original chef king

Chapter 31
If you want to speed up civilization, it is not enough to just develop technology, you must have a strong armed force, so that you can break through layers of shackles, then bows and arrows must be equipped, but Li Qi is not so anxious, because now he has bows and arrows It's not very useful, they are just wandering around in this three-acre land, and there is no powerful enemy to force them to quickly arm themselves.

Li Qi still hopes to use food to push Black Stone Valley on the road of development.

After coming out of the cave, Li Qi greeted yesterday's original team and began to prepare the main meal. Judging from the preparation, the dishes were exactly the same as yesterday's, but the side dishes were missing. After all, the boa constrictor only had one set of internal organs.

At the beginning, only a few of them were doing the cleaning work, but gradually, more and more people were around.

A group of little brats who had just finished training also rushed over, sat cross-legged in front of the kitchen table, and watched them busy with big shiny eyes.

The adults just stared at them blankly.

Maybe it's because they have too few entertainment activities. For them, cooking is like watching a movie.

With yesterday's experience, today's melting speed is much faster than yesterday's, and soon, the first pot of snake soup will be out of the oven.

The second pot..

The third pot..

It was no different from yesterday, everyone was intoxicated after eating, this was definitely the happiest moment in Heishi Valley.

After eating, I felt comfortable all over and didn't want to move. I just lay down on the spot, squinted my eyes, and relished the delicious food just now.

The farmer who ate at the back, holding a bowl of hot snake soup, suddenly asked Li Qi a question that he didn't quite understand: "Li Qi! Can this long worm meat only do this?"

As soon as these words came out, it seemed that everyone's ears were pricked up.

Man and the others came over directly and looked at Li Qi eagerly.

Li Qi smiled and said, "Of course not, long worm meat can be used in many different dishes."

Nong asked again: "Is it more delicious than this?"

"Much more delicious."

Li Qi nodded.

Qiaoma, who kept her ears pricked up, asked anxiously, "Then why don't you cook more delicious dishes?"

Many people sat up instantly, looking at Li Qi hungrily.

Li Qi sighed, and said: "I also want to make more delicious food for you, but it's just that."

Nong asked anxiously, "Just what?"

In addition to being delicious, this kid is also a good supporter!Li Qi muttered to himself, pointed at Rong's stone pot with a branch, and said, "It's just that we are missing some cooking tools in Black Stone Valley!"

Lie Dang beat his hands and stamped his feet and said: "You said it earlier, we can make more stone pots, and just that stone pot, all of us can do it."

Everyone nodded in unison. Polishing stone tools is like rubbing rope. It is their housekeeping skill, but many of them have relatively rigid thinking. If you don't let them do it, they won't do it. with.But if you want to be able to eat more delicious dishes, why not cook a few more.

Li Qi shook his head and said: "This stone pot is not good, I need a better tool."

"What tool?"

Taba came over.

Li Qi directly dug out a small piece of soil from the soil, "That's it."

"The soil can also cook."

"Oh, oh, I see, can you make this mud as delicious as meat?"

"Really?"

Everyone was very excited when they heard the words. If this is the case, there is no need for hunting, and this dirt can't be eaten up in a lifetime!
The upright Rumble took a piece of soil and stuffed it into his mouth. After savoring it carefully, he gave his answer, "This soil is really not tasty."

Man immediately retorted: "But Li Qi can make unpalatable food delicious."

Li Qi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and said: "This soil is not for eating, but for making tools."

Everyone stared blankly at Li Qi, completely unable to understand.

"You guys wait!"

Li Qi asked Rong to fill some water in a stone pot, wet the soil, squeeze out a small pot with the shape of a stone pot, and said: "Then put it in the fire to bake, and the soil will slowly harden, so we We can make any tool we want out of clay."

Of course what he wants to do is pottery. As a chef, he doesn't want to cook with a hat every day. He urgently needs to enter the age of pottery and bid farewell to the heavy stone pot that only Rong can use.

While listening, Taba tapped his head with a dead wood stick. After a while, he suddenly jumped up, "This is really a good idea!"

Quite excitedly said: "I want to play too!"

"It turns out that the dirt is so fun."

"Can you teach us?"

The adults were still in a daze, and the children were so excited that they started backflips and frontflips on the spot again.

Nong said excitedly: "You mean, we can do this too."

"Correct!"

"With this tool, we can eat more delicious food."

"Yes."

"Then what are you waiting for, teach us how to do it."

At this moment, he is no longer Tony, he is really very excited.

Everyone understands this, as long as you make this tool, there will be more delicious food, nodding vigorously.

Sure enough, eating is the driving force behind progress.Li Qi smiled slightly, and said: "Since everyone is willing, well, I will teach you how to use this soil to make tools now."

"Yeah!"

The children are very happy.

Li Qi did not fetch mud on the spot, but led everyone to a gentle hillside on the left side of the cave entrance.

"What did you bring us here for?" Taba asked curiously.

Li Qi said: "Dig the soil."

Taba asked: "There is dirt everywhere, why do you come here to dig?"

Li Qidao: "Because I want to dig a fire pit here for special firing."

Rong said: "There is a fire pit in front of the cave!"

Li Qi smiled and said: "But it's too small, and it's inconvenient to pray every day, but tonight I will put it in the fire pit in front of the cave and burn it here. From now on, I will burn it here."

The rest of the people nodded, they can understand this.

Li Qi said again: "Let's dig first, and I will explain clearly to you then."

Rong asked suspiciously, "But if you want to dig a fire pit, you should dig it on flat ground!"

"My fire pit is a little different from that fire pit."

Li Qi shook his head, put the clay pot in his hand on a stone, and said, "Taba, Rong, come here."

Taba and Rong squatted over in a hurry.

Li Qi kneaded the clay pot into a ball, like a hillside, and said: "If this is the hillside, we need to start digging from the bottom to the top, and then dig a little bigger on the top to pile up clay pots and bowls , the opening below will be used to stack firewood for fire. Do you understand?"

This is actually a kind of vertical pit kiln, the bottom is the living chamber, that is, the combustion chamber, the top is the kiln chamber, and the middle is connected by a fire path. When Li Qi was in the Song Dynasty, he saw some people firing in this way. pottery.Of course, what he did was even more rudimentary, after all, there is no need for any beautiful pottery here for the time being.

Rong nodded.

Taba asked curiously, "But why do you burn it like this?"

Li Qidao: "This... I will explain it in the future, maybe there is no need to explain it. After you succeed, you will naturally understand."

Taba nodded.

After explaining clearly, Li Qi used a wooden stick to draw a circle at the bottom of the slope, and said, "Just dig a hole that big."

"understood!"

Rong picked up his stone spear and inserted it forcefully.

In just a moment, Rong dug out a large piece of soil.Li Qi hurriedly said: "Stop for a moment."

Rong looked at him curiously.

God!If you give them a target, wouldn't it be a matter of minutes?Cool!It's been a real pleasure to work with them, as hands are better than machines.Li Qi was very excited, and ordered people to pick up the soil that had just been dug out, and then said to Rong and them with a smile: "You dig here, and I will teach them how to make this clay pot and bowl."

Li Qi brought them to the stream with the soil, and taught them to mix the soil with water and remove the dross. In fact, there is no dregs in the soil. The soil these days is as pure as a golden girl.

Then, teach them to knead with their hands or step on it with their feet to squeeze out the air in the mud ball and make the water in the mud even.

Adults are like machines, they will do what Li Qi says, but the children are having a great time, stepping on it with their bare feet, having a great time.

"It's okay! It's okay!"

Based on their strength, Li Qi also greatly shortened the rubbing time.

After the soil is ready, the cave kiln over there has already been dug, because it is not very big, and it is not worth mentioning for fierce people like Rong Rong.

Li Qi was also mentally prepared. He was already hypnotizing himself. He was living in the mechanical age. He took a look and asked them to repair it a little. They can only make small pottery, and Li Qi taught them to make bowls.

Compared with the previous process, many adults have shown strong interest in this process, because this is a kind of wisdom that breaks through nature, and it is human beings who first produce tools according to their own will.

Of course, there are those who have no interest at all.

"Hey! Rumble! What are you doing?"

Li Qi squatted in front of Longlong, and asked with a sad face.

"pot."

"It's a bowl."

"Yes, bowl."

"Although the mouth of the bowl is smaller than that of the pot, it is not a lump of mud, and then a hole is inserted with a finger."

"If it's too small, I'll make it bigger."

Rumble intends to stick his index finger in and stir it.

Li Qi almost laughed out loud when he saw it, "You can save this for when you are lonely at night!"

"Wow! This pot of yours is so artistically made. The sides are all wavy. Forget it, you will be responsible for stepping on the mud from now on."

"What are you?"

"Beast. After roasting, will it become more delicious?"

".Maybe!"

"Don't be like this, where is the bottom of your pot?"

Although their strength and speed made Li Qi feel that he was a waste, but his brain made Li Qi feel that he was a genius.

At the beginning, Li Qi eliminated a large number of people, leaving only about twenty people, most of whom were women, because men usually polished stone tools, so they had enough strength, and their strength was terrifying, not too It is easy to control the soft soil, and it becomes a lump as you do it.

Even among the twenty or so people, only Qiaoma and a few women did a good job, and the rest were so-so.

But Li Qi doesn't care, first of all, they are also newbies, so we can't ask too much of them.

Secondly, this is just an experiment. It mainly depends on whether the soil is suitable, because whether it is pottery or porcelain, they are all made of specific soil. Of course Li Qi knows what kind of soil to use, but the problem is He had never seen this kind of black mud here, so he had to try to see if the mud was really suitable for making pottery.Another thing is to use this to select some more talented people.

(End of this chapter)