Chapter 1083 Letter from Duke Yongan (1)
Returning with a lot of difficult problems, Chu Qing kept thinking about a solution.
The central part of this salted duck egg-shaped island is high and low, and the central part is south to the surrounding coastal areas from mountains, hills, terraces and plains to gradually descend from mountains, hills, terraces and plains. The southern part is the strongest and driest place on the island.
Then, as the residence of the island, the best place to live, the temperature and humidity are suitable, but it is also the farthest from Daxuan. If a boat comes over there to the island, it will be difficult to find.
This is another problem, the coastal defense issue.
The more you think about the problems, the more you have. Every time you think of a solution, new problems will arise. Chu Qing thought about it all the way, and no one dared to disturb him until...
"Auntie, aunt, is this jasper?" Chu Xinghai held up a green stone as big as an egg to show Chu Qing, and said, "Don't go to Vos, I picked jade. Isn't it amazing?"
Chu Qing took the stone and looked carefully. The stone was very heavy, and it seemed to be heavier than the same size of Vos jade. It was gray and could be seen as green and green, not bright.
Chu Qing was curious: "Where did you find it?"
Chu Xinghai pointed to the side. Chu Qing went over and saw that the stones on the ground were all gray and could not see anything. Looking from a distance, he realized that the mountains here were not high and there were no large trees in forests.
The distant mountains are very high, with lush green trees, but the nearby mountains are somewhat deserted, covering only some low vegetation. This looks a bit strange, I am afraid there is no mine?
As long as it is not a desert and sees a mountain without forest, Chu Qing always suspects that it has a mine.
Seeing that Chu Qing wanted to climb the mountain again, Chu Yuan immediately applied to replenish his drinking water first. Everyone's water bag was empty. No one dared to disturb Chu Qing's thoughts just now, so he didn't say anything.
There was a small river not far away. Everyone came to the river to find a clean place to fill the water, while Chu Qing put the green stone in the water to rinse it.
If you don’t wash it, you won’t know. It’s amazing to wash it… This blue gray stone turns into a bright green color as soon as it waters!
"Ah! It's really a jasper!" Chu Xinghai clapped and shouted, wanting to take the stone from Chu Qing's hand.
Chu Qing tried hard to wash away the dust on the stone in the water, revealing its emerald green color, lumps, scars and leper appearance.
Those raised and densely packed small bumps show circles of round or oval patterns.
"Little Starfish, this is malachite! There is a copper mine nearby!" Chu Qing shouted.
Chu Xinghai was a little disappointed when he heard that it was not jade, but the name malachite sounded very nice, so he became happy again.
"Go up the mountain!" Chu Qing ordered.
The mountain is not high, and it is a low hilly landform, so it is easy to climb up. Chu Qing pays attention to his feet while climbing the mountain.
The ground was densely covered with wild bitter numbness, and the rough serrated leaves looked very difficult to mess with.
"Do you remember that Mr. Huang once said that there might be iron ore in the wild and bitter places?" Chu Qing asked.
Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and finally said, "I don't know, I don't remember, who can listen to that person without any trouble!"
Chu Qing: "..."
So people have limitations. For example, Chu Qing, she is not good at some human accidents, or even doesn't understand them at all because she doesn't care.
Similarly, the things they care about may be elsewhere, so they won’t pay attention to some of the things Huang Zhong said.
However, Chu Qing still asked everyone to dig some wild bitter erectus, which can be eaten by the mountains and eat the mountains. They can be used to cook during dinner.
Chu Qing herself searched for stones everywhere. Surprisingly, she did not find malachite, but found a few small pieces of iron ore.
Chu Qing can be said to have made a fortune by iron ore, so she is extremely sure that the black stone in her hand is iron ore, because the black stone bag she stepped on looks like an outcropping iron ore no matter how she looks.
I wanted to find a copper mine, but found an iron mine. This matter was a big deal!
It was getting late, and the sun was about to set in a while and I couldn't rush to go any further, but Chu Qing was still excited: "I'll make some iron for you?"
Chu Yuan: "This is it?"
Gan Lai: "There is no blast furnace!"
Chu Xinghai: "Really?"
Shui Maomao: "Don't you want to burn coal?"
Li Hu: "I believe you!"
Chu Qing grabbed Li Hu's head: "If I could refine iron on the spot, what would you say?"
Li Hu: "I sent all the cartridges I brought from the mountain witch doctor!"
Chu Qing: "Okay!"
Li Hu never told Xiaobao what was in the cartridges of those witch doctors, so Xiaobao was thinking about it.
Li Hu thought about it but was reluctant to let it go, so he gave Chu Qing a condition: "Don't use the tools we bring!"
Chu Qing also increased his policy: "Snake meat must be included for supper!"
The two of them slapped: "Brothers testify!"
The crowd returned to the river and prepared to make fire and make meals. No one believed the bets of the two lunatics.
It is not easy to find a snake nearby. Snakes like to stay in hidden places with good conditions. A group of people are so disturbed, where can I find a snake?
Don’t think about iron smelting. Chu Yuan and the others followed Chu Qing to build blast furnaces and smelted coke. Now they don’t have anything to do, so it would be strange if they can smelify iron.
Li Hu went to find the snake, but only Damao and Chu Xinghai followed Chu Qing.
Chu Qing took out the collected iron ore and admired it for a while, and then started to work hard.
Take a fishing stone, knock two larger stones against each other until they are sharp, which is a knife. Then pick the tougher branches in the bushes by the river and sit on the ground to weave baskets.
"Is Li Hu OK? Wherever I go to find a snake, my water has boiled!" Chu Yuan said.
Chu Xinghai sat next to Chu Qing, watching Chu Qing weave a basket of soil with branches and share milk slices with Big Meow.
Every time the big cat gets milk tablets from Chu Xinghai, he runs to the other side of Chu Qing, leans against Chu Qing's feet and slowly savors it without any trouble.
Chu Qing quickly made the basket, and then used stone flakes to split the branches as thick as a thumb, clamped the leaves of cycads inside, and then carried the basket to fish for river mud.
I wanted to eat snake meat, but I also wanted to see Chu Qing smelting iron. I also thought Chu Qing was not strong enough and was slow to move, so I simply carried the pot and followed Chu Qing to catch the river mud.
"Don't use the tools you bring!" Chu Qing said.
"Li Hu is not here again!" Gan replied, thinking for a while, afraid that Chu Qing would cheat, so he simply added: "He doesn't let you use it, but he doesn't let me use it!"
Chu Qing smiled secretly.
The river mud was almost done. Chu Qing poked the branches with cycad leaves on the ground as the center of the circle, turned around, and drew the circle drawn with the diameter of cycad leaves on the ground, and then piled up river mud layer by layer.
When Chu Xinghai saw that there was mud, he immediately joined in. Soon, a thick cylinder was piled up. Chu Qing slapped the mud and cut off a long gap.
Chu Xinghai was unhappy: "How did you do the destruction?"
It was getting darker and darker, so I could only rely on the bonfire next to me to illuminate it.
Chu Qing stood the branch with cycad leaves in the mud bucket, and then put a few branches on the mud cylinder, and then covered it with mud.
Then he explained to Chu Xinghai: "The one made by my aunt is called a blower, and the gap left is for air supply."
A pile of mud was laid on the ground by Chu Qing until a toilet was formed.
Then Chu Qing started to make bow drills for making fire. Gan Lai was really slow to watch, so he directly pulled out a burning firewood from Chu Yuan and placed it on Chu Qing's side.
I just like someone to help cheat!
Since the step of making fire was omitted, Chu Qing simply used mud to cover a simple kiln with a mud, which was filled with dry branches and burned with the fire made by sweet.
The top of the kiln is sealed with mud, and there are air outlets at the bottom, and white smoke continues to emerge from below.
Li Hu finally came back, Gan Lai also cleaned the mud-filled pot, and then mocked Li Hu: "Do you want to starve us to death?"
It was already dark, and Li Hu approached the bonfire and everyone found that he was carrying a big bag. Li Hu took off the bag, and everyone was shocked: four pythons with thick arms!
Chapter completed!