My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 32 is back

Another new day begins.

When he woke up in the morning, Wei Cheng heard Ah Ning babbling at the door.

This girl was recently led by Cai Yan to study, and she had to recite a short song every day. This is a style similar to the Three Character Classic. The content is mainly about the four seasons, spring farming and autumn harvest, and it is mainly spread among the people.

Cai Yan's family is profound, and she has been exposed to more than ten thousand articles since she was a child. The collection of books at home is the largest in the world, and she has the ability to remember with a photograph, so Wei Chengxi calls it a humanoid library.

Before going out, Wei Cheng made a mark behind the door panel, and he had to go to the dinner on Saturday night. After all, Fang's family took good care of him before, and they helped organize his parents' funeral.

Wei Cheng wanted to make a good prescription for Mr. Fang. The medicinal materials that were in short supply were found in the mountain, so he hurriedly processed them later, and brought them to Mr. Fang as a congratulatory gift. I think the old man would like it very much.

Because the time of the two space-times advances proportionally, that is to say, there are still four days before Saturday.Wei Cheng used a knife to carve a mark that he only knew, so as to remind himself not to forget this matter.

It just so happened that the things I bought last night didn't arrive so quickly. It was probably like Saturday and Sunday, so I just happened to be there.

After engraving, he picked up the bundle he brought last night and walked out of the warehouse.

When Aning saw him, it was like a child seeing his mother. He ran over and said aggrievedly: "Brother Wei, I want to go play. I have an appointment with Gousheng and the others. Today I am going to catch Xiao Nier. Xiao Ni’er is delicious when roasted over fire.”

Wei Cheng looked at Cai Yan, who shook his head helplessly, as if he had a headache and didn't know how to teach this child.

Wei Cheng smiled at her, and then said to Ah Ning: "It's okay to play, but you have to memorize the words my sister taught you first. In order to reward you for studying hard, I specially prepared delicious drinks. Oh stuff."

Wei Ting shook the bundle in his hand, Aning rushed over to hug it curiously, Xiaoqiong's nose twitched, "Wow, it smells so good, it's the fragrance of flowers, I know, this is, this is Naizihua!"

The black line on Wei Cheng's forehead drooped, and he said angrily: "What nazi flower, this is jasmine, don't talk about naizi in the future..."

That's right, what Wei Cheng brought over was the jasmine tea used at home for entertaining guests. When I went back to clean up the house last night, I happened to see it. Thinking that there were no guests at home on weekdays, and I was not there when I came, I just brought it. coming.

The previous packing box was very delicate, so Wei Cheng just poured it all on the white cloth, so as not to have to hide it when he came over.

At this time, he spread out the white cloth, and the fragrance of scented tea inside was overflowing, which looked like the medicinal materials he had concocted himself.

Cai Yan also came over curiously, women are generally not immune to fragrant things.

"Husband, is this the dried Nazi flower?"

Cai Yan picked up one and smelled it, his eyes lit up immediately, and he really wanted to grab a handful and use it to make a sachet.

Wei Ting was taken aback for a moment, why did you also say that this is Naizi?
Xiao Xiao was depressed for a while, thinking that it must be the name of Jasmine in this era, after all, they don’t know the new definition of the word [柰子] given by the readers of later generations.

"This is jasmine tea. Add some hot soup and drink it directly. It tastes sweet and has a floral fragrance. After drinking too much, even the sweat on your body smells like flowers. Girls like you should like it." .”

Wei Cheng mainly gave it to little Aning to drink. This girl dried up all the drinks he bought in less than three days. If she drank like her, she would become a little chubby girl within half a year. Can't hurt her.

So, let her drink tea. There are many varieties of scented tea, and the taste is very good. I will add a little honey later, and the little girl will definitely like it very much.

Looking at Cai Yan's reaction at this time, it seems that she was more pleasantly surprised than Xiao Aning.

Seeing the emotion on her face, Wei Cheng smiled and said, "I'll make a cup for you to taste. Scented tea is suitable for drinking in the morning. By the way, have you had breakfast yet?"

Wei Cheng suddenly remembered, why weren't Hao Niang and Xiao'e here this morning?

At this time, Cai Yan explained: "We are waiting for our husband to eat together... By the way, I asked Sanniang and Xiao'e to take the extra steamed buns to the old people in the village to taste. There are many lonely and widowed old people in the village. No matter what, it should be treated kindly."

People in this era put all goodness and filial piety first. Cai Yan's father, Cai Yong, was a famous man of filial piety in history. Naturally, the children he raised would not be too bad. Wei Cheng was very pleased with this.

"That's okay, that's it. Let Sanniang steam an extra tray of steamed buns every morning and send them to the elderly in the village."

Cai Yan's eyes lit up, "Husband really thinks so!"

Wei Cheng nodded amusedly, "Of course."

The three simply ate breakfast, and Wei Cheng made scented tea for them. Since there was no honey, he temporarily substituted rock sugar for cooking, which easily conquered the stomachs of the two women.

"It's delicious, it's delicious, it's really delicious!" Xiao Aning was so happy that he even ate only two of his favorite steamed buns, his stomach was full of tea, and he could walk Hear the sound of water sloshing in his belly.

In contrast, Cai Yan is much more elegant. She brought a pair of exquisite tea sets herself. Yes, there were not a few people who drank tea in the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, what they drank was soup made of tea, with seasonings added. .

Cai Yan’s tea set consists of a purple clay pot, two purple clay covered bowls, and a small spoon for adding seasonings.

She put the purple clay jar filled with water beside the fire, waited for the water to boil, and added scented tea and rock sugar to it in turn. She was hesitant to add some other seasonings, but Wei Cheng stopped her directly.

"Madam, just drink it like this, don't add any other condiments, no one adds sesame oil to the tea."

Cai Yan was puzzled, and argued, "But, tea is always made with sesame oil at home."

Wei Cheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "My tea is different from others. You should try my way of drinking it first. If you are not used to it, you can add whatever you want next time."

Then, Cai Yan was surprised to find how refreshing the taste of jasmine tea with just a little rock sugar added, and fell in love with this taste ever since.

Spent half a day warmly in the morning.

Wei Cheng remembered the yellow mud he had started to collect last night, so he informed Cai Yan and came to the temporary construction site on the southeast side of the mountain alone.

Luliang Mountain blows the northwest wind all the year round, and the construction site was built in this direction to prevent the smoke from burning bricks from polluting the respiratory tract of the villagers. You must know that the yellow mud contains a lot of heavy metals, and the smoke produced at high temperatures is not good. thing.

Hao Dadao got busy here early in the morning.

The women in the village were also sweating profusely from work. They didn't have the habit of eating breakfast. It was thanks to Wei Cheng that they were able to eat two meals a day.Before changing, they could only eat one meal a day.

The old woman who was in charge of cooking started a pot at the side, and made miscellaneous fish soup. The fish was caught by Hutou and his youngsters. A little gnocchi was added to the fish soup, and a little wild vegetable was added, as long as it could fill the stomach.

Wei Cheng frowned, feeling that he couldn't get enough to eat like this. Transporting yellow mud and wood was heavy physical work. How could eating such a small amount of food compare to consumption? If you really eat and do this, what everyone overdraws is their own vitality. It's so easy hurt the root.

Wei Cheng immediately made a decision and asked Sanniang and Xiao'e to make steamed cakes. Compared with steamed buns, thick steamed cakes are more filling, and multigrain cakes are rich in dietary fiber. Refined flour is more nutritious and beneficial.

Moreover, the grains used to make the steamed pancakes were all sent by Wei Shi, so they would just send them after eating later. With that set of glasses, they should be able to get a lot of good things in exchange.

Amidst the compliments of the women thanking Dade, Wei Cheng found Hao Dadao.

In the same way, knowing that Wei Cheng was going to provide extra meals for the villagers, Hao Dadao, as the head of the village, was naturally grateful.

Wei Cheng interrupted him and said, "Uncle Da Dao, there is a lot of yellow mud accumulated now, let's try to burn some bricks first, I only know a rough idea of ​​the specific formula, and I guess it will take a lot of trial and error to find the right one." ratio."

Burning bricks does not simply use yellow mud, the metal content of the clay also plays a vital role, not all loess is suitable for burning bricks.Just like firing porcelain, why Jingdezhen porcelain is so good in later generations is closely related to the local soil quality...

Hao Dadao nodded, and said with a bit of high spirits: "We can do whatever you say, as long as we can make everyone survive this cold winter, I, Hao Dadao, can jump into the stove to sacrifice bricks."

Wei Cheng laughed and said: "It's not that exaggerated, and it's not like casting a sword. It's really impossible to make a sacrifice. It's all a legend, and there is no shadow of it."

Hao Dadao scratched his head, and said suspiciously: "Really, but my master told me that many famous swords in history were sacrificed by human beings, such as Moye Sword, Xuanyuan Sword, and Jing Ke's Remnant Rainbow Sword. to sacrifice."

"You still have a master?" Wei Cheng asked curiously.

Hao Dadao showed a look of reminiscence, and replied: "There must be a master, otherwise my ability can't grow out of thin air. I and his father are the same master. I learned metallurgy, and his father learned carpentry." , originally there was another stonemason, that is Hutou's father, but it is a pity that he escaped and died to cover us, otherwise he must know how to burn bricks."

Mentioning the rebellion of soldiers and bandits, Hao Dadao became a little depressed, and Wei Cheng couldn't say anything to comfort him. He could only wait for his mood to calm down a little before asking: "Then your master must know how to burn bricks. How do you know how to burn bricks?" Why don't you ask?"

Hao Dadao shook his head and explained: "Three years ago, the imperial court sent someone to find my master and asked him to go to Luoyang to help repair the palace. My master refused to go and ran away with my junior sister overnight, saying that if there is a destiny in this life, we will meet again." .”

"So that's the case, that's a pity." Wei Cheng sighed, feeling that Hao Dadao's identity as a master must not be simple, otherwise the court would not send someone to look for it, which proves that he has real skills.

Qin bricks and Han tiles, the ancient craftsmen did not blow them out, but the craftsman skills that have been tested for thousands of years and displayed in front of the world. Many experts and scholars in later generations have studied it for half a lifetime and do not know why they are so awesome.

Closer to home, since we can't find such a talented person, we still have to build the house.

Wei Cheng doesn't know how to burn bricks, but there are similar videos on the Internet, such as the Australian brother.

Following the operation of the Australian brother, Wei Cheng first asked Hao Dadao to lead people to make molds for measurement, and then asked people to collect plant fibers and mix them into yellow mud to increase the toughness of the finished product.

It took about one noon to make more than 2000 pieces of yellow mud bricks. After that, they were cooled and air-dried, and then baked at a high temperature to characterize them. Because of limited conditions, the first batch was fired red bricks first. Durable blue bricks, let's talk about it later.

After a busy day, when the sun was about to set, there were cheers from the lifting platform.

Wei Cheng and Hao Dadao knew that Chengtou and Hao Zhao should have returned.

When they came to the lifting platform, they came back as expected, bringing with them about twenty people from Wei Shi, pulling a carriage full of goods.

Seeing Wei Cheng, Chengtou handed him a letter and said, "Master, this is what your father asked me to hand over to you personally, and your father also said, go back and have a look later, everything at home is fine, so you don't have to worry about it." Caring."

Wei Cheng took the letter and stuffed it into his arms, nodded and said, "Is everything going well on the road?"

Said he was excited at once, nodded hurriedly and said: "Smooth, smooth, Zhao Kuai and I hurried on the road, and it took more than an hour to arrive at your residence. The concierge heard that we were delivering letters for you, so he immediately let us I met the third master."

"Third Master?" Wei Cheng was taken aback.

Chengtou explained: "It's the one who came last time. Outsiders call him Uncle Wen, and he's called Ling Zun's adoptive father, so of course it's the third master."

Uncle, Zhong, Uncle, Ji, and Wei Cheng nodded slightly. This is the reason. I didn't expect that handsome young man with a sword to be his younger brother. No wonder he respected him so much at that time, and the relationship was based on this relationship.

Chengtou continued: "At first, your father wanted to keep the set of jade crystal cups. Thanks to the words of the third master, he took the jade crystal cups and took us to exchange things. Hahaha, son, you know, this We got a lot of good things this time, the third master is too quick-spoken, those big dogs were fooled for a while."

Wei Cheng looked at the carriage that was unloading. In addition to the boxes he asked for, there was also a large amount of grain and cloth. Now the villagers have enough food, clothing and housing. When the brick and tile houses are built, everyone really doesn't need them this winter. Worry slightly.

Hao Dadao was silly and cheerful, listening to Hao Zhao's eloquent talk, he said in admiration, "It's all thanks to the young master, that set of jade crystal cups must be priceless, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people fighting for it, young master It’s really righteous for us to be willing to exchange it.”

Hao Zhao agreed again and again, looking at Wei Cheng with seven points of respect and three points of admiration.

At this time, a steward sent by Weishi came with a wooden box.

The steward walked up to Wei Cheng, bowed respectfully, and said, "Wei Han has seen the second master, and here are the things that the second master wanted, and the third master said that he chose a few finely crafted ones and put them alone, and the other It's all in the box that the second master asked for."

Wei Cheng took the box, lifted the lid to take a look, and gasped on the spot.

(End of this chapter)