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From late at night to early in the morning, Li Weizhen stayed by the freckled boy's sickbed. Of course, he hoped that the boy would see himself the first time he woke up.Because he knew that the boy would think the same way.

But when the warm sunlight shines through the bamboo curtains and falls on the floor of the bedroom.Li Weizhen also knew himself, it was time to go out again.After all, there are still many things in reality waiting for him to solve.

Life is like a mess, there are always unreasonable conclusions.

But there is always a distinction between night and day.This is the reality that Li Weizhen has to face today!

The most important thing at the moment is to improve the facilities needed for daily life as soon as possible.This is important if you want to continue living in the mountains.

Li Weizhen is already a practitioner, and many needs of life can be ignored, but his two Taoist boys still need to consider the problem of "eating, drinking and lazing".

For example, the trivial matter of going to the toilet can be solved at any place in this inaccessible mountain.But in Li Weizhen's view, this can only be done in an emergency situation.

He didn't want An Lan and Ye Tong to become savages in the mountains.

Therefore, there must be toilets and stoves.

However, when it comes to construction, Li Weizhen is a layman after all.He couldn't build the kind of toilet shed that was connected to the sewer and sewage pool like the old Jixin Courtyard; nor could he build the kind that can be subdivided into: secondary air intake, fire ring, smoke ring, heat preservation chamber, combustion chamber... and so on, the high-end stove that is exquisite.

It is also impossible to make a special trip to Funan City to invite Luo Yicheng back just for this matter.Even if Li Wei really knew that as long as he was willing to speak, the other party would most likely be willing, but he really couldn't owe this favor.

You still have to do what you can, but keep everything as simple as possible.

Regarding the toilet, Li Weizhen's idea is to build a bamboo house and put a clean bucket in it.In the secular high gate compound, the kind used by rich people.Shaped like an armchair, it has a detachable paint bucket and a stackable bucket ring on the back of the chair, usually upholstered with fine silk or cotton, just for sitting on when going to the toilet.

It is not bad to have a small incense burner in the toilet, or a scented candle when burning.

The important thing is that he can buy these items with money in the secular world, which can save a lot of trouble.

It stands to reason that if the construction starts in the morning, it is estimated that it will be completed in the evening.But it can't be used on the same day, because it can't buy a clean barrel or any needed items on that day.

Because according to the customs of Tiannan Territory, shops, large and small, in the mundane world will not resume business until the second day of the new year, and some will even stay closed until the eighth day of the new year.

Therefore, on this day, Li Weizhen plans to build the stove first, and the materials are relatively easy to find. Plant ash, mortar, clay, and stones can be piled up to build a durable and efficient mountain stove.

There are several stone mountains in Dayan Ridge just as Li Weizhen saw in the past. He did not choose the nearest marble mine, but a granite mine farther away.

Marble, also known as marble, is the most abundant in the Yunshu region. It is a good building material and is mainly used for interior decoration of buildings.However, this kind of stone is not resistant to high temperature, so if you build a stove, it will definitely crack in a short time.

Granite is different. It is much harder, wear-resistant and high-temperature resistant. After careful processing, it can also become an exquisite decorative building material.

Because of the structure of the mountain stove, the fire it burns is much more powerful than a stove built with a few stones.If the material is not well selected, it will be useless after a few uses, and in the end it is still a waste of work.

Li Weizhen was born in the mountains, and he used to go up the mountain with his father to collect metal ores, and he also learned about other minerals by the way.You can even tell if there are buried minerals based on the pattern and smell of the soil.

According to Xianmen, in fact, this is already a small method of "watching the mountains and watching the atmosphere".

If Wen Renyu hadn't strongly recommended Li Weizhen to enter Qilu and become a craftsman.

Instead, he entered the Tiangong Academy by mistake. Perhaps Li Weizhen can now become an excellent geomancy teacher or a fairy mansion builder, just like Luo Yicheng.

After forcibly chiseling off a large piece of granite with a flying sword, Li Weizhen cut it into stone bricks of equal size on the spot, and then brought them back to the vicinity of the residence.

Among several key materials, clay is the hardest to find.The so-called clay is also commonly known as pottery clay, which can be used to make ceramics and bricks.

In the past, when Li Weizhen's blacksmith shop was remaking furnaces and swords in Fengmao Village, he had been on the sidelines.At that time, when his father built the furnace, in addition to using high-temperature-resistant fire bricks, he had to smear fire-resistant clay on the hearth, flue and other places, so that it can last for a long time.

Natural stone, because of impurities, rarely has high temperature resistance, which is not as good as bricks fired in kilns.Even relatively reliable granite still has to be mixed with clay to be safe.

Li Weizhen himself was a blacksmith. He knew very well how powerful the heat that a pile of charcoal could release in a relatively confined space was the temperature that could melt iron ore.He didn't want An Lan to be frightened by the sudden explosion of the hearth when he was cooking one day because of his cutting corners.

The natural color of refractory clay is a bit similar to the light yellow of the wood itself, and there are also red ones, but that is too rare.

Li Weizhen walked several hills, and it took an hour before he finally selected a few handfuls of suspected soil, and went to the stream for final screening.

During the preliminary identification, Li Weizhen, in addition to observing the soil quality and color, would even pick up a handful of soil, put it in his mouth, taste it, and then spit it out quickly.This is a method in the secular world. As for who I learned it from, it goes without saying.

In the secular world, there are indeed allusions about eating soil.The top-grade clay is white, also known as jade clay.It is said that in some places where famine occurs, the people have nowhere to go, so they will look for this kind of clay and make it into buns to satisfy their hunger.Of course, this method of drinking poison to quench thirst will inevitably end in sadness over time.

As for Li Weizhen's method of eating soil, it can only be regarded as tasting the soil, which is used to distinguish the tiny minerals that may exist in the soil.Several times, he really found several hidden iron mines in Dayanling, and he recognized the iron smell in the soil since he was a child.

However, good clay should contain as little of this taste as possible.But Li Weizhen didn't suffer this loss in vain, he still deliberately wrote down the location, so as not to have to eat the soil again when he was looking for iron ore in the future.

The soil brought to the stream must first be made into mud, and then sieved to wash away the sand and gravel.Clay itself is insoluble in water and contains less sand.After the filtered mud is dried, it can be kneaded into a ball.

Then, it is time to distinguish the quality.The better the clay, the better the plasticity.When pinched by hand, it will deform without cracking; after the external force is dissipated, it can keep its shape for a long time.

If it can be calcined at high temperature again, finer quality can be distinguished.But Li Weizhen doesn't want to make pottery after all, so he doesn't need to be too demanding. As long as he can confirm that what he found is clay, he can really start building the stove!

Of course, if the value of a top-quality clay mine is only used to build a stove, it is completely wasteful.May I ask which fairy house can lack exquisite porcelain decoration?

On the way back to his residence, Li Weizhen even picked up a hollow dead wood, which could be used as a chimney.

After all the materials were prepared, Li Weizhen finally left to work alone. He asked An Lan to be in charge of mixing the clay, while Ye Tong was in charge of mixing plant ash and silt into a slurry.

As for Li Weizhen himself, he didn't rush to do it, but first used a branch to draw a simple figure on the ground.For example, the height of the stove and the size of the stove mouth all need to be calculated in advance.We've come to this point, so we can't be careless.

Take the size of the stove mouth as an example, which depends on how big a pot can be placed in the future.

Then, you have to consider the wind direction and the orientation of the building.After all, Li Weizhen is not a geologist, and he doesn't have a deep understanding of Feng Shui, but he also knows that if the wooden house is the center, then the stove should not be built on the west side of the house.

Because the west is a land of gold and gas, the hearth is fire, and gold is restrained by fire, which will affect the feng shui of the nearby areas.

It is good if it is built on the east side. The stove door faces the green dragon wooden seat, welcoming the purple air from the east.However, Tiannan border is next to the South China Sea, and the southeast wind blows.

The dead wood chimney that Li Weizhen picked up was only one person tall, and when the wind blew, the smoke would all drift towards the house, killing a person.

Therefore, after thinking about it, it is best to sit north and south. The stove door faces the fire god seat in the south, and the overall direction faces the north, which is an auspicious sign of both water and fire.

The most special thing about looking at the mountain stove is that a closed fire path will be built in the opposite direction of the stove door to precipitate sparks and prevent fire escape. The chimney is erected at the end of the fire path.And this fire path can even be used to dry clothes.

In the past, people in Li Weizhen's village who were good at collecting herbs and hunting would often stay in the mountains for a long time for some rare herbs or prey.He would carry a pot on his back, bring a bag of rice, and build such a stove in the mountains.

Its durability is often returned to the same place in the second year, and it can continue to be used.

"Sir, where did you find this mud? It's fun!"

When Li Wei was really busy building the stove according to the plans, An Lan finally found the real fun in the clay, making a rabbit for a while, and a few chickens for a while.

Li Weizhen said without hesitation: "There is a dirt slope to the south, it's a bit far away, I can take you for a walk some other day!"

"The mud is so different from what we usually see! How did you find it?" An Lan still tirelessly asked curiously.

When Li Wei really wanted to answer, Ye Tong sneered at An Lan and said, "Do you still have to ask this? Sir, you know magic spells. Of course, just pinch your magic fingers and you'll be able to do it!"

Li Weizhen smiled awkwardly: "Uh...he's right!"