Volume 1 The Yellow Turban Rebellion Chapter 5 Making a living
Guo Jia's eyes lit up and said, "What is the big brother's plan?" At this time, Zhao Yun and Guan Hai also came over curiously, and the latter's face was full of eagerness.
Guo Bin said: "Little brother don't worry, success or failure is still between the two, and let the brother sell a pass, do it first and see." Guo Jia also had to go back to Guojiazhuang to borrow grain, and he also had to pick up the nitrate animal skins and bear paws and tiger bones to Yangzhai County to find a pharmacy to sell, and buy some farm tools. Therefore, although he scratched his heart with a hundred claws, he couldn't, so he had to take twenty young men down the mountain under the escort of Guan Hai.
Here, Guo Bin asked people to clean the big iron pot of porridge, and on the other hand, he instructed several women to separate the fat and thin of the animal meat, and pick out the fat separately and cut it into small pieces. In addition, the children in the village were instructed to pick mint leaves around the village.
Seeing that everyone was busy, Guo Bin called a few old men to put the ashes of the cooking plants and trees into a burlap bag and wrap them together. Then put the burlap bag into the bucket of clean water that Zhao Yun went to the river, covered the lid, and instructed a five or six-year-old boy to watch it and not allow anyone to open it.
Seeing that the big iron pot was cleaned and the fat was cut, he ordered a fire to be made, and after the pot was hot, he poured in the fat pieces. After a while, the smell of fatty meat wafted throughout the cottage, and even the young man and the old man who was building a warehouse after eating couldn't stop twitching his nose. But after a while most of the fat melts, the taste is not so pleasant. Guo Bin asked a woman to watch and kept stirring with a colander. So he went to the side to find Ma Lao.
Ma Lao is in his early fifties, already hunched over, can do some carpentry work, and is now directing several juniors to build warehouses. Seeing Guo Bin coming, Ma Lao hurriedly rubbed his hands and said, "What does the lord command?" ”
Guo Bin waved his hand and said, "Old Ma, there is something that still bothers you." Immediately said the request, in fact, what Guo Bin wanted to do was a palm-sized wooden box, but the bottom should be engraved with a few inverted Chinese characters. Because Ma Lao was illiterate, Guo Bin took a brush and wrote a few words on a thin linen. Then the linen cloth on which the words were written was face down, and let Ma Lao carve it according to the thick linen. Ma Lao was not ambiguous, and after a while, Guo Bin buckled the mud that Ma Lao Sun had ordered him to do in the box, smoothed it with wooden blocks, and poured out a mud cube engraved with many sons and many blessings on the front.
Guo Bin looked at it and said with satisfaction: "I didn't expect Ma Lao's craftsmanship to be so exquisite." Then he wrote auspicious words such as Pengcheng Wanli, Houde Zaiwu, etc., and asked Ma Lao to do a few more. With the first experience, the speed is also much faster.
Seeing that Ma Lao did it carefully, Guo Bin came to the big iron pot with confidence, and saw that the fat had already melted for a long time, so he took the woman to scoop out the fat residue with a colander and put it into a wooden barrel for future cooking.
Then he took two pieces of linen cloth and put them on the edge of the iron pot, lifted the pot with both hands, and poured the animal oil in the pot into the two wooden barrels that had already been washed. When everyone heard about Guo Bin's hand-to-hand fight with the tiger, they didn't believe it at first, but now they were impressed when they saw Guo Bin showing his divine power.
And so, three days passed. Every day, Zhao Yun stayed in the village to watch his family to prevent the attack of fierce beasts, and Tong Yuan and Guo Bin led the three young men out to hunt. In addition, the women arranged for the women to mash the mint leaves picked by the children, collect them, and put them into wooden barrels. It was only at this time that Guo Bin strongly felt that there was not enough manpower, and there were less than ten people left to repair the warehouse.
During this period, Guo Quan followed the fifteen young men to transport grain up the mountain in advance, saying that Guo Jia was afraid that he would be too young to convince the public, so he asked Guo Yong to take Guan Hai and five young men to sell animal skins and bones, and buy farm tools, and he would not be able to come back in a few days. Guo Bin was afraid that Guo Jia would not have enough manpower, so he sent ten people back to Guojiazhuang to help, and by the way, he took the mountain goods of the past few days down the mountain, so that Guo Jia could continue to sell. Xiao Guoquan didn't leave, he wanted to stay and help Brother Binzi.
Guo Bin couldn't be tortured by him, so he agreed. Now Guo Quan is happy, he doesn't have to go to the clan school, he doesn't have to do his homework, and he only became the child king in the cottage in half a day. Every day, he led a group of boys and girls around the cottage and assigned the boys to pick mint leaves.
Seeing that Guo Bin arranged the inside and outside of the cottage in an orderly manner, Tong Yuan nodded secretly, but Zhao Yun respected him more and more, and never became arrogant because of his status as a senior brother.
Early that morning, Guo Bin asked the wooden barrel containing the grease to be lifted, scraped out the solidified grease and poured it into a large iron pot, and re-lit the fire to melt it. Then he brought the wooden barrel containing the sack of the ashes of the plants and trees, and took out the sack, and there was only a bucket of ash water of the plants and trees left in it. The slag in the water was strained with a fine linen cloth before being set aside to heat it for later use.
Seeing that the grease had melted again, and the ash water had become warmer, Guo Bin ordered someone to withdraw the fire and pour the ash water into the iron pot. Then take a wooden stick that has already been brushed clean and start stirring, the process of stirring is long and boring, Guo Bin did it for a while and then handed it over to two young men to take turns to stir, and slipped away to see the warehouse that was about to be completed.
At noon, Guo Bin came back from a stroll and saw that the things in the pot had been stirred very viscous. So he ordered the mint leaves that the woman had mashed to be brought and poured into the pot in one go. After stirring evenly, let a few old men carefully scoop the things in the pot into the wooden box made by Ma Lao before, and after it is flush with the box mouth, the box mouth is scraped flat with wood chips. In this way, it took another afternoon of work to finally complete the work. Finally, with the efforts of a group of young people, all the finished things were moved into the newly completed warehouse, and carefully covered with fine linen cloth to prevent dust from falling.
In this way, Guo Bin led people to hunt during the day, and practiced the hundred birds and phoenix guns under the guidance of Tong Yuan, and after he came back, he taught the dozen or so young people to practice fighting stabs, and the life was leisurely.
Ten days later, Guo Bin picked up the "baby" that everyone was worried about in the warehouse. When the covered linen cloth was opened, everyone saw that the contents of the box had hardened, and the yellow background was a little emerald green, which was the powder of mint leaves. After carefully taking it out of the box, but saw a few words written on the top. That is the auspicious words that Guo Bin wrote and made Ma Lao fall into the mold.
Guo Bin asked Guo Jia to buy these days, and bring the fine linen cloth that had been cut long ago, carefully wrap these things, put them in a flat pole, and prepare to send them down the mountain in person tomorrow.
At this time, Zhao Yun and Tong Yuan, who were also full of curiosity, pulled Guo Bin and asked what it was. Guo Bin did not hide it, and said: "This thing is called soap, which is used to wash hands and faces, of course, it can also be used when bathing, it can wash away the dirt on the body and maintain the fragrance." After a pause, he added: "Of course, the method is also learned in a dream, and you have to try it to know if it works." ”
At that moment, Ma Lao's grandson, seven-year-old Xiao Ma Jun, was called over. This kid is clever and naughty, he smears like a mud monkey every day, Guo Quan counted him naughty before he came, and now he follows Guo Quan's ass every day and becomes his little follower. Someone fetched hot water, and pressed the mud monkey-like Ma Jun into the water. I wiped it all over my body with soap, rubbed it a few times, and I saw a little black foam, and when I washed it with water, the basin of hot water turned black. Looking at the shy little Pony Jun again, the original mud monkey has become a handsome boy, and the house is still surrounded by the fragrance of mint. Seeing how easy the soap is, everyone is amazed.
This craft of making soap was learned by Guo Bin from reading novels in his previous life. The first time I did it, it was a great success, and I have to say that it was Marx's manifestation and his shit luck.
Early the next morning, Guo Bin went down the mountain with nearly 100 pieces of soap made this time and the mountain goods of the past few days. After walking for a long time, I returned to Guojiazhuang after noon. Looking at Guo Bin, who had become black and thin, Liu couldn't help but shush and ask for warmth. After a while, Guo Jia also rushed into the courtyard with Guan Hai, obviously hearing from the villagers that Guo Bin was back, and then the brothers talked about selling mountain goods for farm tools in the past few days.
After chatting for a long time, the brothers got up and went to Guo Yong's house.
"I also want to thank Uncle for his help." As soon as he sat down, Guo Bin said to Guo Yong, "These days, thanks to the uncle, the matter of selling mountain goods can be so smooth." ”
"There is no need to mention this matter again," Guo Yong waved his hand and said, "Your father died early, and he was the closest to me in his early years...... Seeing that you are now in a good mind and so capable, he can also look at the spirit of heaven. Speaking of this, his voice was also slightly choked, and he didn't lose his temper in front of his two nephews. Although it has only been more than ten days, this matter is busy in a hurry, but it seems that decades have passed, Guo Bin also thinks of his parents and relatives in his previous life, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to see him in this life and this life. Thinking of this, Guo Bin was also in tears.
After the three of them sighed, they began to discuss serious matters. Speaking of the magic of soap, Guo Yong and Guo Jia were also excited. After Guo Bin took out a piece of experiment, Guo Yong said: "This thing will definitely be sold for a good price, and I will send someone to Yangzhai tomorrow to sell it." ”
Guo Bin glanced at Guo Jia, who was still pondering, and said to Guo Yong: "Uncle, I want to visit Mr. Sima Decao tomorrow, and then visit Yang Zhai's old parents. ”
Hearing Guo Bin's words, Guo Jia's eyes lit up, and Guo Yong was puzzled: "What does Binzi mean?" ”
Waving his hand to stop Guo Jia, who wanted to speak, Guo Bin said to Guo Yong: "My nephew wants to send a little to Mr. Sima Decao and his old parents first, and then sell it in the big Yangzhai household." ”
Speaking of this, Guo Yong also understood, looked at Xiao Guo Jia with a look of "sure enough", and then looked at the steady Guo Bin and nodded secretly, and said, "Well, your method is good, and you won't worry about no one buying it when the time comes." ”
The emperor made soap in Fulong Mountain, which was first sold in Yangzhai large households. In less than half a year, from the princes and princes to the peddlers and pawns, everyone knows. The emperor is from the beginning.
--"Taizu Benji"