The so-called Sanlidun and Balipu, as the name suggests, refer to the small hill pier and the small farm three miles away in the southeast of Yangzhou City.

These small farms have a small population, but the areas they occupy are of different sizes, which is why Zhu Yan chose Balipu as a brick kiln factory.

As soon as it occupies a large area, there is silted red clay in the nearby river, which is convenient. According to Lu Mingyi's report, there are more than 50 people in the village here, and there are no more people left.

Zhu Yan simply made the remaining three people into a family, placed a temporary residence for them in the east of the city, and promised to build a new house in half a year.

Five days ago, after writing a letter with his old man, Zhu Yan began to arrange for three teams of 12 people to be stationed in Balipu, responsible for digging laterite and mining shale in the mountains......

And let Yang Xian give an approval to help him transport some coal, firewood and grass, and arrange for a few old craftsmen to build kilns.

It was in this situation that Liu Bowen was pressed on horseback by Zhu Yan, taken all the way from Sanlidun to Balipu, and was so tormented that he was drenched in cold sweat before he was left behind.

Fortunately, the horse was not fast, otherwise he would have fallen and been seriously injured on the spot, but because of this, he fell to the ground and rolled, his white robe was dirty, and his beard and scarf were messy.

"Shhh Ouch! Lord Wang. I can't stand your toss with this bone......"

When Liu Bowen got up and rubbed his waist, he felt a group of people around him.

He looked up and saw that the leader of the fortification soldier from before was impressively in the ranks, smiling and staring at him.

The team leader's smile this time is not called enthusiasm, but should be called ill-intentioned.

"Let the prince get it right? It seems that you are meticulous. ”

As soon as he said this, two soldiers immediately stepped forward to escort Liu Bowen up.

Zhu Yan turned over and dismounted more than a dozen paces away, and was handing over the reins to his subordinates to bolt up.

He deliberately wanted to play Liu Bowen, and when he heard the team leader say so, he was happy.

"Slow!"

Although he looked indescribably embarrassed at this time, Liu Bowen did not panic.

He stopped the soldiers and slowly tore off the disguise on his face: "Everyone! Could it be that you really don't recognize me Liu Bowen......"

In fact, that disguise is to make his cheekbones on both sides more towering, looking more like two small rouge bumps of a charlatan.

Seeing the moment when Liu Bowen took off his disguise, the team leaders and soldiers gasped and retreated.

Immediately afterwards, everyone hugged their fists and shouted in unison: "I have seen the sincerity of the ......"

"That's it! It's all gone. Zhu Yan suddenly felt bored, he thought that he could still make Liu Bowen out of embarrassment.

He waved his hand and said, "If you should be fishing, go fishing, and heat up the iron plate." ...... Luzo"

"In!"

"Give the sincerity a bucket of hot water to wash."

"Do as the king commands!" The team leader cheered, and then asked Liu Bowen to the camp tent on the other side.

Zhu Yan didn't want to pay attention to Liu Bowen for the time being, but Liu Bowen's eyes couldn't help but move with him.

Liu Bowen noticed that more than a dozen camp tents had already been set up in these eight miles, and each camp tent was about the appearance of four fortifications.

Others, in addition to Zhu Yan's camp, there are also cooking classes, warehouses and other barracks.

The original ruins have long been bulldozed, and the area around the camp tent has been replaced with several rows of bamboo and wooden frames.

On the shelves, there are large and flat bamboo dustpans, which are covered with layers of oiled paper.

On those oiled papers were pools of clay that Liu Bowen had seen before, but it had gradually dried.

Some of the fortifications put down shovels and bamboo baskets, lifted bamboo fishing rods, iron forks, or fishing baskets, bait, etc., and walked slowly towards the nearby river.

Some of them have changed roles and become cooks, and two gangs pulled out a square iron stove, put coal, firewood and grass, and made a fire.

Not long after, they painted the pieces again, looking like round plates formed by pig iron repeatedly beaten, and placed them on the grid to be roasted by fire.

Liu Bowen felt even more weird, could this be the so-called teppanyaki?

When he followed Lu Zuo to a tent at the back, he finally saw the so-called red brick kiln.

These four brick kilns that started on the slope taught Liu Bowen to wonder if this could really burn bricks.

How low is that yield?

In his mind, kilns that fired green bricks had to be horseshoe-shaped, with chimneys buried in the ground, and several water inlets on them.

But the red brick kiln seen at this moment, not to mention that there is no water inlet, there is a low chimney towering.

Their appearance is more like a small mountain bag.

"Sincerity ......"

Lu Zuo lifted the curtain of the tent and called Liu Bowen. Funny looking at him, sometimes frowning, sometimes squinting.

Think about how I reacted a few days ago!

The more Liu Bowen observed, the more he felt that something was wrong. He thinks that he will have to talk to Xiao Wu Wang later.

Don't toss around with this, it won't do you any good......

That's digging your own grave, but it makes Your Majesty disgusted and alienated!

Liu Bowen retracted his mind and smiled awkwardly at Lu Zuo: "It's hard to ...... you."

He bowed his head and went into the tent, only to see that it was a bathroom.

Not only is there a large tub, but there is also a planning table with fruit refreshments on it.

Liu Bowen immediately had a strange thought, the princess had also lived temporarily in this Balipu with the prince?

"Sincerity, please wait, I'll arrange hot water for you......"

After Lu Zuo finished speaking, he immediately turned around and walked out.

Liu Bowen took a butterfly crisp and took a bite, and put the luggage on the round stool.

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Bowen changed into new clothes and was refreshed.

Seeing that the three fortifications were lifting buckets of bath water to dump, he was about to go out, when the call of King Xiao Wu happened to come from outside.

"Done? I'll come out to eat when it's done......"

Liu Bowen had to smile bitterly and walked out of the tent quickly.

Seeing him, Zhu Yan immediately caught up, hooked his shoulder with one hand, held his palm with the other, and led the person to the left front.

At this time, there were already some strange smells of barbecue and stir-fry in the air.

Zhu Yan smiled and asked, "Sincerity!" After watching it for a long time, how do you feel about this king's brick-burning camp? Oh. Speaking of this red brick, ......"

"Now these kilns are being tested for firing, and the clay will have to be dried and sieved again, and it will take about three months before the first batch of red bricks can be produced!"

Liu Bowen stopped at the moment and asked very puzzledly: "Forgive the minister." O lord! What is the difference between this red brick and the green brick......

"What's so good? Listening to what you said, the time taken by red bricks from raw materials, embryo making, to firing finished products does not seem to be much different from green bricks. ”

Zhu Yan grinned and said confidently: "Sincerity only knows one thing, but doesn't know the other." Let's talk while we eat, and I'll talk to you about it......"

"Compared with the green bricks, this red brick not only reduces the time a lot, but also makes the process simpler, but the raw materials are almost the same. This king intends to popularize it! ”