When it comes to building materials, ordinary people are more practical than yellow mud and thatch, decent wooden houses can only be built by wealthy families, and stones such as bluestone are only used when the state builds fortifications or nobles build houses. Yes, hearing Lin Taohua's question, Zhou Ming and Yue Yang both looked at her curiously.

"Do you want stone instead of wood?" Yue Yang asked.

"All the stones used in the construction of the Wujin Courtyard are difficult to collect for a while, not to mention the material and labor costs, which are too high and too eye-catching." Zhou Ming said softly to Lin Taohua, hoping that she would dispel the idea of using that luxurious stone.

Lin Taohua thought for a while and said, "Isn't there a green brick or a red brick?" ”

Zhou Ming didn't wonder about her question, but smiled faintly: "Jinguo has never had it." ”

Yue Yang looked at Lin Taohua in surprise, as if he had heard something terrible.

"What's that look on your face? Did I say anything earth-shattering? Lin Taohua frowned.

Yue Yang smiled and asked softly, "Have you been to Qingyan?" ”

Lin Taohua pondered for a while, probably guessed what he meant, and said vaguely: "I haven't been there, but I heard that there are green bricks, why can't Jinguo learn to burn bricks, isn't this thing much better than wood to build a house?" ”

Yue Yang's gaze swept lightly over her face, obviously not believing her words. In Yue Yang's opinion, Lin Taohua had too many secrets, such as the unknown medicine in his wine pot at the moment, and the jade rat who could only communicate with her at the beginning, so it was not strange for her to suddenly talk about building a house with green bricks at this moment.

"The green brick technique is a secret of Qingyan Country, so naturally it will not inform neighboring countries, and there is no way for Jinguo to learn it. However, if you really want to burn, I can get you two craftsmen who built the kiln, but you know about it, and you must not reveal the origin of these two men to anyone else, nor tell anyone that they helped build the kiln. ”

"Uh, hehe, that's great." Lin Taohua laughed quite awkwardly when she heard Yue Yang directly expose her lies.

Zhou Ming felt that it was better for him to say something, so he picked up the wine glass and said, "Brother Yang, don't blame me, my lady is ......."

Before he finished speaking, Yue Yang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Who hasn't had a secret, the little lady has never been on guard against her speech, and she is very content with it, as for the rest, hehe, Yue has no intention of inquiring." ”

"Thank you Brother Yue for your understanding." Zhou Ming smiled, raised his glass and toasted Yue Yang, adding a little more trust to Yue Yang in his heart.

For Yue Yang, Lin Taohua just instinctively felt that he could be trusted, so he didn't deliberately guard against doing things and talking many times. At this time, Yue Yang's words warmed her heart, and she smiled and said: "When the peach blossoms in Taoyuan are in full bloom next spring, I am going to open a wine shop to brew agar syrup, but I can get the nine altars of red rain, how about sending Brother Yang two altars?" ”

Yue Yang said with a smile: "It is fortunate that the little lady is so loved." The little lady will prepare for the brick-burning first, and after three days, I will bring someone with me. ”

Lin Taohua didn't say anything more, and raised a glass to him once.

After lunch, Yue Yang left with Yu Ning, and Yuan Jie took the men from Tianjiazhuang to the construction site.

Lin Taohua called Zhou Ming into the room and told him in detail the materials and general steps needed to burn the bricks.

Zhou Ming took the preliminary blue brick production process diagram and looked at it carefully several times, and said: "The clay you said is a bit similar to the soil quality of the wasteland in the east of the village, I will go to the eldest brother later, and then take a few people to the scene to see." ”

Lin Taohua smiled and said: "I'm a woman who doesn't follow you to get this, you should be clever yourself, don't get into trouble." ”

Zhou Ming scratched her nose: "Are you such a stupid person?" Feel relieved. ”

Lin Taohua smiled: "Let's not just wait for the kiln builder in Yueyang, you put some back for me to see when you go to see the soil today, I want to make a small soil hole first, burn a few pieces and take a look." ”

Zhou Ming naturally had no opinion, hugged her into his arms and said: "In the future, there will be many people coming in and out of the peach orchard, I want to come out of the depths of the peach forest at intervals to prevent someone from recklessly running in and discovering your body, and then you can find an open space there to burn." ”

Lin Taohua thought for a while: "It's all peach trees, and people around you can't see the abnormality, but your separation is dazzling, so just let it go." As for the burning of the kiln, don't put it at home, I can't stand the smoke, tomorrow morning you accompany me to Qiongya Mountain to see the white fungus, and when we go down the mountain, let's turn to the clay and find a place to burn. ”

Zhou Ming tightened his arm, his snort sprayed on the side of Lin Taohua's neck, Lin Taohua was half over, and pushed him weakly, his face was red.

"I'm afraid you won't be able to get up tomorrow morning." He kissed behind Lin Taohua's ear and whispered.

"Brother Ming." Lin Taohua hid in his arms, and called out lightly, Zhou Ming immediately kissed her on the lips, wishing that night would fall at this moment.

The two struggled in the room for a while, and when Lin Taohua was soft and soft, Zhou Ming stopped and said, "You rest in the room, I'll go to the back to find the eldest brother." ”

"Hmm." Lin Taohua, who was placed on the bed, was delicate all over, and could only nod shyly, wishing that the whole person was hidden in the quilt.

After Zhou Ming found Zhou Wen, he told him about his plan to build a brick house. As soon as the two of them combined, they entrusted Zhou Wu with full authority to dig the foundation, and then called Yuan Jie over alone.

Now, Yuan Jie's wife Hu Yiren is busy with kitchen work with Zhou Wang's family, and her son is also taken by Zhou Yuan to go to school in the village school in Zhoujia Village, and even the bundle is also given by Zhou Ming and his wife. Yuan Jie was very grateful in his heart, and he couldn't wait to repay Zhou Ming's family with twelve points of sincerity, and when he heard the Zhou family brothers call him, he strode over.

"Brother Zhou is looking for me, but do you have something to say?" Yuan Jie asked with a smile.

Zhou Wen said with a smile: "Brother Yuan is serious, I can't talk about orders, but I have something urgent to discuss with you." ”

Yuan Jie patted his chest and said heartily: "You two don't have to be polite, although I am a rough person, I have strength, and I don't have to work." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Wen laughed, glanced at the busy construction site, pulled Yuan Jie into the corner and said: "Don't hide it from Brother Yuan, my brother Ming is going to burn the kiln to make bricks, but it is not certain whether this matter will be successful or not, and it is not appropriate to do it with great fanfare." We first found a dozen reliable people to quietly build the kiln, and if we could really burn bricks, we would use green bricks to build houses. I called Brother Yuan over to ask Brother Yuan to pick a few trustworthy people among the brothers in Tianjiazhuang to come over and help. ”

When Yuan Jie heard that he was going to burn green bricks, he was shocked and asked: "Green bricks are Qingyan's secret technique, how did Brother Zhou learn about this brick-burning technique?" ”

Zhou Wen glanced at him without changing his face, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Brother Yuan to be a well-informed person. ”

Yuan Jie didn't care about Zhou Wen's scrutiny, and said frankly: "I can't hide it, I served in the military before, and I saw Qingyan's green bricks when I was on the border, so I know a little bit about these." ”

Zhou Ming asked curiously: "Qingyan borders my Jinguo, although there are few battles, but it is not without friction, why has it not been able to get a little secret of burning bricks from Qingyan for so many years?" ”

Yuan Jie smiled lightly, "There will naturally be no less spying, but after all, it is a friendly country, and Jinguo can't be too presumptuous. As far as I know, the law of Qingyan clearly stipulates that anyone who leaks information about Qingbrick will be exterminated by the Nine Clans. All the kiln factories in Qingyan are under the control of the imperial court, and it is a felony to kill the head to open the kiln privately, and the government must recruit craftsmen to be sponsored by the village head and inspected by the household department. Hehe, under such layers of control, it is not easy to steal secrets. ”

Zhou Ming smiled: "Qingyan's strict prevention policy is really not very clever. It was the craftsman who first discovered the green bricks, but how can others find it? It's just a matter of sooner or later, it's better to let go of control and let it develop on its own, and the green bricks of Qingyan may be a little ahead of other countries under the brainstorming of everyone. Now that our Jinguo has produced green bricks, if Qingyan continues to be so self-contained, it will not be long before their advantages in fortifications will be overtaken by other countries. ”

"What Brother Ming said is very true, and the old general Wu of our border army also said so at that time." Yuan Jie said with a smile.

"Haha, in this way, if we do this, it will be a great contribution to the court." Zhou Wen said with a smile.

"Why are you so happy?" Zhang Biao finally rushed to Taoyuan and asked when he heard Zhou Wen's laughter.

Zhou Ming smiled and introduced Zhang Biao and Yuan Jie to each other, and then called Brother Xing and asked him to take Zhang Biao's brothers to the place where he was footed, while he himself and Zhou Wen, Yuan Jie and Zhang Biao went to the barren clay land in the east of the village.