Farming and teaching across different worlds

It was still very gloomy and cold. For Ji Xiuran, it was indeed necessary to spread the ground dragon in the study.

After seeing the outside, and explaining the construction principle of the kang to Shi Jingchen, Ji Xiuran walked to the only thatched cottage here.

After Shi Jingchen moved out, this room has been renovated, and although it looks tidy now, it is still very shabby.

Ji Xiuran walked in, and found that there were some things piled up inside, which were a bit messy.

Shi Jingchen is doing carpentry in the room, and now there are some unfinished products piled up in the room.

He promised to make a recliner for Ji Xiuran before, and he will come here to do it when he is free for a while.

Now halfway through, the cut wood in the room is piled up there, and some of the unfinished products are also placed on the ground, which looks a bit messy.

Unconsciously, Ji Xiuran saw the semi-finished products placed in the middle of the house, smiled slightly, and deliberately asked:

"Third brother, were you busy with this before? I don't know what is unfinished?"

Ji Xiuran stepped forward, raised his hand to touch the semi-finished product, his eyes were tender.

Shi Jingchen heard the intention in his words, raised his eyebrows, and replied calmly, "It's a deck chair."

The dimensions marked on the drawings are clear, and it is not difficult to make, but it is a new thing after all, and he is still trying.

This semi-finished product is the product of his experiments, and it should take half a day to complete.

Ji Xiuran nodded with a smile, and suggested: "Third brother, when making this chair, be careful not to let the weight on the back be too high, otherwise it will become unstable."

Compared with ordinary chairs, the most important thing to pay attention to when making a recliner is the center of gravity.

If you don't pay attention, if you make it and sit on it, it will easily turn backwards, so it's better not to do it.

Shi Jingchen frowned, and said, "Xiu Ran, tell me in detail."

Ji Xiuran briefly talked to him about the center of gravity, and Shi Jingchen suddenly felt enlightened.

He picked up the tools, lowered his head seriously, and continued to work.

Ji Xiuran saw that he was so serious, so he didn't bother him, sat on a low stool beside him, and waited.

Shi Jingchen devoted himself to doing it for a while, and when he felt that it was almost the same, he raised his head and realized that Xiu Ran was still beside him.

Looking up, he found that Ji Xiuran was sitting beside him, staring at the yard absentmindedly.

In fact, Ji Xiuran was flipping through the book of memory in his mind to pass the time.

Shi Jingchen suddenly said with some guilt: "Xiu Ran, I'm sorry!"

Get up, walk to Ji Xiuran's side, look at him, and sincerely apologize to him.

Ji Xiuran was immediately pulled back to his senses by his words, he was a little confused when he heard this apology, thought for a while before realizing that this person felt that he had neglected him.

The Ji family is usually used to taking care of Ji Xiuran carefully, and Shi Jingchen is no exception.

However, this kind of treatment often made Ji Xiuran very helpless, just like now.

He was obviously looking through the book of memory to pass the time, and he didn't feel left out at all, but he couldn't tell the truth, feeling helpless in his heart.

Regarding Shi Jingchen's apology, he could only reply with a helpless smile: "Third brother, I'm fine, you just take care of your own affairs, don't worry about me, I will take care of myself."

Shi Jingchen looked at his expression carefully, and found that what he said was the truth, so he nodded lightly, expressing that he knew it, but he didn't walk away.

Seeing that he had no intention of continuing, Ji Xiuran stopped urging him and started to talk about his own thoughts: "Third brother, I have some ideas about the construction of the house, and I want to tell you about it."

After finishing speaking, he picked up a wooden stick and sketched randomly on the ground.

After a while, he drew a rough outline, pointed to the picture on the ground, and explained: "We built it like this."

Shi Jingchen listened carefully and asked some questions.

Finally nodded.

I only tidied up the roof before, and I can make do with it, but I am not willing to let Xiuran live in such a house.

Seeing Ji Xiuran's design now, it is very suitable.

It's just expanded several times, so a lot of money is needed.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at the semi-finished product in the middle of the house, and said, "Xiu Ran, how about making some reclining chairs and buying them?"

In addition to the lounge chair, there are other furniture that Shi Jingchen thinks are very valuable. After they are made, they will definitely be popular.

After he makes it, sell it, maybe he can solve the money problem, so that he doesn't have to spend his mind on repairing it.

Ji Xiuran thought for a while, nodded in agreement, and said, "This is a good idea, but it's best to make a large batch at one time, so that it is possible to make money."

After all, the method of making this reclining chair is not very difficult. Those experienced old carpenters can learn it at a glance.

At that time, if it was sold once, it was imitated by others, and they would not make any money if they sold it again.

After hearing this, Shi Jingchen also felt that it was very reasonable, so he said: "Then ask Da Zhu and the others to help, find more people, do more, and then share some money with them."

Ji Xiuran felt that it was feasible, so he nodded in agreement and said, "And the elder brother and the second elder brother can also come to help."

Shi Jingchen also nodded in agreement, and several brothers from the Shi family can also come to help.

After the two lords finished speaking, they looked up at the sky and found that it was almost noon, they had been out for a long time, and it was time to go back.

But Ji Xiuran didn't want to go back the same way, so he said to Shi Jingchen: "Third brother, how about we go back by another way?"

In this way, he can see more of the scenery around Qingshan Village.

Naturally, Shi Jingchen would not refuse, nodded in response, arranged the tools on the ground, and led him back.

When Ji Xiuran went out, he couldn't help but look around, and said, "Third brother, let's go to the river to have a look."

He walked around the periphery of Daqing Mountain before, but he didn't want to go up the mountain today.

I remembered the Wenshui River, which I had never seen before, and wanted to go for a walk by the river today.

Of course Shi Jingchen had no objection and led him to the river.

In fact, Qingshan Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is indeed beautiful, but the bad point is also on the water.

Although the 30-meter-wide river is not very wide, it completely blocks the way out of Qingshan Village.

If it weren't for this river, the villagers of Qingshan Village would be able to live a good life by farming, hunting and hunting.

How can it be like now, things from the village cannot be transported out, and things from outside the village cannot be transported in.

Even if you want to build a house and want to buy some better bricks and tiles, you can't ship them here.

Therefore, there is not a single brick and tile house in the entire Qingshan Village, which makes it even more desolate.

After walking through a piece of wasteland in the east, the two walked to the Wenshui River.

Ji Xiuran stood on the top of the river, feeling the steamy breeze coming out of the water, his brows and eyes relaxed unconsciously.

Looking up, looking to the other side, you can faintly see the big brick houses in the village on the other side.

I can't help but sigh in my heart, the distance between them is only tens of meters, but the living standards of the two banks are very different.

After Ji Xiuran sighed, he felt a heavy feeling in his heart, and secretly made up his mind to find a way to solve this problem.

If the traffic problem of the Wenshui River is not resolved, he will not be able to transport some good things out in the future.

In this way, how to sell things, and how to make money if they cannot be sold.

In fact, the best way to solve this problem is to build bridges.

If it were in modern times, such a bridge over a small river could be built in a blink of an eye, but in this era, it is not easy to realize it.

Thinking about it, Ji Xiuran couldn't help poking his head out to look at the bottom of the river. Although the water was considered clear, he couldn't see the bottom at all.

From this point of view, the water is at least three meters deep, and the grass leaves thrown on the surface of the water will drift far away in a whirl after a while. It seems that the current is very fast.

In this case, ordinary bridges are not durable at all, and it is much more difficult to build bridges in this case. The main problem is that there is no money.

Ji Xiuran couldn't help but think of an article in the Book of Memory, which was an article in a primary school Chinese textbook.

It describes the most famous stone arch bridge in his world for thousands of years.

He opened the book of memory and read the article carefully from beginning to end.

The description of the bridge in the article is very detailed, the data is very accurate, and there is a picture.

With such detailed information, he can completely copy a usable design drawing.

The data of this bridge is completely consistent with the current Wenshui River and can be used for reference.

Moreover, the first "Xianqiao" among the stone arch bridges was also built in ancient times when the production conditions were backward.

It has been standing for 400 years, and it is still well preserved. One can imagine how excellent it is.

Shi Jingchen saw that he was deep in thought, and didn't bother him.

When Ji Xiuran came back to his senses, he saw this man standing beside him, looking at him softly.

Ji Xiuran smiled and said, "Third brother, let's go back."

Shi Jingchen smiled faintly and nodded.

After Ji Xiuran went back, he returned to his room and began to copy the design drawings.

The surface of the bridge looks like a bow-shaped arch with two small arches on each shoulder of the arch.

In fact, the big arch is composed of 28 arch rings. When it was built, it was built vertically so that the 28 arches are independent of each other. Each arch is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top.

There is a method of slightly reducing points to increase the stability of the bridge. There are five iron tie rods on the main arch, and the adjacent arch stones on the outer arch are directly connected to the waist iron, so that the adjacent arch stones are tightly connected.

After clarifying these important features, he and Shi Jingchen walked around the surrounding river, trying to find a suitable place.

When building a bridge, site selection is very important.

Although he doesn't have that much money now, he still can't build such a large stone arch bridge.

But it didn't delay him to investigate in advance.

When a suitable location is found, the corresponding