The north wind was cold overnight, the clouds were thick, and the snow in the sky was drifting, changing the old ...... Heaven and earth rotate, the four seasons are sometimes, and in the blink of an eye, autumn goes to winter, and Xiao Yat ushered in the first snow after the crossing.

In the fourth year of Zhongping, the winter in Yuyang County was as cold as the winter after 1800...... What now? Touch the single clothes on your body and look at the snowflakes falling outside...... It's not that he doesn't want to wear a cotton coat, but now he doesn't even have a cotton!

In fact, as early as the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, after Zhang Qian made an envoy to the Western Regions, he brought cotton to China, which was called "white stack" at that time; However, this kind of beautiful white flowers has always been regarded as a precious ornamental plant, and it is estimated that it is still in the emperor's imperial garden!

If the cold can still be carried by the young body with strong blood, then the lack of material is unbearable; Because Xiao Yat found that the finances of the small Taoist temple were about to go bankrupt; In the past, there was only one person in the Taoist temple, who planted two acres of ration fields and a small vegetable garden, and he could be self-sufficient; Later, Xiao Yi came, and Da Niu, Ma Liu, Zhang Yan, ......, and most importantly, there were three horses.

Don't think that horses can just eat grass, that will only make your war horse belly and completely lose its combat effectiveness. The real war horses are one-third of oats, one-third of soybean cakes, and one-third of fine grass feeding, the grass can not bring a little dew, it must be rolled finely, as the so-called inch grass rolled three knives; From time to time, you have to add some eggs to supplement nutrition, and you can only get stronger!

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Weiqing Corps in the decisive battle of Saibei, in order to have enough mobility to run long distances to the Xiongnu camp, even fed all the horses with corn, and the cost of raising a cavalry was enough to equip ten ordinary infantrymen; The Central Plains Dynasty, not a dynasty with strong national strength, could not afford to form a large-scale cavalry corps, not only lacked excellent horse breeds, but simply could not afford to raise!

In addition, there is a foal "cabbage" who is spreading joy around him, this is a genuine foodie, and his appetite is better than that of an adult war horse, and he wants **** feed and cabbage heart. When I was in junior high school in my previous life, when I learned Han Yu's "Ma Said", there was one in it; "A thousand miles of horses, one food or one stone ......", at that time he was still full of doubts, "In the Han Dynasty, 30 catties were Jun, four Jun were stones, and one stone was a full 120 catties; But look at the current appetite of "Pony Cabbage", and then think about the amount of food it will eat when it grows up, Xiao Yi began to squat on the ground and pull out his hair sadly, "The ancients don't deceive me......"

Later, people close to Xiao Yi knew several of his habits:

When he is worried, Xiao Yat will squat on the ground and pull out his hair......

If Xiao Yat touched his chin, he was thinking of a conspiracy......

If Xiao Yat smiles and shows dimples, it is a successful scheme; At this time, everyone will be in danger, because they don't know who is unlucky.

If Xiao Yat touched his nose with a serious face, it meant that he was going to kill someone!

If Xiao Yi touched his nose while laughing and showing his dimples, the consequences would be very serious, and he would definitely be bleeding and ambushing millions of corpses......

Someone in the Three Kingdoms period concluded: "The most powerful weapon in the world is Lu Wenhou's Fang Tian painting halberd; The fastest is the old general Huang Zhong's sun-shooting arrow, and the most terrifying is the slight smile of Xiao Yi, the 'Marquis of No Sorrows'.

When encountering difficulties, he learned from the methods of the great man, and a great man also encountered the same situation back then, the enemy blockaded, the material was scarce, the food and drink were insufficient, and the people were panicked; At this point, there are three paths to take;

First: everyone starves to death together; This is absolutely not a no-no. In Xiao Yi's heart: "I'd rather 'plug the door upside down' than be a starving ghost!" (In ancient times, being a son-in-law was very statusless, you can refer to the novel "Son-in-law".) ”

Second: Everyone disbanded, went back to their own homes, and found their own mothers. This is not good, because everyone else can go home, only Xiao Yi is homeless......

As for the third......

Soon, Xiao Yat gathered all the people in the Taoist temple and announced: "Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing!" ”

The first thing to solve is to keep warm.

Xiao Yi, who was born in the countryside in his previous life, knows deeply that the best way to keep a farmer warm in winter is to build a fire kang ---!

All the forces were mobilized, Da Niu was responsible for digging clay in the col, Ma Liu was responsible for fetching water from the river, Zhang Yan was responsible for making mud, and even the colt 'Cabbage' was assigned to use four hooves to step on the mud evenly, and the 'Out of the Dust' Lao Dao was responsible for reciting scriptures and praying for everyone. Xiao Yat made an adobe mold out of wood by himself, mixed the reconciled soil with wheat stalks and various plant fibers collected in the mountains to increase its adhesion, and then put it into the mold, patted the porcelain hard, and after it solidified slightly, it was poured out and put in a ventilated place to dry slowly, and the last piece of adobe was done.

As for the kang, it is even simpler, a quadrangular adobe building; Xiao Yi drew a drawing little by little, and then calmly instructed everyone to start building, and when everyone spent a lot of effort and finished building according to the drawings covered in mud, they were surprised to find: "There is a hexagonal fire kang,...... Refer to the drawings again, right? ……”

For the emergence of this situation, Xiao Yi's face did not change color, his heart did not beat, and he still had a heartbeat: "The quadrangular earthen kang is for ordinary people to sleep, and those of us with status have to sleep on the hexagonal fire kang, which is called a different taste, do you understand?"

In the end, everyone agreed with Xiao Yi's explanation suspiciously, Kang is just a sleep, and the consequence is to leave a tradition for future generations of Chinese:

The square shape of the kang of the poor people's house.

The pentagon of officials and large households.

Only the nobles of the Hou Ye level can use the hexagonal fire kang.

As for the heptagon, it is the emperor's royal fire kang, which is called the seven stars of the couch!

In later generations, whenever people build a fire kang, they must pay tribute to a portrait of "Worry-free Hou", praying for blessing to build a fire kang that is beautiful and easy to use;

So much so that many historians in later generations speculated that the reason why Wushou Hou Xiaoyi looked a little dark had a lot to do with his position where he was enshrined......

After the East House, the West House, the Wing House, and even the horse pen were kept warm and charity, Xiao Yi began to squat on the ground again and pluck his hair, and the fire kang was there, but there was no money, as the saying goes, "A big man can't be without power for a day, and a little man can't be without money for a day"; Whether it is in the **** of the 21st century, or in the troubled times of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, no money is absolutely impossible!

Although, if he opened his mouth to borrow from the ox blacksmith, he would definitely lend himself money impermanently, but as the saying goes: "The big husband rules the world, why should he treat others to send food for food!" ”

After carefully reviewing the financial situation in the Taoist temple, Xiao Yi sadly found: "Lao Dao gives free medical treatment to the poor every time, and also sends free decoction and medicine, which belongs to the type of only going out and not entering; came by himself, and those dozens of Grandpa Mao had already turned into coke, even if they weren't damaged, they couldn't be spent! The rest is the ...... of the rags, Zhang Yan ran naked when she was picked up from the river, and she was absolutely clean and entered the house.

In the end, Xiao Yi looked at Da Niu and Ma Liu, and forcibly searched all the clothes, underwear, and socks on the two of them...... Later, Xiao Yi had an extra 13 five-baht coins in his hand; It's all bad money with stumps and edges.

Squatting on the ground, looking at the pitiful 13 copper coins in his hand, Xiao Yi began to touch his chin and thought: "Grandpa Taishang Laojun blesses, how can I live two in one life, two in three, and three in ten thousand dollars......."

The other people in the Taoist temple were frowning around Xiao Yi, to say that these people are all good at dancing guns and sticks, but when it comes to making money in business, it is estimated that if they don't lose themselves, they will be blessed by the God of Wealth.

In the end, Da Niu sighed and said: "13 copper coins, at most enough to buy two bowls of wine, what can be done?" I'd better go back and ask my family for money! Since the last time the little immortal master taught us the secret method of quenching, the business of the blacksmith shop is now very prosperous. ”

"Wine? Liquor? A drink of about 10 degrees, liquor? Winter! …… Cold winter! The speaker was unintentional, but it sounded intentional, and Da Niu's words brought countless inspirations to Xiao Yi.

Hahaha! Xiao Yat began to look up to the sky and laugh, revealing a pair of deep dimples......