The second kiln was burned for ten days before it was turned off.

The rolling smoke dissipates, let it cool for a night before preparing to open the kiln.

In order to welcome the second batch of pottery from the tribe, all the tribe members were still dispatched, and adults and children cheered and went down the mountain in the early morning.

The one who is most looking forward to and excited is undoubtedly a group of women responsible for cooking.

Recently, they have gradually become accustomed to using clay pots to stew food.

However, not only was the first batch of roasted clay pots very small, but they were not large in quantity, and they were not enough for everyone to eat. Therefore, they had to help barbecue some food for every meal. However, the tribesmen who had been conquered by stewed porridge and meat soup did not like the roasted dried rhizomes and mixed grain cakes. Whenever it was time to eat, they were eager to stew the clay pots. In order to give priority to meeting the needs of pregnant women, the elderly and weak, these busy cooks could not eat most of the time.

Therefore, their demand for large-scale cookware is more urgent.

In addition, it is convenient to make food in the fire stove, so they also want to use these new stoves and cooking utensils as soon as possible.

A group of people came to the kiln factory in a mighty manner.

Four kiln workers have already been waiting in front of the kiln.

There was no ceremony, no oil paint, only dozens of extremely excited faces and excited cheers.

A group of children cheered and joking in the open space, and the pony seemed to see the herd of horses grazing in the distance, and followed them to neigh.

"Open the kiln!"

After arriving, Xu Chen didn't waste much time, so he just went to the fire hole at the kiln door and looked inside and told him to open the kiln.

Four kiln workers immediately picked up wooden hoes and sticks and went forward. After digging and prying, the stones and mud blocking the kiln door fell and collapsed, revealing the situation inside the kiln.

This time is different from last time. The kiln is filled with pottery around it, limestone below it, and tiles above it.

When I was stacked, it was simply planned to make the kiln fire even in order to breathe and make the kiln fire even. And when stacking limestone and cottage tiles, there was a lot of dry firewood mixed in the middle.

However, after ten days of continuous burning, all the wood was burned to ashes, so the limestone and cottage tiles in the middle seemed to collapse and piled together, which seemed rather messy.

Xu Chen didn't care whether he was messy or not. He only cared about the success of pottery and lime firing.

Therefore, after the dust brought about by the collapse of the kiln door slowly dissipated, he climbed up and carried a large clay pot more than one foot high and looked carefully. He found that the color was darker than the pottery last time, with a blue-gray color. He also tapped it with his hand a few times, and the sound of Dangdang sounded very crisp.

Xu Chen's face instantly showed a smile.

The quality of the firing this time is obviously much better than the last one.

Not only does this clay pot sound more crisp, but it even emits a faint gloss on the surface, which is obviously burned through and the clay begins to vitrify.

"success!"

Xu Chen raised the pot and shouted with both hands.

"Soga~"

A group of primitive people who were waiting cheered and cheered in an instant, especially the four kiln workers, who were like crazy, raised their hands and howled ghosts and wolves.

Next, Xu Chen doesn't need to give carefully the instructions.

Several kiln workers cooperated and climbed in and took out the pottery around them first.

These pottery sizes are huge, with seven or eight clay pots of different sizes and shapes, seven or eight clay pots of the same size and crooked pots, several clay pots and two hanging pots, and more than ten spoons of different sizes.

Unfortunately, this time, whether it was too big or because of the heat problem, several of them had cracks, and two of them were completely broken.

Therefore, during the process of taking out these pottery, a group of people would inevitably make sounds of sighs and regrets, and some even beat their chests and stamped their feet with an expression of indifference.

Xu Chen was very calm. It was almost impossible for such a large pottery to succeed in one go. If you fire porcelain, it might be possible that the entire kiln would be scrapped because the heat was not controlled well.

Although the pottery is made in a crude way, it will also be damaged due to uneven heat.

And this is because this kiln is relatively small and the firepower is relatively uniform. If it is a large kiln, it is more likely to cause problems.

After picking up the pottery, the tiles are followed.

Because there is no mold, these tiles are laid on relatively flat stone slabs and slapped and smoothed with mud knife, so the size and thickness are slightly different, but the overall size is pretty good, about ten centimeters wide, about twenty centimeters long, and about five centimeters thick. It is said to be bricks, but in fact it is closer to ceramic plates.

According to Xu Chen's idea, he also wanted to make ceramic panels similar to floor tiles, but unfortunately, he did not allow it, so he could only make such a specious thing first.

However, this batch of bricks was burned quite well, and they were all burnt through, with a blue-gray color and quite strong.

There are about two hundred cottages, and the bottom is full of limestone.

It is still in quicklime state. The surface of the pebbles is burned into a slightly red color, and most of them have cracked, revealing snow-white lime matter.

Xu Chen took a piece and looked through it carefully, then placed it in a pottery basin and poured a handful of water on it.

I saw that the white stone began to roll and expand while it was breathing.

"quack!"

A group of primitive people suddenly became frightened and screamed, and retreated as if they had seen monsters and monsters.

Xu Chen breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction, squatted down and gently pulled a branch a few times. The lime quickly turned into a pile of broken white pieces.

Lime has always been the best building bond material before cement appeared.

And lime has an excellent property, that is, it is waterproofing.

A pool built with lime as the main adhesive has better water retention than a cement pool.

Although lime is far less solid than cement concrete, it is the simplest and easiest material to obtain, which is completely in line with the current original production technology and urgent needs.

Next, Xu Chen arranged for the kiln workers to pick out all the lime inside in a vine basket. After the fire kiln was cleared, a group of people went up the mountain with lime and pottery tiles.

Back on the mountain, a group of women happily took pottery to clean and dry. Xu Chen then spread some lime with water and mixed it with clay into mud, and began to build a countertop for the edges and stoves around the fire pond.

The workload was not big, and it was done in less than half a day. Then a group of women began to boil water and smoke the stove. He began to plaster the back of a row of stone cellars that stored the grain in the warehouse.

It was already sunset after the work was over, and a group of women had already started cooking food with a new stove. The aroma of the steaming food filled the mountainside, and the entire cave was filled with laughter and joy.

The cave after the renovation looks neat and clean, completely different from before.

The stone walls block the hole. Although it is a little darker, it makes people feel more at ease and safe.

After the neat fire pit and the newly built row of fire stoves were laid with neat pottery tiles, they became countless times taller. A group of primitive people were extremely excited, touching and knocking, and some people knelt on each piece and looked carefully. Some even wanted to lie on it and lick it a few times.

The supper was not yet ready, and everyone could not wait for Moba's call. They all sat around the fire pit, waiting for the meal to begin like a pilgrimage.

When Mother Ba summoned the table and Xu Chen washed his face and hands, a shocking cheer sounded from the entire cave. Men, women, young and old stood up one after another, surrounded him and sat down in the center like stars holding the moon. Then Mother Ba and a group of women brought the best food to him.

"Wuga!"

Someone raised his hands excitedly.

"Wuga~Wuga~Wuga~"

A group of men, women, young and old immediately raised their hands and cheered together.

Wuga doesn't know what it means, because there is no reference object.

It seems that it can only be used in the most grand occasions, and it can only be used for the most important things and characters to receive this kind of treatment.

Xu Chen felt that this might be related to the original and simple worship, just like the cheers of later generations.

It can be seen that his status has risen very rapidly recently.

Especially the emergence of pottery has caused the tribe members to have a feeling of admiration for him.

This was of course a good thing for him, so he couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear and nodded to everyone.

Seeing Xu Chen so loved by his tribe members, Mother Ba was even more nervous and entangled in her heart while happy.

The higher the wisdom Xu Chen showed, the more things he invented and created, the more he would compete for his tribe in the future, and the smaller the possibility of staying.

The Ba people cannot accept the price of losing him.

Even if ten people were used to exchange him for it, it would be a loss that the tribe could not bear.

Therefore, everyone was happily eating and chatting around the brand new fire pit, but Moba was a little sad.

After eating, Mom Ba quietly went into the cave.

"Chenga!"

After dinner, Xu Chen was sitting on the stone with a cup of aphrodisiac tea and watching the dusk scenery.

Ye came over and called him.

"Gaha?" Xu Chen turned his head.

"String!" Ye handed over a spindle wrapped in thin thread.

"What's wrong with the line?" Xu Chen looked confused and curious.

"End!" Ye made a move of spreading his hands.

Xu Chen then realized that she had spun all the last time. But for several days, he saw that the girl was not spinning the thread. He probably didn't say anything because he was busy. So he stood up with a smile and said, "Take it and take a look!"

“Not good…see…”

Ye muttered softly, but turned around and went to the cave. Soon he raised a round basket of fine vines, which contained a pile of spindles wrapped in thin threads.

Xu Chen took it out one by one and looked carefully and found that the one above was obviously even, and the lower it was, the rougher it became. It was obvious that after being proficient in the back, the quality of the line would be much better.

"Very good, bring the loom again!"

Although this sentence is very complicated, Ye quickly understood it under Xu Chen's gesture. He pouted and turned around and ran into the cave. After a while, he took out a bunch of round and flattened sticks.
To be continued...