Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 247
"You really don't need to shower?"

"Ah."

"Can it be used directly?"

"Ah."

Facing the inquisitive inquiries, Li Shan reprimanded impatiently: "A group of idiots, don't you know if you try it after opening the kiln later?!"

Following the cheers of the young and strong in front, the closed kiln door was slowly pushed open, Tan Wu, Tan Liu and others went in to investigate first, and brought out a dozen bright red bricks.

Li Shan took a closer look, and found that the appearance was very similar. The formula, embryo making, and molds were all arranged by himself, but he didn't know how to fire the kiln... The key to firing the kiln is whether it can reach a sufficient temperature smoothly.

The two kilns have been abandoned before. Li Shan thought about it because the temperature is not enough. Although coal is used instead, whether it can be fully used needs to test Li Shan's logical thinking.

After pondering for a while, Li Shan finally decided to use his brain on the placement of bricks and coal, and also used a lot of coal powder. This is the third kiln.

Compared with blue bricks, red bricks are not strong enough. The key point is that the raw materials are different in the blank making... The green bricks are made of clay, not to mention the blanks. It will take a few months, and the red bricks are made of clay. According to the formula given by Li Shan, the billets can be directly made into the kiln after drying in the shade.

Li Shan held a brick in one hand, made a knife shape with the other, and chopped down hard... The brick was fine, but his hand hurt!

"What are you laughing at?!" Li Shan glanced at Ma Zhou and sneered, "Come here!"

"Okay." Ma Zhou agreed, picking up a stone from the ground.

Li Shan's face was a bit dark, indeed, what did he think...he had to chop with his hands!

Ma Zhou smashed it twice first, only a little bit of debris was removed, and then he smashed it seven or eight times with greater strength. Although the bricks were a little damaged, they were still intact and there were no cracks.

Li Shan turned his head and looked around, beckoning: "Brother Su, come here."

Su Dingfang picked up the waist knife with his backhand, with the back of the knife facing down, and smashed down the sheath...Three times in a row, the red brick split into two pieces.

Li Shan nodded in satisfaction, this intensity is not bad...at least enough for building a house.

Back then, a family in the village was building a house, and a batch of red bricks was shipped in. A dozen high school students watched Hong Kong movies...the intensity of splitting bricks there may not be as strong as this batch.

"Zhu Shitou, you two arrange people to start laying the foundation. It's still spring plowing. If you don't have enough people, you can hire some from the neighboring village..."

"No!" Uncle Zhu, who came down the mountain today, immediately shook his head, "It's okay to slow down, but this kind of brick-burning secret technique must not be leaked!"

Uncle Zhu rubbed his bald head, turned around slowly, and said with an emphasis, "Listen well, anyone who dares to turn their backs will be expelled from the village!"

Except for Li Shan, Ma Zhou, and Su Dingfang, all the people present were members of the Zhu clan in the village, and they responded with one voice.

Li Shan himself didn't care too much, and even thought that how many ancient technologies were lost in the long river of history... But now his ass is sitting here.

Although it is not as good as green bricks, these red bricks are enough to build houses. Not to mention the nearby ten miles and eight villages, there is also a considerable demand in Chang'an City... One hundred and eight squares, it sounds famous, but in fact there are more than two Shifang is empty.

Zhu Wu was gearing up, "Don't worry Dalang, whoever dares to leak it will be killed by Dalang of the Su family!"

Since the Yuhuchun wine shop was closed, Zhu Wu has nothing to do all day long, waiting eagerly for the kiln to be fired.

After everything was settled, Li Shan went to the kiln to look around, and found that the bricks were visited in a circle, and basically there was no difference in quality, so he was relieved.

After returning home, Li Shan took Ma Zhou, Su Dingfang, and Zhu Wu to calculate the cost. The clay was dug from the edge of the village, which only cost labor, and the mold was made by Qi Laoliu, which basically cost nothing. It took some money to build the kiln, but it can be used for a long time, and the depreciation cost is almost negligible.

"Based on this calculation, it's mainly coal...uh, the cost of purchasing and transporting coal." Li Shan tutted, "Brother Su, how much did you spend for this batch of coal?"

"One hundred dollars."

Li Shan's eyes widened, "It's only a hundred dollars?"

"The charcoal is placed there and no one wants it. If it wasn't for the disturbance from the nearby villages, there would be no need to pay any money." Su Dingfang said with a smile: "Some of the charcoal carriages are rented, some are from the village, and the cost is not much. "

Ma Zhou added: "When returning to Chang'an from Hebei, we brought back hundreds of healthy horses, which is enough for us."

There is no business, Li Shan tsk-tsk said: "A brick out of a kiln costs about 5000 yuan..."

"Ten bricks for a dollar?" Zhu Wu asked tentatively.

"The money of the two kilns..." Li Shan thought for a while, "Will anyone buy it?"

"It's not expensive." Zhu Wu explained: "Since the Turks went south last year, the price of grain in Guanzhong has soared, and now it's nearly [-] yuan for a bucket of rice."

In other words, the current copper coins have begun to depreciate significantly.

Su Dingfang suddenly said, "Bricks for food."

"That's right!" Ma Zhou immediately agreed, "Shandong is pacified, but the Turks are bound to go south every year... If Huairen didn't talk nonsense that day, the price of food would only be more expensive every day."

Li Shan thought for a while and nodded. It is true. During the reign of Wude, the Turks invaded Hedong and Guanzhong almost every year, and even invaded Jingzhao Mansion several times. Neither will fall.

Selling bricks for money... Keeping the money to buy food is superfluous, and because of time and changing hands, it will cost a lot of money.

Although the harvesting of grain from the dark warehouse of Dongshan Temple has not stopped, the amount of grain purchased is very small... The price of grain is too expensive. If a large amount of grain is harvested in a certain state, the price of grain will skyrocket before the next day.

Thinking of this, Li Shan would have a headache for Li Yuan... It seems to be ruling the world, but the mess that will follow is really hard to clean up.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin still want to seize the heir, and take a piece of yarn. No matter who is in power, they will have to face the coming famine and the Eastern Turkic cavalry that has not yet declined.

However, this is also the fundamental reason why Li Shan chose Li Shimin.

Li Jiancheng has historically captured and killed Liu Heitai and pacified Shandong, but no one knows whether he can do what Li Shimin did after he came to power.

Not to mention, in this life, Li Shan was quite disdainful of Li Jiancheng's many deeds in the Shandong war, and he didn't send troops for so long... It was nothing more than fear that the Turkic people hadn't left yet. How can prestige be established?

He deserved such a big loss of face!

It is decided to exchange bricks for grain, but the countryside is afraid that there will be little food in stock, and what farmers fear most is that they will not be harvested. However, it happens that the red bricks in the early stage were used to build houses in Zhujiagou, and many villagers’ old houses also need to be replaced. The mountain temple... also needs to be repaired.

Everything was properly arranged, and it was decided that Zhu Wu would be responsible for the coal delivery in the future, and when Zhu Wu went out, Ling Jing entered the door.

"You came back so early today?" Ma Zhou was very surprised.

Ling Jing's official duties in Tiance Mansion are not considered busy, but it's not that he has nothing to do. In the past, when he returned to the village, the sun was setting.

"Fang Xuanling has inquired about the news, and there are eight people in the Jinshi department, but your name is not available."

The names of the imperial examinations in this era are not even vague, so it is naturally not too difficult to inquire about such news.

Su Dingfang and Ma Zhou frowned at the same time. They didn't believe it... Li Shan was always well-prepared for everything. Even the clay for burning bricks was scheduled to be taken from the south of the village, just in time to dig a river channel. Since he was going to take the exam, how could he fail?
Both of them thought of Li Dewu at the same time...but can Li Dewu get involved in such matters?

Unless it's Pei Shiju.

Li Shan pursed the corners of his lips, "The list will be announced in the future, so wait a little longer."

The earliest decision to enter the imperial examination was actually because no one recommended him, and he wanted to give himself more weight as a pawn. The imperial examination was the only way for Li Shan at that time.

But after the Shandong war, Li Shan had many paths to go, and finally he became an official through the imperial examination. He had many careful thoughts that were unknown to outsiders.

The person who presided over the scientific examination was Feng Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Chen Shuda, the minister of the province. The former was also the Sima of Tiance Mansion, and the latter had a personal relationship with the King of Qin... Li Shan rubbed the hair on his chin, thinking what went wrong?

Could it be that the poem does not carry enough weight?

Is it because I think I am smart?

(End of this chapter)