022 - Refining charcoal
"Wizard-sama. The thief suddenly spoke, and his tone was polite.
This made the witch stunned for a moment, looked up and down at the thief with a cheap smile on her face, and asked cutely, "What do you want to do?"
The thief touched his nose and looked at the witch's long legs, and wanted to say something, but when he thought that he had other purposes, he canceled the idea of being cheap.
So, Ji Thief said: "It's such a wizard, I have a way to exert the effect of this ginger more restrictively, and it can effectively treat your physical condition." ”
As he spoke, he also glanced at the witch who had a comfortable face because of the ginger slices attached to his stomach.
After listening to the thief's words, the witch came back to her senses and stared at him in surprise: "What way?"
Ji Thief shook his head: "I can't say it yet, but I need soil, lots and lots of soil, and wood, and lots and lots of wood." ”
The witch was puzzled and said, "There are many people in the tribe, can't you just dig it yourself?" you need wood, and there are many trees in the valley, do you want to tell me about this kind of trivial matter?"
Ji thief heart said if it's ordinary soil, why am I looking for you, what I need is clay, clay, sister.
And, even if I do it myself, how much can I get in a day?
So, the thief was speechless and said, "It's such a wizard, what I want is not ordinary soil, but clay for termites to make burrows." ”
The witch was puzzled: "What are termites?"
The thief didn't know how to explain it, so he looked back and forth on the ground, and when he saw an ant passing by, he squatted down and picked it up: "It's this kind of thing, but the body is white, and what I want is that they are used to make clay for the cave." ”
The witch couldn't figure it out, "What are you looking for this?"
"Well, I just need it anyway, and in addition to this, there's also Kodo wood. As long as it can be done, don't worry, Lord Wizard, I will definitely take care of your body, and it will be faster. ”
Ji Thief knew that he couldn't explain clearly, so he had to use the witch's body as an excuse.
Sure enough, when the thief said this, the witch's breathing suddenly increased.
"Is what you said true?" asked the witch, expectantly.
Ji Thief nodded: "Of course." ”
When the words fell, Ji Thief thought to himself, I am right, the treatment of dysmenorrhea cannot be successful only by wormwood and ginger slices, and several other important Chinese herbs are needed, but if the utensils are not made, when the time comes, even if these Chinese medicines are found, there is no way to boil them.
Thinking of this, Ji Thief nodded vigorously.
The witch was a little cautious, lowered her head, thought about it and thought about it, and only after a long time did she make up her mind, she looked up at the thief and said, "Okay, I'll call the fat and thin elders to come over, and let them start tomorrow and collect the soil you want." ”
The thief was happy in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, he coughed lightly and said, "It's clay." ”
The witch was a little happy at this time, and she didn't care what kind of soil the thief was talking about, so she waved her hand: "You can do whatever soil he wants." ”
The thief looked at the witch: "Then the wizard, if there is nothing to do, I will leave first." ”
The witch nodded in satisfaction: "Go, go, go." ”
The thief didn't move, looking at the meat on the ground.
The witch waved haughtily: "Take it." ”
Ji Thief instantly was as happy as if he was something: "Oh, it's still a wizard who will be considerate, then you rest early, and I won't bother." ”
As he spoke, the thief took the meat and left.
As he was leaving, he heard the voice of the witch behind him calling the fat and thin elder.
On the way back, the thief walked again and again to think about himself, the production of utensils has been confirmed to be on the agenda, and the only uncertain factor is whether those primitive people can find enough clay for themselves.
In addition, the fuel for firing utensils and pots should not be made of ordinary wood, in which case the firepower would be insufficient.
Well, you can use charcoal as a material.
It's just that in this primitive society, there is no such thing as charcoal at all, alas, it seems that I have to process charcoal first.
The processing method of charcoal also knows that when the wood is burned inadequately, or in a sealed oxygen-deficient space, a chemical reaction will be produced to form charcoal, and the extraction method is simple.
Thinking to himself, the thief's mood gradually brightened, and he jumped towards his cave.
When she arrived, Xue was still sitting on the edge of the campfire and did not leave, when she heard the voice, she turned her head, saw the thief coming, and stood up with a cheer: "Warrior, you are back!"
Ji Thief snorted and handed over the meat: "Eat it, girl." ”
Xue still wondered and looked at the thief: "Warrior, where did you get all this meat?"
Ji Thief smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, the mountain people have their own tricks." ”
Xiao Nizi looked at the thief with a cute face, she didn't understand what the thief said at all.
However, Ji Thief did not delve into this issue with her, but took out the ginger pieces that came during the day, smashed them with stones to extract the juice, and smeared them on the surface of the barbecue before adding them up to roast.
Xue saw the strange movements of the thief and couldn't help asking, "Warrior, what are you doing here?"
Ji Thief said while baking: "Add seasonings, come sister, how about you taste it." ”
With that, he handed the roast to Snow.
When Xue carefully took it and ate it in one bite, her eyes couldn't help but widen: "It's so fragrant." ”
Ji Thief patted his belly with satisfaction: "Of course, if there is salt, it will be more fragrant." ”
Although Xue didn't know what the salt was talking about, she wouldn't doubt the thief's words at all, and nodded her head while eating.
At the same time, in the witch's cave, the fat and thin elders were standing here, both looking at the witch with embarrassed expressions: "Here, Lord Wizard, there is originally a small labor force in the tribe, and hunting every day is barely enough. But Lord Wizard, you still have to send some people to collect that soil. ”
The witch pursed her lips and was speechless: "It's clay." ”
The fat elder blushed: "Clay, clay, you have to collect clay or something, in this way, the people of that tribe will not have enough to eat." ”
The fat elder's words, the witch naturally understood, she thought about it, and said, "What if the remaining clansmen in the tribe also go out together?"
The thin elder was shocked: "Master Wizard, no, what if other tribes take the opportunity to attack us?"
The witch lowered her head and pondered, what the thin elder said was right, but when she thought that there was hope for a cure for her illness, she couldn't help it, gritted her teeth and said, "Aren't there still warriors in the tribe, and besides, it's only been a few days, it should be fine." ”
The fat elder and the thin elder glanced at each other, and they both saw the helplessness of the other party.
The fat elder asked the witch tentatively, "Master Wizard, is it useful for you to collect clay and wood?"
The witch said very simply: "It is the warrior who says it is useful." ”
As soon as the words came out, the witch quickly covered her mouth.
The thin elder stood up with a pout: "It's him again!"
The witch blushed: "Okay, it's decided, starting tomorrow, a group of clansmen will be sent to collect clay and trees." ”
Before the fat and thin elder wanted to say anything, the witch had already issued an eviction order.
The two of them had no choice but to get out of the cave, you look at me, I look at you, and they both sighed involuntarily.
The fat elder looked up at the sky: "What the hell does the warrior want to do?" ”
The thin elder clenched his fists with a hateful expression: "No matter what he wants to do, if something happens to the tribe, I will definitely not spare him." ”
The fat elder frowned, but didn't say anything.
At the same time, the thief, who was barbecuing meat, sneezed fiercely, rubbed his nose and muttered, "It's strange, why do I suddenly feel a little cold?"
Xue Dao: "Yes, but I still feel a little hot. ”
Ji Thief pursed his lips and said nothing.
After the two of them had eaten barbecue and chatted for a while, Xue went back.
The thief was lying on the bed alone, with his arms folded, shaking his feet, and said proudly: "From tomorrow, we will start making utensils, I don't know, what the result will be." ”
Thinking like this, the thief quickly fell asleep.
When I woke up the next day, the valley was empty, and there were only eight people in the tribe, including the thief, a few elders, and a wizard.
All the rest of the primitives are gone, and the usual guards are gone.
In this regard, Ji Thief was a little puzzled and did not understand what was going on.
didn't know that he was hated by the thin elder like this, but he was busy himself.
First of all, he prepared a sealed kiln for making charcoal.
He dug a pit in the ground in front of the cave, used water and mud, and piled it up in a circle around the pit, and finally made a kiln more than one meter high.
At the bottom of the kiln, there is a fist-sized tuyere.
Immediately, the thief cut the bark with a stone knife, tore his clothes into ropes, and made a simple fan out of branches and bark.
He took the bark and fanned the seal of the kiln, feeling that it felt okay.
Then, the thief put down the fan, took the stone chips, and cut down the sparse trees in front of the cave.
Throw the sorted branches into the kiln one by one and light the fire, and then the thief sealed the top of the kiln, leaving only a fist-sized seal, and then took the fan to the ground and fanned it in.
When you are tired, you change your hand, and when you are hungry, you take the fruit that you put next to you and take a bite.
At the end of the day, the thief was dirty like a flower cat.
Although it was hard and embarrassing, his harvest was remarkable.
Whole half-fired kiln charcoal.
Picking up the kiln that was still emitting residual heat, Ji Thief looked down at the black charcoal one after another, and took out a piece of charcoal with residual heat in his hand, and for a while, his heart was filled with joy.
One kiln wood is fired to obtain half kiln charcoal.
This output is okay.
Satisfied, he gathered all the charcoal that had cooled down, and the thief looked at the sky, and saw that it was almost time, and the people of the tribe who had gone out to hunt should have returned.
Thinking of this, he washed his hands and faces on the edge of the waterhole, and when he was clean, he quietly waited for someone to call him.
It didn't take long for the fat elder to come on time.
It's just that today's fat elder has a somewhat unsightly face, and when he speaks, his tone is not as calm as usual.
This made Ji Thief's heart sigh, and he said in his heart, could it be that someone provoked this uncle?