you a few people and asked them to learn from you. There are some jobs you don't need to do yourself, just let them do it. Pottery or continue to burn, you can build a smaller kiln, each time the burning of how long also write down, little by little change, ten months can always find a way. ”

There are not enough people here, and according to the rules of the previous tribe, Acorn himself has to do things like adding firewood and moving bricks.

Jian Chen's words still made Acorn a little difficult to accept, he felt that he didn't work, it seemed that something was not good, and it was completely different from the previous rules.

Chen Jian saw his concerns and said with a smile: "That's it, if you can burn this kind of pottery, it is far better than you to move thousands of bricks." ”

The acorn was about to say something, but was pulled aside by Chen Jian and reminded in a low voice: "You teach a few people how to turn the potter's wheel, and those who learn slowly are responsible for shaking the potter's wheel." Those who learn quickly, teach them how to pinch. These people can't give you all of them, and they will give a few points to those who burn charcoal and bricks, and you will be separated in the future, and you will only be responsible for burning pottery. You pick first. ”

According to the method that Chen Jian taught him before, let these people take turns to knead next to the potter's wheel. He has been burning pottery for several months, and he knows many details by himself, and he can choose the ones that are suitable from the action of touching the clay for the first time.

According to the difficulty of the required skills, these people were assigned to several people in charge of these things in batches. It is basically similar to the apprenticeship system, led by the master, and the apprentice is the main labor force, and the light and heavy work are separated.

After all these people were divided, Jian Chen called these responsible people together and took out the number counted by Yu Qian'er.

Now the matter of burning pottery can be slowed down, and the amount of lime required to soak acorns is very large, at least until the time of apricot yellow.

According to the quantity, it is roughly divided into the number of times that need to be fired this month, and it must be completed before the end of the month. The rest of the time can be rested, and they are not needed for things like ramming walls and digging pits.

Acorn was still a little embarrassed, and said, "Let's rest, isn't it a little bad to watch the clansmen ram the wall?" ”

"There's nothing bad about it, after ramming the wall, they also have a time to rest. Let me ask you, how many rammed walls do you need to pinch out the pottery you kneaded in a day? ”

"Six or seven, right?"

"That's it, the one who rams the wall fast is equivalent to two of you. I asked the rammed wall to burn the pottery quickly, and let you ram the wall, what could have been done in a month, it will take three months. ”

Acorn pondered for a moment and nodded, it was indeed the case.

"That's it. Burn it well, and in the future, other tribes will exchange grain, furs, and the like from us. ”

"If you burn more, you're catching a rabbit for your tribe. The extra part of the burnt each month can add a sheep to you for dinner. ”

"Burn too much, other tribes can't use so much?"

"When the apricots are yellow, we will go downstream along the grass river to find other tribes, they will ask for it, but it must be burned well."

He glanced at the grass river in the distance and said with a smile: "Don't think that there are only a few tribes in this world. ”