Chapter 4: Low-key days

In this way, literature and art have the first set of "houses", which are even more broken than Uncle Bolt's house, after all, no one has lived in them for several years. With the help of Uncle Bolt, the roof was re-paved with thatch, and the stone slabs were brought in and made of adobe bricks, and the bed was fine. Fang Sanye helped him find pots and pans again. The 1.0 version of literature and art is considered to be completed.

Looking at the thatched slate, an old quilt borrowed from Uncle Bolt's house, and no pillows, Wenyi sighed, "Eh! ”; Looking at the thatched roofs rustling in the wind, I was worried that they would not be able to see the sun the next day, and sighed, "Eh! ”; Looking at the kitchen again, there was nothing to say, and he sighed again, "Eh! Now the only thing that can comfort literature and art is his wrist millet, listening to those familiar melodies, so that the sad heart of literature and art can be comforted. Cover the quilt and fall asleep smelling the faint musty smell coming from above.

On the fifth day of coming to Datang, Wenyi carried a basket on his back and a wooden stick with a fork and entered the mountain. He had two tasks this time, first, to find some herbs, after all, it is impossible to do Langzhong without medicine; Second, find a hidden place as your secret base, and make some out-of-time objects in the future without being discovered by others.

Qinling, west from Kunlun, through Longnan, southern Shaanxi, east to Hubei, Henan, Anhui-Dabie Mountain and Bengbu near Zhangbaling. Its range includes the north of Minshan, Longnan and southern Shaanxi meandering in the south of Tao River and Wei River, the Han River and Jialing River tributary - the area north of the Bailong River, east to Funiu Mountain and Xiong'er Mountain in western Henan, in Fangcheng and Nanyang mountain ranges, forming the Nanxiang Pass Road, at the junction of Henan and Hubei for Tongbai Mountain, at the junction of Henan, Hubei and Anhui for Dabie Mountain, the trend becomes northwest-southeast, to the area of Huoshan and Jiashan in southern Anhui is hilly, and the trend is northeast-southwest. The Qinling Mountains are the watershed of the Yangtze River and Yellow River basins. The south of the Qinling Mountains has a subtropical climate with a southern type, and the north has a warm temperate climate with a northern type. There are also significant differences in the characteristics of agricultural production between the north and south of the Qinling Mountains. Therefore, for a long time, people regarded the Qinling Mountains as the geographical dividing line between the "south" and "north" of China.

Qinling has been known as the medicine mountain since ancient times. "Between the three hundred floating clouds in the sky, the snow holds the sea and the magnificent spectacle. Raise your eyes to the sea of clouds, and look down on the mountains and the elixir. "The famous doctors of the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao and Wang Tao, both studied Chinese herbal medicine in Taibai Mountain. The Qinling Mountains are very rich in medicinal plants, with a total of 2,271 kinds of medicinal plants, including more than 640 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines in Taibai Mountain alone.

This is Xiaomi's introduction to the Qinling Mountains, and the main peak Taibai Mountain can be seen in Crooked Willow Village, so looking for herbs is a piece of cake for literature and art. Instructed Xiaomi to turn on the search mode, mainly looking for commonly used Chinese medicine and poisonous insects and beasts. In the middle of the day, I dug up a lot of sheep's horn ginseng, Taibai ginseng, hand ginseng, astragalus, He Shou Wu and so on. Relying on the search range of 500 meters of millet, it successfully avoided several wild boars and blind bears. I also caught a fat rabbit for lunch.

Wen Yi went up the river he found while eating, and he thought that there must be a place where the river in the mountains was turbulent, and the water could be used as a driving force, which was also the most convenient energy source that could be found in ancient times. The hard work paid off, and after walking for more than half an hour, he actually found a small waterfall. The drop of two or three meters was enough for him alone. There is also a lot of open space next to the waterfall, so you can build a house here. It's a little far from Crooked Willow Village, and it takes about 3 hours to walk. I searched around and found no sign that anyone had come. I feel very satisfied with the literature and art. Let Xiaomi do a good job of positioning and go home happily.

The rest of the days became simple and regular. One day waiting for the sick at home, and one day into the mountain herbs. Third Master Fang was amazed at how he could find a basket full of herbs every time. He has also seen others go to collect medicine, and each time they have to be in the mountains for several days to come out, and they must be able to fill the back basket, which is completely incomparable with literature and art.

The people who came to see the doctor were basically the people in these five villages, who had a small problem of headache and fever, and the basic medicine of literature and art was cured. Let him slowly gain a foothold in this place. Literature and art do not accept copper plates for the people to see a doctor, as long as they look at the daily necessities such as salt and cloth. The biggest entry in literature and art is: the youngest son of Wang Yuanwai's family accidentally broke his arm while playing, and was introduced to Wenyi by the villagers. The arms are also neatly bandaged. Let the king be happy to give a thumbs up. This is his most beloved youngest son, if his arm is broken, he will not be able to live if he is stabbed the tip of the heart. In order to thank the literature and art, he was given three times as a reward on the spot.

The first thing literature and art did to get money was to go into the city and buy mattresses and quilts. I went to blacksmith Zhang and bought hammers, saws, axes and other tools that were often used. When he bought the anvil, he also startled the blacksmith, thinking that literature and art were going to rob him of his job. The explanation given to him by literature and art is that he wants to make a set of medical tools to facilitate the treatment of diseases. Blacksmith Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.

Literature and art look at the calendar has entered autumn, so I want to take advantage of the fact that it is not yet winter to quickly build the house at home, otherwise I will not be able to survive the winter. So he took the only remaining money to find Fang Sanye. He said straight to the point: "Third master, it's autumn soon, the kid wants to renovate the house at home, otherwise the kid is afraid that it will be difficult this winter." ”

After hearing this, the third master returned the copper coin to him again, and said: "Baby, you have good medical skills at a young age, and you don't charge the big guy's consultation fee, what is so rare if you want to renovate the house now, you don't need to pay for the money, everyone is just a matter of effort." I'll take care of this, so go back." ”

After hearing this, Wenyi thanked him again and again, and happily went back to plan his 2.0 version of the earthen house. This time, he planned to burn the bricks using the soil method, that is, to build the bricks into a hollow fortress shape, and then set fire to the bricks inside. He remembers that this is the method used by rural people to build their own houses in the early days of China's reform and opening up, which is a bit simple, convenient and low-cost; The disadvantage is that the heating is uneven, and the quality of the fired bricks is poor, which cannot be compared with the bricks fired in the brick kiln.

The next day, as soon as Fang Sanye shouted, more than 20 people came to the village, most of whom were people who had been rescued by literature and art, but they could make literature and art bad, and as soon as they gave an order, they pushed the earthen house, and then Wenyi taught them how to burn bricks, tiles, and floors. Uncle Bolt took people to the forest to cut wood, and this time he wanted to build a small brick house in the countryside in the 20th century. There are three main rooms, the literary bedroom is on the right, and the middle is the hall house, which is usually used for medical treatment. On the left is the warehouse, where the herbs are kept. A kitchen was built on the left side of the main house, and a studio was built on the right side. The brick house of the 2.0 version of the literary Datang is over. History for 1 month, during which literature and art also taught the villagers how to build a fire. How can there be less essential items for winter in the north? Fang Sanye was so happy to see the fire kang that he couldn't see his teeth and eyes, and according to the instructions of literature and art, he asked all the villagers who came to help not to pass on the craftsmanship of the fire kang. You can use this craft to earn some extra money in the winter and supplement your family. The villagers who came to help also knew the importance of this craft, so every time they made a fire for others, they had to drive out all the idlers and others to prevent the leakage of technology.

Wenyi lay on the kang and breathed a long sigh of relief, he has been here for half a year, and he can be regarded as having a satisfactory nest. I slept with a smile on my face.

The rooster crowed three times in the morning, and he got up from the bed in a leisurely manner, and today he was going to build a windmill on the edge of the studio, and then make a wooden turbine below to blow the wind on a stove, he didn't look down on the artificial bellows of the blacksmith, which was tiring and the wind was small, and the temperature was not enough to make a good iron. There was still a lot left after the wood was built into the house, and this simple wooden windmill was so simple for literature and art that it was completed in two days. The first goal of literature and art is the wok, and the iron pot used now is too large and very troublesome to use, so literature and art sent it to the stove and began to reprocess it. A large iron pot was beaten into a wok and a frying pan by him. It basically meets the requirements of its own use.

The second goal is to make some common tools, without which you can't do anything. Then he secretly melted the remaining copper coins and made them into copper wires little by little. Brush it thickly with raw lacquer again, and it is considered to have an insulating skin, which is hidden in the warehouse for later use. Then it is to make wind turbines, this thing has complex parts, literature and art can only be slowly explored, Datang has no semiconductors, no rubber materials, can only be replaced by other items, the effect is obviously a few grades worse. The hard work paid off, and Literature and Art finally made a rough wind turbine when the New Year was approaching. Now there is no excitation current, and this generator cannot be used yet, so it can only be installed under the windmill and covered with a wooden box.

Literature and art are not in a hurry, because the appearance of electricity will provide him with more convenience in life, and the lighting alone is enough to be happy in literature and art, but if other villagers see that he makes something that will shine, I don't know if he will be burned alive as a demon. Therefore, the demand for electricity in literature and art is not urgent, as long as there is this thing, it may not necessarily be used, it can be used in an emergency.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner, and on this day, the king asked a servant to call him to the doctor, saying that he was feeling the wind and cold, and asked him to come for treatment. The favorite of literature and art is Wang Yuanwai, and there is a lot of input in a few words. What a man! But when he asked Xiaomi to give Wang Yuanwai a physical examination, his face changed greatly. Xiaomi's feedback reported that he was in the early stages of smallpox! Historians have even called it "the largest genocide in human history", which was not achieved by guns, but by smallpox. In this age of medicine and its backwardness, smallpox was almost incurable. Wenyi drove everyone in the house out, and then said to Wang Yuanwai, who was lying on the bed: "Wang Yuanwai, you have given me a big problem this time." ”