Beginning Backpack [Farming]

Through the gap in the window, Shen Huaijin, who had woken up early, saw the black sky fade away like thick fog, the smoky blue mountains looming here, the sound of birds chirping one after another, and the morning light of dawn completely cut through the gloom between heaven and earth .

He yawned a little before shaking the sleeping orc awake.

He said something vaguely, a pair of erect ears formed on the top of his head, and he squeezed his fluffy silver hair towards Shen Huaijin's neck, as if he was going to sleep on the bed.

Most of the orc's body was squeezed against him, and the wolf ears that felt so good were also rubbing against his neck. Shen Huaijin couldn't escape for a while, so he had no choice but to sleep with Li Wake up for a while.

Until the hazy feeling of the sky faded away and some scorching wind blew in through the cracks of the window, Shen Huaijin knew that there would be no end to letting Li lie on the bed, so he finally couldn't bear it anymore and controlled his strength to grab the hair Fluffy yet resilient wolf ears.

"get up!"

"Yeah!" The orc jumped up from the bed at once, "Wake up!" He looked around blankly, his ignorant and sleepy eyes looked extraordinarily clear in the morning light, like the branches of a large forest at the foot of the Hengduan Mountains shoots.

Seeing him like this, Shen Huaijin's heart softened again, she lowered her voice and said, "Get up and wash up obediently, we still have a lot of things to do today."

Hearing this, Li Fan stood up and got out of bed. He yawned and rubbed his face violently. His eyes finally recovered and his ears were closed. Food. By the way, Jin, you fell asleep so late last night, you should rest a little longer."

"No need." Shen Huaijin's tone was listless, "I can't sleep well with worries on my mind. The only way to get a good rest is to build the house early."

He glanced sharply casually, meaning something.

Li Xin understood, put his shoulders on his shoulders, and lazily announced: "Follow Jin Wu's teachings!"

Pressed by Li, Shen Huaijin was forced to stumble out like his conjoined twins. After washing up, the two ate hot and sour noodles and steamed sweet potatoes, and then set off to wash quartz sand by another stream outside the valley.

Those translucent stones were noticed by Shen Huaijin when he was demarcating the scope of the base.The main component of quartz sand is silicon dioxide, which is one of the important raw materials for making glass. The other raw materials are soda ash and lime. These things are burned at high temperature until they are melted and then shaped. After cooling and solidifying, they become glass.

There is a lot of quartz sand by the stream, Shen Huaijin washes away the silt, and then throws those milky white or translucent pebbles into rattan baskets, and finally the two of them carry two full baskets one by one before returning to the tribe .

After carrying it back, he took out the bamboo rafts he had used to dry the rice two days ago, spread them out on the ground, and then poured the washed quartz sand on them, allowing them to dry as quickly as possible under the wind and sun.

Shen Huaijin was drying the quartz sand here, and Li Ze brought the limestone to crush it. After the three raw materials were dry and crushed, they could be prepared by mixing them together in proportion.

The kiln built by Shen Huaijin alone was not too big, so there were only six crucibles inside. The two poured the glass batches into the crucibles in batches, burned coal and blasted air to heat.

The raging flames in the kiln ignited, fuming the surrounding temperature up.What he used was the two-person bellows. He put both hands together, and a large amount of air was blown into the kiln body, and the fiery scene of sparks flying inside could be vaguely seen.

Shen Huaijin stood on the side, wiping his sweat while carefully observing the color of the flame inside the kiln, hoping that it could meet the standards required for firing glass.

"I don't know if it will be successful." Shen Huaijin muttered to himself. There are many factors that affect the flame temperature, such as the structure of the kiln, fuel and oxygen. Whether it can be achieved depends on the destiny.

He looked at the orc who was sweating profusely in a short time, and frowned distressedly and asked, "Are you tired? Let me help you for a while."

"It's okay." Li shook his head, shaking off the sweat from his hair, "You can go to dinner or do other things first, I don't need to help here."

Shen Huaijin didn't fret too much, "Then I'll cook first, and I'll call my friends to help later. I guess the kiln will have to burn for at least one night before it can work. The two of us alone are not enough."

"Okay." Li wiped the sweat off his forehead with his elbow, then patted Shen Huaijin's back with his clean palm, "Go."

It happened that the evening was approaching, and seeing that Shen Huaijin hadn't come to pick up the food just now, he directly brought over the allocated meat and fruit.

What was delivered today was big-eared animal meat and a lot of fresh white radishes. The skin of the radish is green on the top and white on the bottom, and when you pinch your nails, it will form a watery pit. Shen Huaijin estimates that the latest season of radishes in the wild is about to usher in a bumper harvest, so forget it Counting the days, the sub-beasts of the tribe should also concentrate on collecting in a short time.

Shen Huaijin raised the knife in his hand, and with the sound of clicking, the radish was cut into small pieces. The cut surface was moist and thick, and it was very crispy at first glance.He picked two big radishes and shredded them.At that time, the radish cubes are used to stew soup, which is delicious and nutritious, and the shredded radish is also refreshing and appetizing when used in cold salad.

The pure white radish is more translucent after being scalded in hot water, exuding a sweet fragrance, slowly absorbing the broth in the pot.With the bubbling sound of bubbling, the soup gradually thickened.When the lid of the pot was lifted, a burst of delicious and mellow smell hit.

Shen Huaijin took a deep breath, only to feel a great appetite.He mixed a hot and sour shredded radish, steamed a few sweet potatoes, and fried wild bird eggs. After filling his stomach in a hurry, he immediately took Li's place, allowing the latter to have a smooth dinner.

In the first half of the night, the two invited the tree to help, and they were able to rest for a while, and in the second half of the night, they continued to blow the wind by themselves.

Although Li was doing his best most of the time, and Shen Huaijin only occasionally took over for a while, he couldn't sleep well, so he simply stayed by the side of the orc, silently watching the slight fire that appeared from the gap in the side door of the kiln.

Later, he simply moved the rice in the storage house, grabbed a handful and put it in the mortar of the water pestle, turned on the water pestle, and let it knock off the dry rice husks outside the grains little by little, exposing the white husk in it. With some bright yellow plump rice grains.

When the grains from the mortar were almost shelled, he took them out, put them on bamboo strips, shook them against the wind, and sifted them a few times. The rice bran that fell off would be blown away, and what was left was edible. Rice grains are gone.

Amidst the pushing and pulling of the bellows and the constant hammering of the water hammer, the night was peaceful.

The process of firing the kiln continued until noon the next day.Shen Huaijin estimated the time. If the temperature in the crucible kiln had reached the temperature for glass making, then after a day and a night of burning, the raw materials should have melted.

Shen Huaijin held her breath nervously, carefully opened the side kiln door with a tool, and took out one of the crucibles with long pliers, and saw that the inside was already orange-red liquid glass, which looked uniform and free of bubbles , which meets the requirements of the next shaping.

He and Li looked at each other, and then his brows were filled with joy, "It really succeeded!"

The glass exposed to the air cooled quickly, and Shen Huaijin didn't dare to delay any longer. He closed the side of the kiln body and let Li continue blowing air to keep the kiln warm.

His appeal is glass windows, so it is enough to make flat glass.

He picked up the hollow iron pipe that had been cleaned and put aside in advance, inserted one end into the somewhat hardened liquid glass, and separated it from the crucible.

Shen Huaijin used the blow-pull method. He held up the iron pipe and blew air into it, blowing the seemingly soft liquid glass at the other end into a column shape. He kept the low-temperature heating state by the fire pit on the side, and slowly Blow the inside of the glass away.

"Oh my god, this heat..." One accident, Shen Huaijin was choked by the regurgitated heat, and his throat felt a little hot.Just as soon as the movement stopped, the color of the glass dimmed visibly to the naked eye. Shen Huaijin quickly poured a large glass of cold water, continued heating to soften it, and then blew air.

When the glass was blown until the inner wall was almost the same thickness, he removed the head and tail, cut it from the middle and spread it flat on the iron plate, and pressed it as hard as possible with another iron plate, and what came out was an irregular flat plate. glass out.

The first piece of glass is not only uneven in thickness, but also has a blue color due to the iron content, but it is indeed transparent and crisp.

The sunlight penetrated the first piece of glass on this continent, and cast a light blue halo on the mud. One or two passing bugs curiously probed their brains, thinking that it was a brand new world that they hadn't noticed.

Shen Huaijin was not discouraged because of this, and planned to use the remaining five balls of liquid glass in time.

However, in view of the unlucky situation just now, he first made an air bag out of leather to inflate it manually, and at least he freed his mouth.

The gas outflow from the airbag is more uniform and better controlled. The quality of the second and third pieces of glass made by Shen Huaijin is significantly better than that of the first piece. Although the color problem is difficult to solve, the thickness is the same anyway. When the time comes to cut the glass or It is much more convenient to use.

"The blue color is also very beautiful." Shen Huaijin raised the third piece of glass to his eyes, and the valley seen through it seemed to be more vibrant.

He put away the glass with satisfaction, then poured new glass raw material powder into the crucible, and put it into the kiln for firing while taking other liquid glass, so that there will be raw materials in the kiln reacting continuously Strive to maximize efficiency.

After all, Shen Huaijin is not a professional, and sometimes improper operation will cause the brittle glass to break. Therefore, although a batch can burn six crucibles, he can only harvest four to five pieces of glass at most.

The quality of the glass is unsatisfactory, and the volume is not too large, but if it can be assembled with iron frames, it can be made into a very beautiful colored window.

When he started to make the third batch of glass, Taniguchi was suddenly full of voices, and he looked up in surprise.

It's the tribe's market team back.

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