Seeing that the other party was looking for a broken leaf, Jiang Nong pointed to a large vat in the thatched hut:

"It's all in there, you look at it. Although the leaves have not yet finished fermenting, they are not in the way. ”

"Fermentation? What's that?"

"It's the craft of making tea, I'll teach you later, it's not difficult to learn. Jiang Nong explained.

"Oh, that's okay, I'd better figure out how to activate the Void Breaker first. After smiling, he saw Shanhe get up and walk towards the big vat.

When Shanhe took the leaves and returned to the courtyard again, he saw the ginger farmer waiting at the door and said:

"Sanke, give me your jade pendant, it's been five or six days, and the old man hasn't given you the settlement contribution. Hehe, our Shennong Tea Workshop can't do anything that is in arrears of wages. Although it is the R&D stage, seeing that you work so hard, the old man decided to give you a daily calculation of 60 points, no problem, right?"

"60 o'clock a day?"

As soon as he heard that the salary was going to be settled, and the salary was not low, Shanhe immediately handed over the jade pendant with great interest:

"Wow, this is higher than Jishiyuan and Beast Hunting Village? Hehe, thank you, uncle!"

"With your work attitude, 60 points is not much, just accept it!" As he spoke, he saw Jiang Nong take out a piece of jade pendant from the ring and transfer all the six days' wages to the jade pendant of the mountains and rivers.

After receiving 360 contribution points, Shanhe was happy.

But after thinking about it, I always felt that something was not quite right in front of me, and after thinking for a long time, I found the problem, and asked:

"Uncle Shi, you are holding your own jade pendant in your hand, right? I remember that other places use that kind of credit card machine to pay salaries......? You paid me my salary with private money?"

Seeing that the other party had discovered this, Jiang Nong hurriedly put the jade pendant back into the ring, and replied secretly:

"Little baby, you have too many things to worry about, right? The kind of credit card machine you said is called a contributor, and our tea shop has not officially opened, so ...... The old man hasn't received it yet, so it should be in a few days. Ahem, you don't have to worry about this, refining the empty leaf is what you should do!"

Although the other party didn't admit it positively, Shanhe could hear that his guess was true, and the other party was really using private money to give himself a job.

Obviously, he could ask for the help of the sect, but the stubborn Jiang Nong chose to take it on his own.

After learning about this, Shanhe's heart inevitably had a little more admiration for Jiang Nong. After thinking about it, he said:

"Oh, I see. However, I'm not short of money lately, I just bought the demon pill a while ago, and it's still a while before the next purchase. Otherwise, don't pay me my salary these days, and wait for the official opening of the tea shop. Okay, I'm going to do the experiment, and I'll keep you informed as soon as I make any progress. After speaking, without waiting for Jiang Nong to reply, Shanhe quickly ran to a corner of the courtyard and sat on the ground to prepare for the test.

Seeing that the mountains and rivers had closed their eyes and breathing, Jiang Nong had to give up his voice.

Of course, he understood the intention of Shanhe's move, and after a light sigh, he silently turned around and walked back to the grass hut with a slight touch......

Through these days of reading, Shanhe has a deep understanding of the properties and texture of the broken leaves, which is very different from a few days ago. As soon as he sat down, he put a slightly wilted broken leaf into his left hand, and his internal breath slowly flowed out.

The first step of refining is to raise the temperature according to the method of internal condensation taught by Jiang Nong.

As the temperature rises, the Broken Leaf also shows its tenacious personality. Before the temperature reaches 400 degrees Celsius, there is hardly any change except for a slight yellowing of the leaves.

However, when the temperature of the palm jumps above the 400-degree cordon, the broken leaves can no longer settle down.

The first to collapse is the edge of the leaf, which turns from yellow to black, and gradually detached, as if eaten by small insects, and soon shows signs of collapse.

Seeing this, Shanhe hurriedly raised his right hand, and activated the extraction method while performing the healing technique, using the two exercises at the same time, wanting to stop the cracking of the leaves.

But the effect was the same as last night, although I tried very hard, but when the number on the thermometer reached 420 degrees, after smelling a faint aroma, the broken leaves in the palm of my hand suddenly ignited a flame, and finally only a residual leaf the size of a small fingernail was left.

Seeing this expected result, Shanhe just shook his head slightly, put the red residual leaves into a small bottle, and sat down and thought.

It is not difficult to find from the thousands of records of the master that most of Jiang Nong's experiments revolve around two aspects: heating path and heating environment.

Regarding the way of heating, whether it is in the secular world or the cultivation world, Jiang Nong has done nearly a thousand experiments, but none of them have been spared. No matter what heat source he used, the hollow leaf would spontaneously combust at 420 degrees and could not be stopped.

Therefore, judging from the results of the experiment alone, the heating route and heat source selection do not seem to be the starting point for solving the problem.

In terms of heating environment, perhaps inspired by the fire, Jiang Nong used a lot of liquid to serve as a heating environment in his experiment, but the effect was not good.

Not to mention whether the broken leaves can still make tea after being soaked in these strange liquids, in terms of effect, first of all, it is difficult for most liquids to rise at 420 degrees and still exist in a liquid state. Even if a few people can do it, Broken Leaf has not been "rescued" because of this. When the temperature is reached, it will automatically turn into black ash and dissipate in the liquid.

In this case, it seems that the heating environment is not the key to solving the puzzle.

So, after eliminating these two factors, Shanhe set his sights on his own unique method.

Because so far, only the healing and extraction methods used at the same time can barely leave a small residual leaf, and other methods have not been effective.

Therefore, in the following experiments, Shanhe simply gave up the two clues of heat source and environment, and carried out a series of experiments with healing and extraction methods as the core, trying to use this as a breakthrough.

Once the goal was determined, the mountains and rivers worked non-stop.

By sunset, the black ash around him was more than half a foot high, and it seemed that the leaves had been "burned".

Jiang Nong, who had been hiding in the grass hut for an afternoon, saw that it was not early, so he walked out of the house.

Seeing the ashes beside Shanhe, he first sighed with a little disappointment, and then squeezed out a smile, came behind Shanhe, and said when the other party stopped:

"Sanke, it's not early, you go back and rest. I'll continue next time, hehe, I'm in a hurry but I can't eat hot tofu. ”

Because he was too focused, Shanhe didn't pay attention to the time, and after hearing this, he knew that the day was over again. got up and handed a small box to Jiang Nong, and said apologetically:

"Uncle Shi, this is the broken leaves I collected today, they are all very small, and there is no progress, alas. It seems that it will have to continue tomorrow morning. ”

(End of chapter)