My barrage in the wild can be withdrawn

Chapter 427 Tannery
The sky was getting darker, and when the last rays of the setting sun fell into the horizon, everything around was completely shrouded in darkness.

In the huge forest, only Zhou Chen's camp was still lit.

The crackling sound of the bonfire is like a musical note in the night, making people feel warm and safe.

now.

Zhou Chen was sitting on a homemade stool by the campfire, in a rather casual posture.

He crossed his legs, and his posture was both relaxed and complacent.

In the wilderness, food is the confidence of a survivor.

Obviously, Zhou Chen is full of confidence now.

The process of bacon was very long, and Zhou Chen could just take this opportunity to do something else.

Seeing that everyone was puzzled by his operation, he didn't explain directly, "Don't worry, everyone, wait a while, and you will understand."

After about 40 minutes, he took out the limestone from the fire.

With a light tap of an axe, the rock immediately turned into a pile of fine stones.

In fact, many people in the live broadcast room have already seen through his thoughts.

Anyone who has studied in junior high school knows that Zhou Chen wants to calcine limestone into quicklime at high temperature.

It's just that everyone can't understand the meaning of the other party's actions.

Just when everyone was wondering, he finally expressed his thoughts.

"Look, everyone, this is quicklime."

With a little grinding with your fingers, those stone grains suddenly turned into powder.

"Quicklime can be used as a desiccant. Now I just need to place the powder on the four corners of the stone house, and it will dry and prevent moisture."

While speaking, he had already finished spreading the quicklime.

After a slight pause, he continued: "Of course, my main purpose of making quicklime is not to use it as a desiccant, but to treat animal skins."

Hearing this step, someone in the live broadcast room was stunned again.

"How to deal with animal skin? Treat it as talcum powder? But talcum powder is not quicklime."

"Drying the hides?"

"If my guess is correct, the boss wants to use alkali."

"Can limestone be calcined directly? Is the temperature of the campfire so high?"

Seeing everyone's comments, he stopped being a joke, "I saw that someone in the live broadcast room had already guessed it. That's right, it is the use of alkali. Calcium hydroxide will be formed by adding quicklime to water."

"Calcium hydroxide is a strong base, which has antiseptic and antiseptic properties, and is corrosive to skin and fabrics. Because of this, I can use calcium hydroxide to treat moose skin."

The next day.

At dawn, Zhou Chen ran to the lake.

Throwing the hide into the water, he compacted it with a boulder.

"If you want smooth leather, you have to remove the hair from the moose first."

"We can soak the hide in water for a week to fully soak it before removing the hair. Of course, I have a simpler and faster method."

As he spoke, he took out half of the animal hide, and opened it to reveal pure white powder.

"This is the quicklime I calcined last night. Now I just need to dig a pit and mix a calcium hydroxide solution in the pit to shorten the hair removal cycle from a week to half an hour."

The soil by the lake is soft, so it is not difficult to dig.

Zhou Chen dug a shallow pit in only ten minutes.

After filling the pit with water, he proceeded to add quicklime to the water.

Throwing the animal skin in, all he needs to do now is wait.

Since the newly dug puddle is not waterproof, Zhou Chen has to add some lake water and quicklime to the pit every few minutes.

Fortunately, half an hour is not a long time.

When the time was up, he fished out the hide with a long stick.

Rubbing his nose, Zhou Chen's expression became ferocious, "Ouch, this smell is absolutely delicious!"

Holding back his retching, Zhou Chen put the soaked animal skin on a fallen dead tree by the lake.

"The animal hide has been soaked. Now I just need to hang off the fur and oil on the animal hide to get a clean piece of leather."

As the saying goes, this is easier said than done.

Zhou Chen knew all the steps, but when he was really asked to knead the leather, he was still a little hesitant.

Among other things, the smell of rotten leather alone is unbearable to most people.

However, this step has already been achieved, and Zhou Chen has no reason to give up.

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Chen began to scrape the grease.

No matter how clean the skin is, there will inevitably be oil residues on the animal hide.

In order to get a perfect leather, Zhou Chen must remove all the fat in the hide.

"I don't have a proper oil scraping tool, so I can only make do with the back of an axe."

The back of the ax has some sharpness without damaging the leather and is a good alternative tool.

Compared with soaking, the process of scraping grease is quite long.

of course.

The most important thing is that every once in a while, Zhou Chen has to hide to the side to get some air, otherwise he feels that he might be smoked to death before he gets out the leather.

When the sun rose to the sky, he finally finished the first piece of leather.

The area of ​​this piece of leather is not too big, it was all cut from moose skin by Zhou Chen.

"After removing the grease and fur, the next thing to do is to stretch."

Taking out a square wooden frame that was just made, Zhou Chen continued: "Now we only need to hang the leather in this frame and stretch it to get a softer leather."

The tanning process is not complicated, but every step requires great patience.

Fortunately, what Zhou Chen has most at this moment is time and patience.

Without the pressure of food, he can focus more on making equipment.

While drying the fur, Zhou Chen started to tan the second fur.

Unlike the first piece, this time, he only cleaned off the grease and didn't hang the hair out.

After the tanning was completed, everyone realized that the other party was making a blanket.

"This is a buckskin blanket. In winter, it must be very soft when spread on the kang."

Although Zhou Chen has a sleeping bag, how can an ordinary sleeping bag be as comfortable as a blanket.

After finishing everything, there was still a small piece of animal skin left. After thinking about it carefully, Zhou Chen continued, "This piece of suede is not too big, but as long as I punch a hole in the middle, I can get a shawl."

"Look, this is a bit primitive."

After putting on the shawl, Zhou Chen felt more like a savage.

After tanning the leather, the pits have dried up, but a layer of white crystals has appeared.

Zhou Chen came to the pit and leaned over to check it out, "This is calcium carbonate formed from calcium hydroxide and carbon dioxide in the air. This is a good thing. I want to get some."

This time, without waiting for everyone to ask questions, Zhou Chen spoke directly.

"The basic function of toothpaste is to clean teeth, and this effect is mainly achieved through abrasives, which account for 40% to 50% of toothpaste formula."

"The four kinds of abrasives commonly used in the world are calcium hydrogen phosphate, silicon dioxide, calcium carbonate, and aluminum hydroxide."

"That's right, with calcium carbonate, I never brush my teeth with charcoal again."

After lunch, he continued to work.

The bacon is still going on in an orderly manner.

After two days of smoking and roasting, the moose meat has shrunk severely, and the meat quality has become more woody.

But this is exactly what Zhou Chen wanted.

Only by draining the water from the meat can the bacon last longer.

With the bacon stand, Zhou Chen doesn't need to pay too much attention to bacon.

He now decided to use the newly tanned leather to sew a few pieces of equipment.

Needlework is needed to sew equipment, but this is not a problem for Zhou Chen.

The area where Zhou Chen is located is the most indispensable thing is pine needles, this kind of natural needles are enough to penetrate leather.

As for the thread, he also rubbed a lot with bark at the beginning of the challenge.

The first piece of equipment he will have is a backpack.

Zhou Chen always carried a backpack during live broadcasts.

He didn't choose a backpack for this challenge, but with this buckskin, he can definitely make one.

In about half an hour, a handmade deerskin bag appeared in front of everyone.

Seeing this scene, everyone sighed with emotion.

"Fuck, this deerskin bag is so good."

"It's still a drawstring bag, so fashionable, I love it."

"Isn't this more luxurious than LV?"

"Straw rope shoulder straps, buckskin backpack, this design is too crazy."

After finishing the first piece of equipment, he decided to make the second piece of equipment, which is also the most important piece of equipment that Zhou Chen thinks at present.

"If the backpack can increase my load, then the next piece of equipment will greatly improve my battery life."

When everyone was wondering, Zhou Chen took out a white unknown object from the shelter...

(End of this chapter)