Chapter 75: Critical Components
Sure enough, it was said by the wizard again, but Xiao Ran was more curious about what catastrophe the Shangxuan Empire had experienced to lose so many ant people.
The next day, Xiao Ran took rattan pepper, Jiuli incense, 36 spear ants, and 5 scout ants to the Shangxuan Empire to see what was going on.
After walking for more than an hour, the ants came to the location of the Shangxuan Empire.
"What a smell, it seems to be somewhat familiar. Xiao Ran smelled a faint, somewhat pungent smell.
"It was with this smell that the Shangxuan Empire had a catastrophe. By the way, yesterday there was a troll who cast an unknown amount of magic near the Shangxuan Empire, and then this is what it turned out here. "A scout ant road.
Xiao Ran continued to walk forward with the ants, and the smell became stronger and stronger.
This......
This!
This!!!
Ammonium bicarbonate?
That's right!
Xiao Ran had a positive answer in his heart. Ammonium bicarbonate is a nitrogen-rich fertilizer that was previously an essential fertilizer for many crops. But it has a strong irritation, which can irritate the skin, eyes, mucous membranes, etc. Not to mention the little ants, even humans, are afraid of being smoked by ammonium bicarbonate.
But now agriculture mostly uses compound fertilizer, why is the third grandfather's family still using ammonium bicarbonate......
"Stand back!" Ran told the ants to back off, lest the cyanamide carbonate react badly to the little ants. In addition to being a fertilizer in this life, ammonium bicarbonate also has a sterilizing effect, and the ant people of the Shangxuan Empire naturally can't resist it.
By the way, ammonia is CH4, bicarbonate should be HCO3, then ammonium bicarbonate should be NH4HCO3 That's right, Xiao Ran deduced in his heart.
But this molecular formula is useless!
Xiao Ran took a closer look at the anthill of the Shangxuan Empire, which was built next to a cultivated field. Xiao Ran didn't care about it before, because there were no crops in this field before.
And now, it seems, wheat has been planted. It's not some troll magic, it's just the normal sowing of the third grandfather's family. Humans don't care at all if there is an anthill called the Shangxuan Empire here.
"Prime Minister, this troll's magic is really powerful, it's been a day, and this smell hasn't been eliminated. Rattan pepper said.
"Just walk around the smell, don't get too close to the smell. Xiao Ran didn't want to explain the chemical principle of ammonium bicarbonate to the ants, he remembered that his father used this chemical fertilizer when planting rice, and it didn't take long for the crucian carp in the rice field to float, so that the young Xiao Ran ate crucian carp tofu soup once.
"But Prime Minister, don't we have to fear the magic of this troll? Rattan pepper said.
"You!" Xiao Ran slapped the rattan pepper's head, "You have already learned the eighth order of the dragon lance, what are you afraid of." ”
"But no matter how powerful the dragon lance is, it's no match for trolls! unlike you, you're still a demon terminator. Rattan pepper said.
Syllable!
"Don't be cowardly!"
Xiao Ran slapped the rattan pepper on the big head again.
Because of the existence of ammonium bicarbonate, the soldiers of the Shangxuan Empire have no morale, and the entire empire is not the slightest defense, Xiao Ran decided to go directly through the Shangxuan Empire and go to the Wind Village.
When he arrived at Tempest Village, Xiao Ran told the owner of the village, Bai Huisheng, all the things about the Shangxuan Empire, and Bai Huisheng immediately agreed to the request to support the Seabuckthorn Wasteland.
Xiao Ran successfully brought back 2,000 termites to cut a 120-centimeter piece of bamboo, an important power component of the second-generation juicer.
Back in the Sea Buckthorn Wasteland, it's noon.
Shan Luo looked at the mighty termite team behind the ants, and couldn't help but say to Xiao Ran: "2000 termite colonies can consume our food for ten days a day, and with our food storage, it must be a little tight." ”
"How long can we have enough food to eat?" Xiao Ran asked.
"With the current number of ants, we can survive the winter, and there will be more than three months left. If the queen lays eggs, it will need more food to survive the winter. If you want to add these termites, I'm afraid it won't survive the winter. "Mountain Wandering Road.
"Don't be afraid, let them come here, it's to eat bamboo. These termites can eat everything, tree roots, grass roots, rotten wood, bamboo, they can use it as food. Xiao Ran said.
"That's fine...... That's good......" Shan Xia sighed.
"You arrange for them to rest first, and starting tomorrow, you will go to the bamboo forest to make bamboo tubes. Xiao Ran said.
After Xiao Ran arranged for the termite colony to rest for a while, he summoned the ants and said to the ants, this termite colony claims to be a mantis clan, and you can't argue with them about whether they are ant or mantis, and we, the sea buckthorn insect clan, must respect our respective cultures.
On that day, the 2,000 termite colonies did not work, and Xiao Ran instructed Shan Lu to take out some crab jerky and distribute them among the termites. After tasting the termites, they were all moved to say that they would work hard tomorrow.
The next day, the termites went to the bamboo forest to cut down the bamboo, as planned, and they had seen the detailed drawings given by Xiao Ran, so Xiao Ran was not worried about any deviations in this important part.
The valve, the water source, the stone scoop, and the Tsubaki are all ready, and the rest of the work that the ants can do is the support and the lever that transmits the gravity to the Tsubaki.
Xiao Ran found the Shi brothers and dug deep into the cave where the lever needed to be inserted. Because it takes a lot of force to support the fulcrum of the bamboo, the four sticks that make up the fulcrum will be inserted 30 cm into the ground, leaving 70 cm on the ground.
It was definitely a time-consuming and laborious job for the Shi brothers to come, but after they tasted the sweetness of the berry jam, how could they not work hard to get more delicious food.
The Shi family's cousins and cousins were all dispatched, and the four deep pits inserted into the fulcrum were planned to be completed within five working days.
The termite colony is responsible for the important power components, which are preliminarily completed after three working days. Ants plus termites, grandmasters. The cousin of the Shi family, in a rolling way, rolled the long bamboo tube back under the faucet.
Next, the termite colony dug two holes in the center of the bamboo tube, and two holes could be inserted into a strong wooden stick, which is the fulcrum of the bamboo tube.
By the fifth working day, the deep pit dug by the Shi family's cousin and cousin had also been completed. At this point, all the components of the second generation juicer are ready.
But at present, there is a problem, although all the parts are ready, but to raise the bamboo tube and erect it to the fulcrum, it is undoubtedly a difficult challenge for the ants.
Xiao Ran thought of using buoyancy, bamboo and sticks can float on the water, and using buoyancy, the bamboo can be put on the fulcrum.
But how can the water level be kept at such a high level? If the ants and the Shi brothers were used to build a 70-centimeter-high and 120-centimeter-long pool, wouldn't that be something that could not be completed in the year of the ants' birth......
Xiao Ran didn't have a better way for a while, he decided to go to his treasure chest to have a look, and every time he went there, there was always a different harvest.
This is?
Rod?
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