Smallholder Farmer

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After leaving the east gate, after walking for about ten miles, I saw a big mountain. According to the map, it was Daheishan, but Yuyue looked left and right, and this mountain didn't mean to be next to the black characters. Obtained, it's too outrageous, the official road goes eastward along the foot of the mountain, and there is also a line drawn on the map, so Yuyue said to Chang Shan:

"Let's go along this road! There should be a bridge ahead, what is it called Huaxi Bridge?"

"Yes, girl!" Now Yuyue puts a big bamboo box in her car trunk, which looks like a desk, and inside it can put some odds and ends that can be used anytime and anywhere.

The scenery on this road is not to mention how beautiful it is, the trees are dense, but this so-called official road has become a side road after walking for more than 20 miles. The carriage moved much slower. When we arrived at a stone tablet engraved with Huaxi Bridge, everyone got out of the car. One wanted to relax, and the other needed a field trip.

After crossing the big river called Huaxi through the Huaxi Bridge, the road ahead diverted to the north, following the water of Huaxi and heading north along the foot of the mountain. Looking at the picture, Yuyue was a little dizzy.

"Mother Qing, do you think this road means that we need to walk around this mountain?"

The wooden map is very simple, it doesn't draw a big mountain, just draw a circle with a thin line, Yuyue knew it was a mountain, but he didn't count it, how irresponsible he drew this circle, this is obvious The road in the mountains is actually outside the circle! There is no other way but to go all the way to the dark. There is no village in front of here. Those who don't go to the store later, naturally make cooking a fire the first priority. From the carriage behind, a rattan box was taken out, which naturally contained pots, pans, chopsticks, knives and so on.

"Girl, you're going to show your timidity now, you're making these things, and you're even bragging to me about what kind of camping suit it is!" Qing's mother watched Chang Shan move all these things out, and she looked weird, how could they be used.

Heaven can learn from it. This is the most popular camping set that Yuyue copied from a certain treasure in the previous life. This money has been spent a lot, do you think this is so easy to do?

Under the guidance of Yuyue, the blacksmith Lin used the refined iron for knives to refine the cold iron at high temperature, and then used a specially made mold to make it, which took more than half a year. The current Daqi Refined Iron and Cold Iron are actually modern iron and steel. There is a difference between the two. The so-called Cold Iron is also the steel of the previous life, this Yuyue knows. When she first read the book about "big iron and steel smelting", she studied it for a long time. I also asked my stepdad. As a geographer, I still know something about these things, and I gave her a bunch of books. Sure enough, some small earthen kilns can produce steel, and the quality is of course Can't say it's excellent. But it also works, to put it bluntly. Steel is mainly composed of two elements, namely iron and carbon. The amount of carbon content has a great influence on the properties of steel. When the carbon content increases to a certain level, it will cause qualitative changes. The carbon content is the main criterion for distinguishing steel and iron.

However, the No. 1 blacksmith in Yongqing County didn't know this principle. The quality of the cold iron he smelted was very unstable, but Yuyue knew the various detailed requirements of this steel, one was temperature, and the other was added. Limestone and charcoal are used for smelting. The amount added can’t be too much or too little, but the temperature only needs to be 1600 degrees. Blacksmith, he had learned from his master before, but some skills were passed on to his sons but not his daughters, and he was unwilling to be a door-to-door son-in-law. Therefore, until he became a teacher, he didn't fully understand the secret of the master's cold iron making. The furnace was a waste, and a pile of scrap iron was piled up in the shop. This time I met a master ----- Yuyue agreed with him on the conditions, and taught him to make a sealed smelting furnace. It is less than one foot high and only one foot in diameter. It is built in the shape of a pagoda, and there are flues in the furnace. There are several flues. , used for feeding, ignition, and slag removal. There are multiple ventilation furnaces at the bottom; then, the most critical thing is to burn firewood into charcoal, which is called charcoal heating. After being dialed by Yuyue, it turned out to be done, and the quality surpassed his master. With this excitement, he made two sets of pots and utensils for Yuyue for free, all of which were made of the best cold iron. It is equivalent to modern stainless steel, because Yuyue taught him to put some other ores in it. Although he doesn't know the principle, he knows what to add and how much to add to a furnace of molten steel! Later, this blacksmith Lin became a generation of iron gods, specializing in making armor for the army, making a lot of money.

It's over when these things are explained. At this moment, it's just a flash in Yuyue's mind.

"Mom, you'll know after a while!"

Sure enough, after a while, Mother Qing knew that this set of furniture is really useful. Yuyue knows that some stainless steel contains high lead, but Yuyue doesn't know how much the content of her own furniture is. This lead is not a good thing, and it's not good to eat it. Let's not talk about being stupid and dumb. It is not tall yet, so this set of furniture is only used when the front is not in the village and the back is not in the shop.

There are pots for cooking everything, big and small, ten pots in total, the small ones can be put inside the big ones, and when folded together, only two large pots can be seen. The handles of the pots are movable, and all pots are common. , There is also a kettle to boil water, because it has a lid, just like a teapot, the dust will not fall into the kettle, Mother Qing is very satisfied with this.

Ban Xia took out the rice she had brought, cut up the meat, took a few dried vegetables, and started cooking. Yuyue had nothing to do, so she naturally walked by the stream and wandered in the woods not far away.

After a quick meal, the firewood rice smelled delicious, so I put away the pile of pots and bowls, packed them in the same rattan box, tied them to the back of the car, and walked ten miles along the stream. From a distance, I can see the two mountains in front, which are steep and approaching like two open doors, and the stream flows out along the door. The official road also became more and more tortuous and difficult to walk. At any rate, after crossing these two gates, it was a downhill road. From a distance, the flat farmland in front of me was very bright. The road gradually became smoother and easier to walk. After walking for twenty miles, we arrived at Yangjia Village marked on the map. Looking at it from a distance, it seems that the road points to the mountains again. It was getting late, so I entered the village and went to lodge with others.

Yangjia Village is very small, only about 30 households, and there is no way to appoint a Lizheng official position, only a natural village head. Seeing the conditions of the accommodation, Qing's mother and Yuyue were a little afraid to live here. What if they woke up after sleeping all night and got fleas? So he told the village chief that he wanted to rest in the village's dam.

Naturally, the village chief agreed, and Xi Xin gave 50 coins in his hands. After getting the consent, he went to the dam, found a leeward place and parked the two cars. Horses, lead the horses to drink water, Changshan still moved the rattan box down, and followed the village head to move the table and stools, Banxia took out the three pot holders, and Mother Qing and Yuyue entered the village , I bought some fresh vegetables from the villagers, bought a chicken and carried them back to the carriage, cooked a meal in Changba, sat at the table brought by the village chief, and ate the white-cut chicken invented by Yuyue. All six are satisfied. The breeze is blowing, very cool.

Pinellia is also harvested. In my small recipe, I found the page of white-cut chicken, and added a note. When the first water of the chicken is boiled, take the chicken out, soak it in cold water, and let it cool , Start cooking again, so that the chicken skin will not be rotten, but chewy. The chicken body is also complete.

That night, they lived in the carriage. Mother Qing took Yuyue, Pinellia, and Honghua to sleep in one carriage, and Chang Shan and Xixin slept in another carriage, but they put some things in Yuyue's carriage. In the carriage of two people. The sachet that Yuyue brought played a big role, and Pinellia burned mugwort leaves outside to repel mosquitoes, so she didn't suffer much that night. Get up early in the morning, take down the pot that was specially hung on the fire yesterday, and a pot of hot porridge is ready. Dig the fire, and the yams that were simmering in it were cooked. Pinellia quickly separated out the porridge, and Honghua took out the prepared pickles. After everyone ate, they washed the dishes and cleaned the pot, and returned the loan to the village. Long table, drive into the carriage, and make the way. After walking about ten miles, we arrived at Dahuling. Walk another five miles, pass through the mountains, stand on the ridge, and see the peaks of Hushan in the distance, as small as pieces of rocks, or grains of snails, which can be picked up at hand. Down the mountain along the road, we walked about fifty miles to Xinlouzhai.

Chang Shan stopped. Did it rain yesterday? The river here is very wide, the river is soaring, no bridge can be found everywhere, only pieces of wood are scattered all over the river bank, it is obviously impossible to drive a horse-drawn carriage like this, and I have studied it for a long time with a map, but I can't find it. The name of the river is Chixi River, and the only bridge marked on the map is here. The six people were dumbfounded!

It was already noon, so I had to pull the carriage under the big tree on the side of the road, unload the horse, still one person let the horse go, the other did the coolie, unloaded the luggage, buried the pot for cooking, and Yuyue's set of pots was praised again , What a great idea, it can be nested together from big to small, it is completely enough, the key is that it does not take up space, Mother Qing went to the woods and got a pheasant and a hare, alas, enough , when everyone started cooking, Yuyue walked around the forest and looked around. Everyone thought she was a playful child, so how did they know that she was collecting herbs?

There were only two businessmen passing by in the afternoon, and two of them went to Songlou to do leather business. This is the third time they passed by here. The bridge was broken, so they were forced to stay here, but they have been here before, according to their colleagues. However, it is said that there is a small road ahead that can be detoured. Although the road is a bit long, it can still be crossed. Don't underestimate this small river. The river is not wide, but it is deep. Drowning is a trivial matter. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)