Episode 705: [Pankang]

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Kang is the crystallization of the wisdom condensed by the long-term struggle of northerners against cold weather.

At this time in the Tang Dynasty, no one had invented such a thing as kang.

When Li Chengqian entered winter in autumn, he didn't think of this thing.

He blamed himself a little, he only remembered to send a quilt to Gui'e, but he didn't think of this warmer thing.

Although he has been busy with Hou Junji's affairs recently, his mind has been on this.

If he hadn't mentioned chickens and maggots just now, he really hadn't thought of it.

"I'll make you something. It's called Kang! Li Chengqian said to Gui'e.

As soon as she talked about eggs just now, Li Chengqian said that she wanted to make things, so she easily thought of this egg-related thing. "Can you get chickens to lay eggs in the winter?"

Li Chengqian had done a lot of things before, which shocked him. I already have a great image of Li Chengqian in my heart, and no matter what kind of thing it is, it can be realized in front of Li Chengqian.

"Yes." Li Chengqian replied.

Hearing the expected answer, Gui'e became happy.

"What is Kang?" Gui'e asked curiously.

"A kind of bed with a fire underneath to warm the bed and the room. People can sleep on it, or they can get one in the chicken shed, so that the chicken shed is warm, and the chickens can live comfortably, and the eggs will naturally be more raw than when they are cold. Li Chengqian explained to her.

It's just that it's too cold so I don't lay eggs, and if I make a fire, I can lay eggs!

With such a simple truth, Gui E suddenly figured it out.

Li Chengqian rolled up his sleeves. said: "Uncle Zhou, let Uncle Zhou prepare." ”

Gui'e called Fang Niang. Let her call Uncle Zhou.

Li Chengqian asked Gui'e: "You live in this room, are there any other empty rooms?" ”

"Yes. The West Wing has been empty. Gui'e looked at him curiously: "What are you asking for?" ”

"Didn't you just say that the kang is used as a bed for people to sleep on, and it is very warm in winter!" Li Chengqian said, "Of course I'm going to make a kang for you, and then go over there to sleep." ”

Hearing this, Gui'e's eyes were watery and bright, like two stars shining!

After she was moved for a while, she calmed down. Only then did he take Li Chengqian over to see the West Wing.

Li Chengqian chose a bed and asked people to remove all the things there, and then Uncle Zhou came, Li Chengqian told Uncle Zhou the materials he needed and asked him to prepare.

He thought about it for a while, and asked Fang Niang to call a subordinate, go to Huangzhuang to find Foreman Lu, and pull two experienced masons over.

He knows how to pan kang, but there must be two of them!

And it's enough for him to make one. The kang of the chicken shed and maggot room, just let these two masters get it.

Fang Niang went out, and Li Chengqian brought paper and pen and walked around the empty room. While calculating the size of the kang.

Li Chengqian was a southerner in his previous life, and it seems that he has nothing to do with Kang. But in his previous life, he married a wife from the north, so he was lucky to meet Kang. And once when I went back to my wife's house. was pulled by his brother-in-law to make a kang together, so he knew what to do with the pankang.

Kang is a kind of kang that is about one meter seven to two meters three or so wide. It is a masonry building that can be lengthened according to the length of the room. The kang is called a pankang in the north, and the wall between the kang is built with bricks. There is a flue in the wall between the kang, which is covered with a relatively flat stone slab (or Dacheng brick), and the stone slab is covered with mud (generally a special yellow mud mixed with crushed wheat straw and lime for loess) to smooth it, and the kang mat is spread on the mud after drying, and a layer of thick wool felt is also spread on top of some areas, and a special oil cloth is spread on the felt, and then it can be used.

The kang has a stove and a smoke mouth, the stove is used to burn firewood, and the smoke and heat produced by burning wood pass through the wall between the kang to heat the stone slab above to generate heat, so that the kang produces heat. Finally, the smoke is discharged from the ondol smoke port through the chimney. In northern China, the stove of the kang is generally connected to the stove, so that the cooking wood can be used to heat the kang, so that there is no need to burn the kang separately.

The position of the fire kang near the stove mouth is called "kang head" (Shanxi native language "fire fire head"); The location adjacent to the cigarette mouth is called "Kang slightly". Generally, the "kang head" is reserved for the most senior owner or distinguished guest in the family, while men or young people sleep in the "kang".

This west wing room is Gui'e's bedroom, and of course it can't be connected to the stove.

Li Chengqian is going to make a boil of water on the kang, so that there will always be warm water available in this room.

At this time, Uncle Zhou had already prepared the materials and came in to report to Li Chengqian.

Fang Niang went to Huangzhuang in person and brought the masons over.

I saw the foreman Lu hanging with white gauze and rhubarb with tools.

These two are the masons that Fang Niang said.

Before Li Chengqian could speak, Gui E pulled Fang Niang first and asked, "This master is injured, why did you call him?" ”

Fang Niang's face was also a little embarrassed, she went to Huangzhuang by herself, she was to ask for someone, and someone sent such a disabled person, can she push it?

They didn't know that these two were the main figures of the engineering team of Huangzhuang, and they were the elite of the elite.

On the contrary, in Fang Niang's eyes, this is a mason who cannot be pushed off.

Foreman Lu naturally saw Gui'e whispering, and could guess what he was saying, so he smiled and said: "Mrs. Gui, don't worry, although my old Lu is hanging with one hand, the strength of my other hand can be used as two hands!" ”

When Gui'e heard this, she was immediately a little embarrassed.

People came to help, but they secretly talked about him, which made her a little ashamed.

"This master, I'm embarrassed, I know you can do it, but your hand is hanging, just let me arrange two subordinates to do it for you, and you can command it next to you!" Gui'e said apologetically.

Rhubarb smiled and said, "Mrs. Gui, no, just work together!" Able to complete any of the master's requirements! ”

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "I'll take care of it." Without further ado, get to work! ”

Hearing Li Chengqian say this, Gui'e didn't say much.

Li Chengqian began to pull the thread in the room, set the size of the kang, and then asked Rhubarb to go out to carry the materials and start to work.

In the afternoon, the kang was finally plated.

The leftovers in the room were cleaned up, and Foreman Lu and Rhubarb took the initiative to leave.

Li Chengqian touched the sturdy kang, and couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart.

It's my own!

Gui'e sent off Foreman Lu and Rhubarb at this time, walked back, and saw that Li Chengqian had climbed onto the kang, happy like a child, and couldn't help but smile.

"This kang will be dried until tomorrow morning, you can put firewood in it to burn the kang, burn it for a day or two, and the moisture is gone, and you can sleep!" Li Chengqian commanded.

Gui'e nodded, then looked at the kang that took up half of the space in the room, and said, "This kang is really big!" ”

"Well, two people can roll in their sleep!" Li Chengqian said casually.

Two people? Gui'e's eyes widened.

She is a widow, and she is the only one in the house, where are the two people?

Her face turned red, isn't this Li Chengqian hinting at something?

Her face was red again, this time the red was different from the last time, this was angry and raised her face.

She stepped forward and reached out and twisted it.

"Huh? - Li Chengqian's ears hurt and shouted: "My ears hurt, what do you do with me, let it go!" ”

"Let you hold it back!" Gui'e was angry, how could she let go.

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When Li Chengqian left Wangjiazhuang, he had to pull down his hat a little and cover his ears.

Although he spent most of his time at Gui'e's place today, it gave Li Chengqian a kind of relaxation.

Recently, he has been dealing with Hou Junji's affairs, and those investigations have to be carried out in secret, Li Chengqian has been staying in that atmosphere, and his heart can't help but become depressed and gloomy.

Today, he spent most of his time panning the kang, and the pankang was done by him in his previous life, which made him miss his previous life, and his mood suddenly pulled out of the gloom.

Now that he has left Wangjiazhuang, he feels the coolest in his heart in more than a month.

But even if he liked the relaxed mood, what he should have done still needed to be done.

Cheng Laowu has also become a frequent visitor in the spy hospital.

He added Li Chengqian, Li Xiaogong, Li Jingsan and Li Ban, and every time he came over to discuss things, he would also come over.

So the Sanli class became the Sanli Yicheng.

The first thing Cheng Lao did after coming to Chang'an was to sweep the outskirts of Chang'an, drive away all the people who might exist in the dark party there, and then facilitate Li Chengqian's next work.

Since Li Chengqian was stabbed while releasing pigeons, and in another operation, he caught a lot of dark party members in Zhuangzi, so no one knows how many dark party people there are in this suburban village.

Now if you want to get rid of the dark party faction, of course, you must deal with the potential danger in the outer suburbs first, and you can't besiege Chang'an when Hou Junji is arrested.

But to do it, but there is a lot of consideration, one is not to startle the snake, if it is cleaned up in a targeted manner, then Hou Junji will know before he acts, it will be bad. Another is that in addition to the dark party on the list in Li Chengqian's hand, who knows if there are any others, if only the dark party on the list is arrested, everyone else is prepared, then it will be even more troublesome.

It's still easy to use Cheng Lao's method, and he directly and savagely sweeps up, and all problems are solved.

It is normal for the new official to take office with three fires, and it is normal to burn them. And a character like Cheng Laohuo, no matter how much the fire burns, it can be understood by everyone.

So this came out with half a battalion of soldiers all over the city, and while everyone blamed Cheng Laoxiang, they didn't think that Cheng Laoxiang was abnormal in doing this.

Even Hou Junji has been in the morning court in the past few days, and he has defended it in front of the civil officials, saying that it is not good for others to do this, but Cheng Guogong is a master of leading troops, and there must be a reason for doing so!

So Cheng Lao's sweeping plan went smoothly.

…… (To be continued.) )

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