Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

Papermaking is not a new technology in this era, but due to lack of information, complicated crafts, and craftsmen's psychology of keeping secrets, papermaking has not been fully promoted.Only the upper class and wealthy families can afford paper. In a remote place like Yazhou, many people have never seen paper.

With paper, firstly, the problem of convenience can be solved; secondly, the problem of writing can also be solved. There are two school-age children in the family, and it is time to teach them to read and count. They must not be illiterate.So this paper must be made.

Of course, the matter of papermaking has to be put aside first, the roof is repaired first, and the shelter is settled.

The next day, the mason came to repair the roof as scheduled, along with his two apprentices.After the master arrived, he didn't put tiles on immediately, but added rafters to the roof first.Because the rafters of the tile roof are much denser than the rafters of the grass roof, the house was built with a grass roof, and the density of the rafters was far from enough.

Xiao Yu asked the master: "Are the beams and purlins still usable? Do they need to be replaced?" The house has been abandoned for several years, and the thatched roof has been removed for a long time. He is worried that these wooden structures will be damaged by the sun and rain, or that they may be attacked by insects. The ants are rotten.

The master replied on the roof: "There is no need to change it. The beams and purlins are made of rosewood. They have been brushed with tung oil and are not damaged at all. They will be fine for hundreds of years."

Xiao Yu: "..." The beams of his house are made of huanghuali?God, it's too extravagant, I really don't know it while sitting on a golden mountain.

But even huanghuali is useless, it is completely worthless now, it is just a relatively strong and durable wood, the value of all luxury goods must be based on ample food and clothing, otherwise it is worthless.

However, Xiao Yu was very happy when he learned this fact, and he felt that he had taken advantage of it psychologically.

In the evening, after the master finished work and left.Xiao Yu went to Meng's house to see if Meng Hong had returned.Meng Sigui said: "My father didn't come back so soon. It takes at least three days to go out to sea, and sometimes even five or six days."

"It will take so long?" Xiao Yu frowned. He didn't expect that picking pearls would be so hard. Just thinking about how many people would have to float on the sea for a few days in such a small boat is terrifying.

Meng Sigui lowered his voice and said, "My mother is worshiping Bodhisattva again."

Xiao Yu noticed that the lady of the Meng family was burning incense in front of the Buddhist hall, and he did not expect that Buddhism would spread so quickly and reach Yazhou so soon.It seems that there is still a market, who would not want to seek peace for their family.

Xiao Yu arranged for Ji Hai brothers and sisters to visit Meng Hong every day to see if he was back.It wasn't until the afternoon of the fifth day, when Xiao Yu's tiled roof was built, that there was news of Meng Hong's return, and he was also injured.

Xiao Yu rushed to Meng's house, and Meng Hong was lying on the bed with a bad head and blood, and the lady of Meng's family was weeping and using incense ash to stop the bleeding of her husband.

Xiao Yu hurriedly stopped her: "Don't use that, I have medicine at home, wait for me, I'll go back and get it."

Xiao Yu hurriedly turned around and ran home, took the leftover wound medicine for Pei Linzhi, and applied it to Meng Hong: "What's the matter with Brother Meng's injury?"

Meng Hong said weakly: "There was a conflict with the people in Thang Long Bay, they fought, and they were stoned."

"How could there be a fight?"

"It's not for the pearls. The people in Thang Long Bay think that we have invaded their territory and picked their pearls. The sea is so big and they are all unowned. Whoever picks them is theirs. How could it be their territory. It's just nonsense." Meng Hong said angrily.

When Xiao Yu heard this, he didn't know how to answer the conversation. As expected, there was a fight where there was interest: "Where are the others?"

Meng Hong sighed: "It shouldn't be a problem, I was the most injured. By the way, I brought back all the pearl shells that Mr. Lang asked for, and raised them in sea water. They should all be alive."

Xiao Yu said: "Let's not worry about this, let's talk about it after you heal your injury."

Meng Hong hurriedly said: "I don't care. If the method mentioned by Mr. Lang can work, we pearl divers will be completely relieved, and I won't have to suffer such inhuman torture again."

Xiao Yu nodded: "Okay, I will try my best."

Meng Hong said again: "I picked up a big shell on the bottom of the sea this time, Mr. Lang took it to see if it can be used. Damn it, where's the half shell I brought back?"

The lady of the Meng family hurried to the outside and brought back the half of the shell that was thrown on the ground. She thought her husband was confused, and brought back half of the broken shell after suffering such a serious injury. Didn't expect it to be of great use?

Xiao Yu looked at the half piece of thick and large shell. He didn't know what kind of shellfish it was. The thickness was enough to grind the bead core.But there is also some helplessness. With the current level of craftsmanship, it is extremely difficult to polish shells into beads. Jewelry craftsmen may be able to do it, but the smaller the beads, the more difficult it is to make, and the higher the price must be. is what he can afford.

Then he said: "I'll put this away for the time being. I won't need it this time. It takes too long to polish it into beads, so I can't afford to wait. I'll try something else first."

The roof was being repaired at his home, and it was too noisy, so Xiao Yu went back to fetch the tools that Pei Lin had brought back from the city the day before, and performed surgery on the shell at Meng's house.The bead cores he used this time are hard cooked fish eye beads and round sand.

Knowing that he was going to plant bead cores, Pei Linzhi was very curious and stopped doing the work at hand, so he put down to observe, leaving Ji Hai there to listen to the order of the bricklayer.Ji Hai also wanted to see it, but he didn't dare to disobey Pei Linzhi's order. Recently, he wanted to worship Pei Linzhi as his teacher to learn martial arts, but Pei Linzhi still didn't let go.

The tools are made of iron. Xiao Yu polished the tweezers and scalpel there when he had nothing to do to make them shine as soon as possible. Tools with rust were not acceptable, as mother oysters were prone to infection and necrosis.

Xiao Yu lit an oil lamp and carefully roasted the tools on the fire to sterilize them. He picked a healthy shell that was breathing with his mouth open, quickly pried the shell open with tweezers, put it in an iron clip, and called Pei Linzhi Help yourself to fix the shell, and then use a scalpel to cut a hole in the soft outer membrane of the shell, and use tweezers to pick up the washed fish eyes and stuff them in.

He had only seen bead implant surgery in videos before, and it was his first time doing it, but it felt okay, and it went much smoother than expected.He took out the tweezers and clips, took a long breath, watched the shell slowly close, and wiped the sweat from the tip of his nose: "Okay, the next thing is to see if it will spit out the fish eyeballs."

Seeing his whole set of actions, Pei Linzhi was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Mr. Lang actually put the fish eyeballs into the shells. If he hadn't watched Xiao Yu grow up since he was a child, he wouldn't have One would believe that this was the first time he had done such a thing, and the technique looked quite skillful.

In fact, it was thanks to Xiao Yu's technique developed through experiments.

But not every time is so smooth, some shells are too thin, and they will be broken when you pry them, which is useless.Xiao Yu used this method to open more than a dozen shells and implant bead cores, but only nine of them were successful.The remaining shells were reserved for Meng Hong to open pearls.

After Xiao Yu finished the bead planting operation, he came out and said to Meng Hong: "Brother Meng, I have finished nine of them, and put them in the sea for two days, and then I will see if the bead nucleus will be spit out."

Meng Hong was pleasantly surprised: "It's really done?"

Xiao Yu said: "I have done it, but I don't know if it will work. Instead of using shells as bead cores, I am worried that the mother shell will spit it out."

Meng Hong was quite open-minded: "You have to try to know. When we go to the sea to fish for pearls, we can't hit it once, let alone doing this."

Xiao Yu nodded: "Exactly, you have to try more to know. Brother Meng, rest assured, I will send them to the sea now."

Although Xiao Yu has lived in the village for quite a while, he has never been to the beach, and has been busy all the time. Today is the first time he has gone to the beach.Meng Sigui led the way, and Pei Linzhi accompanied them to the beach. The endless blue sky and blue sea, and the endless stretches of golden sand. .

Meng Sigui found his own boat, untied the rope tied to the boat stake, and Pei Linzhi pushed the boat into the sea: "Your Majesty, please get on board."

Xiao Yu looked at the sea, then at the boat, and said uncertainly, "Sigui, can you really row the boat back?"

Meng Sigui said confidently: "Yes, we can't go too far, just send the shells to the bay."

They rowed the boat into a bay, and Sigui said, "It's fine here, it's deep enough, and the water won't dry up at low tide."

Xiao Yu asked uncomfortably: "Will someone come to see it and take it away?"

Meng Sigui said: "Few people come. Now it's October, and no one goes to the sea except for pearl hunting. The pearls here have been harvested long ago, and no one will come to pick pearls."

Xiao Yu was relieved, and handed the bamboo cage with the shells to Pei Rinzhi: "Rinzhi, go down and put it away, try to fix it with stones around it as much as possible, and wrap the hemp rope around a big rock to prevent the basket from being carried away by the sea water. Walk."

The shell cage is also specially made, with a big belly and a small mouth, and a cover to prevent the shells from crawling out. There is also a rope tied to the cage mouth to bind the stones.

Pei Linzhi nodded: "Okay." After speaking, he took off his shirt, hugged the cage and jumped into the water.

Meng Sigui, who was tying a rope around his waist, said in surprise, "Can Mr. Pei know how to swim?"

Xiao Yu looked at the surface of the sea where the ripples were gradually dissipating, and Pei Linzhi's figure was trying to dive down: "It shouldn't be a big problem. He used to train soldiers in the river, and his water skills are good."

"But he didn't tie a rope. We always tie a rope when we go into the water." Meng Sigui was ready to go into the water by himself, but he didn't expect Pei Lin to go there.

Xiao Yu said, "It's not too deep here, so there shouldn't be any problem."

Even so, he kept his eyes on the sea.After a while, Pei Linzhi got out of the water, holding the side of the boat with his hands, gasping for breath.

Xiao Yu said, "Are you ready? Then come up."

Pei Linzhi wiped the water from his face, panted and said, "I have to go down again, the stones have just been tied, and the cage has not been fixed yet."

Xiao Yu said, "Rin Zhi, tie the rope in Sigui's hand around your waist."

"No, the water is not deep, so there is no need for a rope." After a short rest, Pei Linzhi dived into the water again and fixed the bamboo basket with stones.

Xiao Yu pulled him onto the boat and asked curiously, "Are there many fish in the bottom?" He wanted to know the difference between the amount of seafood in ancient times and modern times.

Pei Linzhi twisted the water on his trousers: "A lot. But I can't catch it with bare hands. Later, I will make fishing gear to catch fish for Mr. Lang to eat."

Xiao Yu waved his hand: "No, I'm just curious, I like meat more than fish."

Fish and shrimp are cheap, and you can buy a bunch of them casually, but wild game in the mountains is rare, and only those who are good at hunting can get it.Xiao Yu really wanted to raise pigs, but when he thought about what pigs would eat to grow up, he felt pimples in his heart. It would be better if they were free-range pigs in the wild, or it would be good if he could catch wild boar cubs, so he could raise them by himself.

Pei Linzhi said: "I'll be free some other day, go hunt rabbits for Mr. Lang."

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Okay!"