C117 Xiao Wen's Wild Desire

"Actually, the hardness of the blue and red bricks are similar. It's just that the cooling methods are different after burning them. Red brick is a natural cooling, simpler, so production of red brick more. Brick is water cooled (in fact, it is a kind of anaerobic cooling). As long as you maintain the anaerobic state, there is no difference whether you use water or nitrogen), the operation will be more troublesome, so the production will be less. "

"Although its strength and hardness are similar, but its performance in terms of resistance to hydration and atmospheric erosion is obviously better than that of red brick."

During the preparation phase, Xiao Wen directed the workers to process the raw materials while introducing the difference between green and red bricks.

"This blue brick actually has many advantages." After listening to Xiao Wen's final summary, the craftsmen were confused about what was meant to resist hydration and atmospheric erosion. However, these craftsmen understood Xiao Wen's general meaning behind his words.

However, Xiao Wen shook his head and said, "You don't understand what I'm saying. I mean, red brick, after a long period of rain, can easily go wrong. In the south, red brick buildings require constant maintenance. So, blue brick is a very useful building material in the south. "

After saying that, Xiao Wen paused for a moment. Seeing these honest craftsmen looking at him with curiosity made him feel a little light-headed.

Xiao Wen continued, "But, think about it, in all your years in the clouds, have you ever experienced a heavy rain like the one in the south? In this place, it can only rain a few times a year. "

In the clouds, people do not live by rain. In general, people use wells and rivers to use water for their daily lives.

As long as you look at the map of the precipitation in China, you can see that the area of Yunzhong County, precipitation is not a lot.

"Therefore, considering the water resistance of a building in the clouds, taking off one's pants and farting is an unnecessary move!"

"Hahahaha!" When they heard Xiao Wen's words, which were somewhat vulgar, even though Huan Yan, the scholar, frowned as if he had been humiliated, the workers all seemed to have found him and started laughing heartily.

As they talked, the craftsmen had already finished preparing the materials Xiao Wen needed.

The material of the red brick wasn't much different from the green brick. The most obvious difference was that he had added a little more iron ore.

It is because of the composition of ferric oxide that the brick as a whole appears red.

After the craftsmen arranged the clay, shale, iron ore, and other materials on the ground, under Xiao Wen's command, they began to crush it.

"After mashing, add water to make the pottery embryo. "Then we can burn it in the kiln." Xiao Wen introduced him to Huan Yan.

"How long will that take?" Huan Yan asked.

"The temperature of the green brick is around one thousand two hundred, but the red brick only needs nine hundred …" "Well, you just have to understand that red bricks are easier to burn than green bricks."

"Plus, the red brick's cooling method is very simple. There's no need to cool it in the water, so the time it takes to burn a piece of green brick is around two to three pieces of red brick."

"Two, three times?" Huan Yan's eyes lit up.

He had just heard that while red brick had some shortcomings compared to blue brick, they were more easily exposed in some countries of the South.

For a country like the big man in the north, this was a small problem to ignore.

Therefore, he felt that this brick could also be used as a way to get rich.

Seeing the expression on Huan Yan's face, Xiao Wen knew what he was thinking.

He said, "Red brick is much rougher than green brick. If it was an official, I'm afraid he wouldn't like it. Considering their character of not lacking in money, they probably wouldn't care about the cost! "

Hearing Xiao Wen talk about his worries, Huan Yan shook his head and said, "Although rich people don't like to use red brick, but really poor people like to build houses out of clay. But for those who are not above average, maybe they will like it. "

"And I'll tell you a secret." Suddenly, Huan Yan's expression became mysterious.

"What secret?" From Huan Yan's expression, Xiao Wen could tell that he was trying to say something extraordinary. So he pricked up his ears and listened.

Huan Yan replied, "The five virtues of my Darkhan Kingdom are fire, and it's still red. Therefore, even though the green bricks were better than the green bricks for nobles who liked beauty. But the royal family felt that red brick was their symbol. So every year, the royal family would import a batch of red brick from abroad to carry out the construction of the royal family's buildings. "

Hearing Huan Yan's words, Xiao Wen's brows twitched as he instantly understood everything.

Even though for ordinary rich and noble families, green bricks were their first choice of building. But for some superstitious reasons, the royal family preferred red brick, even at a higher price than domestic green brick to import red brick.

If that was the case, then as long as he contributed the red brick formula, the royal family would be able to break away from their dependence on imports. Advancing to the next rank was secondary. The invisible political resources brought about by the royal family's favor was the greatest benefit that Xiao Wen could reap.

Hearing this, Xiao Wen's mind became lively.

However, he knew that it would be very difficult for him to contribute his Red Brick recipe alone. If they didn't share the benefits with the Yang family, a rift might appear in the alliance.

Therefore, Xiao Wen said to Huan Yan: "Right now, I am alone in this world. Even if I can get the favor of the royal family, I can only leave it to them. To me, this kind of political resource is just a piece of cake — it's a pity to forsake it. Therefore, I want to share this secret recipe with your Yang family. "I think your Yang family should be able to get more through this contribution, right?"

"Then thank you for creating it, Young Master." Upon hearing these words, Huan Yan was overjoyed. If he could get the Red Brick formula from Xiao Wen to help the Yang family enter into a relationship with the royal family, then the Yang family would have his share of benefits.

Thus, Huan Yan asked, "I wonder what Young Creation would like to exchange this recipe for?"

Xiao Wen pondered for a moment.

After all, both sides had decided on a temporary basis for this deal. It could be said that Xiao Wen didn't even know what he needed.

After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Wen felt that compared to him, the Yang Family's greatest advantage was undoubtedly their connections and political resources.

After all, if he were to ask for money, not to mention the huge profits from his Sheep Eating Man-made plan, his brain could easily earn countless money with just a little bit of it.

If it was a talented person, Xiao Wen believed that with his understanding of history, he could start to train them when they were young. As long as a few years passed, everyone else in this era could be eliminated.

In terms of martial prowess, the Yang family in history was on the same level as Yuan Shao's family, but because of lack of martial prowess, they could only be the subordinates of others. It was obvious that they didn't have much influence over the army …

Not to mention, right now, he was very close with Xiao Wen. If Xiao Wen needed some kind of support to complete the mission, he could have just asked for Uncle Li's help. Why would he bother trying to gain distance from Uncle Li?

After pondering for a long time, Xiao Wen suddenly thought of an interesting condition.

He said to Huan Yan, "I hope the Yang family can give me a workshop for casting money. Workers, backstage shelter, raw materials suppliers, dumping ground for the money, you all take care of it for me. As for me … I will be responsible for the specific operations. "

After hearing this, Huan Yan was stunned for a moment. He felt that even though Xiao Wen's request would hurt the Yang family, but it wasn't something they couldn't accept.

Therefore, he nodded his head and said, "I think the Patriarch will agree."

A smile appeared on Xiao Wen's face.

Naturally, he did not want to forge a workshop for money to make money in the Han State, a place where private production of copper coins was permitted.

In fact, what he had to make was worth far more than copper.

"Copper is not only used to make coins, but it can also be used to make cannons. "Tsk tsk, Napoleon's Cannon, I'm coming."