After breakfast the next day, Long Zaitian told his grandfather that he had discovered the Shennong Sutra and wanted to carry out a real example. He wanted everyone to do their best to match it. Then, they discussed where to do it and how to do it.
Long Zaitian was interested in the vegetable field behind the house. He was going to experiment on the cultivation method and the effect of the special fertilizer in the Shennong Sutra in this vegetable field. The advantage of being here was that no one usually came up. Even if the experiment results were shocking, it would not attract too much attention. He pulled out the wild grass that grew freely in the vegetable garden and loosened the soil inside. It would not take long for him to finish clearing more than ten square meters of land. Then, the matter here would come to an end.
In addition to bringing back the raw materials for the " special fertilizer," Long Zaitian was also thinking about how to " refine " the raw materials with everyone. Because this was only a small batch of experiments, it did not require too many props. In the end, Grandpa thought about it and moved the two stone pounding stones back. He was prepared to use them to pound the slag into fine powder. He did not know if it would work when the time came. Anyway, he was prepared. If it did not work, he would think of another way.
In addition, he had to heat up the ore. That morning, Long Zaitian and his grandfather went to the blacksmith shop. Luoshi Town was an old town, and there was an iron shop above the town. Now, there were only hoes and grass mowing knives, barely maintaining the shop. However, looking at the iron bars taken from the charcoal fire and swinging the hammers like flying, one would never believe that he was an old man who was already 70 years old.
According to him, smithing was only his hobby now. After smithing for his entire life, he was not used to not exercising his body and bones when he was old. His children had all grown up. They had asked him several times to move to a high-rise building in the city to live with them, but he had rejected them.
Grandpa explained his purpose of coming. He said that he wanted to get an iron can and wanted the old man to help him make one. The old blacksmith understood what he meant, but he hesitated." I haven't made those things for a long time now. My skills are rusty." He didn't say that he wouldn't do it, but his words were a rejection.
After thinking for a while, he said," I remember that I have one at home. It's just that there's rust on the outside. It's still the pot that was used to simmer soup. It even has a lid."”
"Originally, he said that there was no hope, but in the end, he threw out a life-saving straw.”Long Zaitian's heart was like a roller coaster. It was going up and down, and he fainted. Anyway, it wasn't for food. It was fine as long as it could be used. He quickly got his grandfather to agree.
The old man was not far from the shop, so he returned in a short while. He handed it to his grandfather without asking what it was for."Take a look. Can it be used?"
He looked at the iron can and saw that there was indeed a thick layer of rust on the outside. There might be a lid that covered the opening of the jar tightly. It looked good inside. "Brother, how much do you think this thing costs?”
"What money? If you want it, take it. I didn't expect it to still be useful after so long.”
Well, I didn't expect to meet such an easy-going big brother when I bought an iron can. Grandpa still felt a little guilty. When he saw that First Master's index and middle fingers were yellow, he handed him a pack of one-dollar cigarettes. "Big brother, I won't stand on ceremony with you. I'll take your jar. This pack of cigarettes isn't expensive, and I'm just trying to be nice. What do you think?”
The grandpa looked at Long Zai Tian's grandpa,""I didn't expect you to be so interesting. Hehe, I'll take the cigarettes. Let me know if you still need to use iron tools in the future. Don't look down on me because I only have an iron shop.”the grandpa said proudly.
"Alright, I'll definitely look for you if I need anything." Grandpa picked up the iron can and walked home casually. Long Zaitian quickly followed.
On the way back, Long Zaitian also bought a lot of things, a gas tank and a brush, ready to clean up the rusty iron can. Everything was ready, except for the raw materials.
He spent another boring day at home. In the afternoon, Qian Jun called and said that everything was ready. He would drive back tomorrow morning and call him when he arrived.
He waited anxiously for another day. Qian Jun's cousin called and told him that they were almost there. Long Zaitian raised his spirits and didn't want to miss it. He remembered that the license plate number of his pickup truck was easier to remember. Not long after, he saw the shadow of the pickup truck. He quickly reached out his arm to wave at the roadside. His cousin-in-law also saw him and the car slowly stopped at the side.
"Why are you here? Just tell me the location and I'll send it to you.”her cousin-in-law said politely.
"This is fine. Grandpa has already arranged a car. You can come over and get it later.”In order to make his cousin-in-law not suspicious, he told a lie to his first cousin-in-law.
"I see. Alright then. I have something to attend to, so I'll be leaving first. I'll visit everyone in two days." He must have something on since he came back from Zunyi. After saying that, he drove away.
Long Zaitian himself did not take a car back. He had just dropped so many ores, and they were all packed in woven bags. Looking carefully, there were a total of six bags. He carried them with his hands, and each bag weighed 30 to 40 pounds. She asked her uncle to call a truck and directly asked him to send her home with the goods.
Everything was ready. Long Zai Tian and the others moved the gas tank and gas stove that were brought up together with the ores. They first connected them with the gas pipe and tried to light a fire a few times. Why couldn't it burn? F * ck, I forgot to open the gas valve of the gas tank. He patted his head, opened the valve, and lit the fire a few times. Success.
Everyone also cleaned the iron cans they bought with a wire brush. Anyway, they looked much more pleasing to the eye. Thinking about the steps described in the book and looking at all the various ores, God, there was no need for so many.
He just picked up a few pieces and added them together into the metal jar. There was not much left. The vegetable garden for the experiment was not big. This time, it was all handmade. It was fine if it was less. He did not care about how much it was. What he cared about was the result. According to the contents written in the nameless Taoist priest's book, he carefully checked the names of the ores and placed them into the iron pipe according to the ratio. Finally, he looked at them and found that they were still missing something. Plant ash.
Modern people knew that plant ash was originally a kind of farmyard fertilizer, and its main component was potash. Potasium was a strong base and weak acid salt, which would produce oh-ions in water. Plant ash was a kind of potash fertilizer widely used in rural areas. The main component of plant ash was potash, which was an organic fertilizer rich in potash, calcium, and phosphorus. It also contained a small amount of trace elements such as Boron, aluminum, and Manganese. Fortunately, this thing was not valuable and could be found everywhere in the countryside. The farmer didn't care about it and even asked him if it was enough. He didn't say much. Anyway, he had to operate step by step. It would take two hours to heat up. He turned on the gas stove and controlled the fire to slow down. (I've never heard of refining medicine with martial fire, hehe), add an appropriate amount of water into it, and there's no need to worry about it.
The two hours were up. Everyone who had time to go out and walk around returned to the backyard on time. There was originally a door in the backyard. Now that everyone had added a lock, they were not afraid of anyone coming in.
He opened the lid of the metal can with anticipation. A stream of hot air came out. There was an indescribable smell. It wasn't very exciting, but would you believe that it smelled good? He hurriedly turned off the fire to prevent the smell from spreading too far if he continued to heat it. It would not be good if it attracted the attention of others. Then, he waited for it to cool down.
Long Zai Tian prepared the stone pestle in advance and tested the temperature of the ore in the iron pipe. It was no longer hot, so he did not care. He poured all of it into the stone pounding groove. It was a little too much, so he took some out. It seemed that he could only pound it twice. Pounding, he lifted the stone pestle pole and pounded it again and again. The ore was still very hard. After pounding it for half an hour, it seemed that he did not get any results. Only a few pieces of the ore were broken. 'This won't do,' he thought to himself. He couldn't think of a good solution no matter how he thought about it.
The depressed Long Zai Tian could only go to the district to play with his father. Otherwise, when he saw the ores piled up there, his heart would feel stifled. Walking and stopping, he looked at the black tofu pudding restaurant on the street. It was a very unique tofu pudding restaurant and was very famous in Xiangyang District. Occasionally, Long Zaitian's family would treat guests here. The tofu pudding here was different from other tofu pudding restaurants, which were made by machines. Instead, they were made by stone grinders, so the taste was unique.
As he thought about it, Long Zaitian felt that he had found the key point. Mechanical production. " Haha!" He laughed wildly in his heart. It was not bad to come out for a walk. If the ores were not handmade, they could use a stone breaker. If the ores were too big, they could also use a grindstone. There were some in the sunny area.
It was better to act than to be tempted. Long Zai Tian didn't say anything and went straight to the machinery market with his father. If what the book said was true, he would still need it in the future. Even if it didn't work, it wouldn't cost much. He would just take it as a gamble for his own fate.
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