From wilderness to palace

Chapter 88 Making Brick Embryos
Liu Yaozu, who kept talking with Uncle Wu every day, naturally knew something about what was going on in the village.But he knew that he didn't see real benefits, and believed that many villagers would not dare to act as boldly as Liu Shouyi.

Spending so much money to buy back fresh mushrooms at a high price, and finally drying the dried mushrooms, if they can’t be sold or can’t be sold at an ideal price, not to mention time-consuming and labor-intensive, the key may even cost money.For the villagers, it is natural to think twice before doing this.

While telling Liu Shouyi to be safe and bold to collect the fresh mushrooms, Liu Yaozu, who arrived in the Red Leaf Forest, was still busy every day around the renovated wooden house.And this trip into the mountains, building a kang for the wooden house is also one of the tasks.

Before firing bricks, Liu Yaozu first built an outdoor brick kiln.He mixed the gravel he picked up earlier with the nest soil discarded by termites, and he quickly built a simple brick kiln that can burn about 50 yuan each time.

The only thing left to do is to make brick embryos.In order to obtain fire bricks that can withstand high temperatures, the brick embryos baked in the brick kiln must be dried in advance.If the wet brick embryos are fired in a kiln, it is very likely that the desired fire bricks will not be fired.

Dig up the clay found earlier by the lake and pound it into a sticky paste.In order to fully blend the clay and make it more delicate, Liu Yaozu took off his shoes and stepped back and forth on the water-soaked clay pile with his feet.

After stepping on it for a while, Liu Yaozu also said with interest: "It seems easy to step on and off, but it's actually quite hard work if you do it more times."

I think of those brick kilns in the past to make brick embryos, which are all clay that is trampled and watered by cows back and forth.Although there are also people who trample on it, the workers who trample on the mud will definitely feel sore legs after trampling for a long time.

Feeling that the clay was almost stepped on, Liu Yaozu, who kneaded it into a ball, also began to take a ball of clay and knead it into the approximate shape of a brick embryo.Lift up the lump of mud and come to the wooden brick mold made in advance.

The dough is pounded hard into the brick mold, and the dough is used for extrusion to ensure that the brick mold does not leave gaps.After completing this work, Liu Yaozu took out a homemade brick bow, a wooden bow tied with a thick nylon thread in the shape of a small curved bow.

Pass the nylon thread against the brick mold from front to back, and the excess brick mud will quickly separate from the brick mold.Take it and set it aside for later use. Sprinkle a little plant ash on the brick embryo on the brick mold, and then lift up the brick mold also mixed with herb ash.

Looking at the brick embryo that was successfully separated from the brick mold, Liu Yaozu was also very happy and said: "This brick embryo is well made. It depends on whether it will crack after drying in the sun. If it does not crack, it can be placed in the kiln after drying. burnt."

Unlike firing other things, as long as the temperature of fired bricks reaches about [-] to [-] degrees, the bricks can be successfully shaped, from soft mud bricks to a hard red or blue brick, which is definitely no problem for building a heated kang .

In the simple brick kiln that was built earlier, Liu Yaozu tried the fire on purpose to see how far the flames could reach.Secondly, another purpose of the fire test is to dry the brick kiln to ensure that the bricks will not collapse in the subsequent firing.

Moving mud, smashing molds, cutting, and taking brick embryos are the process of making brick embryos, and Liu Yaozu has been repeating them all the time.He made all the clay lumps prepared for the first time into brick embryos before he stopped this repetitive process.

At this time and space, hundreds of brick embryos have already been placed.For the convenience of handling and shaping, Liu Yaozu also placed the brick embryos on the planks that have been dried with herbal ash.Dozens of brick embryos are neatly stacked on a board.

Looking at the results after half a day, Liu Yaozu was also very satisfied and said: "In such a big sun, these brick embryos should be put into the brick kiln for trial firing after two days of drying. If the fired bricks are usable, then burn a few more kilns." Bricks for spare."

Although the shelter is an all-wood structure, if you can burn some bricks, you can also do more decorations on the wooden house.If there were many bricks, Liu Yaozu even considered building a fireplace directly in the wooden house and using it to keep warm in winter.

Even though he had prepared a set of custom-made heating stoves, the space in the wooden house was far larger than that of the No. [-] shelter.Installing a heating furnace can only increase the temperature of one room at most, but it is difficult to provide heating for other rooms.

If a fireplace is installed in the living room, Liu Yaozu feels that leaning against the fireplace at night, and staying in the living room in the cold winter months, he believes that he can also feel a little warmth.The premise is that the insulation measures of the wooden house must be decorated in place.

In view of this situation, Liu Yaozu also considered using termite nest soil with relatively good viscosity on the wooden wall inside the wooden house, mixed with some plant ash, and directly pasted the wooden wall.Then, paste a room of thermal insulation cotton cloth.

The thermal insulation effect of this method may not be as strong as that of cement walls.But in Liu Yaozu's opinion, it can at least improve the thermal insulation effect of the wooden house.He had installed all the windows he had reserved before this time in the mountains.

After closing the doors and windows tightly, staying in the wooden house that gets cooler at night, you can also feel the obvious difference in temperature inside and outside the house.As for summer, if you open those closed doors and windows, the mountain breeze can also blow into the house, taking away the stuffy atmosphere in the house.

While waiting for the brick embryos to dry in the shade, Liu Yaozu was also thinking about how to improve the camp.Not surprisingly, if some netizens really want to go camping in the mountains in the future, Fenglin must be the place where these netizens must come.

After looking around, Liu Yaozu finally said: "If there are few people, we can arrange for them to live directly in the guest rooms of the wooden house. But if there are many people, they will definitely have to set up tents for camping, so it is necessary to build a camping ground."

In addition to developing a flat campsite, Liu Yaozu is also considering the issue of water use in the wooden house.Although the campground is not very far from the lake, it is easy to get water and everything.But domestic water needs to be carefully planned.

In a word, through the decoration of this self-designed wooden house, Liu Yaozu also truly realized that it is not an easy task to build a favorite home from scratch.When it comes to decoration, I feel that many places are not good enough.

"If you really want to live here for a long time, it is necessary to install a water tower or water-absorbing equipment. It is definitely impossible to dig a well near the wooden house. But it is more convenient to use the water at home, and then use the suction pump to pump it to the water tower. .

Water is needed for washing vegetables and cooking, bathing and washing, and even flushing toilets.It is somewhat troublesome to carry water.If you really want to build a toilet in the house, you must always flush it with water.Otherwise, the whole house would be uninhabitable. "

If you want to live conveniently and comfortably, there are naturally many things that need to be improved in the early stage.Fortunately, Liu Yaozu knew that some of them had to be solved one by one.If you just think about it and don't do it, it can only be empty talk.

After resting at night, Liu Yaozu thought that when he returned to the village this time, he would inevitably have to help the villagers sell dried mushrooms. Liu Yaozu felt that it was time to start a second live broadcast.As for the live broadcast format, he thought it would be okay to try it here.

"Send a notice in advance. Tomorrow, morning, noon and evening, there will be three consecutive live broadcasts, with no time limit for each live broadcast. Through the live broadcast, let netizens see their masterpieces and the scenery here. I believe they will also feel very satisfied.

As for the live broadcast at night, it can be broadcast live in the form of storytelling.Listening to ghosts blowing lights in the middle of the night must be very exciting.When we return to the village, we will live broadcast the dried mushrooms dried by the villagers. If there is no problem, we can place the goods on the shelves. "

Thinking that not long ago, the number of Xile users who follow the account has reached more than 200 million.Liu Yaozu, who did not receive the reward from the system this time, also knew that it would not be an easy task to squeeze the wool out of the system.

Only by reaching a certain achievement to unlock, maybe he can draw again.But no matter what, with the companionship of the little life master system, even in this wilderness, he still won't feel too lonely.

Others have company, and he has a system to accompany him, so why should he be dissatisfied?
(End of this chapter)