It was imperative for Liu Yuan to build a pottery kiln, and after everything was arranged, it was dark, and he hurried back home, and Lu Pheasant had already prepared a meal. After dinner, he smiled and brushed the dishes and chopsticks himself, and after two days of hard work for Lu Pheasant, he let the latter rest first.

On the second day, under the communication of the governors, the people in the Surabaya Pavilion knew that Liu Yuan wanted to build a pottery kiln. At this time, the pavilion was already full of farmers, and when they saw Liu Yuan, the people all smiled and said: "Liu Tingchang, it takes manpower to build a pottery kiln, and we are all one shoulder."

The simplicity of the farmers warmed Liu Yuan's heart, and he also smiled and said in return: "Yuan thanked everyone for their support, building a pottery kiln naturally requires manpower, everyone can go to Liu Fang, and this salary will not be in arrears."

"Pavilion Chief Liu laughed, we are not here for wages."

"That's it! Let's go, let's go to Liu Ting's father, don't be around here and let people mistakenly think that we are around the pavilion, otherwise we will be laughed and scolded by the neighbors. ”

Seeing everyone leaving, Liu Yuan entered the pavilion house, and at this time Zhou Bo had already arrived, and he also saluted when he saw Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan didn't greet him, but directly ordered: "You go to Li Lichang in Hedong first, and I will bring the craftsman over later." Also, let the big cow come over. ”

"Bo is over." Zhou Bo nodded, and after responding, he left in a hurry.

After a while, the big bull arrived, and he trotted all the way, sweating profusely on his forehead. "Brother Yuan, what are you looking for?"

Seeing this, Liu Yuan smiled, he handed over the sackcloth towel, and said, "You kid, you are still in such a hurry."

"Isn't this Brother Yuan, you're looking for me?" The big cow touched his head honestly.

"Recently, a pottery kiln will be built in the pavilion, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of people at that time, so you don't have to make any mistakes in this security." Liu Yuan commanded in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Da Niu immediately said: "Brother Yuan, don't worry, I'll go and arrange manpower to strengthen the patrol of each mile."

After Da Niu left, Liu Yuan waited in the pavilion for more than half an hour before the craftsmen arranged by Taigong Lu arrived, accompanied by the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion. When the housekeeper saw Liu Yuan, he saluted before he spoke: "Uncle, these dozen people are all craftsmen found by Lu Gong. This is Wang Lao, he has a lot of experience, and he can save my uncle a lot of heart. The butler pointed to an old man beside him and introduced.

"Oh?" Liu Yuan looked at the old man, this old man Wang was calm and energetic, he also bowed his hand and said to Wang Lao quite respectfully: "It turns out that it is Wang Lao, and you need to trouble you to build a pottery kiln."

Wang Lao looked at Liu Yuan in surprise, he had also heard of the virtuous name of the head of the Surabaya Pavilion, but he didn't expect that Liu Yuan would treat him so politely as a rough man, which moved Wang Lao's heart. In a hurry, Wang Lao bowed and returned the salute, and said in a deep voice: "Pavilion Chief Liu is really virtuous, Xiao Lao'er is a rough person, if Pavilion Chief Liu has any orders, just say it directly, we will do what I say."

At this time, the housekeeper said: "Uncle, there is 30,000 yuan in this car, and Gong Lu said that if it is not enough, you can go to the house to withdraw it."

Liu Yuan's face showed joy, his father-in-law was really bold, and the 30,000 yuan was enough for the time being. Thirty thousand Qin and a half taels is not a small number, and it fills a sack of an ox cart. "You go back and thank my father-in-law for me, if there is any trouble, I will go to the house." Mrs. Lu can rest assured that this housekeeper can escort such money, which shows that he is also Mrs. Lu's henchman.

Later, Liu Yuan found Ergou and asked him to take someone to transfer 30,000 yuan to the grain depot, and told him to take strict care of it. Ergou is an honest man, and Liu Yuan can naturally trust it.

"Brother Yuan, don't worry, my second dog will guarantee that this money is foolproof." Ergou also knew that this was the money to build the pottery kiln, and the pressure on his shoulders increased sharply, but he still gritted his teeth and promised.

After the affairs of the pavilion were arranged, Liu Yuan rushed to Hedongli with Wang Lao and the rest of the craftsmen. Zhou Bo and Li Lichang also waited for a long time, and the two had already discussed the construction of a pottery kiln, but they were not final. Seeing Liu Yuan coming, Li Lichang stepped forward and saluted, "Pavilion Chief, you are here."

Liu Yuan bowed slightly, and when he saw the two of them looking sad, he asked, "What's the matter, you're in trouble?"

"Pavilion chief, the mountains on this side of Hedongli are steep, and it is a little difficult to build a pottery kiln." Zhou Bo replied respectfully, in front of outsiders, he was not as casual as in private.

Hearing this, Liu Yuan looked far away, and most of the pottery kilns in this era were built on the mountain, called the dragon kiln. The kiln body of the dragon kiln is a long oblique building, and the kiln door and fire chamber are built at the downward end of the kiln body at the foot of the mountain, and the mouth is directly opened at the top of the kiln body, and no chimney is built. Then he looked at Wang Lao again and asked, "What does Wang Lao think?"

Wang Lao looked at the hillside from afar, he frowned, and replied in a deep voice: "Liu Tingchang, this hillside is a little steep, but it is not impossible to build, but the manpower consumption is very large."

Liu Yuan also frowned, if the manpower consumption is too large, I am afraid that there will be complaints in the pavilion. He sighed, secretly saying that he still hadn't thought it through yesterday. Liu Yuanhuan put his hands on his chest and pondered. Suddenly he seemed to think of something, so he crouched down, picked up a small pebble and sketched it on the dirt floor.

Liu Yuan didn't know about pottery kilns, but in his previous life, he had participated in an archaeological excavation with the teachers of the department, and there was a town kiln. The kiln can be said to be the most advanced refining technology in the history of ceramic manufacturing, and he now draws a scoop on a gourd and sketches a simple structure diagram of a kiln on the clay floor.

The town kiln does not need to be built on the mountain, and it is more advanced than the dragon kiln, which is suitable for solving the current difficulties. After a while, after the sketch was completed, Liu Yuan said to Wang Lao with a smile: "Wang Lao, Yuan doesn't understand the pottery kiln, you are an expert, Yuan Fang suddenly had a method, so the structure of this dragon kiln was modified one or two, do you think it can be built according to this structure?" ”

Wang Lao looked at the simple structure diagram of the town kiln drawn on the ground, and the town kiln as a whole was elongated "duck egg-shaped", with high in front and low in the back, wide in front and narrow in the back. The front end of the kiln is the kiln head and the kiln door, and the kiln top at the top of the kiln head is arc-shaped, and gradually elongates and descends backwards. The bottom of the kiln gradually slopes upwards from the kiln head. At the same time, a chimney was built at the end of the kiln.

"This is the pottery kiln that the pavilion chief has improved?" After Wang Lao observed, he looked at Liu Yuan with a low voice and asked. Then, he shook his head again and said dishappily: "Forgive the little old man for being blunt, this is just nonsense. Xiao Lao'er has built a pottery kiln for so many years, and he has never seen such a strange-shaped pottery kiln. ”

Liu Yuan smiled, but he was not angry, he also knew that his proposal to modify the pottery kiln by an outsider was indeed unconvincing. In particular, the traditional pottery kiln of the dragon kiln has been used for hundreds of years, and the process is mature, and it is indeed difficult to improve it with the level of craftsmen at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Wang Lao couldn't accept the reprimand, or very stubborn reprimand, and Liu Yuan could understand.

"Wang Lao Mo is angry, if you don't try, how do you know that this method is impossible?" Liu Yuan said carefully.

Wang Lao waved his sleeves and snorted coldly, not seeming to buy it. At this moment, he was also a little secretly ridiculed, this virtue is nothing more than that, he actually modified the structure of the pottery kiln in vain, it is really ignorant and fearless. His previous good impression of Liu Yuan had turned into that disdain.

"Elder Wang, is that you?" At this moment, Lu Pheasant, who brought the water, shouted in surprise.

"Lu girl!" Seeing Lu Pheasant, Wang Lao smiled a little better.

You can think of the shape of the kiln as a duck egg, isn't the duck egg just one high and one low, one wide and one narrow? It's just that there is an extra chimney at the narrow end of the duck egg.