Chapter 552 Nitrogen Water

After the war, the spoils did not need to be handed over to the court. This was the military rule set by the Emperor when he was alive to encourage the soldiers to guard the border.

The coach has absolute ownership.

After Xiao Jingcheng got it, he would not take it for himself and would distribute it to his soldiers.

However, Baiya Town does not have a pasture and there are very few civilians. Even if the livestock are divided, the soldiers cannot change what they want.

Most of them are reluctant to ask for these.

Therefore, Xiao Jingcheng wanted to seize the Hun nobles, plunder their wealth, and then distribute it.

The soldiers would rather ask for a sabre than ten sheep.

Hundreds of thousands of livestock in the Guirong tribe are now kept together and will soon eat up all the grass. Even if they are not killed, they will starve to death.

In July, the day is hot, and the meat after slaughtering is particularly prone to rot and difficult to preserve, which is not the best time to slaughter.

These livestock gave the generals a great headache.

Xue Mei said she wanted to take people to see her. The generals were very happy and asked her if she had any solutions.

"No matter how good we have, we have to wait for autumn." Xue Mei smiled, "We cannot fight against nature."

She wants to teach Zhahegan and others to make nitro water, which takes time.

The best season for making fur is autumn - the hair of livestock is thickest and shiny in autumn; and if the remaining meat is to be made into jerky, it also needs to be slightly low temperature, which is definitely not possible in summer.

Fortunately, the wasteland will cool down in August, so wait for another twenty days.

It happened to be during this period that Xue Mei wanted to take Zhahegan and his subordinates to dig out a large amount of nitrite soil.

Generally, in humid places, a white crystal will produce a salty smell, which looks very much like salt but not salt. This white crystal is nitroso.

Next to the lake in the wasteland, this kind of nitrite soil is easy to find; if it is in the Central Plains, you have to look for the shaded place next to the wall and the toilet.

Xue Mei gets up in the middle of the night every day, and asks someone to cut the weeds and burn out the ash. Then, while the sky is getting dark, he takes people to the deep depressions by the lake to dig silt soil.

After dealing with the wounded soldiers, Lu Wen and Lu Shu had nothing to do. Seeing Xue Mei taking the maids and Zha Hegan and others to do this, the two brothers were also curious and joined in.

"Old ancestor, we have to go early in the morning? Can't we wait for the dawn?" Lu Wen had a little complaint about getting up early.

"Things like nitrogen are easy to evaporate. When you go to find them in the morning, there will be nothing left." Xue Mei said.

Lu Wen: "…"

He didn't know that there was another priority.

Each of them had to dig two baskets of nitroso soil in the morning, and then the holes of the baskets were sealed with coarse cloth.

After returning, the nitrile soil will be mixed into the wood ash.

Lu Shu was very curious, but he didn't ask. He maintained the demeanor of a young doctor and would not talk about it. It was because he knew that his second-hand cousin Lu Wen couldn't help asking for him.

Sure enough, Lu Wen was puzzled by the mixing of wood ash and asked again: "Is this about purifying the nitroso?"

"No, it is also to prevent the evaporation of the salt." Xue Mei smiled.

Digging the nitroso soil is the first step; then it is to make nitroso water.

Xue Mei’s method is very simple. She put the nitroso soil mixed with wood ash in a coarse cloth, drizzle it with water, then put a bamboo sieve on a large jar, and put the nitroso soil wrapped in the coarse cloth on it.

Slowly, water will penetrate into the large tank.

"This step is very complicated and requires watering every once in a while. It cannot be broken. You need to get a large tank of water." Xue Mei said.

These large jars were carried by Xiao Jingcheng a few days ago, not from the Huns.

The nitro water is crimson red.

This place is not successful. The next thing is to boil nitrogen, pour the nitrate water into a pot and cook it, and get the white and bright crystals again, which is the potassium nitrate mentioned later in life.

This potassium nitrate is the most important thing in making fur.

“…When making fur, we need a lot of nitrogen. Now we make this every day and can use it directly when it comes to the future.

I will also teach them by the way. If we start to cook fur, they can continue to make nitrogen and will not be out of stock." Xue Mei said.

Lu Wen and Lu Shu were surprised that she was so knowledgeable.

The two maids Cai Yuan and Jinping looked calm, but in fact they were very proud.

Her master can even kill the Xiongnu Khan, let alone the small amount of nitrite soil?

There is nothing that the young lady can't do.

"I used to have a fox fur tie, and that collar cost 100 taels of silver." Lu Wen said to Xue Mei, "It is not easy to keep hair on the skin, it must be shiny, smooth and beautiful. Ancestor, can we do it? Relying on this salt-like thing?"

Xue Mei: "Put your questions away and don't be surprised."

Lu Wen: "…"

Zahegan didn't say a word during this period, but just followed Xue Mei in silence.

He also had the same questions as Lu Wen in his mind.

He was a Hun and had dealt with cattle and sheep all his life. He could still preserve hair on his skin, which was very difficult. He only got one by chance, so the price was very high.

If Princess Chengyang can do it, then this craft will make a fortune.

The slaughter is both suspicious and expectant.

If he and his tribe members knew this skill, they could not only make furs for their own sheep, but also make furs for people from other tribes, charging a little benefit fee.

In this way, they can become craftsmen like the people of the Central Plains.

Zhahegan thought about the shame Xue Mei gave him last time, and felt excited; however, he did not dare to expect it, so he always poured cold water on himself and kept his suspicion.

Xue Mei ignored their little emotions.

She was working on the salt in the back, and Xiao Jingcheng had already caught up with the Helan tribe.

The Helan tribe had 60,000 to 70,000 troops, and both sides suffered losses during the first battle. The veteran general of the Helan tribe was killed by Xiao Jingcheng during this war.

The young general Helan fled with the remaining 60% of the troops.

In order to procrastinate, he asked himself a general to take his sister to offer to Xiao Jingcheng, hoping that Xiao Jingcheng could give him a chance to surrender.

When the general and his sister were still in Xiao Jingcheng's camp, he ignored them and ran away by himself.

Xiao Jingcheng tied up the generals of the Helan tribe and Miss Helan as prisoners.

Miss Helan cried and said that she was willing to be Xiao Jingcheng's woman. Xiao Jingcheng was puzzled by this - did he still feel wronged?

With a wave of his hand, he asked someone to lock Miss Helan and the slaves together without giving preferential treatment to the prisoner; but the general was treated well.

At the end of July, when Xiao Jingcheng returned to the territory of the royal court, Xue Mei had already started to slaughter cattle and sheep with Zahegan and his subordinates.

The forage has been cut off for four days, and many cattle and sheep are about to starve to death.

Winter is coming - autumn on the wasteland is particularly short, and it only takes only one month from summer to winter.

It takes Xue Mei twenty days to make cooked fur for nitrate.

She is in urgent need of time.

Zhahegan led nearly two thousand people to help Xue Mei slaughter cattle and sheep.

Xue Mei sent someone to transport a large amount of powdered salt from Gui Rong's salt fort in the past.

The little prince, Xue Chi, Lu Shu, Lu Wen, Cai Yuan, and Jinping were all brought to help by Xue Mei.

Many people "judgment people by their appearance". When they see pink salt, they subconsciously feel that this thing is poisonous.

For example, Xue Mei’s fifth brother happened to come to find his sister. When he saw it, he asked, “Big sister, what kind of poison is this?”

Xue Mei: "..."
Chapter completed!