Pokemon Settler

It seemed that directly collecting naturally occurring sea salt would not work, so Rock decided to do the next best thing and bring some seawater back.

He unloaded two empty buckets with a capacity of ten liters from Geranium, then took off his boots, rolled up his trousers, stepped on the uneven gravel, and slowly walked into the sea water.

Geranium stood on the shore, tied a vine whip to Roque's waist as a safety rope, and always paid attention to the movements on the sea in the distance.

Once the situation changes, it will decisively pull Rock back and run away.

Rock walked in the sea while lowering his head to observe the bottom of the sea through the blue and clear water.

When I saw a piece of dark green seaweed, my eyes suddenly lit up.

This piece of seaweed is only about ten or twenty centimeters high. When it grows on the seabed, it is so big that it looks like a furry carpet.

Rock stepped on the slippery seaweed and walked a few more steps into the seagrass lawn, then opened the lid of the bucket and filled it with seawater.

The reason why seawater needs to be filled in places where aquatic plants are distributed is because seagrass can effectively absorb heavy metal elements in seawater.

Although Rock felt that the quality of the seawater in the Pokémon world should be very good, he still chose a safer approach, even though it might be meaningless and just a waste of effort.

After all, it's always good to be cautious in the wild.

After filling two buckets with a total of twenty liters of seawater, Rock returned to the shore.

Fortunately, there was no sign of the giant beast from beginning to end, but even so, he did not dare to stay any longer. He quickly put two buckets of seawater into Geranium's saddlebags, and then rode on Geranium with his boots. Ran away quickly.

It wasn't until they climbed over the hills in one breath, ran through two woods that were used for hiding when they came, and met the Heiluga and Meili sheep grazing in an oak forest that Rock and Geranium stopped. down.

Hey?

Seeing them running in a hurry, several Heiluga immediately surrounded them, thinking that there were enemies behind them.

It's okay, it's okay, let's all disperse.

Rock waved away the Kurugas who wanted to protect him, then got off Geranium's back and started to put on his boots.

Me Kuo?

At this moment, a curious furry sheep suddenly ran over, squatted down and smelled his other boot.

Rock didn't pay attention at first, but he didn't expect that in just a blink of an eye, this curious, furry sheep was about to stuff his shoelace into his mouth, so he quickly stopped him.

Go away! This is not for you to eat.

Rock took back the boots and quickly put them on his feet.

He thought the furry sheep had left, but as soon as he put on his boots, he saw two short pink hands holding three plump acorns stretched out in front of his eyes.

咩咩～

Seeing Roark looking at it, the Rongyang Sheep handed the acorn in his hand forward, indicating that he would exchange the acorn for his shoelaces.

You can't change it, these are shoelaces, you can't eat them!

Rock tied his shoelaces and stamped his feet in front of the sheep.

Me Kuo...

Seeing this, Rong Rong Sheep seemed to know that shoelaces were not a kind of food, so he had to flatten his mouth with some regret, but still gave Rock an acorn, and then stuffed the remaining two acorns into his own shell. In his mouth, he ate it with relish.

Thank you, you can eat this too, I can't... eh!

The taste of acorns is a bit bitter and unpleasant, so Rock has never paid much attention to this ubiquitous nut.

However, when he saw that Rong Rong Sheep seemed to like eating acorns, his eyes suddenly brightened.

Yes, I can reserve some acorns for the Rong Rong Sheep for the winter. Although I find this kind of food unpalatable, it seems to be very nutritious.

The Rongyang Sheep looked at Rock who was suddenly mumbling to himself, took the acorn from his hand gently, then stuffed it into his mouth and ran away.

However, Rock no longer pays attention to this fluffy sheep. He has found another food besides hay that can be stored for the sheep for the winter - acorns.

This season is when acorns begin to mature, and it happens that the most common tree species in Rock's pasture is oak, and it happens that his sheep also seem to like eating acorns.

Therefore, acorns, which have high nutritional content and can be stored for a long time, are the perfect choice for pairing with hay in winter, and are a perfect food choice for Bili sheep and Rongrong sheep.

Go back and let Nidoking and Nidoqueen start collecting ripe acorns. Haha~ now there is one more reason to like oak trees.

Rock chuckled, climbed on Geranium's back, and continued to return to the camp.

After returning to the camp, Nidoking and Nidoqueen happened to be there, so Rock directly asked them to drag two trailers and go out with shovels to collect acorns.

Then Rock went to the bacon field on the side of the river to take a look at the bacon and confirmed that the smoking work was proceeding step by step under the care of Heiluga. Then he returned to the camp and started making salt.

He roughly understood the principle of making salt, which was to evaporate the water in seawater, and the crystals that separated out were coarse salt containing some impurities.

Of course, if some refining steps are added in the middle, the product will be refined salt.

Although Roque doesn't particularly understand the steps of refining salt and doesn't have the professional qualifications, he is still prepared to do some processing as much as possible so that he can eat with more confidence.

He first made two simple filtering devices using birch bark, fine sand, crushed charcoal, and gravel according to the previous method of purifying water.

Then the twenty liters of seawater brought back were poured into the two filtering devices and filtered. The filtering devices were placed vertically, and there was an empty bucket at the bottom to collect the filtered seawater.

After filtering twice, Roque asked Chenglong, who had been retrieved by Geranium, to purify the seawater with life water drops. Then he poured the purified seawater into the cooking pot and put it on the fire to cook. got up.

As the seawater in the pot boils, layers of white crystals continue to precipitate on the edge of the pot. This is the salt that Roque is thinking about.

Judging from the snow-white color, these salts seem to be of good quality, without too many impurities.

Roque's fire was very high, so the sea water boiled very quickly. By noon, almost all the water in it had been boiled away. Only a finger-thick layer of crystal salt grains, about 600 grams, was left in the pot. The left and right looks are enough for Rock to use for the past two days.

He collected all the salt grains in the pot into a clay pot and let Heiluga dry it slightly with a flame.

After the salt grains were completely dry, Rock gently dipped a little of it with his little finger and put it into his mouth to taste it.

It is salty, fresh, and has a hint of bitterness, but the taste is not particularly strong, which shows that the purity of the salt is relatively high, which makes Rock feel relieved.

This morning's hard work was finally not in vain.