There were quite a few people getting their drinks mixed with water; the army got up early to start business.
Xiao Tian asked curiously, "Uncle Lu, why did they borrow so many stone shovels and stone axes?"
“Cut down trees, dig soil, and make charcoal,” Lu Ying said.
Xiao Tian asked curiously, "Isn't it supposed to be a day off? There's not enough time to fire the kiln, is there?"
Lu Jun laughed and said, "It's not one of those big kilns, it's a small, one-time-use earthen kiln. One day is enough. Let it cool for another night tonight, and we can open the kiln and take out the charcoal tomorrow morning."
If we make a smaller earthen kiln, we can operate it twice.
So that's how it is. Starting today, charcoal can be exchanged for points at his place. No wonder so many people come to borrow tools.
Charcoal burned in a regular fire pit doesn't burn for long; one pound of charcoal earns 3 points.
Charcoal fired in a kiln is more durable. Depending on the quality, you get 5 points per pound for average quality charcoal and 8 points per pound for high quality charcoal.
Xiao Tian asked, "Mother, do we also burn charcoal in our kiln?"
The second son's wife said, "Yes, your eldest uncle took your uncles and a few others to burn charcoal in the kiln."
The sun will come out later; you can go check it out over there, at the foot of the back mountain.
Xiao Tian isn't interested in firing kilns; his kids will probably go there to play.
Last time in Mini World, he wanted to burn some charcoal, but unfortunately, charcoal wasn't unlocked, so even with the materials, he couldn't make it.
I wonder if charcoal will be unlocked in this update. If it is, it would be so convenient, and we wouldn't have to go out to burn charcoal in this cold weather.
He had only been outside for a short while when he felt his hands and feet were freezing, so he decided to go back inside.
On the back hill, a large group of people were busily burning charcoal in the kiln.
Chen Laoda and his men were among them. They first lit a fire to keep warm, and then divided up the tasks.
First, Chen found a large piece of firewood and then erected the first large piece of firewood in the open space.
This large piece of wood will be the initial foundation supporting the other pieces of wood, so part of it needs to be buried in the ground to ensure its stability.
This is very important, otherwise the wood will easily collapse when you pile it up, and then it will be useless.
After the large log is erected, other logs are piled up around this "large log" until a cone-shaped pile of logs is formed.
It should be one meter in diameter; anything larger would be inconvenient to use.
For charcoal making, it is best to choose wood from broad-leaved trees with dense wood to produce high-quality charcoal.
They found elm and banyan trees and cut down the dead parts.
Of course, the elm bark is peeled off and kept to make elm bark noodles.
When the pile of timber was halfway built up, it collapsed, and it had to be rebuilt.
When they were almost halfway through piling up the wood, the eldest brother slowed down his pace, worried that it would collapse again.
This time it was good, it succeeded, and it didn't collapse.
Next, a layer of straw or dry leaves should be covered on the pile of firewood to isolate the dry wood from the wet mud that will be applied later, preventing the wood from burning unevenly after it becomes wet.
Then smear mud on the woodpile. The mud will stick to the dry leaves and increase the structural strength. Only leave one large hole at the top of the woodpile.
Eight ventilation holes were evenly dug at the bottom of the completed "mound" to provide air (oxygen) to the inside of the charcoal kiln.
If people in this world knew the word "oxygen," they would know that what they were providing was oxygen.
Once all eight ventilation holes have been dug, you can light the fire in the large hole left at the top of the mound without waiting for the wet mud to dry completely.
When blue smoke starts to rise from the grave, it means a fire has been started.
The heat inside the charcoal kiln can cause the soil to dry and crack, so it's necessary to prepare some wet mud to seal the cracks in the kiln as needed to prevent air from getting in.
Once the top of the earthen cone catches fire, the flames at the top will draw in air (oxygen) through eight ventilation holes dug out from the bottom of the earthen mound and enter the charcoal kiln to fuel their own combustion.
This creates an upward airflow, while the flames continue to burn downwards against the airflow, thus preserving the burnt charcoal from the upper layer.
After the earthen cone is ignited, the charcoal burner must constantly observe the eight air inlets at the bottom of the charcoal kiln.
Observe the combustion status inside the charcoal kiln through the air inlet to see if the flames are burning against the airflow to the air inlet.
Once the flames reach a particular air intake, that air intake must be blocked to cut off the supply of air (oxygen) and prevent the wood near that air intake from continuing to burn.
After all eight air inlets are blocked, the large hole at the top of the charcoal kiln must also be blocked, and then it can be allowed to cool down slowly.
This type of one-time charcoal kiln can produce high-quality charcoal, and the charcoal yield is also higher than that of the simple smoldering method.
"I was bitten to death by wolves, and those wolves are so hard to fight!" Er Ya said pitifully when she woke up.
That's right, Daya and the others were forced to return again. This time, it was Erya who died. She went to the forest to pick cherries and encountered a pack of wolves.
Holding the stone spear, she thought it would be easy to fight with, after all, she and Daya had fought pigs, cows and sheep before.
Then she charged into the wolf pack, provoking three wolves, and was eventually killed by them. The three of them were forced to return.
Chen Nong comforted him, "It's alright. You've already saved up enough energy points for Xiao Bao to open a pit. That's impressive."
Xiao Bao said happily, "Cousin Er Ya, I've dug a new pit, so we'll have even more food to eat from now on."
Infinite Farm System (Candied Hawthorn)
Level: 0
Land: 0
Pit: 13
Energy Points: 6
Upon hearing that there would be more food, Er Ya immediately perked up.
"Xiao Bao, we planted potatoes in the new hole, and they're so delicious!"
Xiao Bao said happily, "It's planted, but it takes 15 hours to harvest. One hundred potatoes can be exchanged for 8 energy points."
"Breakfast is ready!" the second son's wife called from outside.
Breakfast includes sweet potato soup, radish and pork rib soup, sugarcane, sugarcane root, cooked Smilax glabra, and amaranth soup.
The stewed pork ribs with radish was only half-cooked, not even enough for the children, let alone the adults.
The older children, like Da Ya, drank the sweet potato soup directly and didn't scoop out the radish and pork rib soup.
The army got up early to help them with their business, so Old Man Chen invited him over to have breakfast together.
Thankfully, Daya went to Sha Niu's place and stocked up on some more food; otherwise, there wouldn't have been many sweet potatoes in the sweet potato soup.
After the sun came out, the Chen family, as usual, asked Xiaobao to take out the sugarcane and process it.
The team's supplies management department also took the initiative to send someone to collect ten sugarcane stalks. Five stalks were for the team to have extra meals, and the other five were for the infants to make juice.
Xu Hao's expression darkened when he saw that it was Sanya handling the sugarcane; that girl from the Chen family was notoriously stingy.
When Sanya saw them coming, she pointed to the side and said, "It's over there, take it yourself."
Ten sugarcane stalks, all bare and smooth, look perfectly fine, but where are the roots?
Normally, the Chen family's daughters-in-law would gather the sugarcane roots together and let them handle it themselves.
Right now, there isn't even a bundle of sugarcane roots. This is food, how can we be short of it!
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