The wind and snow would eventually leave, just like the dark clouds couldn't cover the gradually rounding moon.
In five days, it would be October 15th. It was now the end of November according to the Gregorian calendar.
The people in the capital and the surrounding areas began to heat their kang beds. They couldn't freeze to death before the New Year.
The Li Family Zhuangzi in Baishui had already installed heating a month and a half ago. Not only did Zhuangzi have it, but the areas around Zhuangzi also had it.
Needless to say, the buildings where the migrant workers lived by the river were also installed with heating pipes.
They needed to pay for the heating. It could be money and calculated according to the size of the house.
It could also be a lump of coal. It couldn't be a lump of coal or a shaken briquette.
It was impossible to use a lump of coal to heat the boiler. The heating value per unit of time was not enough.
A lump of coal needed money, but it was cheap. When people were free, they would go to the coal mines to buy it and bring it back.
The number of coal washers increased. When people cooked in summer, they were more willing to use lump of coal and honeycomb coal.
When it was winter, they would use lump of coal during the day.
When it was night time, washed coal was used.
The combustion effect of things made with coal was relatively poor. It was more likely to produce carbon monoxide and had a high sulfur content.
The coal that was washed with water was the special coal for smelting that the Li Family Zhuangzi requested.
This coal was used to heat kang beds at home. In the same weather, the survival rate was high!
Even if people followed the method described in the newspaper, they wouldn't be suffocated to death by the coal smoke.
There was no wind before going to bed. In the middle of the night, the air pressure changed. Even the stove on the kang bed was burning.
The night watchman looked at the sky and knocked on the door when he found that the smoke had fallen. He either put out the fire or left someone to guard the stove.
Under normal circumstances, even if the fire stopped, there was no problem sleeping on the kang bed. They covered themselves with blankets and the heat was suppressed under the blankets.
Compared to the capital, the nights in Henan were not warm.
The people would heat their kang beds for two hours before going to bed. They didn't need to put out the fire. When the coal ran out, it would end.
The temperature outside couldn't be changed. The house was warm, especially the kang beds.
There was no such treatment in the mountains. The hunters could only think of their own ways.
"Build two more ladders. This place is too dangerous and not easy to climb.
The huts below can't withstand the collisions of bears, wild boars, and insects.
The insects can climb trees, but they can't climb the soft rattan ladder or the rope ladder. Hang them up.... "
Spreading out from Luoyang, hunters worked hard to build huts.
It was winter now. Regardless of whether the river was frozen or not, the peak hunting season would not change.
According to the laws of the Tang dynasty, in some areas, hunting was banned twice a year for a month each time.
One was the one-month mating period for most wild beasts, while the other was the one-month lactating period for wild beasts.
The hunters took the opportunity to rest before entering the mountain again.
They had an extra rule. They wouldn't kill a suckling animal if they saw one, and they wouldn't kill an animal with a cub.
But there were always novices who couldn't tell. Animals went out to look for food and went back to ask for milk. The novices would stupidly shoot an arrow, and then the prey would run away frantically.
There were also cases where the prey bit off their own legs and ran away after being trapped. When they followed them, they discovered that they had died beside their children in order to feed their children.
It was different from the army. The army would kill as soon as it appeared, regardless of the condition of the prey.
Sometimes, hunters couldn't bear to do it. If they wanted to sell such prey, they had to deal with it in advance.
Otherwise, the buyer would know at a glance that the price was extremely low. Even if you gave it to the buyer for free, the buyer wouldn't want it.
Especially those whose wives are pregnant. If you're a hunter with a beast that was killed while it was breastfeeding, I won't take you in! Stay away from me.
Therefore, most novices needed a master to take care of them. If you made a mistake once, the entire area wouldn't take your things in the future. They would think that you were dirty.
After taking your things in the day, the children at home would cry at night, and the elderly parents would feel uncomfortable. Who could bear this?
Therefore, under Blind Shi's guidance, many novices who could work followed him. They immediately built two additional ladders beside the fixed wooden ladders.
One was a rope ladder, and the other was a ladder that only allowed one vine or rope to be lowered.
The other rope wasn't easy to climb, so a foothold had to be chiseled out of the rock wall.
"Done. The cave here is especially good. It's enough to guard against snakes and insects."
Blind Shi waited for the others to finish their work and personally went up and down a few times. He was satisfied.
The others began to transport things up. There was a cave above, which was naturally formed.
Other than reptiles and insects, other things couldn't go up.
There was a pulley on top of a single rope, and a rattan basket was tied to the rope.
If they were in a group and someone was injured and was surrounded by wild beasts, especially wolves, the others would go up and pull their companions up.
The natural cave wasn't small. Everyone went up and looked at the spacious place with smiles on their faces.
In this cave on the side of the cliff, they could store things and live there for a year and a half without a problem.
Yes, living, not survival. The cave was spacious, and there was an opening slanted upwards, like an air vent.
"Build a stove here. Put yellow mud below and use a grass stick to make a fire wall.
Weave a mat to cover the entrance of the cave. Put some realgar and golden beans to block the snakes.
Scatter the ash thicker. Centipedes and other insects won't be willing to enter.
This extended cave will be the bedroom, and this will be the kitchen. There's a hole above? Later, go up and take a look. We can't directly open it, or rain will enter.
Dig a little here and see if the matter of relieving oneself is solved.
Get a few wooden buckets up and fill them with water. Eh? No need, there's water dripping. It's enough as long as it keeps dripping. There's no need to go down to get water.
Hang two pots up. No, add a wok and a steamer, and a claw for making pancakes … "
Someone climbed up and began to observe the surroundings, thinking about the future.
After he finished speaking, he looked at old man Shi and asked, "President Shi, Chief Shi, what do you think?"
"Good! But I still want to go home. There are so many dogs at home. I have to feed them! "
Blind Shi admitted that the other party was right. It was indeed not bad. However, this place was more than 40 li away from Luoyang.
A hunter's hut, a place to rest, and a cave were more comfortable than my home.
I'm living in the Li Family Zhuangzi now. When Li Dongzhu returns to Chang 'an, I'll go back to my home there. Why should I live in a cave when I have a home?
"I'm saying that it's a base camp. Isn't it interesting?"
The hunter who was talented in spatial arrangements emphasized the importance of this cave. It was a good place!
After he finished speaking, he looked at old man Shi, waiting for him to praise him.
"Whose child is this? Bring him back and teach him well. What a mess. It's easy to die in the mountains. "
Old man Shi reacted. Whose child was this? He thought that he joined my team because he was young and capable.
"Did I say something wrong? Which arrangement is not good enough? "
This person was competing. He was not wrong! Look! How good the arrangement was!
"They're both at the same age. Compared to Li Dongzhu, the difference is like heaven and earth! Li Dongzhu would never say this to me. "
Old man Shi did not want to say anything. After saying this, he slid down the rope.
"Old Guang, don't you understand the situation in the mountains? As the vice president, I have to explain to Li Dongzhu about the person you brought. "
Fang Taozheng was unhappy. We're here to build a hunter's hut, not to play with children.
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