Looking at Wei Ming, who was surrounded by everyone, he skillfully greeted many gentry, as if this was not a kiln opening ceremony, but a reception reception.

"It seems that Brother Wen Ju is better at business matters!" Liu Shu said with emotion.

For this, Yang Yuanzhao also nodded in approval, Wei Ming and Liu Shu are both from a family, and they are both good at business, but the focus of the two people is completely different, Wei Ming is an orthodox family education background, and he also belongs to the lineage of the Wei family, and he has received the most traditional family education. Liu Shu is just the opposite, he is also from everyone, but because of the relationship between the branches, he is from the orthodox imperial examination, and he can also do outreach or something, but it is not as convenient as Wei Ming, because he has done the case, he is better at dealing with internal affairs.

"Brother Wen Ju, a qiē is still smooth, right?" Yang Yuanzhao saw that Wei Ming was finally free, and stepped forward to ask.

"Yuan Zhao, you're here, I thought you were still on the construction site of the cement factory, and you didn't care about the brick factory anymore. Wei Ming said happily.

"Very high?" Yang Yuanzhao was stunned for a moment, and asked with a little surprise: "You opened the kiln?" ”

"Be quiet, of course you won't open the kiln, but the cave you designed is not like you can't see the inside!"

Yang Yuanzhao was stunned for a moment, suddenly thought about it, pointed at Wei Ming, speechless, this gossip kiln, the temperature is higher, and the use of air cooling, will leave a few vents to speed up the reduction of the internal temperature, the design is good, not even much lower than the water-cooled one, at first because of the high temperature and dense fog, can not see the internal situation, when the temperature gradually decreases, where to venture to see, you can still see some of the internal situation, even if it is a glance, in terms of the experience of the master, it is enough to judge the approximate success rate, As long as it is guaranteed to be above this era, Wei Ming will definitely dare to publicize the furnace.

This is also normal and in line with the psychology of the Chinese, after all, no one wants to spend energy and money to organize activities that end in failure, and what is always needed for a good start, whether it is a sign or a fact.

When he was greeting Yang Yuanzhao, there was a commotion next to him, Wei Ming turned his head to look at it, and exclaimed: "Why is he here!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao also followed his eyes and was stunned for a moment, it turned out that he also knew the one who caused the commotion, it was Hou Jinsheng who he had only met in the morning, Liu Shu glanced at it, and said softly in Yang Yuanzhao's ear: "It seems that he attaches great importance to our side!" ”

Yang Yuanzhao was also slightly helpless, even in Baotou, where the central force is relatively weak, there are still such and such big families, and the Hou family, who has never been socialized before, actually met twice in a row in a short period of time.

Although Liu Shu's words were light, he was too close to Wei Ming, Wei Ming obviously listened to his words, looked at Liu Shu and the two suspiciously, and finally his eyes fell on Hou Jinsheng.

Sure enough, after greeting a few words with the gentry who were familiar with him, Hou Jinsheng went straight to the front of Wei Ming and the others, first congratulated Wei Ming, and finally his eyes fell on Yang Yuanzhao, and said with a smile: "Young Master Yang, meet again!" ”

"I've seen Master Hou, what's the matter, do you want to start a new home?"

"If the bricks are good, why not buy some!" Hou Jinsheng said calmly.

"Then thank you Master Hou!" Wei Ming said politely beside him.

Hou Jinsheng was very sophisticated, just a few words of greeting, and then left, chatting with familiar people around him, when Hou Jinsheng turned away, Wei Ming asked Liu Shu, what did Hou Jinsheng come to do.

For Wei Ming, Liu Shu and Yang Yuanzhao didn't have much to hide, and they talked to Wei Ming in 1510, and after Wei Ming heard it, his happy expression immediately stopped, and he muttered for a long time, not saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.

Everyone has their own ideas, Yang Yuanzhao didn't say much, Wei Ming is a layer away from Liu Shu, plus he has a distinct Wei family's color, under a certain Cheng dù, a lot of considerations, more is to stand on the Wei family's position.

At this time, the master came to Wei Ming's side and told him that the auspicious time had arrived, and the kiln was opened, and Wei Ming immediately stepped forward, beckoned the guests to stand still, and began to prepare for the kiln.

Many gentry came around, curiously looking at this huge cave, gossip kiln, the exit is more, eight openings, it was already half-open before, for air cooling to lower the temperature inside, it has been several days, the temperature in the kiln has been reduced to the same as the outdoor temperature Cheng dù, but the people standing around, still feel the temperature rising, the master in charge said: "Wait a few minutes, we can go in!" ”

There is no need for the master to name him, no one goes up at this time, although there is no high-temperature gas, but some of the brick ash that is rolled up by the wind still makes it foggy and dirty.

After a while, when the fog gradually explained, under the order of the master, more than 20 strong men, pushing a flatbed car, rushed up from eight directions, and soon, a cart of bricks came out, and many gentry stepped forward, looking at this turn, one of them said in surprise: "It's a red brick, not a green brick!" ”

Next to him, a craftsman didn't wait for the master of the brick factory to speak, so he took the initiative to explain: "Red bricks and green bricks, the main reason is that the temperature is different, the temperature of this furnace is quite high, what comes out is red bricks, and some materials may be added!" ”

"The red bricks also look pleasing, not like the green bricks, which look dark and gloomy!" A gentry nodded.

Red has always been a festive color, in the old China, a poor and backward feudal society, even more so, everyone for the color of the bricks, there are not many requirements, before just strange and ordinary differences, now a bunch of people around the flatbed, some curious even pick up, not to mention, this weight and hardness, seems to be a little higher than the green bricks, a few specially invited craftsmen, became the protagonist, surrounded by a number of people, ask how these bricks are.

These craftsmen, very experienced, start, on the quality of the bricks almost grasped, and carefully inspected all the bricks, for fear of taking out some samples, and even someone walked into the brick kiln, select some bricks inside, but the quality is very good, basically a level, which is enough for them to rest assured of the brick kiln.

The craftsmen who breathed a sigh of relief began to talk about the benefits of bricks in detail, and even took out the prepared green bricks, and did a competition, these craftsmen got the gifts of the brick factory early, and they didn't need to think of it to Wei Ming, and the people below would also think of it, and now they don't have to praise it against their will, of course, it is full of flowers, and the icing on the cake is not a difficult thing for anyone.

Compared with the gentry who care about the quality, Wei Ming and other shareholders pay more attention to the problem of quantity, with the help of air vents and cave openings, they see some internal conditions, the result is satisfactory, not the final result, a factory, to know his operation, the number is the key, Liu Shu deeply thinks so, it has always been done here, and it also affected Wei Ming, who did not think so, after he was not adapted to the initial contact, he quickly saw the benefits, such a boss, there is no need to stare at everyone, As long as the changes in the number of jù can be used to determine the current operation of the factory.

The masters were responsible for measuring, at that time, the placement of the brick kiln, are counted, not casually placed, stacked one by one, a little calculation, remove some obvious burnout, soon the number came out, 197,000 pieces, that is to say, before the number of 200,000, only 3,000 bricks were burned out, such a success rate, it is simply worshipped, nothing else, take Taiyuan as an example, once reached more than eighty percent, it is already good, excellent master can reach ninety, The salary in the brick and tile factory has been 60 per month, and in the brick and tile factory, it has even become a unique figure, and now the number jù is ninety into eight and five, but the reduction of the scrap rate brings direct benefits.

Wei Ming and Liu Shu are extremely excited, they seem to see the future of money, Yang Yuanzhao is indifferent, but it is a small brick kiln, mechanical mixing and brick-making, a large number of dù above, reducing some of the problems of man-made, the biggest advantage of industrialization, is that the variety is similar, in the same environment, the best choice, the rejection rate is of course very low, and even in the future, after getting acquainted, there will not be 3000 pieces at all, in the entire cave, It can also accommodate more bricks for one-time firing.

"Captain Shopkeeper!" After some comments, as well as personal touch, most of the gentry have determined the excellence of this batch of bricks, close to 200,000 bricks, say not much, say less and not less, and the people who are just holding the idea of seeing it seem to have found the benefits, and have stepped forward to discuss the price with Wei Ming.

The price of red bricks, Wei Ming and Liu Shu have communicated a long time ago, not to mention the comparison between red bricks and green bricks, with the current situation, for the time being, it is positioned one point higher than the green bricks, and then because there is only one in Baotou, add another point, so the pricing should be more appropriate.

Obviously, after Wei Ming went out for a while, his face was red and glowing, because it was only a preliminary intention, there were at least more than 10 and 200,000 bricks, which was not enough at all, and even the next ones, two, three, four, and five furnaces, were also booked out one by one, and some of the gentry who were anxious even left a deposit, and the rest were also guaranteed.

Now China's shopping malls rely more on word of mouth, and there are very few businesses that break the contract, otherwise, who dares to do business with him next, plus Wei Ming's own background, these can almost be fulfilled, which is much higher than Wei Ming's previous thoughts, with the lower production cost of the brick and tile factory, higher output and yield rate, it seems that this cost will be recovered, not far away.

An opening of the kiln, in the end is the satisfaction of everyone, Hou Jinsheng, who has been noticed by Wei Ming, is not excessive, nor outdated, he set 100,000 bricks, among the people, not the top, can only be in line with the identity, after the set, he said goodbye and left, I can't see what I want to do, but Wei Ming and Liu Shu have always been very vigilant about him.

Next, Yang Yuanzhao did not participate in the celebration banquet in the evening, but only asked Wei Ming to arrange that he would give some red envelopes to the more outstanding workers, and he would leave and go home.

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