The next day, at noon, more than 500 people came to the base camp, most of them were Gao Huaiyu's sailors.

There were also a few representatives of shipbuilders and a dozen or so shipwrights, who were also busy and came to watch Zhongqinbo do his handiwork.

A good porcelain master is still willing to fire black pottery with no technical content.

Zhong Qinbo only needs to move his mouth, and Zhao Leiting can arrange these people clearly.

"Mr. Gao, uncle, some of our ships need to be repaired, and the damage is too serious, so we have to give up.

We're going to ask the craftsmen to help build a few more new ships, but do you think it's suitable?

Of course, these shipbuilding costs will definitely be handed over to the shipyard when you go back, you can rest assured, we businessmen are the most trustworthy. ”

As soon as the representatives of the shipbuilders came up, they reported to the two giants, after all, the shipwrights belonged to the imperial court.

Gao Huaiyu didn't care, waved his hand and said, "Look at the arrangement, catch more fish, hunt some prey, and make some dried meat or something." When we get acquainted with these natives, we will call you again, anyway, the goods are on the ship, and we will definitely not trade privately. ”

"Mr. Gao, you can break us by saying this, we all know this rule, do business, we will definitely advance and retreat together!"

The shippers didn't think that these mud-burned jars would have more purchasing power than the goods they carried.

Seeing that these people were indeed busy digging in the mud, they didn't stay long before returning to the base camp.

Heiwa left a dozen boatwrights to help them do some manual work, using rattan from the mountains and forests to help weave some sieves.

The sieve hole is only the thickness of the little finger, although I don't know what it is for, this simple work is not difficult for the craftsmen.

In just two days, five hundred sieves were made for him, and the craftsmen were sent back to the camp.

First of all, you have to build a kiln for the black pottery, and the method of firing the black pottery is also different, using a unique, "sealed pot fumigated carburizing" method of firing.

The kilns used were made of stones, and the bed was covered with ash and then combustible hay.

The clay billets are then arranged in an orderly manner, with cow dung piled between and around the clay billets, and a thick, completely dry turf is placed on the outermost layer.

These turf can play the role of kiln shell to a certain extent in the process of firing, and are materials that can be burned and insulated, which helps to smoke carburizing.

The temperature and humidity are also strictly controlled during the firing process, and the clay is infiltrated with carbon particles during the smoking process to form the final product.

According to the information that Heiwa read, the kiln temperature is best between 800 degrees and 900 degrees.

Everything is ready, and the next step is to dig up a lot of clay.

Zhongqinbo divided the diggers into three waves, one wave dug up the top layer of sediment, and all the excavated sediment was piled up in one place.

A hundred people were also arranged, with sieves, loaded with dug river sand, and sifted through the sediment, so that stones larger than their fingers could be removed.

The sand that has been sifted out will not be wasted, and the soldiers asked the soldiers to spread the sifted sand around the river beach.

When the sediment dries somewhat, Heiwa plans to plant sweet potatoes from the Inca Empire here.

No one knows the value of this land better than him, how could he just punch a card and leave?

Since the stay will not be short, although there is no shortage of big fish and meat in the camp, their staple food is counted.

Even if a meal is ninety percent meat, more than 30,000 people, and the staple food consumes a lot a day, he must see a variety of grains come out.

Sweet potatoes grown in sandy soil are so suitable!

The last wave is the digging of the clay, which is usually buried deep in the mud and sand, and is easy to identify in color. Unlike the kaolin used to make blue and white porcelain, this very sticky clay is the best raw material for black pottery.

The excavated clay is sent to a wide area, where it is repeatedly beaten with a mallet, or kneaded, pinched, patted, and pressed by hand to make the clay "mature".

The second step is billet making. There was no model available, so it had to be made by manual kneading, and various round embryos were pinched out.

Zhong Qinbo, the chief director of pottery, is responsible for the final step of adjustment, trying to make the body as uniform as possible, making it more solid, round and smooth.

Most of the embryos pinched out are clay bowls, bowls, plates, soup pots, soup spoons, rice spoons, etc.

However, these embryos cannot be immediately put into the kiln, and the moisture of the clay must be dried in a ventilated and cool place. In terms of the environment in which they are out, it will take at least five days or so.

Knowing what they were going to do, Aman Lin was so active that everyone could see him at any time, showing his big white teeth.

The people also pinched a big earthen bowl for their son, indicating that this burned out and belonged to him.

Whether it is to plant sweet potatoes or burn black pottery, Gao Huaiyu fully supports it, and it is better to let the soldiers have something to do than to let the horses go.

Everything went in an orderly manner, three days later, Heiwa was playing chess with Gao Huaiyu in the tent, and Han Bao ran in panting, his face was red, and he said excitedly:

"General, uncle, we've found a treasure!"

Not only did he speak, but he also released his big fist in front of them, and saw two gold nuggets the size of an egg and different shapes in the palm of Han Bao's palm.

The nuggets are pitted and have some black material, but they appear to have a high gold content.

Gao Huaiyu looked at the two pieces of gold in disbelief, and actually picked up one and bit it with his teeth.

After seeing the tooth marks he left, he went crazy with joy and pinched his thigh fiercely.

"Uncle, this, this is not a dream, is it? Gold, gold! There was a trilling in his voice, and he obviously didn't believe what he was seeing.

Heiwa hurriedly expressed her surprise: "Oh, I really didn't expect it, I just wanted to make a few earthen bowls, but I can still find gold, general, let's get rich!" ”

"Aren't you rich? Damn, it's real gold, for nothing! "Although Gao Huaiyu is not a person who values money, he knows that the treasury of Great Xia is not abundant! How many big things can a shipload of gold do to bring back the Great Xia Dynasty?

"General, don't shout, we can only make a fortune in silence about this matter, there, the shippers are not stupid!" Heiwa heard Gao Huaiyu's voice raise a lot, and hurriedly pulled his sleeve and persuaded him to keep a low profile.

"Yes, yes, yes, but we can't leak this news, and we can't coax those boat dealers to rob it. Let's look around quietly, carefully, such a big piece of river sand, I'm going to knock and knock! ”

Every hair on Gao Huaiyu's body was beating with joy. This is more exciting than the exchange of thousands of catties of gold in the Inca Empire, and there is no capital for a big deal!

After the two were ecstatic, they finally stabilized their minds.

When they arrived at the sand, the soldiers were so excited that they used all the sieves, and some of them ran to cut down the vines and wanted to continue weaving the sieves.

Gao Huaiyu lectured the soldiers: "Everyone whispered to me, did you hear?" Don't be greedy for the gold in the sand, for this is where it goes, and maybe, there is gold everywhere here, and I can benefit from you? Be smart! ”

"General, don't worry, we all know the rules, and we won't hold you back!"

"That's it, that's it, you let Han Bao supervise us, let's supervise each other, and we will definitely not be ambiguous."

Starting from the first piece of gold, it was like opening the door of luck, and only one-tenth of the river sand was mined, and the gold nuggets mined were dozens of catties.

Except for a dozen or so people who continued to dig up the silt, the other soldiers all ran to fight the river sand, which was dug up and piled up into a small mountain.

Digging during the day, reluctant to sleep at night, digging mud and sand with torches.

But how can this little bit of gold satisfy Zhongqinbo? He discussed with Gao Huaiyu: "General, let's walk upstream along this river and find out where this gold comes from!" ”

"Uncle, I found that your mouth is like a light, we will go wherever you say!"

Gao Huaiyu can't wait to give up the black baby, this loyal and diligent man is afraid that he is not a golden hand.

He never imagined that this backward place without clothes could pick up gold casually.

What kind of goods are you exchanging for, this is for nothing, these natives know what the magic of gold is! If only we could find a bigger gold mine, hey, I can't think of it!

He asked Han Bao to quietly return to the barracks, and transferred two thousand soldiers in the dark, half of whom followed them to find gold, and half stayed on the river beach to help pan for gold and ensure safety.

30,000 soldiers, without these people, it is impossible for the shipbuilders to find out that they are still obsessed with shipbuilding.

The gold panning did not delay Zhongqinbo to fire the pottery, and the embryo body finally dried the water vapor and met the conditions for firing.

Hundreds of embryos were lightly put into the kiln, and in order to find dry cow dung, they inflicted a lot of harm on the bison in the valley.

Firing took only one day and one night, and then the kiln door was closed to allow carbon to penetrate the embryo body until it cooled. It takes twenty hours to cool down, and I have to wait for Amanlin, a child, to scratch his ears and cheeks.

He didn't let go until he saw the pottery taken out of the cooled kiln, holding a large earthen bowl that he had made himself.

It's a pot again! It's the big black cauldron again! This pot was made by him, and he saw it boiled with his own eyes, and he made it out of the silt at the bottom of the river, so could he also learn this craft? Amanlin wanted to bring the bowl back to the tribe at once.

The little eyes were full of eagerness, and they also painted to show that they were willing to exchange their prey.

But they can't do without him as a little translator at the moment, Heiwa has to promise that when he finishes the translation work, he will take as much of these pottery as he wants, and give him as much as he wants.

The children were so happy that they were jumping and making noise, and they wished they were going to go now.

He understands it: these people are rare, those jazzaks that come out of the river, and he doesn't know what those jazzaks are for?

It's really no wonder that Amanlin has this doubt, who in these jaund tribes hasn't seen it? It's not as hard as a stone, and it looks like it's stumbling, and many of them have holes in it, which is of no use to them at all.