Chapter 114 Great Strides Into a Well-Off Society

As soon as the sky was white, Jiang Hao got up to collect dew. This was the best time of day to get fresh water.

He prepared several large conch shells today and was busy until the sun came out. Jiang Hao collected four fresh water conch shells, estimated to be about four or five liters.

Come to the coconut forest kitchen, open the fire, slowly blow the charcoal fire, set up two pots, one is used to boil water, and the other is ready to cook fish porridge as his breakfast.

After breakfast, Jiang Hao sent the boiled fresh water back to the cave for storage. There were already three cans. If he drank it sparingly, the water would be enough for a person to last for several days.

"The next time is fishing time. I want to hang the cave with dried fish." Jiang Hao said in high spirits.

Just as he was about to go into the sea with the harpoon, he suddenly saw two clothes hanging on a tree branch, a sweater and a shirt, which Jiang Hao took off when he just climbed the island, and hung on the tree branch.

It had been drying for two days, and it was already dry. Jiang Hao wanted to take them off and put them back in the hole, but suddenly saw a lot of white particles on the sweater.

His heart moved.

This is~~~

Salt!

He squeezed a white pellet and put it into his mouth. The mouth was slightly salty. Jiang Hao was overjoyed. It was really salt. He hadn't eaten salt for two days.

He searched the sweater, and after a while he found a pinch of salt.

People can't lack salt. If you don't eat salt for a long time, you will be weak and have many problems. Since you have just escaped the danger in the past two days, he has not been able to take care of these. He will definitely live on the island for a long time, and it is very necessary to get some salt.

Jiang Hao thought for a while, he is still not short of food, um, the fishing plan is temporarily put on hold, and today's work is to get salt.

He has seen several methods of collecting salt in the wild in the wild life book. Now that he is on an island, he is naturally extracting sea salt.

Set up the stove,

Find enough wood.

Jiang Hao made another wooden shelf, ran back to the cave, took the lady's nightdress, folded it a few times and fixed it on the shelf.

Take the conch in the sea to fetch sea water.

In the first step of filtration, the sea water passes through several layers of gauze to filter out sediment, debris, seaweed, insect eggs, etc., and then falls directly into the shell pot and starts to boil over high heat.

He is now using the simplest method of boiling and extracting sea salt.

As the boiled seawater evaporates, a layer of white crystals is left on the shell, which is the original salt, also called coarse salt.

Jiang Hao picked up a piece and licked it, and spat out two mouthfuls. It was salty and astringent, and the taste was really bad.

Jiang Hao knows that most of the crude salt is sodium chloride, that is, salt, but also contains chemical substances such as barium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate, calcium sulfate, etc. It is very bad for the human body to eat directly. It may be poisoned, and an excessive consumption may cause symptoms such as convulsions, convulsions, paralysis and even difficulty in breathing.

Jiang Hao smashed the coarse salt into powder, smashed some plant ash and mixed it into it, and then added fresh water and stirred it to dissolve.

Some plants, especially those growing in saline-alkali land, can absorb more sodium ions in the soil, and the ash burned with them contains more alkali. Adding plant ash can react to remove some of the chemical substances in sea salt, especially the toxic components. .

Then filter and boil again, add charcoal ashes, react, filter, and boil again, and so on three or four times. The salt finally obtained is basically edible without the original bitterness.

Although there are still some chemical components remaining, the damage to the human body has been reduced a lot.

Now the conditions are limited, and it can only be so.

In ancient times, many generations of ancestors ate sea salt directly, so they came here.

Moreover, he is not going to use these salts for cooking directly, but for pickling fish. Most of the pickled fish on the market now use coarse salt, and some small dried fish on the market are even used directly after they are caught. Boiled in sea water and made into dried fish.

I haven't seen a few killed.

After a whole day of work, Jiang Hao finally collected a conch salt, about three or four catties. The salt particles turned black because of the carbon ash. Therefore, Jiang Hao named this salt "black salt". There was enough salt for him to eat alone for a long time.

Dinner is fish broth as usual, but because of the salt, the taste is much better than before. Lying on his stone bed, there is a conch on the stone wall, which is full of black salt.

"It's another big step towards civilization, and it seems that I'm not far from moving towards a moderately prosperous society." Jiang Hao laughed, yawned and fell asleep.

the next day,

As usual, he got up early to collect fresh water, which was already a job he couldn't do without, and it would continue in the future.

After breakfast, Jiang Hao took the harpoon and dragged the life raft to the sea. He was busy with his work. Maybe he was unlucky today. He only caught two fish. They were not big and only weighed two or three pounds. Did you come home empty-handed?

Seeing that it was noon and the sun was full, Jiang Hao was about to go back, but just as he was paddling back on the life raft, he suddenly saw a black belt appearing on the bottom of the sea. He was pleasantly surprised when he looked closely.

Crabs move!

During mating and spawning season or in pursuit of food, crabs travel in large groups from one location to another.

He slammed down and slowly swam towards the crab group. Now, he is the one standing at the top of the food chain. Here is his food. There are countless crabs. He chooses whichever he wants.

Jiang Hao picked up the biggest striker, these big blue crabs, the biggest ones weighed two pounds. Jiang Hao swam over to the crabs without running away. He stood up and waved his big pincers in a defensive posture.

But their level of defense could not prevent Jiang Hao, who was holding a tool in his hand. The spear stabbed out, and after a while, three or four big crabs were strung together. After surfaced, they threw the big crabs on the life raft and continued to dive. , Three or four times back and forth, Jiang Hao caught a dozen big crabs.

Looking at the crab in the life raft, Jiang Hao stopped.

Unlike fish, crabs can be made into dried fish, which is very difficult to preserve. Moreover, crabs are cold and cannot be eaten too much. There are a dozen or so crabs, which are enough for his food today.

Back at the beach, Jiang Hao dragged the life raft ashore.

Start preparing lunch.

Fill the shell pot with seawater, throw the crabs in, and cook the crabs directly in seawater.

When fishermen are at sea, they often cook shrimp and crabs in seawater. Cooking seafood in seawater removes the fishy smell and tastes delicious. In the past, when seafood was cheap at the seaside, people often helped to cook the seafood, which was the seawater. Even now, some tourism You can also see this way of eating in the city.

Crabs are cooked in ten minutes.

Jiang Hao couldn't wait to pick up a big crab and opened the back cover to reveal that it was full of crab roe. It was really fat.