Chapter 15 Good charcoal is out
Zhaodi had never eaten such a delicious chicken. In the past, he plucked the chicken until it was beaten until it was completely covered. He took out his internal organs, inserted a stick, set up a fire, and started roasting it directly. It was roasted black and bitter every time. The aroma of the chicken could be tasted except for the uncharred areas inside, and the aroma of the chicken was not as good as the chicken. Every time, the large chunks of charred meat were cheap and the black nose was cheap.
The roasted chicken made by Liangchuan has a faint fragrance of earth outside, and the meat inside is not burnt at all. The meat is not only firm but also extremely tender, with smooth but not greasy. It only requires a pinch of salt. It tastes tender and delicious when eaten. It is accompanied by sweet rice, which makes people's index fingers move. The rice is filled with one mouthful after another, and then the meat smells like one mouthful. It is a great enjoyment in the world.
Zhaodi’s rice and meat are the most fragrant and warmest meal he has ever eaten in his life.
Yi Niang couldn't help but look at Liang Chuan with admiration. Could this be a blessing in disguise? It turns out that Liang Chuan, who has been with her for so many years, had never heard of this trick.
Brother Zhao was eating all over his face, just like he hadn't eaten chicken in his lifetime. Liang Chuan was secretly frightened. How long had he been hungry? It was even ugly than himself. While eating, he shouted: "Brother...you... this chicken... is so... ate!"
Liang Chuan couldn't stand it and cursed: "Eat slowly, don't be like a starving ghost reincarnation. Look at your promising prospects. Isn't it just a chicken? There will be more delicious food in the future."
Zhaodi was afraid of being hungry and was unmoved, but when he heard Liang Chuan say that there were something better, his eyes were like hungry wolves, and he said with green light: "Brother, I'll go back to the mountain to get wild game. The past is in vain. This is what people eat!!"
Zhaodi popped up several times, which made Liang Chuan and Yi Niang laugh. Yi Niang calmed down a little and cursed: "You are still laughing at me, don't you think about the way you were eating last night, and you're so embarrassed to laugh at me?"
Liang Chuan scratched the back of his head, is that there?
This meal was very long and fragrant. It was the first time Liang Chuan himself ate meat in this world. When he ate it, it was so fragrant. Even in later generations, it would be difficult to eat such a natural delicacy. The original chicken aroma and the coarse salt with low purity make people feel endless aftertaste.
After dinner, Yi Niang was cleaning up and throwing bones and other things to Hei Nod. Liang Chuan and Zhaodi went to see how the charcoal furnace was achieved.
Because the charcoal furnace was sealed with several small holes, there was no oxygen inside, so it could not continue to burn. After a while, the fire inside was extinguished, and the temperature slowly dropped. I touched the surface with my hands. Because in winter, heat is lost very quickly, the temperature is basically gone, and it has a bit of a cold texture.
Liang Chuan looked at the earth cone and felt unsure!
After becoming a few people, life will be guaranteed, and if you fail, you have to make another way to make a living! The effort of a meal should be almost done. Liang Chuan didn't know what was going on inside, so he used an iron rake to build it. He didn't build it too deep, for fear of destroying the charcoal inside, and then gently stripped off the soil because the charcoal inside burned very high, and the mud was hardened very hard, which was a little difficult to peel.
However, after patiently handling, all the mud was gradually cleared and piled up next to it. After cleaning the soil outside, the charcoal inside was covered with a layer of soil ash, and I couldn't see how the charcoal was. Liang Chuan reached out and flirted through the air. There was no temperature left. Then he carefully placed his hand on the surface of the charcoal to touch it. After carefully confirming that it had completely cooled down, he asked Zhao to clean up the charcoal and put it aside!
"Brother Zhao, you have to be slower. These treasures are expensive! You can't stand the slightest bit of pressure, do you know!"
"I know, don't worry, when I eat, my hands won't tremble, and my strength can be controlled!"
Zhaodi blew away the surface of the ash with his mouth, and made it look dirty after he went down. The ash and soil on the charcoal were blown away, and the shiny charcoal was exposed. Although there was no lighting tool, the shiny shiny texture of the charcoal under the moonlight was still clear!
Zhaodi shouted excitedly: "Look at three, it's really burned into charcoal, so beautiful! It's different from the charcoal you burn!"
These firewood were originally native forests that had grown for dozens or hundreds of years. The wood itself was very dense. Even if it was burned into charcoal, the volume of the charcoal did not shrink much! Each piece was huge and full, and it was neatly tidied together! Liang Chuan watched Zhaodi clean up the pieces of charcoal and placed neatly under the eaves behind the house. Nearly one hundred kilograms of wood just put in, and the burned one was about thirty kilograms! According to the current price on the market, these thirty kilograms of charcoal can be sold for hundreds of cents. Liang Chuan felt very moved. The charcoal-burning technique made the firewood all over the mountain and it was all about money to burn it. No need to worry about the useless food. Now there should be no worries about having no way to survive!
Liang Chuan told Yi Niang about the news. Yi Niang came over to see that the charcoal burned by Liang Chuan was indeed different from the ones burned in her stove. The ones in the stove turned white and didn't burn. I wonder how long this black charcoal can last! "Three brother, how long can this charcoal burn together?" Yi Niang asked.
Liang Chuan himself didn't know: "Uh... I don't know this. The first furnace of charcoal I just released today. Let's test it tonight and you'll know how the effect will be!"
That night, Yi Niang brought some straw to Zhaodi and spread it next to Yantai. After searching for her family, she couldn't find another quilt. It was still very cold at night at the foot of the mountain. Yi Niang was always worried that Zhaodi would get cold when she sleeps at night. Zhaodi kept saying it was okay, "This is next to the stove, and the fire inside is always burning, which is warm enough. I used to find a place outside and just slept directly. How dare I expect a quilt to have it!"
Liang Chuan said mysteriously: "Brother Zhao, three people said that they would not let you starve and get cold. Go and move the mud pot at the door to your own house, go!"
Zhaodi brought the mud pot. Liang Chuan took a red firewood from the stove, put it in the basin, and then added the charcoal he had burned on it. The fire gradually simmered the charcoal red. The basin of charcoal gradually turned red from the black and shiny at the beginning, and the white one seemed like silver. The charcoal became slightly distorted due to the refraction of the temperature light.
The temperature in the house is getting stronger and higher as the charcoal fire becomes stronger and stronger. The house itself is not big. Now staying in the house is like turning on the heating. You wear more clothes and even sweat!
Zhaodi was so happy that he giggled and said to Liang Chuan: "Third brother, I didn't expect that I still have this life. I used to be frozen to death at night in the middle of winter. Now I have the treatment to sleep with you! This thing is usually only available to the big people. Do you know that this thing is not cheap!"
Liang Chuan asked: "Is this thing very expensive? Why can only big players use it?"
Zhaodi replied: "It's expensive! It costs about twenty cents per pound. Don't look at the many mountains and trees here. There are wild boars and tigers in Hulu Mountain. It's just like drinking water to eat when you go to the mountain to collect firewood and get a snake. Besides, we don't have this in Fengshan, so the price is not cheap! The charcoal you pick up for ordinary cooking is not as beautiful as us. The cigarettes you burn to death are so much more delicious, and no one buys them... The government does not allow you to cook firewood and burn charcoal privately!"
When Liang Chuan heard what Zhaodi told him, his heart tightened and asked, "The government does not allow chopping wood? Why? Then how can I cook!"
Zhaodi said: "The official family has an emperor's order and said that it is not allowed to go up the mountain to collect firewood. If it can be picked up, the mountains would have been gone long ago. However, we are different from Xinghua. There are many mountains and few lands, and the land that can grow grain is not enough. There are many obstacles on the mountain. There are many beasts. When going up the mountain to collect firewood, sometimes it is a work of keeping your head on your crotch. This requires land and firewood to be burned. Sometimes the government encourages going into the mountain to harvest more firewood and pioneering the wilderness. It is really strange!"
Liang Chuan thought about it carefully and understood the links. During the Northern Song Dynasty, nomadic peoples in the north often went south. What kind of natural barriers can be protected by Kaifeng Prefecture? The government can only rely on the dense jungle of nature as a barrier to block the iron cavalry in the north.
The south is different. Although the Song Dynasty experienced two large population migrations after the Yongjia Rebellion and the Anshi Rebellion, most of the population only moved from the Yellow River Basin to the Yangtze River Basin. The vast area south of the Yangtze River Basin is still in an undeveloped primitive state. Conflicts between people and land force the people to compete for land with nature, and the control of forest resources is not so strict. Besides, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Even if the county magistrate is dozens of miles away from the countryside of Fengshan, and there is no satellite monitoring, the mountain is full of turtle, and no one knows what is going on!
There is no concept of environmental protection in this era. It is not good to cut down trees and make some firewood to solve the problem of people's livelihood!
The firewood is sold for only two or three cents without burning it. Now, the charcoal is directly increased by ten times, and ten kilograms of charcoal produces about three or four kilograms of charcoal, and the yield is a little lower. But what's the point? The firewood on the mountain is like rice, and no one cuts it. I secretly cut a little to burn the charcoal. Then it's over!
The charcoal fire made the temperature of the dilapidated house where Zhaodi lived warmer. Zhaodi lies on the thatch and then falls asleep. His black nose is curled up next to him, and he will not scream or move. It is very quiet. In a short while, Zhaodi's snoring sounds came from the room.
Liang Chuan and Yi Niang also climbed onto the bed. Liang Chuan hugged Yi Niang, but couldn't hold it in anymore and asked her: "Yi Niang, can I ask you a question..." Yi Niang replied softly: "What are you going to ask?"
Liang Chuan was really embarrassed to speak, but he felt strange and couldn't hold it in his heart: "Yi Niang, how long has we been married?" Yi Niang knew what he was going to ask next when he heard him ask this question. Xiao Fan fist hit Liang Chuan's chest hard and scolded angrily: "You are going to die! You don't know how long it takes for you to get married! Don't think I don't know what you are going to ask! You didn't blame me if you were not good in your body before!"
Yi Niang didn't expect that Liang Chuan was completely like a different person. He used to be Kong Wu, but he was always like a sleeping caterpillar. He was never used softly, so for several years, Yi Niang has been a virgin!
Liang Chuan actually asked her why she was still virgin, which made her fist-fighting. In fact, Liang Chuan encountered an unexpected accident this time. She was the same as a different person. Not to mention her personality, but in terms of physical aspects, when she was in a coma, the second brother got up on time every morning and held the quilt high! This was done every day, and he almost killed her yesterday...
Liang Chuan heard Yi Niang say this, it turned out that his original master was not good enough. The little beauty had suffered so many years of life! But now she is in a magical artifact and her body belongs to the original human being. Shouldn't this little brother also belong to the original master? It's so strange...
Liang Chuan said to Yi Niang: "Okay, Yi Niang, I have no other meaning. Don't think about it. Go to bed early and get up at night to see when the charcoal fire will burn out, and add a little to it, otherwise Zhao will be frozen to death."
Chapter completed!