Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 285 Su He is thinking about how to survive the winter

Su He smiled and said, "This is connected to the big kang, so it's heated in winter. You must make it like this. This is the most comfortable way, warm in winter and cool in summer, perfect for spring and autumn."

Wang Xiaohu then looked carefully and found that there was indeed a flue. This idea was great. Sitting on a warm stool and drinking hot tea in winter was very comfortable. In summer, the two ends were opened, and the hollow middle would allow wind to blow, so the stool would not be hot. In spring and autumn, it was just right, neither cold nor hot, and it was very comfortable with a cushion.

Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but sighed: "Xiao Suhe is really smart, this idea is great, it's cold here in winter, it would be so comfortable if we had this stool."

Su He smiled and said, "If you don't have this, it's the same to walk on the fire below. As long as there is smoke and the soles of your feet are warm, it's fine."

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "Is your private room like this?"

Su He said helplessly: "I think that would be too much money to spend. I can only pour hot water into flat jars and put them in each room. You have to make me some more solar stoves."

Wang Xiaohu suddenly became interested and asked, "How do you use this?"

Su He said: "Drill a hole at the bottom of the wall of the jar and use a bamboo tube to lead it out from the wall. The jar cannot be too thick, but of moderate thickness, so that it can be used as a warm wall. Of course, the jar needs to be made into a special shape by a craftsman, and a batch of such jars need to be customized."

"In winter, we will all cook tea around the stove, and the temperature in the house will rise. Of course, there will be a kitchen chimney through the corridor."

"Normally, the kitchen smoke duct is discharged directly upwards, but in winter it will go around the house, just like heating a kang."

Su He will make this arrangement for the time being, and will figure out a solution when the time comes. Winter is the most troublesome season of the year, because it is cold here, and guests cannot feel cold, otherwise no one will dare to come here.

She also said with a smile: "Uncle Xiaohu, if you can make the glass bottle, I can draw a hand-warming device for the guests."

Wang Xiaohu became interested when he heard it: "Tell me what it looks like and how to do it?"

Su He took out a piece of paper and drew a rough picture. He filled a flat bottle with hot water, plugged the bottle mouth with something, and covered it with cotton cloth. He could put it in his arms or hold it in his hands to keep warm. It could also be used as a kettle. It was really a good thing.

He has asked his craftsmen to try it. According to the method written by Su He, bottles can be blown into bottles using iron pipes, but the shapes are not very good. They are currently practicing!

At this time, Su He suggested that the iron pipes should be smashed into iron sheets, rolled up, and burned together with molten iron, so that it would be easy to make. If iron was not too expensive, Su He could make radiators, a heating artifact.

She later remembered the process of casting iron, and that using the simplest sand-soil method, it should be no problem to cast a small iron furnace, but iron was too expensive, and she didn’t want to cause herself trouble.

Wang Xiaohu thought that this was something he could do and it would also provide some work for his veterans.

He happily agreed: "Don't worry, we can definitely make it. You can use it before winter. We can also sell the rest to make money. This is a good idea to make money."

Wang Xiaohu felt that he should come to Su He from time to time to sit down and talk. Once they sat down and talked, he could find a way to make money. He just wanted to find more ways for the general to make money. The more the better, because they needed money too much. The army was a money-eating beast, and no amount of money was enough.

So many people needed food, clothing and shelter, and all needed to be taken care of by the general, which was a huge expense. There were often people in the capital who made trouble for them, causing their food and grass supply to be delayed, and the general was often anxious and sleepless all night.

Since they started to come into contact with the Su family, things have been getting better step by step. Their soldiers can raise chickens and grow crops in their spare time, which solves a big problem.

The general allowed them to do some business here, and also raised some funds to buy some food to supplement the income. Now it is much better, and the general is much more relaxed.