In the midst of all the busy work, it seems that winter is coming very quickly. Along with the sudden cold wind overnight, the first snow of the second year of Chuping is fluttering, covering the entire sky of Pingyang City.
Standing at the top of Pingyang City, watching the falling snowflakes gradually dye the entire earth into pure white, it is indeed a boundless scenery.
Especially when there is a small red clay stove and a jar of corn wine next to it. Although it is not green ant wine, it is brewed from this year's new corn, which makes it even more special.
After a while, Fei Qian saw Xu Shu and Zao Zhi coming hand in hand, and he greeted with a smile: "Come on, let's try this year's newly brewed corn wine, haha, speaking of it, this is thanks to Zi Jing, the old farmer gave it to me
When I came, I asked you by name to thank you..."
Zao Zhi runs to the fields every day. Although he is young, some farmers near Pingyang are familiar with this kind of farming work, especially when Zao Zhi arranges livestock to carry out large-scale deep plowing, measures plant spacing, and organizes planting.
When topdressing and irrigation were carried out, the prestige of Zao Zhi was established in such trivial field matters one after another.
Nowadays, among the farmers near Pingyang County, not many people know the full name of Zao Zhi, but when it comes to Zao Zhi, everyone basically knows it...
Zao Zhi cupped his hands and said, "I just tried my best. I really don't dare to take credit."
Fei Qian smiled and did not continue to say anything, but motioned for the two of them to sit down.
"Yuan Zhi, how is it in the military camp?" Fei Qian poured two glasses of wine for the two of them with his own hands, and then asked Xu Shu.
Two days ago, the three thousand cavalry who accompanied the southern Xiongnu Chan Yu Fuluo on an armed parade also rushed back to Pingyang and are now stationed in the military camp. Fortunately, they rushed back in advance, otherwise they would have encountered such a heavy snow on the road.
, which is also quite troublesome.
Xu Shu took the wine glass and said: "Ji Dangxian is organizing that... well, literacy competition in the camp. Haha, now all the soldiers are struggling to read. I heard that many soldiers even dream about it at night.
With the newly recognized characters, some people even directly changed the names of everyone in the team with the characters they recognized..."
It's winter now, and rain and snow are nature's protective umbrella. Under this situation, even if you have the best intentions, it's probably powerless. The near-zero outdoor temperature will be a nightmare for all those who are marching and on the road.
Therefore, since it was not easy to carry out training, Fei Qian simply ordered a literacy competition to be organized in the military camp. The outcome was linked to the food and wine they could get in the New Year. The motivation to learn that suddenly burst out from the soldiers was simply
Unprecedentedly, after receiving military pay, some people would always want to go to Pingyang City to spend some money, but now they all stay in the camp.
Food is the most important thing for people. It’s the New Year. Who doesn’t want to eat something good?
Originally there were some veterans in the military camp who insisted that reading was useless, but now they have to learn together. Otherwise, the friends in the same team will not be able to eat and drink, and they will probably be talked about for a whole year...
Haha, Fei Qian raised his head and smiled. If he had known it would have such an effect, this kind of competition should have been held earlier. But can we also hold some military exercises and competitions next? Anyway, we can't conquer long distances in winter, so
We can't leave these soldiers completely idle, can we?
"Where are the farmers?" Fei Qian asked Zao Zhi.
Zao Zhi put down his wine glass and said: "The briquettes have been delivered to every household. Although the quantity is not large, there will be many fewer people dying from the cold this winter..."
Fei Qian nodded and remained speechless.
Every winter, people freeze to death, and there is nothing that can be done about it.
I was thinking about asking Zao Zhi to ask farmers to pay attention to carbon monoxide when burning briquettes in closed houses. Then I thought about it. In the Han Dynasty, this thing was almost impossible to happen...
Houses in the Han Dynasty had poor airtightness. There were air leaks all over the house, and farmers were definitely not willing to use large amounts of briquettes. They would only use them when the cold was unbearable. Therefore, it was necessary to form a lethal concentration.
not easy.
However, this cotton...
Some time ago, when chatting with Lina Gu, he talked about some fruits from the Western Regions. Then Lina Gu said that he seemed to have seen such fluffy snow-like flowers in Xiqiang, but he didn't know if what Lina Gu was describing was cotton...
Heavy snow has blocked roads and caravans have stopped. Things such as whether there is cotton in the Western Regions will probably not be known until next spring when the snow melts.
But now, maybe there is something that can temporarily replace cotton...
Fei Qian took out a ball of string from his sleeve, handed it to Xu Shu and Zao Zhi, and said, "Come, take a look, guess what this is?"
Xu Shu took it in his hand, identified it, and said: "This is...wool...wool rope?"
"Wool rope? But the 'rope' should be thicker. Maybe it's called a 'thread'?" Zao Zhi also looked at it carefully and then said.
Nowadays, in the Han Dynasty, whether they are Hu people or Han people, they mostly use animal furs to keep warm. The better ones are tigers, wolves, mink foxes, etc., the middle ones are sheep and dogs, and the worst ones are hare furs. But for
Ordinary people and soldiers still couldn't afford these furs.
Because it is too expensive, most people and soldiers use two layers of Gebu, and then fill it with hay in the middle to make a simple down jacket to keep out the cold. However, there are few chickens and ducks that are usually raised, and there is no large-scale breeding.
There are no anti-inflammatory and antibacterial antibiotics in the chicken and duck farms. If there are too many chickens and ducks, it is easy to develop chicken and duck plague. Therefore, there was no such thing as chicken and duck down in the Han Dynasty.
Fei Qian said this yarn casually when chatting with Huang Yueying. Unexpectedly, Huang Yueying fiddled with it directly...
In fact, in the Han Dynasty, there were already preliminary processes for wool processing. Wool was used for weaving, and it was also a skill used by nomadic people to withstand wind and snow.
Collecting wool from sheepskins has been practiced since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but it did not reach a large scale and no one paid special attention to it.
Fei Qian asked some Hu people, most of them comb the sheep when spring is about to enter summer, and then they can comb out a lot of hair. These are the sources of wool. Sometimes the sheep do not have time to comb.
It will rub itself on the wooden piles somewhere, and then it can also be collected, which is called wool picking.
Then it is soaked in alkaline water, dried in the sun, and elasticized, and finally it can be rubbed out.
However, the wool of the Hu people in the Han Dynasty was very thick, and they could not make it as thin as Huang Yueying's. Therefore, most of the Hu people also used wool to weave felts and blankets, and few used it to knit woolen clothes.
But since Huang Yueying has the technology to reprocess wool, it seems that knitting woolen sweaters can be put on the agenda. However, the way the barbarians collect wool is too wasteful, so Fei Qian asked Xu Shu and Zao Zhi to take out the wool sweater.
The purpose of this thread is to formulate an action on shearing sheep.
I think back then many words were kind...but now many words are for zombies...sigh...what should I do? If the author were to put down the keyboard and pick up the pen, he would probably forget how to write many words...
