Chapter 18: Horses Kill Chickens
Stone tools were the mainstream tools of this period, and it was not until the appearance of bronze tools that they gradually withdrew from the stage of history.
But stone tools are not at their peak nowadays because of the lack of metal tools, such as chisels, hammers, etc. In addition to this, such as pottery, bamboo, wood...... It's still in its infancy.
Su Yang carried a stone spear, walked around with four warriors, ran down for several days, and was very familiar with the area of the rock tribe, and it was really a barren place, but from the perspective of feng shui, it was not bad to gather qi in Tibet. He naturally doesn't know any feng shui, it's just nonsense.
He expanded his search to the area of the Chaos Tribe, that is, after the iconic towering tree, this is to pick some macaque drunken fruits, it is autumn, and if you miss this season, you can only wait for next year. Besides, there may be clay in the area of the Chaos Tribe.
"There's movement!" Chun suddenly spoke, and the spear in his hand was horizontal, blocking in front of Su Yang.
The other three warriors also reacted quickly, looking around vigilantly, and now they haven't found any bows and arrows at this time, so they don't have to worry about being suddenly released with cold arrows. With the protection of four tall warriors, Su Yang's safety is absolutely fine.
Soon, just like the last time I drove to the ruins, I met the people of the chaotic tribe again, and what appeared in front of me were three women with two children, exuding an uncomfortable atmosphere.
"Retreat!" Su Yang didn't move forward, not because he was afraid, but because there was no need for conflict. The main thing is that he is shy in his pockets and does not have food to buy the road.
Since this road is impassable, simply go in the other direction, even if it crosses the line, it is to enter the range of the Sky Wolf Tribe, which is harmless.
Maybe it was time to run, and after another day, he found a large area of clay, a little far away from the rock tribe, but finally he didn't have to worry about raw materials.
After returning to the tribe, the matter of catching rabbits is still going on, and Matsu is very concerned about this matter, and Su Yang only needs to take care of it, such as distinguishing the male and female rabbits and feeding them separately; After he has seen the food, he puts the forage at a fixed time.
Anyway, the number of rabbits is still small, so there is no need to be too careful.
Early in the morning, Su Yang summoned his helpers to knead the clay together, that is, to make the soil as fine as possible, and then filter it with a rice sieve dustpan, and only the clay that can leak down can be used to make pottery.
This step of the selection is actually very simple, but for now, it is definitely a selection of clays.
The hands of the tribesmen are rough enough to pinch the soil effortlessly, of course, they can only pinch the dried soil, and the wet ones cannot be crushed. He chose to store the sifted mud powder in a clean cave to prevent it from being contaminated by weather or man-made reasons.
"Now it's time for a horse to kill a chicken."
Su Yang's mind flashed through the movie he had watched many years ago, and he was deeply impressed by the baby's hand-picked and noodle horse killing chicken in the film, and if you want to make good pottery, it is really necessary to kill a horse and chicken to the clay.
Immediately, Su Yang called two people to follow the study, and the outer girl and Chun also called, and the tool he used was a bamboo dustpan without gaps, and then poured mud powder into it, which can also imitate the Tai Chi and dough method in the movie Kung Fu; It can also be imagined as Lanzhou ramen......
In fact, just like the noodles, add water to the mud powder, about a ratio of one to two, stir slightly, and then rub it repeatedly until it is completely uniform and there are no bubbles in it.
"Have you learned it all? Just keep kneading! Su Yang rubbed for a while and then gave up his position, although his strength was not small, it was still not enough to see compared to the rest, so he let the capable people work harder.
Then he went to look at the base he needed, which was almost polished, and when he got it, the mud was also kneaded, and immediately he grabbed a large lump, kneaded it into a circle, and patted it on the flat and smooth base, and then rolled it out with a round wooden stick, imagining that it was pancakes.
This is at the bottom of the pottery, and because the base cannot be rotated at a uniform speed, this clay method can only be used. When he was doing this, he told all the helpers to stop what they were doing and come to watch, which was not a secret to him, because it was too primitive.
And he is also the first time to practice, so the diameter of this round pottery base is only about 20 centimeters, the difficulty is consistent with the thickness, and not too thin, otherwise it will not be resistant to burning, the main purpose of these pottery processing is to cook things to eat.
"Give me a good look, if anyone can learn it, I will let him specialize in pottery in the future!"
Su Yang encouraged and continued to the next step, this step really had to learn from Lanzhou ramen, he took a large ball of mud that had been kneaded before, and then kneaded it into long strips about three or four centimeters in diameter. According to the diameter of the bottom of 20 centimeters to calculate the circumference, a circle needs more than 60 centimeters, counting the pottery is larger than the bottom, you have to use more than 70 centimeters, at least three circles, then he needs the mud strips, at least two meters or more, the middle can not be broken, and try to be uniform.
The job of kneading long mud strips is not easy for one person, so it is best to cooperate with it, and the speed will be faster.
He asked the big girl to work together, and he used a dustpan alone, and tried seven or eight times, and then he found the trick and succeeded, and at this point he was completely sure that this was clay, and the quality was very good.
After that, he used clay strips to overlap the bottom edge of the pottery three times, which went smoothly, after all, the material is clay, and if it is flour, it is easy to deform and not so uniform.
After putting the mud strips, this is the simplest blank, and then he takes a smooth bamboo tube and presses it on the outside of the mud strips, and his hand is placed inside, so the inside and outside are squeezed together, and the person also follows the circle, slowly gluing the three circles of mud strips together, thinning and tallening, and finally becoming the shape of the clay pot in his imagination.
This step took more than an hour, and I didn't even have time to eat, so I continued to work.
Now this pottery is still very rough, about 16 centimeters high, the maximum diameter of about 30 centimeters, this is still the last step, he picked up a clay strip, wrapped around the top, used as the upper edge, just like the weaving of the basket, dustpan a reason, before the completion of the need to wrap the edge.
At this time, the rough embryo is basically done, if you want to be more exquisite, you need to slowly scrape the inside and out smooth, he doesn't have this time now, as long as it can be used when it is fired, and he will be proficient in the process in the future.
But this will, to take the pottery off the base, also difficult, in order to avoid the bottom and the top of the pottery body separated, he rubbed a relatively thin strip of clay, thickened the connection below, when it was dipped in a little water, it was easy to glue.
In the last step, he took a very thin bamboo wire, pulled it with both hands, and passed it from the bottom of the bottom, which separated the bottom of the clay pot from the stone base below, he carefully picked up the clay pot and gently placed it on the prepared shelf, and then it needed to be dried for about a week, and only after it was completely dried could it be put into the fire to be fired.
And this week's time, it is natural to make a large number of pottery rough embryos, to win by quantity, mainly because he is worried that the success rate of firing will not be high, but at the same time, he also firmly believes that if he burns a few more times, he will definitely get good pottery!