Labette and his tribe hurried back to Frost Leaf Town the next day.

The Snow Rabbit People also witnessed the meals of the slaves in Frost Leaf Town and excitedly had their first full meal of the winter.

To ensure they would have food in the future, Labette and his tribe studied those blueprints that very night.

In fact, they directly ran to the manor the next morning to consult Luo De.

Luo De appreciated Labette's straightforwardness and explained some key knowledge to this Snow Rabbit Person.

In Luo De's past life, modern coke production was very complicated.

But, in fact, the principle is quite simple.

In a nutshell, coal is heated isolated from air to about a thousand degrees, triggering a reaction that breaks down into coke and other substances.

Without considering the collection of other substances, primitive coking only leaves coke, which is relatively simple.

Labette was smarter than imagined.

After thoroughly understanding, he followed Luo De's blueprint plan and chose a location in a mountain gully.

This way, there was no need to excavate a platform further, digging directly from one side of the gully to create a pit four meters long, two meters wide, and one and a half meters deep.

Inside the pit, Luo De's slave team constructed a circle of walls with stones, which the Snow Rabbit People reinforced as a furnace chamber.

Next to the furnace chamber, they dug a flue, and directly made a passage over the gully to let gas generated from coking escape.

The bottom of the cave acts as the furnace floor, compacted and paved into a slope with flat stones so that once the process is complete, the coke can be easily dug out by opening the lower furnace door.

Once everything was prepared, they loaded the coal, sealed the top with mud or compacted earth, leaving only firing and smoke holes.

Then they ignited it at the air intake, guiding the coal to slow-burn and distill.

It is noteworthy that Labette brought along twenty tribesmen out of goodwill.

Labette wanted to speed up the process and show results to Luo De.

However, he overlooked an important issue,

——the small cave simply couldn't accommodate so many people.

To build this primitive coking furnace, six or seven Snow Rabbit People were enough; having too many people made things chaotic.

But they didn't come for nothing.

Luo De instructed Labette to divide these people into two groups, with one group continuing to build the coking furnace.

The other group, thirteen Snow Rabbit People, began constructing Luo De's brick kiln.

The previous brick kilns were temporary, producing few bricks, and now Luo De's stockpile of bricks was only over ten thousand.

It sounds like a lot, but it's hardly enough when constructing walls thousands of meters long.

So Luo De had to build specialized brick kilns in advance.

The brick kiln was much simpler.

Simply have the Snow Rabbit People dig a passage, then build a chamber inside the tunnel, with a firebox for burning wood and a flue below.

For the Snow Rabbit People, once they knew how to dig, it was not difficult at all.

Seeing the Snow Rabbit People busy in the cave, Luo De came up with a new idea.

Perhaps these Snow Rabbit People could build an "underground pit-type molding room."

In fact, in winter, the hardest part of brick making is not firing but breaking the brick mold.

Moisture is hard to evaporate, mud doesn't mix well in the low temperature, and drying outdoors can cause bricks to crack, which is the biggest issue.

But if they could excavate a greenhouse underground and add a heated bed for warmth, maybe they could also fire bricks well in the winter.

With this thought, Luo De immediately called Labette out of the pit.

"What's the matter, Lord Sir!"

Labette wiped the yellow mud off his nose, only to make it worse.

"How many people do you have left in your tribe?"

Luo De asked, "Can they all come?"

"There are twenty-three who can work!"

Labette answered without hesitation.

Because he had counted them before coming.

"Call them all over, quickly finish building this brick kiln."

Luo De ordered, "First, build five kiln chambers. Once done, you'll have more tasks to do."

"Okay!"

Labette answered excitedly.

Having work means having enough food to eat!

"I'll go right away to call them and let them notify the tribe."

Labette enthusiastically ran towards one side of the kiln chambers.

Soon, he returned with his ears drooping.

"Lord Sir, my tribesmen are also eager to work... Why not send someone to notify them?"

Labette said somewhat helplessly.

After group division, there was also another Snow Rabbit Person acting as a team leader on the other side.

The brick kiln group's leader didn't want to waste his manpower to notify others, and other Snow Rabbit People were also unwilling.

It's a joke, who wouldn't want to perform well and finish the work as soon as possible?

Why doesn't your coking furnace group send someone back?

This was the brick kiln group leader's exact words.

"Alright, I'll inform Xue Rui, let her organize them back, and incidentally, Lawrence will deliver food to your caves."

Luo De smiled and didn't intervene further.

Such a situation was indeed due to Labette's impulsiveness and lack of proper arrangement.

"However, it shows you lack deterrence, making it difficult to lead the team later."

"You're right!"

Labette straightened his chest, "Don't worry! I'll have a proper discussion with Xue Rui!"

"Yes, organize it well, don't let it affect the task progress I assigned."

Luo De reminded, then left.

After four days, the coking furnace was successfully constructed.

They loaded the coal, sealed the top, ignited it, and then it was a matter of waiting.

After about three days, once the smoke from the flue thinned and reduced, with no pungent smell, they sealed all the exhaust holes with clay.

After waiting another two days and the entire furnace had cooled down, they opened the furnace.

Luo De finally produced his first batch of coke.

The first batch was very small.

Luo De had someone do the math, it was only eight hundred and thirty-three pounds, but it was enough for the Blacksmith Shop to use.

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