The sharp skinning knife moved dexterously in Shixiong's big hand, and a **** sheepskin was quickly peeled off.

　　 Benefiting from the proficient hunting and prey handling skills that the body has trained in this life, the stone bear does not have to worry about being hungry in the wild.

　　 But whether in the past or in this life, the stone bear is an out-and-out carnivore. I can't say that a meal without meat is not happy, but if you enter the wilderness for two days without eating meat, this is really bad for the stone bear.

　　 If you are in the tribe, the viscera will naturally be left by the stone bear. After all, the haggis is also an extremely delicious delicacy. But here, there is no condition for making haggis, so Shixiong can only give up those haggis reluctantly.

　　 The raging bonfire quickly burned. After the wood burned red and the flame went down, the leg of lamb pierced on the iron spear was framed by the stone bear on the two tree branches beside the bonfire.

　　 Speaking of the starting point of the bonfire, I have to mention another preparatory work that Shixiong did before setting off, and that was the making of fire folds.

　　 The fires in the tribe are kept in the fire pond and can be ignited at any time, but if you go out into the wilderness, there is no fire pond to ignite the fire. Only flint and dried reed fleece collected in autumn are used to ignite the fire.

　　 Shi Xiong was very uncomfortable with this kind of ignition method, so while he was making that strong bow, he stole the fire fold used by the Chinese ancestors.

　　 Speaking of such things as Huozhezi, it can be called one of the ancient black technologies in China.

　　 This thing is comparable to a modern lighter in ancient China. It looks very inconspicuous as a bamboo tube. As long as you open the cover, and then blow a breath in, the raging flames will immediately appear. When not in use, as long as the cover is closed, the flame will be extinguished immediately.

　　 But even though the flame of Huozuozi is extinguished, the combustible material in the bamboo tube is still smoldering. If you need to start the fire next time, open the lid and breathe, and the flame will come out immediately.

　　 Moreover, this kind of Huozhe, which is comparable to modern lighters, was invented as early as 577 AD during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it is said that it was invented by a court lady. At that time, the army needed to go out to fight frequently, and getting fire was a big problem. If it could not catch fire, then the whole army would have to eat raw food and lettuce. At this time, the court lady invented this kind of fire book. Allows the entire army to eat hot meals and dishes.

　　 After that, it was much easier for the ancient Chinese army and the common people to ignite the fire.

　　 However, with the advent of "Foreign Fire" and lighters, Huozhezi, something that has been circulated in China for thousands of years, gradually disappeared. After all, fire folds are not as easy to carry as lighters or matches, and fire folds, especially high-end fire folds used by large families, are expensive to make.

The fire folds used by ordinary people in ancient China were mostly rough earthen paper rolled into a compact paper roll and stuffed into a small bamboo tube. Just light it up, blow it out, cover it, and keep it. A little gap, leaving a little spark in the bamboo tube. Then when needed, just blow it lightly to burn again.

　　 This kind of fire fold is simple to make and the cost is not high, but the fire in the fire fold is limited for a limited time.

　　 There is also a high-end fire zhezi, which is specially used by large families and wealthy people. The fire in this kind of fire fold can be stored for a long time, but because of the material used, the cost of making this kind of fire fold is very high, and ordinary people simply can't afford it.

　　 To make this high-end fire fold, you must first soak the sweet potato vine in water, soak the sweet potato vine until it becomes soft, and then take it out and use a hammer to flatten it. Then add cotton and reed velvet to continue soaking and pounding.

　　 After they are beaten, they are put out to dry. Fortunately, although the weather was cold in those two days, the sun was good, so it dried out easily.

　　After drying, these things are added with flammable spices such as fire nitrate, rosin, sulfur, etc., and finally twisted into a rope and stuffed into a bamboo tube.

Click 　　 and then close the lid. Open the lid when you use it. There is no need to blow at all. The flame will come out just by shaking it.

　　 This kind of high-end fire folds lasts much longer than those low-grade fire folds, and it only needs to be shaken to start a fire. After all, the sulfur, fire nitrate, rosin and other things added to this high-end fire folder are extremely flammable, and as long as they have a little oxygen, they can burn immediately.

　　 Huozhezi is a thing I have seen a lot, not to mention, in his museum there is a collection of Huozhezi used by several wealthy families in the Song Dynasty. One of the Huozhezi was used by a prince.

　　As a cultural protection expert, Shi Xiong naturally knows how to make and use the fire folds, so he made some fire folds before going out.

　　Since we have to do it, then we must do that kind of high-end fire fold. The tribe itself has reed fleece collected in autumn, and rosin collected from the trunks of long-leaf pine trees in the mountains. The best rosin is from Longleaf Pine, and there are a large number of Longleaf Pines growing in the southeastern part of the New World. You don't know how many Longleaf Pines grow in the Great Smoky Mountains alone.

The use of rosin in the tribe is quite large, so there is a lot of rosin in the tribe~lightnovelpub.net~ As for the fire and sulfur, a large number of fire and sulfur were seized from the French this time, and it is enough to make gunpowder. Let alone making fire folds.

　　 As for the sweet potato vines, there are so many things in the field, and they are all dried long ago. Just picking up some of them is enough. The only thing missing is cotton, but Ishiguma can't help it.

　　 Lieutenant Ferguson has a cotton coat, so Ishikuma directly replaced Lieutenant Ferguson's ripped jacket with a **** fur coat. After disassembling, the cotton inside is enough...

　　 As for the bamboo tubes used for the fire folds, there are also a lot of bamboos on the Great Smoky Mountains, which are enough.

Speaking of bamboo, there was no bamboo in the area of ​​the Great Smoky Mountains, but after the Cherokee moved south and contacted the Pueblo people, they introduced some bamboo from the Pueblo people, so it was foggy. Bamboos also exist on the mountain side.

　　 However, in order to prevent the bamboo tube from being damaged by the smoldering fire, Shixiong rolled the thin iron sheet into a bucket and lined the bamboo tube, and then stuffed the made fire rope inside, and a fire fold was completed.

　　 After this thing was made, the entire tribe was shocked, and even Lieutenant Ferguson was shocked by this kind of fire that could "spontaneously ignite" with a single wave of his hand. We must know that at this time, although the German Brand had extracted white phosphorus from urine, and made the most primitive white phosphorus matches with white phosphorus dipped in sulfur, this kind of matches did not spread, because White phosphorous matches are too dangerous. They can ignite spontaneously when the temperature is slightly higher, which burns many people.

　　 As for the real safety matches, it will take almost a hundred years to be developed by the Swedish Lundstrom.

　　 So in this era of Europe, this kind of thing that can "ignite" on its own is definitely a rare thing...