Chapter 40: The Scarface Man
After another long journey, I finally returned to the tribe. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Qingguo came from afar to greet Tang Ge, because Tang Ge promised to bring him something delicious. handed a bag of dried fruits to Qingguo, but this guy didn't reach out to take it, and looked directly at the little tiger behind Tang Ge's buttocks, his eyes were about to pop out.
Tang Ge patted Qingguo's shoulder proudly, and said arrogantly: "Guo, this is my pet, and his name is Adam." You have to be careful in the future, if you annoy me, be careful to let it eat you. ”
Qingguo swallowed his saliva with a "grunt", held Tang Ge's arm tightly, and said flatteringly: "Brother Shi, you can lend it to me for two days." ”
Tang Ge smiled gently, and when Qingguo thought that there was a play, he suddenly straightened his face and said sharply: "Don't even think about it!" “
Qingguo shook Tang Ge's arm away.
Da Yang also came to pick up his father, and the little ruffian was still holding his owl in his arms, and when he saw Tang Ge's tiger cub, this guy was greatly surprised. Tang Ge proudly hugged Adam in his arms and raised his eyebrows at Dayang, which clearly meant that your owl was weak.
Dayang turned his head with a "hum", Tang Ge laughed, every time he teased this little kid, it made him feel comfortable, and he felt that he was almost addicted.
Since they have returned to the tribe, they will go back to their respective homes to find their own mothers. Tang Ge took Adam back home and was surprised to find that the turtle "tank" was still there. The wounds of the tank have healed. Tang Ge didn't restrain the big turtle, and left a door for it when he went out, thinking that he hadn't eaten for a few days, this guy might have crawled away a long time ago, who knew that this turtle was actually quite homesick, and he didn't know how it lived these days.
He took out a melon and put it in front of the tank, and the guy opened his mouth to gnaw on it, looking really hungry. Adam was very jealous of the big tortoise, and kept circling the tank, and his mouth was whining, but the tank did not bird it at all. Tang Ge comforted Adam and patiently warned him that the tank was also a family, and he was not allowed to bully him. Whether Adam understands it or not, it seems that the two little guys will not fight anyway. As long as they can live together peacefully, that's enough.
Aoyama brought the iron ore with someone. This trip to Tang Ge was very fruitful, not only bought iron ore, grain seeds, but also bought ginger and garlic, as well as pepper, star anise, fennel these three spices. There was also sparse linen, which was intended to be used for sieves. All the crops and spices, Tang Ge was intended to be used as seeds. Of course, in addition to food seeds, other materials are exchanged for the tribe's public funds, after all, Tang Ge is under the banner of the development of the tribe, and Qingshan also tries his best to meet Tang Ge's reasonable requirements under the explanation of the fat witch.
Ore was piled up and all the seeds were harvested, and now there is neither equipment for iron-making nor the season for planting. Whether it's iron smelting or planting, there are many things that need to be done, and they can only be done little by little.
After all this, Tang Ge lay on the bed tiredly, not wanting to move. The hard work of the past few days has made him tired enough.
The dragon kiln is finally ready to use, and the effect is very good, and the quality of the pottery fired is also great. The stonemasons of the tribe have finally made a turntable, and with the turntable they can make standardized utensils, and it seems that the day when the tribe will produce exquisite pottery is not far away.
Early the next morning, Tang Ge began to be busy, he had too many things to do. First of all, ironmaking requires furnaces, bellows, charcoal, and crushing, all of which are meticulous efforts. Especially in the case of charcoal burning, charcoal kiln, wood selection, and wood cutting into the right length, this is a big project.
After explaining the matter of crushing ore and intercepting wood, Tang Ge began to supervise the construction of the charcoal kiln, and the charcoal kiln was also simple to build, and it was built in two days with the help of Qingshan. The charcoal kiln was lit on fire, Tang Ge began to think of a way to make bellows again, and two days passed after he was busy.
Busy with the preparation of ironmaking, Tang Ge finally remembered why he felt that malachite was important.
Malachite is a companion of copper mines, and malachite means that there is copper here, and there is even natural copper directly exposed in places where malachite is produced. I didn't know where I saw these materials in my previous life, but I didn't pay attention to them. It wasn't until now that I was preparing to make iron, and the memories of various ores from my previous life slowly surfaced.
After working so the back of the head for several days, the big stone was about to go out hunting again, Tang Ge told him to bring a magnet and try all kinds of stones outside, especially to pay attention to yellow-brown or other reflective stones, to see if he could find some more iron ore. By the way, go to the place where malachite is produced and find some natural copper or copper ore to come back.
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When Dashi was about to go out, he actually led the scar-faced man into the house. This guy still has gurgling eyes and thief eyebrows.
"How did you get him back?" Tang Ge asked Da Shi puzzled.
"He's been assigned to our house to supervise. When I'm not around, the mutes will help take care of it. Big Stone explained.
Tang Ge didn't like this scarface, but he didn't say much, since this guy was assigned to his own house, it was nothing more than a matter of more pairs of chopsticks. Usually just ignore him as much as possible.
The big stone is gone, leaving Tang Ge and the scar-faced man alone. As soon as the big stone walked on his front feet, the scar-faced man immediately showed a relieved expression and lazily found a place to lie down. Tang Ge doesn't plan to pay attention to him for the time being, this kind of treacherous person, Tang Ge has the means to deal with it.
When it was time for breakfast, the dumb man also brought food over to eat together.
Slice the meat, boil it in the pot, take out the meat after flying the blood foam, put two pieces of fatty meat, fry the oil to put a few peppercorns, then put in the green onions, ginger and salt, and then add water to choke out the fragrance, and put the meat in the pot. When the meat is almost cooked, add all kinds of greens, and a pot of fragrant broth is ready. The broth with all the color and flavor made the dumb and scar-faced man's index fingers move, and he had already looked at this side with his eyes blank.
Although ginger and garlic are all things used to make seeds, Tang Ge doesn't mind trying the quality of the goods first. After all, these things are not expensive, and Tang Ge feels that he can still consume them. In addition, there is good news that there is peppercorns, and the big stone says that there are pepper trees on the mountain, and they have also been picked to make medicinal herbs for fat witches before. At Tang Ge's request, this time when he went out, the big stone would transplant one or two trees back to Tang Ge.
The broth is fragrant and delicious, and the smell will make the mouth water. A huge sea bowl, one person holds a large bowl. The scar-faced man was unceremonious, and ate it as soon as he picked it up, but he still looked like a hanger. The mute man was very unhappy with the attitude of the scar-faced man, and "Abba Aba" gestured at him, but the scar-faced man ignored him at all, and after eating, he half-lay and half-sat under a big locust tree outside the door, and asked for forgiveness everywhere.
After eating, Tang Ge and the dumb man began to make pottery. Tang Ge needed a lot of crucibles, the melting point of iron ore was high, and the temperature of the dragon kiln could not reach it. But other ores can be completely crushed and put in crucibles and refined in the dragon kiln.
The scar-faced man looked at Tang Ge and the dumb man making pottery, and pursed his lips disdainfully, looking disdainful. Tang Ge was immediately upset and ordered him to help too. Who knew that this guy's craftsmanship was really good, a piece of mud came into his hand, and he made a beautiful clay pot in three beats and two turns. The vessel type is mixed and generous, no worse than the high-quality pottery that Tang Ge can see in the market. You know, without using a turntable, just being able to round pottery is already remarkable.
After the scar-faced man made a clay pot, he picked up a piece of clay and sat down under the big locust tree.
The mute man took the clay pot made by the scar-faced man and looked at it again and again, his mouth kept making inexplicable exclamations, Tang Ge looked at the crooked crucible on the turntable, sighed, threw away the tools in his hand, and was in no mood to do it anymore.
The mute man is still happy to make pottery, this guy uses the pottery made by the scar-faced man as a model, and does his best to imitate it.
The scar-faced man looked at the mute and serious appearance, and kept sneering disdainfully. Tang Ge didn't know what was going on with this guy, didn't anyone explain to him the rules for treating slaves in the tribe? As a slave, you dare to be so arrogant and lazy, and you really have a long life? The tribe has never been lax about this kind of people, and once it is discovered, it will definitely be sold again, or even slaughtered directly. Dumb They have never had a good impression of this kind of person, and even Tang Ge has found that the dumb man looks at Scarface with the same gaze as a beast.
Tang Ge was not at ease, he felt that it was still necessary to ask. So he went to the chief's house.
It is said that since Tang Ge took the arrow with three feathers tied to the end of the arrow to the tribal hunting team to demonstrate the power, no one in the tribe dared to underestimate him, including those who used to say that his success in making pottery was only due to good luck.
Qingshan squatted in front of the stone mortar at the door of his house, pounding medicine one by one. Seeing Tang Ge coming over, he smiled happily, and shouted at Tang Ge: "Shi Wazi, are you looking for Dayang?" He wasn't at home. ”
Tang Ge asked Qingshan directly, "What's the matter with that scar-faced man?" How can such a person be left in the tribe? ”
Qing Shan looked surprised, raised his head and asked Tang Ge, "What's wrong?" The scar-faced person is very good, but he doesn't like to talk, and his performance in other aspects is very good. ”
Tang Ge understood, it turned out that this guy was a treacherous person. behaved well on Qingshan's side, and when he arrived at his house, he saw that he was a little kid at home and a dumb man who seemed to be skinny, thinking that they were easy to bully and pretending to be an uncle.
Aoyama asked, "What's wrong?" Is there anything wrong with a scarred face? ”
Tang Ge said: "I don't know if you're good or not, but he's like an uncle in my place, and the shelf is big." ”
Qingshan was surprised, he really didn't know that the scarface man was this kind of person, otherwise he would never have let him stay in the tribe. So he said viciously: "When I'm done, I'll go over and take a look, if that's the case, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill him!" ”
Tang Ge nodded, and went home first. When I got home, I found that the dumb man was not there, and I guessed that I took the finished pottery home and dried it.