Half an hour later, Lin Feng packed up, put on his bamboo basket and stone axe, and walked along the stone path towards the hinterland of the island.

The reason why Eurodia's islands are formed is slightly different from the average Pacific island, and it is not a collection of volcanic rocks and coral reefs.

Rather, it is because of the tensile stress of the lithospheric plate on the seabed, which extrudes the new crust.

This new crust, under the enduring weathering of the Pacific trade winds, completely fragmented, and the physical and chemical properties changed, thus forming a loosely weathered crust, so that the soil parent material in the island can be preserved.

So, there is a lot of variety of soil here.

Lin Feng said as he walked: "Regarding soil, this is the category of geology, and I don't know much. However, as far as survival is concerned, as far as firing clay pottery is concerned, the soil we choose must have good plasticity. ”

In other words, it is important to look for soils that contain little sand and are sticky, so that water does not easily pass through them. ”

"As you should know, clay is formed by silicate minerals after weathering on the earth's surface, and is white and fire-resistant, making it an excellent raw material for firing porcelain clay. It is mostly found near water sources, so we can go to the fountain tree and maybe find it. ”

"Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't find clay, ordinary clay can do the job, but it's easy to crumble. ”

"But it doesn't matter, this problem, we can solve it by adding clinker. Clinker refers to those fired clays, which are flattened and crushed and mixed with the soil, so that the success rate will be greatly improved when firing. ”

Follow the stone path all the way into the forest.

Not long after, not far from the camp, he found the ditch formed by the alluvial water of the trees.

In the canal, the stream is babbling and almost dry.

On both sides, a large amount of brown soil is attached, which is delicate and soft, and you can leave finger marks with a gentle grasp of your hand.

"The soil here, irrigated by the stream, is very sticky, and although it is not pure native clay, it can be used. ”

"On top of that, it's close to the camp and easy to carry, and we can use this as a pick-up point. ”

As he spoke, Lin Feng unloaded the bamboo basket and slashed it a few times by the canal with a stone axe.

When the soil is soft, reach out and gently pick it up.

A large piece of wet clay was removed.

Lin Feng looked left and right for a long time, and finally picked up some clods of soil with his fingers, nodded and said, "The soil quality is good...... There are almost no grains of sand, which is perfect for firing, so let's take some more. ”

As he spoke, he dug up four large pieces of moderately wet and dry sand by the canal.

Of course, that's not enough.

The roof of the thatched hut needs at least 100 tiles.

In addition, the kiln and blower system also need to be used.

Therefore, before and after, he went back and forth four times in total, and took four large baskets.

The initial kiln and blank drawing should be enough.

After taking the soil, Lin Feng ate some cassava, rested in the hut for a while, and then began to make billets.

"Guys, I decided to make the tile first, because it takes time to dry. While you're in the middle of it, you can start making other preparations to save as much time as possible, so let's get started. ”

"Tiles, I want to make a rectangular shape with round holes at the top and a tenon. ”

"Because there are tenons on it, it can be put on the rafters of the roof. At the same time, it has round holes, which also facilitate the tying of bark ropes, so that the tiles can fit more closely with the roof and disperse the weight of the main beam. ”

"Tiles are no better than thatch, and if they are not done well, they are likely to collapse the house. ”

As he spoke, Lin Feng found a small piece of withered acacia branch from the side, which was straight.

After splitting it in two, he took only half of it.

"Before printing, you need to wrap a mold that matches the shape of the tile. ”

"The advantage of this is that the tiles made are of the same style, the error is very small, and it is convenient and fast. ”

The wooden strips are divided into six sections.

In each place, a stone knife is used to cut a dentation.

The head and tail segments are slightly narrower, which is the size of a finger.

The rest are two long and two short.

The indentations are just right, and they don't cut the bark fibers so that they can be folded in half.

Then, he folded the wooden strips in half according to the dents, forming a rectangle, and at the junction of the head and tail, just the two ends remained, and tied them with bark ropes, just in the shape of a tile.

After the mold is ready, the camera turns.

Out of nowhere, he brought a large, flat slate, sat down on the ground, took a lump of clay, and threw it on the slab.

After fully unfolding the soil paving, Lin Feng took out a tree segment from the pyre at hand, hammered it hard, and began to step on the soil.

In doing so, you will increase the stickiness of the soil and make it soft.

After hammering for a while, he put the mud ball on the board and threw it a few more times, and kept beating it with his hands.

In the next second, in the live broadcast room, there was a smackling sound of embarrassment.

"Papa~"

"Bang Bang Welfare!"

"Senior play with mud!"

"This evil voice, wet. ”

“23333”

After kneading it for a while, when he saw that it was almost done, he threw the mud aside to settle, applied a layer of grass ash to the surface of the slate, and put it on the mold.

"Wood ash prevents the tile from sticking to the stone table, and if it is not applied, the mud will be sticky and even stick to the board. ”

The twigs are about 25 centimeters long and 15 centimeters wide, and two small clays of clay can fill it.

"When filling, we must make sure that everything is filled, more is returned and less is supplemented, and all the edges and corners must be compacted. ”

Lin Feng roughly estimated the amount of soil, and then shook two pieces of mud in the mold, and compacted it with his hands to smooth the surface.

Then, sprinkle another layer of plant ash.

Then, the stone slabs were erected and the tiles were removed.

Pour some water into the clam shell with a bamboo tube, dip your hands lightly, and apply the water evenly on the surface of the tile for a second shaping.

When he was done, he stretched out his finger and drilled a finger-thick hole in the center of the top of the tile.

After that, a raised tenon is rolled out above the round hole.

At this point, a tile is completed.

At first, because I was not familiar with the soil quality, the viscosity was not easy to grasp, so the process was a bit slow.

But when you make three or four pieces, the speed will naturally get faster and faster.

After a while, more than a dozen pieces were made.

"Wori, awesome......"

"And the mold, it's amazing, my brother!"

"If you give Feng Ye a shovel, I feel like he can build a villa!"

"It looks good, are you sure you can burn into tiles?"

"I'm afraid it's not going to blow up the kiln!"

Lin Feng smiled slightly and explained: "That's right, the finished clay tiles can't be fired in the kiln immediately, at least two days before they can be dried." ”

"I calculated that it would take hundreds of tiles to cover the roof...... I can't finish it all at once today, so let's do some of it first, and talk about the rest tomorrow. ”