The Rise of Primitive Tribes Farming

Chapter 122 Burning Tile
In the fourth year of the establishment of the Mang tribe, in the middle of the fourth month of autumn.

After Chenbei successfully brewed sauerkraut, he spread this experience to everyone, and distributed the jars made by the pottery workshop so that everyone can make them.

Later, as the weather became colder, the whole tribe began to repair the houses and prepare for the winter.

Considering the problem of water leakage in the previous house, Chenbei planned to burn a batch of tiles and try to replace the roof made of bark and thatch with a tiled roof.

Chenbei called some people to help the pottery workshop, specializing in making tiles.

"This is called a tile, which can be stacked one by one and covered on the roof. It is not easy to be blown away by the wind, and it is not as easy to leak as thatch bark."

In the pottery workshop, Chen Bei made a tile out of clay and showed it to everyone.

Afterwards, he found another piece of wood and said: "When we make it, we first dig a tile in the wood as a mold, then stick the clay on it, press it evenly, and each piece must be the same size. Take it out to dry."

"After drying in the shade, put all the mud into the kiln and fire together. If successful, the roofs of our tribe will gradually be replaced with this kind of tiles."

The production of tiles is not difficult, but it requires a lot of manpower.

Wu Teng thought for a while and said: "Boss, you need so many tiles, and you need a lot of mud. It's very slow to rely on people to step on it. Didn't the old deer always say that the bison in the breeding team can work? Can you let the old deer put Get those bison to let the cows tread on the mud?"

"That's right, I forgot about it, yes, it's much faster to let a cow tread mud than a human."

Chen Bei remembered that when he was very young in his previous life, tiles were burned in the village, which was made of mud trampled by cows.

"Yun, go get the old deer and let him pull those bison over."

"Yes!"

Not long after, Yun brought the old deer and a few young men from the breeding team to bring the bison.

These bison have been raised since childhood and have been raised for more than a year. Under the careful care of the breeding team, they have developed a certain affection for people and are a little more docile.

Chenbei said: "Let's start working. Let's go to the river to dig clay, and then pick it back. The carpenter will make the mold. The old deer will lead the bison to step on the mud, and Wu Teng will lead the people to make tiles."

"Yes!"

Everyone went back to get the tools one after another, and then each started to do his own thing.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk..."

The carpenter took a few apprentices, first used the carpenter's ruler made by Chenbei to draw the size of the tiles in the wood, and then used stone chisels and stone hammers to chisel out the shape of the tiles on the wood, and a mold was ready. up.

The woodworking ruler is definitely a sharp tool for standardization and mass production. It can ensure that the size of each mold is almost the same after it is manufactured.

Although carpenters don't know the scale numbers on it, they can write down these numbers after using it a lot and becoming proficient.

The right angle on the carpenter's ruler was made by Chen Bei using the theorem of three hooks, four strings and five strings. Even if there is a deviation, it is very small.

Soon, the first mold was manufactured.

Gen showed Chen Bei the mold.

"Leader, look at this mold... can the mold be used?"

The carpenter is not very familiar with the new word "mold", so it is a bit strange to say it.

Chen Bei touched it, and found that the chisel was relatively round, more than enough for making tiles.

"Yes, just do it like this. Make sure that each mold is the same size, otherwise, the roof will not be easy to cover."

"Okay, then I will continue to work."

With the leader's approval, the carpenter had a lot of confidence, and he continued to make tile molds with his apprentices.

On the other side, the clay diggers also came back carrying clay one after another.

There is a flat and clean ground in front of the pottery workshop, which is usually used for kneading mud. They put the clay on the ground, poured some water, and kneaded it a few times with stone hoes.

"Old deer, pull the buffalo over here." The mud-healing man shouted.

"coming."

The old deer and the members of the breeding team pulled the bison over, led the bison to step on the clay back and forth, and then the people next to them turned the clay over with a stone hoe, and the bison stepped on it again, and so on.

After reconciling the mud, Wu Teng led the people to move the mold that had been made, and then stuffed the mold with the reconciled clay.

The mold is curved, so after filling it with mud, you have to spread the mud evenly with your hands to create the same curvature.

After finishing, pour out the tile mud inside, hold it in both hands, and put it in the shed to dry in the shade.

The finished mud has a certain toughness and hardness, and it will not be soft. After drying, its hardness will be higher. Even if it is stacked together, as long as you are careful, it will not be deformed or broken.

That's why clay is used to make pottery, and it needs to be mixed with mud.

If the soil is dug casually, even if it is made into mud, it is easy to be deformed or simply cracked.

In the next few days, half of the people in the Mang tribe were busy making tiles.

Five days later, the first batch of shade-dried tile mud entered the kiln, and the three earthen kilns were fired at the same time, and the tiles needed for a house could be fired at one time.

After the fire burned for a day, the earthen kiln was sealed, waiting for the tiles inside to cool slowly.

After another two days, after the tiles inside had cooled down, it was finally time to start the kiln.

The kiln was opened, and a large pile of gray tiles were neatly placed inside.

Wu Teng took out two tiles from inside, handed them to Chenbei's leader, and said, "Leader, take a look."

Chen Bei picked up two tiles and tapped them lightly twice. The sound from the tiles was clearer, which meant that the firing was successful.

"It burned very well, thanks to everyone."

After hearing Chen Bei's words, smiles appeared on everyone's faces, and a successful firing is a good thing.

Next, Chenbei asked people to move all these tiles into the green bamboo yard, and then asked people from the tribe who were good at making houses to come and remove the bark and thatch from the roof.

After the bark and thatch were removed, the carpenter and his apprentices made many planks, fixed them on the roof, and then laid new tiles.

A few days later, Wu's house was successfully transformed into a mud-brick house, much better than before.

After Wu's house was completed, the second batch of tiles were also fired, and all the craftsmen worked non-stop to replace Chenbei's roof with tiles.

On the first day when the new tiles were installed, Chen Bei lay on the bed, looking at the layers of tiles on the roof, with a smile on his face, the mud brick and tile house, this is what he remembered.

These two houses have become a spectacle of the tribe. Almost everyone in the tribe will look up when they pass by, and expect their roofs to be replaced with such tiles.

But we have to wait until next year, because before we know it, winter has already arrived.

The weather gradually became colder. One morning, after Chen Bei got up, he found that a layer of white frost had condensed on the ground and roof.

"The frost is coming, and the snow is not far away. The annual sacrificial ceremony is about to start again. How many totem warriors can be awakened this time?"

With anticipation, Chenbei was waiting for the first snow of the year and the sacrificial ceremony.

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