Chapter 18: Chapter 18 Making Refined Salt
Early in the morning!
Huang Shuyun prepared breakfast for her son very early, but after waiting for a long time, her son still didn't get up. At this time, the old man had already looked for Hua Kai twice, the housekeeper had already looked for Hua Kai three times, and Hua Zijie had also looked for him once. He had just returned from the Juguo Market, and the family had a lot of things to do, but Hua Kai hadn't gotten up at noon.
Huang Shuyun came to the door of Hua Kai's room and heard the steady breathing of his son inside. After hesitating for a while, he gently knocked on the door.
Hua Kai in the room was still in a dream at this time.
The picture in front of him was the picture of his morning exercise in the martial arts field. Because it was too long, it seemed a little blurry, but Hua Kai felt very deeply about his own moves. He compared his shortcomings and needed to improve his moves with the moves of his grandfather in the front row of the team, and found that many of his moves were different from what he had thought before. At this time, he suddenly felt as if someone was knocking on the door, so he opened his eyes.
"It's almost noon now? I slept too deeply." Hua Kai woke up and replied to his mother's voice. He felt that he was in a particularly good mental state today. In the past, he would feel a little depressed after entering the secret realm for training, but today his mind was particularly clear. Hua Kai habitually opened his attribute panel. Hua Kai: Level 4 of the Tempering Body Realm Qualification: D-
Constitution: 14
Strength: 16
Willpower: 19
Mental Method: Jingxin Jue (yellow-level low-level mental method) Great Success
Spear Method: Sky-Splitting Spear (yellow-level high-level spear method) Minor Success
Special Mental Method: Great Dream Visualization Method (God-level) Entry
Special Skill: Eye of Truth (cannot be upgraded)
Willpower has increased a little! Could this be the [Great Dream Visualization Method]? [Great Dream Visualization Method] can replay everything you have experienced recently in a dream, and the closer the time is, the clearer it is, and there is no limit to the number of times. In this way, will I still be worried that [Sky-Splitting Spear] cannot reach Great Success in the future? Hua Kai was excited when he thought of this. He must practice his spear skills with his grandfather and fourth uncle today. He would replay them more at night and improve his spear skills quickly. If he could reach the same state of perfection as his grandfather, he would become a real martial arts genius, and it would be common for him to challenge opponents of higher levels.
Thinking of this, Hua Kai realized that this god-level mental method was too powerful. It was really bad to sleep until noon without noticing. He could not feel the passage of time in his dreams. In the future, he would have to see if he could control the dream time.
It was already noon, so Hua Kai could only eat breakfast and lunch together. Maybe it was because the dream was too tiring. Hua Kai ate more than two kilograms of wild beast meat at one time. His family had a good economy recently, so they would collect some wild beast meat. Martial artists could eat wild beast meat more than ordinary meat, and Huajiabao could not afford it often.
After burping, Hua Kai left the main courtyard with satisfaction, and saw his third uncle directing the villagers to reinforce the city wall and the city gate tower at the entrance of the village. His third uncle had reached the 7th level of the body tempering realm in one night, and he looked radiant.
Uncle San came to Hua Kai to ask for money. This year, there were more than 200 people from other villages seeking refuge in Huajiabao than last year, and the whole village was not enough for houses.
"It was okay to squeeze in this winter. Last night, your grandfather asked me to prepare a few hidden courtyards for you. With the captives you brought back, the gap in the house suddenly became large." Hua Zijie said.
"Uncle San, you will go to the housekeeper to get 10 gold later. The house should be built with better quality. Many villages may not leave next year. In addition, the city walls must be reinforced where they should be reinforced, and the stone materials must be used in sufficient quantities. The city defense materials that should be prepared for the city walls should not be left behind."
Hearing that Hua Kai gave him 10 gold for the expansion of the village and the foundation of the city wall, Hua Zijie left happily. There are many laborers in the village in winter. With only a few bone coins every day, there are a lot of villagers working in the yard. The money given by Hua Kai this year is enough to expand the houses in the village by one third.
Found the housekeeper Hua Fu. This year, Hua Kai just became the head of the Hua family and must prepare gifts for visiting the village elders in winter. The head of Huajiabao visits the old people in the village with gifts every year. This is a tradition that has existed in the entire Qi State since a long time ago.
Hua Kai gave Hua Fu 20 gold. His funds have already reached the bottom, but Huajiabao will remain closed until the beginning of next spring and will not spend any more money.
When he arrived at the stable, he saw that the Dayuan horse could stand and eat grass normally. Its hair was now as red as flames. Hua Kai checked its attributes and found that its speed was indeed 31 points, which meant that the Dayuan horse was already a real BMW.
Feeling that his mental strength was very good today, Hua Kai tried to bring a strong horse into the space trial, but he didn't expect it to be successful. [Big Dream Visualization Method] It can make oneself enter a deep sleep state and quickly restore one's mental strength. It is really worthy of being a god-level mental method.
After upgrading the horse, Hua Kai came to his grandfather's west yard. He couldn't be in a hurry to purify the crude salt. He must discuss it with his grandfather before doing it. His grandfather eats more salt than he eats rice. Hua Kai still needs his grandfather to check many things for him.
Hua Xing went to Hua Kai this morning to give him some advice on crude salt purification. Hua Kai told his grandfather about his ideas, which made Hua Xing feel once again that his grandson could not be treated as an ordinary person. Hua Kai's series of arrangements were more comprehensive than his, the head of Huajiabao for decades, and his worries were all unnecessary.
As a reborn person, Hua Kai can only say that people in this world are still simpler. Most of them still think about food and clothing, and can only rely on their families to survive in this world. The world he lived in in his previous life was called a world of intrigue and deception. Some basic precautions were normal in Hua Kai's eyes, but in Hua Xing's eyes, they became shrewd and calculating.
After listening to Hua Kai's arrangement method for crude salt purification, Hua Xing was not worried at all.
After Hua Kai and others returned to the village, everything in Huajiabao was back on track. The food bought from the Juguo market was bought back home little by little by the villagers. The wild beasts or wild beasts hunted by hunters were all sold to Huajiabao, which then processed and sold them to the village. The whole village entered a prosperous state.
Every day, people reinforced the city wall outside the village. The reserves of arrows, rolling logs, and stones on the city wall were increasing, and even the gates of the tower were reinforced with new stones.
In the past few days, news of someone breaking through the Kaiyuan realm came from the village from time to time. Huajiabao regrouped all the personnel for battle. The entire Huajiabao was led by more than 30 Kaiyuan realms and divided into more than 10 teams. Each team took turns patrolling, guarding the city gate, training, and taking turns to rest. In this way, everyone has fewer tasks, and they will not fall behind in training.
In the afternoon, Hua Kai invited several carpenters in the village to come to the main courtyard to design the production of the rack for crude salt purification with him.
The woodworking skills in this world are not worse than the world Hua Kai has experienced. On the contrary, due to the abundant spiritual energy, the strength and toughness of many woods have been greatly improved. This world is very dependent on wood products. These masters are all old people who have lived in Huajiabao for their entire lives. Their polishing and production skills are first-class. The Hua family's several small support frames are not a problem at all.
Then he personally checked the four hidden crude salt purification yards arranged by his fourth uncle. Hua Kai arranged for the servants to open up the four yards and leave only one door in and out. There will be at least one team of patrol personnel patrolling here every day, and ordinary people in the village are not allowed to approach here.
In the evening, Hua Kai arrived at the martial arts training ground on time. Everyone in Huajiabao found that their young master had been practicing martial arts more diligently recently. The master was only 12 years old and had to deal with a lot of things in the village every day, and he could not fall behind in practice. The enthusiasm for practice in the whole Huajiabao has unknowingly increased a lot.
Hua Kai has been standing at the forefront of the team recently. As the head of the family, he has set an example for everyone. After returning from Ju State, everyone in the village is much more energetic. Tonight, there are more than 200 people practicing, and many girls have come to practice.
This world does not prohibit girls from practicing martial arts, but there are generally few girls who practice martial arts. Practicing martial arts requires tempering the body and training strength. Girls are naturally much worse than boys in this aspect, so unless they are gifted girls, most families will not choose to give resources to girls.
Lying on the bed at night, Hua Kai entered the [Family Secret Space].
Huajiabao: Not in the rank
Prosperity: 51
Combat power: 27
Agriculture: 16
Animal Husbandry: 14
Commerce: 21
Culture: 35
Overall strength: 164
Allies: None
Funds: 31 taels of gold, 841 taels of silver, 6307 bone coins
Hostile forces: Hutuo Mountain, Guangxian Shen Family (ninth rank)
Luck value: 129
Portable space: 1 cubic meter (1000 luck points are required to upgrade)
The family's strength has doubled since he became the head of the family, and the luck value has unknowingly risen to 129 points. The 100 luck points required to improve the family's mental skills are enough, but Hua Kai is reluctant to upgrade. He is considering whether to upgrade the space first.
In the morning, Hua Kai was woken up by his mother again. He had been paying attention to the time of studying in his dreams last night, but he overslept again. His mother worriedly asked Hua Kai if there was something wrong with his body. Hua Kai spent half a day to dispel his mother's guess.
Last night, he had a different understanding of [Sky Spear] in his dream. After the morning exercise today, Hua Kai deliberately asked to practice with his fourth uncle, and his fourth uncle readily agreed.
This time, Hua Kai used all his strength in the practice. He used this spiritual energy freely and freely. He kept competing for an hour before stopping to rest. Hua Zihuan kept praising Hua Kai's progress. At this rate, he is likely to have mastered [Sky Spear] before the age of 15. This speed is no worse than the geniuses of the aristocratic families in the city.
After breakfast in the morning, Hua Kai first went to the woodworking shop to discuss with several masters how to make a clamp ring for the coarse salt filter rack bracket, so that cotton cloth, silk, etc. can be fixed on the bracket, and these filter nets can be replaced at will when they are dirty. Then he installed two large wooden basins under the filter net that can be taken out at will, with handles that two people can lift easily.
Six filter racks were made in one morning. Hua Kai asked his mother and several aunts to help him sew three layers of coarse linen for the first bracket. This was the first filtering process, the purpose was to filter out large mud and stones in the salt water.
For the second, third, fourth, and fifth filtrations, he used coarse to fine cotton cloth and silk as filters, so that the mud and sand in the salt water could be gradually cleaned up. Until the last one, the salt water was relatively clear, and it was time to enter the sixth process.
For the sixth filtration, Hua Kai first found a large water tank, placed the water tank on the sixth filter rack, and opened a hole at the bottom of the water tank. In the water tank were some washed sand, hay and charred wood, so that the last impurities in the salt water could be absorbed.
Everything was ready. Hua Kai divided the crude salt purification process into four parts, and assigned a loyal servant or villager to each part. The workers were all villagers from other villages who came to Huajiabao for refuge. If they could find a stable job in Huajiabao in winter, their life pressure would be much less. Although Huajiabao did not have to pay for housing, there were many other places where money was needed. If some families needed to eat meat for cultivation, the cost would be even higher.
The first part was to melt the crude salt with water. The higher the temperature of the salt in the water, the higher the solubility. Hua Kai required them to have a brine ratio of 2:3, so that as long as the water was heated to above 30℃, the salt particles could be stirred and melted.
After the brine melted, they had to carry the brine to the adjacent yard, which was the first filter rack. After the first filter, the brine became much clearer. Then the servants of the second yard sent the brine to the third yard, which was four consecutive filter racks. After one trip, the brine became very clear.
What comes out here is basically refined salt, but Hua Kai is not satisfied. After the sixth coke filtration, the salt water becomes extremely clear, but when the fourth courtyard is carrying out the last burning work. Hua Kai found that there are still some flaws in his filtering process.
In late autumn, the salt water heated from the first courtyard has begun to cool down when it reaches the third courtyard. In the last charcoal filtration, a lot of salt has crystallized in the tank and blocked the filter port.
In addition, there are a lot of sawdust and small sand in the salt water coming out of the charcoal filter tank. Hua Kai added simple insulation measures to the 4 sets of filtration devices in the third courtyard, and then added a small stove under the fourth charcoal filter tank, which solved the problem of salt water crystallization halfway.
Finally, in order to meet his own requirements for the quality of refined salt, Hua Kai finally added a silk filter rack, so that the salt water coming out is really very clear.
After three days of hard work, all the processes were on track. Hua Xing arranged Er Zhuang to be personally responsible for the safety of crude salt purification equipment and prevented everyone from entering the courtyard that was not related to their work.
That afternoon, Hua Kai went to the stable to upgrade a strong horse to a fine horse. This was the second strong horse he had upgraded today. With the [Big Dream Visualization Method], Hua Kai would take a nap every noon and afternoon. In this way, he could not only upgrade three strong horses every day, but also feel good mentally. He felt the improvement of his gun skills in his dreams, and did not waste any time.
Er Zhuang came to the stable to find Hua Kai, and whispered in his ear that the first tank of refined salt was successfully boiled.
Hua Kai came to the small courtyard in the north of the village where refined salt was boiled, and saw a large tank of snow-white refined salt that was shining white, just like snowflakes in winter.
"Master, look, this salt is too white!" Er Zhuang pointed to the refined salt in the large tank and said.
Hua Kai saw that there were about 20 kilograms of refined salt in this tank, which was the result of half a day of firing.