After baking in the sun during the day and drying in the night breeze at night, the kiln was completely dry the next day and the kiln could be fired. The firewood was already prepared. The five earthen pots were carefully placed in by Hua Xi, who looked at the bottom of the kiln.
The flames burst out, and the mood of everyone in the pottery team also went up and down. Whether this earthen pot, which Hua Xi had high hopes for, could be successfully calcined into pottery, was like a big mountain weighing heavily on his heart. Depending on the situation, the calcining time would have to be determined.
After waiting for more than a day, Hua Xi ordered Hua An to take turns on duty. He only needed to keep adding firewood to the kiln to keep the fire strong.
In this way, several people took turns adding firewood to the kiln until the dusk of the next day. It was almost time to open the kiln. Like Hua Xi, Hua An, and Hua Yong, they were also excited and unbearable. They had already seen the endless tricks of the clan leader.
You know, it must be the same divine thing this time
Any great invention starts from failure, and it is the same for Hua Xi. After the smoke and temperature in the kiln dissipated and dropped, an extremely shocking scene appeared. Since there were no five earthen pots,
Once a crack was avoided, one of the earthen pots was carefully taken out and carefully inspected. It was found that obvious granular crystals had appeared in the earthen pot. This showed that the material and temperature met the requirements, but the sizes of the granular crystals were not uniform. Could it be that
Is it said to be caused by uneven density distribution within the clay?
After much deliberation, Hua Xi felt that apart from this reason, she could not think of any other reasons. Hard work was better than random guessing. Regardless of the fall of dusk, Hua Xi ordered the tribesmen to light pitch pine torches and several bonfires, and continued to study by burning the lamp.
This time Hua Xi first put the cleaned clay in a large wooden barrel and stirred it with a wooden stick, squeezing out as many air bubbles as possible in the clay, and then continued the same process as today: kneading, air-drying, and calcining. This time Hua Xi kneaded
Four pots and ten bowls
This time, Hua Xi extended the calcining time for half a day before opening the kiln and waiting for the poisonous gas to dissipate. After the temperature dropped, Hua Xi cautiously leaned down and took a look: "Well, the pot is not broken, and the bowl is not broken either."
Hua Xi suppressed the overflowing excitement and excitement in her heart, and carefully took out one of the pots that was still emitting steam. She saw that the pot was green and black, with a rough surface. She flicked it a few times with her hands and made a few crisp and pleasant sounds of gold and stone.
Hua Xi picked up the pottery pot in her hand and smashed it on the ground a few times. After a few clicks, the pot body was intact. Hehe, the hardness is good. It seems that the temperature of the earthen kiln is at least 1000-1200 degrees Celsius. In the future, we will make a bigger one.
It is not a big deal if you use earthen kiln and choose high-quality clay and high-quality porcelain. The problem of rough pottery surface can be solved by just scraping it with useless porcelain pieces.
"Haha, we have pottery, haha... pottery!" At this moment, Hua Xi could no longer suppress the joy in her heart. This feeling of creating it by herself always gives people a great sense of success and satisfaction.
Hua Yong and the others saw that the clan leader had been running up and down the earthen kiln for several days, and now he was holding a stone. They didn't know why they were so happy. However, when Hua An caught a glimpse of what Hua Xi was holding, his expression was shocked.
Hua Xi, who was babbling indistinctly and just saw the puzzled expressions of Hua Yong and the others, knew that although they didn't know the purpose of pottery now, by tomorrow it would be more than just them, and the whole clan would be fighting for pottery.
But when Madness glanced at Hua An, Hua Xi noticed something strange about Hua An, and suddenly remembered that when she had just been promoted to clan leader, the piece of pottery she had received from Hua An was a piece of broken pottery.
Hua Xi thought about it and wanted to find out. After questioning, it turned out that the Shui tribe migrated from the north to the south and settled here. The pottery pieces were brought by his ancestors from the far north. Later, because the pottery was the only item left by the ancestors in the tribe,
, so it became a token of every clan leader. So when he saw the pottery made by Hua Xi, Hua An couldn't control his inner feelings for a while, and Hua Xi noticed it.
"Oh! In that far north? It seems that there is a civilization there that is thousands of years more advanced than this. It took thousands of years for tribal ceramics to be disseminated and used from their birth." The information provided by Hua An made Hua Xi understand the mysterious thing in the north.
The tribe secretly kept a close eye on
In order to see if the kiln was firing well, Hua Xi took out several other pottery pots from the kiln one after another. Except for one of them, the rest were successfully fired pots. Although from the aesthetic and feeling point of view, these pots were all successfully fired.
Inferior products, but Hua Xi is satisfied. At least now it can solve many inconveniences in the daily life of the tribe. Finally, Hua Xi specially filled a pot of water. Well, there was no leakage. It was a qualified product.
After putting the pots in place and sealing the kiln, Hua Xi told the four people in Hua'an to have a good sleep. After all, they had been working for several days in front of a kiln that radiated high temperatures. It was not a pleasant feeling.
I meant to sleep, but Hua Xi couldn't fall asleep tonight, and finally stayed up until dawn. Hua Xi couldn't bear the excitement, and gathered his tribe to watch this epoch-making new thing. Although the north already had and even surpassed homemade pottery,
But Hua Xi has not found any tribes with this level of civilization in this area.
In the early morning, when the sun's rays of light had just passed through the clouds and shone on the valley, there were more than 300 Shui people in the valley. They had already surrounded the five people of Hua Xi and Hua'an in three circles inside and outside the valley. They were going to see today.
Let’s see what surprises the greatest and most omnipotent patriarch in history brings them.
Last night, Hua Xi had already demonstrated in his mind countless times that the introduction of pottery was very important for today's performance. Hua Xi had no reservations. What he wanted to do was to cook a pot of delicious broth.
Four clay pots are lined up in a row, the fire is set up, the water is poured, and the cleaned venison, pork, chicken, etc. are poured down in one go. Because there is no salt, the soup will be less delicious, but the meat will not be fragrant.
There has been a big change. After about half an hour, the earthenware pot that was roasted under the fierce fire gradually emitted a rich and alluring fragrance. As time passed by, the fragrance became more and more rich and radiant, filling the earthenware pot.
Dozens of square meters around
When things got here, all the tribesmen, men, women, old and young, all stared at the meat in the three pots in front of them. Hua Xi could even clearly hear a lot of swallowing sounds and stomach protests against the pots.
There is no need to say more about the purpose of it. It is most important to seize the time and educate. Hua Xi slowly raised his right hand and pointed at the pot and shouted: "Pot"
Almost as soon as Hua Xi finished speaking, all the tribesmen pointed at the pot and shouted in unison: "Pot...pot..."
In order to make the meat in the pot more fragrant, and on the other hand to increase the appetite of the tribe, Hua Xi continued to cook the meat in the pot, while he used some broken pottery shards to peel a piece of bamboo.
All he needs to do is use chopsticks later
After the chopsticks were sharpened, the aroma of the broth had already overflowed and penetrated the noses of every Shui tribe person present. Hua Xi calmly picked up the chopsticks and bowl and shouted: "Chopsticks, bowl..." and then
Without waiting for the tribesman to reply, he first demonstrated the chopsticks, and the bowl came into play.
Hua Xi first picked up a few pieces of meat from the pottery pot with chopsticks, then used a wooden spoon to scoop a few spoonfuls of broth from the pot. He slowly picked up the pottery bowl in his hand, lowered his head and blew on it a few times, and sucked the broth a few times.
Hua Xi drank it slowly. At this time, Hua Xi could hear more swallowing sounds around him. He smiled slightly and continued to pick up a piece of chicken in the bowl with the chopsticks in his hand, put it into his mouth and chewed it.
The whole process was very slow. Hua Xi wanted to satisfy their addiction and let them clearly see how to use bowls and chopsticks. After seeing the demonstration, the effect was extremely ideal. Hua Xi motioned to Hua An, who was already unbearable.
The Yong people handed over the pottery bowls and received a signal from the clan leader. All the clan members were vying for bowls and chopsticks to eat the delicious broth. The scene was about to get out of control. In desperation, Hua Xi could only use his bastard spirit to let the clan members
Queue up to eat and drink, ensuring everyone has a small bowl of broth to try
The effect of this promotion meeting was very ideal. Everyone was fascinated by the things cooked in the clay pot. However, it took Hua Xi a few days to teach how to use chopsticks.
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