Listening to the cheers of the people in his ears, Todd looked at the flower pot in front of him, wiped his forehead with his hand, and wiped away the sweat.
Fortunately, things went smoothly.
The flowerpot in front of you is a specially made appliance, divided into three sandwich layers: outer, middle and inner. The inner layer is a copper pipe placed vertically with a small hole in the bottom circle; the part connecting the middle layer and the outer layer is entirely made of
The iron sheets are sealed and welded to stack soil; the iron sheets are about one centimeter away from the outer shell of the flowerpot, forming a hidden outer layer with a hollow interior that leads directly to the small hole at the bottom of the inner layer.
Before formal preparations, Todd first went to the beach and found a natural sponge called "Zoofiton". It is a simple multi-cellular marine animal with a honeycomb-like structure, tough and compact needle bones, large pores, and fine distribution.
It has strong water-absorbing power. In ancient Rome, it was widely used as a bath ball during bathing.
Dry and squeeze this natural sponge, put it in layers at the bottom of the inner copper pipe, then put the flower buds and young leaves of the plant on top of the sponge, and then carefully spread the soil inside the middle layer and above the inner layer.
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During the performance, as long as you pour water along the outer interlayer, the water will flow into the bottom of the flowerpot and be absorbed by the sponge through the small holes in the copper pipe. After the sponge expands, it will push the flower buds and young leaves upward, penetrating
The thin soil looks like it is "growing rapidly".
As for the small blue flowers that bloom when the buds meet water, this is a little more troublesome to prepare.
1. Forge zinc blende into zinc oxide in the air, and then reduce it with carbon to obtain zinc powder.
2. Use iodine-containing table salt as the refining raw material, add water and mix until it becomes a saturated solution; then pass a large amount of sulfur dioxide into the table salt solution to reduce the high-valent iodine in the iodate; then add chloroform to the solution, and remove the iodine from the mixed solution.
Extract elemental iodine; finally, distill the discolored supernatant liquid in a distillation bottle to obtain elemental iodine.
Third, use tweezers or a small wooden stick to dip in moist flour and apply it evenly to the inside of the bud.
Fourth, mix a small amount of zinc powder and iodine tablets in equal proportions (this step is extremely critical and requires repeated experiments to determine the amount), stir evenly into powder, seal it in wax paper, with the opening facing up, and place it into the bud.
Make the above preparations. When water is poured into the flower buds, iodine and zinc will generate zinc iodide under the catalysis of water, and release a large amount of heat to break open the petals bonded by flour. The high temperature will destroy some of the iodine.
And water evaporates into gas, which looks like the effect of "Holy Mist". Iodine vapor contaminates the white flour, causing the latter to turn blue.
The trick of "rapid growth of plants" is not difficult, but what is difficult is the effect of "Holy Mist and Flowering" behind it.
Fortunately, everything went well.
Covering the flower pot with a white cloth, Todd raised his hands toward the people. The people's voices lowered, but the excitement on their faces did not fade away.
"Everyone, I have an idea." The priest held the cross on his chest with one hand and pointed to the sky with the other: "Since Heavenly Father has given blessings to "Muxi Town", why don't we use this grace to slightly improve our lives?
Woolen cloth?"
People's eyes lit up, and they understood what the priest meant.
But there are still timid believers who ask uneasily: "If you use God's love to seek personal gain, won't you suffer punishment from God?"
Todd nodded, pretending to be thoughtful: "You are right, but if we use this gift to get a little benefit by helping those brothers and sisters who are most in need, God will not blame us.
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Seeing the priest turn his face to the old farmer Sassoon, some smart people in the audience probably guessed something.
"I plan to set up a "Muxi Mutual Aid Fund"."
"Muxi Mutual Aid Fund"?
Upon hearing this new term, everyone looked puzzled.
Todd clapped his hands toward the audience, and two catechumens carried a large basket onto the high platform. He took something out of the basket and displayed it in front of everyone.
That seems to be...
bone?
To be more precise, it looks like a pigeon's leg bone.
"There are a total of one hundred sacred bones here, one for each silver moon. Anyone can buy them, with no limit to the quantity."
It costs one silver moon to buy a bone? You can buy a lot of this kind of thing for one copper star. The people, full of questions, were waiting for the priest's next words.
"Anyone who purchases the holy bones, their name and the amount purchased will be registered in the church and become a member of the "Muxi Mutual Aid Fund". The 100 silver moons earned from the sale of the holy bones will be used by farmers in Muxi Town
The principal. The rewards they obtain by using Heavenly Father’s gifts will be distributed in proportion according to the number of each person’s holy bones.”
Seeing that many people in the audience still looked confused, Todd sighed: "Let me give you an example. I spent a silver moon today to buy a sacred bone. In the future, farmers in Muxi Town will use this
If I raise 100 silver months as principal and earn 200 silver months, then I can get two silver months."
Most people understood it, but more questions were raised.
"What if I buy the sacred bones and want to sell them?"
Todd: "Holy bones are allowed to be traded freely, but the trader must be a resident of Muxi Town; and after completing the transaction, he must go to the church to re-register."
"After buying it, how long will it take to get the return?"
Todd: "It's hard to say the specific time. The first return should be within three months."
"I want to buy it, but the spare money at home is less than a silver month..."
Todd: "You can find your friends, jointly contribute funds, and subscribe for a sacred bone. By the way, remember to find someone to give you how much money you each paid, and have it notarized."
At this time, a businessman in the crowd stood up, touched his head and asked: "I bought the holy bones and lent the money to these farmers. What should I do if I lose money?"
After asking, people immediately looked at him with anger and contempt, which made the businessman immediately realize that he had said the wrong thing: "Look at my mouth! How can I lose money on the business that Heavenly Father has given me gifts?" After he finished speaking,
He sat back down again.
Seeing that the people had no more questions, Todd raised the bones in his hands and said loudly: "Okay, then I announce that the subscription of sacred bones for the Muxi Mutual Aid Fund has now officially begun."
The square became quiet and no one spoke.
The people of Muxi Town, although they were chatting in full swing just now, when it comes time to actually pay, you look at me and I look at you, no one dares to be the first person.
Todd sighed softly. He also knew the difficulties of everyone in the audience. A silver moon may not seem like much, but now when everyone is spending money, how can there be such spare money? Besides, for this novelty
The "mutual aid fund" method of raising funds, even with the previous "miracle" as a foreshadowing and coupled with your own words to incite, once people really calm down, the effect will naturally fade away.
It seems that the first one to stand up can only be himself.
Todd put down his bones and was about to speak.
Two voices from the audience sounded at the same time.
"I want to buy ten!"
"I'll buy fifty."
Todd followed the sound and saw that the person who wanted to buy ten bars was Karin, and the person who wanted to buy fifty bars was actually... Rachel.