OBS Chapter 412 Learning to Burn Stones
Chapter 412 Learning to Burn Stones
"Hey, look, what are the Zhao brothers doing? Why are they bringing back some firewood if they're not digging rocks?"
"Could it be that the iron spike is broken and you want to smash it with a stick?"
"What are you talking about? Using a stick to hit a stone, what good is that?"
"Hey, didn't you see that Zhao Nan is coming towards us?"
After finishing the wheat harvest and sowing, the people of Niutoushan Village had been quarrying stones here with several brothers surnamed Zhao. Now, seeing the three brothers doing something that was incomprehensible to them, the people of Niutoushan Village took the opportunity to watch the fun while also taking a breath.
Zhao Nan walked up to the people from Niutoushan Village who were discussing something and said, "Brother Da Kui, can you lend me the two wooden barrels to carry some water?"
Wu Da Kui is the captain of this team, and he leads ten strong men from the village.
Seeing that Zhao Nan came to get the bucket, he thought that Zhao Nan and his group couldn't stand the sun, so he hurriedly said, "Can't stand the heat? Here, we still have some stream water in the bucket, use it to wash yourselves."
Zhao Nan didn't explain much, just said, "Okay, I'll borrow the two buckets first, and I'll return them to you later with new stream water."
"Okay, no problem." Wu Da Kui frowned because of the heat.
The stream is at least half a cup of tea's distance from here. When it's hot, everyone wants to wipe their faces with clean water from time to time while working. Everyone hates to waste time going back and forth to the stream, so they bring two buckets of water here every day, and whoever wants to use water can use the water in the buckets.
You can just pick it up after use. It is much more convenient than running to the stream.
Zhao Nan and his friends had their own buckets. Seeing that there were half buckets of water in each of their two buckets, he poured the two half buckets of water into his bucket. He called out loudly to Old Yang and the others, then went to fetch water with his empty buckets.
At this time, Zhao Zhong, Zhao Feng and Lao Yangtou began to use velvet grass to start a fire, and then put a layer of fine firewood on the flames.
"Hey, why did they start a fire? Let's go over and take a look."
The people from Niutoushan Village who had just been watching the fun saw smoke coming out of the Zhao brothers' place and immediately surrounded them, starting to ask questions one after another.
Seeing everyone's curiosity, Old Yang stood up and cheerfully told everyone what he knew, "I'm not sure if this method will work, so let Zhao Zhong and the others try it first. If it does work, everyone can use this method."
Wu Dagui's team immediately became excited when they heard this, and they all said, "Is there a way like this? I've never heard of it before!"
"What have you heard? You didn't even know how to ferment manure."
"I don't know, and you know it?"
"Uncle Yang, isn't it too dangerous for you to burn the mountain?"
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"You are stupid. There is not even a weed where we are now. Do you expect the rocks on the mountain to burn?"
The people of Niutoushan Village did not go about their own business at this time. All seven of them gathered around to watch. It was not until Zhao Nan came back with two buckets of water and the stones burned for a while that Old Yang said to Zhao Nan and the others, "Okay, then take some water and start pouring it on the burning stones here."
After hearing this, the Zhao brothers immediately started pouring water. The water dripped down along the stones and doused the fire below, making it difficult to extinguish. A slight dust rose up.
After the water was poured down several times, everyone present heard a snapping sound coming from the stone.
Everyone looked at each other immediately, all with a look of surprise on their faces.
Some people wanted to go forward to check but were stopped by Old Yang, "Be careful, it's hot."
"It's okay, I'll just look and not touch."
Then everyone saw several cracks appearing in the places where water had been poured, some as small as silk threads and some as big as fingers.
The crowd immediately became excited and asked Old Yang what was going on.
“I can’t really explain what happened, but I accidentally read some records before, and I think it’s caused by the incompatibility of water and fire.” Old Yang replied.
Wang Dagui excitedly pulled Old Yang and asked, "Uncle, can you help me see if there is any other place on the mountain that can be treated with this method, so that we can save some effort."
Old Yang turned his head again, and finally stopped at one place for a moment, then returned his gaze to Wang Dagui and asked, "How many more stones do you need to burn in the village?"
"We have enough for our own use in the village. Last time, after the village chief and Wuyan's wife discussed it, Wuyan's wife said, "Our village has now been designated as the county's experimental field. As long as the autumn harvest of the fields that have been fertilized with manure water this year is better than in previous years, the county will definitely vigorously promote our method. She said that the county magistrate is a good person and will give us a hand in our business from time to time. Consuming thousands of kilograms of lime is a small matter. That's why we are breaking stones here day and night now, so that we won't have anything to sell when the time comes."
Old Yang nodded to show that he understood what the other party said. Then he raised his hand and pointed to a crescent-shaped place not far away and said, "If the whole village can get that place down, I think your stones will be enough."
Everyone looked in the direction where Old Yang was pointing, and saw that it was about fifty or sixty feet from the ground to the highest point, and about twenty feet wide overall. In their sight, the top section looked like a crescent moon in the sky, slightly tilted and embedded there.
Everyone noticed that land from the first day they came here, but it looked really difficult to dig because the protruding part was too thick, about six feet thick, and they couldn't shake it at all by hitting it with stones.
Everyone immediately became jealous when they saw it. Wang Da Kui swallowed his saliva and asked, "Is it possible?"
"I think we can give it a try. If the upper part can be taken down, when it hits the ground, not only will it break into many pieces, but the surrounding rocks below will also be affected. But that will require more firewood and buckets of water." said Old Yang.
"These are not problems." Wang Dagui said, waving his hands at the people around him. "Let's not smash stones today. Let's go collect dry firewood. Then tomorrow we can call the other two teams to work together. As long as it works, there will be at least several thousand kilograms here, and we can all rest and wait for the autumn harvest."
Several people present hurried to pick up branches, and Zhao Nan took advantage of this opportunity to carry two buckets of water back to the people of Niutou Mountain Village. Zhao Zhong and Zhao Feng, who were supposed to be chiseling the mountain, simply ignored the place they had just burned and went to help the people of Niutou Mountain Village collect firewood.
If they could really get that lump off, they would help out now, and then carry a few baskets of stones, which would be enough to complete most of the work in the town.
The people of Niutoushan Village are not good at collecting stones, but they are very good at collecting firewood. Some of them even found some stones to make stone knives and cut down small trees as thick as an adult's wrist to use as firewood.
Everyone collected enough firewood and looked at each other as if to say: Let’s burn it now?
Old Yang saw what they were thinking and hurriedly shook his hands, "It's definitely too late to burn it today. Let's do it tomorrow morning. Everyone, bring more buckets tomorrow."
"Okay, then let's do it tomorrow. I'll go back and talk to the village chief about this, and all the villagers will come tomorrow." Wang Da Kui said.