When the people of the Feng Rong clan came to settle down in the Fire-weary Country, they received extremely warm hospitality from the Fire-weary Country people. It was so hot that the whole country was smoking...
"Hey, what are you talking about? What is temporary residence? You can stay as long as you want. The friends of the Akafang clan wizard are our friends from the Fire-Tired Country, and they are also the friends of the dog on the other side of the Chishui River. They are also friends with each other. Friends of the Erba gods in the wilderness..."
The leader of the Yanhuo Kingdom enthusiastically handed over the greeting gift, which was a piece of fine coal that he had dug out before. It was lustrous and round, extremely rare, and Shi Jing accepted it with some fear. After all, the Yanhuo Kingdom was too good for the Feng Rong clan. A well-known and powerful country.
But the next moment, Shi Jing watched dumbly as the leader of the Fire-weary Kingdom ate the coal in his hand.
Crunchy, but no chicken flavor.
"Hey, you won't eat it. This is such a good thing. Aren't you a fire wizard?"
Lord Yanhuo looked at Shi Jing in surprise.
"The fire wizards who passed by us in the past, all from the Southern Wilderness or the Western Wilderness, have eaten this. Only the wizards of the Akafang clan and the northern wizards don't eat it. Is this not to your taste? , I also specially made soft charcoal.”
Shi Jing gritted his teeth and swallowed. He was nervous, not greedy.
"No, no, no...I, thank you..."
Because of his reputation and not wanting others to look down on him, Shi Jing still ate the piece of coal. After chewing it twice, he suddenly discovered...it was no different from eating and vomiting.
Coal is indeed edible, of course, under special circumstances. Some people like to eat coal, which is a form of heterophilia. In ancient times, some miners who were buried underground would rely on eating coal for a while. To survive, but generally speaking, normal people generally don’t eat this food…
Shi Jing finally swallowed this stuff, and then looked at the leader of the Fire-Burning Kingdom. Eating charcoal was like eating snacks. Shijing didn't understand it at first, but when he saw the Lord of the Fire-Burning Kingdom brewing for a while, he spit out a mouthful of fire. When it came, she was immediately relieved.
We are ordinary people, so forget it.
It’s not a good idea to eat something. There’s so much edible food in the mountains and seas. Even boiled earth salt is still a little more flavorful than this thing.
However, when the Feng Rong clan saw people from the Yanhuo Nation carrying a pickaxe and coal in their pockets, which was dark, and behind them they also carried something like a wooden board that was beaten with wood. They said it was red. A dustpan taught by Fang's wizard.
The ventilation of the mine uses the air pressure difference caused by the different heights of the well head. Natural wind flows in, and the internal gas is discharged through the bamboo tube. The gas in the mine is reduced, and lighting is much more convenient.
"What's this?"
When he was about to go down to the mine, Shi Jing saw the leader of the Fire-weary Kingdom holding a strange thing in his hand, like a cage.
"This is a bonfire. The Akakata wizard told us that when the mine is mined too deep, the light from the outside will not penetrate, and then it will be impossible to mine. Therefore, during the mining process, lighting is needed, and we are afraid of the so-called Shi's gas exploded and couldn't ignite... Then he helped us get this."
This is something that Yuzai recalled when the mine was opened some time ago.
Mining bonfires first appeared in the Ming Dynasty. No one knows how the large mines were illuminated during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. However, there was no soybean oil in the Fire-Tired Kingdom, so they could only use animal fats and rosin instead. The so-called camp lanterns , which means "putting the light in the cage".
The "lamp body" is made of copper, as if it is woven with a copper mesh. It is actually an ordinary square copper vessel that you can find at random, with seven or eight large holes dug into it. The grease and wick are placed inside, and there is a small lamp post. , all have a simple shape of straight up and down, and the copper lamp is placed in a cage made of bamboo, with a layer of animal skin filling the gaps in the bamboo.
"Is this rat skin?"
"Yes, not long after he was born, about three to five days, the little mouse skin was peeled off. This kind of skin is translucent..."
In order to build this lamp, all the rat nests in the Fire-Tired Country were emptied. In fact, Yu Zai only thought that the skin of the little mice could transmit light, but the people of the Fire-Tired Country were very happy. Look, these rats did not only steal food. , it’s still somewhat useful!
Shi Jing thinks this little lamp is very beautiful.
So, do you need to catch mice to make this lamp?
She fell into deep thought, but soon thought that she didn't need to go into the mine. This was specially used to prevent any "explosion"...
Um? explode? By the way, the Akakata clan's wizard is also a fire wizard, and doesn't his fire "explode"?
The ancient portable lamp was carried forward in the Fire-Tired Kingdom. In fact, for lighting, normal tribes only use fire or simple "panzhan". The so-called "panzhan" is the kind of lamp in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Oil, and then fire, this thing appeared as early as the Xia and Shang Dynasties. For three generations, only people in big cities could afford it.
After all, who has food to burn and has to use soybean oil to light lamps? Moreover, in this era, it is very troublesome to make oil from soybeans. Basically, most tribes do not know this skill, and meat oil drips out when grilling meat. So much of it was given to the clan leader and wizard, so wouldn't it be convenient to just light a bonfire?
Just like boiling water, it is something only wizards and clan leaders do. Most clan members drink the water directly from the river because of trouble. Of course, the water quality in ancient times was really good because there was no pollution, but you have to think clearly. Living on the shore, there are also some things like schistosomiasis living in the water.
The water in Canglang is clear, but the schistosomiasis worms into your heart.
After observing the mining activities of the Fire-weary Kingdom, Shijing also learned about the grudges between the Fire-weary Kingdom and a group of dogs on the other side of the Chishui River. When transporting the coal mines and preparing to send them back to Nanqiu, Shijing even saw those "disaster fights" "!
"Woof woof!"
The dogs gathered together, wagging their tails behind Yuan Zai, and then they saw flames rising from Yuan Zai's hands. The dogs walked over and happily ate the fire.
Shi Jing tried to light up a ball of fire.
The Fu Dou all turned their heads, Shi Jing was a little nervous, and then a dog came over, wagging its tail. The Fu Dou sniffed in front of the flame in Shi Jing's hand...
"Woo!"
The big black dog turned his head away, his face full of disgust.
Therefore, this matter has been bothering Shijing. When the Erba gods came to help see him off and everyone gathered near the three trees on the other side of Chishui, Shijing was still trying to attract at least one dog.
"Don't try."
King Pan lay down under three trees and watched Shi Jing's behavior.
"You have eaten pork meat and know that the pork meat will not be cut off, will you still eat the meat of rotten insects?"
