Chapter Eighty-Nine: Pottery Burning

Ah Meng moved quickly, and it didn't take long for him to bring back several baskets of soil of different textures, and I don't know where they carried it back.

Qin Yue led other people to build an earthen kiln with mud bricks, a round arch more than one person high, located on the grass behind the tribe, and the surrounding weeds were burned to clear a large open space.

In view of the high temperature required to fire pottery, and the limited temperature at which firewood is usually burned, she thought about it and first burned a batch of charcoal in an earthen kiln.

Bundles of firewood are neatly stuffed into the earthen kiln, small holes are dug at the top of the kiln, and the holes below are blocked, and only a few small holes are dug so that oxygen can be injected, and the fire burns from above, blocking the small holes while burning.

It wasn't until three days after burning that the cooled charcoal was dug up, and many of it was broken and broken, but the black charcoal at the bottom was very intact.

Qin Yue packed them all out and put them in a rattan basket for later use.

The soil found that day had been filtered out of the magazine by Qin Yue over and over again, and now the soil was powdery and very delicate.

Because I didn't know which kind of clay could be fired into pottery, I pinched ten clay pots for each kind of clay, and after being exposed to the sun for two days, I put it into the clay kiln to fire.

"Witch doctor, can this really be burned into a clay pot?"

Ah Meng rubbed his hands excitedly, the clay pot can only be made by the people of the Tao tribe, and it has always been extremely precious, but he didn't expect the witch doctor to make a clay pot, he was excited and a little unbelievable at the same time.

Qin Yue looked at the burning earthen kiln, the light of the fire reflected on his face, and said with a smile: "I don't know, I'll know in a few days." ”

Ah Liang and Mina knew that Qin Yue was going to burn pottery, so they followed her inch by inch, and they were also waiting with burning eyes at the moment.

"Since the witch doctor made us do it, it will definitely work. ”

Mina was a blind admirer of Qin Yue, and after seeing her series of groundbreaking moves, she thought that there was nothing she couldn't do.

Ah Liang's chick nodded like a peck, "Mina is right. ”

She and Mina are now like a person, and her personality is much more cheerful, which makes Shu even more depressed, and although Ah Liang sometimes says a few words to him, she is inseparable from Mina, which makes him greedy.

Liang Jian walked over with a few people, grabbed Qin Yue's waist, and asked her, "Are you tired?"

She shook her head and chuckled: "Everything has been done by them, I just stood and said a few words, where will I be tired?"

Liang Jian smiled and didn't speak, her big hand stroked her abdomen that had not yet bulged, she was embarrassed to let a few people next to her watch, so she gently pushed him away, and coughed lightly: "I don't know if it can be done? I'm just talking on paper, I have never practiced, the book says that kaolin should be used for pottery burning, but I don't know what kaolin is like? I can only burn each kind of soil once to see if I can get lucky." ”

Liang Jian nodded silently and approvingly: "It's a good way." ”

After a pause, he said with a little embarrassment: "I will go to the grassland before tomorrow to hunt wild horses, you stay in the tribe and don't go out easily, wait for me to come back." ”

"Good. Qin Yue nodded, feeling a little reluctant in his heart, but he also knew the importance of horses, and only a dozen horses in the tribe were really not enough.

The next day, Liang Jianchen rode away with more than a dozen people in the twilight of the morning.

Leaving Yanu and Ah Yan and others to lead the team to protect the safety of the tribe, the new tribe members have now integrated with the tribe, and some unruly ones have also been cleaned up by Yanu.

The others practiced archery and fighting in an orderly manner, took turns out hunting and fishing, and the tribe was surrounded by mountains and rivers, and even if there were a hundred more people, there was no shortage of food.

For this kind of life that can fill their stomachs every day, the tribesmen are satisfied, but there are too few tribal women, including Qin Yue, there are less than ten people.

For a long time, this has affected the reproduction of the tribe, Qin Yue was a little worried, but he couldn't think of a good solution.

After the fire burned for a few days, Qin Yue picked a good sunny day to open the kiln.

Those who remained in the tribe gathered around and waited for it.

Qin Yue's eyes were looking forward to it at the same time, but also with a little apprehension, afraid of living up to everyone's expectations, after a long time, he said, "Open it." ”

The earthen kiln cooled down, and Ah Meng smoothly peeled off the soil, revealing the inside of the earthen kiln.

Sure enough, fragments of a place.

Qin Yue was a little disappointed, did she still not succeed?

"Witch doctor. Ah Meng shouted excitedly and walked out with two clay pots, "It's done, the clay pots are burned." ”

He held it up to everyone as if he were offering a treasure, and the crowd behind him burst into cheers.

A circle of people around Qin Yue smiled, "The witch doctor is so powerful, even a clay pot that only the Tao tribe can make can be made." ”

"Haha, there's nothing a witch doctor wouldn't do. Anu burst out laughing.

With the clay pot, you can exchange things with other tribes during the autumn exchange meeting, and you don't have to exchange with the Tao tribe in a low voice.

He still remembers that at the exchange meeting last year, because of the conflict with the Shangshui tribe, the Tao tribe bluntly said that they would not exchange with them again in the future, and now their tribe can burn it out by themselves, which is really good.

"You see, these two clay pots look even better than those of the Tao tribe. Ah Meng was pleasantly surprised to stroke the clay pot with his hand, there was no rough rubble, and the shape was very round, and it looked exquisite.

His tribe had also exchanged clay pots with the Tao tribe once, and the black paint was very rough, even uneven, but it was still hidden as a treasure by the leader at that time.

These two clay pots are much stronger now.

Qin Yue stretched out his hand to take a clay pot, looked at the text recorded at the bottom, and knew what kind of soil it was, so he pointed to the pile of gray-white clay and said with a smile: "This clay pot is burned out of this kind of soil, and when you encounter this kind of soil in the future, remember to bring it back." ”

This clay pot is grayish-black, with a smooth surface and a slight roughness, which is not comparable to modern ceramics, but the skill is far above the level of this continent.

She was a little excited, she didn't expect that the first time she tried, she could actually make it.

The tribesmen were also excited, and a loud laugh spread far away, and several children excitedly circled around.

If Ah Meng hadn't been worried that they would break the clay pot and refused to ask them to come closer, a few children would have come up a long time ago.

Ah Meng's ingenuity is not only reflected in hand-weaving and carpentry, but also in the round drum that can even pinch the clay pot, without a little crookedness.

A young man who followed him had the same good craftsmanship as him, so Qin Yue put them in charge of the firing of the pottery.

She drew a lot of drawings in the open space in front of the kiln, including plates, casseroles, soup spoons, pottery stoves, etc., and asked them to pinch out the drawings according to the artwork.

At the same time, Yanu took a thatched hut next to the kiln, in which the pottery could be placed on rainy days.

Ah Meng and others can also make pottery in the grass shed.