Chapter 22: The Kiln

There was nothing to do, Ye Yan cut some wooden sticks, plus the remaining bamboo, and split them into bamboo strips of various lengths, along several wooden pillars of the house, connecting them into a line, leaving only one wall unplugged, this is planned to be made into a door, and I plan to look at it later. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Then Ye Yan also left a hole on each wall, what is its purpose, whether it is the decline of morality or the annihilation of human nature, we will know in the future.

Then weaving palm leaves with Mo Qing only takes about ten pieces, and it doesn't take long, but it is a job that tests patience.

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One afternoon, the fire was still burning, the flames were spreading, Ye Yan didn't know what was going on inside, he just kept adding wood to the fire. The surrounding temperature reached more than 30 degrees Celsius, and looking at the fire, it made people's sweat run down.

And Ye Yan and Mo Qing finally moved into the new shelter, the two temporary shelters have been dismantled by Ye Yan, and all the materials that can be used have been used by Ye Yan in the new shelter.

The flames burned until the evening, and then gradually stopped, the fire was still exuding afterglow, Ye Yan could only wait for the temperature to completely drop down before approaching, Ye Yan couldn't be sure what the results would be, maybe all of them were broken, or maybe none of them were broken, and if they weren't broken, they should be able to hold water.

Led a fire to the door, cut off some meat with a knife, dinner was still barbecue, a leopard, so that Ye Yan and Mo Qing didn't have to worry about food for at least a week, but there would be a time when they would finish eating, and they had to find some food that could be grown continuously.

If you really spend the rest of your life here, you won't be able to maintain your peak strength every day, and when you get older, you will no longer be able to go up to the trees to pick coconuts and go down to the sea to catch fish, so you have to enter the era of farming.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the fire was almost cold, Ye Yan then looked at the silver moonlight, a pitch black, gray ash pile, and some charcoal, escaping a slightly warm temperature, three pitch-black earthen pots were born in the ashes, Ye Yan couldn't help but be happy, it was done!

Of the 7 earthen pots, 3 were successfully fired, the damage rate was too high, the firing conditions were unqualified, and the unknown factors brought by the seawater were not easy to grasp, Ye Yan couldn't judge what had become the main factor.

Ye Yan squatted down, carefully took out an earthen pot from the ashes, and pondered it carefully, there were no cracks, the inside and outside were stained with ash, and it was a lot lighter, and the moisture inside was evaporated.

What Ye Yan made was an open-mouthed jar, which was more like a small barrel. Reaching into his hand and rubbing it inside, it was still relatively smooth. Knocked lightly again, making a crisper sound, inferior quality, but indeed usable.

Each one is filled with some seawater and has been tested for leakage. If the clay pot is not fired by a flame, it will not be able to store water for a long time, and it will soon be corroded by the water and turn into a lump of mud again.

Of the three remaining, there is one upper half missing, but it's not too big, just a little less water.

Put it in the house, lie on the bamboo bed, say goodnight to Mo Qing, and go to sleep.

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Early the next morning, Ye Yan and Mo Qing both got up, cleaned their mouths with seawater and charcoal, then wiped their faces, ate some barbecue, burned the fire, and brought three earthen pots into the forest.

Ye Yan opened his eagle eyes and watched his surroundings vigilantly, he was always in awe and vigilant of the unknown.

And in this way, you can also increase the proficiency of Hawkeye, Ye Yan opened the system panel-

Eagle Eye (Broken)

Proficiency: 1/10000

Description: Possessed by this talent, people are able to instinctively feel the connection between people and objects and themselves, and it appears as a colored glow and gives them a sharp vision like that of an eagle. When an individual becomes proficient in eagle vision, this ability evolves into a more advanced eagle sense.

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The ability given by the system is not static, it will also evolve and upgrade with Ye Yan's good use, and Hawkeye's proficiency has risen very much, and it will rise a little in an hour, which requires Ye Yan to open Hawkeye day and night for more than 400 days to upgrade, and Hawkeye may become normal at that time.

But Ye Yan didn't want to really open the eagle eye like this, the world without color was too painful, but the advantages of the eagle eye were also obvious, there was no burden after opening, or it was negligible, it was as simple as breathing.

Looking around, it's okay, there's no danger. Ye Yan closed the eagle eye, the color returned again, as far as the eye could see, it was quiet and peaceful, the leaves swayed, the light and shadow were colorful, the mossy vines climbed up the old tree, and the tropical plants with large leaves trembled gently, as if welcoming Ye Yan.

Among the branches and trees, a small lake as clear as glass seems to freeze in this tropical forest.

Ye Yan put the jar on the ground and cut some trees and some vines around it.

Two long trunks were inserted vertically into the water, and then two branches were inserted diagonally and placed at the top, so that two vertical right-angled tripods were built, about two meters high. On the beveled edge, tie two sturdy horizontal sticks with vines, put some banana leaves on them, tie them with vines, and extend them into the water. Plantain leaves are also hung on both sides, so that a rudimentary bathroom comes out with the doorway facing the water source.

Ye Yan looked around behind him, the banana leaves were very wide, and they were not like palm leaves, the leaves were closely connected together, forming a whole. People on the outside can't see through any gaps in the inside.

In this way, Mo Qing can take a bath with peace of mind.

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After washing up each, Ye Yan filled the earthen jar with water, one on his shoulder, and the rest of the missing one was called Mo Qing to take it, in fact, it was not very heavy, about a dozen catties or so, Mo Qing was still more than enough to hold it in his arms, if he was tired, he could also stop and rest, this water should be enough for Ye Yan to build a kiln, it was really not good, run more.

Ye Yan didn't dare to use seawater and mud easily, otherwise if the kiln exploded during the firing, it would be directly related to the life and death of a furnace of clayware, and it meant that all the previous labor had no value, and the price was too great.

Before returning to the hut, the earthen pot had indeed withstood the test, and Ye Yan was very pleased.

The next step was to build the kiln.

Ye Yan chose a place not far from Mo Qing's excavation as the address for building the kiln. A circular pit half a meter deep and 40 centimeters in diameter was dug, which also took into account the need for a larger kiln to make the pot.

Then choose the adjacent side to open the pit that Mo Qing dug, so that the bottom of the kiln is almost built, and this will be used to burn the fire.

Ye Yan jumped into the pit and separated some of the soil, the spring water was undoubtedly all used for mud, on a plantain leaf, Ye Yan used a part of the clay to make a flat circular adobe with a diameter of about half a meter, about 13 centimeters thick, and dug many small circular pits on it, similar to the feeling of a lotus pod.

After that, Ye Yan didn't care about it anymore, just wait for the sun to dry it, this is one of the cores of the kiln, the furnace bar.

Then there is the construction of the fire chamber, Ye Yan in order to prevent the flame from burning the fire chamber, so he added palm dead leaves when mixing mud, which can improve its fire resistance. With this soil, a small earthen wall with a thickness of 20 centimeters was piled up, and the connected side was resealed, leaving only a 30 centimeter high and 30 centimeter wide opening below, which was the firewood opening.

Let Mo count a pile of fires and burn the fire chamber hard. Ye Yan made a few more rectangular, flat small strips of soil, which were still placed in the sun and waited for them to dry, these were set up in the middle of the firewood mouth, and the ashes would fall to the lower layer through the gaps to ensure that the flames were always strong and easy to add firewood.

After waiting for more than an hour, he had to wait for the fire chamber to be burned hard and the stove fence and soil strips to dry up before proceeding to the next step, during which Ye Yan went to the forest to fill some water.

Ye Yan added all the water to the dead leaves of the palms, and added a lot of soil and clay, put up the furnace fence and soil strips, and built a circular wall along the edge of the furnace fence, about 60 centimeters high and about 15 centimeters thick, and Ye Yan's kiln was finally built.

And after doing all this, it was already noon. Ye Yan ate lunch, added some firewood to the fire, and took Mo Qing directly into the forest, he wanted to find enough firewood and some high-quality soil to use to burn clay ware.

Of course, the main thing is that Ye Yan wants to explore this island.