Hu Hanyun's first "Construction Corps" was mainly responsible for the supply and transportation of construction materials at the construction site.
The building materials required by the Yanhuang Academy generally consisted of mud bricks, lime, glutinous rice mortar, stone, and wood. The first three were bought from various places with money. For materials like mud bricks, which required a large quantity, a small team had to be sent to the brick kiln to bring them back.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were many brick kilns among the people, but most of them were small in scale. This time, Yanhuang College's "Construction Corps" cooperated with an official kiln near Chang 'an. It was more than 30 miles away from Mei Village. The walls of Chang' an and the construction of the Imperial Palace were all built with mud bricks from that kiln.
Logically speaking, Li Zexuan could build his own brick kiln if he wanted. Moreover, the bricks from his kiln would definitely be stronger than those from other kilns.
Building a kiln seemed to be very difficult, but it was not difficult at all to actually start. As long as you mastered the technique, building a brick kiln was even easier than building a house.
The only difficult thing to solve was the problem of the chimney. It should be known that the chimney of the brick kiln in modern times was 30 to 40 meters high, which was a bit difficult in the Tang Dynasty where there were no tower cranes or scaffolding.
However, it was not impossible to solve. Li Zexuan knew of a way to burn bricks without a chimney — the circular kiln!
The circular kiln looked like a row of long bunkers. Its height was less than five meters, but its length was more than two hundred feet. The biggest advantage of the circular kiln was that it could burn bricks in a circular manner. It could build 20 kilns, and each kiln could be lit individually.
Compared to the conjoined kilns of this era, which had eight kilns in each group, the circular kiln was more efficient and more fuel-efficient.
Although there were many advantages to building his own brick kiln, Li Zexuan did not intend to do so. He could not build all the materials by himself, could he? That would take a lot of effort, and this kind of monopolization was not good! He had to leave some profits for others, right?
In the afternoon.
Hu Hanyun took more than 3,000 people of the first regiment to "hunt" in the mountains. To be precise, they were going to cut wood!
They had to bring back a batch of wood and hand it over to the other regiments to build temporary housing for the workers. For the entire "Construction Corps", this was the first day of work. Other than the division of formations, there was only the construction of a place to settle down. The official building of the academy would have to wait until the next day.
Fortunately, it was summer now, and the workers' residences only needed to be able to block the sun and rain. There was no need to think about keeping warm, so it was very simple to build.
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The sun was setting.
Cloud Mountain was still very lively.
Rows of small sheds were arranged in the forest, and there was a number hanging in front of each shed. Ninety-nine percent of the workers did not know how to read, let alone Arabic numerals. However, there were so many sheds that Li Zexuan could only order each of them to remember the number on the sign of their shed in order to prevent the workers from going to the wrong place at night.
Seeing that the city gate of Chang 'an was about to close and the workers' residences at the construction site were about to be completed, he asked someone to find Li Tai and prepare to return to the city!
As the chief commander of more than 10,000 people, Yan Shaoning felt that he was shouldering a heavy responsibility. The workers' residences had not been completed yet, so he would not go back with them at night.
As for Yan Lide and Faubert, they had already gone back two hours ago.
"Eh, Xiaoxuan, why don't you go back alone? There are still two people in the eighth squad of the first regiment who haven't finished building their residences yet! "
Li Tai seemed to be "intoxicated". This was the first sentence he said when he was called to Li Zexuan.
Li Zexuan heard this, stared at him and scolded, "Go away! If you stay outside the city, His Majesty and Her Majesty will skin me alive if they know about it. If the residences are not ready, just leave it to Gu Xiaomao. What are you doing here? "
Li Tai came back to "reality" and remembered that he was a "child with parents". He also understood that Li Zexuan was telling the truth. He could not help but touch his nose embarrassedly and silently accept the "organization's arrangement".
Li Zexuan glanced at him unhappily, then said to Gu Xiaomao, "Xiaomao, I'll leave the remaining tasks of the eighth squad of the first regiment to you. Is there a problem?"
Gu Xiaomao was very perceptive. He knew that this was an opportunity for him to perform. He quickly said loudly, "Boss, no problem, absolutely no problem! You and the captain can go back to the city without worry! "
"Did you hear that? They're fine here. Qingque, why don't you get on the horse? It'll be bad if the city gate closes later! "
Li Zexuan urged.
"Oh! Okay! Gu Xiaomao, I'll leave the eighth squad to you! I'll come back tomorrow morning! "
Li Tai nodded his head and mounted his horse. However, he was still a little worried as he warned.
"Yes, yes, captain. Don't worry!"
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The two of them rode at full speed and finally returned to Chang 'an City before sunset.
Li Zexuan naturally returned to Yongle Lane. As for the little fatty, he had to go to the palace before returning to Prince Wei's residence. After all, he had decided to participate in the construction of Yanhuang College today, and he had not gotten Li Er's permission yet!
"Qingque, where did you go and sweat so much? And I haven't seen you all day. "
At the Li Zheng Palace.
Li Tai saw Li Er and Empress Zhangsun. They had just finished their meal because Li Tai could still smell the leftover aroma of the food in the air. He did not eat well at noon and did not eat well at night. The little fatty was now so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back. Of course, he would be more sensitive to the aroma of the food.
"Father, Yanhuang College started construction today. I went to Yunshan with the teacher and was busy the whole day. I just returned to the city and did not have time to take a bath. That's why I lost my composure. Please forgive me, Father!"
Li Tai answered Li Er's question, but he was thinking about how much food he should ask the chef to prepare when he returned to the prince's residence later.
"Oh? Qingque, you actually went to Yanhuang College to help? "
How could Li Er not know Li Tai's nature? That was why he was so surprised when he heard Li Tai's words!
Empress Zhangsun also interrupted, "Qingque, you left the city for the whole day without a word. I didn't expect you to go to the wilderness. It's a hot summer day. You must have suffered a lot, right?"
Thinking about what he had experienced today, Li Tai felt that it was hard, but he felt that it was more fulfilling. This day was equivalent to a month before!
"Mother, I didn't suffer! Instead, I learned a lot! I plan to help the teacher build the college in the next two months. I hope Father and Mother will allow it! "
"What?"
Li Er raised his eyebrows and stared at Li Tai. He asked, "You have never experienced construction before. How are you going to help Li Zexuan build the college?"
Empress Zhangsun also frowned and asked, "Qingque, as far as Mother knows, Xiaoxuan has invited more than 10,000 craftsmen and commoners to participate in the construction of the college. The construction progress is naturally not a problem. Qingque, you have lived in the depths of the palace since you were young. How can you go and suffer? "
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