Chapter 74: Full of wine and food, refining saltpeter
“Little guys, don’t be anxious, wait for me to take stock of today’s harvest~”
Teased the clingy size for a while Sparks placed the two chicks on the ground and invited Oreo to come over and play with them.
Sumo walked to the supplies room and started to take out things.
The first is the large pieces of saltpeter that have filled the storage space.
The purity of these saltpeters is extremely high and requires no secondary treatment. It can be directly crushed and used. Whenever any warmonger sees it, he must say that destiny is mine.
Looking at the clutter that was already filled with sulfur, Somo could only place the saltpeter in the auxiliary bedroom.
The taste of saltpeter is not as strong as that of sulfur, especially for this natural saltpeter mine. Except for a faint bitter taste, the other flavors are difficult to distinguish.
"These saltpeters add up to at least three to five hundred kilograms. I don't even need to grab it a second time in a short time."
Stack all the saltpeter ores. Putting them together, Sumo nodded with satisfaction.
This squirrel-like joy of hoarding supplies in large quantities is simply unimaginable.
You only need to add a little bit of charcoal and mix it according to the proportion to create the perfect propellant - black powder.
"As for food, this 15kg bag of rice solves the urgent need!"
"There are also these two bottles of canned food, just eat them leisurely, and there will be no problems for a month!"
Taking out the harvested survival supplies, Somo picked up the rice bag and walked to the stove.
These days, it's either bread soup or biscuit batter. These two things are fine at first, but eating too much can really make people vomit.
Seeing the rice at this time, Somo's stomach immediately began to wriggle and make a gurgling sound, and acid water began to gush out of his mouth.
The food intake of an ordinary person in a meal is about 2 taels of rice. In terms of rice, one tael is more than one tael. One kilogram of rice can last for about three days.
Of course, for Somo, who is now hungry and whose strength is growing rapidly, a meal of at least 3 taels, or even 4 taels, is enough to satisfy him.
“It’s strange, my luck is so good? A copper treasure chest can be opened to feed one person more than a month of rice. Logically speaking, everyone should not be short of food in the early stage.”< br>
After drinking some psionic water, Somo washed the rice while wandering around, thinking about the problem.
According to this explosion rate, if you are more lucky, you can get two bags of rice and save some food, and it will not be a problem for two or three months.
But obviously...
There are still too many people who lack food, and have even been reduced to eating tree bark and soil.
“There are too few real samples and it is difficult to judge. It may be that I am lucky and can always get good things”
Putting this currently unsolvable problem behind him, he put the washed rice into the already lit pot and sat in front of the stove to wait quietly.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a rice cooker. Use the most primitive earthen pot and the most primitive steaming method. The steamed rice will be more fragrant with the firewood gas!
First cook the rice in the pot until the hard core inside is almost soft, then place a wooden lid on top of the water line in the pot, spread the rice flatly on the wooden lid, and cover the pot.
About ten minutes later, Sumo smelled the increasingly fragrant aroma of cooked rice coming from the pot and could no longer hold back his smile.
In the age of civilized earth, what does a bowl of rice count?
When you go to a buffet, even if you want ten or twenty bowls, they will still let you eat.
But in the precarious apocalyptic wasteland, and smelling such a smell, Sumo, whose expression did not change even in the face of hundreds of kobolds, felt like tears were about to come out.
The glutinous smell makes your flesh tight and the fragrant smell makes your scalp numb. As the steam gushes out, it becomes heavier and heavier.
After Oreo, who was still playing with Big Sparkles, smelled it, the whole dog was shocked!
Olio, who was originally pretty, his eyes became dull for a moment, staring closely at the white gas rising around the pot.
The two chickens had a poor sense of smell, and after a brief reaction, they also smelled the aroma of rice.
Poor wasteland creatures, how have they ever smelled such delicious food!
In the food map engraved in the genes of Oreo and Big Sparkle, the word "rice" cannot be found at all.
In front of the ground pot, even the Oreos sat in rows like the big and small sparks, with blazing eyes, looking forward to Somo's feeding.
However, this has not reached the limit of Sanxiao’s taste tolerance!
As Somo moved the pot of steamed rice to the side to dissipate the heat, and brushed the other pot with oil and started to heat up, a smell of fat also came in.
Opening a pack of Fuling pickled mustard, the moment a full 250g of pickled mustard was poured into the pot, a strong sour and sweet taste mixed with spiciness rushed out, washing out the taste of the rice. Arrived aside. After three to five seconds, Somo picked up the wooden lid next to him, poured all the rice into it, and started to stir-fry.
Wow!
Wow!
When Somo moved upward, the eyes of the third child immediately followed and glanced upward wildly!
As Somo moved downwards, the three ponies immediately lowered their heads, and even their whole bodies were about to lie on the ground!
From beginning to end, four people, large and small, were affected by the earth pot in the shelter.
Finally, when all the rice was stained with the mustard juice, a fragrant apocalyptic smell came out that would make others faint if they smell it.
“Okay! Get ready to eat!”
The moment he said yes, Oreo's two little hind legs quickly slid on the ground, and the four-wheel drive started.
With lightning speed, he ran over quickly and held his food bowl in front of Somo.
Big and small sparks also followed suit, nodding their heads repeatedly, indicating to Somo to put them on the ground directly, and keep them all for you to eat!
Seeing the three little ones looking so greedy, Sumo did not tempt them.
First, give three tablespoons of the Oreos, then a small spoonful for the big and small sparklers, and pour the rest into your own bowl.
The next moment, boom, boom, boom, only the sound of wolfing was left in the shelter.
From time to time there was a cough caused by eating too fast.
Nearly a pound of rice, this meal was completely eaten by Sumo alone, and he added three to four hundred milliliters of nether energy water.
How did you come to the wasteland to survive?
On days like this, there are only three "Food Articles" written in capital letters stuck on Somo's head!
After pouring all the remaining rice in the pot into the Oreo bowl, Somo got up and returned to the supplies room.
This time, what I took out was canned yellow peaches!
Easily unscrew the can, use chopsticks to pick out a piece of pulp and put it into your mouth. A wonderful and unusual fruit aroma rushes through.
Bite the pulp of the yellow peach, and a few bits of peach acid are quickly secreted from the peach flesh that bursts open in the middle, bringing an aroma to the entire mouth.
Swallowing a piece of fruit pulp with enjoyment, looking at the expectant eyes of the three little ones, Somo took out another piece and gave it to Oreo, bit off half of the piece and gave it to the big and small sparks, and the remaining half Swallow it into your stomach again.
Looking at the remaining yellow peaches with regret, Sumo simply turned his head, tightened the cap of the can and put it back into the supply room.
At this stage, canned food is a strategic material, and eating it is not considered enjoyment, it can be regarded as a "luxury"!
One piece of fruit pulp every day can maintain an adequate supply of vitamins.
I guess I can eat these two cans for at least a month without any problem!
At this moment, Sumo completely understood the feeling of having food in hand and not panic in heart.
"Then for today's task, try to purify some saltpeter. Even if it is overfulfilled!"
After having enough wine and food, it was time to work. Somo did not rest and directly took a small piece of saltpeter. The saltpeter mine was moved to the workbench.
“Although the purity is good, if it can be refined, I’d better try to refine it. Maybe the “material” prepared after reaching excellent quality will be more powerful!”
Back to the energy room to pick up Turn on the power of the generator, turn on the power of the workbench, wait for the self-test to be completed, and then put on the "iron arm".
Refining saltpeter ore is very simple. You only need to crush it, then put it into water to heat, wait for it to boil, and then start fine filtration.
After putting the psionic water in distressedly, Somo began to prepare the solution.
Take out a spare wooden basin, smash the earthy white saltpeter ore with the hammer of your right hand, and then slowly grind it into fine powder.
Pull up the experimental bench and slowly slide the saltpeter powder into the nether energy water along the tube arm until two-thirds of it is added, then close the wall and start heating.
As the flame of the resistance blowtorch comes out, the temperature inside the distillation tube begins to rise rapidly.
Control the temperature to maintain it at 80 degrees, stop heating, and Somo begins to filter the unmeltable impurities inside.
Shake the remaining filtrate, place it in the middle of the workbench, and wait patiently for the filtrate to cool down.
Wait until the temperature returns to 20 degrees, filter the precipitated material again, and a little bit of pure white powder crystals begin to solidify in the beaker.
The next moment, Sumo couldn't wait to call the system to look at the saltpeter powder.
I was suddenly shocked!
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(End of this chapter)