I went ashore by weaving straw shoes and became a master craftsman

The alien caravan belonged to the Xianbei ethnic group, and a large amount of cow dung was brought to Jiaoshi, and it had already been frozen.They are very good at choosing a place, and the pottery burners are right next to them. They put the dung carts close to each kiln to slowly soften the cow dung, and buy a few pottery after vacating the dung carts, so the pottery burners have no complaints.However, there are many businessmen in the Central Plains who buy cow dung bricks, and there is no time to defrost them, so they can only smash them hard and stir them, and then make bricks.

Whether it is the Central Plains or Xianbei, the people will always sum up various convenient agricultural tools in their day-to-day labor, such as the dung brick mold that Wang Ge is looking at.

The shape is very simple. It is a rectangular box with an open bottom and a hollow inside. A hole is cut in the middle of the board on the top, and a long rod is wedged. Hold the long rod and press it into the cow dung to form a brick.

Wang Ge's family used to only burn sheep dung. After raising cattle, the eldest parents hoarded cow dung to make field fertilizer, so they were not willing to burn it for warmth.Therefore, she realized her negligence when she witnessed that businessmen who profited from cow dung bricks did not make dung bricks into honeycombs.

I'm in a good mood, let's see how to burn pottery.

All are circular kilns, some are large and some are small. Large kilns produce vats, urns or movable stoves, while small kilns produce more. The finished products are densely packed, and some of them have uneven bottoms. The urn mouth is rough, and Xianbei merchants do not dislike it, so they lower the price and transport it to the depths of the grassland, where the selling price is the same as that of good pottery.

Regardless of the grain and livestock areas, Wang Ge and the others have basically finished shopping in the small barter area, so they can go back.I ate lunch outside the city gate. When I passed the cloud ladder examination room, I found that the very conspicuous ladder equipment was missing.

Wang Ge knew it well.It's not the right time to go back to the county office. The several large wooden boards erected outside are not only used to post the list, but also have improvement items and sessions that can be applied for in the near future. As for the detailed examination rules, you have to ask the officials when you sign up.

Nan Niangzi and Zhang Wu were on her left and right, protecting her and squeezing into the crowd, searching for information that could apply for the exam.Improved satin weaving machines, improved rice paddles, improved shafts, improved knives, improved measuring instruments...

Too much!
Each type of assessment is marked with what type and level of craftsmen can participate. The craftsmen have limited literacy, and the ones assigned to read here are two poor schoolchildren hired by the county office. There are patches on all the cold clothes and shoes, and their voices are hoarse. .

Wang Ge saw the two schoolboys with their chests upright, telling everyone they asked seriously, her eye sockets felt sore, and the two children gradually turned into anion.If you don't miss it, it's enough. Once you think about it, it will be a long-term melancholy and self-blame.

Has the father's back disease occurred this year?

Is the aunt sewing cold clothes and shoes at the moment?

Father's eyes don't hurt anymore, do they?

Ah Xing... How tall is Ah Xing?
Wang Ge burst into tears!How many words does he know?How are you getting along with your fellow disciples in Qinghe Village?Does Yuan Fuzi like Ah Yung?It's the season when the ink is freezing again, and he will definitely not stop practicing calligraphy.

Has the mat at home been thickened?Apeng and Aai don't think they can't move around, they should wear more.

The courtyard is so small, the second uncle married into his bride, he must not be able to live in it, Mr. Huan Lang is no longer in Weiting, will the head of the new pavilion change his house to a new, slightly larger courtyard?

Outside, Mrs. Zou signaled the apprentices to walk lightly so as not to disturb Wang Ge.When I went back to the official house just now, Wang Ge first confessed to find some wood and cow dung, and then said to stay alone in the inner room for a while.Mrs. Zou was careful, so she couldn't see that Wang Ge was in a low mood. Alas, he must be homesick.

Not long after, Duan Yongfu brought half a carload of cow dung, his voice was loud, Mrs. Zou told him not to speak: "Let's unload it next to the latrine first."

The door rang, and Wang Ge walked out.She doesn't want the cow dung to freeze hard and have to pound it hard.

Compared with solid ones, honeycomb cow dung bricks have to be tested and compared whether they burn well and whether they are resistant to burning.Take a look at the wood that Duan Yongfu brought, and ordered the little craftsman to move the wood and tools to the open space in front of the door, and then Wang Ge tightened his sleeves into the arm rope, and then made the dung mold. The size, hole design.

In her previous life, Wang Nanxing did not know how the briquettes were pressed out, but the operation of the Xianbei businessman gave her inspiration. What needs to be changed is: the rod held by the hand is divided into two parts: the "fixing rod" and the "pressing mold rod".

Therefore, the fixed rod cannot be solid. In order to save time, it is not necessary to chisel it hollow. It is only necessary to chisel the inner side of the rod to fit the arc of the mold rod. Of course, the thickness of the fixed rod should not be too thin, otherwise it will be difficult to use Easy to break.

The bottom of the fixed rod is a circular hollow mold. Use a hammer to wedge the fixed rod into the position of the top of the mold. It cannot be in the middle, because the middle should be reserved for the die rod to pass through.

After chiseling these, we can see that it is getting late, and the clouds have blocked the remaining temperature of the setting sun, and it is estimated that it will snow again.

Wang Ge began to make pressing mold rods.This pole is a cylinder, the bottom is wedged into the center of a circular plate, and twelve wooden sticks are wedged under the circular plate, distributed as four in the middle and eight in the outer.After it is made, the whole mold rod is conveyed upside down from the bottom of the hollow mold, and after passing through the holes reserved just now, two pieces of four-inch-long wood are selected to chisel out an arc shape, and the upper and lower parts are tied together with the fixed rod. .

it's dark.

Sporadic light snow fell, Wang Ge finally finished her work, tried to push and push the mold lever a few times, and when she felt that there was no problem, she looked up into the air.

The snow must be the whisperings of the immortals, accidentally laying out the mystery of the sky on the earth.

Oops, it got into my eyes. When those poets enjoy the snow, they must only write good ones, not embarrassing ones.Wang Ge heard movement behind him, and saw A-Mang and A-Xin standing inside the door waiting for her, each holding a candle and shielding the wind with one hand, while Mrs. Zou was standing behind the little craftsman, her smile warmer than the candlelight.

"Sister Zou, let's burn cow dung tonight."

"it is good."

"I have an idea……"

The reason for Wang Ge’s nonsense this time is that when the flame is usually weak when burning firewood, you have to lift the firewood, and the fire will flourish again. Then the night before yesterday, I saw coal burning in the restaurant of the same company, and new coal was added to welcome guests. The fire didn't get bigger but was about to suffocate, and then the guests were greeted with a fire stick to loosen the coal.

"This is the case with firewood, and this is the case with coal, so I thought, is the same with cow dung bricks, so why didn't I drill holes in them in advance, so I didn't have to move them?"

The special lady said "Ah, yes, yes, yes, I knew this truth when I was burning firewood since I was a child, haha, but why didn't I think deeply like Age? Otherwise..."

Mrs. Zou: "Otherwise we will all go far away, but you will stay in the kitchen and burn dung."

The small courtyard was full of joy. When comparing the burning degree of the two kinds of cow dung bricks, the main house of the county magistrate Ouyang Rui’s office was brightly lit with candles, and what was burning in the brazier on the west side were cow dung bricks.

Ouyang Rui was born in the Bohai Ouyang family, and his father Ouyang Jian is now the governor of Yongzhou.

On the desk is a ladder car model chiseled by Wang Ge. The old man sitting opposite the desk is surnamed Liu. He is the chief examiner of the ladder improvement assessment.

Sitting on both sides are Bing Cao Shi, Du Ting Ting Chang and several subordinate officials.

Ouyang Rui: "All the people have come, let craftsman Liu explain the ladder cart."