industrial lord

Chapter 492 Preservation methods that do not destroy nutrients
Whales are full of treasures, especially the fat, which can be eaten and used for lighting. The meat contains various nutrients including vitamin C, which is very suitable for consumption during the season when fruits and vegetables are not available.

Hurley and the others were about to marinate some of the whale meat in the wooden barrels provided by the cargo ship, but Frederick immediately stopped them.

He had eaten the hometown food brought by Hua Qiulei. The pickled fish meat smelled like stinky tofu, tasted like mud, and tasted like Laoshan white flower snake grass water. They didn't eat it themselves. In the end, they all seemed to be sent to the police station for interrogation. use.

Frederick couldn't stand eating it all winter, so he taught them another way to preserve whale meat.

"This is the temperature." He pointed to the thermometer in the pot and said, "around 65 Webster degrees, no higher than 70. Heat it for half an hour."

Whales have a lot of fat, so Frederick taught them how to make confit whale meat in the same way as confit duck legs.

First, heat the whale oil to a high temperature for sterilization. After it cools down, put the whale meat cut into pieces and keep the temperature for half an hour to kill most of the heat-labile bacteria. This temperature can also prevent vitamins from being decomposed.

Frederick said to Hurley while operating: "This can kill most of the bacteria, but some bacterial spores can be regarded as bacterial seeds, and they are still alive."

"So it needs to be heated every three days to let the spores grow and become heat-intolerant, and then kill them before producing new spores, a total of three times."

"Although it's a bit troublesome, it can keep the nutrients in the meat from being destroyed by high temperatures."

Hurley immediately asked: "Are the nutrients you are talking about the vitamins mentioned in "Food and Health"?"

Frederick scratched his head and said, "I haven't read that book, but it seems from the name."

Hurley said: "That book was published by your Wesson Science Society. It concluded through feeding experiments on pigs and monkeys and a large number of hospital cases that there are several major categories of life-sustaining trace substances in food. If it is lacking, corresponding diseases will occur.”

"The book says that there is a kind of vitamin No. 3 in fruits and vegetables. If the body lacks this vitamin, it will cause tooth loss, and it will be destroyed when the temperature is high."

Frederick thought about it and decided that it should be a project hosted by Psyche.

There was no time for multiple sterilizations now. After putting the oil-soaked whale meat into wooden barrels, Frederick used necromancy magic to sterilize it.

There was a scream not far away, and a fox, attracted by the smell of whale blood, was hit in the head by a stone and died immediately.

Frederick turned around and took a look. Lu Li, who was in charge of driving a while ago, stoned a fox to death again and happily went over and dragged it back.

The fox meat here is relatively delicate. It is stewed with seaweed and has a mellow flavor. It warms the body after eating it.

After the fox skin is peeled off, it can only be dried in the sun and thrown on the carriage. When the camp is settled, it can be used as a door curtain.

On the other side, Jin Li led people to clean up the stone house built by the previous people. The windows except the door were almost sealed, leaving only the chimney at the top.

They also pulled wood from nearby mountains, lit a fire in the stone house, drove out the bugs, and then hung strips of whale meat on the roof.

After the meat is hung, the wood is lit in the stone house, and moss and seaweed are placed. The smoke smokes non-stop for two days, and finally the door and chimney are blocked. They will be picked up later.

The temperature here now ranges from a few degrees to a high, so whale meat can be stored for a long time without being eaten by wild animals.

Almost all the edible internal organs of the whale have been eaten in the past few days, and the inedible ones have been thrown far away, attracting many wolves and foxes to eat. Finally, a large group of green slimes have dried up the residue on the ground. Clean.

Frederick used the Mire Technique on the narwhal bones, and the entire skeleton sank into the ground. Otherwise, hungry animals would chew it up until only the bones were left in the winter, and would eventually be eaten by green slimes that secreted strong acid.

In the howling north wind, the convoy set out on the road to the grouse forest. Originally, everyone traveled by car, but now we have to transport extra confit whale meat, so we have to walk.

The group of people have been practicing martial arts since they were young and have strong physical fitness. Jin Li can control the distance she walks every day, so the distance is nothing.

Frederick kept looking around, looking curious about everything.

The twelve main Aurora warriors in this team each have their own division of labor. Heli and another vanguard went out to explore the way. Two shield guards guarded the flanks on the mountain side, two mages and two with crossbows. The shooters were scattered in the convoy, and the remaining four Guardsmen protected them.

There are no full-time medical personnel in the team, everyone can treat them, this is a required course for them.

In addition to their usual weapons, each of them prepared a double-barreled shotgun and two revolvers. The shotguns were usually placed on the roof of the car and were easily accessible.

Frederick also noticed that there were several spears placed on each vehicle. They were usually separated and could be quickly connected to a length of more than three meters through the screw mouth. If necessary, they could even be connected to a length of more than ten meters.

Lu Li walked with Frederick carrying a heavy crossbow. Seeing that he was very concerned about the spear, she explained: "There will be swamps here. If someone sinks, the wooden pole can be lengthened to pull the person out." return."

Frederick nodded, that's it.

He asked: "Are there many swamps on the road?"

Lu Li shook her head and said, "I haven't been here before, so I don't know very well."

"Looking at the map, we have to cross the water's edge for a long time. The water's edge must be swampy."

Frederick looked around at the terrain. The mountains on both sides of this section of the road were relatively gentle, and there were no traces of landslides or mudslides. It would not be a problem for the railway to pass through here.

Places with mountains on one side and water on the other are more troublesome. If there is too much melted snow, the roadbed may be washed away.

Before he came here, he had crammed in the knowledge of railway site selection. He would know what the situation was like just by taking a look at it.

Moreover, the road is not wide at the moment and can only accommodate one vehicle. It will need to be widened in due course.

Lu Li asked him curiously: "If there is iron ore in the Grouse Forest, how long will it take to build the tribe?"

Frederick thought for a moment and said, "It will take several years."

“The first year of work was to build a port where we disembarked the ship, which required cranes to take the tools and machinery off the ship.”

"There are many rocky mountains and forests around. The materials of roadbed and sleepers are not a problem. We need to build quarries, gravel plants and sleeper processing plants."

"We also need to build a pine tar factory to refine pine tar. The sleepers treated with pine tar will not be eaten by insects and become moldy. They can be used for more than ten years, but they will smell very bad."

"Next, we will lay the railway to the edge of the iron ore, transport the machinery there, and build the iron ore and living quarters there so that we can start mining the ore."

"Preliminary estimates are that if everything goes normally, it will take about five years. If unexpected difficulties are encountered, it will take ten years."

(End of this chapter)