389, [Weaving and ironing busy]
The cocoons harvested by Fangchang are not of good quality because there are holes on them, but they can still produce silk.
Because he is good enough to use it as long as he is useful, he does not pursue perfect "a cocoon and a silk", so he lets the silkworms spit out the silk wings, and after free mating, he will give birth to the offspring and die.
Boil the water in a large pot, soak the peeled silkworm cocoon in boiling water, carefully find the thread tip, and then combine seven or eight threads into a raw thread, wrap it on the small bamboo basket of the silk reel truck, gently drive the handle on it, and wrap the raw thread on it.
Since the quality of his silk is not very good, it is necessary to always pay attention to keeping the number of silk threads stretched within this range.
This is water grinding skill, but he has done it before and is very skillful.
Fang Chang has tried to weave silk into silk on his loom. He prepared a silk handkerchief to weave a silk handkerchief with him, and the remaining part was made into yarn and left, so that the raw materials for the motor can be used.
The process of dealing with these cocoons was very long and repetitive, but Fangchang didn't feel bored. He just kept reeling and spinning the thread, and then kept operating the shuttle to weave.
In his spare time, he kept experimenting with all kinds of delicacies with his newly obtained iron pot.
Fortunately, Yunzhongshan, which has abundant resources, has sufficient cellars, and a lush vegetable garden next to it, provide him with a large amount of easy-to-get food. The two old hens in the chicken coop work hard and make great contributions, so they can always get some corn to eat.
He also made a small mill with a stone, soaked a bowl of soybeans that had accumulated a lot, then ground the soy milk, and cooked it for breakfast.
But I've been a little busy lately, otherwise I could soak more beans, grind two buckets of soy milk, and then use brine to make tofu, which would have more variety.
Whether it is to add wild onions to cold or stew with meat and vegetables, it has a unique flavor and can be made into tofu skin, dried tofu, and tofu rolls. It will last for a long time and taste good.
If it is made more tender, it can also be made into tofu brain or tofu, and it is a great food with various ingredients. Xianqi Cliff is complete with ingredients, and you can try it no matter what tastes from all over the world.
Of course, the brine used to order tofu is not the alkali-containing brine he dug out in the mountains, so he can only configure it by himself. In the salt mines in the mountains, many cold water stones, that is, gypsum, can be used here.
Put down the shuttle in his hand and walked out of the Wuming Hall.
It was sunny outside, but there were white clouds scattered in the sky, which made the blue sky look very beautiful.
All the surrounding mountains have returned to green. It just rained a few days ago. The water vapor in the mountains is sufficient, and there is a thin mist floating in the mountains.
The amount of water gushing out of the Lingjian Spring increased, and the trickle in the mountain became active. Therefore, more water flows were injected into Huanhua Creek in the Wuming Palace, jumping happily, lifting the water surface of the Jade Pond, and making the waterfall wider and more powerful.
The clearings of Xianqi Cliff, which are not facing the edge of the forest and the back mountain, are surrounded by a half-person-high stone wall, and seeds of plants and trees are sprinkled inside and outside. They have begun to bud. Of course, this side facing the edge of the cliff remains open so that you can see the far distance from the Unknown Hall.
He used several kilns next to the shed that were burning lime bricks and pottery again. He chose to change them into a specious round kiln, preparing to burn some porcelain. Due to coke, it is easy to get high temperatures now, so he should be careful not to collapse the kiln.
There is good porcelain clay in Yunzhong Mountain. I took sieve made of yarn mesh and dried it with mud to make it into a blank, including bowls, plates, pots, cups, bottles, etc. Then I tried four or five recipes with some materials I found in the mountains, and put them neatly into the kiln after glaze.
The next step is to keep burning and make the temperature inside high.
Since there is no need for blowing, Fangchang just keeps the fuel in the kiln, so he puts his energy on the silk weaving and goes to the kiln to add some coke every now and then.
But now, the fire inside has gone out, but the temperature in the kiln is still significantly higher than that outside.
Fangchang opened the kiln and drilled into it to check.
The yield rate is pretty good. At a rough look, 90% of the utensils remained intact. It was considered that after he made many pottery, he succeeded in changing the process for the first time, which was also a kind of accumulation of strength.
He carefully took out the burned porcelain one by one and placed it outside.
Under the sunlight, these glazes are mottled. Vessels with different colors have unique beauty due to formula problems. They reflect different colors and are smooth and crystal clear, proving that this time, at least in terms of structure, was successful.
Fangchang had never verified the effect of the glaze formula, so he applied solid colors. He silently recorded the effects of various glazes, thinking that in the future, he could write or paint on the vessels, so that the porcelain fired would have a stronger artistic atmosphere.
After scrubbing these burned utensils, put them in the kitchen and bedroom according to the function, Fangchang clean the kiln and seal them like several kilns next to them. Now there is a lot of lime, charcoal, coke, and bricks on the cliff, so there is no need to open the kiln again in a short period of time.
He jumped onto the top of the Wuming Hall, looked at the cliff at the commanding heights, and decided to go to the blast furnace.
The steel bars smelted last time were still piled up in the shed, and he did not deal with them, so the only steel tool on the cliff is the cast hammer.
After getting a few good pieces of coal, I pulled out the fire and ignited it with hay. When the fire in the small furnace became strong, Fang Chang picked up the fine steel bars and put them in, waiting for it to burn red slowly.
The largest piece of steel was specially made by Fangchang, which was specially dug into the widest groove, and is now placed next to it as an anvil.
Without clamping, he picked it up in the stove with his hands. One end was burned into a bright red steel bar, and he swung the hammer and began to beat it.
Dangdangdangdangdangdang——
The sound resounded on the cliff, with some vibrato and echoes of steel vibration. The square was very fast, and the little hammer was swung out by him and kept knocking quickly.
The bright red steel bars gradually deformed under the hammer in the clusters of fine sparks that were hit.
Fangchang kept putting the steel bars back into the furnace for heating to maintain the temperature. After the cross-section of the steel bars was knocked into a rectangle, he knocked out the groove with a hammer, then bent along the groove with his hands, and then knocked the openings of the shaped steel billet together, smashing it into axe blade, and the back part was the reserved installation handle.
In fact, if he frys a few more furnaces of steel, he can use the steel well and try the steel clamping process. However, it is just a handle axe, which can be used and is easier to use than the previous bronze axe.
After it is completely formed, Fangchang uses a copper wire brush to remove debris on the surface of the axe, then burn it to the last time and then put it in a bucket for quenching.
Scream—
With the steam lingering, he had a new axe, and the old bronze axe could officially retire.
Chapter completed!