Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

Limestone is easy to find, but honeycomb is difficult.Although it is autumn, the withering of everything has little to do with Yazhou, and many wild flowers can still be seen in the wild.Where there are wild flowers, bees are naturally indispensable.But to catch up with the bees, it is almost impossible to rely on the strength of human feet. After all, the bees are so small that they can be lost by accident, so finding the beehive is all about luck.

Xiao Yu looked at a bee flying far away, and sighed: "It would be great if I could catch up with that bee and find its nest."

Meng Sigui shook his head: "They can't catch up, they are too small and fly too fast."

Pei Linzhi suddenly "shh", everyone fell silent and turned to look at him.Pei Linzhi's eyes fell on a bush of wild chrysanthemums, and he said, "Keep quiet, I'll chase after you, follow me, don't get too close."

So several people held their breath, not daring to let out the air.

A few bees were busy flying around on the chrysanthemum for a while, and one of them flew into the air.Pei Linzhi lifted his heels up, his footsteps were light and fast, almost flying past, healed from serious injuries that were completely invisible, and he didn't raise his head very much, only occasionally looking up at the bees in the sky.

Meng Sigui lowered his voice and asked: "Mr. Lang, can Mr. Pei be found?"

Xiao Yu said: "I don't know, just follow him." He was very surprised at Pei Linzhi's speed, could it be the pace of a martial arts practitioner, or did Pei Linzhi know how to do light work?He has never believed in the existence of Qinggong, after all, the gravity of the earth is not a decoration.

They crossed several streams, walked through some bushes, and passed through a pine forest. Finally, Pei Linzhi stopped and did not go any further.Xiao Yu followed up with the two children, panting and asked, "What's wrong?"

Pei Linzhi said: "The sound disappeared, it should be nearby."

Xiao Yu laughed. It turned out that he was chasing after hearing the sound of bee wings vibrating. It seems that his hearing is quite good: "Then it must be nearby. Let's look for it carefully." Much better, the range is greatly reduced.

So several people searched nearby separately. Treetops, bushes, grass, and rock crevices may all be places where bees nest.Finally, Ji Hai shouted: "Here!"

A few people heard the sound and rushed over, and there were many bees flying in and out in the rock cracks on a hillside, and it seemed that the hive was here.

Meng Sigui was very excited: "It's really here. Sir, let's dig it out."

"it is good."

Before digging, light a fire to smoke away the bees, otherwise you will be stung by bees.Xiao Yu thought it would take a lot of effort to start a fire, but fortunately, Pei Linzhi was much more proficient in lighting a fire with flint than him, and it probably had something to do with the strength. Pei Linzhi had great strength, and the heat generated by the impact was far better than him.

The fire was born outside the hive, and most of the bees were smoked away, and some fell to the ground and died before running far. Xiao Yu felt very guilty, he just wanted to get some honey and collect some bees to raise back.

After a while, no more bees flew out, and the few people carefully cleaned up the stones outside the hive. Soon, everyone saw a huge hive, which was inlaid piece by piece in the cracks of the stone. There are as many as seven or eight, and I don't know how many there are.

Meng Sigui was overjoyed: "There's a lot of beeswax, dig it all up!"

Xiao Yu was also very happy. He didn't expect such a rich harvest: "Don't be too greedy, just dig some back and save some for the bees to spend the winter. After I raise bees, I can gather honey at home by myself."

When Pei Linzhi heard this, he turned his head and looked at Xiao Yu in surprise. His Highness always said something that surprised him recently. He wants to raise this little bug?

Xiao Yu was going to fetch beeswax, but was stopped by Pei Linzhi: "I'll come."

Xiao Yu glanced at him: "Okay. Just get a few pieces from the outside, and save the inside for the bees."

With his hands, Pei Linzhi took out seven or eight pieces of beeswax that were exposed outside. The golden beeswax was full of honey, exuding a tempting fragrance.

Even Ji Hai, who has always been calm, couldn't help swallowing his saliva, Xiao Yu laughed, and broke off a small piece of beeswax for several people: "Taste it."

Honey is so sweet, but the sweetness makes people feel extremely happy, even Pei Linzhi's face showed a happy look.

Xiao Yu broke off a large piece of beeswax, put it into the beehive, and then fixed the beehive next to the hive.

Several people looked at his action in amazement, Xiao Yu said: "In this way, bees will come in to build a nest, and then we will take the bees back to raise them."

Pei Linzhi asked: "How did Mr. Lang know this method?"

Xiao Yu said: "I'm just trying. We can't bring the bees back, and we can't raise a large swarm of bees even if we catch a few. Maybe this method is feasible." Of course, he will not tell him how many generations have summed it up. experience of.

Pei Linzhi nodded: "That makes sense."

The basket was lined with banana leaves, and the plucked beeswax was placed on top of it. Pei Linzhi took the basket and carried it himself, so as not to tire Xiao Yu.

When they left, a few bees buzzed up following the scent and landed on the beeswax. Xiao Yu saw it and didn't chase it away. If he wanted to follow him back, he could raise it.

Meng Sigui's thoughts were still unfinished: "Are we still looking for it?"

Xiao Yu said: "I won't look for it, it's too hard to find, let's go back." The beeswax should weigh several kilograms, and it can be sent to the city to try your luck, maybe you can exchange some money, and you need tools to burn stones and burn lime. As well as manpower and material resources, money is indispensable.

After walking for a while, Pei Linzhi, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, then raised his hand to signal, and the people behind also stopped, looking at him puzzled.Pei Linzhi put down his basket and tiptoed towards a bush. Not long after, he heard a "cuckling" sound, and a colorful pheasant flew out of the bush.

Xiao Yu said pleasantly, "It's a pheasant!"

Pei Linzhi turned around and came back, not without regret: "If only my bow was still there." His bow was burned along with the boat when they were attacked.

The typhoon had just passed, and the sea was still not very calm. The fishermen dared not go out to sea, and they could not buy any seafood. They could only eat dried salted fish.Seeing the pheasant now, Xiao Yu suddenly wanted to eat meat. Besides the pheasant, there should be other animals in this mountain: "Tomorrow, I will go to Shangzhou City to see if there is anyone selling bows and arrows. Maybe I can buy one."

Pei Linzhi hesitated for a moment: "Forget it." Xiao Yu didn't know the market, but he knew that a good bow and arrow was worth tens of taels of silver, and even the worst one was worth a few taels of silver. Not that much money.

Xiao Yu said, "Go and have a look."

Although they didn't catch the pheasant, when they came back, Ji Hai found another honeycomb in the grass, it was not big, it only had a piece of beeswax, Xiao Yu even took back the bees on it, which can be described as a bumper harvest .

Xiao Yu found that the bees in this kind of grass are small in size, and seem to have a gentler temperament, they don't sting very much, and they don't hide when they see people.After returning, he put the hive into a beehive, hoping that these little bees could settle down in his house.

In order to reward everyone, Xiao Yu went to Lizheng's house to buy a few liters of glutinous rice and returned.Two catties of it were ground into powder, fried oleo fruit with coconut oil, and dipped in unwatered honey, which made the eyes of a few children shine. It was simply the best delicacy they had ever eaten in their lives.

Meng Sigui said: "Go home and ask my mother to do the same." In order to repay him for leading the way, Xiao Yu gave him a piece of beeswax.

Xiao Yu said: "You will bring some coconut oil back later. Tell your mother, I want to buy some chicks to raise. If your family has a hen nestling, help me hatch a brood of chicks." Raising chickens by oneself not only There is meat to eat, but also raw eggs to eat.

"Okay!" Meng Sigui agreed wholeheartedly.

Xiao Yu didn't deal with the remaining glutinous rice. He found a lot of Polygonum rhizoma by the pond, which hadn't bloomed yet. He planned to wait for the flowering to harvest to make distiller's koji and make some glutinous rice wine.

Pei Linzhi was always curious about his actions, His Highness seemed to be full of novel ideas, and would do anything.Did the book really teach him so many things?But besides the book, who can teach him.

The next day, Xiao Yu and Pei Linzhi went to the street together, Liu Jihai and Yu'er took care of the house, the brothers and sisters were not idle, and continued to plow the land and grow vegetables.Xiao Yu is really not good at working in the fields. His family always hires people to do the plowing and sowing of rice.

Xiao Yu took the honey and went directly to Hu Ji's grain and oil shop, and sold the honey to shopkeeper Hu.Four catties of beeswax sold for [-] renminbi, and as expected, rare things are more expensive.

Shopkeeper Hu said: "Next time there is still honey, just send it directly, as much as you want."

Pei Linzhi didn't speak all the time, but was observing how he dealt with shopkeeper Hu. After he came out, he said, "If there is any business in the future, I will do it for you."

Xiao Yu turned his head and looked at Pei Linzhi: "Okay." Although he felt that Pei Linzhi was not like a person who would bargain with others, he still had to believe in people's potential. No one was born to do something, and he needed to learn and practice.

The two wandered around the city, found a blacksmith's shop, and bought hammers and brazing irons. The prices were quite expensive. There was no way, iron was also a valuable item these days, so it couldn't be cheaper.

There is also a shop selling tiles on the street, Xiao Yu went to ask, tiles need about two taels of silver for five rooms.In addition to the cost of ox cart handling, wages, and the cost of glutinous rice and lime, it will cost about three or four taels of silver to complete the roof.

No wonder the locals have to build grass roofs instead of tile roofs. The cost is too high, not to mention the huge consumables, which ordinary people can't afford.

By the way, Xiao Yu asked about the price of lime, and it was indeed not cheaper than tiles. It cost a penny a catty, which is equivalent to selling stones. Who doesn’t need hundreds of catties of lime to stick a tile roof.Xiao Yu is optimistic about this market, and when he runs out, he will sell some more by the way.

Even if he didn't buy the bow and arrow that Pei Linzhi needed, Pei Linzhi was a little unwilling to give up, and Xiao Yu also felt a little regretful.

Xiao Yu said: "Next time I visit the governor of Yazhou, buy a bow and arrow from him." In fact, he is not sure, after all, he is now a commoner, and it is not easy to meet the governor, not to mention that bows and arrows are weapons. Nor can it be easily taken out of the barracks.

Pei Linzhi said: "There's no need to go to him, we'll talk about it later." He didn't want to owe the governor any favors.

Before going back, the two went to the market again. Remembering that the Ji Hai brothers and sisters kept plowing the land to grow vegetables, they bought some vegetable seedlings and seeds.

When passing by the meat stall, Xiao Yu turned his head and took a look, and found that there was actually a leg of beef hanging on it, and immediately wanted to eat beef: "Shopkeeper, is this beef?"

"Yes, the guest officer was lucky. There were two cows fighting, and one broke its leg. It couldn't be cured, so the owner had to sell the cow to me. Do you want beef?"

This explanation is more or less the same, because cattle are the most important farming tools in farming society, and slaughtering is strictly prohibited. Only when there is an old disease and there is no cure, cattle are allowed to be killed.

The butcher took the knife and sharpened it back and forth on the whetstone, and said, "Three coins per catty."

Xiao Yu said, "Chop a catty of meat for me."

When he was buying beef, Pei Linzhi stretched out his fingers to check the offal on the desk without getting too dirty.The butcher quickly recommended: "What did the guest officer fancy? That one is cheap, and it costs a penny a catty."

Pei Linzhi picked up a white fascia-like thing: "What is this?"

The butcher said: "This is beef fascia, that one is cheaper, and it costs two catties." The beef fascia is so tough that it can't be chewed at all, so no one wants to eat it except for cheap ones.

Xiao Yu looked at Pei Linzhi: "Rinzhi wants to buy beef tendon?"

Pei Linzhi nodded: "I have a use."

Xiao Yu didn't ask what it was for, so he bought it together, including the beef, which cost a total of five renminbi.

After arriving home, Xiao Yu took the beef and cut it up, and prepared to have stir-fried beef.Pei Linzhi scraped off the beef stained on the beef tendon he bought with a dagger, leaving only the white fascia. After scraping it clean, he took the fascia and hung it on a bamboo pole outside to dry.

At noon, everyone ate delicious fried beef with scallions. Unfortunately, it was not scallions, but shallots, and there were no more spices.But the aroma also made the index finger move. A bowl of beef soon bottomed out, and everyone couldn't get enough of it.

Pei Linzhi and Ji Hai are two gourd-mouthed gourds, they don't know how to praise others, they only show it with actions, only Yu'er is sweet-hearted and sweet-mouthed, saying: "The dishes cooked by Mr. Lang are delicious."

Xiao Yu laughed: "Thank you for the compliment, I can barely eat it."

Yu'er said: "I want to learn cooking from Lang Jun, and I will cook for him in the future."

Xiao Yu saw the well-behaved little girl, who was just a little higher than the stove, and might not be able to reach the pot, but she did not discourage her enthusiasm, saying: "If you want to learn, I will teach you."

With a hammer and a drill, stone can be mined.The mountain was a barren hill with no owner, so Xiao Yu invited stonemasons and helpers to start digging up the mountain to burn lime.First put the firewood on the stones to be calcined, then pour cold water on them, and use the principle of thermal expansion and contraction to break the rocks.

This method saves labor, and the large stones are then broken into small pieces with a hammer and iron brazing, because the calcined limestone should not be too large, and the quality of the lime will be affected if it is not burned through.

While mining stones, Xiao Yu arranged for people to start building a lime kiln nearby.On the third day, the lime began to be calcined, and a layer of firewood and a layer of stone were spread on top of each other.The burning temperature of firewood can be close to 1000 degrees, and the temperature will be higher when it is smoldering in the kiln. There is no need to use charcoal, which saves some trouble.

After two days of calcination, the kiln is closed, and the lime is taken after a few days of complete cooling.

One day when Xiao Yu came back from the lime kiln, he saw Ji Hai brothers and sisters squatting in the stove plucking chicken feathers, he was surprised and asked, "Where did the chicken come from?"

Yu'er said quickly, "Mr. Pei Lang brought it back."

Xiao Yu was very surprised. He was about to ask where he got the chicken, when Pei Linzhi came into the house: "I brought you the beehive. There are some bees in it."

Xiao Yu blinked before remembering about the beehive: "Oh, yes, I forgot. Did you hunt the chickens on the mountain?"

Pei Linzhi nodded: "Well, I made a slingshot out of beef tendon, and I also met a goat. Unfortunately, the slingshot is too small."

Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes with a smile, and gave a thumbs up: "You can hit a pheasant with a slingshot, Rin is really a sharpshooter!"