Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

The next day, everyone got up not very early, so we finally didn't have to rush today.

Everyone prepares some appropriate meals to improve the living conditions of the children and the elderly at home.

The aroma is full early in the morning.

Fortunately, they chose a place far away from other refugees, otherwise Zhao Yuanzhen would worry that Mo Xiang would be besieged.

Zhao Yuanzhen wanted to eat some noodles.

So I took out 20 bowls of beef noodles and bought a few pounds of braised beef.

Qian Xiaohui just boiled some water to make it look like it was done.

Everyone ate a bowl of hot noodles in the two carriages and felt comfortable all over.

Shortly after finishing the meal, the village chief organized the villagers to go to the river to look for boats.

The organization's manpower was divided into two parts.

Some went to look for it by the Yellow River, and some went to ask the nearby villagers and refugees.

Zhao Yuanzhen did not go looking for him. She was preparing to learn shipbuilding skills in the carriage.

She thought that even if there was a boat, it would not be very big. With so many people and horses, it would be difficult to transport them!

Even if it can be transported there, the cost would probably be very high.

There are three types of shipbuilding: elementary shipbuilding for 10 points, intermediate shipbuilding for 20 points, and advanced shipbuilding for 35 points.

Zhao Yuanzhen was a little conflicted.

"System, if I choose elementary shipbuilding, will it only cost 25 to choose advanced shipbuilding later?"

"Yes, host."

Zhao Yuanzhen decisively chose elementary shipbuilding technology.

The main reason is that the intermediate and advanced levels are not used now, not to mention there is no material, and the ships built are too beyond the scope.

The beginner level is completely sufficient.

Zhao Yuanzhen was learning shipbuilding techniques in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Shipbuilding begins with the principles of buoyancy and ship construction.

By the time the people from their village came back, Zhao Yuanzhen had already learned the general idea.

It’s no problem to build a small bamboo raft.

"Mom, I'm back."

"Well, did you find the boat?"

"We found two boats, but they were too small to pull a carriage at a time. And the cost was very high. Everyone was discouraged. We couldn't abandon the carriage!"

Zhang Xinbai was also worried. This carriage was an important property of the family. He couldn't throw it away. But he couldn't cross the Yellow River.

There were still various prefectures that needed to recruit soldiers, and no one knew when the Jin people would attack.

Only after crossing the river and finding a safe place can they start a new life.

I have been on the road of escape for long enough. I long for a stable life.

Now that stable days are just across the river, everyone is really anxious and eager.

"If not, we can just build some rafts ourselves. They don't have to be very big, just enough to fit a carriage. Build more and transport them a few more times, and we'll be able to cross the river!"

Zhao Yuanzhen suggested.

"Yes! You are so smart. We can build a raft ourselves!"

Zhang Xinbai shouted excitedly, how could I forget this!

"But, mother, we don't know how to build a raft!"

Zhang Xinnian was also very excited, but then he thought, I can't do it! The villagers probably can't do it either.

There are basically no big rivers where they are, so few people know how to build rafts.

"It's okay. I can teach you. Actually, making a raft is very simple. It just requires a lot of wood. Bamboo would be the best!"

Zhao Yuanzhen learned and applied what she learned.

"Okay, Mom, I'll go talk to Grandpa and the village chief and great-grandfather."

Zhang Xinbai quickly ran to find the village chief and grandfather to tell them the good news. Her mother really was omnipotent!

Soon the village chief and Zhang Sandao came, bringing many people with them. It was a large group, and it seemed that everyone was very concerned about this issue.

"Old Second, can you make that bamboo raft?"

"Yes, Dad. Actually, the raft is not very difficult. It's just that we have so many people and many carriages, so we need to build a bigger one and have more of them. We need to cut more wood or bamboo."

"That's not a problem. We have a lot of people in our village, and we have a lot of labor force. We are all used to doing farm work. We are not afraid of working a little slower, as long as we can cross the river in the end."

"Yes, we are all used to working. Cutting trees and bamboos is not a big problem. Although I have been fleeing for only about a month, I feel like I have been out for a long time. I am still worried. Now we can only find a place to settle down after crossing the Yellow River. No matter how hard it is, we have to cross this river."

The village chief really didn't want to be on the road in fear every day. He wanted to live like before, with a house, a yard, fields and a village.

We all live and work in peace and contentment, even if it was a bit hard at that time, but we feel at ease!

"Yes, we are not afraid of hardship. It's just cutting down trees."

"That's right, sister-in-law, we have strength in numbers, we are not afraid."

Knowing that there is a way to cross the river, everyone's heart is burning with desire for life and a stable life. What's the harm in suffering a little?

The safety of the child, parents and wife is the most important thing!

"Second Grandpa, since everyone says so, let's build a raft. The raft can be made of bamboo or wood. Bamboo is a little simpler and lighter. Let's look around to see if there is a bamboo forest. If there is none, we can choose to cut down trees and build a raft."

"Okay, I'll do as you say. I'll organize some people to look for the bamboo forest."

Afterwards, everyone was led away by the village chief and divided into groups to go look for the bamboo forest.

Everyone separated and searched in different directions.

In less than an hour, a small team returned.

They found a bamboo forest, a very large one.

Zhao Yuanzhen was very happy. With bamboo, it would be much easier to make a bamboo raft.

It was almost noon at this time. After waiting for everyone to come back and have lunch, Zhao Yuanzhen went to guide them in cutting bamboo and making bamboo rafts in the afternoon.

After waiting for a long time, the team that went out to look for bamboo finally came back, and one of the teams found the bamboo forest.

But it is quite far away, so everyone uses the second bamboo forest as a backup bamboo forest. If the first one is not enough, they will go to the second one.

Because they had to go to work in the afternoon, every family cooked some food for their men at noon to help them survive.

Qian Xiaohui prepared some pancakes, some soft lard pancakes, fried two dishes, and made a big pot of soup. It was enough to fill her up.

Thousand-layer cake is Zhang Xinbai’s favorite food.

Mix the noodles with half boiling water and half cold water, and leave it there to rise for a while.

Then put the solidified lard in the pot and melt it.

Knead the risen dough into a smooth dough.

Then roll the dough into a large sheet with a rolling pin. Roll up the sheets layer by layer like a towel roll.

Sprinkle oil on each layer as you roll it, and spread the oil evenly.

Finally, cut the rolled towel into dough pieces of similar size.

Then use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a large pancake. This way, a layer pancake is ready.

Wash the pot and dry it. Add lard, put the rolled pancake in the pot, and fry it slowly over low heat.

Because her iron pan is very big, she can fry 5 pieces at a time.

Zhang Qingyan rolled the pancake while Li Zhijuan lit the fire and flipped the pancake. The pancake needs to be flipped frequently, otherwise it will get burnt easily due to uneven heating.

Qian Xiaohui went to prepare the dishes.

Take out some bracken and mutton and prepare to stir-fry the bracken and mutton. Use the mutton offal to make mutton offal soup.

Have some scrambled eggs.

The portions of each dish were generous, making everyone feel full.

Zhang Xinbai and Zhang Xinnian praised everyone's cooking skills while eating.

Zhao Yuanzhen also likes this pancake very much. It is soft and has thousands of layers. It suits her appetite very well. She ate several of them while drinking mutton soup.

After dinner, everyone set off with the first team without taking any lunch break.

It is not far from the resting place, about half an hour away, and is located behind where they are resting, and farther away from the Yellow River.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the bamboo forest. It was really huge.

Based on the shipbuilding techniques she had learned, she taught everyone how to choose bamboo. It is best to choose young bamboo, which has greater buoyancy and is of moderate thickness and size.

It is best to choose bamboos of similar size and thickness for the same bamboo raft. This way the bamboo raft will be stronger.

Everyone started to select bamboos according to Zhao Yuanzhen's instructions and began to cut them in full swing.

Everyone decided to cut bamboo first, then transport it to the rest area and build the bamboo raft.

Zhao Yuanzhen thought that although there were many of them, the Yellow River was not very wide, only about 1000 meters wide.

The bamboo rafts they made were about 3.5 meters wide and 12 meters long, which was enough to accommodate a horse carriage. It only took about 10 minutes to cross the Yellow River with such a bamboo raft.

In addition to loading and unloading goods on the return trip, it takes about 30 minutes each time. There are more than 500 people in their village, and there are about 60 horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts. For safety reasons, one bamboo raft carries one horse-drawn carriage and four people.

This means that the carriages will need to be transported 65 times, plus the people transported by the carriages, which is more than 260 people. There are more than 200 people left, and if 15 people are transported at a time, it will take about 17 times.

这样加起来就是65+17=82次，需要80多次，一次需要30分钟， 这就得需要2400多分钟。

Of course this is calculated based on the time of one bamboo raft.

2400 minutes is equivalent to more than 40 hours.

Although it would be fine as long as they crossed, Zhao Yuanzhen felt that for safety reasons they had to cross within one day, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with if something went wrong if they were half on this side and half on the other side.

Now we just need to see how many bamboo rafts we should make.

Zhao Yuanzhen was calculating silently in her heart.

Zhao Yuanzhen calculated and found that six bamboo rafts were the best.

The total time of 2400 minutes is divided among 6 bamboo rafts, which means 400 minutes for each raft, which is about 6 and a half hours, or 7 hours.

Time is not too urgent. If you start crossing the river at 7 am, you can complete it before 3 pm.

This way, the two places will not be separated, and there will be no delay in finding a safe place to spend the night next door.

So Zhao Yuanzhen decided to make six bamboo rafts.

按照3.5米的宽度来制造。一根竹子直径约在10厘米左右，3.5米就需要35根竹子。6艘船就是35X6=210根竹子。

Zhao Yuanzhen told the village chief the data she had calculated and asked him to keep an eye on it and cut enough bamboo to build six bamboo rafts.

The village chief nodded to indicate that he understood.

Then I told everyone about it.

There were more than 50 people who came to cut bamboo, and the rest were at the base to look after the house. The strong laborers could not be taken away all at once.

This way, on average, each person only needs to cut down 5 trees.

When everyone heard that each person was only given 5 bamboos, they all thought it was not a difficult task. They didn't need to bring a lot of bamboos.

Everyone started to select straighter and better bamboos and started cutting them.

Since everyone was holding a chopping knife, the efficiency was still fast.

At around five in the afternoon, not only had everyone finished cutting the bamboo, but the group of people who were at home looking after the house and resting had also dragged all the bamboo back.