Chapter Ninety-Six: Double Happiness (Subscription Requested)
The rain in this era came and fell slowly, giving people a very leisurely feeling, not like later generations, storming at every turn, often making people at a loss.
When the rain stopped, Richie immediately went to the woods with a sewing team and told them how to remove the cocoons, then went out of the woods, found some wood, took out a dagger, sat down under the tree, and began to make tools.
"Is this the wisdom of your New Oriental?"
Ling'er squatted in front of Li Qi, her jade arms hugged her knees, and she watched intently.
"Wisdom?"
Li Qi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "But it can be said that this should be the wisdom of our human beings, don't you big tree tribe produce tools?" ”
Ling'er shook her head lightly and said, "We have very few big tree tribes. ”
Li Qi frowned and said, "It's impossible." ”
Ling'er opened her eyes wide and said, "Why is it impossible?" ”
Li Qi said: "That... So how do you make your clothes? Don't you tell me that's what your cocoons look like? In that case, I can't help but take refuge in your Big Tree Tribe. ”
Ling'er sneered: "If you want to take refuge, our Big Tree Tribe won't accept you anymore." At this point, she paused, and said, "It's not a cocoon, but... But it's pretty much the same. ”
Li Qi looked at Ling'er in surprise.
Ling'er's head tilted slightly, and said with a smile: "If you have the opportunity in the future, I will invite you to our Big Tree Tribe." ”
Li Qi said depressedly: "It's just clothes, and it's not a secret, why can't you say it now?" ”
Ling'er didn't answer and asked, "Then tell me, what are you made of this garment and how are you made?" ”
It's a secret! Li Qi immediately changed the subject and said, "Then which wisdom do you think is better?" ”
Ling'er thought about it seriously and said, "The leader of our Big Tree Tribe said that wisdom is not good or bad, nor strong or weak, and it cannot be controlled, and it is determined according to the environment in which you are born. Our Big Tree Tribe has everything, so we don't need to do this, and the Huaxia Alliance environment is not as good as our Big Tree Tribe, so we need to make these tools. Therefore, one should not look down on any living being, in fact, they are all wise. ”
Richie was silent.
Ling'er looked at Li Qi and said, "Do you think I'm not right?" ”
"No, no, no, I think you have a point." Li Qi said: "It's like the Wild Lake Department and our Black Stone Valley, the people in the Black Stone Valley can't swim in the water, but everyone in the Wild Lake Department can, and people swim in the water, but it is also a kind of wisdom, yes, the environment is the fundamental reason for determining wisdom." Then he asked, "Since you are so rich there, won't others take your land?" ”
Ling'er didn't answer and asked, "Your tribe should be very powerful, why did you come to Blackstone Valley?" ”
Li Qi sighed and said, "It seems that between you and me, there is nothing else to communicate with except love." ”
Ling'er's face flushed and snorted, "Nonsense." ”
During the chat, a very simple manual silk reeling car has been made, fortunately Li Qi has been to the Northern Song Dynasty, so far, he has used more of the knowledge he obtained in the Northern Song Dynasty, the information he brought, has not been used yet, but he believes that it is also soon, because he has discovered the existence of metal.
At the same time, the sewing team also took the cocoons, which were filled with ten rattan baskets, but Li Qi believes that there will be more and more in the future, because the silkworms in the forest are protected, and more and more silkworms will come here to breed, this is a virtuous circle, at this point, Li Qi still supports Ling'er's theory, human beings hurt living beings not because human hearts are bad, but for survival, this is a food chain, otherwise human beings will be extinct, but if cooperation can also get what they need, then why should human beings harm them, have nothing to do when you're idle?
Of course, this special cultivation method, as well as the difference in silkworms, has also changed some of the silk reeling procedures.
Originally, the silk from the silkworm cocoon could not wait until the silkworm moth broke the cocoon, because the silkworm moth broke the cocoon to bite off the silk, the silk was broken, and it could only be used to make a silk quilt, there was no textile value, Li Qi ignored this problem at the beginning, after all, he was not a professional spinning, he was a chef, he saw the shrimp, he would think of the spicy crayfish, he saw the silkworm chrysalis The first thing he thought of was how to use the silkworm pupae to cook, but in fact, even if the cocoon broke out, the amount of silk was also very considerable, because the cocoon was very large, and the silk was of course very long.
The procedure that Li Qi knows is generally to screen and dry first, and then connect the silkworm pupae to cook together, and the silkworm moth will die directly inside.
The drying step is mainly to dry the moisture in the cocoon, but in this case, there is no need to dry, the silkworm moths have flown away, and today's conditions do not allow too complicated procedures.
The question now is how to melt this tough cocoon and extract silk from it. Li Qi still tried to boil it in water, because he estimated that the reason why the cocoon was so tough was probably due to some kind of mucus.
Li Qi took out the large pot that he usually uses for stir-frying, filled it with water, and placed it on the stove.
They are in a circle on the side, they still don't know what Li Qi is going to do, of course they have seen silkworm cocoons, not only that, according to the chicken prostitute, they have also eaten silkworm chrysalis, this year insects are also food.
Of course, Li Qi also ate it.
When the water reaches a certain temperature, Li Qi puts down ten cocoon bags, which is equal to twenty.
Fortunately, this time did not disappoint him, and when the water reached a certain temperature, the cocoon began to slowly soften, and the thread began to show out, Li Qi picked out the thread with a thin branch, kneaded it into a thread, and inserted it through a fine hole in the top of the pot, and asked a woman named Huan to wrap the silk thread around the top of the silk reeling cart, and slowly rotated the handle.
Only a crunching sound could be heard.
A blue-green ribbon gradually appeared on the silk reeling car.
Huan asked, "What is this for?" ”
She also asked everyone's thoughts.
"It's for clothes."
Li Qi looked forward and said, "The clothes on Ling'er's body are made of this kind of silk. ”
Everyone looked back at Ling'er, and then at the silk, the confusion in their eyes all receded, replaced by a color of joy, especially the women, Ling'er's appearance, let them know what beauty is, they began to learn from Ling'er imperceptibly, and the Huan also turned more attentive.
And Li Qi's eyes flashed with a strange light, his heart said, black pottery and green silk, black pottery and green silk, although my arrival can change some things, but it can't change the civilization of my Chinese nation, it seems that there is really a providence in this darkness!
There are two shining points in the civilization of the Chinese nation, one is ceramics, and the other is silk.
After Li Qi came here, he was the first to invent these two things, but he didn't do it deliberately, what he is looking for now is survival, where will he think about it so much, but from the result point of view, the civilization of the Chinese nation still began with these two things.
But whether it is providential or not, in short, human beings can finally wear proper clothes.
But it doesn't mean that you can wear it immediately, you have to wait a while, at least you have to dry the threads, and you have to make a loom, which is not something that can be done in a day.
Li Qi is not in a hurry, this silk has arrived, the clothes are sooner or later, and when it gets dark, although they are still full of energy, Li Qi still let them rest, but he pulled out all the backbones of the previous sewing team to form a new group, called ---- Textile Group.
Following.
"Richie! Richie! ”
Early in the morning, the farmer ran to Richie's tent, shouting and screaming.
"What's the matter?"
Richie stood up and rubbed his eyes.
"Grow, grow!"
Nong shouted excitedly.
Li Qi had just woken up, and his head was not yet clear, and he asked, "What grows out?" ”
Nong pointed to the farmland and said, "Just... It's those seeds! ”
"Really?"
Li Qi was overjoyed and immediately followed the farmer to the farmland.
The rest followed.
When I came to the edge of the test field, I saw a patch of turquoise.
Everyone is overjoyed, although this seedling looks too ordinary, it can be seen everywhere here, but this is the first time that human beings have used their own hands to grow food, in the past, they used to rely entirely on the power of nature, and this time they relied on their own strength, these are two different things.
However, when Li Qi came to the edge of the test field, the joy on his face had gradually receded, and was replaced by a solemn look.
I saw him quietly holding a blank piece of paper, looking at it, while observing the green seedlings in the sky, and said in his heart, isn't it, how can this seedling grow more than ten times larger than the specifications on the manual, this manual can't be wrong! Don't... Is it because of this magical land? I hope so, but don't give me another moth, I can't play with this thing.
Although the seedlings have emerged, Li Qi is still a little uneasy in his heart, because the seedlings are too different from the instructions, and if he can't really grow the fruits, then he can't change it.
After looking at each experimental field, Li Qi stood up, frowned and thought, it rained yesterday and seedlings will emerge today, it seems that it is really as Ling'er said, only rain can moisten the earth in this era, but if this is the case, wouldn't there be no need for irrigation? Alas... It seems that the road to cultivation is destined to be long.
In fact, not only planting, but also textiles.
This human race has evolved step by step, from existence to non-existence is a very long process, hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, slowly perfected, but Richie wants to speed up, and it is in an era when civilization is almost zero, although it is not very difficult, but trivial things are very complicated.
The process of weaving, and put it aside first, the tools alone are enough to give Li Qi a headache, many materials here are not available, and the scissors and needles he knows are made of iron.
Although he already has the metal, he doesn't want to take it out for the time being, and forging is also a craft, the smaller it is, the more difficult it is, and it is not something that can be done if you want to.
In the end, Li Qi still chose to use the most primitive method, using fish bones to sharpen the needle, as for the scissors, .......
"It turns out that this shrimp worm is not for eating!"
Nong said with a disappointed face.
Xi was pleasantly surprised: "It turns out that this insect tong can still be used like this!" ”
As they spoke, their eyes were fixed on the brand-new pair of scissors in Richie's hand.
It turned out that Li Qi had some shrimp from the pincer insect department, and the sharpest part of the shrimp claw was removed, embedded in the wood, and then made into scissors.
"Try a piece of rattan silk!"
One of them hurriedly picked up a piece of rattan silk from the ground and handed it to Li Qi.
Li Qi held the scissors in his hand and cut it, and the vine silk broke.
The surrounding onlookers were suddenly excited, this scissors is the first time they have seen it, but even if there is no silk, they usually use this scissors for work, especially the people in the tongs department, they have lived with these tongs for so long, and they have always been very afraid of the pair of big pliers, but they didn't expect that this big pliers can still be used like this?
"Richie! Richie! ”
At this moment, I suddenly heard a shout.
Li Qi stood up and looked for prestige, only to hear Guang shouting: "Li Qi! Who do you see coming? ”
I saw a large group of people behind him.
"Brute!"
Li Qi was pleasantly surprised.
The farmer on the side said excitedly: "There is also Taba, there is Rong, and Qiaoma." ”