It seems that this really proves the old saying that every profession has its own expertise. It is understandable that a layman like her cannot find ore.
Under Asan's leadership, they quickly found the iron ore.
But a new problem arises: after obtaining iron ore, another furnace must be built.
Uh, the furnace?
Jiang Xue took a quick look at the package. The furnace had already been in her package, but there was no blower. After returning, she would burn more charcoal and build a blower with wood. Then the iron ore should be able to be refined.
This can be said to be an innovative move.
It also means that the Snake Tribe is about to officially move from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.
The three of them each picked up a basket of ore and returned to the tribe. Jiang Xue didn't want everyone to know her secret so early, so she asked someone to dig up yellow mud and began to build the so-called furnace in a proper manner.
As long as the furnace is almost built, she can quietly replace the system's furnace.
Then, she rushed to the place where she had caught goats to look for rock salt.
A tribe cannot live without a king for a day, and it cannot live without salt for a day.
Salt is the king of all flavors. As the saying goes, “Salt is the best food in the world, and mother is the best food in the world.” No delicious food will taste good without salt, and it will not have a soul.
However, rock salt cannot be eaten directly. If you want to eat rock salt, you must first crush it, melt it, filter out the impurities inside, and then heat it in a container to form crystals before it can be eaten by humans.
Jiang Xue had no idea whether this mountain was a salt mountain or how much salt could be purified from a piece of salt stone.
But seeing Asan's talent, Jiang Xue piled the iron ore next to the bamboo house and pulled him to the mountain over there.
Ah San looked at her in bewilderment. Jiang Xue explained as they walked. When they arrived, Ah San couldn't wait to taste it. He nodded seriously, "Yes, it does taste salty."
He took a step back and looked at the towering mountain, his heart pounding.
"If such a large mountain were all rock salt, we would no longer be under anyone's control."
Not only is it out of control, as long as it is managed properly, even the Bashan people can be ignored.
Jiang Xue laughed: "This is one of the reasons why I asked you to come and see."
The tools in the tribe are not good now, and the salt can only be used for about ten days. Under the current conditions, it is not realistic to forge new iron tools within ten days.
So right now, if possible, these two things cannot be delayed any longer and preparations must be started early.
"Then according to Snow Witch, can we mine now?"
"No tools!" Jiang Xue smiled bitterly. "As far as I know, if you want to mine this rock salt, you must prepare tools first. For example, a pickaxe or a mattock, but we don't have either of these tools. Of course, we can use the hoes we have in the tribe, but hoes are not professional tools after all, and they can't withstand such brute force."
In fact, the raw materials of salt can be divided into four categories: sea salt, lake salt, well salt and mineral salt. Since rock salt deposits sometimes coexist with natural brine salt mines, and with the advent of the drilling and water-soluble method for mining rock salt deposits, "well salt" and "mineral salt" are collectively referred to as "well mineral salt", or generally referred to as "mineral salt".
The rock salt near the Snake Tribe is a kind of mineral salt. The Bashan people are a tribe on the seaside. They make a living on sea salt. Jiang Xue would not even think about lake salt. Well salt can be tried, but the prerequisite is that there is natural brine under the mountain. If not, it will be in vain.
Ancient books already record well salt. For example, Wang Yi's "Luodu Fu" states: "To the east lies a salt pond, pure as jade and fresh as ice. It requires no cooking, for it forms naturally." Liu Zhen's "Ludu Fu" reads: "There is also a vast salt pond, where salt is roasted in the spring sun, scorched and foaming. The salt is plentiful, and you can scoop it without wasting it, and you don't need to work hard to extract it."
It’s a pity that they can’t dig it now.
The three of them dug three more baskets of ore on the mountain and brought them back. They planned to start boiling salt after firing the first batch of pottery this year in two days.
Iron can wait, but salt cannot.
Jiang Xue hadn't run back and forth like she did today for a long time, not to mention that she had to carry some heavy stones on her way back.
After returning to the tribe, Jiang Xue was unable to recover for a long time. When she came to her senses, she realized that she had not punched in today.
Forget it, I’m really tired today, so I won’t sign in randomly.
"Sign in."
【Host, don't you sign in randomly today? 】
Jiang Xue sighed, "No, I'm too tired today. I'll just sign in here."
[Successful sign-in, 231 consecutive sign-ins, rewarded with 231 achievement points.]
Jiang Xue then said to Aunt Qingshi in the bamboo grove, "Auntie, I'm a little tired today. I'll take a rest first. Call me when dinner is ready."
After saying that, she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Jiang Xue, who hadn't had a dream for a long time, suddenly had a beautiful dream today.
In her dream, she was standing on the tribe’s watchtower, watching the golden ears of rice rolling in the fields, thick black smoke rising from the pottery kiln, and the people in the tribe working in the fields with iron hoes in their hands. At the edge of the fields, the aroma of fruits spread out for ten miles, emitting an alluring fragrance.
A little further away, Xiaohua and Xiaopang were herding a large group of goats grazing.
In the tribal pavilion, Asongbo and his companions were sitting inside, chatting and laughing while weaving bamboo products. Cao Mama and her companions were making lunch. Xiangcao and Aqing were sitting in front of the loom, chatting and laughing while weaving cloth.
Yes, everyone had thrown away their animal skins long ago and replaced them with exquisite cloth.
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