Is it really appropriate to go out in this cold winter?

In those days, making fire by drilling wood was a difficult endeavor, especially outdoors in winter. Ma Yue found some holes in the bark of a tree. What was he doing? He used them to cover his torches with windbreaks, like lampshades. Otherwise, the torches would be extinguished by the cold wind.

The hollow bark, wrapped in whale skin, is airtight. It's a little troublesome, but at least it keeps the fire going, right? It's such a long journey, and without a fire, I'd freeze to death.

There were four or five people who were carrying large, low-quality torch lanterns made of tree bark and whale skin and moving forward.

It's a spur-of-the-moment thing, not scientific, but at least there's fire, right?

This shoddy product that Ma Yue pretended to create was rejected by "Lu" and "Ban" before the team even set off.

'Lu' and 'Ban' took out the lanterns they had made temporarily.

Damn! Forget about the clay pot. Even if the bark is hollow, it can still catch fire if you're not careful, right? And if you're carrying it and walking around, it's swaying, which makes it even more likely to catch fire.

The pottery jar is not afraid of fire. Just point the spout downwards, put the rope in, and carry it. The spout also has two layers of wooden frames. The torch goes in the middle and is easily fixed by the wooden frames. It is much safer to carry it this way.

Ma Yue praised Lu and Ban profusely and served them stir-fried pork and green onions that evening. This simple clay pot lantern was incredibly significant to the traveling Sea Tribe caravan, and it likely saved the lives of many of the caravan's men.

With these five clay lanterns keeping the fire going, at least we can have hot soup to drink on the road; and we can also have a bonfire to keep warm when we camp at night...