Han Cheng did not finish cleaning the earthen kiln he had recently built for burning charcoal, imitating the simple mud-pasting method used to burn pottery. It would have been too troublesome to do so, as he would have to paste the mud anew every time.

Based on the previous method, he made slight changes to the mud-making method.

That is to make a hollow cylinder on the ground with the kneaded mud.

Twelve ignition holes are evenly spaced where the bottom of the cylinder touches the ground.

When burning charcoal, first place the wood that has been broken by being stepped on or falling on stones vertically and firmly inside the cylinder, and then mix it with mud to make a conical top.

When it is time to open the kiln, you only need to pry open the conical top. The cylinder below does not need to be moved and can be reused. This can greatly reduce the workload and improve work efficiency.

Han Cheng and Heiwa placed the firewood they brought neatly vertically inside the cylinder.

"Son of God, why do you want to arrange it like this?"

Heiwa asked in confusion when he saw Han Cheng placing the thickest firewood in the middle of the cylinder.

Because the fire was previously ignited from the edge of the cylinder, in order to minimize the situation where the firewood on the edge was burned to ashes while the firewood inside was not yet burned, Han Cheng used his brain to place the thickest firewood at the very edge.

It turns out that this approach does have some effect.

So when Heiwa saw that the Son of God was acting out of his usual behavior this time, he couldn't help but remind him.

Han Cheng told Heiwa about his idea of ​​starting a fire from above.

Heiwa was very confused when he heard this. It was the first time he heard that fire was not lit from the bottom but from the top.

He wanted to ask the Son of God about the reason behind this in detail, but seeing that the Son of God was unwilling to talk more about this, he stopped asking and placed the wood according to the Son of God's instructions.

Of course Han Cheng wouldn't discuss this in detail with Heiwa. He couldn't tell him that this was just a desperate move, right?

The weather is already very cold now, and the mixed mud needs to be made as soon as possible, otherwise it will freeze after waiting for a while.

Han Cheng and Heiwa quickly spread the mud that felt like ice on the cylinder, and then they couldn't wait to put their numb hands into the steaming ceramic basin beside them.

Only then did I feel that my hands belonged to me.

Huo Yi, who insisted on following out and had been fanning the fire for a while, after receiving the instructions from the Son of God, first stuffed a bunch of dry grass that was easier to ignite into the hole in the middle of the cone, and then picked up a burning stick and lit it.

Blue smoke rose and flames soon burned.

Han Cheng pulled his hands out of the ceramic basin that was about to get cold, walked to the charcoal kiln, stood in the upwind direction, and stretched out his wet hands to warm them by the fire.

There was no cloth at that time, and wiping hands with fur always felt a little uncomfortable, so when it was cold and there was a fire, Han Cheng would put his hands next to the fire to dry them.

This is comfortable, but it can easily leave a smoky smell on your hands.

People with dreams always work with great energy and enthusiasm.

Not long after Han Cheng dried his hands and when most of the kiln was still unburned, the eldest brother and others had already returned from afar.

Junior Brother Sha was walking in the crowd, carrying a freshly cut mulberry tree as thick as a bowl on his left shoulder.

Some unnecessary branches on the mulberry trees had been cut off, but instead of being thrown away, they were tied into bundles and pulled back.

Junior Brother Sha certainly didn't have the strength to carry back a mulberry tree as thick as a bowl, as he was not Lu Zhishen.

It is said to be carrying, but in fact it is just carrying the thick end of the trunk on the shoulder, and dragging the rest of the trunk on the ground. This half-carrying and half-pulling method will save a lot of effort.

Although Han Cheng desperately wanted to light a fire from above and burn some charcoal, he did not have much hope for the result.

People's thoughts are sometimes so strange and complicated. Just like coming with excitement and leaving with disappointment.

Therefore, after seeing Junior Brother Sha carrying the mulberry tree back, he looked at the kiln that would take some time to seal, and after talking to Heiwa about it, Han Cheng happily became a hands-off boss and went to make bows and arrows with the mulberry wood.

In fact, the best wood for making bows and arrows is yew. It is said that because of its different hardness, the bows and arrows made from it naturally have the effect of a compound bow.

Han Cheng did not see any yew trees, but there was no shortage of inferior mulberry trees.

The bow Han Cheng was going to make this time was not the simple bow made by bending a branch like in the morning. Instead, he was going to make a bow body using the trunk of a mulberry tree, based on the image of the bow he had seen in film and television works.

Because the trunk of the mulberry tree is wide enough, unless it is caused by human factors, the bow made from it will not be like the bow and arrow made in the morning with the wooden stick that was not normally thick at both ends. The apex of the bow is not in the middle, making the bow uneven and affecting the shooting effect.

Han Cheng used a ruler to measure a length of one and a half meters, marked it, and asked Bo to use a stone axe to cut it off from here.

It is easier to chop a freshly cut tree with a stone axe.

While Han Cheng and the others were doing this, Heiwa had already started to block the hole under the mud kiln with mud.

Because flames can be seen from the bottom of the holes, which means that the flames have already burned here.

At this time, the vent must be blocked, otherwise the firewood inside will be completely burned over time.

Although they had failed many times in burning charcoal before, Han Cheng and Heiwa had gained a lot of experience from this series of failures.

Now that the Son of God had left, Heiwa was of course too concerned about the charcoal in the kiln. After blocking the vents around them one by one, he directly blocked the top of the conical kiln with mud. He did not take a closer look at the situation inside while the fire was getting smaller before blocking it as he had done in the past.

Therefore, they did not notice that the wood that was first ignited this time was not like the previous ones, which had turned into ashes after the wood elsewhere had burned. Instead, it was bright red and still maintained its previous shape.

It is true that Heiwa loves firing kilns, but he also needs to know what is in the kiln.

If there was pottery inside, he could stay awake all night, but it would be a different story if it was firewood.

And he also wanted to see the bow and arrow made by the Son of God again.

Because he had been dealing with clay and pottery the most in the past two years and was not very good at throwing, he liked the bow made by the Son of God in the morning, which only required the rope to be untied to shoot arrows far away.

He felt that this thing was just right for him to use, even though the three arrows he shot that morning were all a million miles away from the wooden stake...

The neglected earthen kiln no longer even emitted any smoke, and it remained there alone, nurturing a baby.

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