Chapter 22 Brine to Salt (Revision)

The Terrestrial Period realized that this was definitely not an ordinary skull.

She immediately gathered her skull, and then recounted what she had seen: "Dominate, have you seen these scenes?" ”

"I didn't. But I've heard of this kind of thing. ”

Tyranny told her, "On the other side of the Molka Continent, there is incredible power. Among them is the ability to predict the future, which was once coveted by the creatures of that continent.

This skull may have this magical power. ”

Lu Qiqi's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Then I picked up a treasure." ”

"I suggest you don't use this thing too much."

Xiongbatian gave her popular science: "Many magic items will have corresponding side effects in the process of use. Too much use will backfire on the host who uses it. ”

The backlash is still ethereal for the time being.

Lu Qiqi wanted to find out if the picture that the golden skull made her see would happen, and when it might happen.

Thinking of this, she summoned the most knowledgeable vine in the tribe, "How long is it until winter?" ”

Fuji: "It's about 120 sunsets, and winter is coming." ”

Land Period: "Are the winters cold in previous years?" ”

Fuji: "It's going to be cold." When hoarfrost starts to appear in the morning and snow accumulates on the ground, it is unbearable cold. In the past, many people of the Yuancao tribe died in heavy snowfall, but it is still early, and we have a lot of time to prepare for the winter. ”

It's not early.

Lu Qiqi thought of the picture he had just seen-

Heavy snow crushed the house.

Large swaths of the clan froze to death.

A catastrophic snowstorm is just around the corner, and they need to start preparing now.

Lu Jiji: "What did you prepare for the winter before?" ”

Fuji: "In the tribe you may need to prepare some hides, and another thing to dry firewood. ”

In just two sentences, I have summarized what you need to prepare for winter.

"That's all?"

I didn't expect it to be so simple, "Aren't you storing food?" ”

"Now store food, and it will be bad by the winter. There is also prey in winter, but it is a little harder to catch than at other times. But don't worry, our territory is close to the river. In winter, when the river freezes, it will be easier to catch fish underwater. ”

Fuji said very optimistically.

But this makes it impossible to be optimistic about the land period. When the snow is heavy and the river is frozen, catch a fart fish.

Relying on the winter methods of the original grass tribe in previous years is definitely not enough, and the three things of food, warmth and shelter reinforcement should be placed on the focus of the recent development of the tribe.

So where to start?

Lu Qiqi glanced at the people singing and dancing outside, and saw the barbecue on the torch, and soon had a clue-

Salt!

With salt, it is possible to store large quantities of meat.

But their territory is inland, and there are no salt lakes nearby, where do they get their salt from?

She didn't know.

But she has a group of players.

In order for someone to be willing to take on this tricky task, Lu Qi even offered the privilege of the first live broadcast. She hung the quest in the quest hall, hoping that there would be a brave man under the reward.

Now that the Moorka Continent is already at the top of the game circle, it will cause discussion among followers.

[Have you been to the mission hall recently, 677 is suddenly going to make salt.] 】

[It's normal to want to make salt, such an important resource, I was still curious why 677 didn't ask anyone to look for it. 】

[But how to make salt?] There are no salt ore resources near the territory, can there be a great god to figure it out, it feels so difficult. 】

It's hard, but the live streaming privileges are fascinating.

The drunken Butterfly Lady also wants this live streaming privilege, so she brings in her geologist friend.

Lady Butterfly's skill in shaking people is as high as her medical skills, and her friend came over and gave her advice every minute: "Salt is mainly divided into sea salt, lake salt, field salt, and well salt. Looking at the topography on your picture, it is recommended to see if there is well salt underground. ”

Ms. Butterfly: "Can you be more elaborate?" ”

A friend of the geologists explained: "Due to the movement of the earth's crust, the ocean began to bulge around the basin, gradually forming a huge inland saltwater lake. The water of the lake sinks into the ground for various reasons, forming a brine layer, which is the origin of well salt.

Isn't Shu a standard landform, if you are interested, you can go to see it on the spot.

When Li Bing was controlling the water, he discovered underground salt brine. In the local area of Shudi, there is still a complete set of salt making methods......"

Geology friends are still talking because they have fun popularizing science.

Ms. Butterfly had already used her phone to find the earliest flight to Shudi, "Thank you." ”

She left a thank you and got on the subway home. Then he packed his grandson and luggage, went straight to the salt capital of Shudi, and learned the salt making method from scratch.

Opportunities are reserved for those who have the ability to execute.

Players who are looking for salt in the land period are waiting for the eyes to pierce, and finally wait for the butterfly lady who returns from school and is confident.

When the old lady drew a complex and systematic salt well on the dry earth, Lu Shiji knew that the old lady was ...... Oh no, Ms. Butterfly, it's well prepared. But when Ms. Butterfly said that she needed to dig at least 100 meters deep in the selected location to collect the salt wells, she began to hesitate again during the land period.

More than 100 meters deep.

If it is put into the modern society, it only takes about a day or two to complete it with the blessing of machinery.

But here is a primitive society.

The kind of primitive society that didn't even have a decent tool!

If the design of the Butterfly Lady is used, then the salt mining may consume most of the manpower. Her subsequent attempts to fortify her house, stock up on food, make warm clothes, and so on may be delayed.

The most important thing is that even with such concessions, the three preparatory salt wells that Ms. Butterfly explored will not necessarily produce salt.

This is undoubtedly a big gamble.

Are there any other alternatives to finding salt?

No.

Whether or not to allocate important labor to find salt has become a difficult problem.

Suddenly, Lu Qi thought of the golden skull that could predict the future.

Sometimes there is a shortcut, and people can't help but want to go.

It's by nature.

So Lu Qi took the Golden Skull and asked Lady Butterfly to take her to see the three selected salt well spots.

Reaching the first salt well point, she placed her hand on the golden skull.

The moment it was placed on the skull, a deep salt well appeared in front of him, as well as players and clansmen with their faces as ash as dirt.

Apparently, the first salt well point was not dug out.

The second salt well point, similar.

They dug into the rock layer, but the rock was too thick to be chiseled in a short time with the current technology.

And the third, the salt well was dug.

However, heavy snow has begun to fall all around. Even if the salt well was found, there was no joy on everyone's faces. The thin bodies of the tribesmen had already shown that her strategy of mining the salt wells was wrong, and that they were not equipped to withstand the cold that followed.

So, is the search for salt going to be put on hold?

But salt is a necessity!

Lu Qiqi couldn't help frowning, she looked at the golden skull in her hand, "You have a better way, right?" How can I find the right well salt for mining? ”

At the moment of her inquiry, the golden skull seemed to hear her plea, and a flash of red light flashed.

Lu Qiqi suddenly felt the tip of his index finger tingle like a pinprick. A drop of blood appeared in the golden skull and was absorbed, and then she heard the exclamation of the Male Overlord, "What did you do?" Something actually ignores the emperor's watch, causing some damage to your body! ”

"Probably...... It was me who made a deal with Golden Skull. ”

Lu Qiqi glanced at his index finger, and there was only a small red dot that bleed.

But Xiongbatian told her that it was serious: "The fact that it can bypass the Emperor's Watch and attack you is enough to show that this thing is very evil." Be careful, don't get killed by a golden skull. ”

It's while talking.

A new image of the salt well point appears in front of the land period, and the salt well point is on the north side of the territory, which is the location chosen by the Golden Skull.

She couldn't help but take two more glances at the golden skull, and for the time being, she put aside the reminder of the majestic tyrant and decided to choose Yanjing here.

"The well salt point was chosen here, and Ms. Butterfly was in charge. I will provide you with 20 clansmen in the future, please complete the excavation of the salt well as soon as possible. ”

There are only 48 people in the territory, and 20 clansmen are equivalent to half of the hands given to Lady Butterfly.

The collection of salt during the continental period can be said to be a bloody investment.

Ms. Butterfly did not disappoint her, and her actions were extremely efficient. Even if you work with a group of primitive wildlings, you can maximize their work efficiency. Even over time, she learned some of the languages of the local tribes.

Salt wells need to be excavated deep, not large.

On the first day, dig five meters.

The next day, 7 meters were added.

On the third day, 13 meters were added......

The tasks were increasing every day, and in just about 50 meters, they had already dug into the rock layers. The rocks are not indestructible and are heated by a flame and then cooled with ice water. After repeating it many times, the rock begins to crack and become brittle.

Just smash it down little by little.

20 people, it took almost thirty days. When the black brine poured up through the rock, everyone smiled from the bottom of their hearts.

Place the brine in the prepared crockery, set up the pot, and light the fire!

The salt that came out of the first burn was black.

After the underground brine is taken out, it is full of various impurities. The entrance is bitter and astringent, and it is completely incomparable with modern edible refined salt. But admittedly, in the midst of these strange flavors, she tasted a salty taste that she had not seen for a long time.

It took a month to smash the salt well, which completely exceeded her expectations!

For the native grass tribe, it is also a surprise and a miracle!

All living things are meant to eat salt.

Of course, the same goes for people.

But both here and where the original grass tribe used to stay, salt and saltiness are luxuries.

The salt they need is replenished from the blood of animals, or they follow goats and other animals to occasionally find some soil or rock walls with salt content.

But now, they've found a lot of salt from the ground!

These things are as precious as gold in modern society in the eyes of primitive people!

The people who dug the well howled excitedly and celebrated around the landing period and the butterfly lady.

Seeing these black crystals, Lu Qiqi's heart that was originally hanging finally let go a little. But this salt is not clean enough, and the follow-up work is still piling up.

"Lady Butterfly, it's up to you to purify these salts and make them safe for consumption. If you need anything, just tell me. ”

She also gave the work of purifying the salt to Ms. Butterfly.

And now that winter is still 3 months away, it is urgent to improve housing and stock up on food!