Chapter 74 After a Good Meal and a Good Drink, Refining Saltpeter

"Little guys, don't be anxious, let me take stock of today's harvest first~"

After teasing the sticky sparks for a while, he put the two chicks on the ground and called Oreo to play with him. ơɱ

Su Mo walked to the supply room and began to take things out.

First, there were large pieces of saltpeter that had filled the storage space.

These saltpeters are of extremely high purity and basically do not need secondary processing. They can be directly crushed and used. If any war profiteer sees them, they will say that fate is in my hands.

Looking at the sundry warehouse that was already filled with sulfur, Su Mo could only place these saltpeters in the secondary bedroom first.

The smell of saltpeter is not as strong as sulfur, especially this natural saltpeter mine. Except for a slight bitter smell, other smells are difficult to distinguish.

"These saltpeters, at least add up to three to five hundred kilograms, I don't even need to rob them a second time in a short time"

After stacking all the saltpeter mines and putting them together, Su Mo nodded with satisfaction.

This kind of squirrel, the joy of storing a large amount of supplies is simply unimaginable.

Just add a little bit of charcoal and mix it according to the proportion to make the perfect propellant - black powder.

"As for food, this bag of 15kg rice can solve the urgent problem!"

"And these two cans, eat them slowly, there will be no problem for a month!"

Taking out the harvested survival supplies, Su Mo picked up the rice bag and walked to the stove.

These days, it's either bread soup or biscuit paste. These two things are okay for one or two meals at the beginning, but eating too much can really make people vomit.

Seeing the rice at this time, Su Mo's stomach immediately began to move and make a gurgling sound, and acid water began to flow out of his mouth.

An ordinary person eats about 2 taels of rice in one meal, which is more than one tael if counting rice. One catty of rice can be eaten for about three days.

Of course, for Su Mo, who is now hungry and his strength is growing rapidly, he needs at least 3 taels or even 4 taels to be full in one meal.

"Strange, my luck is so good? A copper treasure chest can open enough rice for one person to eat for more than a month. Logically speaking, everyone should not be short of food in the early stage."

After hitting a little psionic water, Su Mo washed the rice while thinking about the problem.

According to this explosion rate, if luck is better, two bags of rice can be opened. If you save some food, it will not be a problem to eat for two or three months.

But obviously...

There are still too many people who lack food, and even fall to the point of eating tree bark and soil.

"There are too few real samples to judge. It may be that I am lucky and always get good things."

Putting this currently unsolvable problem behind, Su Mo put the washed rice into the already lit earthen pot and sat in front of the stove and waited quietly.

It doesn't matter if there is no electric rice cooker. Use the most primitive earthen pot and the most primitive steaming method. The steamed rice will be more fragrant with the smell of firewood!

First, cook the rice in the pot until the hard core inside is almost soft, then put a wooden lid on the water line in the pot, spread the rice flat on the wooden lid, and cover the pot.

About ten minutes later, Su Mo could no longer hold back his smile as he smelled the increasingly fragrant aroma of cooked rice coming out of the pot.

In the era of civilized earth, what is a bowl of rice?

Go to a buffet, even if you want ten or twenty bowls, people will give you as much as you want.

But in the doomsday wasteland where one day is in danger, smelling such a smell, even Su Mo, who did not change his expression when facing hundreds of dog-headed people, felt that tears were about to come out at this time.

The sticky and fragrant smell that made people feel nervous and numbed their scalps became heavier as the steam came out.

Oreo, who was still playing with the big and small sparks, was stunned when he smelled it!

Oreo, who was originally handsome, was stunned for a moment, staring at the white steam 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, where have they smelled such delicious food!

In the food map engraved in the genes of Oreo and Big and Small Sparks, the word "rice" is completely unavailable.

In front of the earthen pot, even Oreo imitated Big and Small Sparks and sat in a row, looking forward to Su Mo's feeding.

However, this is not the limit of San Xiao's taste tolerance!

As Su Mo moved the earthen pot with steamed rice to the side to dissipate heat, brushed the other earthen pot with oil, and started to heat up, a smell of oil also joined in.

Opening a bag of Fuling pickled mustard, the moment a full 250g of pickled mustard bag was poured into the earthen pot, a strong sour, sweet and spicy taste rushed out, and the taste of rice was also washed aside.

After three or five seconds, Su Mo picked up the wooden lid next to him, poured all the rice into it, and began to stir-fry.

Wow!

Wow!

When Su Mo moved upward, the three children immediately looked upward!

When Su Mo moved downward, the three children immediately lowered their heads, and even had to lie on the ground!

From beginning to end, the earthen pot affected the four people in the shelter.

Finally, when all the rice was stained with the juice of the mustard tuber, a fragrant smell came out that would make other people faint in the end of the world.

"Okay! Let's eat!"

At the moment of saying okay, Oreo's two little hind legs quickly rubbed and slipped on the ground, and the four-wheel drive started.

With the speed of lightning, he ran over and brought his food bowl to Su Mo.

The big and small sparks also followed suit, nodding their heads repeatedly, signaling Su Mo to put them on the ground and make sure they were all eaten up!

Seeing the three little ones so greedy, Su Mo didn't keep them waiting.

He first scooped three spoonfuls for Oreo, then a small spoonful for the big and small sparks, and poured the rest into his own bowl.

The next moment, the only sound in the shelter was the sound of wolfing down.

From time to time, there was a cough caused by eating too fast.

Nearly a pound of rice, this meal was eaten up by Su Mo alone, plus three or four hundred milliliters of psionic water.

How could this be a wasteland survival?

For a day like this, all it needs is three capital "food articles" stuck on Su Mo's head!

After pouring all the remaining rice crusts in the pot into Oreo's bowl, Su Mo got up and returned to the supply room.

This time, he took out canned yellow peaches!

He unscrewed the can easily, picked up a piece of flesh with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, and a wonderful and unusual fruit aroma rushed in.

Biting off the flesh of the yellow peach, a few points of peach acid were quickly secreted from the peach flesh that broke in the middle, giving the whole mouth a fragrance.

Swallowing a piece of flesh with enjoyment, looking at the expectant eyes of the three little ones, Su Mo 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 swallowed the remaining half of the piece again.

Looking at the remaining yellow peach with regret, Su Mo simply turned his head directly, tightened the can cap, and put it back in the supply room.

At this stage, canned food is a strategic material, and eating it is not enjoyable, it can be regarded as a "luxury"!

One piece of flesh a day can maintain a sufficient supply of vitamins.

These two cans, it is estimated that there is no problem eating them for at least a month!

At this moment, Su Mo can be said to have completely understood the feeling of having food in hand and not panicking in the heart.

"Then today's task is to try to purify some saltpeter, even if it is overfulfilled!"

After having a good meal and a good drink, it was time to work. Su Mo did not rest and directly moved a small piece of saltpeter ore to the workbench.

"Although the purity is good, if it can be refined, try to refine it. Maybe after reaching excellent quality, the "material" prepared will be more powerful!"

After returning to the energy room, connecting the generator power supply, turning on the workbench power supply, and waiting for the self-inspection to be completed, Su Mo put on the "iron arm".

The refining of saltpeter ore is very simple. You only need to crush it, then put it in water to heat it, wait for it to boil, and then start fine filtering.

After putting the psionic water in with a heartache, Su Mo began to prepare the solution.

Take out a spare wooden basin, smash the earthy white saltpeter ore one by one with the hammer in your right hand, and then slowly grind it into fine powder.

Pull over the experimental table, slowly slide the saltpeter powder along the tube arm into the psionic water until it is added to two-thirds, close the wall, and start heating.

As the flame of the resistance blowtorch emerged, the temperature in the distillation tube began to rise rapidly.

Control the temperature and keep it at 80 degrees, stop heating, and Su Mo began to filter the infusible impurities inside.

Shake the remaining filtrate and place it in the middle of the workbench. Su Mo patiently waited for the filtrate to cool down.

Wait until the temperature returns to 20 degrees, filter the precipitated substance again, and a little bit of pure white powder crystals begin to condense in the beaker.

The next moment, Su Mo couldn't wait to call the system to look at the saltpeter powder.

I was stunned!

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