Chapter 117 Making Self-Heating Buns
There are large iron mines and caves containing large amounts of calcium carbonate, and perhaps other metal resources.
If she needs it in the future, maybe she can consider this mountain. Even if she doesn't mine it herself, she can sell it as a favor!
So early the next morning, Gu Feixue called a dozen people, drove several ox carts, and headed towards Ruyi Mountain.
Since we are going to do an experiment, we naturally need to prepare more raw materials. Who knows if there are any impurities in the limestone in this cave.
If there are too many impurities, even if quicklime can be calcined, the conversion efficiency will not be high, so the raw materials must be fully prepared, and she doesn't want to make another trip.
What Gu Feixue didn't know was that her big move scared Zong Hao in secret to death.
"What? Gu Feixue led people and ox carts to Ruyi Mountain?"
"Yes, Master."
Zong Hao's face was as ugly as it could be. A whole year had passed since Gu Feixue went to Ruyi Mountain. During this period, the other party had no signs of knowing about the Ruyi Mountain iron mine.
However, a year later, they suddenly brought a large number of people and ox carts to Ruyi Mountain. It was hard not to wonder whether they were going to mine iron ore!
"Many people in the city followed to watch the fun."
Once more people know about it, Zong Hao will not be able to kill in secret, as the previous witchcraft incident has not yet passed.
If Zong Hao acts rashly, he may expose his master.
Zong Hao's face was filled with gloom, and the words he spoke were terrifying:
"Take your men and keep an eye on them. If the situation is true, leave no one alive!"
The words "no one will be left alive" frightened the birds flying past the door and made them flap their wings and fly away.
However, Gu Feixue and his group who went to Ruyi Mountain did not know that the crisis had already arrived.
"Miss Gu, where are you going with so many people?"
When a maid asked, Gu Feixue smiled and said:
"Mother-in-law, let's go to the mountain to dig some stones for building a house."
However, the people around did not believe it. Where were the stones?
Do we have to go to Ruyi Mountain to dig?
Unless you want to dig treasures from the mountain, why go to so much trouble?
Gu Feixue saw the suspicion in the eyes of the onlookers around her, but just smiled and said nothing.
The group passed through the outskirts of Ruyi Mountain and headed towards a cave that was almost in the same direction as the iron mine.
When the deadpools who were staring at Gu Feixue and his group from behind had already mobilized their internal energy and were ready to take action, they saw Gu Feixue and his men turn a corner and clear the bushes on a small hill.
Then everyone saw that there was a cave under the bushes!
Doubt flashed in the eyes of the Deadpools. The iron ore was not here. There were only some rocks in it at most. Could the news be wrong?
"Go back and report to the master. I'll be waiting here."
When Gu Feixue and his men were chiseling the rock walls and moving rocks in the cave, Zong Hao also received this unexpected news.
"Cave?" Could it be that Gu Feixue really didn't know about the existence of the iron mine?
"If she doesn't go to the area where the iron mine is located, she shouldn't show up."
So, what Gu Feixue and her group didn't know was that they actually avoided this crisis because of these old women who came to gossip.
After all, Gu Feixue originally planned to wander around the iron mine and survey how big the iron mine was, and then use it as a bargaining chip to exchange for benefits with others.
Now that there are onlookers, it is naturally inconvenient.
It was not until later that Gu Feixue realized what kind of crisis she had avoided, but she was still frightened.
Of course, these old women who were watching were not idle.
The main reason is that there was a rumor that the ginseng given by the prince was picked from Ruyi Mountain.
Normally, no one would be willing to go up Ruyi Mountain alone. Now that Gu Feixue brought a dozen strong men with her, these people naturally became bolder and wanted to follow to see if they could gain some benefits.
After seeing Gu Feixue really having people transport cart after cart of white rocks, these women were speechless and said:
"Miss Gu, are you really here to look for stones?"
Gu Feixue blinked and smiled:
"Can I still lie to the mothers-in-law?"
As a result, the onlookers lost their expectations in an instant, and waited for Gu Feixue and his group to move enough stones, and then followed them back home.
When Gu Feixue and everyone returned with a full load, the villagers of Anju Village also came to watch the fun.
Gu Feixue was at a loss for words, so she said she was preparing stones to build a house in the future. The uncles and aunts in the village even scolded her for this.
"These rocks are useless. Building a house with them will easily cause them to collapse. If Miss Gu had told us earlier that she wanted to build a house, we could have helped her find some that would be better than these rocks!"
Gu Feixue was unable to cope with the enthusiasm of the villagers and could only make excuses and return to the Gu family with her people.
The homemade oven she originally used to bake bread is now used entirely for industrial production.
Having previously made glass, they now had to calcine limestone.
"Thanks for your hard work, Uncle Dali. Whether my brother can have a hot meal in the exam hall depends entirely on these stones."
Gu Feixue cheered on Tian Dali and others who were adding firewood and fanning the fire.
After the limestone in the stove was completely burned by the high temperature, thick black smoke began to billow from the chimney. Many villagers thought that the Gu family's house was on fire, and they all came with buckets of water to put out the fire.
Even Wang and Gu Lang who were in the house hurried out, only to see Gu Feixue, Tian Dali and others in the yard, all with dark faces covered in soot, stuffing firewood into the oven to fan it.
"Xue'er! What are you doing? Why is there so much black smoke?"
When Gu Feixue was called, she couldn't hold her breath for a moment, inhaled a lot of black smoke, and then started coughing.
"Ahem, Mom, why did you come out? I'm making something that can heat up water. Go inside with Daddy and brother."
She had internal strength that could shield herself, Tian Dali and others from the black smoke, but she couldn't take care of Wang and others in the distance.
Wang and others looked helplessly at Gu Feixue, whose face was as black as charcoal, while Gu Tingchuan was both moved and depressed.
The exam only lasted two days, but Xueer did this just to let him have a hot meal.
As an older brother, he felt extremely ashamed.
Gu Lang didn't know how to comment. At first, when he saw Gu Feixue fiddling with the sand picked up from the river and saying that she wanted to make glass, he didn't believe it.
Who knew that it could actually be made for her? The glass was even more transparent than the tribute presented to the royal family by the Western Regions.
Now that Xueer said she wanted to make something that could generate heat and boil water, even he didn't dare to make a final decision.
After Gu Feixue reminded him again with a dark face, Gu Lang had no choice but to take Wang and Gu Tingchuan back to the house.
The entire Gu family yard was filled with black smoke. A group of people carrying buckets of water crowded outside the Gu family's ditch, but they only saw black smoke and no fire. The village chief and his men couldn't help but scratch their heads.
"I know, Miss Gu must be doing something amazing again, otherwise she wouldn't be making such a big noise!"
After hearing this, the village chief also felt that it made sense. He led everyone to wait for a while, and when he saw that the Gu family’s house was indeed not on fire, he let the villagers go home.
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