survival in the wilderness

Chapter 78 The Smelter

On the early morning of May [-]th, before the door of Huahong's house opened, there were already many people waiting.

When Huahong opened the door and saw so many people, she was frightened, "You, what are you doing here?"

Shui Pozi was the first to say: "Come and see your iron pot, let us see what it looks like, and what kind of scrambled eggs are. I know you don't have wild eggs at home, so I brought eggs."

As she spoke, she lifted the small basket in her hand, so that Huahong could see the wild eggs inside.

In one night, the iron pot and scrambled eggs with green onions had spread all over the world, and these people came here just because of the reputation.

There are also people who come for the kitchen knife. They heard that it is extremely sharp and can cut meat like mud.If there is such a knife, they all want to have one.

Nowadays, cutting down trees and beheading beasts requires such magical weapons.

Ye Zi looked at the bonus and was still stunned, and reminded loudly: "Everyone comes to your house to look at the iron pan and kitchen knife, so you just take them out and let them have a look."

"We're here to learn scrambled eggs with green onions, and we want to taste the delicacy in the world." Shui Pozi said immediately.

"There are so many people, who will eat it, how can there be so many eggs and meat, and there are not enough green onions."

Shui Pozi was taken aback, thinking that what Ye Zi said made sense.She looked at the people behind her, "Just take a look. Green onions are a rare commodity. Those grown in the ground have not yet grown up, so we can eat them when we have the ingredients."

Someone shouted: "Okay, let's just take a look at the kitchen knife and iron pan."

"Alright then, you wait here, we'll go in and get it."

Ye Zi dragged Shui Pozi into the yard, closed the fence gate, and went into the kitchen with Hua Hong.

After a while, Ye Zi was carrying an iron pot, and Mrs Shui walked to the door with a kitchen knife, and showed everyone around through the fence door.

When Lin Yan got up, he was stunned when he saw the bustling scene in the yard. After listening to it, he knew why these people came.

She didn't care and went straight to the kitchen.

Hua Hong is washing the meat and preparing to make breakfast. "Get up, wait for dinner, you eat steamed eggs first."

The pots and kitchen knives are still being watched outside.

"Okay, Niang, I went to the laboratory after eating steamed eggs. Niang will show them how to use the iron pan and kitchen knife at home."

Lin Yan feels that good things cannot be enjoyed alone.We should let everyone see the charm of iron pots and kitchen knives, so as to stimulate their desire to mine together.

In the future, iron ore will be in great demand, and it may not take long for the first batch to be shipped back.

After Lin Yan left, Hua Hong made scrambled eggs with green onions with wild eggs brought by Mrs. Shui, and the fragrance wafted far away.It attracted many people to watch.

Everyone in the laboratory has arrived, and Lin Yan sees that everyone is busy and working in full swing.Witnessing the magic of iron pans and kitchen knives last night, they all worked hard to earn an iron pan and kitchen knife for themselves.

Mao Mu and Lin Yun looked at the furnace and the furnace, while the others had mud on their hands and made a row of iron pans and kitchen knives.

There were several pieces of mud on Hua Min's face, but she didn't bother to wipe it off.

Lin Yan looked silent for a while, and really couldn't bear to interrupt them, but there were still many things to do, she said: "Mao Mu, Lin Yun, Hua Min and Ye Cong stay here to make iron pots and kitchen knives, each one .The others follow me to the school side."

"What are you doing over there?" Shi Zhi held the mud in his hands without raising his head. He thought this job was too interesting.

"Baiyun asked us to help build the smelter. We will discuss the site selection and design today, and we will start construction tomorrow."

As soon as they heard that it was business, everyone stopped playing in the mud, packed up and went to school.

Bai Yun and the four of them were already waiting, and when they saw them, they greeted them enthusiastically.

"Lin Yan, you are here, come in quickly."

Bai Yun smiled all over his face, these children are so attractive.

Lin Yan nodded and looked at the other four people, they all knew each other.Bai Song, Shi Wen, Huo Huo and Lan Meng, the leaders of the nine teams.

Bai Yun immediately explained: "I asked them to help together, first build the smelter."

"Understood, let's start now." Lin Yan didn't talk nonsense, "First discuss where the smelter will be built and how large it will be."

"It can't be too far away from the water, and it should be easy to get soil and mud." Shi Zhi said subconsciously, these are the necessary conditions for ironmaking, "The supply of charcoal and firewood must also be considered."

Huang Ying then said: "It should be located below the water flow, so as not to pollute the water source. It is best to bring in water from the Sun River or the drinking water canal, and discharge the used sewage separately."

Bai Chen looked at the sky, "The direction of the wind should also be taken into account. The furnace will generate a lot of gas, so it cannot be blown into the city and affect other people."

Lan Yue: "Keep away from places where people live, the sound of building weapons will be too noisy in the future."

Hong Ling: "The area must be large, and the drying of clay molds takes up a lot of space. Now the clay molds are used up once and then discarded. We still have to find a way to make molds that can be used many times."

Shui Sheng: "What everyone said is reasonable. The northwest wind is often blowing here, so the location should be in the downwind direction, preferably in the southeast direction."

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Bai Yun and the four of them watched a group of children talk to each other, and quickly chose a place to build the smelter.They can't get in at all because there's a lot they don't understand.

I already knew that this group of children had changed after Lin Yan took classes. Only after seeing them with my own eyes today did I know that they were really transformed and knew too much.

Then, they heard Lin Yan's final summary.

She took a charcoal pencil and marked on a slate. The slate was a simplified map of Sun City. Two miles southeast of Sun City is this area. There are relatively few tall trees here, and the jungle is low, which is convenient for development."

Then, a group of children looked at Bai Yun and the others, asking for their opinions.

The other children have already taken out the slates, preparing to plan the construction plan of the smeltery.

Baiyun and the others didn't have any opinions, they felt that standing here was superfluous.

"You have considered everything comprehensively, and it is very good, so I chose it there." Bai Yun nodded with satisfaction, "Of course, the larger the smelter, the better."

Lin Yan nodded to express his understanding, "Let's take a look at the population of Sun City first. There are only about 3000 young and middle-aged people. They shoulder the heavy responsibility of hunting and have enough manpower for the military, so there can only be a maximum of 500 people. into the smelter."

Hong Ling pointed out: "You don't necessarily have to be young and middle-aged. They are needed for blacksmithing and forging, but other people can do furnace firing, smelting, and making molds."

"That's right, but it can't be too large. People can't all be invested in the smelter. There are also wood factories and kiln factories, which require a lot of people."

After intense discussions, the five members of Baiyun watched the whole process, and finally determined the scale and blueprint of the smelter.

They watched with their own eyes that during the discussion, everyone was writing and drawing on the slate with a charcoal pencil, and the drawings were ready after the discussion was over.

There is the overall layout of the smelter, as well as the design drawings of each area.The smelter covers an area of ​​about 500 square meters, with a length of more than [-] meters from north to south and about [-] meters from east to west.Divide the refining area, smelting area, mold making area, forging area, warehouse and living area.

Bai Yun looked at the dozen or so stone slabs left behind, which clearly marked how to build them, and was excited.

"You go to the arbitral tribunal immediately, and start working immediately after the report."

The four of Baisong were also very excited. This is a big project, and they will soon have powerful weapons when it is completed.Hearing Baiyun's order, he immediately ran out to find someone.

(End of this chapter)