Blessings of Time Traveling

Qi Mingcheng is a very decisive person. When he wants to do something, as long as he confirms its feasibility, he will go all out.

Despite the worries of the women in the family, Qi Mingcheng's two brother-in-laws planned to follow Qi Mingcheng after spending a day thinking about it.Zhao Dalang used to work outside, and Wu Shun had a bit of ruthlessness in his bones. They were more decisive than ordinary villagers.

Moreover, Wu Shun also told Qi Mingcheng a piece of good news: "When my father was sick, the family didn't have the money to buy medicine for him, so I went to work as a helper in the kiln of the lame third child. He paid little money and ate well." It's not good, but the work is very heavy, and few people are willing to follow him."

The father Wu Shun mentioned was his adoptive father.The old hunter didn't pay attention to maintenance when he was young, and his life was quite rough. When he was old, he always ached here and there.At that time, their family could barely have a meal, and they must be reluctant to take medicine.Wu Shun couldn't bear it, so he had to work hard.

Wu Shun was not very old at that time, and he was sent down by the lame third child as a cow and a horse. Many times he felt that he would not be able to survive.

"However, I have almost learned the skill of burning charcoal secretly." Wu Shun chuckled, "As Mingcheng said, there is really nothing particularly difficult, as long as you master the tricks, it is very simple. It may not be burned once. Sure, try it two or three times and you will definitely get the feeling."

Wu Shun can say such a thing, it can be seen that he really regards the Zhao family as his own family.

In this day and age, stealing other people's skills is actually not very moral.

It is said that the apprentices of the church starved to death of the master, so people are not tolerant of this.

This is why, Wu Shun learned to burn charcoal when he was a teenager, but he never thought of burning charcoal for sale.One is because the market in Lidong Town has been monopolized, and the other is because Wu Shun still wants to gain a foothold in the village, so he can't let himself bear such a bad reputation.

Now that Wu Shun has told Qi Mingcheng about this matter, it can be seen that Qi Mingcheng's performance in these days has finally been affirmed by him.

If Qi Mingcheng was still the original Qi Mingcheng, Wu Shun would definitely not expose himself in front of him.After all, Wu Shun didn't want to be betrayed suddenly one day.Wu Shun's attitude towards Mingzhen Daoist's wife and brother is "maintaining basic politeness while maintaining distance".

Privately, Wu Shun also felt strange.The change in wife and brother is really great!If a major change happened in the family, and the former brother-in-law became the current brother-in-law, then his father-in-law, who should be hacked into pieces, would be considered a good deed by accident, right?

Qi Mingcheng didn't know that Wu Shun was a bold man with subtlety and grace hidden inside. Seeing that Wu Shun could burn charcoal, he just felt that he was very lucky.

Because he wanted to sell the charcoal to a city farther away, and needed to use the Lidong River for transportation, Qi Mingcheng did not plan to burn charcoal in the mountains near the Zhao family, but planned to burn in the mountains not far from Lidong Town. carbon.In this way, it will be easier for them to transport.

It takes about three to seven days to burn a kiln of charcoal.

Qi Mingcheng didn't know how the animal gold charcoal and other charcoal that the nobles loved to use were fired. He only knew the most basic black charcoal and white charcoal firing methods.

Black charcoal is the kind of charcoal burned by Lame Lao San and the others, and it is also the kind of charcoal commonly used by ordinary people.

When the fuelwood is carbonized in the pit, it is not released immediately, but the charcoal is isolated from the air in the pit to cool, and the final product is black charcoal; and if the hot charcoal is taken out of the pit and contacted with the air, the hot charcoal is used to The volatiles generated during the decomposition are refined at high temperatures and then covered and cooled. The charcoal obtained at this time not only has high hardness, but also has residual white ash powder on the surface, which is called white charcoal.

Because white charcoal is burned again outside the pit, the weight of charcoal is relatively light, so its price is also more expensive than black charcoal.

Qi Mingcheng planned to burn several thousand catties of each of the two types of charcoal.

Considering that when they sell charcoal, they can only target the middle and low-end market. Although white charcoal sells at a higher price, the market for black charcoal must be wider, and black charcoal is indeed easier to burn. Deciding to burn more black charcoal reduced the amount of white charcoal.

In order to burn out the charcoal before the arrival of early winter, Zhao, Qi, and Wu set up several kilns deep in the mountains and started working at the same time.They even brought their bedding and lived directly in the mountains.Both Zhao Dalang and Wu Shun love their wives, so they naturally don't want to let women come with them to suffer; Qi Mingcheng also feels that they can't let their sisters come out to suffer.So, the three big men lived a sloppy life in the mountains.

Considering Qi Mingcheng's poor physical condition in the past, the two brothers-in-law were actually unwilling to take him with them at first.

However, Qi Mingcheng felt that he could bear it.

The two brothers-in-law observed him for a few days, and they were finally relieved when they saw that he was really not reluctant.However, even so, they still assigned the easy tasks to Qi Mingcheng, rushing to do the heavy ones.Among the three, only Qi Mingcheng can go out to the mountains every three to five days to get some pickles back home.

By the way, because Qi Mingcheng still has the task of praying for Zhao Chengyi, he has to bring Zhao Chengyi's tablet with him when he goes out.

The nights in the mountains are cold.Even though they had already set up shelters to shelter from the wind, the wind could still come in from all directions.Therefore, when sleeping, the three of them slept on a wooden board.For safety reasons, one person must also stay on vigil.Qi Mingcheng had the fewest vigils.

When it was Qi Mingcheng's turn to watch the night, he was wearing a padded jacket, wrapped in a quilt, and made a fire, so he felt more comfortable.

Zhao Chengyi's memorial tablet was placed next to Qi Mingcheng's pillow, wrapped tightly with a piece of cloth.

Qi Mingcheng added a stick of firewood to the fire, and said to himself: "Brother, I didn't mean to take you to the deep mountains and old forests."

"You need money to live... Tsk, you have to admit that a man still needs to be a little bit ambitious."

"If you are alive, please bless us to make money smoothly this time."

"When I have money in the future, I'll give you a tablet inlaid with gold and silver!"

"Uh... isn't gold and silver too vulgar?"

"The ancients all liked red sandalwood, golden nanmu, etc. Then I'd better replace it with a better wood for you."

There is a saying that people are not talked about during the day and ghosts are not talked about at night, but Qi Mingcheng is conscious and frank, and he has no fear when talking about the sacrificed Zhao Erlang just because of Zhao Dalang's snoring.Even if there are ghosts in the world, Qi Mingcheng doesn't think that Zhao Erlang will hurt him, so why should he be afraid?

When he was in the orphanage, Qi Mingcheng had faced death. The one who died was his companion, a child with congenital heart disease, who was also Qi Mingcheng's best friend.Qi Mingcheng lived in the same room as him.After the child died of illness, the dean's mother was afraid that Qi Mingcheng would not dare to sleep alone, so she wanted to change rooms for Qi Mingcheng.Qi Mingcheng said at the time: "I won't change, I'm not afraid! If there are ghosts in this world, I don't believe that Weiwei, who would let me take a bite out of only one apple, would come and hurt me because he turned into a ghost. We still best friend!"

Compared with the ghosts and ghosts that have never been seen before, the minds of living people are actually more unpredictable!

Qi Mingcheng just said one sentence at a time to pass the time.He jokingly arranged a lot of benefits for Zhao Chengyi.

Wu Shun, who hadn't fallen asleep yet, only felt panicked. He turned over and listened to Zhao Dalang's snoring, and finally felt more at ease.On one side is Zhao Da, Zhao Er's eldest brother, and on the other side is Qi Mingcheng, Zhao Er's daughter-in-law. Zhao Er should be reluctant to come out and scare people.Wu Shun comforted himself.

No one stipulates that a tall and mighty hunter cannot be afraid of ghosts!Even if he didn't do anything wrong, he was just afraid!

Life in the mountains is hard.The work is very tiring, but what they eat is dry food that does not taste very good.However, as long as they can make money, Zhao Dalang and Wu Shun feel that everything is worth it!Compared to Qi Mingcheng's distress for them, they themselves don't think that a little suffering is nothing.

When they left the mountain, both Zhao Dalang and Wu Shun lost more than ten catties!Fortunately, with Qi Mingcheng's spiritual water nourishing them, they are still full of energy.After transporting all the charcoal to the rented boat and putting it away, they went home to rest for a day, and then rushed to Yun'an City without stopping.

The Jing Dynasty does not belong to any period of Chinese history that Qi Mingcheng knows, but if we take the modern map of Hua Kingdom as an analogy, then Lidong Town is equivalent to the mountainous area of ​​the Jiangnan Water Town in Hua Kingdom, and the capital of Jing Dynasty is located in In the Nanjing area, the military area where Zhao Chengyi joined the army was located in Shanxi and Hebei.As for the destination of Qi Mingcheng's trip, Yun'an City, it is located between Lidong Town and the capital.

From Lidong Town to Yun'an City, you can travel by water, and from Yun'an City to the capital, you can also travel by water.Therefore, if people in Lidong Town want to go to the capital, this is a very convenient thing.It is also because of this convenience that Zhou Mansion, whose main house is located in the capital, has a separate courtyard in Lidong Town.

Although Qi Erniang was worried that they would not earn a penny, the old lady Zhao, who was in charge of the money at home, gritted her teeth and counted out some money for Zhao Dalang to take with her.According to Qi Mingcheng's original plan, after arriving in Yun'an City, they should first find an inn to stay.

"What kind of inn do you live in! Didn't we rent a boat? We just lived on the boat!" Zhao Dalang said.

"Brother Zhao is right. We haven't made any money yet, so we can save as much as we can. We are all men, so what's the point of suffering?" Wu Shun said.

Qi Mingcheng rubbed his nose in embarrassment, and made a deep self-criticism in his heart.

Well, so everyone decided to live on the boat.

"Brother, how do we sell so much charcoal? Do you want to shout? How?" Zhao Dalang asked.

"You have to find someone to ask first. Don't make a taboo and cause unnecessary trouble." Wu Shun should be more cautious.

Qi Mingcheng knew that they all felt uneasy and needed someone to be their backbone.If Qi Mingcheng also showed uneasiness, they would definitely be discouraged.Therefore, Qi Mingcheng deliberately said confidently: "Let's go shopping in the city for a few days first. There is no rush to sell charcoal."