Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

The air in the hub is becoming more and more humid.

During the day, all exposed moisture will evaporate under the scorching sun, but at night, if you use a metal container and plastic cloth to make a water collector, you can collect even less than half a bowl of dew throughout the night.

This will undoubtedly cause drastic changes in the natural and social ecology of the hub.

In addition to preparing bait for hunting, Lu Meng is also thinking about whether he can make profits from it and avoid possible risks.

He thought very simply at first. Now that there is more water, will the people at the hub still need to clean themselves after drinking? In this case, there may be market demand for detergents.

But after Lu Meng actually practiced it, he immediately calmed down.

First of all, soap is not that easy to make.

Although the simplest soap only requires heating of plant ash water and oil, as long as the saponification reaction can occur, there is a chance of success.

However, if it is not plant ash from plants such as Populus euphratica that live in saline-alkali land, the alkalinity of ordinary plant ash is too weak, which requires a higher concentration to react.

The final result was not good either, and it could only be made into the liquid soap Lu Meng got now.

The key point is that in terms of cost, grease is a luxury product at the hub. Instead of making it into soap, it is better to sell suet directly on the black market.

If you put it outside, there may be industrially produced soap that directly uses quicklime or baking soda to make lye, plus spices to enhance the flavor... The competitiveness is far superior to this kind of hand-made original soap.

The reason why Lu Meng is still trying is because he accidentally discovered that the process of making soap can increase his [medical] proficiency, rather than [engineering] or [scientific research] proficiency.

This is understandable, probably because the panel judged that his soap production failed.

However, during the production, Lu Meng did have a deeper grasp of the process of using the instrument (broken bowl), controlling the reaction temperature (burning the fire), and these are key steps in concentrating and extracting the active ingredients of the medicine.

Soapy water itself can also be regarded as a medicine. It can be used to induce vomiting to solve food poisoning, neutralize the toxins of mosquito bites, and is also good for cleaning wounds in the absence of disinfection measures.

——The above are all entry-level understandings after Lu Meng’s [Medical] knowledge reaches level 9.

Therefore, even though the soap itself is a pure trap, Lu Meng still enjoys it.

Being able to use liver medical technology without wasting regular drugs is simply not a good deal.

On the battlefield, with more medical knowledge, it is possible to save one more life.

Lu Meng wiped his sticky hands, and they indeed looked whiter.

After all, it has some effect.

"Time to go to the black market."

He didn't forget that he made an appointment with the old hunter yesterday to help with the goats.

…

"Boss Lu is here."

"Oh, I've hit something hard again, congratulations..."

The goat has not been processed yet. Lu Meng just smeared plant ash on the exposed wound for simple embalming. The whole body occupies a very large space. It is inconvenient to put it in a bag or backpack like a piece of meat. He can only carry it by himself. on the shoulder.

Along the way, this aroused the envy of many people in the black market.

"Lu Beiyou can hunt goats..."

Some black market elders with experience in wasteland life know very well that Lu Meng is a truly qualified hunter only if he can obtain such medium-sized animals in daily hunting.

Strictly speaking, if a person can only capture small rodents such as pikas, then in the long run, the energy he can obtain from the prey cannot even keep up with the consumption of hunting activities.

The result is: the harder you hunt, the faster you starve to death.

Developed ancient civilizations once regarded the low-fat meat of aquatic shrimps and crabs as high-quality protein. However, in earlier times, these were so-called "poor people's food." The life of ancient fishermen was even more difficult than that of farmers, guarding the lakes and seas. There are many people who starve to death. One of the main reasons is that they cannot obtain enough energy from the fish catch.

Since ancient times, the population that farming civilization can support is much higher than that of fishing and hunting civilization. This is not unreasonable.

The same is true in the wasteland era.

This is why Lu Meng has always attached great importance to staple food even though he can obtain meat.

However, the fat content of medium-sized animals such as sheep gradually increases, otherwise they would not be called "fat sheep".

Only those who can hunt such prey can be considered a hunter who can truly support themselves through hunting.

This condition can be said to be quite harsh, otherwise the black market would not have only had an old hunter like Zhang Ying for so many years.

Now we have to add a road trip to the north.

"What do you think Zhang Ying will think?" someone whispered.

"Boss Lu came to the black market openly and openly with the goat on his back. He didn't deal with it first like he did when selling camels. Are you trying to demonstrate to Zhang Ying?"

"He wants to carry a camel, but he must be able to carry it."

"Don't tell me, if it was someone else, I wouldn't believe it to death, but if Boss Lu really comes here with one end on his back, I won't be surprised."

"It's not such an exaggeration...it's true when you think about it."

However, in the eyes of these people, what if Lu Beiyou really demonstrated to Zhang Ying by carrying the goat? This is a genuine warrior, and now he has proven himself in hunting skills. The profits from selling animal meat on the black market The boss deserves a share.

Eat, live, and stand firm.

But people become better with age, let alone a profession like a hunter that is inherently murderous.

His own interests were about to be damaged, so it was impossible for Zhang Ying to have no reaction.

This is what most people in the black market think.

Lu Meng and others arrived at their stall - this place was originally randomly assigned to Lu Meng and the others by the black market at the beginning, but after Boss Lu became famous, the guards of the black market also knew how to reserve this position exclusively for Lu Meng. Over time, it turned out that It seems like a fixed stall.

These days, Lumeng still shot some rats and rabbits, which happened to be sold easily, but he didn't remember them very much anymore.

Just when Huo Buyang had laid out the stall and Lu Meng was about to carry the goat to find Zhang Ying, a black market guard suddenly came up.

It's actually the same guy who bought the boss a camel whip last time.

"Boss Lu."

After saying hello, he leaned closer and whispered:

"Jiao Yi from Hongfeng Popularity contacted Zhang Ying a few days ago."

Lu Meng raised his eyebrows: "Did Mr. Tang ask you to come here?"

The guard just bowed and didn't respond.

Logically speaking, Old Tangtou is the protector of the entire black market and should not favor any one company. After all, it is difficult to spread this kind of thing.

Lu Meng thought.

It seems that because he used Lei Bai's name to suppress Old Tangtou last time, he did not hesitate to break his neutrality principle and let his subordinates deliver the news and release goodwill.

And just as he expected, although Old Tangtou may not necessarily know the name of the Lang Ninja Group, he has a certain understanding of Lei Bai and has no objection to it.

There is something interesting about the cooperation between the Lang Ninja Group and the forces behind Old Tangtou.

As for Hongxing's involvement, Lu Meng didn't care.

The relationship between the two parties was not a happy start.

Now being able to seize an opportunity and stumbling upon himself seems like something Jiao Yi can do.

After all, it's not a big deal about shouting and killing.

In his opinion, even if you are a warrior, there is no reason to violate the rules of the black market. Tie Bang Tang will not allow armed conflicts to arise just because of normal competition.

Unfortunately, it was Old Tangtou who told Lu Meng this news.

Moreover, what he doesn’t care about is:

Because of the operation of the little boss Jiao Qi.

In any case, the fate of Hongfeng was already doomed for him.

Just need to wait for an opportunity.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Tang, and tell me that my master is looking forward to meeting you."

First draw the cake.

As for when it will be realized?

Even he himself has not met Lei Bai yet.

Lu Meng smiled and patted the black market guard on the shoulder, and the other person responded with a respectful smile and then left.

This guard seemed to be just here to convey a message, but having access to this channel was enough to show that he was already Tie Bangtang's confidant.

It seems that it is not only useful to give gifts, but also to suit the needs of others.

Lu Meng was a little emotional.

Old Tangtou, Old Tangtou...

Unfortunately this goat is female.

Thanks to the book friend, I have a ladle of wine to soothe the wind and dust, for your little coin reward! Thank you to all my friends who can see this——