Survival skills maxed out, I feed my wife and daughter by catching fish and shrimp

"Boss, what can I do for you? I'll try my best to dig 1500 kilograms of coal today."

Heijiao used to be quite taciturn, but after eating his fill, he became much more cheerful and talkative.

Chen Changfan nodded. Coal mining is important, but now they need to mine sand and clay.

There was river sand available in the underground river, but the clay had to be dug from the mountain. Hu the bricklayer was old and could not carry such heavy clay, so he had to ask Heijiao to dig some back.

"Yes, I recognize clay. We have it on Xiaofeng Mountain." Heijiao was about to turn around and leave when he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Boss, you just said you wanted to dig river sand. Are you planning to do it yourself?"

The river sand was very heavy and difficult to dig. Hei Jiao originally wanted to say that he would come back to dig sand after digging the clay, but Chen Changfan smiled and waved his hand, "No need for me to do it, I have help."

Heijiao didn't say anything else, but what he was thinking was that since Old Man Liu and Bricklayer Hu couldn't do this job, why should Old Wei do it?

He carried the basket on his back and followed the location of the clay in his memory, thinking that if he moved faster, he could come back earlier to help.

After a while, Heijiao came back with a basket of clay, but found a large pile of river sand by the underground river, which looked like it weighed no less than 500 kilograms.

Heijiao was dumbfounded. The boss had hired so many helpers, but they managed to dig so much river sand so quickly.

Looking at the amount of river sand, I'm afraid it would be impossible to do it without five or six strong laborers.

"The boss must have called the militia from the bandit suppression team to help."

Heijiao found a reasonable explanation and began to unload the soil onto the ground in baskets.

"Boss, this clay is of good quality. Are you planning to build a kang?" Hu the bricklayer guessed.

Kang?

That thing might not be able to cope with extremely cold weather, so he wants to make a more advanced heating system.

As long as we build a boiler and connect the heating, there is plenty of coal here, so we don’t have to worry about the coldest weather.

Of course, in order to build this heating system, cast iron technology is essential, so what he has to build now is a furnace.

"Bricklayer Hu, do you know anything about fire-resistant tiles?"

Chen Changfan mixed the clay and river sand together according to the refractory clay ratio he remembered.

"Refractory tiles? What are these?" This was the first time that Hu the bricklayer had heard of this thing.

The iron-making technology in this era was not advanced. It is not difficult to see from the high price of pig iron that the so-called "hundred-fold refined steel" and "iron" are also low-quality steel of poor quality.

So it is not surprising that Hu the bricklayer has never heard of refractory tiles. As for the terms "blast furnace" and "steelmaking", he has probably never heard of them.

Chen Changfan patiently explained to Hu the bricklayer the structure and principle of the furnace, and Hu the bricklayer quickly understood it.

The craftsmen of this era were all intelligent and could understand this knowledge quickly.

The two planned the curvature and size of the refractory tiles based on the specifications of the furnace they wanted to build.

The two men quickly made hundreds of refractory tiles and placed them in an open space nearby to dry in the shade.

"The bricks I asked you to take off are still there, right? Bring them over tomorrow and we'll build the furnace."

Chen Changfan washed his hands and picked up his longbow. "I'll go see how their hunting went."

At this moment, Heijiao came back with a basket of clay on his back. He was stunned when he heard what Chen Changfan said.

"Did those members of the bandit suppression team go hunting?" he couldn't help but ask.

"I went there early in the morning." Hu the bricklayer replied casually while making tiles.

Hei Jiao was completely stunned.

So these 500 kilograms of river sand were all dug by the boss alone?

He immediately looked as if he had seen a ghost.

……

Deep in the mountains, Lao Wei led a group of people through the dense forest.

"There's a lot of prey around here, but there are occasional wild wolves, so be careful."

Lao Wei reminded him seriously, Zhang Yi nodded silently, but the other warriors were full of disdain.

"It's just a wild wolf. If you dare to come, you will die."

Old Wei glanced at those people, pursed his lips and said nothing more.

"There's a hare over there, watch my arrow shoot at it!" A warrior drew his bow and was about to shoot when he heard a sound of breaking wind and the hare was pierced through the heart by an arrow.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zhang Yi calmly put away his bow, then rode his horse forward and picked up the prey.

"Hmph! It was just a fluke. Let's see who can hunt more prey today!"

The warriors were full of pride and naturally unwilling to lag behind others, so they all focused their attention on hunting.

Zhang Yi and Lao Wei looked at each other with a smile in their eyes.

They were afraid that these warriors would be arrogant and lazy, and if they really encountered horse bandits, they would not be willing to put in any real effort. Now was a good opportunity to hone their skills.

……

Deep mountains and rocks.

Chen Changfan accidentally discovered a few bloodstains on the ground and immediately noticed something unusual.

"With the amount of blood loss, I'm afraid it was a big guy. But these footprints don't look like those of a tiger or leopard, let alone a man-bear."

Chen Changfan couldn't help but feel a little excited, because there were already specks of gold in the blood, and he was afraid that it was another golden quality spirit beast.

"The golden python meat soup has extraordinary effects. I only drank two bowls, and all my injuries were completely healed. My strength has increased significantly. Now my arm strength is probably over 500 kilograms. And this improvement is not just strengthening my arm strength, but also the muscles, qi and blood throughout my body. There has been a qualitative improvement."

The life level of a golden quality spirit beast is already extraordinary, and even the fusion points rewarded are extremely incredible. The improvement in skills can be described as "transformation".

Of course, a golden-quality spirit beast is definitely not easy to deal with. Even he has to be on his guard.

The last time he encountered the golden python, if it weren't for the cooperation of the Nether Crocodile, I'm afraid he would have capsized in the ditch.

Following the blood trail, he went up the mountain and unknowingly walked a long way to a mountain range he had never set foot on before.

The giant trees in the mountains were towering, blocking out the sun, and suddenly fog arose.

"Misty Ridge, this place is recorded on Park Laosan's map. There is almost no relevant information besides the name, but it is specially marked with a red pen. It is obviously an extremely dangerous place."

Chen Changfan vaguely felt that there seemed to be some terrifying existence in the fog staring at him, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

call!

A gust of wind blew past, and he turned around in horror, only to see a huge rock as big as a millstone breaking through the fog and flying straight towards him.

The boulder came suddenly, leaving him no time to react. He had no choice but to roll on the ground to avoid the attack.

Another huge rock hit him, and he bounced up from the ground and climbed up the tree in a few steps.

call!call!call!

Stones kept flying from the forest, hitting him accurately each time. The smallest stone was the size of a clay pot. Even if it just grazed him, he would probably break bones and tendons.

"What kind of spiritual beast is this? It can actually throw stones to attack. Isn't its accuracy too good?"

Being hit with stones like a target, Chen Changfan was also furious. He seized an opportunity and took advantage of a huge rock flying towards him to draw his bow and shoot an arrow. The arrow shot in the direction of the flying rock.

Then, he heard a low roar of an animal that seemed to come from the thick fog.