Wolf King

Quartz, also known as silica, is one of the common rock-forming minerals. It is a translucent or opaque crystal with a hard texture and a greasy luster at the fracture.

Xiao Yun turned over the long strip of quartz stone in his hand, held one end with his fingers and scraped it vigorously across the stone, white scratches appeared on the stone, and a little stone powder was brought out, but the quartz stone in his hand was not damaged in any way.

"That's right, this is quartz stone." Xiao Yun nodded silently, the density and hardness of quartz stone is very high, in the Stone Age on earth, the ore used by primitive people as weapons at that time was quartz besides obsidian.Obsidian should be found near the volcano, and quartz stone is more common.

"Ready to go?"

The warrior Hongye opened the curtain and looked into the house. The young Hongye didn't have the habit of wearing animal fur clothes before snowing. She still wore her upper body and only animal fur shorts, her strong muscles were completely exposed... At this moment, she There is an animal skin roll tied around the waist that snow werewolf warriors must bring when they go out, a long bow twisted with animal tendons is slung across the shoulders, and a large number of bone arrows are carried on the back. They are ready to lead the team out.

"Get ready." Xiao Yun got up quickly, and carried the animal skin roll that he had packed and tied into a backpack style on his back, "Let's go find the grass and the big river. By the way, ask the patriarch if we can go."

"Patriarch?" Hongye didn't understand.

"We are looking for materials that can be used to make ceramics. In the future, ceramics may become an important commodity for our tribe to trade with others. Of course, it is necessary to let the patriarch have a piece." Xiao Yun explained.

The two mud-brick houses side by side are now the "collective bedroom" for the clansmen to spend the night, and the tents of each family have now become small private warehouses.The Snow Werewolves haven't developed the habit of sleeping in a fixed room for the time being, and they always sleep in whichever room they want. Xiao Yun entered the door of another room, and saw that the patriarch had just woke up the sleepy Wools, who were sleeping in the other room. Animal skins that are used as quilts.

"Tao... Porcelain?" The patriarch took so much effort to say this new word that he almost bit his tongue.

"The bright bowl named after Dahe, the bright layer is porcelain. The kiln for firing pottery can produce porcelain when the temperature is raised to a certain level. Porcelain is smoother than pottery. Since everyone likes bright bowls, why don't we try it?" Better pottery can be fired at once. The stone used by Hongye as a stone knife can be fired into better porcelain, and we will go find more of this kind of stone today.”

Xiao Yun took out the quartz and handed it to the patriarch, but the patriarch didn't pick it up, but frowned and thought: "Ah Yun, you mean, you can really make a better... bright bowl?"

"We try our best to find stones suitable for firing, and we can definitely make better ceramics." Xiao Yun bites the word "we" very hard. Anyone who has experience in the workplace and has led a team knows that "I" and "" What is the difference between the two words "we".

The patriarch's hands on his knees trembled a little. Whether he can burn better pottery is not just whether Xiao Yun can prove himself, but whether the wealth of the tribe can be improved. It goes without saying that many tribes have to work hard to buy necessary pottery from caravans every year... After all, pottery is a consumable and will be damaged during use.

Xiao Yun thinks that the patriarch does not pay enough attention to his opinion, but in fact the patriarch can no longer value Xiao Yun... Ever since Xiao Yun proposed to burn pottery, the patriarch has not let him take on the daily work like other young people in the tribe, because The patriarch knew that if the tribe could produce its own pottery, it would at least save the tribe several months of time in collecting various furs every year.Thanks to Xiao Yun's self-reflection, he stopped the urge to slap his face, otherwise Xiao Yun would really be wronged by the patriarch who seized power...

"Okay, let's find a burning stone together." The patriarch said solemnly.

Accompanied by warriors Hongye, Niujiao, Patriarch, Qingcao, and Dahe, the cub Ayun will not have any objections from the tribe when he goes to a place hundreds of kilometers away from the tribe. After the patriarch joins, the preparations are more complete than before. The patriarch specially brought a small bag of green salt, half a bag of bean sprouts, pottery pots and other things, this is to prepare for a meal on the way, so that everyone will not rush back hungry.

The red leaf is a quartz stone picked up near the burrow of the goblin. The place is more than twice the distance from the edge of the forest that Niujiao took Xiao Yun to. After starting, you can’t walk slowly, you have to trot all the way. The others don’t mind, Xiao Yun ran away I was short of breath for about an hour... There was no way, the original owner's body was really weak among the snow werewolves, otherwise the original owner wouldn't be so depressed that he became mentally ill.

After running for more than an hour, Xiao Yun couldn't stand it any longer. Even wearing rattan straw sandals padded with animal skins, he still felt the soles of his feet being worn out. After all, there was no asphalt concrete road on the relatively flat prairie. There are broken rocks, low-lying land soaked in stagnant water, and overgrown vegetation that increase physical exertion.

Fortunately, Niujiao and Hongye, brothers who are considered livestock among the snow werewolves, were also accompanying them. These two carried Xiao Yun to the place before noon...

On the back of a beautiful mountain range, there is a semi-circular bare surface similar to alopecia areata in the sea of ​​vegetation as tall as a person, surrounded by some wood and rotten felt cloth. At the foot of that particularly delicate small mountain range, Many broken pottery remains and animal bone remains can also be seen.

"Is this the place where the expelled goblin tribe used to live?" Xiao Yun curiously asked after seeing the abrupt open space from a distance and recovering a lot of energy from carrying it halfway.

"Occasionally, some small tribes in the underground world escape to the surface, hiding in corners to survive quietly." The patriarch nodded and said, "If it is gray dwarves or black dwarves that run up, that's fine. The goblins must be driven away in time, otherwise they will be killed." Steal cattle and sheep."

"That's it." Xiao Yun sighed, it seems that no matter which world goblins are doing well, they are treated like rats and everyone shouts and beats them across the street... Even the simple snow werewolves are not welcome.

"Cat tribes and tauren tribes are often stolen by goblins. The tauren tribe we met when we migrated reminded us to be careful of goblins in this area." Warrior Hongye said, "Those goblins can't deal with larger beasts. You can only live around tribes that drive away wild animals, but they like to steal, and no one wants that kind of neighbor."

"Okay." Xiao Yun immediately lost his sympathy for those little green skins. Even the Grassland Virgin Tauren can't be friends with them, so it's better for him to be less self-righteous.

Probably the goblins also know that their family is not welcome, and they dare not live in tents when they come to the surface to survive. They still dig holes to live, and enter the "alopecia areata" boundary. It is a cave covered by vines, and there are many stones and mud piles on the side of the cave, which are probably taken out when digging the cave.

"That's where I picked up my stone knife." Hongye walked to the pile of stones and kicked it twice, "Ah Yun, see if this is what you're looking for."

Xiao Yun was already shocked by the pile of rocks that looked like a building demolition site... Fuck, the snow werewolf's claws couldn't stand digging out so many stones, how did the goblin do it? !

He walked in and took a look, not to mention, there was a lot of quartz mixed in the big and small rocks. He came here for this, so he squatted down and spread the animal skins, and pulled the quartz stones from the gravel and soil. It is really not easy to run such a trip, and I can recite as much as I can.

"Hey, this is..."

After digging the pile of construction waste for a long time, Xiao Yun found a small layer of quartz sandwiched in a larger rock, and a little bit of bright yellow color could be seen on the surface of this layer of quartz under the cover of rock and soil. crystal layer.

Xiao Yun quickly took another piece of quartz and smashed it at it. The quartz stone is hard and brittle. After smashing off the surface, a bright yellow fault the size of a ping-pong ball was immediately exposed.

"Fuck! Citrine!" Xiao Yun was startled, "Wait, the quartz crystal is indeed a crystal... What kind of thief is the goblin? Digging crystals and selling them is enough to support himself?!"

"There is such a beautiful thing in the stone?" The patriarch next to him was also shocked.

"Patriarch, can this thing be sold for money?" Xiao Yun asked hurriedly.

"Uh... I remember that there are quite a few beautiful gems in the Wang Tent. Wait a minute, Yun, are these gems hidden inside the stones?" The patriarch couldn't come to his senses at all.

"Of course minerals are mined from stones, but this one is so small and has a lot of impurities... I can only look at it like this for fun. It's not very useful as a decoration." Xiao Yun shook his head and put the yellow The stone layer around the crystal was smashed away as much as possible, and stuffed into the pocket to take it back.Goblins can find crystal veins by digging any cave, and the mineral deposits on the grassland may be richer than he imagined.But it doesn't make any sense. Without a professional mining team, he can't be a jeweler. Besides, he can't fill his stomach with jewelry, so he still chooses to farm.

I don't know how deep the goblin dug the hole. In addition to the quartz stone, there are many gray-white feldspars in the pile of stones outside the cave-feldspar is also a very common ore, mostly produced on rock beds. , The hole dug by the goblin has already been dug under the rock formation... It's a pity that the hole is too small to climb in, otherwise Xiao Yun would have wanted to go in and have a look.

The animal skins brought were filled with quartz stones and feldspars that were discovered by accident as much as possible, and the stomachs of several people were also growling.This is not a problem for the snow werewolf who is good at hunting. Hongye went out with a bow on his back for a walk, and then dragged back an animal with a head similar to a robe. Qingcao and Dahe collected some wild vegetables that were old and yellow nearby. The bean sprouts and salt that come out are just a meal.

Xiao Yun was a burden on the way here, Hongye trotted for four hours, and the group walked for more than five hours. Everyone had to carry ore on the back, and no one could carry Xiao Yun. The return speed was naturally slower. It's getting dark in the tribe... just in time for the big pot.

After a night of rest, when he got up early the next morning, Xiao Yun took the patriarch to discuss glazing—basically, he told the patriarch to listen, and he had to pay attention to speaking skills not in the command style, but in the discussion style, pay attention to using "we" instead of "" "I", he will bring up the main opinions, and let the patriarch make the dispensable decisions. It is necessary to let the patriarch have the illusion that "I am also the decision maker"... Uh, anyone who has done sales and deceived customers knows this. Routine.

After discussing it, the patriarch naturally abandoned the grazing work and actively cooperated with Xiao Yun to burn the materials for the upper sleeves... Quartz and feldspar need to be burnt before being smashed into powder, which consumes a lot of fuel. Xiao Yun is a waste of fuel. You have to let the patriarch carry it with you.

Burning stones is not as particular as burning pottery. After installing the kiln, you can burn as high a temperature as you can, and make the stones brittle and smash them into powder. This grinding process can't be avoided. Diligent; having acquired the powdered quartz and feldspar for glazing, the next thing to do was to ponder the question of natural pigments.

The earliest pigments were taken from minerals and plants. Don’t think about minerals now, plants can use it... Still discuss with the patriarch, lead the team to the forest, and get back a bunch of flowers and grasses. Soak and smash to see the purity of the color, choose a purple flower with a large flower plate that I don’t know the name of, and a purple berry that is so unpalatable that birds don’t eat it, boil it with a wooden stick, and get The deep purple natural juice is mixed with quartz powder, feldspar powder and swamp silt, and the pure natural handmade glaze is done.

Next, it is the result of experimental glazing.This time, Xiao Yun made one that can be placed on the stone base, using the ground bone (Hongye, the hand-grinding skill provider) as the axis, and the wooden disc that can be selected smoothly as the turntable, using the movable turntable to squeeze out four The clay pot, two water pots, and thirty clay bowls were put into the cave for biscuit firing, that is, they were taken out after five hours of low-temperature drying; the bisque-fired clay embryo is very easy to damage, and Xiao Yun would not let others touch it. I do the glazing by myself, half of the mud embryos are plucked from their own hair (...the wolf form of the snow werewolf, the fluff under the abdomen is relatively soft and resilient) to make a small brush to paint the glaze patiently, and the other half is dipped in the glaze. method (pour the glaze liquid into a larger container, carefully put the embryo body into it to soak for a few seconds and then take it out), after the glaze liquid is completely dry, put it into the kiln at the same time for the pottery firing process.

This pottery burning preparation work has been done for several days, and even the patriarch participated in the whole process, which naturally attracted the attention of the whole clan... The herdsmen who stayed overnight in the Hui tribe went to the grassland, and the first words asked by those who stayed behind were: "Is the pottery ready?"

Under this kind of anticipation, Xiao Yun was fine, but the patriarch was so nervous that after the temperature started to cool down, he ran to squat next to the kiln, staring at the stone slabs that built the kiln...

Time passed by, Xiao Yun touched the temperature of the cave shell and felt that it was almost time to open the kiln. Before he could call out the name of the horn, the patriarch rushed forward and used his claws to scrape the mud that sealed the stone slab... Then he followed the previous Like Ah Shan who had been in the kiln, he coughed loudly.

"...I should get out the mask later, wear a mask and start the kiln." Xiao Yun looked at the patriarch who was coughing up tears, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Very cute.

Remove the stone slabs and wait for the smoke and dust in the cave to dissipate a little, and then reach out to take out the pottery inside—you don't need to look at it, Xiao Yun knows that the pottery firing is a great success just by the smooth touch of his hands.

Xiao Yun didn't really understand the difference between pottery and porcelain, anyway, he didn't find kaolin, he used pottery clay, so even if the fired thing has a glazed smooth surface, he thinks it should be classified as pottery, and then he The fired pottery is better than the original pottery in this world, so calling it pottery is not a cheeky thing...

This batch of pottery, including large pots and water jars, is no longer the earthy red color of the original clay. Under the action of glaze, the surface of the pottery densified at high temperature not only has a smooth and bright surface that is close to modern industrial pottery, There is also a layer of uniform and beautiful purple; in the afterglow of the setting sun, the purple pottery coming out of the kiln reflects a faint halo, even Xiao Yun, who is used to seeing good things, has to click 32 likes—it is beautiful!A rough, natural and primitive beauty!

The patriarch was completely speechless. For a while, he didn't dare to reach for the lavender bowl, but knelt on the ground and gently stroked it with his fingers...it was so beautiful, and it was more beautiful than he had seen in the Wang Tent. The shiny tableware is even more beautiful. Such a miraculous thing is actually made by yourself little by little? !He couldn't believe it himself!

Xiao Yun was not as shocked as the patriarch, he sat cross-legged, took a bowl and played with it in his hand, after admiring it for a while, he suddenly slapped his thigh: "Mistake, we should get another light-colored glaze to cover the inside of the bowl with the bowl. It is distinguished by the color of the wall, and the inside and outside of this bowl are purple, and it will reduce the appearance of the food and reduce your appetite if you use it for food. Oh, why didn’t you think of this? What a failure!”

The patriarch looked at him in shock...

Xiao Yun muttered for a long time, and looked at the patriarch: "The next time you burn the perfect finished product, you can keep it as a commodity. This batch of bowls will be used together with the previous batch for the clan's own use. What do you think, patriarch?"

The patriarch whose face began to distort: ​​"..."

If the patriarch also understands modern language, he must have only one thing to say now: Ni Zongkai, you can't be friends with Ni!