Infrastructure maniacs from the East

Making an earthen kiln is not easy, but it is not as difficult as Xu Tian imagined.

First of all, dig a hole with a smooth bottom on the ground. The size and depth are up to you. Xu Tian is not a professional master. He plans to make a small one first. Some people went in and stepped on the mud.

Speaking of which, there are actually many similarities between an earthen kiln and an earthen stove, and there are actually many similarities between building an earthen kiln and making pottery embryos, but since Xu Tian has never practiced it himself, he has never even seen an earthen stove. Basically, you can only cross the river by feeling the stones and constantly modifying and modifying.

Lighting a fire on the stepped mud to make it dry and harden, and installing spacers close to the pit wall, all these require too much technical content. Xu Tian's requirement is that he can bear the firewood to be successful.

A general kiln is built with bricks around it, and the top is built with a circular arch, which is similar to adding a cover on the top of a cylinder, but it is such a non-technical matter. Once it involves no bricks...

Xu Tian wiped his face, decided to continue to live strong, and asked Jack to ask the slaves to speed up the construction of the pigsty. The remaining mud bricks were brought over to make the walls.

The ground should be divided into a step with a low front and a high back. The low place is for fire, the high place is for pottery, and then there is a flue at the back, a small door is made at the lowest part of the front to let in the air, and finally a door is built at the top. Firewood.

Xu Tian can't remember how many accidents happened in it. The lack of checking and making up for the omissions made Lord Xu just want to roll his eyes and pass out. He originally wanted to build a down-flame kiln with great ambitions, but now the requirement has been lowered to make one. The simplest earthen kiln is fine, if it is not possible, it can be done at one time, and it should be used to accumulate experience for everyone.

Adding, subtracting, demolishing and building, the setting sun came in a blink of an eye, Xu Tian’s voice was already hoarse, but a simple earthen kiln finally stood on this land—one piece here and there Patching, one muddy hole on the left and one on the right, the people who participated in the construction were exhausted, but they dared not say give up because the lord was here. After all, the noble lord fought hard on the front line and did not cry tired. What right do you have to cry? .

Fortunately, it finally succeeded. Although it looked a bit horrible, Xu Tian was sure that this ugly kiln could be used, and that was enough. We can't judge people by their cover.

The finished pottery embryos were put in one by one. In order to be able to put more pottery, Xu Tian asked someone to fetch some sand, and sprinkled a layer for each pottery embryo to prevent the two pottery embryos from touching each other.

The firewood was brought and piled up about half a meter away from the bottom of the kiln. Xu Tian went up to check whether it was at the right temperature, and then asked Little Jack to remember the temperature and teach the slaves when to add firewood Add fire, after all, firewood is really not as easy to burn as coal, if you don't have someone to watch at any time, so many pottery embryos will fail directly...

Wait, what did he just think of?

Xu Tian frowned and tried to catch the flash of inspiration just now - firewood is not as easy to burn as coal... Coal... Charcoal... Charcoal!

By the way, it is charcoal!

Xu Tian has not found coal yet, but making charcoal does not require much technology, and charcoal is more resistant to burning than wood, and can produce a higher temperature... The more Xu Tian looks like the brighter his eyes, he can't wait to ignite and make charcoal immediately Come out, but seeing that it is almost impossible to see the sky ahead, I regret to give up this idea and plan to try tomorrow.

"Goo-"

The long voice came from Xu Tian's abdomen, and it was only after he breathed it down that he felt that he was already too hungry. He belatedly looked at the slaves who were walking around shaking, and Lord Xu felt inexplicably guilty.

"You guys did a good job today. Give the beans the amount of two meals."

The generous lord did not disappoint. Although they missed dinner today, the lord actually gave them two meals of beans as a reward, two to one. The eruption erupted for a moment and then quickly returned to silence. Only Little Jack covered his pockets with some distress - he was the one who distributed the beans for these slaves.

The lord left, except for the slave who watched the fire at night, the other slaves carried the beans and set foot on the way back. Their physical exhaustion caused them to drag their feet even when they walked, but their mental excitement made them want to speak. Little Jack got an egg as a reward for the day, which made him laugh.

Tonight's food is still acorn jelly and boiled eggs. Xu Tian doesn't know how to get rid of the smell of goat milk and milk. He knows it's nutritious but he can't drink it. Fortunately, no one forced him to drink it.

It will take some time for the first batch of porcelain from the clay kiln to be fired, and the knight who contacted the merchants is still on the way. Xu Tian had a rare moment of leisure, and immediately felt that his whole body was stinking.

"I want to take a shower."

The two knights following the lord saw the lord stop suddenly, and then heard the sound of the lord trying to endure something, and turned their heads with blood red eyes.

The lord Aijie is known throughout the castle, and the garlic soap that the butler and others got is even more enviable. The priest has been taught how to be a good person, so when the lord can't issue the order to boil water and wash, No one panicked and thought that Xu Tian was possessed by a demon. After all, the lord was very generous, and he was willing to give the servants soup with oil. Just because of this, no one wanted to change the lord.

Naturally, no one refuted Xu Tian's order. A dusty but not decayed wooden barrel was turned out from an unknown corner by the housekeeper. Several oil lamps were lit in the kitchen, and cold water was poured into the iron pot and pottery. The pots were filled with everything that could be used to boil water, and several servants hurried out to collect firewood.

The carpenter was called to polish the wooden barrel urgently—although it has not been in disrepair for a long time, if it is not covered with thick cloth, the barrel will turn red after taking a bath, but the former lord of the shit took away everything he could The things that were taken away, the clothes worn by the current lord were all brought by him himself. There is no such thing as cloth, so the carpenter can only simply polish it.

A short order made the whole castle boil, but no one expressed dissatisfaction - after dark, sleeping is also killing time, and working is also killing time, and you can get something for doing some work for the lord.

After a long time of preparation—Xu Tian was about to fall asleep after a simple wash—the wooden bucket for bathing was finally brought in, and the butler brought in the servants holding pottery, and began to pour the water into the wooden bucket little by little. Water was poured into the bucket, the wooden barrel was not treated, it was not waterproof, and water began to drip from the bottom in just a few minutes. It is conceivable that Lord Xu must race against time to take a bath, and the water must be full of gold after washing, but none of this can shake Xu. The resolution to take a bath every day.

"Lord, be careful of the thorns on the barrel..."

The steward reminded Xu Tian hesitantly—the carpenter had tried his best, but he could barely make the bottom smoother, and the surrounding thorns could be easily polished off. Taking a look at the bucket here, he immediately understood the butler's worry, and nodded with a serious face.

Finally it was time to take a bath, Xu Tian asked all the servants to go out, ignored the envious eyes of the two knights, and stepped into the wooden barrel filled with hot water surrounded by oil lamps with great excitement.

"Comfortable~~~"

Xu Tian squinted his eyes and enjoyed the feeling of the water flowing against his legs for a while, then slowly squatted down, buried his whole body in the wooden bucket with difficulty and carefully, and then began to scrub himself.

The bed sheet that Xu Tian once despised was used as a bath towel, so that the housekeeper and the others would not see Xu Tian's stuff when they changed the water, which barely saved Xu Tian's face, and made it easier for Xu Tian to wash himself thoroughly.

God knows that black hair and waist look good, but it's really troublesome to wash, especially if you don't have shower gel, the soap can't even make a little bubble, Lord Xu is only glad that he is not oily , otherwise it will be more troublesome.

Seeing a group of people clean up the water in the room, Xu Tian had no intention of stepping forward to help. Instead, he asked someone to wash off his linen sheets, and threw two pieces of soap to the knights, asking them to wash them too. .

Xu Tian still knows about his political affairs in his position. Not to mention making troubles when he goes to work, he will confuse other people. He never wants to get in touch with these people, and even deliberately creates an image of himself as a clean freak (of course, in fact The cleanliness required by Xu Tian is only a basic requirement for modern times, and it is really a cleanliness here), there is a very important reason——

They have lice ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

In ancient China, the common people had to comb their hair with a comb regularly, and the nobles didn’t need to worry about this, but in this environment, even the king was covered in lice and attracted flies!

He was lucky that he didn't get lice during the vague memory period, and his two knights also shaved their heads under his previous forced request to remove the lice, but this does not mean that the lice will not be re-infected. , especially his waist-length hair, is the best habitat for lice.

He is reluctant to cut his hair, so if he wants to avoid getting lice, everything he touches must undergo strict disinfection, and he must keep a certain distance from people and animals to be sure. Clean yourself first, and then sterilize the room with boiling water to rest assured.

The grate was made by a carpenter when he was making the plow, but the bamboo has not produced any results, so Xu Tian temporarily gave up. The pottery kiln is already busy, so the search for the hundred parts should also be put on the agenda, Xu Tian Swear, he really doesn't want to see those little things crawling around on people's heads at all!

The author has something to say: Xu Tian: What’s so good about being a lord? It’s so troublesome to take a bath, and your subordinates have lice. Baibu: The medicinal materials for lice killing. An important question that I just remembered when I was talking with my mother today. ——I forgot that the people here have lice. Fortunately, my protagonist likes to be clean.

Does anyone know how to make caustic soda?

感谢在2020-02-2019:27:02~2020-02-2117:26:07期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels of irrigation nutrient solution: 12 bottles of Azhong; 1 bottle of Xixi;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!