Gong fight?Niang Niang, she dominated the cold palace by farming

Chapter 147 Chapter 147
"How do ordinary people spend the winter?" Xu Ji asked.

Sister Wen sighed: "In the early years, when the old slave was young, most of the common people made paper clothes."

"Paper clothes?" Xu Ji expressed his inability to understand, how can something like paper keep out the cold?

"It's not the rice paper or tissue paper that the princess knows, but a very flexible paper," explained Nanny Wen, "because the color is close to that of cowhide, everyone calls it kraft paper.

"This kind of paper can be cut and sewed, and it has a very good windproof effect. There are things like reed flowers sandwiched between two layers of kraft paper to keep warm.

"It would be better if the family conditions were better and we could afford cloth.

"Like rich households, they can afford cotton-padded clothes, while nobles often use silk and fur clothes."

In fact, there is also a plant in the countryside that produces flocculent seeds, which are much more heat-retaining than reed flowers, but the yield is very low and it is difficult to collect, so very few people collect them for winter clothes.

Having said that, Mother Wen sighed again, "But that was in peacetime, and now there are years of wars, ordinary people don't have the time to make paper!

"If the princess can lead us to study the things that can produce fluff and increase the production, it will be a great merit."

Xu Ji was noncommittal, "Let's put this matter aside for now. Let's make arrangements for the housing first, and then prepare the window paper. Are the adobes that were punched enough?"

"It's not enough," Sister Wen hurriedly said, "The old slave asked, we can barely make do with our own living."

"Well," Xu Ji made a final decision, "Let's take care of our own people first. Isn't it cold here? Our walls are built with two layers and a kang. The chicken feathers, goose feathers and duck feathers we collected before are first used to make some bedding.

"In terms of firewood... we can solve part of it after the crops are harvested, but I'm afraid it's not enough.

"I told you not to cut down large areas of forests for firewood, but to ensure that the forest area does not decrease, and you can cut down some trees in dense places appropriately.

"I'll take some time to walk around and see if there are any fast-growing tree species that we can plant on a large scale."

After a few days, Hu Lie also sent 500 more people over, and these people were responsible for building the adobe, and then helped to build the adobe that had been dried before according to the drawings drawn by Xu Ji.

The village created in this way is like a closed castle with each intersection. If someone comes to attack and the defense mechanism is activated, even three to five thousand elite soldiers will not be able to break through the outer defense.

Every household has a special storage place for firewood. The pile of firewood is one room high. There are also large water tanks in the courtyard. The daily washing water is treated and poured into the water tank for fire prevention.

The double-layer windows are pasted with double-layer window paper, which has an excellent wind-proof and cold-proof effect, and because it is an adobe house, it is isolated from the heat in summer, and it is truly warm in winter and cool in summer.

As for the internal layout and size, it is similar to the original houses built in Wan County.

As a result, the adobe that was originally enough was stretched.

Fortunately, the later batch of sergeants worked very quickly. The adobe they built gradually became useful, and they picked stones from the rocky mountain not far away.

Xu Ji then set up a watchtower at the entrance of the village, on the top of which a beacon can be lit to report emergencies.

When the village here was beginning to take shape, Song Qingzhai came here again, seeing how busy this place was, Xu Ji didn't have time to socialize with him at all, so he didn't stay longer.

Later, Luo Hongzhang called 300 people over.

(End of this chapter)