Chapter 036: Snow Room
Soon, the tools were placed in front of Cai Dao's eyes.
Cai Dao is also a simple person, he asked Cai Bucket to put the protruding side at the bottom of the iron box to the bottom, picked up the iron plate, and stuffed it into the iron box, and the protruding place at the bottom is to play the role of a card slot.
Pressing the small iron plate to the bottom, and letting Hua Xuanqi hold the iron box, Cai Dao looked up and down, nodded heavily, very satisfied, and tightly fitted. After the iron plate was stuck, there was no light visible from the bottom, and it seemed that he still underestimated these ancient craftsmen. Don't look at how well dressed they are, but the craftsmanship is too good to say.
Let Hua Xianqi put the iron box flat on the snow again, and Cai Dao beckoned the two little eunuchs to come over. Instruct them to fill the box with snow, and the other will take a flat-headed hammer to smash the snow inside, and so on until the snow inside the box is level with the top edge, and then it will not be able to do anything at all.
Not only did the iron box go, so the two little eunuchs quickly finished it.
Cai Dao personally demonstrated the following steps to everyone.
The iron box was turned over, and the side without an iron ring on the outside was put at the bottom, Cai Bucket and Hua Qiqi each held two iron hooks, hooked both sides of the iron box and pulled them out, and Cai Ban also held an iron hook, and he pressed down hard.
Cai Dao held a flat-headed hammer and kept hitting the iron plate that was fixed. Soon, the iron plate was knocked out, and a smooth and sturdy snow brick.
Next, Cai Dao instructed those little eunuchs to work in groups of three and take turns to make snow bricks.
After making more than 100 pieces, Cai Dao asked them to stop, and instructed Hua Xianqi to take two shovels and put them five meters on the left side of the gate, and he and Cai Tong worked together to dig a deep pit about one meter and a half on the ground, the deep pit was roughly circular, and the four walls and the bottom were as flat as possible.
The ground is very hard in winter, but fortunately, the two are strong men, and the shovel head they used is also specially made by Cai Dao's craftsmen at home when he was in Xiaoci, which is unusually strong and sharp, so the two of them used a meal to dig out the deep pit.
Seeing this, people in later generations will understand what Cai Dao is going to do.
That's right, it's the Eskimo Igloo, their igloo can be stored for more than 50 days, and the temperature here is not as good as in the Arctic region, but as long as it can be preserved for 20 days, Cai Dao is satisfied.
The igloo has two requirements, digging deep holes, building a shallow roof, and preferably a dome.
However, then, Cai Dao made a difficulty, because he had never built a snow house with his own hands, and he belonged to a typical eye and master.
After thinking about it for a long time, there was no good way, so he asked the craftsmen who came with Xiao Zhao's maid: "Craftsmen, do you know how to build a house?" ”
"This Taoist chief, the small one has built a house." It was a young man who spoke, with a very funny appearance, a relatively short stature, a large head, but a very thin body, and a thin neck.
Cai Dao looked at it carefully, but unfortunately, it has a nose! Otherwise, he really thought that he had met the thin-necked big-headed ghost Fang Shu'an.
"Shut up, it's all adults here, how can we talk?" As soon as the funny young man finished speaking, a man in his forties in front of him stretched out his fan-like hand and slapped his big head, scolding him sharply.
"Who are you? Before Your Highness could speak, you jumped out, which is really bold. "Cai Dao felt fire in his heart when he saw it, there was just a volunteer guy who took the thunder for himself, what kind of game did you jump out of!
The strong man was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy in a low voice: "Your Highness, the little one is really unintentional, this is a dog, he has always loved to talk nonsense, and he begs His Highness to be gracious." ”
"Don't just interrupt, remember, there's no next time." Xiao Zhao's maid didn't bother to pay attention to this lowly craftsman, and the little eunuch beside him jumped out and warned.
"Big-headed ghost, come here!" The young man's name is Luneng, I don't know if he is a descendant of Lu Ban, but Cai Dao can't call him by name directly, so he has to press Fang Shu'an's nickname on his head.
......The little palace maids around behind him couldn't hold back, covered their mouths one by one, and forced themselves not to laugh.
Although the deputy chief manager is small, he is usually very strict, but he didn't expect to be so narrow-minded and give people random nicknames. However, this nickname is too suitable for that little man.
"No! Michigan! Lu Neng shrank his head and came to Cai Dao's side, but he didn't know that his appearance of shrinking his head and probing his brain was so funny that even the always calm little Zhao maid was amused by him.
After that, Cai Dao told Luneng everything he knew about the Eskimo Snow Room.
Cai Dao explained it very clearly, and Luneng basically understood it, so he began to build a snow house.
I saw him put the hemp bag he was carrying on his back on the ground and untied the rope at the mouth of the sack.
Looking down at the open hemp bag, Cai Dao couldn't help but gasp, there were hammers, nails, ink fountains, carpenters, blacksmiths, bricklayers, and kitchen knives in it. This big-headed ghost doesn't look like a meter five, and he is only one line away from Wu Dalang's three-inch figure, not only can he know a lot, but his strength is not small. This outfit alone weighs no less than 100 pounds.
Luneng rummaged through it several times, and then found the tool he consciously used to build a house-brick knife, and then jumped into the deep pit that had been dug.
The big-headed ghost accidentally got out of the big mess again, and he didn't look at his height, so he jumped in and couldn't even see the hat on his head. At this moment, the people around him couldn't hold back anymore, and Hua Xianqi couldn't straighten up with laughter, lying in the snow, patting the snow with his hands and laughing.
This scene was too embarrassing, if it weren't for the quick eyes of the colleague next to him, his father would have fainted in the snow.
"Little board, go get the chair in my room!" Cai Dao commanded, couldn't help but cover his eyes and look up to the sky and sighed, saying in his heart that this kid is not a good person, his brain is big and godless!
Cai Ban quickly took the chair and handed it to Luneng in the pit, this kid was not stupid, knowing that he had lost someone, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at everyone, and began to work silently.
Cai Dao is small, and the chair is naturally not high, Lu Neng stepped on the chair and stood up, just right, and he could work when he squatted. Not to mention, although Luneng people look a little frustrated, they are familiar with the movements in their hands.
After all, the pressed snow bricks are not as good as the real bricks, and it is the first time for Luneng to do such a job, with the help of the little eunuchs, it took an hour to build the first snow house in the Great Song Dynasty.
Cai Dao walked around the snow room, and to be honest, he was not satisfied, the snow roof was not regular, it was not semicircular. After all, it's only the first time, and I believe that with the skill of these craftsmen, it will be better and better.
"Cut, demon, this is what you call a good idea? What's the use of this ghost house, living in a house made of snow, isn't that a faster death? Xiao Zhao got out of the carriage and came to the front of the snow house, and tried to knock on the snow roof with her hand, while mocking, the tone was extremely distrustful.
"Yes! Your Highness, this demon path is obviously perfunctory to you, causing you to spend so much effort, but it is such a useless thing. What a sin deserves death! The dog-legged eunuch beside him, He Sui, immediately stepped forward and echoed.
"MD, when you get to Jingshi, Lao Tzu is already self-cultivation enough, you damn eunuch, I'll let you talk a lot!" Looking for his own stubble again and again, it was Zhao Maid, the king of Yan'an County, the de facto crown prince, Cai Dao didn't dare to do anything, but a little eunuch also dared to do this, he definitely couldn't bear it.
Cai Dao directly kicked He Sui in the stomach with a flying leg, and with this kick, He Sui was kicked out a meter away, and then he stepped forward and sat on He Sui's body, opened his arms and smashed his head and face.
"Escort, escort!" Xiao Zhao's maid was taken aback by Cai Dao's sudden movement, and he didn't care about He Sui, and ran back to his carriage with a loud shout.
Those guards were already about to draw their waist knives, but when they saw that Cai Dao was beating Hesui, they inserted the knife back again. They are protecting Zhao Maid, not a little eunuch. Besides, who doesn't know that this little Taoist priest is a big celebrity in front of Song Shenzong!
Cai Dao was very ruthless, specifically beckoning to places where blood and injuries were obvious, such as the nose, mouth and eyes. Without a single stick of incense, he beat Hesui to the point that his face was covered with blood.
Everyone saw that there was no way, and Gonggong Hu and Aunt Su grabbed one of Cai Dao's arms, which could be regarded as pulling the two apart.
This matter finally went to the emperor.