Chapter 38 This journey is unbearable to look back on!
When Zhang Bao came to Hu Dugu's house.
Hudugu was building a stove with stones.
To make iron, you need a furnace.
Dig a hole in the soil and surround it with rocks.
Then put the iron ore and charcoal, layer by layer, in the furnace and fan them to burn.
Incomplete combustion of charcoal will produce carbon monoxide, which will reduce the iron oxide in the iron ore to iron.
The ancients did not understand chemistry, and it is difficult for future generations to explore its process.
It seems to be the same as the discovery of gunpowder.
I got it by accident when I was refining elixirs.
Then it gradually continued.
Saw Zhang Bao come in.
Hu Dugu quickly stepped forward to greet him.
Salute to Zhang Bao.
"Have you eaten?"
"This is some millet rice. You can cook some and eat it together. You can keep the rest."
Zhang Bao handed over a cloth bag.
"This won't work!"
"How can I ask for your food, young master!"
Hu Dugu quickly declined.
“The workman deserves his wages.”
"Besides, I haven't eaten yet, so hurry up and get some food!"
Zhang Bao felt hungrier than ever this morning.
Hu Dugu had no choice but to take the bag and enter the room to give some instructions.
Hudugu's mother-in-law quickly came out to salute, and then went to work aside.
After a while.
The steaming hot meal was brought to the table.
Zhang Bao was not polite and sat down directly.
In front of Zhang Bao is a large bowl of thick porridge.
Although the inside of Hu Dugu's bowl cannot be said to be thin, it is at least incomparable to the one in Zhang Bao's bowl.
Zhang Bao also noticed.
On the table, there was actually a bowl of dried meat.
Zhang Bao picked up one and looked at it. It was similar to the beef jerky of later generations.
It should be that Hu Dugu made the wolf meat from the last time into the style of dried meat according to the grassland method.
In this way.
You can eat it for a long time.
and……
There are no traces when eating.
Zhang Bao glanced at Hu Dugu with some interest.
It seems that Hu Dugu is also very cautious.
Wealth should not be revealed in vain, wealth should not be revealed in appearance.
On the contrary, he had a bad temper with Zhang Bao.
Zhang Bao didn't show any politeness and started eating with big mouthfuls.
"Master, what weapon do you want to build?"
"The iron ore this time contains a hundred kilograms, so making a few weapons is not a problem."
Hu Dugu asked Zhang Bao.
"How do you know I want to build weapons?"
"I don't think I said that, right?"
Zhang Bao was a little surprised.
"In troubled times, you must first protect yourself. With weapons, your power of self-protection can be even greater!"
"Now that the young master's temperament has changed drastically, the Zhang family has hope from now on, and it should be even more so!"
Hu Dugu said to Zhang Bao.
Zhang Bao smiled.
"good!"
"Just as you say!"
I don’t know why, but after time travel, Zhang Bao’s mouth became more formal.
Maybe it's because of being in such an ancient environment.
Touching the eyes and the heart.
This gave Zhang Bao room to display the ancient prose he had memorized when he was in school, and he began to overstep his limits.
After saying that, Zhang Bao came to the courtyard.
I took a branch and drew it on the open space on one side.
After a while.
A sketch of an engineer's shovel appeared on the ground.
Hu Dugu walked around the sketch drawn by Zhang Bao, looking up, down, left and right for a long time, but he didn't understand it at all.
As a last resort.
Zhang Bao could only explain the style and function of each part one by one.
We also enlarged the paintings to explain some small details one by one.
The demonstration lasted most of the day.
Only then did Hu Dugu fully understand.
From the beginning.
Hu Dugu's surprised mouth never closed.
God bless you forever.
With the young master here in the Zhang family, there is hope!
originally.
Zhang Bao still wanted to stay and help Hu Dugu blacksmith.
Zhang Bao also knew before that blacksmithing in ancient times relied entirely on strength, and most blacksmiths had a helper.
That is, the kind that specializes in swinging a sledgehammer.
But what Hu Dugu means is that it hasn’t reached that stage yet.
He needs to smelt the iron ore into pig iron first, and then beat it.
Zhang Bao went back first.
Just arrived at the door of my house.
Then I saw Lao He and Li Daniu pulling the wooden cart back with red faces.
There was also a lot of food on the wooden cart.
"What's wrong with this?"
"Is this frozen?"
Zhang Bao looked at the redness and swelling on the two people's faces and was very surprised.
"well……"
"Don't mention it, young master."
"It's hard to describe in words!"
As Lao He spoke, he and Li Daniu carried the grain into the yard.
Zhang Bao and the others moved to this small courtyard.
Li Daniu and Hu Dugu knew it.
Many people in the village also know about it.
Zhang Bao didn't care, there was no need to be afraid now.
"But Master, selling charcoal is going very smoothly this time."
"Seven hundred and fifty two kilograms of charcoal were sold for a total of eight taels of silver."
"According to your instructions, I bought food with half of the silver, and it's all here."
Lao He pointed to the bags of grain in front of him.
"sure!"
"It's better than expected. You guys are really tired this time. Xiaoyue, hurry up and cook some hot food for Uncle He and Daniel."
Zhang Bao shouted at Su Xiaoyue.
Listen to Zhang Bao's caring words.
Lao He and Li Daniu almost hugged each other and cried.
This trip was indeed tiring!
What happened last night is too painful to look back on...
"Good sir."
Su Xiaoyue quickly got ready.
However, Zhang Bao noticed that Su Xiaoyue's walking posture seemed a little inconvenient...
After eating.
Li Daniu was about to say goodbye and go back.
Zhang Bao pointed to a bag of grain.
"Brother Li, you bring this bag of grain back. Thank you for your hard work this time. I still have to rely on you to send charcoal in the future. I can't trust anyone else."
Zhang Bao smiled and said to Li Daniu.
Along the way, although Lao He also followed.
But the one who contributed the most was definitely Li Daniu.
"No no no!"
"Master!"
"This is impossible!"
"I do these things as I should."
"How can I ask for your food?"
Li Daniu said nothing.
Refusing again and again.
"Brother Li, I don't give you this food for free. In the future, the charcoal will be kiln, and you will need to go to the mountains to cut wood. I will leave all the wood matters to you."
"How about I deliver it to your home personally?"
"If I go, you have to take care of my food!"
"Don't be reluctant to give me the meat you had before!"
Zhang Bao said with a smile.
"This...this..."
"How can..."
Li Daniu was confused by Zhang Bao's joke and didn't know how to answer.
"Then...thank you, Master!"
"Thank you, Master!"
Li Daniu said as he spoke.
One side even wiped away tears.
For Li Daniu, although this man is naturally optimistic and open-minded, the burden at home is as big as a mountain.
Just for those children, the family's expenses are twice that of other families.
It would be a lie to say that I am not worried.
What's more, this is a year of great calamity.
In Li Daniu's opinion, helping Zhang Bao this time was purely to repay his kindness.
But he didn't expect that Zhang Bao gave him so much food.
With this food.
Save money and you’ll be fine all winter long!
For this simple man, all kinds of thoughts came to his mind for a moment, and he didn't know what to say.
"Young men should be like eagles on the grassland!"
"Why are you crying!"
"But you, Eagle, are a little fat."
Zhang Bao didn't know why, but he suddenly remembered what Hu Dugu said to his son that day, and said it smoothly.
I thought for a while that it was inappropriate, so I added another sentence at the end.
Only then did Li Daniu laugh.
I wiped away my tears and walked out with a lot of gratitude.
Eagle on the grassland?
Hu Dugu's words are also interesting.
It does look a bit like a grassland person, and the name of Hu Dugu's child does not seem to be a name from Daxia.
What's the day?
Obviously not finished yet.
At that time, I also asked randomly in order to divert the child's attention.
Now that I think about it, the Hudugu family is really a bit secretive.