It is said that Lu Ban lives in Luzhai, west of Tengzhou. Ancient craftsmen went out to wander the rivers and lakes, just like brothers and men go out to work now, they all worked in groups and in shifts. Wangzhai Village is called Wangzhai Class, Zhangzhai Village is called Zhangzhai Class, and Luzhai Village is called Luzhai Class. Ban has the meaning of "Ban Tou", which was later simplified as "Wang Ban", "Zhang Ban" and "Lu Ban".
2,500 years ago, there was Confucius before Luban, followed by Mozi and Mencius. From Confucius to Mencius, only 200 years later, Fiona Fang was born, and four sages were born one after another. No wonder people of all ages lamented that the three mountains of Dragon, Song and Ni gathered in Kyushu. Confucius, Lu, Mozi and Meng lead the romantic life on earth.
When Lu Ban was born, Confucius was 38 years old; When Confucius died, Lu Ban was 35.
Confucius is "everyone". There is almost nothing in the world that he doesn't know. Even if it is three meals a day, there is a famous saying that "food is not tired of essence, and food is not tired of detail". Its diet culture of "not eating ginger, not eating much" still maintains Tengzhou's habit of "making soup, shredded ginger and sliced ginger", which still stimulates the production of agricultural product Dioscorea zingiberensis.
Lu Ban is a "master". Wood, stone, iron and tile are almost all businesses that he is not good at. Although Confucius didn't listen carefully when giving lectures in Tengzhong Xingtan, he was still asked to "contract" the construction and maintenance of vehicles used by Confucius to travel around the world. Therefore, in the acquaintance of "everyone" and "master", Confucius' expectation of "never getting tired of eating" is essentially the subject of Luban's continuous innovation of food processing equipment.
Before that, people processed grains extensively. Boiled potatoes, roasted beans and whole sorghum ears. It was not until Luban made a round wheel that the problem of threshing grain was solved; Only by lifting the wheel to the round stone plate for grinding can the problem of hulling and peeling of grain be solved.
Grinding can grind grain into flour and mash it into powder, but the efficiency is very low and people are tired. What's more, the enterprising spirit of "never getting tired of eating" is endless. If you want to process liquids such as batter or soybean milk, the grinding and cymbals made by Luban are obviously powerless.
From Lubanjialuzhai village, Weishan Lake is 40 miles west, and Longshan Mountain is 20 miles north. This mountain, also known as Lingquan Mountain, is because its springs are full of waterfalls. Because the mountain is like a dragon, it is also called Longshan. Luban left home for the west, he must want to do something for the fishermen. Whenever I leave home for the north, I must want to write some articles about Longshan Stone.
When Lu Ban went north to Niugang, he was cut by the tooth grass in Lingshan, which inspired him to make saws. He stopped and walked, watching farmers sharpen their sickles on roadside stones, and watching shepherds drive cattle and sheep to eat grass. Lu Ban sat on the big lying cow stone on the pillar, beating the sand in his shoes and distressed the worn soles of the mountain road; While looking at the mouth of the old cow, she subconsciously touched a stone and rubbed it back and forth, imitating the way the old cow chewed. The mouth of the old cow did not move, and the chewing from tooth to tooth was all foam; Lu Ban's hand did not move, and the running-in between stones made a piece of white rustling stone.
Ruban patted his thigh and stood up. Soon there will be the first stone mill where the upper and lower stones grind each other.
Grinding, round as a plate, yin and yang diverge. The hole where food and water are put is a grinding hole; The lower depression is the grinding chamber. A shallow hole in the center of the grinding cavity is called grinding navel; The protruding cylinder corresponding to the navel grinding is a grinding bolt. The grinding bolt is embedded in the grinding navel, and the bite does not slip. The gap between the upper and lower outer edges is called lip grinding. If the lips are tight, don't swallow, if the lips are loose, swallow. The upper teeth are oblique and the lower teeth are straight. Turn clockwise, dry, then come out, add water, and then flow.
When the stone mill flies, people pour the dried wheat into the grinding eyes, and the ground flour is white. Add water and knead into balls, and the balls are kneaded into buns. Beat and beat into cakes; The car bar turned into noodles; Bao Dad Bao Dad became jiaozi. People pour the soaked soybeans in and white bean paste comes out. Bean paste becomes bean juice after filtration. After the bean juice is cooked and pickled, it becomes tofu brain. Tofu becomes tofu when it is scooped into the bag, and it becomes dried tofu and tofu skin when it is pressed lightly.
People are singing and dancing, poor and rich, have never seen such exquisite food, old and young, and have never enjoyed such a great taste. It was Lu Ban's "turning stone into a mill" that turned cold stone into magic, warmed people's hearts, and pushed mankind into the era of food civilization of "never getting tired of eating essence".
The grinding rumbled and attracted hundreds of masons. They came to learn from the teacher and set up camp. On Niugang, the sound of hammers fluctuates like a battlefield during the day, and laughter and bright lights are like barracks at night. Luban's mother came to help, set up a stove on the highland in the north of the slope and cooked for the craftsmen from the five lakes; Luban's wife came to help, pulled up the bellows, boiled the clear spring, and boiled water for craftsmen from all over the world.
Pieces of hard stone are made into a dish-shaped stone mill. Vegetables and stone mills are like round wheels, rolling into thousands of households and moving towards all corners of the country. Time flies, this mill has crossed the ocean, and foreigners have eaten bread; With the appearance of stone pancakes, Italians branded pizza. Unfortunately, they can't learn it at home. Authentic vegetable pancakes in Tengzhou, China are wrapped in pancakes, but their pizza scatters vegetables outside the pancakes and keeps muttering: How do China people put stuffing in jiaozi and vegetable pancakes?