Zhang Zhimu first asked everyone to bring some straw and pile it on the edge of the pit, and then grabbed the dung with a hook. Put a layer of straw in the pit first, then a layer of manure, then a layer of straw, and another layer of manure. In this way, he added a small half to the pit, and then began to fill it with water, thinking that he would need to seep some water, so he poured the water directly to the place where it was two feet away. After the cover was closed, I filled the cover with more than a foot of soil, only exposed the switch and the bamboo tube, put the switch tube to death, and put a few pieces of straw paper on the mouth of the bamboo tube, put half a brick on the straw paper, and told the child not to touch the bricks. Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, this is a pressure relief valve.

The two-eyed barrel was filled with one-third of the ashes, and two-thirds of the water was filled to leave one-third of the space. Two bamboo pipes were inserted into each of their eyes, one of which was inserted into the water, and the other was inserted into the lid of the bucket by an inch. The gap between the lid and the bamboo pipe was sealed with lacquer, and Zhang Zhimu thought to himself that this filter had to be done well, otherwise the smell of hydrogen sulfide in the biogas coming out would be too great. The section of the water inlet passes through an elbow made of wood, which is connected to the wooden switch by a bamboo pipe. Another bamboo pipe is connected to the large stove in the courtyard through several long bamboo pipes.

After Li Yunhe came back, he asked him to make a one-in, three-out copper fire plate with copper. The fire tray is connected to the bamboo pipe by a small switch. I built a new stove and put the fire tray in the stove. In the end, Zhang Zhimuzai carefully sealed all the connections with lacquer, and in some places even wrapped a layer of cloth and painted another layer of lacquer.

Zhang Zhimu called everyone over and told everyone that this is called "biogas tank", the biogas produced in the pond can be used to make a fire for cooking, but the biogas is toxic if it is not ignited and burned, so everyone should pay attention. After Zhang Zhimu finished speaking, everyone couldn't stop laughing. They all said that they had never heard of cooking with dung. He also said that no one ate the food made with dung. Zhang Zhimu also laughed and said, "Wait and see." "Anyway, everyone is always used to chattering about Zhang Zhimu.

Zhang Zhimu straightened out what was in front of him, and discussed it with Huang Yukun again. As far as the distribution is concerned, Huang Yukun is responsible for all the breeding work, leading the women and children. Now the grass is green, and cows, horses, and sheep can go to the river and come back at night to feed some concentrate. When grazing sheep, the children can dig up some wild vegetables, and in addition to human food, they can feed the chickens. The men have nothing else to do now, so they have to help out first, and then talk about other things later.

When Zhang Zhimu was talking to Huang Yukun, he saw Huang Yukun and Sister-in-law Xu washing clothes with soap. So he took some plant ashes and put them in a small pot, and scooped up two spoonfuls of lard, and stirred them in the plant ashes. Huang Yukun, who was watching it, felt distressed, and hurriedly said, "Brother, what are you doing, I am reluctant to use that oil." ”

Zhang Zhimu laughed and said, "You wipe this on your clothes and wash it again, and see how it goes." ”

"Alright, brother. It's even harder to wash with oil. Huang Yukun said.

"You try."

Huang Yukun had no choice but to wipe some plant ash on his clothes and rub it off, which was very clean. He said, "Hey, this time the clothes are easy to wash." ”

I also asked Sister-in-law Xu to wash it with plant ash and lard. Sister-in-law Xu was also surprised.

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is the most primitive soap, and I will make real soap in the future, and it will be more convenient to wash clothes." "No matter where the two of them were surprised.

Zhang Zhimu went to the rabbit nest to take a look again, and found that two litters had already given cubs, and there were several other litters, and the female rabbit had a bulging belly, and it seemed that she also had cubs. In these nests of rabbit cages, some thatch was placed. I want Huang Yukun to add concentrate feed to them.

In front of the fox den again, I caught two more foxes in the past few days, one gray and one red. After careful observation, it was found that there were two red foxes with bulging bellies, which were obviously with cubs. The other two red foxes are a male and a female. The mother's ** is already a little red and purple, obviously in estrus. The other two gray foxes are also a male and a female. The mother is also in heat. I asked someone to come over and help put the two pairs of foxes together.

Zhang Zhimu called Huang Yukun over and told him which rabbits had cubs and which ones were pregnant, and they should take special care and feed him some good feed. Foxes too, pay special attention, tell her that foxes are generally about 50 days pregnant, and the cubs can be weaned in about 50 days, and don't let the children come over to scare the fox during this time, otherwise the fox will be frightened, it will run out of milk, and even bite the fox cub to death.

When I went to the pigsty, I saw that the piglet grew fast, round and very healthy. He said, "According to my feed, it won't take eight months to grow to 200 catties." ”

Huang Yukun didn't believe it, and said: "Generally, if you feed it for a year, it will be more than 100 catties." ”

"That's not my pig, do as I say, but don't try to save money and be stingy with feed. You have experience in feeding chickens, good feed is different. ”

"yes, that chicken has almost one egg a day. More than 200 in ten days. ”

"If that's enough, four children, one egg a day."

"Enough, I can't finish eating." Huang Yukun said.

"Pick a few hens that lay good eggs and put them in the yard with the roosters. A few hens and roosters are to be swapped and released. We have to hatch our own chicks."

"Later, when you lay an egg, you look at the sun, and you find that there are black spots in it, that is, the one that can hatch chicks, take it out, and make up ten, and let the hens hatch it, and generally twenty-one days, the chicks will come out. In the future, I will teach you to artificially hatch chicks. ”

"Oh my God, the chicks are still hatched by hand."

"Gee, it's not that hard." Zhang Zhimu said.

Looking at Zhang Zhimu, Huang Yukun's mind was a little overwhelmed, and he felt a little strange, how could this brother understand everything.

Seeing Chen Yufeng walking on tiptoe in the courtyard with a stick, Zhang Zhimu walked over and said, "Uncle Chen, don't be too anxious, don't break your foot." ”

"It's okay, I know it. Seeing that you are busy, I feel anxious. Chen Yufeng said.

Sitting down with Chen Yufeng, Zhang Zhimu said, "Uncle Chen, maybe this year is another big drought." "Zhang Zhimu knows that there has been a famine for three years, and this is the third year, not only the great drought but also the locust plague.

Chen Yufeng said: "Yes, there is not much snow in winter. The spring flood has arrived, and there is not much water in the river. It has to be drought. ”

"Uncle Chen, I wonder if we should make plans earlier, don't wait for the autumn harvest, can we go south to collect some grain when the summer grain is harvested, we can save others and ourselves."

"It's a good idea to notice. But this requires a lot of money, and it's not enough to toss it if the money is less, and it's also difficult to buy grain and transport it back in this world, you haven't heard about Liu Yun and their dart game, and the whole dart game went out together and didn't bring the dart back. ”

"I have some money, but it's not enough, I still have to find a way to get some, transportation, as long as there are reliable people, I can get some special weapons, I should be able to break through." Zhang Zhimu said.

When Chen Yufeng heard this, he thought: "If you don't have enough money, you should try to get some, it's too light." I also need to get some special weapons, I haven't seen any weapons, see what you can get. ”

The psychological words were not spoken, but he said: "If these two things can be guaranteed, you can break through, and if you can break back, the silver can at least double." ”

"Okay, then it's settled, and things start to prepare." An ambitious plan began. Zhang Zhimu really wanted to go to the south and see what the south was like in this era.

In fact, Zhang Zhimu had a plan for the money, but he never had time to implement it, and he didn't say it in passing.

When he came to Huang Yukun's house, Zhang Zhimu asked, "What about the clothes I wore when I first came?" ”

Huang Yukun took out a small bag, handed it to Zhang Zhimu, and said, "I know you can't wear these now, so I'll keep it for you." ”

Zhang Zhimu opened the bag and took out the trouser belt. This brand-like sliding buckle belt is of very good quality and is authentic. The buckle of the iron-plated trouser belt is shiny, and the buckle is inlaid with a gilded tiger in the shape of a tiger in relief. The belt is sewn together in two layers of leather, the glue is very well sewn, and the chute chute is not very worn.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Gently wipe this side of this belt with butter, then wipe it with a cloth, wrap it with a cloth, and wrap it with a layer of oilcloth." ”

"Okay."

"You are familiar with the pawnshop, if you have time, you can take me to the pawnshop." Zhang Zhimu said.

"Of course it's familiar, you want to be a belt?"

"Yes, I need some silver to go south to sell grain." Zhang Zhimu said.

The next day, let Li Yunhe drive the car, Zhang Zhimu and Huang Yukun rushed to the county seat.

Zhang Zhimu followed Huang Yukun into the pawnshop, invited out of the shopkeeper Qiu, and after being polite, Huang Yukun handed the oilcloth bag to the shopkeeper Qiu. After the shopkeeper Qiu opened the bag completely, he took out the belt and looked at it carefully for a while, comparing and wearing it together, but he couldn't wear it. Zhang Zhimu went over, took the belt and put it through the belt buckle, buckled it and dragged it, but he couldn't move. With another push of the fork, there was a bang, and the belt was pulled out again. The shopkeeper Qiu was dumbfounded. He took the belt and made the same gesture. Surprise after surprise. Q: "What do you call this baby?" ”

"The Golden Tiger Leather Belt of the Sea Mechanism." Zhang Zhimu said.

"Tea for the two of you." Shopkeeper Qiu said.

The two of them went inside to drink some tea, and after a while, Shopkeeper Qiu and Old Boss Qiu came over together. After being polite, Qiu Laodong took a sip of the teacup and said, "Your treasure, my family can't estimate the price, and I can't afford to give this price." If you really want to make a move, we can discuss a solution. What do you think? ”

Huang Yukun glanced at Zhang Zhimu, and Zhang Zhimu said, "I want to hear the old club's opinion." ”

"We Shanxi people, especially good at making money, how much money can be had, no one can say clearly, those big businessmen, gold and silver trucks are not a problem. But if you want them to pay for it, you have to put some effort into it. Those who have been in business for several generations are better at collecting rare things that others don't have, and this is also another way to save money, which is better than the cold gold and silver. Old Uncle Qiu took another sip of tea and said, "I'm talking about this treasure in front of us, how can we let those nobles know about this treasure and scramble to get this treasure." It's time to use some means. ”

Zhang Zhimu admired this old club in his heart, he originally planned to do so. These methods were pediatrics in the previous life. But in this era, with such insight, it is amazing, worthy of the merchant family.

Zhang Zhimu and Huang Yukun nodded yes.

"Our Qin and Qiu families have known each other for more than a day, since you believe in my family. I think that's it, we can't rush this matter first, and of course we will get it done as soon as possible. Let's sign a paperwork and put the baby with me first. We don't say whose treasure it is, in the name of inviting the big family, inform the pawn shops and those who are rich and willing to accept things from my family's old customers, and invite them to come over and take long eyes, so that the wind will be released, and when everyone begins to fight for this treasure, then the one with the highest price will get it. No matter how much money this baby makes in the end, we Qiu remember half of it, you see how it is. "Old Qiu told the plan.

"Old club, what do you estimate, what is the price of this baby?"

"I can't estimate it, but it's less than five thousand taels of silver, and I will never make a move."

"Okay, it's up to the old club." Zhang Zhimu said. Shopkeeper Qiu wrote two documents, Huang Yukun and Shopkeeper Qiu both pressed their handprints, and each side took one copy.

Leaving the pawnshop, the three of them came to the market and slipped along the way. Huang Yukun casually bought some sundries. When I saw someone selling pigs, I took a closer look at the two sows, one large and one small. Seeing that someone was paying attention, the seller hurriedly said to Zhang Zhimu: "These are two sows that are laying cubs, they can't afford to raise them, you look at the two of them and give them money, buy them!" Four hundred dollars is fine. ”

Zhang Zhimu was happy and said: "This is not enough to have a sow, there is no boar!" ”

"Yes, the man in front of him sells boars."

"Okay, I'll take a look at the boar first." Zhang Zhimu said and walked forward. When I came to the stall selling boars, I saw that there was really a boar, like a donkey, although it was very thin, but it was very strong at first glance, and there was a sow next to it. The boar costs 300 wen and the sow 250 mosquitoes. Huang Yukun saw that Zhang Zhimu insisted on buying it, so he counterpaid 500 yuan of silver to buy the two pigs. Let the pig seller bundle up and carry the pigs into the cart, and buy the two sows as well. Seeing that the car was a little heavy, they couldn't buy anything else, so a few people went back to the kiln gang directly.

What they didn't expect was that there was something waiting for them at home.