When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 117 Xun Xing and Xin Qugui
At dawn, Chu Dagu woke up from home, his nose full of fishy smell.

He scratched his head and looked at the dried fish hanging on the beam in distress.

This was collected from the riverbanks and swamps near the Youxin clan's old place. The clan's warehouses were full, and now there was no place to store them.

Therefore, Xinqu waved his hand and directly paid three months' basic salary to the women of the whole clan who were left behind and busy in the city.

These fish are the basic salary. Anyway, Xin Qu gave it to you. If you fail to complete it, the group leader will kick back your salary.

In this way, everyone's enthusiasm is constantly improving.

After all, who can sit back and watch things disappear when they have already obtained them?

But this was a bitter experience for Shu Dagu, who had just returned and suffered from a headache all night.

When he got up, Fei Jiang had already taken his daughter to weave.

Since fishing is needed to build rivers, the number of nets needed has been increasing, so the women who stay in the city are spinning more fishing nets.

When I opened the door and went out, I happened to see a family washing leather downstream.

Mr. Xin is also preparing fur coats for winter.

Now everyone has been mobilized and all the stored leather has been used. This year can be said to be extremely busy.

Everyone has gone from not being used to it to being used to it now.

Every day I work at sunrise and rest at sunset. I go to the cafeteria to eat and redeem my points with bamboo coins. Or I simply use the dried fish and millet from my salary as currency, and the kitchen is happy to accept them.

After bringing it, select the ones that are in good condition and store them for a while, then cook the rest.

Meat, porridge, noodles, rice, salt, and oil are all provided for every meal. As long as they are working, everyone lives a comfortable life.

"Brother, are you going to eat?"

Shu Yan came out of the next room, saw Shu Dagu and said hello.

Glancing at the sky, Chu Dagu frowned: "Is there anything to eat at this hour?"

"Yes, there are too many people in the tribe to support now, so the kitchen works in two shifts, so there is food at any time." Shu Yan came up and told someone about the situation he asked someone to learn about yesterday, "In the kitchen Food is available 24 hours a day, as long as we go there with millet, dried fish, and bamboo coins, we can eat."

"What about the points?"

"The points can only be used for meal points." Shu Yan replied, then he took out his robe, took out a bunch of bamboo coins and said, "Now, this is a reward from the clan leader to commend us for our extra efforts along the way. Brother, go and get it. without?"

"Sister-in-law is gone." Chu rubbed his chin, walked back to the house, and brought out a pile of dried fish: "Don't use your stuff, use dried fish...it will kill me soon."

"Eh? But dried fish..."

"The dried fish is not very hungry. After a few days, I will think of a way to replace all the dried fish with things like millet, corn, and wheat, so that the stuff can be stored."

Shu Dagu waved his hand, interrupted his cousin, and then took him to the cafeteria.

When we arrived at the cafeteria, smoke was curling up day and night.

Food for 4000 people is provided around the clock. If there were not a pile of charcoal, just cutting firewood would kill people.

"Hey! The big stocks are back? What do you want to eat?"

A strong woman came out to pour pot washing water into the bucket. She happened to see Chu Dagu and said hello.

"Sister Zao, I'll give you these. I'll give them to you, Shu Yan and I."

Shu Dagu directly handed over the dried fish.

"Okay!" The strong woman took it with a smile, and then went to work for a while.

They were given a bowl of shrimp, crab and millet porridge, a stack of steamed snails with scallion oil, and two basin-sized pieces of bread: "If you can't finish the naan, you can take it back and store it for storage."

"Okay!" Chu Yan nodded happily. Chu Dagu thought it was okay. Bread was at least more acceptable than dried fish.

And also hungry.

The two of them ate for a while, and a figure that surprised Chu appeared: "Sister Zao, make me some porridge and two vegetarian buns."

"Ah! Patriarch!" Zao Jiang came out and said in shock when he saw Xin Qu, "When did you come back?" "Oh, I just arrived." Xin Qu scratched his messy hair, which was covered with dust.

After giving the bamboo coins, he turned around and said, "Are you two coming to eat too?"

"Ah... yes! Hello, clan leader!" Shu Yan was also surprised.

But seeing Xin Qu come and sit down, she quickly moved her buttocks so that he could sit down.

Seeing Xin Qu take the chopsticks from the table unceremoniously, Chu Dagu then took two quick bites of Zaojiang's two steamed buns and today's shrimp and crab porridge.

When the sweat started to heat up, he took a breath and said, "Huh, I'm alive. I almost fainted due to hypoglycemia."

"What's the emergency when you come back suddenly?" Shu Dagu asked.

"I found the evil gold. I'm going to come back and do experiments to see if I can get the effect I want." Xin Qu said casually.

Shu Dagu was stunned and then asked: "So, the thing that Mr. Huo found is what you want?"

"Have you looked at it? That's right. There are still impurities in it, but the production cost of that kind of mineral material is very low. It's so rare." Xinqu took another two bites and picked up a plain steamed bun to gnaw.

Mushrooms, dried bracken... persimmon meat?

Xin Qu had a pretty face and turned around to call Zao Jiang: "Sister Zao, who ordered the persimmon meat to be put in? Is it edible?"

"Isn't it delicious?" Zao Jiang scratched his head in confusion, "The clan members agree! And the ones I put in are all red fruits, which can neutralize the bitterness of bracken."

"..."

Xinqu sighed helplessly: "Forget it, let's do this for now."

He also accepted his fate. There were really too few vegetable varieties: "Is there any stuffed with leeks?"

"I have this, I'll get it. I'll give you another one." Zao Jiang saw that Xin Qu didn't like special flavors, so he quickly took away Xin Qu's remaining vegetable buns, and soon got one stuffed with chives.

This is normal. I borrowed some shredded bacon and didn't have much salt, so it was very refreshing.

It's much more delicious than the outrageous persimmon stuffing just now.

Shu Dagu watched Xin Qu's face return to normal before he said, "Is Evil Gold really as useful as you said?"

"The reserves of evil gold are more than copper." Xinqu swallowed the bun in his mouth, "In our area, the mineral deposits I know of alone should be worth a hundred times the bronzes currently owned by Dayi merchants. As long as we can Chew it down, and even if the smelting skills are not up to par, this thing can be used as a farm tool, and it will be more efficient than stone."

"That's true..." Chu Dagu thought for a moment and said, "Can I see how you are doing it?"

"Okay." Xin Qu nodded, "The roasting I am going to use now is just a transitional process and needs to be improved later. The technology used will at most be eliminated next year, so it's no big deal."

Xin Qu is not optimistic about the efficiency of roasting, but now that it can be used, it’s a big deal.

"That's okay." Chu Dagu finished his meal without saying anything and asked Chu Yan to go back with the remaining half of the basin of bread, so there was no need to follow him.

Shu Yan originally wanted to go and have a look, but when he saw the warning look in his elder brother's eyes, he quickly backed down: "Chief, you are busy, I am going to rest."

"Go."

Xin Qu had no objection. After all, Shu Dagu also wanted to prevent the news from leaking.

But in fact, smelting iron is already practiced among some tribes in the south.

After all, the first time humans obtained iron from nature was not from ores, but from iron bacteria, which are generally found in acidic waters such as ponds, lakes, and hot springs.

It survives by decomposing iron molecules and fermenting them to obtain inorganic salts.

Therefore, after devouring iron for a long time, the body may accumulate into mud.

Some will turn into limonite and can easily turn into terracotta.

The hydrothermal climate and acidic red soil in the south are evidence that they are more suitable for life.

As for Haihe, all the mineral deposits found contain too much manganese, and most of these manganese compounds are alkaline.

Therefore, iron bacteria are difficult to find.

(End of this chapter)