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

Three days later, Lin Feng summoned his second uncle, Lin Dashan, and his third uncle, Lin Dahe.

Let them go to nearby villages to recruit people, as long as they are able-bodied.

Building a kiln requires laying a foundation, which is physically demanding work.

Lin Feng took out five hundred yuan, a high salary of five yuan per person per day.

They even provide lunch; they're such a generous spender.

However, you are required to bring your own tools.

More than ten people came on the first day, including villagers and people from nearby villages.

After being selected by Lin Dashan and Lin Dahe, they were all able-bodied laborers.

Lin Feng has already told Lin Dashan and Lin Dahe the requirements and drawn up the boundaries of the foundation.

Afterwards, Lin Laowu's family also came to help and acted as supervisors.

You need to dig nearly a meter deep, then tamp it down, fill it with gravel, loess, and broken bricks, and compact it layer by layer.

No cement was used; this is a traditional method used in rural areas.

These days, cement is expensive, and even if you manage to get your hands on it, most people won't use it.

It's better to use the method that everyone is familiar with; it's just as reliable.

After that day, the news that Lin Feng was going to build a kiln spread throughout the surrounding villages.

The next day, Lin Feng asked Lin Dashan and Lin Dahe to go to the nearby area to buy straw, blue bricks, rubble, red bricks, and so on!

As long as the price isn't too outrageous, Raymond Lam will pay directly.

The next afternoon, horse-drawn carts began continuously transporting materials to the construction site.

Su Qiuxin and Su Xiahe were carrying a cloth bag containing money.

The workers' wages and the cost of materials all passed through the hands of the two sisters.

Lin Feng had people start making adobe bricks!

These are the main materials for building kilns; red bricks cannot be used.

White porcelain needs to be fired at 1300 degrees Celsius, which red bricks simply cannot withstand; they will melt into slag.

Mud bricks are not a problem; after being compressed and dried, they are economical and practical.

Then seal it with loess, reinforce it with bluestone, and finally apply white porcelain clay.

However, some red bricks can be used for the chimney.

He wanted to build a medium-sized white porcelain kiln, and it would be semi-automatic.

Eight steamed bun kilns, also known as horseshoe kilns, were built in one go.

Each kiln is 4 meters long and 3.5 meters wide, with six kilns arranged side by side, plus two smaller kilns for bisque firing.

Drying sheds, mud washing pools, mud storage rooms, blast furnace rooms, soil crushing rooms, finished product warehouses, raw material warehouses, coal warehouses, etc.

These main structures, once built, will occupy at least 4-5 acres of land.

Of course, these components are relatively simple and don't cost much initially.

The valuable items are the machines: blowers, roller mills, ply mills, brick presses, paint sprayers, and so on!

These are the key factors in breaking away from traditional methods of making white porcelain.

To give an example, compared to traditional kiln firing methods, a blower can reduce the firing time by one-third.

You need at least four, and even the ones that are eliminated cost at least two thousand yuan.

One roller mill can replace ten strong laborers in grinding soil by hand.

With Hei Ye's connections, Lin Feng's ambitions grew, and he no longer wanted to use traditional methods to fire white porcelain.

Semi-mechanical equipment is his ultimate weapon! Mastering the technology is the foundation of firing white porcelain.

Others are still manually firing red bricks and tiles.

He directly broke away from the inefficiency and high cost of traditional rural kiln firing methods.

Achieve semi-mechanization!

A net profit of 400 yuan a day is no joke.

Another half month passed, and the kiln had taken shape.

Meanwhile, the news that Lin Feng was going to build a kiln had already spread throughout the surrounding villages.

Every day, there are always bored people who come to watch the spectacle.

In the 80s, it was a big project, a big undertaking, and a big event when 50 strong laborers worked together, chanting slogans.

At noon, Brigitte Lin, her second aunt Liu Chunhua, her third aunt Wang Guihua, Lin Jianshe, and Lin Xiaoqing set up five large pots by the construction site.

It's stewed with tofu, cabbage, and glass noodles, and the aroma wafts far and wide.

Lin Feng was quite relaxed at the moment, sitting on a large rock, holding hands with Daya and Erya, watching the bustling crowd working on the construction site.

Lin Dashan and Lin Dahe, the five brothers of the Lin family, served as supervisors.

He only needs to grasp the general direction.

Lin Laowu sat smoking on one side, while Su Qiuxin and Su Xiahe sighed and counted their money on the other.

Although Lin Laowu has a rough appearance, he is actually quite thoughtful.

Seeing Lin Feng spending money like water, she felt uneasy.

Sitting on the rock, cracking a pipe, he frowned and said, "Xiaofeng, is it really feasible for us to build this brickyard?"

"Why does it look different from other brick kilns?"

Lin Feng placed Da Ya and Er Ya on his lap and said with a smile, "Of course they're different!"

"Mine is more advanced; you'll see when the time comes."

"Oh! I'm afraid that if things go wrong, all the money will be wasted."

"Do I have enough money? I still have over two thousand here!"

In fact, Lin Feng knew that Lin Laowu was not very optimistic about the kiln factory, but he still firmly stood by his side.

"Uncle Lin, we have enough money! Don't worry, the money we make will scare you to death."

At this moment, Su Xiahe, who was sitting on the ground on the other side, pouted.

"All you do is make empty promises to us, always saying, 'We'll find out when the time comes.' I think you're just making things up."

"Once we lose money, I'll be the one calling the shots at home, huh!"

Lin Feng turned his head and glanced disdainfully at... well... big, "Then I'll make you warm my bed!"

We'll see!

Since making the bet with Lin Feng, Su Xiahe has regained her competitive spirit in arguing with him.

It seems she wants to break free from the embarrassment and shyness of being seen naked, being pushed into a fire pit by her own sister, and being forcibly bound with a gold bracelet.

They just wanted to see Raymond Lam make a fool of himself, so their bickering intensified.

Su Qiuxin saw everything and was quite pleased.

That's how we met our nemesis!

"Lin Feng, you have less than five thousand yuan left!"

Su Qiuxin put the money she had counted many times into a cloth bag, held it to her chest, and reported to Lin Feng.

In just half a month, we spent more than 3,000 yuan on labor alone and more than 2,000 yuan on materials.

Fortunately, many materials were sourced locally, and others were relatively inexpensive, but plentiful.

In this day and age, spending half a millionaire's worth of money in half a month is something that people wouldn't even dare to dream of.

Especially in rural areas, saving money is the orthodox way of thinking.

5000 yuan! That's a huge sum of money that a family would have to save for twenty years without eating or drinking.

That's equivalent to several hundred thousand yuan in later times!

Although Su Qiuxin trusted Lin Feng, she was still heartbroken to have spent so much money in just half a month.

"Lin Feng, how about we think about it again? We don't have the technology to build the kiln, and buying coal will be a hassle."

"How about we don't build such a big one? Let's build a small brick kiln and try it out first!"

Lin Feng had anticipated that they wouldn't understand why he would invest all his savings in a brick kiln with no hope of success.

Not to mention in rural areas in the 80s, even decades later, very few people would do it.

Lin Feng didn't plan to reveal his hand now, because they wouldn't believe him anyway.

"Hey, just you wait and see, you'll be blown away."

Lin Qingxia and the others, who were stewing vegetables in a large pot, also had worried expressions on their faces.

They thought that Lin Feng had changed for the better recently, no longer loafing around and bullying his neighbors.

Unexpectedly, he had developed a mental illness, a spendthrift mental illness, and the money he spent made them tremble with fear.

Just as he was about to say a few words of advice, Lin Feng stood up and shouted, "Lunch break! Time to eat!"

The 50 strong men who were working hard at the construction site immediately became excited.