big song poppi

Chapter 41 0039【Building a cottage】

Under the temptation of money and generous treatment, several people couldn't hold back, walked out of the next team and came to Han Zhen's side.

Feeling the heavy copper coins in their arms, this group of people left the house with complicated emotions.

Han Zhen counted the list and recruited 11 people in total.

The number is very small, and they can barely make up a small team.

However, Han Zhen is not in a hurry, as long as all the benefits he promised are fulfilled, the villagers who joined the army will spontaneously help him publicize.

After waiting for a while, seeing that no one came to join the army, Han Zhen pushed the pen and paper in front of Zhu Zhengze: "If any villagers come to join the army, you should also register."

There are still a lot of things waiting for him, and there is really no time to waste here.

"Monkey, come with me!"

With a greeting, Han Zhen strode out of the hall.

Passing through the hanging flower gate, all the way out of the house, I saw thirty villagers squatting obediently under the shade of the trees.

Seeing Han Zhen, they all stood up.

"Go, follow me to the kiln."

Han Zhen didn't talk nonsense, and with a wave of his hand, he led a group of people towards the lime kiln.

The lime kiln is located on the west side of the mountain, in a relatively remote location, far away from the village.

It was chosen here because when the lime kiln is in operation, a large amount of dust will be raised to avoid polluting the village.

The second is to be close to the mountains, and it will be more convenient to dig limestone up the mountains.

The lime kiln was set up a few days ago. There are three kilns in total. This thing is a simple earthen kiln with no technical content.

Lime can be burned in the early stage, and in the later stage, after the workers are proficient in operation, they can also try to burn cement.

Since the coarse salt hadn't been shipped yet, Han Zhen temporarily dragged the workers from the salt factory to the lime kiln.

Divide the thirty workers into two groups, one group burns lime, and the other group is responsible for digging limestone on the mountain.

The fifteen workers who burn lime are divided into three shifts, each shift lasts four hours.

That's eight hours and three shifts.

No way, burning lime is different from burning shells. With the current backward technology and conditions, it takes at least eight or nine days to burn a kiln of lime.

After explaining the operation and precautions to the workers in detail, Han Zhen pulled the monkey aside and said, "I'll leave the lime kiln to you for the time being, so be more careful."

Houzi looked suspicious: "This...Second brother Han, I have never done this before."

First, he had never burned lime, and second, he had no experience in managing so many people, so he had no idea.

Patting him on the shoulder, Han Zhen smiled and comforted him: "You can take care of the villagers as I usually do. If you encounter problems that cannot be solved, come to me again."

Among the five, Monkey is the smartest, and his temper is not considered to be escaped, so he can be cultivated as a management team.

The monkey still had no idea, and said with a mournful face, "What if it burns out? Why don't Second Brother Han find someone else."

"It's okay if it burns out, you can always succeed if you try more."

Even if Han Zhen operates it himself, he may not be able to guarantee that the slaked lime will be burned once.

Anyway, limestone has no cost, the only cost is just a little salary.

Compared with the huge profits brought by white sugar and refined salt, these costs are almost negligible.

"Then...then I'll give it a try."

Seeing what he said, Monkey could only reluctantly nod in response.

Han Zhen clasped his shoulders and passed on his experience: "Observe more on weekdays. If you think a worker is more diligent, you can give some rewards and promote some people to help manage."

The monkey said thoughtfully, "I see."

"Good job!"

After a word of encouragement, Han Zhen hurried back to the house and led another group of villagers to the hill not far from the entrance of the village to build a cottage.

There are many villagers building cottages, both men and women. There are more than 50 people in the first batch alone, and there will be more villagers coming one after another.

It looks like there are many people, but in fact, it is less than two consecutive wages per day.

Tools such as axes and hoes are also brought by the villagers.

This hill is not high, but there are many rocks, and only a winding and rugged path passes halfway up the hill.

In terms of architecture, Han Zhen is a pure layman.

But there is someone in the village who knows, that is Carpenter Huang.

Although this man's carpentry work is not as fine as Chen's carpenter, he knows a lot. The three lime kilns in the village were designed and built by him.

After a group of people arrived, Han Zhen first ordered the villagers to rest in place for a while, and he took Carpenter Huang to choose a suitable construction site.

After walking for a while, Han Zhen couldn't help asking, "How is this place?"

Hearing this, Carpenter Huang observed carefully for a while, then dug several holes with a hoe, then shook his head and said: "This place is not good, there are too many underground stones, and the pile cannot be drilled."

Ancient buildings also had to lay foundations, but unlike the reinforced concrete of later generations, wooden piles were laid at this moment.

Using the stamping method, the wooden piles are rammed into the ground, and finally a layer of gravel is laid to play the effect of shock absorption and dispersion.

After some searching, he finally found a suitable place. Carpenter Huang pondered: "There are still stones in the ground. I guess the wooden piles are not deep enough, so we can only work on rammed earth. If the village chief is willing, we can use compound earth to ram the foundation and the walls of the village."

Sanhe soil, as the name suggests, is soil mixed with three materials.

It is generally made of fermented mellow soil, sand, slaked lime, and glutinous rice water.

The foundation and walls made of composite soil are very hard and extremely resistant to water.

There are many benefits, but the disadvantage is that it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is expensive.

Han Zhen waved his hand: "No, just ram it with raw soil."

Huang Carpenter only thought that he was reluctant to spend money, so he didn't say anything more.

As everyone knows, Han Zhen has other plans in mind.

After a period of time, after the cement is burned out, it can be reinforced directly with cement.

With cement, what kind of compound soil is needed.

After confirming the location, carpenter Huang began to draw the baseline according to the drawings given by Han Zhen.

After drawing the baseline, he called the rested villagers to cut trees, chisel stones, and dig foundations.

All of a sudden, the originally quiet mountain became very lively, and the frightened birds and beasts fled in all directions.

Looking at the construction site in full swing, Han Zhen said seriously: "Carpenter Huang, I will leave the cottage to you."

"Village chief, don't worry, I have repaired all the city walls in the county town, it's just a cottage."

Carpenter Huang was clapping his chest, beating up to guarantee the ticket.

"Then carpenter Huang is going to take a lot of trouble. If the repair is done well, there will be a reward."

Han Zhen is very clear about professional things being left to professional people.

Hearing that there was a reward, Carpenter Huang's eyes lit up, and he was full of energy.

Han Zhen couldn't help much in terms of construction, so he patrolled the vicinity with a simple knife in case any frightened wild beasts hurt people.

At the beginning of ten o'clock in the morning, Mrs. Han Zhang drove an ox cart from the village to the construction site. An Niang and Fang Sansan came with her.

There are several large wooden barrels on the bullock cart, filled with boiled rice porridge.

"It's dinner time!"

After the bullock cart was parked, the three of them lifted the lid of the wooden barrel and shouted while holding the spoons.

Upon hearing the meal, the villagers immediately put down their buddies and rushed towards the ox cart.

For a while, the bullock cart was surrounded by groups.

"Everyone line up!"

Just then, a loud shout sounded.

Seeing Han Zhen striding forward with a simple knife, the villagers immediately lined up obediently.

Han Zhang said softly: "Don't worry, everyone has it, and you can add more after eating."

The villagers who received the rice porridge sat on the ground in twos and threes, sipping the rice porridge.

After finishing the meal, An Niang came to Han Zhen and handed over a cloth bag: "Erlang, eat quickly."

The cloth bag contained cooking cakes. Han Zhen picked up one and took a big bite, asking, "Are you used to living?"

An Niang joked: "Erlang is relieved, such a fairy day, I never dared to dream of it before."

"Where's Little Bean?"

"Playing with the village children."

Hearing this, Han Zhen nodded and concentrated on eating the pancakes.

(End of this chapter)