After being stranded on a deserted island, they all plotted against me

However, the front part of the branch has been soaked in lime solution. Although it will be "coated" when it turns back, it will be bumpy overall.

So he didn't say anything more, but continued to lower his head and build the first layer of bricks.

Zhang Liu worked quickly. Once the first layer of brick foundation was completed, the subsequent work was relatively simple.

Pick up a brick.

Apply a paste of quicklime and press it on top of the first layer of bricks.

The whole process is almost like an assembly line operation, and basically you don't need to use your brain much.

The only thing to watch out for is gaps and overlaps.

There is no need to consider other aspects at all.

However, after the third layer was completed, Zhang Liu stopped pressing the bricks.

He brushed a fine layer of quicklime cement on the bricks, then he took the grate that had been made next to the green pool more than eighty days in advance and stuck it on top.

Originally this thing was used to make earthenware.

Later, with the relocation and the emergence of earthen kilns, the function of the grate was no longer there.

It had been piled up in the corner of Bamboo House No. 1 until Zhang Liu took it out just now.

It is now being used in the construction of an iron furnace, and only requires slight corrections to the edges.

The holes on top were poked with fingers.

Each is the size of a pinky finger.

Later, all the pyrite will be placed on this and heated, and then wait for it to melt.

"I hope the temperature of this iron smelting furnace can reach over 1,300 degrees."

Finish the grate and start laying the fourth layer of bricks.

Zhang Liu also muttered softly.

About this question.

At present, he himself is somewhat uncertain.

After all, the normal burning temperature of charcoal is only around nine hundred to one thousand...

"One thousand three hundred degrees?" After hearing Zhang Liu's low muttered "begging", Song Shuyao blinked slightly and immediately calculated it.

This is the temperature at which ordinary iron ore melts.

"It should be possible." She reached out and picked up a brick and handed it to Zhang Liu. She said with a serious expression on her face: "As long as the seal is good, the charcoal inside will be in a combustion condition with limited oxygen, and the temperature will definitely be high."

"Ok!"

Nodding, Zhang Liu reached out to take the brick that Zhao Yiran handed to him and placed it on the iron smelting furnace.

This is the last piece of the base.

The next thing is to cover it with a layer of waterproof curtain cloth and wait for it to dry naturally.

He planned to wait until it was a little drier tomorrow and then burn charcoal inside to dry it out.

Building this iron smelting furnace itself was Zhang Liu's advance testing plan. This thing does not need to be used as long as a toilet.

Just make sure he can make iron.

Chapter 406: That’s a huge white area!

This morning, Zhang Liu also went to the toilet to check the solidification of the wood ash cement.

The outer layer of wood ash cement on the wall has not yet solidified.

But it has already solidified.

When he pressed it with his fingers, no mark was left, but he could feel the touch of "wet cement" with his fingertips.

And if you scrape it hard with your fingernails, it can be scraped off a little.

According to the previous experience of testing two bricks.

Zhang Liu estimated that in another five or six days, this toilet would be ready for normal use.

But thinking about the girls squatting in the taro field and digging holes today to deal with this.

He also felt a little embarrassed.

When Zhang Liu went to pee this morning, he suddenly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

As a result, when I turned around, I saw the backs of Lan Yueting and Su Yan, one big and one small.

It was a large white area.

..............................

When Zhang Liu was concentrating on applying the outer layer of soil to the iron smelting furnace as the final wind-proof measure.

Several of the girls around him had already walked to the intersection of the corridors between Bamboo House No. 1 and Bamboo House No. 2 and started making a fire to cook.

Anya, Lan Yueting, Su Yan, Gu Xixi, Xiang Wanying, and Qin Ruoyan were in bamboo house No. 1 preparing the things they would take down the mountain.

The five people are currently wearing their own equipment and conducting a "rehearsal" before departure.

Su Yan and Anya's job is mainly to fight.

Therefore, Su Yan prepared two wooden bows and two quivers for herself.

In a quiver were six bamboo arrows with gold fragments on their tip.

In the other quiver were six bamboo arrows with bone tip ends.

Each arrow is newly made, and the feathers on it are straight and bright.

The arrows are also polished to the sharpest possible edge.

Anya carried with her the "long-handled alloy knife" that she had taken from Zhang Liu.

So many days passed.

She also successfully polished the alloy sheet completely.

The handle of the knife was wrapped with ropes and rabbit skins to achieve an anti-slip effect, and a separate strip of cloth was hung at the front to prepare for possible bloodletting later.

The sword has a sharp edge on one side.

Only the front part of one side is sharpened, and the middle part is cut with a fire hammer to make a sawtooth-like cut, and the back end is not polished at all.

The advantage of this setting is that once the tip of the knife is in, you can apply force again by holding the uncut area in front with your hand.

Anya had already prepared for a possible close combat with the wild boar.

If I encounter wild boar again when going up the mountain this time.

Then she will let the other party taste the power of modern knives!

There is also a double-layer book basket behind her.

On the lower layer are two pieces of curtain fabric that will be used overnight.

On the upper level are twelve earthenware bowls and six pairs of polished bamboo chopsticks.

These bowls and chopsticks are used for drinking water and eating respectively.

As for Lan Yueting, Gu Xixi, Xiang Wanying, and Qin Ruoyan, they were simply doing collection work.

Each of them carried a basket of books behind her.

Gu Xixi and Qin Ruoyan each had two one-liter bamboo tubes in their book baskets.

It contains spare water just in case.

The book basket behind Lan Yueting contained a sheepskin bag full of water and a thermos with no water at all.

The sheepskin bag provides water for the climb, while the thermos is filled when you reach the top and before going down the mountain the next day.

If you don't mind the damage to the stainless steel pot, it can completely replace the alloy pot.

Xiang Wanying carried Zhang Liu's three-layer book basket on her back, with the small alloy pot on the top layer like a hat.

Only some tools for starting a fire were placed on the middle and lower levels.

As for food, none of the six planned to bring any.

They set off after having a full meal at noon.

When you reach the top of the mountain at night, you can go directly to the taro fields to collect food, and there are also freshwater fish to catch in the river.

But people don't like freshwater fish at present.

There are tilapia and carp in the rivers on the top of the mountain and the rivers on the roadside. The meat of these two kinds of fish is indeed relatively tender, but the earthy smell is also very deadly.

Unless you are directly catching small fish and frying them.

Otherwise, the fishy smell of the fish would be really hard to swallow.

Marine fish are completely unable to do this.

Although they also have a fishy smell.

But not to the point of being nauseating.

And want to get rid of the fishy smell of river fish.

That requires finding seasonings and spending a lot of time preparing and cooking.

First of all, there is no substitute for onion, ginger and garlic, and pepper can only remove the odor but not the fishy smell.

Wasting time on catching fish is a definite negative effect for people who are in urgent need of manpower to make bricks and open up forests.

There is taro, a portable and filling food.

Naturally, they choose to ignore troublesome things like river fish.

"After all this preparation, we shouldn't have left anything behind, right?"

Put down the three-layer book basket behind you.

Xiang Wanying looked at everyone and then asked.

"No, now I just need to fill my stomach before leaving."

Looking at the serious expression on Xiang Wanying's face.

Qin Ruoyan did not interact much with the other party. Instead, she smiled and said to Anya and Lan Yueting: "You two brought the most food, so you should eat more to fill your stomach."

"Hehehe! I won't be polite with you!"

Regarding Qin Ruoyan’s words.

Anya raised her head and showed a smug expression of "the more capable you are, the more work you get".

Lan Yueting showed a faint smile on her lips.

She understood the joking meaning in Qin Ruoyan's words.

After confirming that the preparations were complete, Xiang Wanying and the other four walked out of Bamboo House No. 1 one after another.

At this moment, Zhou Fang and others in the middle of the corridor had already prepared lunch.

After showing off a monkey's leg early in the morning, the little leopard strolled down the mountain to hunt in the wild.

At present, Zhang Liu's iron smelting furnace has been built, and he is currently covering it with curtain cloth taken down from the toilet at the back as a rainproof measure.

As for the others, they are now all gathered in the middle of the corridor.

Braised bracken, roasted taro, palm heart, and banana heart.

These four completely non-fat foods were the farewell dinner for Anya's "Sea Salt and Shell Collection Team".

"Come on, Anya, eat more."

After finishing his work and washing his hands, Zhang Liu held up a taro dipped in sea salt and handed it to Anya, saying, "We will set off soon."

"Ah wu..."

Anya was holding her own bowl of stewed bracken in plain water. When she saw Zhang Liu handing her the taro, she opened her mouth and took a bite of it without hesitation.

Then she began to chew with satisfaction.

Look at Anya's cute appearance.