Chapter 491: Beginning to take shape (seeking monthly tickets and
[Wori... Damn it, it shocked my mother for a hundred years]
[My mother asked me why I knelt down to watch the live broadcast]
【Is this GOD?】
[So glucose is firewood, and carbon element is charcoal, scratching your head?]
[Brother, don’t you understand? Actually, I am too, shy]
[Yes, glucose is the firewood that needs to be boiled, and charcoal is the elemental carbon]
After a simple analysis, the audience in the live broadcast room was shocked, and the barrage surged.
Even more, it is a reward that spends a lot of money.
emperor?
A very rare creature?
After Bi Fang thanked everyone for their support and rewards, he continued to work. He piled up the clay and formed a sealed kiln bit by bit.
"Charcoal is usually fired in two ways: pit burning and carbonization."
"The former uses soil to build a kiln, fills it with wood, and then lights it on fire to carbonize the wood in the kiln. The volatile matter escapes and the charcoal remains."
"The carbonization method is to place wood in a carbonization kiln and heat it to decompose it under air-isolated conditions to produce charcoal. This is wood carbonization."
"The carbonization method generally has two types: black charcoal and white charcoal according to the method of leaving the kiln. However, what we use here is the kiln firing method, and all the products produced are black charcoal."
The accumulated clay looked like a well. Bi Fang poured a large amount of wood into it and explained:
"The wood should not be packed very well, because we need them to carry out the combustion reaction. If the wood is packed tightly, it is likely that charcoal will not be formed inside."
Then he inserted wooden strips around the "well" and moved them towards the middle like a tent to form a semicircular structure. With support, he could apply clay on the semicircle to make a sealed lid. He only needed to leave a hole at the top.
Next sip.
Bi Fang raised the torch and ignited the wood through the small opening he had reserved. When everything inside started to burn and thick smoke came out, he quickly put the last clay on the top to form an isolated environment from the outside world.
Under high temperatures, the moist clay quickly dries and changes color, sealing the cellar firmly.
"Isolating oxygen creates a high-temperature and oxygen-poor environment inside. When the temperature subsides, we can harvest charcoal. If you are barbecuing in the wild, you can also make it by putting wood in a tin can, but we need a larger amount. Even if
It’s the cellar-firing method, so I may need to do it twice more.”
While the wood was turning into charcoal, Bi Fang came to the stove again.
After a midday drying and baking, the stove has been completely formed. When the square cover on the side falls on the stove, it can even make a sound like the collision of cement.
"Next we have to make the chimney. The chimney is built at the central opening of the circle. The higher the better, but make sure not to go too fast. Wait until the next section of the chimney is dry before building the previous section, otherwise it will collapse.
.”
Bi Fang picked up the large frame of cement next to him and pushed clay around the opening.
The whole process is very simple, no different from playing with clay in kindergarten handicraft class, just like building a castle on the beach.
"Chimneys, everyone should have seen them, are either square or round, but there are differences between them. Square ones are easy to build, while round ones pursue efficiency, have uniform smoke exhaust, and have low wind resistance, so today's large factory chimneys are generally
It’s round, but for convenience, homes are usually built in a square shape.”
A ruler is enough for a square building, but a round shape is far from simple and requires a lot of things. If it is not symmetrical at all, it may cause it to collapse easily.
"So I chose to build a square chimney. The iron smelted here is far from being efficient."
Bi Fang piled the clay in a square shape at the smoke exhaust outlet, accumulating it bit by bit to a higher place. The speed was not too fast, and the whole was very well-proportioned.
After every ten centimeters are made, Bi Fang will use a relatively straight branch to measure it, and then continue to pile it after confirming it.
Soon, a chimney half as tall as a man appeared in front of everyone. Of course, this height was still not enough.
"Now let's go see if the charcoal is ready."
Bi Fang wiped the clay on his hands, came to the originally closed cellar, stretched out his hand and touched the wall temperature.
Not hot.
"It's warm. It should be almost ready. Let's open it and take a look."
The clay after high temperature drying feels like cement, rough and hard, and not easy to open.
Bi Fang picked up the stone hammer on the side and hit it hard on the dry cellar. The well-proportioned cellar cover suddenly cracked and collapsed, several pieces of broken soil fell, and faint white smoke floated from the gap.
All the lumpy, cement-like mud blocks were broken open, and completely black charcoal appeared in front of everyone.
Bi Fang was not afraid of burning it, so he reached out to flip it and warmed it. The wood underneath all turned into black charcoal. As he flipped it, the charcoal collided with each other, making the sound of gold and iron.
[Holy shit, did I hear that right? Why does it feel like black iron? 】
[Has Fang Shen already mastered iron? Has he secretly cast magic? 】
[Awesome, I told you that Fang Shen is an alien a long time ago, but you still don’t believe it]
Bi Fang picked up two long pieces of charcoal and blew on the white ash: "This is black charcoal, commonly known as Tuyao charcoal. Wood ash with pure black surface or white powder that can be blown off. When the carbonization is completed, use
The burning charcoal is formed by cutting off the air in the kiln to extinguish the fire."
"Black charcoal has low hardness and can be easily pinched. It makes a mute sound when struck and has a soft texture."
Bi Fang took out two pieces of black charcoal and tapped them lightly. A dull metallic tapping sound was made immediately, and everything would break if he applied force. For many people in big cities who had never seen it before, it was indeed very magical.
The product of burning wood actually makes a metallic sound!
He took out all the charcoal in the cellar and put it in the wooden frame, and then put a lot of firewood in it.
Exactly the same operation and continue capping production.
"One cellar of charcoal is theoretically enough, but to be on the safe side, I have to make another cellar."
After finishing it, Bi Fang returned to the stove and continued to build the chimney.
By five o'clock in the afternoon, the charcoal was burned and the chimney was completed.
Bi Fang looked at the chimney, which was more than two meters taller than himself, and felt satisfied.
The chimney is square and straight, and the top section is even made of clay steps.
"I'm 1.85 meters tall. You can see that the chimney is half taller than me. It's almost two meters tall. It's enough." After brushing off the dust on his body, Bifang came down from the clay steps.
Go under the stove and start adding firewood.
Not long after, white smoke began to rise from the tall chimney.
[Yao Shou La, Yao Shou La, pollute the environment! 】
[This little cigarette is nothing, it will naturally degrade directly...]
[No car has ever queued so long]
【This is true】
[This chimney is too high, I feel like there is hope for making iron]
[The progress is so fast]
The audience made fun of it but didn't pay much attention to it. Compared with the emissions produced by modern industry, Bifang's small amount would degrade a few trees.
Under the setting sun, Bifang, smeared with red mud, glowed with golden light all over his body. Wearing only a grass skirt and an animal tooth necklace hanging around his neck, he looked wild and wild.
Bi Fang wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling a little tired.
The workload today was quite heavy. Not only was the blast furnace built, but a mountain of charcoal was also piled up. Now my stomach is growling with hunger.
"We can start processing the iron bacteria tomorrow, and maybe we can start smelting iron in the afternoon. When I went to pick out clay, I also cut down two good branches. I am going to make a bow and arrow tonight and see if I can hunt any pheasants tomorrow.
Hare, please improve your food."
I eat fish every day, and many of them have thorns. Bi Fang is also tired of eating them. Especially today at noon, I got stuck on a fish bone, which was really uncomfortable. Fortunately, there were no major problems later, but my throat still hurts a little now.
There is a foreign body sensation.
In the evening, Bi Fang cooked a pot of soup with pickled vegetables and fish for dinner.
The water monitor lizard, which had been basking in the sun for a day on the slope, also started to show signs of life. It quickly came to the water hole, dragged two fish and left, one of which stood out quickly and accurately.
Bi Fang noticed it, but didn't bother to care.
I'm tired, so be it.
It is strange to say that as a cold-blooded animal, the water monitor lizard should not eat so frequently. Maybe it feels hungry because it sees itself eating?
Or do they need food more during the breeding period?
Animals eat much more simply and crudely than humans do. The two fish were torn into pieces and swallowed directly. The water monitor lizard, which had eaten enough and drank enough, spotted a big tree, climbed up slowly with its sharp claws, and lay motionless on the branch.
[By the way, can I see the baby water monitor lizard being born before the live broadcast ends? 】
[It’s unlikely. Didn’t Lao Fang say that eggs will be laid in June or July? It has to be a month or two, right? Fang Shen will have already left by then]
[I just checked, good guy, this thing can live to be 150 years old]
【Wori? One hundred and fifty? Are you fucking kidding me? 】
After seeing the audience discussing it, Bi Fang thought about it and found that it was not impossible.
“Laying eggs in June and July is normal, but in fact, water monitors have the ability to lay eggs at any time, which is relatively rare in the animal kingdom, especially in areas that lack significant dry and wet season climate characteristics.
Lizard spawning can occur at any time of the year."
"If this water monitor is special and was not born in June or July, then we might actually encounter the birth of baby monitor lizards."
Bi Fang's words gave the audience a great surprise.
【Holy crap, can you really see it? 】
【Isn’t it too awesome?】
【How come Lao Fang knows everything?】
Because I have seen breeding records of water monitor lizards.
Bi Fang complained inwardly.
The Forestry Bureau releases water monitor lizards almost every year, and so far more than 300 have been released.
Although I haven't seen it with my own eyes, I know something about it.
While the audience was fantasizing, Bifang, who was cutting wood and preparing to make bows and arrows, poured a basin of cold water on him.
"Don't think too much about it. The Banna rainforest has a distinctive climate in the dry and wet seasons. The possibility of giving birth if it is not June or July is not high, and the hatching time of this guy's eggs is also uncertain."
"It can be anywhere from two and a half months to 10 months or even longer. Usually it takes six months. Even if it is possible, it can be so small that it can be ignored."
【Ah this】
[This guy is so ugly, how can anyone like him? Scratching his head]
[Plus one, I feel so ugly, this guy is building a nest not far away, I can’t sleep every day]
【I feel ugly and cute】
【The taste is too strong!】
Bi Fang smiled, but the stone knife in his hand did not stop and continued to cut bow materials and arrow branches.
After all, the stone dagger is not very convenient. It would be better if there was an iron knife.
Looking at the sawdust under his feet, Bi Fang began to imagine the results in a few days.