Chapter 275 Vicious Female Supporting Escapes to Farm (25)

   "Why do you say that?" Xu Yin asked.

"There is only so much wasteland that can be opened up. Three batches have been resettled in the big mountains ahead. The reason why we didn't bring any more people here, isn't that thanks to you, brother hero? The people in the county government remember your kindness. "Shi Fengnian talked about the gossip he heard.

"But it's not enough right now. More and more people have fled to Dongxuan Mansion. We have a lot of wasteland, and more people will definitely be resettled here. It's not that I don't want them to come. Just like us, they are all hometowns. They fled famine after being hit by a disaster. But everyone is saying that there are a lot of rioters in this group of people who participated in the riots, and they look like menacing people. We have old and young people here, what should we do when we meet such people? oh!"

  Xu Yin glanced at him with a half-smile: "What are you afraid of! Take out the fierceness you used to hold a long knife and rob food and water!"

   "..." Shi Fengnian wailed and almost fell to his knees, "Brother Hero—Don't turn over the old score, okay? For this matter, I have been beaten by my father countless times!"

"Ha ha ha ha…"

   Laughter dilutes the haze brought by many bad news.

  But if the yamen really wants to bring people here to open up wasteland, they can't stop them, and they don't have the qualifications to stop them.

  Who is willing to leave their hometown and be displaced to open up wasteland elsewhere? It's nothing more than a disaster in my hometown and a helpless move.

   "According to this, the disaster situation in Tongxing Mansion has not been alleviated?"

"Isn't that right? I heard that the worst village hasn't had a drop of rain so far. Fucheng is better, but there is less rain. Fortunately, we didn't go to Fucheng and came directly to Dongxuan Mansion. Otherwise, we don't know where we are. Where can I ask for water!"

  Hearing what Shi Fengnian said, Xu Yin couldn't help but think of Wang Daniu's family, wondering what happened to them.

  …

  I heard that there will be disaster victims coming here to open up wasteland, and the existing households gathered together for a meeting.

   "Brother Hero, you have a smart head and a lot of ideas. Tell everyone a few words and teach us how to beware."

  Xu Yin pondered for a while: "I have an immature idea."

  She felt that just opening up wasteland could not fundamentally alleviate everyone's plight.

  Especially learned that the disaster situation in Tongxing Mansion has not only not eased, but worsened. Natural disasters lead to continuous man-made disasters. It is not known how long this situation will last.

  Since the imperial court has given a three-year grace period to open up wasteland, most of the victims who fled here plan to return home after three years.

   In this way, the wooden house and thatched roof will not last long after all.

  It’s only the end of summer and the beginning of autumn at the moment. When winter comes, what if there is snow and the roof collapses?

  Yes, these days she has been thinking about firing the kiln.

  Going to the market a few days ago, I met the yamen servant last time on my way, and I asked him whether it is illegal for ordinary people to burn kilns.

  The yamen servant laughed immediately, saying that kiln firing is a technical job, which is something ordinary people can do if they want to. If such a person really existed, would he still be a commoner? They all went to Fucheng to make a fortune.

   I heard that the civil servants in the yamen said so, and I think they can be burned.

  She has inspected the surrounding soil, and it may not be a good field for farming, but it is more suitable for burning bricks and tiles.

  In addition, this mountain itself is a firewood mountain, and the most indispensable thing is firewood, firewood for charcoal, and charcoal for bricks. When the first batch of bricks and tiles are fired, the houses will be rebuilt first.

  Improved the housing, transported more to exchange for money to buy food, poor harvests in inferior land, but there is a sideline business to share the pressure of life, it must be no problem to eat enough.

   Everyone scratched their heads after hearing this: "But we won't!"

   "I will! I will guide you. It depends on whether you are willing to try."

   "You don't need to ask! Who wouldn't want to make a living?"

   "Hero, you can do whatever you want! We will follow you!"

   "Yes! That's it!"

  So, before the second batch of victims arrived at their wasteland, Xu Yin led a strong labor force to choose a site to build a kiln, chop firewood and burn charcoal.

  They opened up some of the wasteland, leaving enough space for building brick houses. To prevent new disaster victims from building houses next to the fields they opened up.

  Everyone is full of energy.

   "Brick and tile houses, few households in my hometown can afford to build them. Those of us who fled famine and came here to make a living, unexpectedly have the opportunity to live here. Thanks to the hero brothers!"

   "We are lucky, and we share with the heroes. Those who opened up wasteland in the mountains heard that life is miserable, and they haven't finished digging the land yet."

   "It's a pity that the hero doesn't go to study! If the hero is a scholar, he might be a high-ranking official!"

   "That's right, brother hero, you are so smart, and you can read a lot of words from what Erlang said, why don't you go to school?"

  Shi Fengnian, who was helping Xu Yin, couldn't help asking.

   "Actually, farming is pretty good." She still said the same thing.

  Shi Fengnian rolled his eyes: "It's up to you to talk about it. If you have the opportunity to jump out of the farm, who is willing to farm. If you don't believe me, just ask, nine out of ten people are not willing to farm."

   "It's because you haven't found the joy of farming." Xu Yin said slowly while changing the blueprint.

"Huh? What's the fun in farming?" Shi Fengnian curled his lips, "It's tiring and bitter. I don't say anything if I'm just a little tired, but look, there's a drought, no crops, and people don't starve to death." It's all a blessing, why do you still find farming interesting?"

  Xu Yin pondered and said: "What you said is correct, but someone has to farm, otherwise what will you eat?"

  Shi Fengnian suddenly became hoarse.

   After a while, he said angrily, "You're right!"

Xu Yin glanced at him and said with a smile: "Don't be so heavy, the bad days will pass, and the good days will come. Come on! Let's build the kiln first, and when the bricks and tiles are fired, this will be our sideline business from now on!" "

  Shi Fengnian suddenly came alive: "Didn't you say that there are several places in this drawing that need to be changed? Are you done?"

   "Hmm! Try following this, it should work."

  Xu Yin's blueprint was exchanged during the Yan Dynasty. Change a data, first build a smaller kiln, and then change back to the original parameters after expansion.

  When everyone heard that the kiln could be built, they cheered and surrounded Xu Yin and asked:

   "Brother Hero, what can I do? Just assign me!"

   "And me! I can do anything!"

   "The kiln can be built to burn bricks? Is it so simple?"

   "Simple! It took the hero a few days to draw the blueprint, and you still can't understand it! Is this simple?"

   "That's true, haha!"

  Xu Yin laid the base well, and asked Shi Fengnian and the others to continue laying stones according to the base she had laid, and then she came to hammer it down to ensure that there were no gaps between the stones.

  The rest continued to burn charcoal.

  Once the kiln is fired, a large amount of charcoal is required.

   Just like that, after several days of busy work, the kiln was finally built!

  When the first furnace of test bricks was fired, the cheers almost pierced the sky.

but…

   "Why are these bricks red? I remember that the rich man in my hometown built a brick house, and the bricks were blue."

   "It doesn't matter if it's red or green, as long as it burns successfully! And it looks so red! Don't you think it's a hero brother?"

  (end of this chapter)