Ling Yun said, "Xiao Qiu said that the method of making saltpeter requires finding raw materials from saline-alkali land. We have to come back to prepare it, so we asked you to come over to make the arrangements."
"Okay, just tell me exactly how to do it."
"We must prepare more of these raw materials to avoid material constraints during production. This is a very important weapon for our tribe. I want to at least complete preliminary research during this winter season. I have other plans for next spring."
Pu Su assured, "I can't say it's too difficult. As long as you're sure the method is correct and you know how much raw materials you need, we can work overtime and get it done."
"Okay, saltpeter is what we need the most. The other two are easier to get. You guys focus on making the saltpeter. Teng Ning, you organize people to go to the saline-alkali land to get the materials."
Teng Ning and Pu Su were both confused: "Don't we only need one serving of saltpeter? Why do we need the most saltpeter?"
"You two really should take a chemistry class. This is about relative mass."
"What relative mass?"
Lin Qiu hadn't even taught the females this thing, and the males only had a vague idea about it.
"Sulfur and charcoal are two and three parts respectively. That's fine, but saltpeter is sixteen parts. Just remember that."
"If you had said that earlier, I wouldn't have asked." Pu Sudu's body was half buried in the ground, and his brain had long been unable to work. He didn't understand any of the new words Ling Yun said.
Ling Yun didn't bother to do that. After giving the instructions, he asked Teng Ning and Pu Su to discuss it.
Now Xinlan is pregnant with Mei Yan's child. Mei Yan walks with a breeze every day and his smile never smudges.
Ling Yun came to find Mei Yan and asked him about the saline-alkali land.
"Land where no plants grow?"
Mei Yan was thinking.
Xin Lan came out holding her belly and looked at Ling Yun: "Brother, the weather is so cold, don't let Mei Yan go out. I'm about to give birth, and I need him to stay with me."
Ling Yun said: "I just came to ask him, I won't let him out."
"That's good." Xin Lan said to Mei Yan, "Then think about it carefully."
Mei Yan grabbed Xin Lan's hand and asked Ling Yun, "I do know of a place like this. There's a thin layer of white crystals on the ground. It should be the saline-alkali land you mentioned."
"Yes, Xiaoqiu said there is a layer of crystal."
"What are you looking for land like this for?"
"I need some saltpeter, I can't tell you anything else."
Ling Yun only planned to tell the tiger orcs who had already formed a pair in the tribe about this matter. This was a matter of great importance to the survival of their tiger tribe. No matter how close Mei Yan was, he was still an orc of the eagle tribe. Even if he had formed a pair with Xin Lan, Ling Yun still had to keep it secret from him.
"Okay, then I'll show you the way. It's winter now and the roads are hard to travel on. Even if you don't get lost, it'll take more than 20 days to go there and back. It's a tough job."
"I know, just find some unattached males."
"Okay, as long as you don't let me go," Mei Yan shrugged. "It's on the other side of the mountain where the Rabbit Clan was before. It's covered in ice and snow in the cold season, so it might be hard to find. But if you look closely, it's quite obvious. There's not a single tree in that large area."
"Which side exactly?"
"Our tribe is in the south, and that land is on the north side of another mountain range. Go up the mountain from where the Rabbit Tribe was. There's a cliff on the side of their mountain. Follow it and find a stream after crossing the mountain range... I don't know if the stream is still there during this drought. I suggest you find a few knowledgeable people and go northwest along the opposite direction of the stream. According to your Tiger Tribe's pace, you should find it in half a day."
Ling Yun repeated it again and confirmed it with Mei Yan. Mei Yan nodded and said, "If you're worried, have the leader come over and ask me again before we set off."
"good."
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