Poor family mother and son

Chapter 644 The Beauty of Stone

The person who came was Xiri Ahong, the steward of Guli King Pazhuo, and the reason he used was that the "wrongdoers" expelled by the tribe ran across the border. They came out to search, but unexpectedly, they came to Chuqing to steal food .

This excuse is justified, because Chu Qing can't prove that they did it on purpose, nor can he prove that these robbers are not "mistakes" who were expelled.

The management of the various tribes in Voss is not entirely based on laws, but more on habits.

The so-called deported errants are those who did not deserve to die, but caused certain losses. Deporting them to a barren land is equivalent to the exile of Daxuan.

The difference is that they can be recalled at any time due to war.

On other people's territory, what others say is what they say, and their own losses are not serious, so Chu Qing accepted Xiri Ahong's apology-a set of exquisite sterling silver tableware, from bowls and chopsticks to cups and saucers, from seasoning jars to milk wine The pots are all made of silver and inlaid with a lot of turquoise and red agate.

It doesn't matter if you don't accept it, these people still want to live in Voss, and they can't offend people severely and cause future troubles. There is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days.

But the Voss robbers didn't fare well. Although they were alive when they were picked up, the upper half of their bodies were blown by the cold wind for half the night, and their faces were covered with a layer of ice crust with snot and tears.

The lower half was kneeling and buried in the ground, and when it was pulled out, it was stiff. It is hard to say how long they can live when they go back, and they are resigned to fate. Anyway, they were not whipped or their heads were chopped off.

After joining Zhuo Yao's training, the bad habits of the beggar youths were quickly eradicated. Every day before the sun rose, they rose first.

In order to ensure the progress of the project, Zhuo Yao specially assigned Xiangzi to train them individually. Their training volume was only half of that of the Chu family boys, so that they would have the physical strength to continue digging after training.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Chu Qing simply led the whole team to clear the last section of the road.

Since then, there has been a smooth road that allows two carriages to pass side by side on the section of the road that meanders from the river beach to the transit warehouse.

The reason why I mean meandering is because I want to avoid the riverbank that does not belong to Chuqing, otherwise, I may cause some troubles in the future, and of course, I don’t want the people of Voss to take advantage of me.

None of the cleared stones were thrown away, they were all pulled back and piled up behind the warehouse, like a mountain.

On New Year's Eve, the Chu family led the beggar gang youths to start the Spring Festival bonfire party again, using all the pits used for planting people in front of the warehouse.

The ancient army has always been "burying the pot to make food", for three reasons:

One is easy to place.

The marching pot is like a jar without a lid. It has curled lips, a short neck and a deep belly.

Because the bottom is round rather than flat, it is difficult to place it stably, so it is necessary to dig a hole in the ground to place the pot.

The second is fire prevention.

Firewood is placed in the pit, so it is not easy to expose open flames. Food and grass are extremely important for the army to fight, so avoiding fires is the top priority. Burying pots for cooking can reduce the chance of fire.

The third is to save fuel.

It is impossible for combat troops to march with firewood on their backs, so they use local materials. If they want to cook the food in the shortest time, they must make full use of the fuel.

Burying pots to make food will leave a stove pit, which has also become a reference indicator for judging the strength of the army. Of course, the stove pit can also be used to confuse the enemy.

Because each stove can roughly meet the dietary needs of soldiers, if you want to know the approximate number of enemy troops, you can convert them.

What Chu Qing brought this time was a counterfeit marching pot, but it was not as thick as the genuine one, and it had a flat bottom and two ears.

Compared with a horse spoon, a marching pot of the same caliber has a much larger capacity, and it takes a lot of firewood to heat it. Burning firewood on flat ground will lose a lot of heat, but digging a hole on the ground will save a lot.

Trees are scarce on the grasslands, and fuel is a necessity of life. My dear, herdsmen store cattle and sheep manure to dry in the sun to make fuel.

It is clear that they used the charcoal brought by Lu Chuan, and they had to save it, so they used all the traps of these kinds of people.

It is hard to dig, so it cannot be wasted.

And we are not a combat force, so we are not afraid of you estimating the number of people, not only are we not afraid, Chu Qing also said that these pits must be kept well, this is a warning to robbers.

The youths of the beggar gang celebrated the first Spring Festival in their lives when they left their hometowns, but it was also a special Spring Festival, and everyone had mixed feelings in their hearts.

When Lu Chuan heard that the circle of fire lit by Chu Qing's flying arrows and the flying fire noodles in the firecrackers used, all the firecrackers he brought were taken back, "It must be kept!" Lu Chuan said.

In a foreign country, Chu Qing did not give everyone a holiday, because Lu Chuan and the others had to go back early to replenish supplies.

So from the first day of the new year, except for [-] pits left in front of the warehouse for boiling water and cooking, the rest of the pits were filled with water to wash stones.

Baskets of stones transported back from road construction were soaked in water to wash them, so the knowledge of jade identification was not needed at all.

Chu Qing explained the selection criteria as follows: all stones that are good in color, translucent, delicate and smooth, as long as they meet one of these criteria, they will be kept.

Huang Zhong and Master Lu who were worrying about how to identify jade were very confused: "Qing girl, only jade is valuable, how can you not identify it?"

For the identification and classification of jade, the two old masters are not very sure.Give them a processed finished product, maybe they can tell Ziwu Maoyou, but they are laymen in the face of these rough stones.

Chu Qing just laughed.

She fished out a clean brown sugar-like stone from the water, which was washed by the river like an oval frosted glass, and asked the two masters: "It doesn't look like jade." , but is it good-looking?"

Uncarved egg-shaped stones, translucent, not very beautiful, but children will definitely like to collect them.

Chu Qing said again: "Jade, the beauty of stone, this is said in Shuowen Jiezi, all beautiful stones are jade, hehe, they are also money;
Jade is sold to the rich, and beautiful stones can be sold to the less rich;

Every stone here is a treasure. Even if I can't make ornaments, I will not leave here even if I take the stones of various colors home to build walls and pave yards!

A total of three years of mining is given to me, but the actual mining can only be done in a few fixed months each year. How many pieces of jade can I pick up?So yeah, I'm going to turn all the stones into money! "

Chu Qing fished out a large handful of stones, picked them out and said, "Look, there are so many colors, who knows which one is agate and which one is topaz? Even if this one is black, it might still be black jade."

Talking about it was not enough, so I took out the fire pocket and put it under the black stone to illuminate it: "Yeah! Look at it, it sees green light! It's really a piece of black jade!"

That's a good thing, knowing this sentence clearly, Huozhangzi almost became the biggest expense of this trip!

After a few days of constant cleaning and selection, on the fifth day of the fifth day, Xiaobao was no longer relieved, and temporarily bid farewell to Chuqing, and returned with Lu Chuan's stone team.

If they were quicker, Lu Chuan and the others would still be able to get home in the first month of the lunar year. At that time, it would not be the end of the Chinese New Year, so at least they could reunite with their relatives.

Xiaobao also wanted to send another batch of people and supplies into Voss before the imperial edict was issued.

(End of this chapter)