268 kilns
Early the next morning, the wolf and a dozen warriors, with fifty or sixty men, went to the canal.
Everyone got busy with hoes and shovels. Suddenly, several people in the back shouted and pushed up, one punched a bucktoothed man's head, and the other stepped forward to help, several people twisted together, and you and I fought one at a time.
The wolf stepped forward with a blushing face, saw that Ah Hei's head and body were covered with gravel, and shouted, "Stop! What are you doing?" When the others saw this, they hurriedly separated them.
Ah Hei pointed at the big tiger, "He deliberately threw sand and gravel on me, I told him a few times, and he deliberately hit me, so I pushed him."
The big tiger glared, "You are talking nonsense, I didn't see you there, and the sand and gravel were raised on you."
The wolf looked at the big tiger, "I noticed you yesterday. You can't clean the soil for half a day with your basket, and the man who works with you carries two buckets, and you go down the ditch slowly, and today you are looking for trouble with your companions, don't you want to do it?"
The big tiger hurriedly begged for mercy, "Wolf, please spare me, I will do a good job."
Several men who persuaded him also helped to intercede, "Wolf, please spare him this time!"
The wolf looked at the big tiger, "This time I'll punish you for not eating early this morning!" If you dare to do this next time, the mountains and forests on the opposite side are waiting for you!"
The big tiger hung his head and replied, "Yes!" Turned around and picked up the wooden shovel and dried.
The wolf waved and shouted, "Go to work."
When he went back to eat food, the wolf found Yao Xiaoqing and told her what had happened in the morning.
Yao Xiaoqing thought for a moment, "You let people stare at this person called Dahu, this person is not peaceful. You've been doing it with them all these days, what do you think of them?"
The wolf said, "Most of the people are still peaceful, and that guy named Ah Hei and a few other men are doing well. There are a few like the big tigers, they are not as obvious as the big tigers, and sometimes they will come to please me."
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Okay, you can watch it for a while, so that people can watch the restless people."
"Yes!" The wolf should be down.
Outside the wooden shed, the big tiger looked at his gobbling companion, swallowed his saliva, and glared at Ah Hei hatefully.
Ah Hei glanced at him and took a big bite of the Poria bean cake.
After eating the food, Yao Xiaoqing, Mu Feng and Jiang left them and went to the octagonal forest, and Mu Feng and they stayed to pick the star anise. Yao Xiaoqing carried the bamboo basket on his back and continued to collect medicine.
Seeing that the market is about to open, she has to prepare some more herbs during this time.
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Time came to the day of the kiln opening in a flash, and Yao Xiaoqing and A Worm arrived in front of the earthen kiln early in the morning to prepare for the kiln.
Peeling off the clay and bricks blocked at the door of the earthen kiln, I saw that the bricks were also burned into red bricks, and a wave of heat came to my face. Everyone saw the burned bricks from the mouth of the cave.
Yao Xiaoqing shouted, "Uncle worm, let's open the top of the kiln, wait for the heat to dissipate, and then open the kiln in the afternoon."
"Okay!" Ah Worm and Ah Chun opened the pool on the top of the kiln, pried open the clay, and saw that the bricks laid on it were also fired. Bursts of heat.
The group used shovels to pry out the bricks, dug up the dirt that covered them, and a wave of heat rushed up.
"It's hot!" Ah Worm retreated again and again, "No wonder Xiaoqing said that the heat can scald the skin and flesh, it's been six or seven days, and it's still so hot inside."
Ah Chun smiled: "You don't want to think about it, there are so many bricks in it, and the fire has been burning for a few days, and all of them are simmered in it, can it not be hot!"
Yao Xiaoqing looked at it, "First use the small furnace below to burn, and then come back when it is cold!"
Ah Chun nodded and said, "Ah worm, I heard the spear say in the morning, and the oyster shells and limestone by our river are almost finished. I'll have to dig for limestone in oyster shells farther away."
Worm smiled, "What are you afraid of! The sand and gravel by the river are full of oyster shells, and when we have nothing to do, we will slowly dig them back up and store them there, and use them as often as we want."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at the tired and thin people, "Uncle Worm, Uncle Chun, after you are busy with this, you should take a good rest for a while."
Several people looked at her and laughed, "Xiaoqing, when the wall is built, I want it again."
Autumn harvest!"
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Yes! It seems that this year is the time to rest. When the wheat is harvested, I'll make something to eat for everyone!"
Worm laughed, "Okay! The steamed buns are delicious!"
Yao Xiaoqing said, "It's soft and sweet, it's better than steamed buns."
After hearing this, a few people laughed and said, "We still like to eat big meat buns." After eating it once, a few people can't forget the taste of big meat buns and steamed buns.
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Okay, I'll make you big meat buns." Yesterday she found a honeycomb in the forest on the other side of the octagonal forest, which did not look like a wasp, but a bit like a bee in later generations.
The eucalyptus and locust trees have beeswax the size of buckets hanging from them, and there must be a lot of honey in them. She felt that the black bear would leave so much honey after it was killed, and she wanted to get some honey and come back to make honey cake.
She went back to the yard, went to the storehouse to find two pieces of gauze woven by the mountain Eminem, and two pairs of gloves, and returned home.
Take a needle and thread and sew it around the gauze, thread a thin rope in it, put on a hat, tighten the rope, and the bee will not be able to get in.
Jiang Li walked to the gate of the courtyard and saw Yao Xiaoqing wearing a white gauze hat standing there looking around.
"Young Witch, what are you going to do here?"
Yao Xiaoqing saw Jiang Li, smiled, and took off the gauze hat, "I want to go into the mountain to get honey."
Jiang Li smiled and said, "It's a little late to go now, can I accompany you tomorrow?" I drew drawings and jotted down some of the things that came to mind in my essays and showed them to you."
"I was planning to go tomorrow too." Yao Xiaoqing paused, "I originally planned to go tomorrow as well."
As she spoke, she went into the room and came out with a bamboo chair, and Jiang Li unfolded the drawings in her hand.
Yao Xiaoqing saw buildings that were somewhat similar to the city walls and courtyards of later generations.
"This is what I drew based on the cities I used to defend." Jiang Li pointed to the drawings, "Here are the city gates, corner towers, horse noodles, urn cities, and arrow towers......
"Halfway through the painting, I thought of a few battles we had with the black bear and the great witch, and I felt that some facilities were useless here, such as the horse road, the urn city, etc., we could give up, we just need to build the city gate, corner tower, and pier."
Yao Xiaoqing asked, "What is the pier?" She'd heard everything else, but this one she thought was a little strange.
Jiang Li thought for a moment, "It is the protruding part built on the outside of the city wall, generally ten to twenty zhang long and wide, three to four zhang protruding from the outer surface of the wall, and the distance between the two ......, when facing the enemy, within the effective range of the bow and arrow throwing stones, it can attack the enemy under the city from three sides from top to bottom."
"Actually, the wall you built is already very strong, you only need to rebuild the courtyard gate, and then build corner towers at each corner."