Chapter 3049 Distiller
Wen Tiandong took a look at the liquid medicine in the small jar, reached in with a dry chopstick, pulled it out after touching the bottom to check the approximate height, used a knife to carve a mark on it, and then began to imitate by adding oil to the large jar.
Medicine is something that has a huge impact because one ounce and one coin can have a huge impact, so he took a small jar of the same size and measured it with the chopstick every time. He would pour it into the large jar after it reached the same position, and repeat this three times.
Although Zhou Man remembered all the steps, he had never done them himself, so he sat aside and watched with great interest, and occasionally even did it himself with them.
She said, "Pour the liquid medicine in and stir it."
Wen Tiandong poured it in himself and stirred it vigorously.
This took quite a while, but Wen Tiandong still saw changes quickly. While stirring, he saw the turbid matter rising. Occasionally, when he glanced at the bottom, the liquid seemed to be slowly becoming clear. It was clearly a jar of stuff, and he was still stirring it constantly, so it should have been turbid.
This change made him very happy. Although he didn't know why, he still stirred it very vigorously.
Soon, everyone noticed the difference, so Zhou Man asked him to stop and then started to skim off the grease bit by bit with a long spoon...
Although it is not easy to make in a jar, Wen Tiandong still does it very carefully.
Zhou Man said: "We will use the clear liquid at the bottom, and all the grease on top must be skimmed off.
She stood up, holding her belly, and said, "I'm going to the kitchen to see if the steamed water is ready."
The so-called Zengqi water, as Teacher Mo said, is distilled water, but they don't call it that here. Zhou Man doesn't need to worry about it. She just said that she needed Zengqi water. Not to mention Sister He, even Mrs. Shao from the Medical Department can make it, it just costs more firewood.
Zhou Man went to the kitchen, where water was boiling. Seeing Zhou Man, Mrs. Shao stood up and said with a smile, "Sir, do you want the steamed water now?"
Zhou Man said, "We need to take it out and air it out. We'll need to use it to wash things later. It's too hot to wash."
Mrs. Shao said, "I'll take it out right away."
She took a clean pot and opened the steaming pot. A burst of hot steam came out. There were three large bowls on the steamer inside. Each bowl had half a bowl of water in it, and there was boiling water under the steamer.
The reason why the water in the bowl is called steam water is because the rising steam is blocked by the lid of the pot and falls into the bowl.
Mrs. Shao wrapped her hands with a cloth, carefully took out the bowl, poured the water inside into the jar, and then put the empty bowl back into the pot.
Three small bowls of water were poured in. Actually, there wasn't much, only half a can. Zhou Man frowned slightly when he saw it. "This is too wasteful of firewood."
It's fine if they have to make less medicine now, but if they have to make more, this method will not be applicable. Otherwise, how much firewood will be wasted? It feels like the firewood used is no less than that used to boil salt.
Wiping the sweat from her face, Mrs. Shao said, "Who says it's not true? In fact, when water boils, there's quite a lot of steam rising up. Look at the lid I just opened, and the water dripping down from above is all gurgling. And the steam coming out of the lid is all water."
Zhou Man pondered, "Why does the steam turn into water droplets as soon as the lid is opened?"
Mrs. Shao said, "Who knows?"
Zhou Man clenched his fist and clapped it on his left palm, saying, "Ouch!" "Because it's cold."
She smiled and said, "How could you forget this?"
Mrs. Shao: "Ah?"
Zhou Man walked around the pot on the stove, gestured for a moment, and said, "We need to add something to it, no, two things. But how do we add them?"
Zhou Man immediately forgot about making medicine, asked Xibing to go back and get paper and pen, and started writing and drawing in front of a steaming pot in the kitchen.
Bai Shan came to pick someone up for dinner, and when he got here he saw Zhou Man curled up on a small stool, writing and drawing on it with a pen in his hand, looking aggrieved.
This is what Bai Shan saw. Zhou Man did not look aggrieved at all. Her eyes were shining and she looked excited.
Bai Shan stopped the servants and helpers in the kitchen from bowing and went forward to take a look. After looking at it, he couldn't see what it was, so he squatted beside her and asked, "What is this?"
Zhou Man came back to his senses and quickly pulled him back, saying, "Look, this is a pot of boiling water."
Bai Shan glanced at the air coming out from the gap in the pot lid and nodded.
"I want to use a steamer to boil steam, so I thought of adding something to the pot to make the steam and water condense faster," Zhou Man showed him the diagram he had drawn. "When steam encounters cold, it turns into water and falls down, so I thought of adding another pot on top of this one, specifically to put cold water in it. The middle part will still be the steamer, and the boiling steam will rise from the steamer holes. When it encounters the cold water above, it will definitely fall down. I originally thought of putting a few bowls on the steamer like they do, so that the falling water will fall into the bowls, but then I felt that was not a good idea."
She said, "The added pot is difficult to open again, which means it's difficult for us to use the steamer water while boiling. Not to mention that the pot is covered, so we can't even see how much is in the bowl."
Bai Shan asked, "Do you want the steam water to flow out?"
Zhou Man nodded repeatedly, "You can see it, now you know how much has been burned."
Bai Shan looked at the picture she drew and started thinking. Koko watched silently. In fact, you can ask it. There is no need to check the encyclopedia. It can tell the host how to make distilled water better.
Even though tens of thousands of years have passed, this thing will still be used frequently in the future. As an encyclopedia system, its knowledge scope is also very broad.
But if the host doesn't ask, it won't say anything, letting her think for herself.
Bai Shan squatted beside Zhou Man and pondered with her. Finally, he circled the stove twice and pointed at a spot. He said, "Then add a pipe in the middle to let the water flow out."
Zhou Man was still troubled. "Will it work if I put it in the middle? How can I be sure that the steam will fall into the tube?"
"Then add it upwards," Bai Shan took the paper and pen and began to draw on it. "Don't even think about adding cold water to the pot. We can put the tube directly inside and put cold water outside the extended tube. Then, seal the lid tightly. The air will have nowhere to go and will have to enter the tube. We'll run cold water through the tube at this point, and the air inside will condense into water droplets and fall down."
Zhou Man blinked and asked, "How do you get the pipe to pass through the barrel?"
"Just bend it a little," Bai Shan said nonchalantly, "and then we can make a special wooden barrel."
As for whether it can be done, that is up to the craftsman, but he thinks it is not difficult and the craftsman should have no problem doing it.
Zhou Manlue thought about it and said happily, "Okay, let's do it."
After she finished speaking, she remembered something. When she was in doubt, she could always ask Keke. So she asked Keke, "Keke, do you think this design of ours is okay?"
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(End of this chapter)
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