If you want to accelerate civilization, it is not enough to develop science and technology, you must have a strong armed force, so as to be able to break through the shackles, then bows and arrows must be equipped, but Li Qi is not so anxious, because it is not of much use to have bows and arrows now, they are nothing more than wandering around in this acre and three points of land, and there is no strong enemy to force them to be armed quickly.

Li Qi still hopes to use food to promote the development of Blackstone Valley.

After coming out of the cave, Li Qi beckoned yesterday's original team and began to prepare the main meal, from the point of view of preparation, the dish is exactly the same as yesterday's, but the side dishes are missing, after all, the python only has one set of internal organs.

At first, only a few of them were doing the cleaning work, but gradually, there were more and more people around.

The little boys who had just finished training also rushed over and sat cross-legged at the kitchen table, watching them busy with their big shining eyes.

The adults just stared at them blankly.

Maybe they have so little entertainment that cooking is like watching a movie for them.

With yesterday's experience, the speed of melting today is much faster than yesterday, and soon, this first pot of snake soup will be baked.

The second pot ........

The third pot ........

There was no difference from yesterday, everyone was intoxicated by the food, and this was definitely the happiest moment in Blackstone Valley.

After eating, I felt comfortable, and I didn't want to move, so I lay down on the spot, squinting my eyes, and reminiscing about the delicious taste just now.

The farmer who was eating at the back, holding a bowl of hot snake soup, suddenly asked Li Qi a question that he didn't quite understand: "Li Qi! Is this the only thing this long worm can do? ”

As soon as these words came out, it was as if everyone's ears were pricked up.

They came over directly and looked at Li Qi with blank eyes.

Li Qi smiled: "Of course not, there are many, many dishes with different tastes." ”

Nong asked again, "Better than this?" ”

"It's delicious."

Li Qi nodded.

Qiaoma, who had been pricking up her ears, asked urgently, "Then why don't you make a better dish?" ”

Many people sat up instantly, looking at Li Qi hungrily.

Li Qi sighed and said, "I also want to make something more delicious for you to eat, but... It's just that.... ”

Nong hurriedly asked, "Just what?" ”

In addition to being delicious, this kid is also a good support! Li Qi muttered to himself, pointed at the stone pot with a branch, and said, "It's just that we have some cooking tools in Black Stone Valley!" ”

Lie immediately beat his hands and paused: "You said earlier, we can make more stone pots, just that stone pot, we can all do it." ”

Everyone nodded in unison, polishing stone tools, just like rubbing ropes, is their housekeeping skill, but many of them are more rigid in thinking, if you don't let him do it, he is not willing to do it, rather lie lazily. But if you want to be able to eat more delicious dishes, why not make a few more?

Li Qi shook his head and said, "This stone cauldron is not good, I need a better tool." ”

"What tools?"

Taba leaned in.

Richie dug a small piece of dirt straight out of the dirt, "That's it." ”

"Dirt cooks."

"Oh oh, I see, can you make this mud as good as meat?"

"Really?"

Everyone was immediately excited when they heard this, if this is the case, there is no need to hunt, and this soil will not be eaten for a lifetime!

The upright rumbling took a piece of clay and stuffed it into his mouth, and after savoring it, he gave his own answer, "This clay is really not delicious." ”

Man immediately retorted: "But Li Qi can turn what is not delicious into something delicious." ”

Li Qi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and said, "This soil is not for eating, but for making tools." ”

Everyone looked at Li Qi blankly, completely incomprehensible.

"You'll wait!"

Li Qi asked Rong to fill some water in a stone pot, wet the earth, and made a small pot in the shape of a stone pot, and said, "Then put it in the fire and roast it, and the soil will gradually harden, so that we can make any tool we want out of the clay." ”

As a chef, he doesn't want to cook with a hat every day, he desperately needs to enter the pottery age and say goodbye to the stone pot that is so cumbersome that it can only be used.

Taba listened as he tapped his head with a deadwood staff, and after a while, he suddenly jumped up, "This... That's a great idea! ”

Quite excited: "I want to play too!" ”

"So the dirt is so fun."

"Can you teach us?"

The adults were still in a daze, and the children were already excited, and they started backflips and front flips on the spot again.

Nong said excitedly: "You mean, we can also do this tool." ”

"Yes!"

"With this tool, we can eat more delicious food."

"Yes."

"Then what are you waiting for, you can teach us to do it."

At this moment, he is no longer a to, he is really very excited.

Everyone understands this, as long as you make this tool, there will be more delicious, and you nod vigorously.

Sure enough, eating is the driving force behind progress. Li Qi smiled slightly and said, "Since everyone is willing, well, I will teach everyone to use this clay as a tool now." ”

"Good! All right! ”

The children were so happy.

Instead of fetching mud on the spot, Richie led the group to a shallower hill to the left of the cave entrance.

"What are you bringing us here for?" Taba wondered.

Li Qi said: "Dig the dirt." ”

Taba asked, "There's dirt everywhere, why are you here to dig it?" ”

Li Qi said: "Because I want to dig a fire pit here by the way, which will be used for special firing." ”

Rong said: "There is a fire pit in front of the cave!" ”

Li Qi smiled: "But it is too small, and it will be a little inconvenient to pray every day, but tonight I will put it in the fire pit in front of the cave and burn it, and I will burn it here in the future." ”

The rest of the people nodded, and they could understand this.

Li Qi said again: "Let's dig first, and I'll explain it to you clearly then." ”

Rong was puzzled: "But if you want to dig a fire pit, it should also be dug on flat ground!" ”

"This fire pit of mine is a little different from that fire pit."

Li Qi shook his head, put the clay pot in his hand on a stone again, and said, "Taba, Rong, you come here." ”

Taba and Rong hurriedly squatted over.

Li Qi crumpled the clay pot into a ball, like a hillside, and said, "If this is the hillside, we need to start digging at the bottom and go all the way to the top, and then we will dig a little bigger on the top to stack the clay pots and bowls, and the bottom mouth will be used to stack firewood for the fire." Got it? ”

This is actually a kind of vertical pit kiln, the bottom is the live chamber, that is, the combustion chamber, the top is the kiln chamber, the middle is connected by a fire channel, Li Qi once in the Great Song Dynasty, saw some people use this way to fire pottery. Of course, he did it more modestly, after all, there was no need for any beautiful pottery here for the time being.

Rong nodded.

Taba was curious, "But why do you want to burn it like this?" ”

Li Qi said: "This... I'll explain it in the future, and maybe I don't need to explain it, but when I succeed, you'll understand. ”

Taba nodded.

After explaining clearly, Li Qi drew a circle at the bottom of the slope with a wooden stick and said, "Just dig the hole so big." ”

"Got it!"

Rong picked up his stone spear and thrust it into ......

In just a few moments, Melt dug up a large chunk of dirt. Li Qi hurriedly said, "Stop for a moment." ”

Rong looked at him curiously.

Oh, my God! If you give them a target, it's not a matter of minutes? Refreshing! It's so cool to work with them, just these hands are better than machines. Li Qi was very excited in his heart, and ordered someone to pick up the soil that had just been dug up, and then smiled at Rong and said, "You dig here, and I will teach them how to make this clay pot and bowl." ”

Li Qi took them to the stream with the soil, and taught them to mix the soil with water and remove the slag, in fact, there was no dregs in the soil, and the soil in this year was the same as the yellow flower girl, too pure.

Then, they are taught to rub with their hands or with their feet to squeeze out the air in the mud and make the water in the mud even.

The adults were like machines, and they did whatever Li Qi said, but the children were all playing, stepping on them with bare feet, and they were very happy.

"That's it! OK! ”

Based on their strength, Li Qi also greatly shortened the time of rubbing.

After the soil was ready, the cave kiln over there had already been dug up, because it was not very large, and it was not worth mentioning at all for the fierce people who melted them.

Li Qi was also mentally prepared, he was already hypnotizing himself, he was living in the mechanical age, he took a look, and asked them to repair it a little, and then he came back and began to teach Qiao Ma how to knead, because purely hand-kneaded, can only make small pottery, Li Qi taught them to make bowls.

Compared with the previous process, many adults have shown strong interest in this process, because it is a kind of wisdom that breaks through nature, and it is human beings who first produce tools according to their own will.

Of course, there are some people who are not interested in it at all.

"Hey! Rumble! What are you doing here? ”

Li Qi squatted in front of Rumble and asked with a sad face.

"Pot."

"It's a bowl."

"Yes, bowl."

"The mouth of the bowl is smaller than the pot, but it's not a lump of mud, and then stick a hole in it with your finger."

"It's smaller, then I'll make it bigger."

Rumble tried to put his index finger in and stirred it.

Li Qi almost laughed when he saw it, "This... Save it for when you're lonely at night! ”

.....

"Wow! Your pot is really artistic, and the sides are all wavy...... Forget it, you'll be responsible for stepping on the mud in the future. ”

.....

"What are you?"

"Beast. After baking, it will become more delicious. ”

“..... Maybe! ”

......

"Don't do that, where is the bottom of your pot?"

.....

Although their strength and speed make Li Qi feel like a waste, his brain makes Li Qi feel like a genius.

At the beginning, Li Qi eliminated a large number of people, leaving only about 20 people, most of whom were women, because the men usually polished stone tools, and they all had enough strength, and their strength was very terrifying, and it was not easy to control the soft soil, and it became a lump as they did it.

Even if there were only twenty or so people, Qiaoma and a few women did well, and the rest were so-so.

But Li Qi doesn't care, first of all, they are also novices, and they can't be too demanding of them.

Secondly, this is just an experiment, mainly to see whether the clay is suitable or not, because whether it is pottery or porcelain, it is made of specific clay, of course Li Qi knows what clay has to be used to make it, but the problem is that it is all this black clay, he has never seen it, he first has to try whether this clay is really suitable for pottery. There is also the opportunity to select some of the more talented people from among them.