Hearthstone Farm Lord

Chapter 220 Making Soap
Anduin thought for a while, and said: "The most important thing in my office is the notes I made, because it contains the town's future five-year plan... Others, and some personnel lists are also very important."

Sean sighed:

"Well, it's still a bit of a headache for the enemy to know about the five-year plan, but it's okay, this is just our rough plan, and there is still a lot of room for revision in the future.

But this incident also reminded us: in the future, important materials in the territory, such as soap and papermaking formulas, cannot be placed in your office, but in the castle, and a reliable person must be sent to guard them. "

"That's right, my lord." Anduin's face was serious.

Now that the spies have obtained their information, it is probably passed on by now and it is too late to remedy the situation.

Sean didn't want to punish Anduin either, but changed the subject:
"Anduin, are you ready for everything I asked you to prepare today?"

Anduin cheered up and replied:

"Of course! Now the bamboo has been soaked in the pond in the south where the mud has been dug, and there are a total of one hundred bamboos.

The ashes and lard had already been shipped to the mill. "

"Very good! Time is short, now let's go to the mill!"

Sean turned around and was about to leave the administrative hall with Anduin and Windsor.

Seeing that Anduin still had a dignified face, Sean said in a relaxed tone:
"Relax, aren't you just a group of thieves? After a while, our territory will undergo earth-shaking changes. Even if they get information, it will be useless. By the way, what's the matter with the red mark on your neck?"

Anduin didn't know about Hongyinzi yet, so he was shocked when he heard Sean's words, and hurriedly took a look in the mirror in the administration hall.

Finding that there was indeed a red seal, Anduin said embarrassedly:

"This story starts with the fisherman's daughter Anna. Just now I went to the river to help her build a castle."

The three of them talked and gradually walked away.

After a while, the three of Sean came to the mill, ready to make soap.

In fact, Sean can't make paper, and he has never made soap, like most people.

But Sean knew the principles of making soap and paper, and their end products, and that was enough.

This is like the rabbit in the previous life who made nuclear bombs. It is enough to know the principle of nuclear bombs and know that nuclear bombs can be made, and other things can be slowly technological breakthroughs.

The principle of papermaking is very simple, that is, soak + boil + mash bamboo to make pulp, and then dry the pulp.

But Sean has no idea how many days the bamboo will soak, so he can only make a decision based on the situation.

Soak it for ten days first, if ten days is not enough for 20 days, it will be soaked one day.

The principle of making soap is "saponification reaction". Simply put, it is the reaction of lye and oil, and the final product obtained is soap.

Grease is easy to find. When leveling today, Sean specially researched [Stonetooth Wild Boar]. Pigs have the richest fat content and are also the cheapest.

As for the lye, it is even simpler. Soak the ashes of wood and weeds (commonly known as plant ash) in water, stir them thoroughly, and filter them to get lye.

As for the details of the saponification reaction, Sean still needs to explore slowly.

After walking into the mill, Sean looked forward.

At this time, there were a few people standing in the mill besides a large piece of fat meat and the prepared plant ash.

Sean knew these three people, they were the three Ewans who came to greet him the day he returned to River Beach Town, the aborigines recruited by Anduin.

Seeing Sean and Anduin approaching, the three of Youn greeted them immediately:
"Good afternoon, my lord, Lord Anduin!"

"Hello!" Sean nodded to the three of them, and then ordered:

"Go find two large pots and put them on the stove. By the way, get some buckets, one of which needs to be filled with water."

There are a few unused hearths in the mill, which Sean used to distill spirits before, and they are just in use now.

"Okay, my lord!" The three of You En quickly replied, and then left the mill.

Ten minutes later, they moved the cauldron and bucket that Sean asked for, and Eun cleverly brought a lot of firewood to light up the stove.

After the stove was lit, Sean nodded in satisfaction:
"Okay, you go out first and wait outside the door."

"Yes."

The three of You En walked out of the mill without the slightest hesitation.

After the three of them left, Anduin looked at Sean: "Sir, don't we need their help? I think they can be trusted."

"No need." Sean shook his head: "Anduin, soap is not as simple as distilling spirits and perfume. Every step will be done separately in the future, and try to keep it a secret."

"Okay, my lord." Anduin nodded: "What is our first step?"

Sean looked at the heated cauldron and said slowly:

"The first step, of course, is to prepare the oil and lye. Windsor, go and heat the fat to make oil."

"Okay, my lord!"

Wen Desor put the fat into the cauldron, and saw that he lightly injected grudge into the fat, and the fat instantly shattered into tiny particles.

The work of boiling oil is suddenly much more convenient.

Soon, the fat particles were boiled into oil.

All that's left is to make the lye.

Now that there is no one else, Sean has to do it himself.

Sean explained to Anduin while doing it:

"The method of making lye is very simple: put the plant ash into a wooden barrel, add water that is a little more than twice the volume of the plant ash, then stir well, dilute and filter it!"

After stirring well, Xiao En used the water control ability to control the water elements in the bucket, and the impurities in the water quickly settled down, and the upper layer became extremely clear.

Sean continued: "Anduin, the workers who make soap will definitely not have water mages. Let them use cloth with large gaps when filtering."

"Okay." Anduin nodded.

Then Sean began to manipulate the water flow, and this part of the clear lye flew out of the bucket and flew into the second cauldron.

Then Sean lit the stove, heated the lye, and at the same time poured the lard boiled by Windsor into the pot little by little.

After the lard was poured in, Sean began to stir constantly with a stick.

The lye and oil undergo a saponification reaction at high temperature, the oil gradually disappears, and a layer of viscous liquid is formed on the upper layer of the iron pot.

After stirring for a while, Sean used the water control technique to fish out the liquid for some observation, and found that there was still some grease, so he continued to add the remaining lye.Repeat this until all the fat is consumed and there is no more fat in the viscous.

At this point the pot is boiling hot soapy solution.

During the stirring process, the soap solution continues to thicken.

Sean was tired of stirring, so he simply called in Eun who was standing outside the door and asked him to continue stirring.

Yoon doesn't know what's in the pot, only a strange smell.

But he didn't dare to say anything, and began to stir vigorously.

(End of this chapter)