Emperor Xiaoyao of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 76 The Two Heavens of Ice and Fire (Please recommend)
Fire is of great significance to human beings.The application of fire has extremely important significance in the history of human civilization development.No matter in primitive society, slave society or feudal society, people's life cannot be separated from fire.Before humans could use electricity effectively, fire was a must. For lighting, heating, and cooking, fire was everywhere.

There is an idiom called "passing the fire from generation to generation", which reflects from the side that more families in ancient times kept the fire alive, which was less troublesome.What if the fire goes out?So there is "drilling wood to make fire". To put it bluntly, it is to rely on artificial rapid friction to cause the wood to heat up and burn, and use the splashed sparks to make fire.Even after the end of the feudal society, the Li people still retain the tradition of making fire by drilling wood. It takes only about ten minutes to make fire once, and the whole process is not tiring, that is, the arms are sore and the back is sweating profusely.

At the beginning, Jin Yu really didn't notice the tools for making fire in this era. Only after Cheng Huaimo talked about it, did he know that fire pockets are not expensive, and they are not as easy to use as he imagined.Even if you try your best to toss out the lighter, the fuel is still a problem, maybe matches are a good choice.

Comrade Hu Yue is a native of Chang'an, an excellent security guard who also serves as Jinyu's errand runner, and he works hard without complaint.After Jin Yu sent Hu Yue out to buy saltpeter and sulfur, he felt that it was necessary to present this guy with the "Best Servant Award" at the year-end commendation meeting.

Classmate Lion is also a good dog, not to mention saving Jinyu many times, he is also very smart.Jinyu felt that it was too far to go to Baicaotan to find the bones, so he approached the lion nearby to ask him to contribute the food reserves he had buried. After Jinyu raised three fingers and promised to return three times, the lion brought Jinyu to his "Grain".Seeing what they do in this business, they earn three times their rations in one day. They are very smart and very profiteering.

Burning bones is really helpless. There is no phosphorus these days, so we can only refine it with what we have in hand.Although the source of urine is wider and the output is higher, Jinyu can't stand the smell, so he doesn't consider it and can only start with animal bones.

It's easier to do things with more people. When it gets dark, Datang brand matches finally come out!What frustrates Jinyu is that the effect is not ideal, not to mention the high cost (there was no paraffin wax in the early Tang Dynasty, and beeswax was used, and the price was so expensive that even the landlord class could not afford it), it is very good to be able to scratch one out of ten. Well, it seems that it won't work without phosphorus, let alone antimony sulfide, but unfortunately it can't be prepared.The first phase of Datang Lighting Project ended in failure.

Under Rudou's light, Jin Yu was chipping wood depressedly. Others can easily make something and make a fortune by traveling, but everything goes wrong when he comes by himself.Distill some white wine, and drink it because there are too many impurities; burn a brick and cement, and make a glorious contribution to the court; build a match, the hardware conditions are not yet available.It seems that those novels are all deceitful, the productivity cannot be achieved, there are no material conditions, and it is difficult, very difficult to develop.

Being a human being for two lifetimes, Jin Yu knows the importance of money and is not satisfied with just being a small landlord.How much is a catty of food these days?Four or five dollars for a bucket of rice!Even if the year is good, you can't make much money, let alone when the year is bad?Let's just say this year, there was a severe drought, and there was no water dripping after the winter, and the past few days were even more boring, and the summer with the greenhouse effect would not be allowed to future generations.Could it be that I have only one life to be a cook?

The more Jin Yu thought about it, the more depressed he became, and his subordinates couldn't help using a little more force, but it became more and more difficult to cut the wood chips. Jin Yu put the machete under the oil lamp and looked at it, and swears: "SHIT!" Even the knife is not strong , Curling!Jin Yu threw down the knife and his clothes and threw himself on the bed, stretched all over, but he couldn't sleep no matter what, he was so hot.

"God! How are you going to live these days? You kill those writers who are all-powerful! It's too deceitful, isn't this misleading the children?" My heart is confused, my body is hot, and no one has boiled the bath water Yes, Jinyu is in a bad mood.He got up, staggered to the backyard, and prepared to take a cold bath and sleep. Anyway, after Yang Ying and Han Xing left, there would be no one else, so there was no need to worry about others seeing them.

Throwing the clothes on the deck chair in the yard, Jin Yu scooped up a ladle of water from the water tank and poured it on his body.

"I~Damn~! Why is it so cold?!" Jin Yu arranged for people to pull the water out of the well just to bask in the sun and take a bath. Who would have thought that the water would be cooler than the well water?A ladle of water poured Jin Yu a chill.

Jin Yu didn't care to wipe off the water stains on his body, he pulled his clothes over his body, shivered, and said to himself: "Why is it so cold? Could it be a ghost?"

Jin Yu has heard many ghost stories since he was a child. Generally speaking, he doesn't believe it, but now this kind of supernatural phenomenon can't help but make him tremble in his heart.

At this moment, Jin Yu was highly concentrated, and when he heard light footsteps behind him, he shouted before turning his head: "Who?"

Turning his head, he lost half of his soul. Two green luminous bodies were staring at him in the shadows, and they were getting closer!Jin Yu couldn't help grasping the paratrooper's knife tied to his thigh.

The luminous body was stunned when he heard Jin Yu's shouting, and then slowly leaned towards Jin Yu. When he got out of the shadow, Jin Yu realized that he was too nervous. It turned out to be a lion``````
Jin Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and lay down on the deck chair, the lion rubbed Jin Yu's arm affectionately.How sensible is a lion!Guarding Jin Yu's safety at all times, he only popped up when he heard Jin Yu's voice just now, he was startled when he heard Jin Yu's shout, and confirmed that no one came out.

After being quiet for a while, there were disorderly footsteps outside the courtyard. The lion raised his head to listen, ignored it, and continued to rub Jinyu's arm with his tongue.

"My lord, are you alright?" Chen Rui, Han Wu and Hu Yue, quite a few, rushed over when they heard Jin Yu's shout.

"It's okay, it was a false alarm." Jin Yu regained his composure, a little embarrassed, and a little fussed. How can people who have received scientific education suspect ghosts and gods?
"It's fine." Seeing that although Jin Yu's clothes were disheveled, but intact, Chen Rui was relieved and made arrangements: "Han Wu, you stay at the entrance of the courtyard, and Hu Yue will follow me to other courtyards."

"Uncle Chen, there's no need. I was scared by a lion just now, and no one is there." Jin Yu called to stop Chen Rui. He had been working hard all day to supervise and build a house for him, and Jin Yu couldn't bear it.But the lion was not happy when he heard Jin Yu say this, so he whined twice to express his grievance, and opened his mouth to bite Jin Yu's hand lightly, which was a protest.

"It's fine, it's getting late, son, go to bed earlier, and this old slave will be on duty tonight." Chen Rui was still a little worried about Jin Yu, he had never seen Jin Yu like this all the way back from Hexi, worry is always inevitable of.

"It's really not necessary. It's good to have a lion with me." Jin Yu touched the lion's head with his hand, which was to appease the lion, and apologized for the slip of the tongue just now.He is a big-hearted lion, not as knowledgeable as Jin Yu, but enjoying Jin Yu's touch, he doesn't make any noise, and squats obediently to the side.

"Hu Yue, did someone move the water in this tank today?" Jin Yu was still a little puzzled, Chen Rui and Han Wu came back after dark, this question may only be answered by Hu Yue.

When Hu Yue heard Jin Yu's question, he bowed and replied, "I put the saltpeter powder in it according to the young master's order."

After hearing this, Jin Yu suddenly realized and patted his head. It seems that this knowledge is easy to forget if you don’t use it often. When saltpeter dissolves in water, it absorbs heat!It is terrible to be uneducated, and it is even more terrible to scare yourself.After Jin Yu figured it out, his heart was completely relaxed, and there was no fear on his face, and he ordered: "Everyone go back to sleep. Hu Yue will buy some saltpeter after dawn, the more the better."

Seeing Jin Yu's firm attitude, Chen Rui didn't insist, and led the three of them away as ordered.

Jin Yu washed it with ice water, and the heat disappeared, and he found a way to make ice, and he felt refreshed.It seems that God has closed the window for making matches and opened a back door for making ice cream.

This person is in a good mood, as if the code word has been inspired, the thinking is very fast, and the divergence is strong enough.After entering the house, Jin Yu turned on the lamp and went to bed. He didn't feel sleepy for a while, but his mind was about the people around him now, and the relatives in future generations in his mind, just like watching a movie, very clear.It’s as if Grandpa Tang led the childhood Jin Yu to catch the cicada with a pipe in his hand, just like it happened yesterday. After catching the monkey, he would point to the sky with a good perspective in the yard and tell Jin Yu about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. fairy tales.Every time at this time, Jin Yu likes to watch Grandpa Tang's elegant way of smoking and lighting, rubbing the scythe lightly, and taking two more puffs from his mouth, the fire will come up.Jin Yu once asked Grandpa Tang why he didn't use matches. Grandpa Tang said that he didn't use foreign devils' things, but the fire scythe passed down from his ancestors was better.

Fire sickle?Fire sickle!Jin Yu patted his head for the second time tonight, and secretly scolded himself for being stupid!How can I forget this object invented by my ancestors?I haven't heard Cheng Huaimo mention it, it seems that there is no such thing in this era, there is something wrong!Use saltpeter as an oxidant to provide oxygen, and use sulfur to ignite the fire. It is cheap and non-toxic. It is definitely a trick, and then it is inlaid with gold, silver, and gemstones. It is definitely a commemorative fire sickle!If the wormwood is soaked in something with a scent, the smell of burning must not be bad, right?This powerful combination should not worry about sales, right?The more Jin Yu thought about it, the more excited he became, as if seeing gold and silver treasures waving to him, he couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

Ice cream and fire sickle, if you can open a specialty store in the future, it will be called "Ice and Fire Two Heavens", hehe, I don't know if men in this era have enjoyed this kind of treatment, probably very few?At least this kind of ice is difficult to deal with in summer. It seems that we can investigate the service industry, so that the service staff will have an extra source of income, and it will also give us an extra outlet, right?Jin Yu thought wretchedly.

(End of this chapter)