Chapter 58 You can breathe a sigh of relief
In the last ray of autumn sunshine, faint smoke drifted out from the ventilation hole at the top of the roof.
Green smoke is like mist, swirling in the valley, and the whole village is filled with the faint aroma of pine wood.
The bacon smoked with pine wood has a unique flavor, especially the pheasant in the pine forest. It has a faint pine aroma in your mouth and is very popular in towns.
In Hozenplotz’s house, a lot of chicken and sausages hang like grapes on wooden poles hanging from the roof beams above the fire pit.
Frederick looked at the wooden house curiously. He was not very familiar with the wooden houses in the village and thought it would be difficult to build. After asking today, he realized that he was wrong. It is not difficult to build a house that meets the requirements of the villagers.
The houses in the village all have the same shape, with round walls six or seven meters in diameter and high and pointed roofs, which look like a fairy tale.
The process of building a house is relatively simple.
First peel off the bark of a thick wooden stake and put one end on the fire to burn a layer of charcoal. The charcoal will not rot easily when inserted into the ground.
These pillars are inserted in a circle and then lined with wrist-thick logs in the middle to form a wall, which is about as high as an adult's waist.
The red clay that can be seen everywhere is mixed with hay to form mud, and is smeared on the walls layer by layer to seal and keep warm.
Then use a dozen long logs to build a peak, and fix it with a ring of wood near the top. This is the main beam of the roof. Use thin wood to build a auxiliary beam between the main beams. Beams, the first beam of the roof is ready.
First lay a layer of thin wood chips coated with cheap slime glue on the beam for waterproofing, lay a thick layer of hay for insulation, and make a "" structure ventilation opening on the top, and the roof is ready.
The interior is simple, just pave it with stones and dig a hole in the middle to serve as a fire pit. Furniture is a little more troublesome.
Dig a drainage ditch around the house outdoors, then build a toilet, and you're basically done.
After feeding the Ami donkey he was responsible for, Hozenplozzi returned home to find Frederick looking curiously at the magic lamp on the beam.
This lamp is the latest dandelion shape, a little more expensive than ordinary magic lamps, and it lights up the house brightly.
When Frederick saw him coming in, he asked: "Is this a new lamp?"
For the villagers, lighting was not an urgent problem, and cheap oil lamps were enough.
Huo Zhenplozi became nervous. The master knew what he did before, and he was afraid that he would think that he had done those things again.
"I did some business." Huozhenplozi said, "I found some herbs on the mountain, dried them, ground them into powder, and sprinkled them. The smoke from the stove can kill the bugs in the house. The village chief asked me to do it. I sold it to other villages and made some money.”
“The village chief and I went to the city that day and thought it would be convenient to have such a lamp.”
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"I use it myself on weekdays. Sometimes I borrow it for a night if my neighbor wants to sew clothes or something at night."
Frederick nodded and saw that the paste in the pot was cooked. Let him serve the meal.
Dinner is a pot of multigrain paste composed of barley flour, pea flour, chestnut flour, etc., with some lard and salt added. The taste is indescribable. Now people in the village can only eat this.
Frederick brought a few sausages, Hozenplozzi grilled two and hung the rest.
While eating, Frederick asked: "How do you feel about living here?"
Huo Zhenploz immediately replied: "Thank you for your grace, I am here." "I'm living well."
Frederick asked again: "How much land did you get?"
Huo Zhenplozi shook his head and replied: "I don't want much land, I just want it." Grow some grass to feed the donkeys.”
"The land here is full of red mud and nothing can grow."
"The village chief said, just grow some vegetables in the land." "There are many pine trees here. From now on we will plant pine trees and sell wood and rosin." , pine oil and pine nuts can make money.”
“The village chief also said that he will try to raise chickens and pigs in the village next spring, and he also plans to grow mushrooms.”
Frederick nodded slightly, thinking highly of Thomas in his heart.
The area south of Weisenland is mostly red soil and limestone mountains. It is not very good for growing crops. There are only two products: pine and lime.
In Frederick's latest plan, a cement plant will be built in a slightly northern area with more limestone next year, and then he will accumulate construction experience through Archbishop Victor's monastery.
"It seems Thomas is doing well." Frederick said.
Huo Zhenplozi echoed: "The village chief is very smart and knows a lot of things."
He pointed to the bacon on the fire pit and continued: "There will be a good harvest in a few days. It’s the festival, and the village chief bought chickens early and asked us to make bacon. We can make more money by selling them in the city two days before the festival.”
"I'll buy the chickens and make bacon after the Harvest Festival, just in time to sell them before the Winter Spirit Festival, and I can make more than usual."
Frederick nodded with satisfaction.
The annual Harvest Festival here is on November 11th. On this day, villagers will dress up beautifully and parade in the fields holding cattle, horses, pigs, sheep and other animals made of colorful straw to celebrate the year. of harvest.
Winter Spirit Festival is the winter solstice. After this day, the days become longer and longer. It is the beginning of the New Year for the Church of Light and is also the biggest festival of the year.
The supply of meat before the festival in the city exceeds the demand, and foods such as pinewood smoked chicken with special flavor are even more expensive.
Frederick said: "Then you can make a lot of money this winter."
Huo Zhenplozi said: "At least enough to pay off the debt."
Frederick frowned. , asked: "What debt should be paid, and whose is it?"
He had repeatedly issued orders prohibiting the use of loan sharking and other means to rob new residents, and set a maximum limit on borrowing interest. Now when he heard that Huo Zhenpu Roz said it was a bit sensitive to pay off the debt.
Huo Zhenplozi pointed to the roof and said: "When we first arrived, the village chief took our driver to the city to find an adult named Ao Xian and borrowed a few small waterwheels and saws on credit. , otherwise our house wouldn’t be built so fast.”
"He also found a friend named Ba, and bought a lot of white stuff on credit. After these things were boiled and applied to the wood chips, they would not be afraid of water, and they would be used to make roofs without fear of leaks."
< br>"These cost a lot of money, and our village now has to sell wood and bacon to pay back the money."
Frederick quietly drank the last bit of paste in his bowl, thinking about this. There's nothing wrong with that.
The construction funds of each village are very limited and can only guarantee the minimum standard. Therefore, funds can be raised by selling excess wood cut during land reclamation to make money.
Thomas just borrowed the credit from his connections at Weisenberg University and slowly paid it back. There was an additional method of repaying the money, selling bacon, and he did not violate the relevant regulations.
Frederick put down the empty bowl and asked again: "Are there enough clothes for winter?"
Now everyone in the village except Thomas and Gunter, who wear their own clothes, are allotted clothes. He has two sets of shorts, a short-sleeved T-shirt and thick socks, as well as long pants, a long-sleeved T-shirt, a cotton vest, a jacket and a military coat, as well as a pair of slime rubber shoes.
Because the cloth is purchased from different places and comes in various colors, only military coats are made of cheap blue cloth.
“I have never had such good clothes to wear in winter before.” Hozenplots took out his military coat from the box. Frederick checked it and found that the thickness and weight were acceptable. .
Frederick breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they had no problem with food, clothing and shelter.
(End of this chapter)