Chapter 1224: The Iron Pot with Holes (2-in-1)
As far as Han Cheng himself knows, there are two ways to make iron pots.
One is cast with molten iron, and the other is forged like iron.
The method of casting is easier to understand, but the method of forging is a little confusing.
After all, this is an iron pot, not any other utensils and blades or the like, and the requirements are much higher!
Not only to be rounded, but also to ensure that there is no leakage.
In such a situation, the use of forging is like building a blade, which makes people feel a little mysterious when you think about it.
But imaginary things that are more mysterious and impossible to achieve really exist.
Later, when Han Cheng was looking at China on the tip of his tongue, there was an introduction to Zhangqiu iron pot.
It was made by a skilled craftsman using the method of forging.
However, although I knew that the iron pot could be made by using the method of forging, and when I first watched the show, I had roughly skipped some steps and other things during forging, but because of the age, and Han Cheng was just looking at it at that time, a lot of attention was focused on those delicious foods that looked mouth-watering, so I just knew that there was such a thing that could achieve such an effect.
really wanted the people in the tribe to get the iron pot out through such a method, Han Cheng really didn't have such an idea for the time being.
At present, it is more reliable to use the casting method to get the iron pot out first.
After all, the people in the tribe are more familiar with casting.
If you really want to forge an iron pot, you can only wait until the people in the tribe get the iron pot out according to the casting method, and then try to use the forging method.
Han Dashenzi now wants to eat a stir-fry in an iron pot, but he can't think about it, and it is impossible for the people in the tribe to give up the casting method that is easier to make and use the forging method.
The drawings of the pot given by Han Cheng are the shape of the round bottom and open in later generations, not a frying pan.
The frying pan with a handle, a weapon that was used by the husband and wife of the red wolf and the gray wolf, Han Cheng was in no hurry to get it out now.
Of course, it's not because after Han Cheng made it, he was worried that he would be carried by Bai Xuemei with such a weapon, and he would throw himself at him, and when he had nothing to do, he would take a frying pan and practice his hands on himself.
It's because when it comes to stir-frying, cooking big pot dishes, and steaming, the pan is far inferior to this kind of round-bottomed open iron mouth.
The only thing that the open iron pan can't compare to the pan is when making kang cakes, making vegetable boxes, spreading egg cakes, making fried buns and other foods.
This is also the meaning of the existence of frying pans.
If even such a point was compared, then the pan would not have come out, and there would be no value in existence.
The temptation from food is irresistible to many people.
After all, if you can eat delicious food through normal channels, not many people are willing to eat it.
Not to mention that these people present have all followed Han Cheng to see delicious food, experience delicious tastes, and then run wild on the road of food, incarnated as foodies!
After Han Cheng told them about the effect of the iron pot and directly compared it with the food of roasting meat with fire, the enthusiasm in the hearts of everyone present was mobilized!
All of them are gearing up and in good spirits.
The person making the mold, after carefully watching the drawings drawn by Han Cheng and asking Han Cheng some other things about the iron pot, immediately began to move non-stop.
As for those who smelt iron, because the mold has not yet been made, although they are anxious in their hearts, they can only force this anxiety down, and while urging twice from time to time, they are full of anxiety and waiting.
The mold thing, these people in the tribe who specialize in making molds, are already very skilled in making molds, even if there is no grandmaster-level person like Heiwa here, there is no problem.
After all, the matter of making molds in the tribe has been developed for many years.
The iron pot didn't come out, and Han Cheng didn't have much mind to do the rest, so he just sat here and watched these people make molds here.
Beeswax is a great use, especially when making some more advanced molds.
Han Cheng was looking at these people now, how they had made beeswax evenly and evenly on the outer layer of mold that had been made.
This process is very meticulous, especially a test of skill and human patience.
It took about half a day for these people to get it right.
At this time, the beeswax attached to the outer layer of mold is already like a round-bottomed, pointed-bottom pot with a diameter of more than half a meter!
After this work was done, the few people present took a short break and then moved on to the next task.
This is done by applying the materials that have been made to the mold on top of the 'pot' made of beeswax.
It is said to be smeared, but in fact the thickness is not much thinner than the outer layer.
After getting it done and drying it out, it's already a few days later.
It's not that it takes a few people to make a mold, but that it takes a long time for the mold to dry out.
And while waiting for the initial mold to dry, these people who made the mold were not idle, and continuously produced some molds with different specifications.
After a few days, the original mold is dry, and the person who made the mold starts heating the mold.
As the temperature rose, the beeswax in the middle of the mold melted, and the man who made the mold on the side held it with his hand, carefully tilted, and slowly poured out the holes left at the top.
That's where beeswax comes in.
This thing has a low melting point, and it is also soft and easy to shape, which is a rare good thing when making molds.
For example, the mold of the iron pot is now.
After melting the beeswax in the mold and pouring it out, there is a model of the pot inside, which is exactly the same as the one made with beeswax.
The poured beeswax can be recycled after a period of time, after solidifying.
And the furnace over there has already burned a furnace of molten iron.
After confirming that the mold was easy to use, everyone worked together to carry it to the edge of the furnace, and then took out the molten iron and poured it into it along the hole that had been reserved in advance.
A bright red, extremely hot, viscous liquid poured into the mold and was steaming.
Han Cheng and the others, who were standing on the side and watching, couldn't help but be steaming in their hearts.
Especially Han Cheng, the god son of the tribe, couldn't help but start swallowing at these bright red molten iron.
The molten iron was poured in, and while Han Cheng and others waited, it cooled and solidified.
After a while, someone began to take a small saw, which was very rigid, and began to see along the edge of the top edge of the iron pot mold.
This process also takes time, even if there are three people working at the same time, holding a small saw to cut something, it will also take about half an hour to cut it neatly.
There's a reason for being so careful.
Because it is not easy to make a mold, this mold is more careful, and after this operation, it can be used many times in the future.
After sawing it open, several people carefully removed the layer of mold on it, and then the situation inside appeared in front of Han Cheng and the others.
I saw an iron pot with a round bottom, and it appeared here.
Different from the blackened iron pot soaked in oil that was common in later generations, this newly made iron pot looks like the color of fresh iron that has just been baked, and the color is not heavy, some are whitish and some are blue.
If in the later life, someone told Han Cheng that he could have a heart-pounding feeling in front of the iron pot, then Han Cheng would definitely think that this guy was really crazy and was bullying himself for not reading much.
But now, Han Cheng himself really felt it!
He's really excited!
It's actually a feeling of legendary first love......
"Quick, get it out!"
Han Cheng couldn't wait to say out loud, and then hurriedly reminded him: "Be careful, don't get burned." ”
A few people and craftsmen on the side, seeing that Shenzi was so excited, couldn't help but get excited.
In order to prevent their hands from getting hot, they first used a long-handled iron tong to pound back and forth on the edge of the iron pot that was still in the mold a few times, loosening it and separating the iron pot from the mold below.
Then someone increased the force to tilt it, one side was raised, and then someone took a stack of thick, water-soaked rags, put it on the edge of the iron pot that had been warped, and then pinched it with his hand, and lifted it up vigorously, and the iron pot was immediately completely lifted out of the big mold below, and then carefully placed on the ground.
Seeing this, Han Cheng couldn't help but smile even more, and he couldn't wait to come over to see this freshly baked iron pot.
However, the smile on Han Cheng's face quickly became a little stiff.
Not only him, but the rest of the people who couldn't wait to gather around, looking at the scene in front of them at this time, they all seemed a little sluggish, or speechless.
Of course, this is due to a problem with the freshly baked iron pot.
Just now, when the iron pot was still on top of the mold below, I couldn't see anything, and when I picked it up at this time, it was suddenly gone.
I don't know if it's because of bubbles or other reasons, but there are several small holes on the iron pot that has just been cast!
The larger ones are the size of a soybean, and the smaller ones are about the size of a mung bean.
Everyone in the tribe knows that there can't be any holes.
Pots with holes are not to be used.
It is precisely because of this that after seeing the situation at this time, everyone present will react in this way.
After looking forward to it for so long, I finally managed to get an iron pot, but it was a rotten pot, which really made people feel very embarrassed and disappointed.
Han Cheng sniffed, adjusted his emotions, and then wanted to open his mouth to tell the people in the tribe not to be sad and disappointed, even if it was a rotten pot of this degree, he had a way to use it.
It's not that Han Cheng is talking nonsense, but it can really be used.
In the past, in the later generations, there were cases of leakage in the house.
In addition to asking the person who repaired the pot to repair it, another simple way to save the emergency is to use a little rice dumpling and paste it from the inside when the pot is a little hot.
After such an operation, the pot will not leak for the time being, and it is still okay to cook two or three meals.
Of course, if there are times when the paste is good, you can top it for two or three days.
However, Han Cheng thought about it for a while, but still didn't say it.
This is because the future days in the tribe are still long, and they can't keep making rotten pots, right?
The premise of repair is that you can make a good pot, not always repair it on the basis of a bad pot that has been cast.
"It's okay, put it here first, and then find a small mold for casting."
Han Cheng was the first to speak, and rescued everyone present from this embarrassment.
Everyone who was stunned for a while only then reacted, some people blushed, and some people seemed to be a little hurried and began to follow what Han Cheng said, not directly against the large model of pot, as just now, but against the small model of pot.
Han Cheng stood on the side and looked at the freshly baked cauldron, looking a little pity.
It's not a pity that iron is wasted.
The iron will not be wasted, wait and smash it with a sledgehammer, and then get it into the iron-smelting furnace and burn it well, and after it is melted, it can be used again.
It's a pity that the iron pot stir-fry that I want to eat needs to be pushed back for some time......
"I'm going to prepare the ingredients and wait for the iron pot to be made, and as soon as the iron pot is ready, I will use it to stir-fry and taste it with everyone."
After standing here and waiting for a while, Han Cheng said this to everyone present, and then opened his mouth to say this.
When he had finished speaking, he turned away from here, without waiting for the people to answer.
After a while, the scream of a pig that seemed panicked sounded, and after a while, it became low again, and finally it was inaudible.
The people who make the iron pot here know that this is the son of God preparing to make braised pork
And now, everything is ready, and the difference is only an iron pot!
At the moment, one by one, as if they had been spurred on, they were more active......