Chapter 114 Refrigerator? No, ice cellar!
"When you return to the tree house, I have something to give you, so that you don't have to walk to dig by yourself every time." But Xu Xin didn't want to know how she discovered the saltpeter mine. He planned to give Li Wenxi a bottle of mutant potion and a mutant beast contract so that she could be more efficient.
"Ah? A means of transportation? Give it to me? Wow, you are so nice!" Li Wenxi's voice was very surprised. This was her biggest problem at the moment. She didn't expect Xu Xin to be able to solve it for her.
"Okay, okay, I'll explain it to you after I give it to you. Oh, by the way, do you have mutated beast meat?" Xu Xin asked.
"There are quite a lot of them, all of which are green-grade meat. I haven't dared to eat them for fear of problems. If you want it, I can give it to you." It seemed that Xu Xin helped her solve the transportation problem and she was very useful, and she didn't ask any questions. The reason is to give the meat to Xu Xin.
"Keep it for yourself. Long-term consumption of this meat can improve your physical condition, and it is very delicious."
"Have you eaten it? The introduction seems to only say that it is an edible meat, but it actually has this effect!"
"Well, I feel like my strength has increased after eating it, although it's very weak."
"Oh, I see, you want to use saltpeter to preserve the mutated beast meat, right? Everyone has just come out of the dungeon, and they happen to have a lot of mutated beast meat in their hands. They don't have much preservation ability, so we can just loot it! Li Wenxi was a little eager to try, "I'm almost there. I'll give you saltpeter when I get back!"
After hanging up the call, Xu Xin took out a mutant beast contract and went to the synthesis table downstairs to make a bottle of mutant potion. He planned to give these two to Li Wenxi in exchange for her saltpeter.
With their current strength, they can forcefully feed a wild boar or bison with mutation potion. After it mutates, they can use the Mutated Beast Contract to contract it.
The mutant beast contract is not a specialized mount contract, so it will definitely not be like Xu Xin riding the Silver King. No matter how fast the speed is, it is as stable as a mountain and will not be thrown off, but ordinary riding can still do it.
And even if you don’t ride, it’s also very suitable to hang a few backpacks to haul goods. This method is very suitable for Li Wenxi. Otherwise, she would have to travel long distances every time and carry it herself, which was time-consuming and laborious. You must know that time is very precious now, and the labor cost is so high, Xu Xin was a little embarrassed to bargain with her and ask her for it.
With the saltpeter that can be used for refrigeration, Xu Xin plans to build several large refrigerators to store some mutated beast meat as a food reserve.
Just like Li Wenxi said, he can go directly to the platform to buy some mutated animal meat. After all, there are more than 1,800 people who have returned from the dungeon. There are a lot of mutated meat on the market now, and the price is still very low. Because everyone felt that they could not finish the meat in three days.
Soon, Li Wenxi called Xu Xin via video.
After the video was connected, Li Wenxi on the other side of the video seemed a little excited: "What do you want to give me? The saltpeter in my hand is ready."
Xu Xin sent the mutant potion and the properties of the mutant beast contract to Li Wenxi.
"This...you can actually create a mutated beast!" Li Wenxi was surprised, especially when she saw the mutated beast contract. She immediately understood Xu Xin's thoughts and clapped her hands, "You want me to use the mutated potion to create one myself. Mutate the beast and contract it?”
"That's right." Xu Xin nodded, "It's best to choose something like a cow or a pig that can bear weight. It will help you the most."
"Well...if I had to choose one, it would be a cow. Riding a pig is too weird!" Li Wenxi imagined herself riding a pig, and suddenly shook her head, as if to shake the picture out of her mind.
Xu Xin informed her of some precautions for contracts and potions, such as making the mutant beast willing to surrender before using the contract.
"I understand, let's trade!" Li Wenxi directly initiated the trade to Xu Xin.
[The other party initiates a transaction with you, mutated beast contract (green)*1, mutated potion (blue)*1 in exchange for saltpeter (blue)*2]
Blue grade saltpeter? !
Li Wenxi on the screen spoke. She was playing with a piece of crystal saltpeter in her hand: "I just came back and identified it. Among all the saltpeters, there are four pieces of blue-grade saltpeter. Give it to you two." Yes, the introduction seems to say that the functions of blue-level saltpeter are much stronger than those of green-level saltpeter.”
Xu Xin immediately clicked to agree, and two palm-sized pieces of blue-grade saltpeter appeared in his hands.
[Saltpeter (blue): High-grade saltpeter, when dissolved in water, it absorbs a huge amount of heat and has a super powerful effect! Only one piece is needed to create blue-level explosives. 】
Xu Xin saw the explosives in the introduction, which made his heart skip a beat. He can actually make explosives, but unfortunately, he doesn't have the method to make explosives.
However, the "huge" amount of heat absorbed in the previous sentence made his heart beat faster. Could it be that the cooling effect is extremely strong?
"Have you tried the function of blue saltpeter?"
"Well, I just threw a piece into the basin, and it froze instantly, and the surrounding temperature dropped several degrees!" Li Wenxi pointed to the basin of ice next to her and said, "I still feel a little cold in my legs. ”
So strong!
You know, if you want to make ice with normal saltpeter, not only the consumption is very large, basically close to one to one, but the ice making time is not fast, it takes half an hour to freeze, but this blue grade saltpeter block actually freezes instantly. It froze, and the surrounding temperature dropped!
"Okay, I can't wait to sign the mutant beast contract. It must be completed before tomorrow's event. I'll go out first. You study saltpeter. I'll copy your homework when I come back. Hehe."
"Okay, by the way, you can't eat ice made directly from saltpeter. Don't use that basin of ice to make smoothies. If you want to eat it, make ice through the bucket."
"I better know this, okay? I'm not that stupid!"
After hanging up the video, Xu Xin also couldn't wait to try it. He filled a basin of water and put the blue saltpeter in his hand into the water. Immediately, the basin of water quickly froze at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, a chill emerged, and the surrounding temperature dropped instantly, making Xu Xin shiver.
The piece of saltpeter was frozen in the ice without any change in shape.
"This... this is too strong!" Xu Xin was a little shocked.
He immediately changed his mind about building a refrigerator.
What kind of refrigerator is this? He could use these two pieces of saltpeter to make an ice cellar! With the ice cellar, he can store large amounts of mutated beast meat and other grains, which is equivalent to a small granary!
He quickly started planning the ice cellar in his mind.
To build an ice cellar, you need to let the temperature in the ice cellar drop first and then place ice cubes in it.
The ice cellar of the ancients was actually relatively simple. In winter, large chunks of ice were cut out and put into the cellar. Because the cellar is underground and has a strong ability to maintain temperature, in summer, the ice can basically not melt and the cellar can be maintained. To keep the low temperature, this is the ice cellar.
And now it is summer, but there is no natural ice for him to use, so saltpeter is needed for cooling and making ice. This point is difficult to achieve with ordinary saltpeter. After all, to cool down the surrounding area and produce a large amount of ice, the amount required is too huge. But his two pieces of blue-level saltpeter can fully meet the needs.
What he has to consider now is where to get an ice cellar. Generally speaking, ice cellars are set up underground. There is no ventilation or light underground, and little heat can be transmitted in, so that ice cubes can be stored for a long time.
But if it was set up underground, he would have to go down from the tree house every time he went to the ice cellar to get something. It would be uncomfortable if something happened that prevented him from leaving the tree house, or the cellar was submerged by a flood.
So Xu Xin planned to build the ice cellar on the first floor of the tree house.
Not just because of convenience, but he actually discovered very early that the floor of the tree house has heat insulation capabilities.
His furnace is placed in the corner of the second floor of the tree house. Every time the furnace is used, the high-temperature flames in the furnace will emit strong heat. You must know that the flame for melting iron is above 1,500 degrees. , whenever the furnace is running, he will try to stay away from the furnace unless he is going to get materials.
When he used the furnace to smelt ore sand for a long time on the second floor, the temperature near the furnace was ridiculously high, especially now that the ambient temperature itself was not low, making the entire second floor feel like a high-temperature sauna.
According to common sense, the third floor should also look like a steamer. But no, the floor on the third floor was even cold, and only the area near the stairwell would be slightly affected.
Therefore, if the floor and walls of the treehouse are insulated, it is completely feasible to use the first floor of the treehouse as an ice cellar.
Xu Xin immediately started to renovate the first floor of the tree house.
The ice cellar does not need to be as large as the entire first floor. There is no need. Xu Xin divided the first floor into two parts. He separated the inner half and used it as an ice cellar.
He covered the windows with wooden windows to prevent sunlight from entering, and the entire room became a dark, closed and insulated environment.
Xu Xin filled a huge wooden barrel with water, placed it in the room that was about to become an ice cellar, and threw a piece of saltpeter (blue) directly into it.
The moment the saltpeter submerged into the water, the water surface made a clicking sound and froze directly. The saltpeter was frozen close to the water surface. At the same time, the water in the barrel was gradually frozen, and a bone-chilling coldness came from the barrel. Radiate outward.
"Crack!" The ice that expanded after the barrel was frozen exploded, and sawdust fell to the ground. At the same time, Xu Xin felt the temperature in the entire room drop sharply within half a minute, from 30 degrees to 30 degrees. After a few degrees, it has reached the temperature of the refrigerator compartment.
"The heat-absorbing ability of this blue-grade saltpeter is too strong, and it has not been consumed!" Xu Xin looked at the saltpeter frozen on the ice, took out a pickaxe and dug it out. This blue-grade saltpeter was The saltpeter still maintains its original appearance, probably it has just been dissolved with a layer of skin invisible to the naked eye.
But it’s okay even if it’s all dissolved, it can be separated out and used again and again. This blue grade saltpeter is really convenient!
Continue to repeat this action. After the third bucket of water is frozen, the temperature in the entire ice cellar is already very cold, at least ten degrees below zero. Together with the three pieces of ice made with saltpeter (blue), the temperature is even lower. Maintaining the temperature, the entire ice cellar is basically completed.
Xu Xin couldn't stand the cold, so she quickly walked out. As soon as she opened the door, a wave of heat hit her face. The contrast of dozens of degrees made him extremely sore. Fortunately, his physique had been strengthened, otherwise he would have said so at this moment. Maybe you will get a minor illness.
He quickly closed the door to prevent the air conditioning from coming out.
Next, it’s time to enrich the contents of the ice cellar! He wants to build a small granary in the tree house!
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