In the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan beat Li Shimin at the beginning

Chapter 46 Opening the Kiln
After listening to Li Ke's words, the workers relaxed.

There is no way, these people have never seen the emperor in their life, and they must be lying if they say they are not afraid.

But with Li Ke backing them up, they weren't so afraid anymore.

At the very least, they can work normally.

When Li Shimin and those officials saw Li Ke's brick kiln, they were all shocked.

Yes, the brick kiln built by Li Ke is too big.

A long brick kiln looks like a small mountain.

Their brick kilns, which burn charcoal like usual, can't be said to be children compared to others, it's just like a joke, children playing house.

Even so, more than half of the bricks they fired were broken.

Li Ke built such a big brick kiln, can it really burn bricks?
Whether it was Li Shimin or those officials, there was suspicion in their eyes.

How did he fire such a big brick kiln?How did it burn evenly?
So everyone at the scene, including those workers, was not very optimistic.

Yes, although they all followed Li Ke's order and followed his steps.

But they also did not believe that so many bricks could be burned out.

It's just that their mentality is different from those officials, they hope to succeed.

Because only if they succeed, they will have food to eat.Only then will there be work to continue.

But those officials were waiting there to see Li Ke's jokes.They hope that Li Ke will fail and let them watch a big joke.

Li Ke didn't care what they thought.He personally brought several workers to the kiln gate.

He personally announced: "Come on, open the kiln, open it from the door. Be careful, don't get hurt."

The workers were also very obedient, and immediately started to use tools to chisel the mud that sealed the door.

Li Shimin and those officials just watched helplessly there.

Soon, the worker chiseled a hole.Inside, a gust of hot air came out.

In fact, although the temperature inside is higher than outside, it is not very hot anymore.

Because, the real burning of bricks is just a day of burning.

For the remaining few days, I just kept the high temperature inside and burned the bricks thoroughly.

Then, in the past few days, the temperature inside will slowly cool down.

Li Ke has already calculated the time, and as of today, the cooling time is enough.

Therefore, the temperature inside is not very high.

After the workers made a hole, they continued to work and smashed the door open completely.

After the workers broke open the gate, Li Shimin and the officials could vaguely see that there were rows and layers of red bricks inside.

The workers who were the closest and could see the most clearly immediately shouted loudly.

"His Royal Highness, we have succeeded. It is red bricks, really red bricks."

With that said, these workers wanted to rush inside excitedly.

Li Ke quickly stopped them and said loudly: "Stop all of them. You can't go in yet, the gas inside is poisonous. You have to wait a while.

In the past, you went to the back and opened the back door for me to let the inside ventilate.And you also go over and cut open all the sealed doors for me.hurry up……"

Only when the front and back are ventilated, and both ends are ventilated, the exhaust gas inside can be discharged faster.

Therefore, if all the doors are opened, the exhaust gas will be exhausted the fastest.

Li Shimin and those officials also knew that the gas inside was not good.Therefore, they did not rush forward to check.

Until those workers cut open the doors on both sides.

Only then did Li Ke get two buckets of water and pour them on the bricks. Several workers pulled a small wooden cart and used an iron clip to clamp 4 bricks at once and put them on the wooden cart. pulled out.

This iron clip was also made by Li Ke, and it was specially made for clipping.With this thing, it will be easier, labor-saving and convenient to move bricks.

Li Shimin was also amazed when he saw the iron clips in the hands of these workers.

With this iron clamp, the weight of lifting bricks is the same, but it is much more convenient.

However, his attention was quickly diverted to those bricks.

Yes, these bricks are so beautiful, it seems that each one is the same.

Regardless of thickness, length and width, it is the same.

In terms of appearance, it is much more beautiful than those bricks they sell outside now.

A group of ministers gathered around the cart, each of them had wonderful expressions.

Successful.

Li Ke is such a fool, but he really succeeded.

Now, many officials among them who are jealous of Li Ke are praying in their hearts that only these successes will be made, and everything inside will be burnt out.

Yes, it's that dark.

For example, Changsun Wuji and Wang Gui are the people who least want Li Ke to succeed.

Li Shimin was very happy and excited.

He came up and picked up a brick himself, and punched the brick hard.

There was no interruption, and the fist was still sore.

There is no doubt that this thing is hard enough.

"Good, good, good bricks, Ke'er, are there really 100 million bricks in your kiln?"

Li Ke said with a smile: "Father, don't get too excited. The success of the fire here at this door does not mean that everything can be burned well.

You wait, I have already explained, I will have a cart of samples drawn from each door to show you.If all are the same, it proves a success.

If the quality is uneven, some raw and some cooked, then it depends on how much it can be cooked.So, don't get too excited. "

Li Shimin suddenly said angrily: "Stinky boy, hurry up."

Soon, another cart of bricks was pushed in front of Li Shimin.

This is a sample taken from another gate.

Li Shimin was overjoyed when he saw it.Because the bricks of this car are the same as the previous car.

No matter the shape and color, they are all the same.

There is no doubt that this car was also a success.

Immediately after the 3rd car, the 4th car, the 5th car, the 6th, 7th, and 8th cars, a car was pushed over.

Yes, there are a total of 8 gates in this brick kiln, and eight carts of samples were taken.

Li Shimin looked at the car by car, the more he watched, the happier he was, and the more he watched, the more he liked it.

A total of 8 carts of bricks, only the last cart, the one farthest from the kiln mouth, has a slightly wrong color.

You can tell at a glance that this cart of bricks is not fully burned.In later generations, this is called a secondary brick.

But even so, in this day and age, it is also usable.

Li Ke shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Father, I'm sorry, it's the first time I have no experience, and this car has not been fired well. I estimate that only 1% of the bricks in this kiln are qualified.

Although the remaining 20% ​​are not fully burnt and unqualified, they are barely usable. "

"It's amazing, Your Highness the King of Shu, this is already very remarkable. Your Majesty, you can't blame the King of Shu for this. The first kiln has 1% of the bricks, which is quite successful."

Fang Xuanling, who was next to him, was afraid that Li Shimin would blame Li Ke, so he hurriedly said to the side.

(End of this chapter)