Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

After this incident, although Guangming Village is still represented by the village chief to the outside world, there has been a trend of Shi Anan becoming the dominant figure. All it takes is an opportunity to completely gain the right to speak in Guangming Village.

After all the villagers had dispersed, Shi Anan discussed the brick-making matter with the village chief.

But just by listening to the village chief's description, Shi Anan didn't know where the problem lay, so he decided to go to the brick kiln with the village chief to take a look.

Since brick firing has not officially started yet, the kiln is now very deserted, with only an older man guarding it.

"This is Tang Zhong. We usually call him Uncle Tang. Miss Shi, you can call him Grandpa Tang. One of his ancestors was a bricklayer, and he has some experience. But now he is too old to work in the fields, so we let him guard the brick kiln this time." The village chief introduced Shi Anan.

"Hello, Grandpa Tang." Shi Anan said to Tang Zhong.

"I dare not, I dare not. I am unworthy of the expectations of the village chief and Miss Shi. Until now, I have not been able to bake the right bricks." Tang Zhong lowered his head with some guilt. Is it really that he has no talent in this area and cannot even make it according to the blueprint?

"Grandpa Tang, there's no need to belittle yourself. Bricks are not so easy to make, otherwise people who knew how to make bricks in the past would not have this special skill. We have a way. As long as we find out the problem, it's only a matter of time before we can make bricks." Shi Anan smiled soothingly at Tang Zhong.

Then he began to look at the manufacturing method given by the system while chatting with the village chief and Tang Zhong.

"You think, the fired bricks only have cracks? Are they green bricks or red bricks? Do you have any waste bricks I can see?" Shi Anan asked.

"Yes, yes! I'll get it right away." Tang Zhong responded quickly, and soon he took a brick from a place full of waste bricks.

This brick is considered to be a better one compared to the others. At least it has been formed, but there are some cracks on the surface, making it easy to break. Some bricks even break as soon as they are fired.

There are many reasons why cracks occur during brick firing.

For example, if the raw material problem is due to poor quality of clay, impurities or uneven mixing, cracks will also occur during the firing process.

In addition, improper drying of bricks after shaping, uncontrolled firing temperature, and uncontrolled cooling after firing will all cause cracks in the bricks.

Since this brick kiln was provided by the system, Tang Zhong and his team also produced defective bricks, proving that the firing temperature was definitely up to standard.

Then it is nothing more than whether the raw materials are mixed evenly, drying problems and cooling problems.

Shi Anan called the village chief and Tang Zhong and told them his speculation in detail: "The quality of this clay must be guaranteed. Impurities can be sieved in advance. Don't rush when it is mixed evenly and dried. Oh, by the way, I will ask someone to make a few wooden frames later, and the sizes of the bricks will be shaped according to the wooden frames to avoid one brick being bigger than the other."

"And the most important thing is cooling. We may have been too hasty in cooling. The bricks are too hot when they are just fired. If they are cooled too much, they may crack."

Tang Zhong hesitated for a moment and said, "Then how do we control this balance?"

"This requires experimentation. If we try a few more times, we will be able to find the most suitable temperature. I'll go find someone and we'll try a few times first." Shi Anan said.

For a period of time that followed, Shi Anan was guiding the progress of the reclamation team in developing the terraces, while also keeping an eye on the progress of the brick kiln. She was so busy that she had to squeeze out time to even drink a sip of water.

There is still a shortage of people. If she had someone available, she wouldn't have to work so hard.

There are only 60 people in Guangming Village, and a dozen of them are either too young or too old like Grandma Hua to work in the fields. In addition, except for the village chief, no one else here can read.

Everyone in Shi Anan's team is busy with their own things now. Wu Yang and Wu Hui, who came back with her, were also arranged by her to make bricks. As for Shi Chengze and Xiao Yuan, they were too young to help much.

Fortunately, such hard work paid off, because their brick kiln finally produced the first batch of successful bricks.

On the day the kiln was opened, many villagers put down their work and came together to witness the first batch of bricks being fired in Guangming Village.

You know, in the past, those who could build houses with bricks were all rich or powerful people in the town. Not to mention their Guangming Village, even in the larger Changle Village, no one could afford to build a brick house.

But now, Miss Shi told them that in the future everyone will have the opportunity to live in a brick house. Even though it still takes time to achieve this goal, it cannot stop their expectations.

"The kiln is open!" The crowd began to make a commotion.

"Done, hahaha! Done!" Tang Zhong looked at the neatly arranged bricks inside and couldn't help crying with joy. He didn't expect that at his age, he could still learn such a craft!

Shi Anan looked at the fired bricks and nodded with satisfaction.

She originally planned to burn green bricks, but the cost and difficulty of burning green bricks were much higher than red bricks, so they later adjusted the plan and switched to burning red bricks.

This batch of bricks were fired according to the red brick plan. They were all neatly laid out in red, with only a few green bricks mixed in. It was probably because of insufficient oxygen supply during cooling that the red bricks turned into green bricks.

But it doesn't matter. They just need to build practical houses, and aesthetics is something they will consider later.

After the bricks were fired, Shi Anan finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked the village chief to arrange a few more people to make bricks together, so that they could burn enough bricks to build a house as soon as possible.

Now that she had some free time, she had time to think about the next thing. The first priority was definitely the development of the terraces. The terraces were already in shape, and she didn't need to keep an eye on them. Cotton had already been planted in the villagers' original fields. When the first batch of terraces were completed, she could plant the potato, soybean, rice, and wheat seeds rewarded by the system first, because they were cold-resistant and would not survive after the season.

After this batch of grain is harvested, they won't have to worry about going hungry until at least the beginning of next spring. If they save a little, they should be able to feed 200 more people.

She has handed over the planting matters to the village chief. After all, she may not be as good as the villagers in taking care of the crops.

Another thing is the matter of building a canteen that she mentioned before. Now that the bricks have been refined, the canteen can be put on the agenda.

Because the production of bricks is insufficient, the houses of the villagers in Guangming Village can only be replaced one after another. Shi Anan also plans to take the opportunity to rebuild a large canteen.

I first went to discuss the location of the canteen with the village chief. Originally, the village chief planned to build the canteen in the center of the village because there was only a large open space there, which was previously used for holding meetings.

But when she saw the well-arranged? Oh no, messy layout of Guangming Village, Shi Anan's occupational disease as a construction engineer was about to occur. As a construction engineer, she not only has to supervise and control the construction situation, but also has to learn how to design and plan. Whether the space of a building is reasonable and whether the planned pattern meets expectations are very knowledgeable.

When she first came to Guangming Village, she didn't pay much attention. She just wondered why the households were scattered around. There were obviously only a few households, but it felt like they were spread all over the village.

It may also be because the previous residents moved away, resulting in the current unplanned layout. But when she discussed the location of the canteen with the village chief this time, the village chief's arrangement made her realize that it was not only unplanned, but also that it was placed wherever there was space.

Shi Anan couldn't bear it anymore. Since everything had to be rebuilt, she might as well just replan it all.

First, the area near the terraces. Since the main agricultural planting will be there in the future, pigs and cattle can be raised there, and chickens, ducks and geese can be raised later. The farms are placed near the terraces, and the animal manure can be used as fertilizer in the future, without worrying about the smell spreading to the residential area.

As for the brick kiln, it is quite far from where people live, and there is a lot of smoke from burning bricks, so this area can be designated as an industrial area.

In the future, cement plants, iron and steel plants, etc. can be built here.

As for the residential area, Shi Anan set it up closer to the undeveloped land at the back of the mountain. This was actually due to her selfish motives. The existing space in Guangming Village was too small, and it looked big now because there were fewer people.

Now the system has asked her to start the task of building a primary village. The minimum requirement for a primary village is 200 people. Guangming Village can accommodate 200 people, but what if there are 1000 or 2000 people in the future?

So even though everyone said that the land in the back mountain was full of dangers and few people had explored it, Shi Anan would still go and take a look if she had the chance in the future.