Succubus' Manor

The cotton that had been washed and dried was still not as fluffy as Chi Yan thought. The butler looked tired after sleeping in the quilt all night. After Chi Yan asked, the butler said, "My lord, it's too heavy." He covered it Under the quilt, he felt that he was going to be crushed to death at night, which made him, an old man, breathless.

Chi Yan: "..."

He didn't feel heavy when he fell asleep.

No, he was accompanied by Kleist when he slept, and almost all the weight was on Kleist's body.

So he takes it easy.

So, how to make cotton into cotton wool, so that the quilt is fluffy and warm, and it will not be heavy?

This problem can be solved by Chi Yan - playing cotton!

Picking cotton is an old craft. The tool used is a hanging bow, which can be operated by one person. The efficiency of playing cotton with several people is not low. The materials needed for hanging the bow are wood and tendon.

Before the 90s, before the popping machine appeared, veteran craftsmen still needed to pop cotton to make quilts.

One person can play eight catties of cotton a day, which is still the efficiency of experienced craftsmen, and not counting the time spent on cotton picking, only two jins of cotton a day are used for making quilts.

After the stretched cotton is pressed, spread it on the fine cotton net that has been woven and ground. The pressed cotton can fit the cotton net better and will not run cotton. When the second layer of cotton net is hung up, the first layer of cotton Just stretch it out slowly so that you can make a fluffy, soft and warm quilt.

The problem now is that wood is easy to get, but tendon is hard to come by.

Kill cattle to get tendons?Don't even think about it!

There are only two cows on the territory, and they are the only two cows in the entire territory. Let alone killing them for tendons, Chi Yan is reluctant to kill them for meat. He also plans to secretly buy a cow back to see if it can be bred Woolen cloth.

And the treatment of the two cows in the territory is very good. The cowshed has to be cleaned every day, and they have to be taken to the house when it is cold. They have hay to chew every day, and occasionally they can eat cooked katuo, katuo They also love to eat the leaves.

The tauren are the ones who take care of the cows. Probably because the word "ox" is included in their names, the tauren are quite careful when taking care of the cows.

It's just that most of the time, the tauren don't understand - why the two cows usually do more work than they do alone, but the adults are so kind to the two cows?

Rare things are valuable, and the Tauren people don't understand this truth.

"It's all cows." The tauren fed the cow a handful of hay, and the cow yelled and came over, eating with gusto.

The tauren continued to babble: "Why are you living so well?"

The cow didn't understand the tauren's melancholy, so it continued to eat grass, raised its head and yelled at the tauren twice, and the tauren fed them two handfuls of katuo leaves again.

Ducks are the most numerous ducks in the territory. Many ducklings have been hatched from the ducks, and they are almost grown up now. They eat a lot and pull a lot. The people who take care of the ducks spend half a day cleaning the duck house every day.

Pigs grow slowly, and now they are only half-big pigs. Because they are wild boars, although they were raised by humans, they still retain a certain degree of wildness, and they exercise a lot. Once they get dirty, they will ask for a bath. Norma The little maid is now a professional pig farmer.

She always keeps the pigs very clean, and the pigsty is also very clean. She doesn't bother, and the pig food is cooked.

No one in the territory knew how to raise pigs, so she made up her own mind.

Sometimes when people go hunting in the woods, they will lead a pig away from the pigsty. These pigs exercise a lot, run fast, and have sharp noses, and they can always find prey with them, so no one wants to eat the pigs.

As tempting as pork is, the prey the pigs find can add up to far more meat than those pigs would have had.

These pigs were raised as "hunting pigs".

Chi Yan was embarrassed for a while when he found out.

Although he knew that pigs were smart, he didn't expect them to be able to steal the work of hounds.

Speaking of which, pigs are also omnivores, but wild boars can eat meat, just like pandas in people's minds. Chi Yan always thought that pandas only ate bamboo when he was a child. The pandas secretly ate the sheep raised by a family at the foot of the mountain.

It took the family a long time to catch the "thief".

But although pork can't be eaten, pigs are useful anyway, and there is no waste of food if they are not raised so large.

Chi Yan had someone make a collar for the pig, so he can lead the pig when he goes hunting in the future.

These pigs are still very mighty. The boars have tusks, a bit like Pumbaa in The Lion King, but unlike Pumbaa’s black fur on their backs, they are all brown hairs, which are very sticky. The hair is particularly strong, the nose is big, and the head is small.

The body shape is also different from modern pigs, with well-developed chest and abdomen muscles, small buttocks, and a strong body shape at first glance.

It runs like a gust of wind, and ordinary people with great strength can't hold it back.

Sometimes the two pigs will hunt wild sheep and deer together, and after the hunting is over, they will ask for food from people.

They also eat meat.

But Chi Yan asked Norma to cook the meat and mix it with pig food for them to eat, so as not to be infected with parasites.

At this time, Chi Yan had nowhere to find insect repellent.

Sometimes the group of demons brought by Kleist would also go to the woods to bring back the little wild boar. The little wild boar had to be raised separately from the original wild boar, and let them meet after getting along with Norma for a while. It is estimated that the original wild boar He thought Norma was his "mother" and the new wild boars were his "brothers and sisters", so he gradually accepted it.

They are very dependent on Norma, and they will run behind Norma's ass. If someone unfamiliar approaches Norma, they will growl like an attack.

So Norma also has a nickname - Mummy Pig.

Norma is not angry, she likes the piglets she raised very much.

There's nothing wrong with being a Mummy Pig.

She can also lead the wild boars she raised to pick wild vegetables in the woods, which is very safe, and the pigs will also keep watch. Usually, she takes four pigs out, two of them stay by her side, and the other two hide in the grass to watch. When danger is found, it will make a pig call.

The two wild boars guarding Norma will hug Norma to leave.

In short, everyone in the territory now agrees that pigs are useful pigs and can be eaten, but they are not necessary.

Even Chi Yan decided not to eat these pigs.

Since there is no way to raise dogs, it is also good to raise pigs.

They have also learned to go to a fixed place to defecate, and they have to let Norma bury them after defecating every day.

Because Norma bathes them, cleans their bodies, and doesn't roll in mud pits to get rid of parasites.

Chi Yan felt that the discovery would continue like this.

Maybe when this continent enters the era of "scientific development", there will be no hunting dogs and pet dogs, only pig hunting and pet pigs.

From now on, people will lead the pigs out for a walk.

Thinking about it, that scene is... quite interesting?

I just don't know how big these wild boars can grow. Chi Yan thought of the little fragrant pigs that his high school classmates bought online...

Raised in a dormitory, the final scene is simply horrific.

There is only one kind of foreign wild boar that really does not grow up, but unlike the little fragrant pig, which is pink and cute, the brown and black little wild boar can be held in the palm of your hand. It will not grow up in a lifetime, and it is very timid and has no fangs. It is said that there are only 150 left in the world. They look a bit like guinea pigs, but their fur is very hard, and they are on the verge of extinction.

These pigs are also very close to Chi Yan, and sometimes sneak into the castle. Fortunately, they are not dirty, and Chi Yan doesn't care too much. These pigs will move together, avoid people, and sneak in when Chi Yan opens the door. Chi Yan's room, rubbing against Chi Yan's feet, let Chi Yan touch them.

When they sneaked in for the first time, Chi Yan was taken aback, and the servants were also in a hurry to drive the wild boars away.

As a result, the wild boar thought that the male servants were going to attack Chi Yan, so he stood in front of Chi Yan and pretended to attack the male servants.

Chi Yan also asked the male servants to step back, and gave the pig a good stroke.

After this incident, the wild boars occasionally appeared in the castle, and the servants were not surprised.

It's just that the wild boars didn't get close to Kleist anyway. When they saw Kleist appearing beside Chi Yan, they screamed desperately.

And the wild boars will sneak out and bring back some weird things to raise.

On one occasion they brought home a litter of newly weaned kittens.

This is a good thing. The kittens grow up fast. It is estimated that they are only three months old before they start catching mice.

And the wild boars were regarded as family members. Since then, the pigs and cats have been dispatched together, which has become a unique landscape in the territory.

Wild boars are full of energy, they grow bigger and bigger, and they also help people plow the land. People tie simple wooden plows to the wild boars, and the wild boars will obediently plow the land.

Being able to hunt and plow the land, no one in the territory really wants to hunt wild boar.

There will also be people who secretly feed wild boars to their own Katuo.

Chi Yan: "I don't think I will have any pork in the future."

Kleist was very upset when he saw the group of pigs: "I'll send someone to kill them and give you meat, okay?"

Chi Yan quickly said, "No, I think they are quite useful."

Kleist looked at Chi Yan.

Chi Yan turned pale with shock: "Are you crazy, even eating pig's vinegar?"

Kleist: "..."

Seeing that Kleist turned his head and looked hurt, Chi Yan leaned over with uneasy conscience: "Don't be angry, I didn't mean it, but those pigs... don't come to me often."

As long as the pig sneaks in to find Chi Yan, Kleist must be prevented from approaching Chi Yan.

Kleist didn't speak.

Chi Yan hugged Kleist's arm: "How about we go and see the paper mill?"

Chi Yan looked into Kleist's eyes.

Kleist turned around again.

Chi Yan twisted his body persistently.

Kleist took a deep breath: "Stand up."

Chi Yan: "..."

Oh, the bayonet is out of its sheath.

Chi Yan stood up blushing, and whispered, "This... I didn't mean it either."

In the end, they could only wait for the knife to be collected before the two of them went to the paper mill together.

The paper mill was busy early in the morning.

Emma got up very early, and she rushed to the paper mill before dawn.

Emma had a dream last night. In the dream, she was also making paper. She dreamed that she could make flexible and foldable paper by soaking the rods under the katuo leaves with the hemp skin.

The dream came to an abrupt end when the paper was made. Emma got up as soon as she opened her eyes. Without washing her face or scratching her head, she put on her shoes and rushed to the paper workshop.

When Chi Yan arrived at the paper mill, everyone in the paper mill was busy.

When making paper, the raw materials have to be cooked and processed, and lime is added into it, which was brought back by Josh.

Limestone is crushed and ground into powder, and the processing time is generally very long.

Emma steamed the hemp skin and the card tuo rod together, and the heat kept coming out.

Chi Yan looked a little worried outside, wondering if the steam would be harmful to the human body.

Emma would lift the lid to take a look every once in a while, and the fire couldn't be stopped at night.

Everyone in the paper mill is trying to figure out a way to add something to it, and there are a lot of bark.

Some people got termite nests out of nowhere, and added termite nests to the hemp skin to cook together. Who knows what they will get out by then.

Chi Yan asked the weaving room to make masks for the people in the paper mill. This is very quick to make, just fill two layers of linen with a little cotton.

Although I don't know if it will be useful, it at least gave Chi Yan some psychological comfort.

When he was sleeping with Kleist at night, he said uncomfortably, "I'm not too cruel?"

Kleist held Chi Yan's shoulder with one hand. Chi Yan was thinner than Kleist. When the two slept together, Kleist could hold Chi Yan in his arms. Kleis Te's chin rested on Chi Yan's forehead, and he asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"Those gases may be harmful to them." Chi Yan's voice was muffled, "I knew it, but I still didn't let them stop."

If he was one of those people himself, maybe his guilt wasn't as strong.

There was some tiredness in Kleist's voice: "What are you worried about? It's okay."

He also patted Chi Yan on the back reassuringly: "If you look forward and backward in everything you do, you won't do anything well."

He lowered his head slightly, and placed a kiss on Chi Yan's forehead with his lips: "Go to sleep."

Chi Yan pursed his lips. He was in Kleist's arms, but he didn't sleep all night.

Unlike Chi Yan, Emma slept very well. She was so tired during the day that she fell asleep as soon as she lay down at night. The next day she helped others spread the pulp, but the paper she made was still not good. The pulp isn't ready yet.

After several days like this, Emma boiled the pulp well.

This morning, she got up early and came to the paper mill. She finally stopped the fire, and when the pulp cooled, she picked up the wooden frame.

The cotton yarn stretched under the wooden frame is very fine. She quickly spread the pulp on the cotton yarn, then put it on the table, and squeezed out the residual water inside with the cut wood and stones.

Then take the wooden frame out to dry.

Emma stayed there all the time. Today's sun was very good, and Emma was warmed by the sun. Her eyes never left the wooden frame.

In the afternoon, when the sun was about to set, Emma touched the paper lightly.

This step has been failing in the past, the paper couldn't be lifted off at all, and it shattered as soon as the hand touched it.

Emma swallowed, her strength was very light, and when her fingers touched the paper, Emma's heart was raised high.

— not broken.

Emma stared wide-eyed, held her breath, pinched the two corners with both hands, and quickly lifted the paper off.

The paper was curved by the wind, and Emma picked it up carefully.

She made it!

Emma covered her mouth.

She fought for the paper mill by herself, but she hasn't seen any success for so long. Countless failures have shattered her self-confidence. She doubted countless times whether her choice was a mistake.

But now, such a thin, weightless piece of paper made her whole being sublimated.

She finally understood the meaning of the lord's words.

——No matter how many times you fail, as long as you succeed once, the previous failures are not meaningless.

It was failure that contributed to this success.

Emma burst into tears. For the first time in her life, she experienced the feeling of success.

When Emma returned to the paper mill with this piece of paper, she was surrounded by people as expected.

"This is paper!"

"So thin! So light!"

"It really won't break!"

"Emma? What did you use?"

"Emma, ​​you are amazing!"

"Emma, ​​my lord will definitely reward you!"

Emma was crying all the time.

This kind of successful happiness made her unable to say a word, she just burst into tears silently.

Finally, this piece of paper was carefully delivered to Chi Yan's desk.

The color of the paper is yellowish, but it is still delicate to the touch. Chi Yan wrote on the paper with a quill pen. The ink marks are very smooth, and the ink is not scattered seriously. It is a bit like the homework book that Chi Yan bought when he was in elementary school. It costs [-] cents a book The kind, the quality is not very good, but it can be used.

It is better if you use a pencil, because the ink is a little scattered and it is not comfortable to write on.

Chi Yan wrote in Chinese, which looked like strange symbols in the housekeeper's eyes.

The housekeeper saw that Chi Yan had finished writing, pointed to the Yan character and said, "My lord, this graphic is very good and very imposing."

Chi Yan didn't explain the word, he nodded: "I think it's good too."

His parents searched through the dictionary and gave him a good name?

I heard that his father wanted to give him a cultured name, called Chi Haoran, the Haoran with a bit of arrogance, and the grandson of the grandpa next door was named Zheng Haoran. awe-inspiring.

His mother is more casual. If she wants to use her nickname directly, she will call her Chi Baobao.

In the end, the couple added up and looked through the dictionary. When they turned to a page, the first word they saw was Chi Yan's name.

So Chi Yan had a name.

He also lied to him that his name was taken from Li Bai's poem "What should I do when I am old".

It was only when Chi Yan was in high school that he realized that his name had nothing to do with Li Bai, it was just a random word his parents found.

When he was a child, he often wrote his name wrong and was fined by the teacher to copy it a hundred times.

At that time, he made up his mind that in the future, when he named his child, he would choose something with fewer strokes, Chi Yi, which is very good.

Thinking about his parents, a smile appeared on Chi Yan's face.

He remembered that every family here has its own family crest. Although Chi Yan's family is only Chi Yan, the family crest is still required.

"Engrave it into a chapter." Chi Yan said to the housekeeper.

The housekeeper nodded, and solemnly put the paper away.

After Emma made paper, she felt that the world had changed. She became a master craftsman in the paper workshop. What she had to do every day was to review the paper, pick out the unqualified ones, and teach others how to adjust the maple and lime. The proportion, and how to use the strength of the arm and the ingenuity of the wrist, so that the pulp can be spread more evenly on the gauze.

But she was paid a lot. She could receive bread with sugar every day, and she was even rewarded by the lord with a large pot of sugar, as well as a bolt of linen and half a bolt of cotton cloth. In addition, the land rented by her family, three You don't have to pay rent for a year, and you don't have to pay poll tax.

The paper mill produces a lot of paper every day. These papers are stored in the rooms of the castle. The books here are glued together one by one with an adhesive, which is usually made of tree sap. , but Chi Yan wasn't going to do this.

He had done manual work before, so he could only sew books - there are two kinds that Chi Yan knows, one is to fold a piece of paper and sew it from the middle, so that the book is easier to open, and it is also the most popular in modern times. A kind of sewing method, there are still many books that do this, and it opens and closes better than glued books.

There is also a more convenient method, which is to pierce a few holes on the spine of the book and sew up and down after overlapping the paper.

The opening and closing is not good, but it is more efficient.

And the thread will be exposed outside, which has a more antique feeling.

Chi Yan used twine to make a few notebooks for himself to write, draw, and keep a diary.

In addition, Chi Yan also asked the dwarves to carve letters, one letter and one piece of wood, which is the original version of movable type printing. He is going to print textbooks to educate people.

It is the steward who undertakes this task.

In fact, strictly speaking, only the butler here has received formal education, and even Chi Yan himself misspelled many words.

Chi Yan is a standard speaker who can speak but not write.

He still uses square characters to keep his diary.

"My lord, what you wrote is words, right?" The butler is not stupid. After seeing that many of the graphics "drawn" by Chi Yan appeared frequently, he felt the pattern. These were not drawn by Chi Yan at will.

Chi Yan: "...Yes."

Instead of hiding it, it's better to say it generously, he also knows that the housekeeper will not have any ill intentions towards him.

The housekeeper said in amazement, "You are really amazing."

Chi Yan: "I didn't make it! This is me... I learned it when I was dreaming!"

The butler put his finger on the word "I" and asked, "My lord, you often write this word. Does it have any special meaning?"

Chi Yan: "This is what I mean."

The butler was taken aback: "It's really complicated."

Can this word be learned by humans?

The butler who originally wanted to learn it backed down instantly. He was old and his eyes were dim. He was not prepared to learn such complicated things.

Chi Yan didn't plan to let others learn it, it's good that only he can understand it, so that he doesn't have to worry about others peeping at the diary.

The textbooks were of course compiled by the butler, who took on this important task with a bitter face.

Fortunately, he only taught the alphabet first. Although the housekeeper is old, he can still bear it.

The paper problem is solved, and the housing problem must be solved next.

There are more people, but there are not enough houses to live in, and there are not enough termite nests to build more houses.

Chi Yan thought about it seriously, and said to Kadi: "Except for the line of defense and the weaving and cotton weaving, everyone else went out to dig the ground and find clay. As long as it is the land in the territory, it can be moved, and the ground under the house can also be moved." To dig and see."

That's it - the excavation brigade was formally established.

Also known as - Disturbance Brigade.