Poor family mother and son

Chapter 1012 "Shall I make iron for you?"

Returning with a stomach full of problems, Chu Qing kept thinking about the solution.

This salted duck-egg-shaped island is high in the middle and low in the surrounding areas. From the south of the central part to the surrounding coastal areas, it descends step by step from mountains, hills, terraces, and plains. The southern part of the island is the strongest and driest place on the island.

Then the south of the island is the best place to live, with suitable temperature and humidity, but it is also the farthest away from Daxuan. If there is a boat coming to the island, it is not easy to be discovered.

This is another problem, the issue of coastal defense.

The more I think about it, the more problems there will be. Every time I think of a solution, new problems will arise. Chu Qing thinks all the way, and no one dares to disturb her until...

"Auntie, auntie, is this jasper?" Chu Xinghai showed Chu Qing a green stone the size of an egg, and said, "I got jade without going to Voss, isn't it amazing?"

Chu Qing took the stone and looked at it carefully. This stone was very heavy, and seemed to be heavier than the same size Worth jade. It was dusty, and it could be seen that it was bluish green, not bright.

Chu Qing was curious: "Where did you find it?"

Chu Xinghai pointed to the side, and Chu Qing went to look. The stones on the ground were all gray and lumpy, and nothing could be seen. When he looked into the distance, he found that the mountains here were not high, and there were no large forests of trees.

The distant mountains are tall and lush with green trees, but the nearby mountains are a bit barren, covered with only low vegetation. This seems a little strange, maybe there are mines?
As long as it is not a desert, and seeing a mountain without forests, Chu Qing always suspects that it has mines.

Seeing that Chu Qing wanted to climb the mountain again, Chu Yuan immediately requested to replenish drinking water first. Everyone's water bladders were half empty, and no one dared to disturb Chu Qing's thinking just now, so he didn't say anything.

There was a small river not far away, and everyone came to the river to find a clean place to fill it with water, and Chu Qing washed the green stone in the water.

I don't know if I don't wash it, but it's amazing once I wash it... This blue and gray stone turns into a bright green when it's watered!

"Ah! It's really Jasper!" Chu Xinghai clapped his hands and shouted, wanting to take the stone from Chu Qing.

Chu Qing vigorously rinsed off the dust on the stone in the water, revealing its emerald green color, and its bumpy, scarred face.

Those raised, densely packed small pimples present circles of circles or oval lines.

"Little starfish, this is malachite! There is a copper mine nearby!" Chu Qing shouted.

Chu Xinghai was a little disappointed when he heard that it was not jade, but the name malachite sounded nice, so he became happy again.

"Go up the mountain!" Chu Qing ordered.

The mountain is not high. This is a low mountain and hilly landform, so it is easy to climb up. Chu Qing pays attention to his feet while climbing the mountain.

The ground next to the feet is densely covered with wild bitter hemp, and the rough jagged leaves look very unfriendly.

"Do you remember that Mr. Huang once said that there might be iron ore in the place where wild bitter hemp flourishes?" Chu Qing asked.

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and finally Gan said: "I don't know, I don't remember, who is okay to listen to that!"

Chu Qing: "..."

That's why people have limitations. For example, Chu Qing, she is not good at some human affairs, or even doesn't understand them at all, because she doesn't care.

Similarly, Gan Lai and the others may be concerned about other things, so they will not pay attention to some of Huang Zhong's words.

However, Chu Qing still asked everyone to dig some wild bitter hemp, this thing can be eaten, and it can be used for cooking at dinner time.

Chu Qing herself was looking for stones everywhere, but to her surprise, she didn't find malachite, but a few small pieces of iron ore.

It can be said that Chu Qing made his fortune from iron ore, so she was absolutely sure that the unattractive black stone in her hand was iron ore, because the black stone she stepped on looked like an outcropping of iron ore.

Looking for copper mines, but found iron mines, what a mess!
It was getting late, and the sun was going to set in a while, so he couldn't hurry, but Chu Qing's interest remained unabated: "Shall I smelt iron for you?"

Chu Yuan: "Just here?"

Gan Lai: "No blast furnace!"

Chu Xinghai: "Really?"

Shui Maomao: "Didn't you want to burn coal?"

Li Hu: "I believe in you!"

Chu Qing grasped Li Hu's words: "If I can smelt iron on the spot, what would you say?"

Li Hu: "I'll give you all the medicine cartridges I got from the mountain witch doctor!"

Chu Qing: "OK!"

Li Hu never told Xiao Bao what was in the medicine tubes of those witch doctors, Xiao Bao was worried about it.

Li Hu thought about it and was very reluctant, so he made a condition to Chu Qing: "Don't use the tools we brought!"

Chu Qing also raised the bar: "There must be snake meat for dinner!"

The two clapped hands: "Brothers, testify!"

A group of people returned to the river and prepared to make a fire to cook. No one believed the bet of these two lunatics.

It is not easy to find snakes nearby. Snakes like to stay in places with good concealment conditions. If a group of people are so disturbing, where can I find snakes?
Don't even think about making iron. Chu Yuan and the others have followed Chu Qing to build blast furnaces and smelt coke.

Li Hu went to look for the snake, only Da Miao and Chu Xinghai wandered around with Chu Qing.

Chu Qing took out the few pieces of iron ore he had collected and admired them for a while, then started to work.

Grab river stones, knock two larger river stones against each other until sharp flakes are produced, which are knives, and then cut off the tougher branches from the bushes by the river, and sit on the ground to weave baskets.

"Li Hu, can you do it? Where did you go to find the snake? My water is boiling!" Chu Yuan said.

Chu Xinghai sat on the ground next to Chu Qing, watching Chu Qing weave soil baskets out of sticks, and shared milk chips with Da Miao.

Every time Big Miao got milk tablets from Chu Xinghai, she would run to the other side of Chu Qing, lie down on the ground next to Chu Qing's feet, and taste slowly, without bothering her.

Chu Qing quickly made the basket, then split the thumb-thick branches with stone flakes, sandwiched cycad leaves inside, and then carried the basket to fish for river mud.

Gan Lai wanted to eat snake meat, and also wanted to watch Chu Qing smelt iron, but felt that Chu Qing was not strong enough to move slowly, so he just carried a pot and followed Chu Qing to fish river mud.

"Don't let you use the tools you brought!" Chu Qing said.

"Li Hu isn't here again!" Gan said back and forth, after thinking about it, he was afraid that Chu Qing would say cheating, so he simply added: "He didn't let you use it, and he didn't let me use it!"

Chu Qing snickered.

The river mud was almost full, Chu Qing poked the branch with the cycad leaves on the ground as the center of the circle, turned it around, drew a circle with the diameter of the cycad leaves on the ground, and piled river mud layer by layer.

Chu Xinghai saw that there was mud to play with, and immediately joined in. Soon, a thick cylindrical shape was piled up. Chu Qing patted the mud firmly and cut a gap that was about a stroke long.

Chu Xinghai was not happy: "Why are you sabotaging?"

It was getting darker and darker, so we could only rely on the nearby bonfire for lighting.

Chu Qing stood the branch with the cycad leaves in the mud bucket, and put several sections of branches on the mud cylinder, and then covered it with mud.

Then he explained to Chu Xinghai: "The one made by my aunt is called a blower, and the gap left is for the wind to come out."

Pimples of mud were piled on the ground by Chu Qing until they formed the shape of a toilet.

Then Chu Qing started to make a bow drill for drilling wood to make fire again. Gan Lai looked at it slowly, and directly pulled out a burning firewood from Chu Yuan's side and put it on Chu Qing's side.

Just like someone to help you cheat!
Since the step of making fire was omitted, Chu Qing built a simple kiln with mud, filled it with dry branches, and started it with the kindling provided by Gan Lai.

The top of the kiln is sealed with mud, and there are vent holes at the bottom, and white smoke is constantly coming out from below.

Li Hu finally came back, Gan Lai also cleaned the pot filled with mud, and then laughed at Li Hu: "Do you want to starve us to death?"

It was already dark, and when Li Hu approached the bonfire, everyone realized that he was carrying a big bundle. When Li Hu took off the bundle, everyone was shocked: it was a boa constrictor with four thick arms!

Li Hu laughed and asked Chu Qing provocatively: "I dug out a nest of snakes, how are you doing, have you smelted iron?"

(End of this chapter)