Era: Village bully, so what if he can't get a wife?

Hearing that it wasn't speculation or profiteering, Lin Mancang and his family became interested.

"Xiaofeng, tell me! If this is really true, our village will definitely support you."

Lin Mancang picked up his pipe, took out a match from his pocket, and slowly lit it.

Lin Feng picked up his wine glass, downed it in one gulp, and said with a smile, "Let's set up a kiln!"

"I see there's clay in the mountains behind our village; we could make bricks from it."

"As you all know, there's a massive construction boom right now, so bricks are definitely in short supply."

"In Liujia Village, not far from us, there's a brick kiln that makes over forty yuan a day!"

"Look how much richer their village is than ours; they're the wealthiest village for miles around!"

"If they can do it, so can we! With Uncle Mancang leading the way, what are we lacking?"

"Nothing's lacking! We'll do even better. Uncle Mancang and Brother Zhiqiang are both good people, kind-hearted, and their sales skills are far superior to those of their village!"

"We'll steal all their customers and make a fortune!"

"Uncle Mancang, Brother Zhiqiang, Auntie, don't you agree?"

"Even if the brick kiln doesn't make much money, we can still make other things!"

"Bowls, plates, porcelain basins, teapots, anything will do!"

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Lin Feng spoke in a mix of truth and falsehood, and the Lin Mancang family fell into deep thought.

They had considered building a brick kiln.

At that time, many people in the countryside were building new houses, creating a seller's market where red bricks were in short supply.

Moreover, schools, grain depots, and factories are being built in the county town, which also requires a large number of bricks.

Everyone knew that building a brick kiln would definitely make money.

However, there are too many difficulties involved.

Building a kiln requires more than 10,000 yuan just for constructing the kiln itself.

There are also brick-making machines, handcarts, coal purchases, and so on; the amount of money needed is too much.

But their remote mountain village has no money!

Even if there was any extra money, Lin Mancang and Lin Zhiqiang embezzled it under various pretexts.

Otherwise, how would they have gotten their five large brick houses and all the good food and drink?

Another point is that no one in the surrounding villages knows the "unique skill" of firing kilns!

The brick-making master from 81 was absolutely the soul of the kiln.

Making bricks isn't just about throwing the blanks in and firing them; the temperature, time, ventilation, and watering all need to be precisely controlled.

Without the aid of modern equipment, a slight mishap could turn all the bricks in the kiln into scrap, potentially resulting in losses of tens of thousands of yuan.

If you want to learn, the brick-making masters aren't stupid. They won't let their apprentices starve them.

Therefore, there were few brick kilns in the village, but the market was large and the demand was high, and there were reasons for this at the time.

Finally, let's talk about the raw materials!

Firing bricks requires specific clay; good clay is better than a good kiln.

Even better than good technique!

After Lin Feng's observation, he found that there was indeed red clay in the deep mountain village. Although the quality was not very good, it was at least usable.

Of course, Lin Feng's main purpose was not to build a brick kiln, but a white porcelain factory!

However, the news that there was kaolin around the village could not be told to this family.

Otherwise, those bastards would definitely dig up the kaolin and sell it directly.

Building a porcelain kiln? Dream on!

The technology of porcelain kilns is more than ten times better than that of brick firing—the difference is like heaven and earth!

In the 80s, it was a completely different world.

Simply put, brick firing involves 3 steps, while porcelain firing involves 72 perilous challenges.

From the purity of the clay, to the washing, shaping, carving, glazing, etc., they are not even in the same league.

It's more than a hundred times more difficult!

But for Lin Feng, none of this mattered!

In later years, Lin Feng went into the porcelain business and visited the factory several times.

One of them was a traditional porcelain-making factory that claimed to make porcelain by hand!

No large industrial equipment needed, all done by hand!

For example, replace the ball mill with a stone mill and use a large amount of water to wash it!

Convert the porcelain kiln into a small downdraft kiln to increase the temperature!

Intense fire, sealed kiln, and hardened top for firing!

A more complex process can indeed produce high-quality white porcelain!

This replacement method can definitely break the notion that only state-owned porcelain factories can fire white porcelain!

In this era, with limited knowledge, only Lin Feng could have accomplished this!

Although the output will be low and the quality rate of finished products cannot be guaranteed!

But it's still a highly profitable business.

At this moment, Lin Mancang tapped his pipe against the sole of his foot, revealing a disappointed expression.

"Xiaofeng! You know the situation in our village. We have no money, no skills, and no one who understands the ropes. It's impossible to do anything!"

Everyone knows brick kilns are lucrative, but things inside are not so simple.

Lin Zhiqiang and Liu Fengxian nodded in agreement, thinking there was some big deal coming up!

So it turns out it was a brick kiln!

If they had the money and the technology, they wouldn't need you to tell them! They would have built eight hundred of them privately long ago.

Lin Feng had anticipated the reaction of Lin Mancang's family, and still spoke with a smile.

"Oh dear! Uncle Mancang, I know the village is having difficulties, that's why I'm here to help you out!"

"Oh?" Lin Mancang and the others were taken aback, then looked at Lin Feng.

"How do you plan to solve this problem?" Lin Zhiqiang asked curiously.

"Hehe, I can build this transition! I'll pay for it myself and provide the manpower!"

"The brickyard is also affiliated with the village! And it even pays the village a contract fee!"

"what!"

"What?"

"Is this for real?"

The three of them reacted in much the same way, looking at Lin Feng as if he were a complete idiot!

They're contributing their own money, effort, and even manpower! They've got too much money to burn!

"Of course, it's just a temporary affiliation; all the paperwork and paperwork has to be handled by the village!"

"Then, the village wants to contract it out to me personally! Everyone's doing this kind of contract responsibility system these days."

"It complies with regulations."

"Of course, the village needs to provide land, and I also need to dig...raw materials within the village!"

"I can give the village 30% of the profits! Or, I can give the village 15 yuan a day! That's 450 yuan a month!"

"Of course, how much of this money goes to the village is entirely up to Uncle Mancang!"

"Choose one of the two! Both should be written into the contract! You can choose whichever you prefer!"

"We'll finalize the village contract then. Anyway, I'll only give Uncle Mancang 30% of the profits, or fifteen yuan a day!"

"What?" Upon hearing Lin Feng's words, the three of them no longer looked at him as an idiot, but as a lunatic!

Even if a village brick kiln operates around the clock, its daily net profit is only a little over forty yuan!

Lin Feng wants to give 15 yuan to the village! His only request is a piece of wasteland, plus the opportunity to dig for raw materials!

This is... an incredibly profitable venture!

As for the 30% profit margin mentioned by Lin Feng, Lin Mancang would not choose it.

This sounds unreliable; it's bound to lose money, so where will the profit come from?

It's different when it comes to money. You have to pay a certain amount per month!

Four hundred and fifty a month! That's too much!

If we give 200 to the village, we can keep 250 for ourselves!

Agreeing to this will definitely have no downsides; if it works out, there will be a huge profit to be made!

Although Lin Mancang's family thought Lin Feng was mentally ill, they still had to take advantage of the situation.

Thinking of this, Lin Mancang immediately beamed, "Haha, Xiaofeng, you really are... well, a talent! Haha!"