Looking at the speed at which the wire silkworm's tail horn spewed out, Li Hao's face lit up with joy.
My guess was correct, the iron silkworm was indeed a kind of mineral filter.
It can eat items containing minerals and purify them into liquid form.
It took less than half a stick of incense to consume all the mulberry leaves.
Li Hao also used a concave stone to collect the spitted silkworm fluid, which was about the size of his little finger.
Although it's a small amount, as long as you have enough time, you can completely make a firecracker model with your bare hands.
Be careful with the heat to solidify the soft liquid into a slimy plastic substance, then hide it carefully.
As for wire silkworms, Li Hao dug a small hole in the corner with branches, about the size of a finger.
In short, it is enough to store wire silkworms.
If the space is too large, it will cause poor sleep.
After everything was hidden, Li Hao sat on the floor of the house, smelling the smell of decay in the air, and looked at the bright light coming from the open door.
At this moment, I also breathed a sigh of relief.
At least I finally found a chance to survive the desperate situation.
The heavy burden that had been weighing on my heart for a month suddenly became lighter.
There is always hope, right?
In the north of the town, a prosperous mansion with built-in rockery and water is located.
East chamber.
"How about Li Hao?"
A man with a feminine appearance and exposed breasts was lying on a bench, holding an incense burner and caressing it gently. The aroma from the burner slowly rose up and flowed into his nose, with an intoxicated look on his face.
He is the eldest young master of the Shui family, Shui Xingtian.
Not far away from him, several strong men who had previously asked Li Hao for debts were kneeling in front of the door.
"I'm telling you, Master, we are pressing very hard." The strong man at the head clasped his fists and hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Master, please look at it and bring it over to you in a coma for you to enjoy, Master. He can't resist, so there is no need to spend a lot of time."
"What the hell are you?" The incense burner in his hand was thrown out, hitting the strong man's head, and then rolled to the ground.
"You deserve to die!" Ignoring the blood dripping from his head, the strong man banged his head several times, then picked up the incense burner and carefully wiped off the blood stains on it, then handed it to the feminine man respectfully.
Touching the incense burner, the feminine man recalled Li Hao's handsome appearance, licked the corner of his mouth, and then sneered: "What's the point of forcing? Boiling the frog in warm water will make him slowly despair, and finally he will not be able to survive, so he crawls over to beg me."
"The master said yes!"
The strong man at the head and the brothers behind him said in unison.
However, these are extremely annoying to the feminine man, and he will retreat casually.
After that, men with different looks entered the east chamber one after another.
The sun sets over the western mountains, and in the blink of an eye the sunset has fallen over the world.
As a mulberry picker, Li Hao also carried the bamboo basket and started the last work of the day.
Facing the sunset, the green mulberry leaves are also dyed red at this moment.
Avoiding the crowd behind him, Li Hao was doing mulberry picking work in a remote and inconspicuous area.
At this time, there is not a lot of dew on the mulberry trees, so they are not wearing bamboo hats.
The setting sun represents passing away.
In the blink of an eye, the moon hung high on the sky.
"Five cents."
The price was still kept very low. Li Hao didn't say anything and took the copper coins.
"What are you carrying in your arms?"
The old man took a look and noticed the bulge in Li Hao's arms, and his eyes signaled the man next to him to stop him.
Without saying a word, Li Hao shook out all the mulberry leaves he was carrying, and then got angry and said, "I want to eat!"
Looking at the large old mulberry leaves on the ground, considering that his young master liked the other party and could not starve him to death, the old man frowned and waved his hand, letting Li Hao leave.
Seeing this, the other mulberry pickers shook their heads and sighed, but they did not dare to say anything for fear of getting angry.
With an angry look on his face, Li Hao picked up the mulberry leaves on the ground and turned around to leave.
After turning his back to everyone, the anger on his face disappeared, and an unnoticeable smile appeared on his lips.
Return to the kitchen behind the house, boil the mulberry leaves over high heat, boil the green water, and extract the mud balls containing a large amount of trace minerals at noon, stir and knead them.
Kneading mud and kneading dough are actually not much different.
Li Hao also has this skill. As he kneads and pulls, the green water boiled from the mulberry leaves melts into the clay ball.
The mud ball also turned green and yellow all over.
After doing this, I cooked and ate the wild vegetables sent by Aunt Zhang.
Then he entered the house with a green and yellow mud ball.
Close the door, carefully peel away the soil in the corner, take out the wire silkworms from the small holes, and place them on the mud balls you kneaded.
The mud balls contain a large amount of mulberry leaf juice, which has a strong smell. In addition, the mulberry leaf juice contains minerals, which will not affect the production of wire silkworms.
Facing the moonlight shining through the crack in the door, Li Hao carefully observed the eating status of the wire silkworm.
When it is almost done, hold it in your hand, stimulate the tail corner to spit out liquid, and then use hot air to solidify it.
Do this over and over again, like a capitalist, working for hours.
Finally, feeling sleepy, Li Hao took out a real mulberry leaf, fed it and hid it.
After one night of hard work, the output is half the size of a fist.
The materials for making firecrackers are already available, but the key item is gunpowder.
A fire gun without gunpowder is really no different from a fire stick.
Rubbing his head, his body tiredly fell into the quilt with holes in it, feeling the cold touch of the ground.
Li Hao slowly fell asleep.
Early the next morning, the day started.
It wasn't until noon that there was a slight difference.
After Li Hao finished eating, he wandered under many houses outside the town.
"Uncle, where is your hut? I have a stomachache."
After the uncle pointed out the specific location, Li Hao immediately got in and didn't come out until a few minutes later.
And according to the law, he borrowed a hut in each person's home.
"These should be enough."
In a certain latrine, ignoring the stench and maggots and flies all over the floor, Li Hao looked at the large amount of saltpeter on the coarse cloth in his hand and showed a satisfied smile.
Saltpeter is mostly found in the corners of toilet walls. It is white and looks like snowflakes and is easy to obtain.
"Ahem!"
The smell was overwhelming, and Li Hao hurriedly walked out.
The only solution to the saltpeter problem is sulfur.
As for charcoal, he always leaves a lot of it when cooking, so don’t worry too much.
"Hey, Xiao Haozi, why did you get a hole?"
Walking on the dirt road, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind me.
It's Aunt Zhang.
"Oh, I accidentally scratched it on the road."
Li Hao stopped and looked at the gap at his knees. He had no choice but to tear off a corner of his old shirt.
I stood for a while chatting with Aunt Zhang.
"By the way, ma'am, do you know where there is stone sulfur around here?"
Li Hao suddenly asked.
This time it was what he wanted to know. Sulfur was called stone sulfur in ancient times and was mostly used in medicinal materials.
I just don’t know if this world has the same name.
"I've never heard of it, what is Sixteen Panics?" Aunt Zhang, who was illiterate, didn't understand what Li Hao was talking about.
"It's nothing, I just heard from others that it's quite valuable."
After saying goodbye, Li Hao also asked around.
Many people knew that he was carrying loan sharks, so it was not surprising to see him looking for a valuable thing called "stone sulfur".
After searching for several days to no avail, Li Hao immediately changed his mind.
Ask around if there are any hot springs. Natural hot springs usually contain sulfur.
Of course, when asking about this kind of thing, it's more obscure.
Selling sulfur for money can also dispel other people's suspicions, but hot springs cannot.
This is the raw material for making gunpowder. Without it, it will be difficult to break the situation.
Fortunately, after some insinuation, he actually learned that there is a hot spring in Shuinan Town.
"Why are you there?"
Knowing the location of the hot spring, Li Hao didn't show any joy on his face.
Just because that hot spring is located inside Nanjia!