Chapter 2011 Farmland

Xiong Da saw it and didn't pay much attention to them. Anyway, with Aunt Tao here, they couldn't cause any trouble.

In the brick kiln, Butler Feng was shocked when he saw the small brick kiln that was firing green bricks: "Here, how are these green bricks made?"

Uncle Mu Tong nodded: "Exactly, this kind of small kiln has been around since ancient times. It was used to make pottery. After Lao Lu improved it, it can be used to make green bricks."

Uncle Mu Tong picked up two green bricks, looked at Butler Feng, and said, "Steward Feng, take a look."

Bang bang bang!

Uncle Mu Tong smashed two green bricks against each other three times in a row. The brick was not broken, but two small corners were blown away.

Butler Feng was startled. He took the green bricks from Uncle Mu Tong's hand, inspected them one by one, and nodded: "It's very strong."

I didn't expect that a small brick kiln with a height of only one meter could produce such strong green bricks.

Uncle Mutong said: "Steward Feng, you don't have to worry about the quality of the bricks. When you pick up the goods, you can smash each brick twice like this. Take away the good ones and keep the bad ones."

Butler Feng was happy. He glanced at the hill-like pile of broken bricks in the distance and said with a smile, "Brother, that's very grand. Thank you in advance."

Many of the green bricks made by Chang Liangwei were broken, and the green bricks in the northwest were much more expensive than those in his hometown. He was also afraid that if he bought too many broken bricks when he returned home, he would be scolded by the adults.

Then he said: "Brother Wu, what should I do with the pile of broken bricks? It's a pity that there are so many broken bricks."

Uncle Mutong's surname is the same as that of old doctor Wu, and his full name is Wu Mutong.

Uncle Mu Tong smiled and said: "Steward Feng, don't worry, these broken green bricks can also be used to build houses, pave floors, and build well walls. They will not be wasted."

"Can it be used to build a house?" Butler Feng became interested. He and Uncle Mutong went to the pile of broken bricks, picked up a few broken bricks, and smashed them on the ground. He found that the bricks were not broken. He nodded and said: "It's not broken, it's really usable."

As long as the green bricks are hard enough, they can be used to build a house. The really unusable green bricks are like dry soil and will fall apart after being smashed twice.

"Brother Wu, why don't you burn green tiles?" Butler Feng said with some regret: "If you burn tiles and sell them, we don't have to go to Mu County to buy them."

The road is far away, not as close as Changliangwei's side, and the green tiles are easily broken, so there will be damage on the road.

Uncle Mutong said: "The tiles are curved and difficult to make from green bricks, and the price is cheaper than green bricks. So my wife ordered not to make tiles for now, but to make green bricks."

Butler Feng nodded after hearing this: "Tiles are indeed not as easy to make as green bricks."

Butler Feng followed Uncle Mu Tong to see the blue bricks they were swimming in and the brick kiln under construction. After looking at them, he said: "Brother Wu, Changliang Wei's green bricks are good. Give us a thousand yuan to go back first." Well...some of Sha Liuwei's relatives don't have new fire pits yet, so we need to build a few more for them, otherwise they will get cold and have to spend money on medicine."

The medicinal materials here are expensive and difficult to buy, and treating a cold would cost twice as much as back home. Even if the Feng family was wealthy, they could not afford to spend such money.

Alas, I have always heard people say that raising soldiers is like sucking blood and eating meat. Butler Feng has realized this in the past few months.

If you don't have any financial resources, you won't be able to support the soldiers and their families just by relying on the materials provided by Daokougou Camp.

And after June, the accompanying relatives will no longer be able to receive supplies and will have to rely on farming to support themselves.

Thinking of this, Butler Feng asked: "Brother Wu, does your health center divide the land for farming, or does it not divide the land?"

The reason why the guardhouse is large is that including cultivated land, nearly thirty miles of land inside and outside the guardhouse can be cultivated, and the food grown belongs to the guardhouse and does not need to be taxed.

But the land cannot be bought or sold, it still belongs to the guards.

The guard station is an important military area. If the land of the guard station is sold, what's the point?

However, if this place is no longer the first line of defense in the future, there is no need to build a guard station, and the land can be bought and sold.

Uncle Mutong said: "Our guard station will divide the land for farming. This was agreed upon by the relatives when they came to the northwest. When the harvest comes, each family will follow the regulations and hand over 30% of the grain to reserve military rations."

Butler Feng said: "Divide the land for farming? But there are many women and children in the guardhouse. What if this family has few hands and the farming is delayed?"

"After June, you won't be able to receive supplies. You have to rely on the guard station to be self-sufficient. Some of the food you cultivate has to be handed over to the Daokougou camp. If the farming is delayed due to lack of manpower and the military food cannot be handed over, but you have to Punished.”

One of the important responsibilities of the guard station is to cultivate land and store military rations. If there is not enough military rations, someone who violates military law may lose his life in serious cases.

Uncle Mutong smiled and said: "The farmland is divided according to the head of the family. This family has less hands, so the land they get is less. If it is still too busy, my wife will allocate people to help, so that the farming will not be delayed."

He added: "If someone deliberately delays the work, the guard will punish him accordingly."

Butler Feng nodded and asked, "What kind of food do you plan to grow in the health center?"

This question seemed a bit probing, and Uncle Mutong said: "That is, sorghum, soybeans, and corn are the grains prescribed by the camp."

After saying that, he smiled at Butler Feng.

Butler Feng was a little embarrassed. Knowing that Uncle Mu Tong was unhappy, he quickly changed the conversation and said, "Brother Wu, it's getting late. Let's have someone help us install the bricks."

"Sure, I'll go find someone right now." Uncle Mu Tong asked Dou Chengzi, who was working in the brick kiln, to call Danian and ask him to bring someone over to install the bricks.

"Hey." Dou Chengzi ran out of the brick kiln and brought Danian and the others in less than three quarters of an hour.

Danian called the servants and picked out a thousand good green bricks for Butler Feng. He picked them out of the guardhouse in a basket and loaded them on the Feng family's carriage, which was enough to fill five cars.

Widow Xiao, mother and daughter followed the whole process, and only gave up after receiving one tael of new year's money from Butler Feng and Aunt Feng.

Butler Feng and Nanny Feng were so tired of being members of the dead family that they disliked them even more and only talked to Uncle Mutong.

"I wonder when Qin Qianhu will come back?" Butler Feng asked with regret in his tone.

What he regretted was not that he could not meet Qin Sanlang, but that he could not meet Uncle Cao and the Zhong family.

Uncle Mutong said: "Master Qianhu was ordered to go to Qingniu Mountain Villa. I didn't say when he would be back."

Tsk, this Mu Tong is really difficult to deal with. He didn't even give him an exact date.

But there is no hurry, the Feng family plans to come to Changliang Wei to transport the bricks in person. As long as they come more diligently, they can always meet Uncle Cao and the Zhong family on their way back.

Therefore, Butler Feng did not ask any more questions and handed over to Uncle Mu Tong: "Brother Wu, we are going back first. I will leave it to you to take care of the green bricks. Our guard station is in a hurry to use them."

"Brother Feng, don't worry. Our brick kiln will first bake 50,000 green bricks for the Feng family, and then we will bake green bricks for ourselves." Uncle Mu Tong sent Butler Feng and his party half a mile away before returning to the guardhouse. .

After taking advantage of Butler Feng and Nanny Feng, the Xiao family went to find Gu Jinli with their noble brother in their arms.