Chapter 7: Finding Clay and Making Pottery

The Black Feather tribe guards the 'treasure house', so naturally it will not be passed on to other tribes, but although it has not been able to learn from the teacher, the stone has also seen some ways.

As soon as the two communicated, Song Xuan also roughly clarified his thoughts, and without saying a word, he took Shi Yan and lifted the stone out to get busy.

The wound on the stone is not big, and it has healed in the past few days, but the injured bone still needs time to grow.

In order to alleviate his guilt, Song Xuan deliberately built a stretcher, made of pure wood, with four small feet, after lifting it out, the stone can sit up on his stomach or lean, although he can't move, but he can still do some manual work.

To make porcelain, Song Xuan knew that kaolin was needed, which was also a relatively famous soil, but as for what kind of soil was needed to burn pottery, Song Xuan was not very clear.

Now one can only pin hope on a hurried glimpse of the stone.

The easiest place to dig around the tribe is naturally by the river, where the soil is softer and the water is easy to get, so it is naturally easier to dig.

The two of them picked up the wooden shovel in the tribe, picked a soft place, and took action, the soil around the river was quite fertile, at least the surface twenty or thirty inside was fertile black soil.

Digging and digging, Song Xuan thought about farming again, and secretly corrected himself in his heart, he could only blame this damn gene.

Under the black soil layer is some laterite loess, not to mention the poor quality, and it is very difficult to dig, Song Xuan estimated that he couldn't make pottery, so he dug out a piece and threw it to a stone not far away, and the stone also shook his head:

"Divine Messenger, it doesn't seem to be the same as this......

Song Xuan changed several places in succession, but he couldn't find the clay in the stone's memory, and at the same time, he was also retrieving the only memory of the pottery.

Just like in many videos, it doesn't seem to be as laborious as I am to find soil, most of it is excavated everywhere, and it is good to add water and one and one later, of course, it is not perfect to burn it out like this.

But then again, several of the pottery in the tribe was also very crude, and obviously didn't use anything good.

As for the stone, it can only be roughly heard, and it seems to be like that, but after all, I haven't gone through the whole process by myself, so it's not completely reliable.

Just as Song Xuan was thinking, he went down with a shovel, but found that the strength of the feedback was very different from before, the soil in the upper layer was very hard even if he splashed some water, but he felt a little soft now, like shoveling into the mud.

Feeling that there was a play, Song Xuan motioned to Shi Yan to continue digging, this hole was originally dug a little deep due to Song Xuan's distraction, and Shi Yan did not remind Song Xuan, he had been digging hard.

After cleaning off the loess above, use your hand to buckle out a piece of soil below, the color is slightly yellow and white, but the feel is much more delicate, there is no too large particles, and it feels slimy.

Picking up the clod of soil and running to the stone, he suppressed his excitement and asked:

"Do you see if it's this?"

The stone took the clay and looked at it carefully, and scratched his head in embarrassment after reading it:

"The Divine Messenger is like ......"

"Like?"

"Probably ......"

"Probably?"

"That's it...... Bar"

Listening to the stone's unconfident words, Song Xuan also felt speechless, but looking left and right, the clay in his hand was still very suitable, so he clapped and said:

"Alright, that's it!"

However, even if he recognized this piece of clay, he still had to experiment before he could make a conclusion, using the clod of soil in his hand and adding some river water, Song Xuan barely rubbed out the shape of a bowl.

Throw it under the tree and wait to dry it to burn, although Song Xuan already has a general direction for digging the kiln, but now it is okay to not have it in the experimental stage, and it is just right to use the fire when cooking at night, which can be regarded as saving resources.

It is not difficult to dig the clay kiln, combined with the information of the stone and the only memory he has of the museum, Song Xuan chose a horizontal cave kiln with a simple structure, which can be built by relying on a small hill, which greatly reduces the workload.

First dig a hole of about one meter at the top of the small earthen bag, and then dig a combustion chamber under the side of the hole, which is roughly similar to the previous firewood stove in the countryside, but the position of the combustion chamber is lower.

Fortunately, the bone shovel in the tribe is strong enough, otherwise it would be dug with a stick, and it is estimated that you can dig your hands off.

Finally, digging a flue through the bottom of the kiln, the main body is basically completed.

In order to better burn the pottery, Song Xuan still decided to strengthen it slightly, dug up some relatively fine clay, picked out the large particles inside, and put a layer on the kiln wall in a relatively thin state.

The newly dug kiln naturally could not be put into use immediately, so Song Xuan was going to burn it empty for a few days before it was completely solid.

………………

"Oracle! Oracle! …… Did it work? ”

As soon as Song Xuan finished washing, the stone hurriedly asked about the progress, in order to ensure the temperature, after cooking last night, Song Xuan continued to add some firewood, until the middle of the night, there was still a little spark flickering.

"Don't worry, don't worry, let's go and see ......"

said that he was not in a hurry, and Song Xuan was also a little uncertain in his heart.

Carefully brushing aside the ashes above, several bowl-shaped things appeared in my eyes, and I reached out to feel it up close, and the temperature had completely dropped at this time.

Gently picked up the two bowls, blew off the floating ash on them, and looked at them carefully, there was not much difference between the pottery bowl and before burning, but the color was slightly lighter.

However, it may be that the temperature is not suitable for throwing it directly into the fire, and the two bowls have different degrees of cracks, and the rest of them are more or less problematic except for one that is more or less perfect.

But fortunately, this is not the most important thing, Song Xuan visually measured that a few bowls are not bad, and the feel is similar to his own open bowl, and it is even more delicate to the touch.

I broke it with a little force, but it didn't break, and even the cracked places were unharmed.

"Ding~!"

The two bowls collide and the crisp sound proves that the quality is quite good.

It was only at this time that Song Xuan's anxious heart relaxed, carrying a few bowls, and returned to the cave in a hurry, taking out one and showing it in front of everyone:

"Look at what this bowl looks like......

The pottery bowl was originally a high-end product in Teng Snake, even in the past, not everyone could use it, and when they saw Song Xuan suddenly take out a perfect bowl, they were all a little curious.

"Let me see, let me see ......"

"This is what the Divine Envoy made yesterday? ……”

Several pottery bowls caused a commotion in the cave.

The stone lying on the stretcher was already excited, and he couldn't move, and he could only watch everyone make a fuss.