Today's spinning wheels are already ahead of their time. It would be of no benefit to make a better one.
One step ahead is a genius, ten steps ahead is a madman.
No one wants to be around a crazy person.
It's better to keep more trump cards in your hand.
The structure of this kind of spinning wheel is not complicated. Even if the carpenter doesn't leak it, it will be copied by others sooner or later.
When someone imitates it, it is not too late to eliminate and upgrade it.
After the store clerk finished packing the sacks, Jin Feng and others went to the grain store and bought several bags of grain.
There is no other way. The family now has to feed dozens of people, and food is consumed very quickly.
Afraid of being entangled by that government servant again, Jin Feng left the county government with a few people without even eating after shopping.
In fact, Jin Feng thought too much. It was not until an hour after they left the county that the yamen officer was released by the master.
Walking to the gate of the county government office, where are the shadows of Jin Feng and Liu Tie?
"Where are the two people I was talking to here just now?"
The yamen servant grabbed the boy guarding the door and asked.
"Captain Zhang, they will leave as soon as you leave," the boy replied.
"Damn it!"
The yamen servant wanted to slap himself in the face.
What a great opportunity, once again it slipped away from me.
"By the way, do you know what they came to the county government for?" the government official asked.
"I seem to be here to apply for the cancellation documents," the boy replied.
The yamen servant turned around and ran into the yamen.
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Back at Xihewan, the carpenter had just left and he sent five more parts for spinning wheels, which Zhang Mancang was assembling.
A group of women gathered around the door, eagerly waiting, but no one dared to go in.
Because Tang Dongdong said that anyone who dares to peek at Mancang working will never come to the workshop again.
So the women now don't even dig wild vegetables. They stay at the door of the blacksmith shop all day long. As long as the warehouse is full and one machine is loaded, the women will immediately snatch it away.
Jin Feng took a look at the thatched shed and saw that it was already crowded with more than twenty spinning wheels. There was no room for Tang Dongdong and Runniang's beds, so he moved back to the east room and squeezed in with Xiao'e.
It's still late spring, so it's not a big problem. If it's hot summer and so many people are crowded together, let alone working, I'm afraid they'll suffer from heatstroke if they don't do anything.
A woman had already offered to take the spinning wheel back, but Tang Dongdong sternly refused.
Now the spinning wheel is her heart and soul. She would rather work slower and do less work than spread the word about the spinning wheel.
The workshop cannot be expanded unless it is expanded.
But Jin Feng didn’t want to build another thatched shed.
It leaks rain in the summer and air leaks in the winter, which is unsafe.
Now that he has decided to live longer, Jin Feng hopes that the house will be stronger.
Not to mention the building, we still need to build a few tile-roofed houses, right?
However, there are no brick and tile kilns in Xihewan, and it seems that there are no brick and tile kilns in nearby villages and towns or even Jinchuan County.
You can’t just build a brick kiln just to build a few houses, right?
etc!
If not, why can't I build a brick kiln myself?
This is definitely a profitable business.
Anyway, it’s not that difficult to dig an earthen kiln.
Thinking of this, Jin Feng was immediately filled with energy.
Spring plowing has ended, and the men now have nothing to do at home.
Jin Feng raised his arms and all the men in the village came over.
At any time, it is the economic foundation that determines the status of the family. In the past, when farming, men were the main labor force, so men had the final say in the family.
Since the start of the textile workshop, the ladies in the family have been able to earn money, and thirty copper coins a month, which is more than what men earn from farming, have started to raise their tails one by one. They dare not wait for men to eat in the morning, and they say
Why rush to work?
Brother Six beat Sister-in-law Six because of this the day before yesterday. As a result, Sister-in-law Six was not only late for work, but also because her arm was injured and her spinning speed was too slow. Tang Dongdong kicked her back and chose a replacement woman from the waiting list.
Sixth sister-in-law.
The always cowardly Sixth Sister-in-Law almost fought against Sixth Brother after she returned home. The parents-in-law, who usually always supported their son, sided with Sixth Sister-in-law this time. The old man chased Sixth Brother for several miles with a hoe.
The most outrageous thing is the third aunt. I heard that she doesn't even wash her clothes now. Yesterday, Er Gouzi got up to pee at night and saw the third uncle coming back from the river in the middle of the night carrying a basin of clothes, as if he was a thief.
The women are becoming more and more arrogant, and even though the men are itching with hatred, they can't help it.
Everyone was squatting lazily in the corner, sighing.
When they heard that the village chief came to inform Jin Feng that he was recruiting workers again, and this time they were male workers, the men immediately resurrected with full health, and ran to Jin Feng's house one by one, for fear that they would be late and not get their turn.
When they heard Jin Feng say that he was responsible for two meals a day, and there were still two copper coins available, the peasants were almost moved to tears.
Finally turned over.
Ladies only earn one copper a day, but I can earn two!
That afternoon, the men took their tools and went to the wasteland by the river.
This place was chosen by Jin Feng after traveling around for a long time. The soil nearby is most suitable for making bricks.
One group of people dug soil and dug kilns in the designated area, another group of people went to the back mountain to cut wood to make carts and firewood for burning bricks, and the last group of people made bricks under the guidance of Jin Feng.
Without those machines of later generations, everything could only use human power.
Dig the mud from the river, pour water on it and push it back and forth with a hoe like kneading dough, and then press it down with a mold made of wooden boards, and square bricks are made.
After the bricks are made, they cannot be used immediately and need to be placed on the open ground to dry.
The brick kiln is almost ready to be dug and ready for use.
The men, holding their breath in their hearts, worked extra hard. Jin Feng originally thought that it would take about seven days to dig the brick kiln, but who knew that it was completed in only five days.
The conditions were limited, and this earthen kiln was very primitive, but for the backward Dakang, it was already very advanced. At least there was no problem in firing ordinary red bricks.
Firewood had been prepared long ago. Jin Feng directed the villagers to move stacks of bricks into the brick kiln. Then the kiln door was blocked, and thick smoke came out from the chimney on the top.
From soft adobe to solid bricks, it takes more than three days and three nights to bake at a high temperature of more than 800 degrees.
The calorific value of firewood is low, and it is a new kiln. Jin Feng estimates that it will take longer.
We are even ready to scrap the first kiln bricks.
In addition to firing bricks, the kiln also needs to be cooled by sprinkling water. The whole process takes ten days or even longer.
Jin Feng could only arrange for the villagers to continue making bricks while waiting patiently.
As a result, before the bricks were fired, a group of uninvited guests came to the village.
More than a dozen people were all riding tall war horses. The leader was a young man wearing a green robe, followed by a group of burly men wearing helmets and carrying armor.
All of them had hideous faces, and several of them had scars on their faces.
Several children were playing at the end of the village. When they saw this group of people approaching, they were all so frightened that they ran back, screaming.