The problem of excrement has been solved, but the problem of cleanliness of the tribe has not been solved. From later generations, we can know that people who do not pay attention to personal hygiene, such as developing bad habits such as not washing hands, will cause asthma, allergies, meningitis, heart disease, diarrhea, and cholera.
and pneumonia and other diseases. Washing hands can not only greatly reduce the chance of contracting these diseases, but also be responsible for those around you.
It is not difficult to make soap. Humans have used animal fat and plant ash (alkali) soap for washing, which has a history of thousands of years. Making soap is difficult only in the proportion of oil and alkali juice. The traditional method is to prepare it in a ratio of 1:5. In addition to asking the tribesmen to prepare it, Hua Xi
He collected the unnecessary fat and oil when slaughtering livestock and wild animals. He also personally led Hua Yong's logging team to the forest to search for pinaceous trees to harvest the fat. Pine trees and other Pinaceae trees are all plants rich in oil. Pine trees are rich in oil.
Trees can also be said to be the species with the most species and the widest breeding and growth areas in the world. Therefore, collecting oils and fats for making soap is not a problem at all for Hua Xi.
The prerequisite for making soap is that there must be a pot, and ceramics are the most important task that Hua Xi will do next.
Every day, human and livestock excrement is continuously pulled into the fields for land use; the hunting efficiency of the hunting team is also stable at around 2000-2300 kilograms, which not only meets the daily needs of the tribe, but also has a small amount left for food storage
In order to cope with the coming winter; the felling team led by Hua Yong also continued to cut down trees according to Hua Xi's instructions and stocked them on the river bank next to the farmland.
As elder Hua An's affairs become more and more complicated, the number of things that need to be dealt with gradually increases. Hua An's work efficiency and emergency response methods are also becoming more and more sophisticated. At Hua An's request, Hua Xi approved Hua An's request without hesitation.
From Hua Xi's perspective, as the tribe continues to grow and develop, the affairs that need to be handled must become more and more arduous, and the demand for talents in internal affairs management must be great.
At this time, making a good talent reserve is something that any organization will do
In addition, not only the reserve of management talents, but also the demand for talents in other aspects will become more prominent as the tribe grows. Hua Xi has now begun to consciously cultivate talents in all aspects.
It takes two to three months to maintain farmland. In terms of time, the last late rice can be planted before August. Rice grows very fast. It can take up to one year and three to four months at the fastest.
The process of germination, flowering, and fruiting and harvesting is completed. As long as the planting is done properly, it is expected that you will be able to eat fragrant white rice before spring next year.
During this period of time, Hua Xi has to solve a big problem: ceramics! The uses of ceramics are so wide that Hua Xi doesn’t know how to describe them, but the applications of ceramics are not only for daily use, such as tableware, tea sets, jars, altars, etc.
Pots, jars, etc. can also be made into vases, sculptures and other artistic furnishings. Maybe they can also play an immeasurable role in some aspects.
More importantly, the application of ceramics means a revolutionary improvement in the living conditions of the tribe. Food cooked with ceramics is not only not as hot and irritating as barbecue, but also tastes better, greatly reducing the digestive pressure on the stomach, and is beneficial to food nutrition.
It is easier to effectively absorb and the benefit of such a series of chain reactions is naturally that the chance of disease among the people is greatly reduced again, the body is stronger, and the average life span is subsequently increased.
Hua Xi knows that ceramics are various products made by mixing, shaping and calcining clay or a mixture containing clay. Hua Xi does not make high-end ceramics that pay attention to various processes and materials, but low-level "original porcelain" Hua Xi
I am confident that I can still do it
In the valley, several tribesmen were cleaning the ground and cleaning the toilets where people came and went; a few old men with some gray hair on their temples were leaning against the stone wall and looking after the lively children. A heartwarming picture ignited Hua Xi.
The greatest love deep in my heart must lead my people to live a good life with no worries about food and clothing, and my trip to primitive society will not be in vain.
Before making pottery, the first thing Hua Xi has to do is to have his own personnel team. Why? God knows whether those who have learned pottery making will jump to other tribes one day. Although this is unlikely, there is always no precaution.
The wrong teaching of ceramic making should not be known to too many people and should be limited to a small number of people. Hua An, Hua Yong and two other tribesmen were nominated by Hua Xi to participate in the whole process of learning ceramic making. Hua Feng was also on the list.
But he still needs to ensure the food stability of the tribe.
To make pottery, you must first have clay. The source of clay is not a difficult problem to solve. The distribution of clay in the world is extremely wide. Clay can be found almost everywhere. After finding a few buckets of clay from the forest, Hua Xi began to take the step of making pottery.
The first step is to process pure clay
First, pour the clay into a wooden plate, then fill it with water and use water to remove the sand and gravel. Naturally, what remains is relatively pure clay. Then, I made five fairly regular earthen pots with my hands, and the body of the pot was shaped randomly with my hands.
Click on the pattern, then dry it naturally in the shade or in the oven, and finally calcine it. However, it will take some time for the pot made of adobe to dry naturally. Taking advantage of this time, Hua Xi and Hua Yong worked together for a while.
A kiln for roasting ceramics has been set up
The minimum temperature for calcining ceramics must be around 700-1000 degrees Celsius. If you want to calcine higher-quality porcelain, it will have to be above 1200 degrees Celsius. It is a bit difficult to achieve that high temperature with current technological productivity, but at least this temperature is still
Barely doable
The construction of the kiln is not too troublesome, but it is time-consuming. Hua Xi first dug a pit more than 20 centimeters high in the ground upwind, and then quickly built a pit using wooden boards and stones as bones and clay as flesh.
The 150-centimeter-high, one-meter-wide kiln ceramics is an excellent refractory material and has extremely high heat resistance. Therefore, the kiln made of clay will itself be a ceramic product in the future. The kiln is divided into two floors, with firewood on the bottom and one on top.
The layer is naturally where the clay that needs to be calcined is placed.
The top of the kiln is open to the air, but when the kiln is fired, Hua Xi will put a thick lid made of clay and dried in the shade. There are several small holes in the middle of the lid for ventilation. In this way, when the closed kiln is burning, a large amount of carbon monoxide produced by the fire is absorbed by the top of the kiln.
Blocked by the cover and squeezed into the kiln, the rapidly rising air pressure will inevitably accelerate the high temperature generated by carbon monoxide. You must know that the temperature generated by carbon monoxide is much higher than that generated by simple firewood.