Farming game: raise cubs with equipment

Chapter 44 Matches and Ice
Ji Xun said goodbye to the county magistrate and left.

At night, he looked carefully at these albums and found that they were indeed interesting.

The events of the day came to his mind again. Zhong Wenshi didn't like reading, and he couldn't recite a poem for a month, but since he read this picture book, he can recite it involuntarily.

If this kind of picture book can really improve learning efficiency, then he can introduce it into the school.

he thought wistfully.

On the second day, Ji Xun recruited a few children to experiment.

He told these stories bluntly, feeling a little embarrassed in his heart, but the children listened seriously, opened their eyes wide, and asked some naive questions like a curious baby.

I have taught them in the past, but I have never seen them so enthusiastic.

The youngest he found was over six years old, and the oldest was over eight years old, all of whom were former students of his.

After half an hour, he found that these children actually knew a lot of words, and their learning efficiency in class was much higher than before.

One of the children said: "Mr. Ji, is there any more?"

This story is obviously not over, and the last prisoner has not been caught.

Ji Xun lowered his eyes and asked, "Do you like this very much?"

Several children nodded quickly, "Is this our new book? I like it, it's simple and easy to understand."

"I like that mouse the most, so cute."

"The belly of the fat pig is so big, why do these animals walk upright like humans?"

The corner of Ji Xun's mouth twitched, he also wanted to know this question, but he was not the creator of the picture, so of course he couldn't explain it.

He thought for a while and said: "Next year, these picture albums may be used as books, but this is not necessarily the case."

The few children were obedient and only heard half of it, so they swarmed happily and dispersed.

Ji Xun looked at their backs and touched his chin.

If this kind of picture book can really improve learning efficiency, it doesn't matter if it is introduced in large quantities to various schools.

The Great Zhou Kingdom is a country that is constantly developing and reforming. Their ideas are not conservative. Even the national laws of the Great Zhou Kingdom allow women to be officials. This is due to Emperor Zhou Qing's reforms.That was a great emperor. During his reign, he not only improved the status of merchants, but also greatly reduced the taxes of the common people, encouraged exchanges between the Great Zhou Kingdom and other countries, introduced cultures from other countries, and even greatly improved education, encouraging everyone to Read more and cultivate talents useful to the Great Zhou Kingdom.

It was proposed by Emperor Zhou Qing that children can enter schools for preliminary education at the age of six to seven.

Before that, all countries closed their doors, fearing that other countries would find out their secrets, but the Great Zhou Kingdom broke this rule.

The Great Zhou State is rich in cotton, and the Great Qi State is rich in dairy cows. After the friendly exchanges between the two countries, cotton was exchanged for milk. This was the first time in history that an interest exchange took place.Simply a great breakthrough.

After that, everyone felt that the Great Zhou Kingdom had developed better than before.Ji Xun always thought that following the footsteps of Emperor Zhou Qing, the Great Zhou Kingdom would be able to get rid of poverty within 20 years.

People trust him unconditionally.

But he died too early. Emperor Zhou Qing died within five years of his reign. It is said that he was overworked. The current emperor is Emperor Zhou Qing's younger brother. But there is no talent to match him.

Thinking of this, he took the picture album to the book shop, and said to the carpenter, "Carve out these picture books, as quickly as possible, and print a few more copies when the time comes."

"How many copies?" asked the carpenter.

They are engraving a book recently, but the part they are in charge of is different. He is responsible for less part of the engraving, and now he has completed the task.

Ji Xun thought for a while and said, "Print as much as you can."

The carpenter took the album and responded.

Yun Yiyi's whole body hurt from being bumped by the bullock cart yesterday, she got up the next day after having breakfast, filled a few pots with water, and then put in saltpeter.

She did a lot of shopping yesterday, except for some snacks, just from the grocery store.

She bought a lot of sulfur, which is used to make gunpowder, but it seems that there is no gunpowder in this era, and everyone still advocates cold weapons.When Orion Zhou hunted, he only used arrows at most.

Yun Yiyi wants to make matches first today, and if she has the opportunity, she will also make gunpowder in the future.

In fact, although the match is small, it is not easy to make.

Matches are divided into matchboxes and match skins. There is a lack of some raw materials here. She will definitely not be able to make the exquisite matches of later generations. For example, raw materials such as manganese dioxide need to be prepared in a laboratory. Now if she is equipped with an experimental room, she did not make me [-]%, let alone in such a simple environment.

Yun Yiyi first cut more than a dozen matchsticks, and she cut them unevenly, much bigger than the matches of later generations.Since it was her first time doing it, she didn't hold out much hope.

The main component of match skin is red phosphorus. To get red phosphorus, you must first make white phosphorus.This white phosphorus is not difficult to obtain.This ingredient is also contained in the soil, but it needs to be extracted.

Yun Yiyi went to the back mountain to dig a large pile of mud, and then heated it. After several times of heating and screening, a pile of white objects was obtained, which was white phosphorus.She then went on to heat it up to get red phosphorus.

After applying red phosphorus to the skin of the red wood, Yun Yiyi applied sulfur and other substances to the matchstick.

She wiped one of the matches lightly on the skin, and it sparked instantly.

The fire lasted for a long time, until it burned out, Yun Yiyi threw the stick away.

This is success.

There were also a few matches, which she carefully wrapped in paper, intending to show it to Yan Xiaoshuang, lest he keep asking this question.

"Yan Xiaoshuang, hurry up and look at the matches." Yun Yiyi called out.

The two cubs were looking at the picture album in the lobby, when they heard the words, they hurried over.

Yan Xiaoshuang, who always followed behind, actually rushed to the front this time.

Yan Xiaoshuang's eyes sparkled, "Mother, where are the matches, I need to look at them."

He didn't know when Mother bought matches.

Yun Yiyi said: "Take a step back."

Yan Xiaoshuang followed her word.

Then he saw his mother pick up a small wooden stick and stroke it, and a ray of light rose in an instant.

"Wow, what is this!" Yan Dashuang was taken aback.

Yan Xiaoshuang was completely stunned, only felt that the fire in front of him existed in illusion, beyond his comprehension.

It turned out that what my mother said was true, and those paintings were also true.

"Mother, how did you do it? Why did it catch fire when you moved your hand?" Yan Dashuang asked hurriedly, rarely having doubts about this phenomenon.

Yun Yiyi laughed and said, "Do you want to try?"

Yan Dashuang opened his eyes wide, and said excitedly: "Is it okay to nest?"

Yan Xiaoshuang was extremely puzzled.

Yun Yiyi took Yan Dashuang's hands and led him to stroke the match skin, and the fire was quickly lit.

At first, Yan Dashuang was too frightened to move, but after watching the fire gradually extinguished, he became very excited again, and held a blackened matchstick to watch for a long time.

Yan Xiaoshuang wrinkled her steamed bun face, "Mother, I want to try it too."

Although she made few matches, she still had a lot of raw materials, and she could make countless of them, so she didn't feel distressed at all.

After Yan Xiaoshuang watched the process of lighting two matches, he also gained experience. He carefully wiped the skin of the match with his right hand, and when he saw the light source, he used his left hand to gently block the wind, hoping that the match would burn longer .

Yun Yiyi was amused, "Okay, throw the match away, so as not to burn your hands."

Yan Xiaoshuang's eyes were fascinated.

"Mom, did you do all of this?" He suddenly asked.

Yun Yiyi was taken aback. Every time she made these things, she didn't deliberately hide the truth from the two cubs, but she drove them to the other side every time. After all, any experiment is dangerous, in case something goes wrong during the experiment It's not good to let Zai Zai inhale the poisonous gas.

She knew that the two cubs were very smart, but even so, in her mind, they didn't understand anything.At this age, they just need to passively accept what she gives, and she will try her best to give the two cubs better.

In the past, the two cubs didn't think about these issues. Even if meat and rice appeared out of thin air, they would only eat happily, and would never wonder where these things came from.

Now they are asking why.

Yun Yiyi really didn't expect that it was because of her education that the two cubs developed their brains.

"Eggs are born from hens, and pork is grown from pigs. Then there is only one truth for this match." Yan Xiaoshuang spread his right thumb and index finger to form a character horoscope, placed them on his chin, and made a The classic action of the famous fast fat pig, "Mother made the match."

She will not only make matches in the future, but also many other things.

Yun Yiyi said helplessly: "Yes, I did it, do you like it?"

Yan Xiaoshuang happily bent her eyes into crescent moons, and said softly, "I like it."

Yan Dashuang didn't know what was so good about this thing, and he couldn't eat it, but seeing that his younger brother liked it, he also liked it, "I like it."

In the afternoon, Yun Yiyi went to the carpenter again.

Her request this time was still very strange, but she didn't bring any paper, she just described it in detail, and asked him to cut a few thousand small sticks for her, the smaller the better, and make a few bigger boxes. Put these little sticks in.

After Lao Liu heard the request clearly, he only felt that the wooden sticks were easy to cut and the boxes were easy to make, but it was too difficult to make a few thousand sticks.

After all, he is only one person, which is a very cumbersome task.

Yun Yiyi said casually: "It's okay, you can cut two hundred first, and the rest will be cut slowly, I'm not in a hurry, what should I do if I pay every two hundred?"

This is of course possible, there is no time limit, as long as he is short of money, he can cut it, and there is still money to take, so why not do it.

Lao Liu immediately said: "Okay, after I finish a few bowls, I'll cut them for you."

Yun Yiyi nodded. This match is a one-time item. It is good to have someone supply it for a long time.Besides, I only use a few matches each time, so it is not very troublesome.

After she finished trading with Lao Liu, the noon sun also came out.

The basin in the kitchen had already condensed into ice cubes. Yun Yiyi put the ice cubes in the chicken coop and the yard, and then put some in the lobby of her own house. After a while, she really felt much cooler.

A villager passed by outside and accidentally saw that there seemed to be almost melted ice on the ground, which was still slowly smoking, and felt that they had misread it.

At this time, how could there be ice cubes? That is something that only the royal family can afford.

The man shook his head, thinking that he must be dazzled, so he left quickly.

(End of this chapter)