I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Sang Qian looked at Li Buyan with disbelief and asked, "Have you found it?"

Li Buyan smiled naively: "Yes, yes, in fact, I found it two days ago, but I was not sure if it was the kaolin that His Highness was looking for, so it was delayed for two days, and after comparison, it was confirmed that it was similar to what His Highness asked for."

Sang Qian almost spit out a mouthful of old blood.

As long as he finds out early, he may have to "resign" later, at least one of the achievements can be made, even if his father gives him some activities and transfers him back to Chang'an.

How is the result now? He just handed in the seal, and a good result was reported here.

If Sang Qian hadn't told anyone before that he would quit, he would almost suspect that Li Buyan and the others did it on purpose.

Now I can only feel that my life is bad.

Liu Tan appeased Sang Qian and said: "Lieutenant Sang Du is still on duty, don't worry, go back and rest first."

What's the use of being in your job?He didn't believe that Liu Tan would speak for him.

Sang Qian almost left with a broken heart.

After he left, Liu Tan looked at Li Buyan with a smile: "When did you find out?"

Li Buyan laughed and said, "Three days ago."

Liu Tan raised his eyebrows: "Then why did you say it now?"

Li Buyan rubbed his hands together and said, "Lieutenant Jiang Ting asked us to wait for two days."

Liu Tan couldn't help laughing at the table, and it was true that Sang Qian didn't leak the news.

But if he has this tendency, he must communicate with Huo Guang first, and Huo Guang's appearance and his all-time reputation are too confusing. Probably Sang Qian didn't think that if Huo Guang knew it, everyone else knew it.

So Jiang Chong went to inform Li Buyan, and although Sang Qian had been looking outside, in fact, it was the people below who really did things.

Li Buyan was more tired than him, and had traveled more places, but because of this, Li Buyan was the first to get the news.

Li Buyan directly suppressed the news, waiting for Sang Qian to be unbearable.

Seeing that Liu Tan was not unhappy at this time, Li Buyan asked cautiously, "Did you delay His Highness's business?"

Liu Tan waved his hand: "It's nothing."

Compared to making Sang Qian an eyesore all the time, being late for a day or two is really nothing.

Li Buyan immediately asked in relief: "Then Your Highness... where are we going to dig all this soil?"

Liu Tan asked, "Where did you find it?"

Li Buyan said: "It's near Wolf Mountain, but it wasn't found on the mountain, and because of this, I wasn't sure if it was kaolin before."

Since it is called kaolin, it should be in a relatively high place.

At the beginning, because of this name, they kept looking for it at high places, but they never expected to find this kind of soil at the foot of the mountain.

Liu Tan hesitated for a moment and said, "Bring back some of them first. I'm going to make something and see if it can be used."

One of the advantages of Li Buyan is that he is obedient and doesn't ask questions, and arranges immediately after listening.

But Liu Tan put aside the exam framework he was writing just now, and took out another piece of paper, which wrote the firing process of bricks.

In fact, the firing of bricks is not difficult. Before Liu Tan came here, he had watched a video. It was a foreigner building a house in the wild, and he directly used soil and mud to fire bricks and tiles.

Although the final house is very, very simple, the principle is basically the same.

Now Liu Tan is hesitating whether to want hollow bricks or solid bricks?

Logically speaking, solid bricks are actually a waste of resources. Although only clay is used, the clay is limited. If a house built with solid bricks is replaced with hollow bricks, it may be possible to build two houses.

However, the problem is that Liu Tan is not sure whether the hollow bricks fired now are up to standard, and if they are not strong enough, it will be very troublesome.

Liu Tan was thinking and scribbling on the paper with a pen. When he came back to his senses, he saw that the drawing on the paper was full of bricks, and several hollow bricks were arranged together, which made him feel very familiar.

After looking at it for a while, he couldn't help but take a look at the table—isn't this a porous brick?

Porous bricks and hollow bricks are actually the same type, but compared with hollow bricks, porous bricks are obviously better. First, the thermal insulation effect and strength are higher than hollow bricks, and second, the load-bearing capacity is stronger than hollow bricks.

It’s just that the punching of porous bricks is also very particular, and it’s not enough to punch casually, otherwise it won’t be able to bear the load.

As for how to drill the holes in the porous bricks, Liu Tan actually had no idea.

He can still remember a perforated brick is good enough, how could he remember how to fire a perforated brick?

He probably knows more about rammed earth walls than porous bricks. After all, rammed earth walls are the scope of historical research, which is barely related to his major.

Bricks can be fired... Liu Tan decided to call in professionals.

It's just that there are no professionals now, so he had to start spreading the net again, and invite all craftsmen who have anything to do with this.

As a result, when he opened his mouth, these craftsmen were all confused.

Craftsmen don't even know what bricks are, so it's simply impossible for them to study porous bricks.

The craftsmen couldn't understand Liu Tan's words, and Liu Tan couldn't understand the questions the craftsmen asked. In the end, all the craftsmen knelt down one by one.

I was afraid that I would be beheaded if I couldn't do what Liu Tan asked them to do.

Liu Tan looked at these people as if they were trembling quails, and finally had no choice but to let them get a model.

What's the use of having so many people under your command?In the end, don't you have to come by yourself?

It's a pity that the county government has no place to build a kiln for Liu Tan to burn bricks. In the end, Liu Tan can only choose to be outside the city. Fortunately, the city is not big, so it is not inconvenient for him to come and go.

The only thing is that the coal has not been found yet, and firewood is needed to burn bricks, which makes Liu Tan rare feel a little guilty.

There has never been a brick-fired kiln before. Liu Tan finally thought about it and decided to let people build it according to the iron-forged kiln. Anyway, it is much easier to burn bricks than iron or copper.

Because the kiln is temporary, it took three days to build it with rammed earth, and the clay arrived just after three days.

When Li Buyi came over to show Liu Tan a bag of clay, Liu Tan was in a daze—he didn't know him either.

But he couldn't show timidity, so he just said calmly: "It looks very similar, let's let it go, you have to do it to find out, this kind of soil is really hard to distinguish."

Li Buyan didn't doubt that he was there, so he had someone pull a carriage full of clay to the edge of the kiln.

Liu Tan turned around and asked Miao Rui to find out the clothes that he had prepared for him before, specially for working. Black clothes with a little less pattern.

Liu Tan: ...

Miao Rui looked at Liu Tan's face and said cautiously: "Your Highness, you said you wanted old clothes...but...we don't have any old clothes either."

Liu Tan thought about it too, who would dare to wear obviously old clothes for him?

His clothes are basically changed every season. Even if the clothes of this season are only worn for a few days or even once, they will be lost when the season is over.

It is even impossible to give to the poor. Except for those who are of the same status as him, the rest of the people are not eligible to wear his old clothes, and they will be beheaded if they are found.

Liu Tan had no choice but to put on this suit.

After arriving at the kiln, except for Li Buyan and a few disabled soldiers guarding here, everyone else was driven away.

These soldiers had followed Liu Tan back from the Western Regions.

Liu Tan fulfilled his promise, none of these people were driven away, and all of them stayed, but he didn't raise them for nothing, and gave them something to do so that they could support their families.

Looking for clay this time, because there is no special requirement, so these people are directly asked to do it.

Not to mention, they worked harder than ordinary soldiers, and they even found this soil.

The soldiers were very excited to see Liu Tan, but they dared not go forward, and even hid.

After Liu Tan asked, he realized that they were afraid that their ugly appearance would frighten him. He thought for a while and turned to Li Buyi and said, "Those who found kaolin this time will be considered meritorious and rewarded."

Li Buyan's eyes lit up immediately, and he nodded vigorously.

He was born in the general family, and he has a deeper affection for soldiers than others, especially these people have been eating and living with him, and he also feels sorry for these people with disabilities.

He knew Liu Tan's behavior style, but he would never be stingy with rewards. With these rewards, these people should be able to have a good year.

And those soldiers were also very happy. They were the first to come to the northern border country this time, and their family members stayed in their hometown. They had been thinking about how to bring them over, but now they had the opportunity.

When they were talking, Liu Tan happened to hear one ear. He turned his head to look at Li Buyan and said, "Look back and count how many people's family members didn't come over and want to take them over. When the time comes, we will take them over together according to the principle of proximity." .”

Li Buyan hesitated: "It's good, but Your Highness... a lot of people."

The more people there are, the more money will be spent. Even if Liu Tan said it, he would definitely not let everyone pay for it themselves. Maybe each family would pay a little for food rations, which would be counted as money for meals on the road.

Liu Tan looked indifferent: "What is that money worth? Just do it if you tell me."

After speaking, he got into the kiln.

At this time, there was already a small pile of soil and a jar of water in the kiln, and the square-shaped models he ordered to be made before were also placed here.

In an instant, Liu Tan felt as if he had returned to the days when he played with figurines and made handicrafts. He directly found a copper basin to get some water and soil, adding it little by little, and at the same time directly felt the ratio of water and soil .

Without a precise electronic scale and not familiar with the current scale, Liu Tan can only come from his own experience.

When he felt that the texture was almost ready, he directly pulled over Fan Mo and began to fill it.

I have to say that if it is not too dirty, it is actually quite cool to knead mud.

So rubbing and rubbing, Liu Tan couldn't help but started humming.

Huo Guang, who hurried over to look for Liu Tan, just got outside the kiln when he heard Liu Tan singing there: "It's so cold, I'm playing with mud in the northwest~"

Huo Guang:? ? ? ? ? ?Is His Royal Highness crazy?