North America 1849, from Gold Rush to Warlord

Chapter 2 God Says, Believe in Science
A Zu ignored Harley and instead said to Captain Vic, "Mr. Vic, I'm sorry, but this barrel of yours must be dismantled!"

Captain Vic, who had been kneeling at the bow praying with his back to everyone, finally stood up and turned around.

He is a tall and majestic middle-aged man!

Even though he had been drifting hopelessly on the sea for more than ten days, he still wore his captain's uniform, which was white inside and black outside, neatly and cleanly!

Although like everyone else, his cheeks were sunken and his face was pale due to hunger, his thick hair and black beard were still neatly trimmed and not a single bit out of place.

Especially the pair of deep black eyes, which were still bright and sharp, looking at A-Zu with burning eyes.

His eyes were stern, but A-Zu saw an inexplicable deadness in his eyes!
Unlike others who were without water or food but were eager to live, Captain Vic's eyes were filled with a dead silence without any interest!
After a moment of silence, Captain Vic slowly said, "I don't mind you giving them unrealistic hope in their despair!"

"I didn't stop Harley from killing you to share with everyone so he could live a few more days as a result of Satan's evil."

"It seemed to me that the moment the Barbara sank, we were in hell and nothing else mattered!"

"But..." Captain Vic said, changing the subject. "I'm still a little curious. Since you lied to them and wanted to use the wine barrel to turn seawater into fresh water, why did you dismantle my barrel?"

"Haha!" A Zu grinned and shook his head: "Mr. Vic, whether I am lying or not, wait for an hour and you will find out."

"I use these two buckets to turn seawater into fresh water. But I want to use your bucket to create food!"

"Empty barrels can turn into food?" Harley couldn't help himself and clenched his fists until they cracked. "Yellow monkey, you're still lying. I want to kill you right now!"

"I'm not a liar!" A-Zu shook his head again, his face pious: "God said, we must believe in science!!!"

"God? Did you say that?" Harley was stunned for a moment before realizing he'd been tricked. He felt even more furious. "You blasphemer who deserves to be burned at the stake, you damned heretic from the East...!"

"Mr. Harley!" A-Zu interrupted him: "You've already killed people and eaten their flesh, and you still have the nerve to talk about faith?"

Harley, with veins bulging on his face, choked immediately, his face flushed red, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.

"We Chinese have an old saying: He who knows food is a hero!"

"So, Mr. Vick, I'm sorry, but your barrel has to be removed!"

Without waiting for Captain Vic to answer, A-Zu said to Harley, "Mr. Harley, please dismantle the captain's prayer table with your own hands. I need the nails and iron hoops on it!"

"Yellow monkey, you're looking for death...!" The lowly Chinese worker dared to order him around. Harley, who was filled with rage, finally found an outlet to vent his anger. He raised his hand to strangle A-Zu's neck again!
"Do you need nails and hoops?"

Captain Vic seemed to be lost in thought. He waved his hand to stop Harley and said, "I think I understand a little bit... Harley, tear it down!"

"Captain, this yellow-skinned...!"

Captain Vic looked at him and said, "Talk less, and you might live longer."

Harley obeyed the captain's words reflexively. Although he kept chattering, he still drew his sailor knife and began to dismantle the empty barrel.

There were four large iron hoops and dozens of nails on the rum barrel. After more than a quarter of an hour, Harley had dismantled them all.

After dismantling the wine barrels, A Zu continued to give him instructions: "Mr. Harley, I also need you to grind the iron nails and bend them into fish hooks."

Without waiting for Halley's agreement, A Zu turned around and said to the Chinese workers, "Uncles and brothers, please cut the remaining silk cloth into thin strips and weave them into four fishing nets."

"A fishing net?"

The Chinese workers looked at each other, then looked at the four iron hoops that had just been removed, and finally understood what this youngest fellow villager was trying to do.

Grandfather then turned around and made arrangements: "The rest of you uncles and brothers, try your best to extract the silk from the cloth and weave it into fishing line. Can you do it?"

"No problem!"

The breaking strength of silk is basically equivalent to that of steel wire of the same caliber, so there is no problem in using it to make fishing line.

Many of the Chinese workers were poor fishermen from the coastal areas, and weaving fishing nets and fishing lines was a survival instinct.

Everyone, including Vivian, was busy drawing the threads from the silk, except Captain Vic and A-Zu.

Looking at this scene, Captain Vic couldn't help but frown and asked, "You want to fish?"

A-Zu closed his eyes and nodded.

Captain Vic frowned in confusion. "Even if we have hooks and lines, without bait, how can we fish?"

Ah Zu closed his eyes and asked, "Mr. Vic, these days, everyone's shit should be thrown into empty cans and thrown into the sea, right?"

Captain Vic was stunned, completely unable to keep up with A-Zu's jumping thoughts.

After a long pause, he finally replied, "If I don't poop in an empty can, am I going to poop in the sea with my white butt sticking out? That's not only extremely shameful but also very dangerous... Why would you ask such a disgusting question?"

A-Zu opened his eyes. "Even though we haven't had any food for several days, no one should have anything left to eat. But there must be some cans that haven't been thrown away yet, right? I can smell them!"

"Damn it! Harley...!"

"What is it, Captain?"

Harley quickly put down the hook he was sharpening and ran over. "Why haven't you thrown away the stock you pulled yesterday?"

Harley, who was half a head shorter and wider than Captain Vic, shrank his short, thick neck like a child being scolded: "I...!"

"Go throw it away! Your actions will make more people sick...!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Harley hung his head and took out a can from a corner which obviously contained something, and pretended to throw it into the sea.

"Don't throw it away, it's useful, it can save lives!"

"What......?"

Regardless of other people's surprised looks, A-Zu kept the can of food.

A-Zu pinched his nose and endured the stench, waiting for everyone to finish the work at hand.

After two or three quarters of an hour, when the Chinese workers had finished weaving the scoop net, A Zu asked them to tie the scoop net to the iron hoop, and then tie the iron hoop to the wooden paddle.

Now you have a complete fishing net!

A Zu felt that the time was almost up, so he said, "Vivian, go open the wine barrel and take a look!"

"Okay, Mr. Divine Stick!"

Vivian peeled off the layers of silk wrapped around the wine barrel and opened the lid.

As soon as I opened the wine barrel, a chill hit me in the face.

“Eh! It’s so cold…!”

"Is this...ice?"

When Vivian saw the situation inside the wine barrel clearly, her pretty face turned pale and she covered her mouth and screamed in surprise!

"What ice? Where's the ice?"

Upon hearing this, everyone put down their work and gathered around the wine barrel.

Even Harley couldn't help but push aside the Chinese workers with his hands and stretched his head to look inside!

"Ice, it's really ice!"

"There's ice! How could there be ice in the bucket on such a hot day?"

Vivian took out a can from the bucket and displayed it to everyone.

The sea water in the can suddenly turned into crystal clear ice!
Under the scorching sun, the ice in the can looks particularly crystal clear and dazzling!

At this moment, even Captain Vic couldn't help but look pale and muttered in disbelief: "Oh my God! Unbelievable! Where did this ice come from?!!"

But A-Zu just breathed a sigh of relief!

He knew that the fresh water problem was solved!

Life should be saved!
"Vivian, try this ice cube. Is it salty or bland?"

Upon hearing this, Vivian stuck out her tongue and licked the ice, then a look of surprise appeared on her haggard face!
“Light…light…light!”

Nonsense! Ice, of course it’s light!

When saltpeter powder dissolves in water, it absorbs a large amount of heat. In the essentially sealed space of the oak barrel, with layers of silk insulating the outside heat, the seawater inside the can is completely drained of heat and quickly freezes.

When seawater freezes, the salt will be extracted, and a small amount of brine with extremely high salt content will remain at the bottom of the can, as well as... edible freshwater ice cubes!

"Wow! A-Zu, you are so amazing! The sea water has really turned into fresh water!"

"It's incredible! Oh my God! We have water, fresh water!"

"Woo woo woo! Finally there's water to drink! That's great! We're saved! Thank God!"

“Woo woo! Lord Dragon has mercy, and Goddess Mazu blesses us, we are finally saved! Woo woo woo!”

Some Chinese workers knelt on the deck and kowtowed to the sky with "bang bang bang"!

"What's the matter with Lord Guanlong and Mazu? This was all Azu's idea. It was Azu who saved us!"

"Yes, yes, it's A-Zu, it's A-Zu, if you want to worship, then worship A-Zu...!"

The twelve Chinese workers on the ship knelt down and kowtowed to A-Zu who was lying paralyzed at the stern!
At this moment, A-Zu, who was almost dying of thirst and starvation, seemed like a god being worshipped!
Vivian, Captain Vic and Boatswain Harley were all shocked and looked at the extremely weak oriental boy in disbelief!
"This is simply a miracle!"

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