Chapter 44 The Merchant from the Neighboring City

   "I should have thought of that!"

   "The most abundant resource in Linghu Lake is not just the fish in the lake, but the abundant nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium on the lake shoreline! We are almost there, just ahead!"

   walked towards the lake with mosquitoes, and said excitedly along the way.

  The two stopped at a shoal by the lake.

  The vegetation here is lush and easy to hide. It is an excellent water intake point for both people and animals.

   Gu Feng had just stretched out his hand and was about to point his fingers, when Mosquito stepped forward before him, walked to a relatively flat rock and squatted down.

  I saw him stretch out his index finger and lightly smear it on the stone wall, then leaned in to smell it, and tried to lick it.

  Gu Feng couldn't care about his hot eyes and asked quickly.

   "How is it?"

   spit on the ground, and the mosquito's face was half happy and half sad.

   "Bah, why are there still fresh ones..."

   Gale: "..."

  Although I accidentally tasted fresh bird droppings, one thing is certain, there are indeed a lot of struvite stones.

  The main component of this ore is Mg(NH4)[PO4]·6H2O, which has an orthorhombic structure. It is not difficult to see just by looking at the chemical composition. How versatile this thing is.

Not only that, when a certain amount of struvite is formed, the ammonia component in it will be gradually oxidized to nitric acid under the action of nitrifying bacteria, and finally accumulated under the soil in the form of potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, calcium nitrate, magnesium nitrate, etc. , forming the so-called nitrate.

This kind of saltpeter, which is a "associated mineral", only needs to be boiled with a simple method, such as mixing with plant ash that has not filtered out the potash and alkali water, and the calcium ions and magnesium ions in it can be precipitated, and then saltpeter with a small amount of impurities can be produced !

   In simple terms, once you find bird droppings, you basically master saltpeter.

   Having saltpeter is basically equivalent to having gunpowder!

   In fact, it is not just bird droppings. There are a lot of excrement of different species distributed on the shore of Linghu Lake. These excrement gradually weathered and deposited and hardened with the passage of time, and finally formed bezoar ore.

   As for why there are so many bezoars by the lake, it is actually very easy to understand.

   In the early years of this planet entering the Wasteland Era, it experienced a period of severe cold that lasted for nearly half a century.

   During that period, Linghu Wetland Park, as the area with the most abundant water resources, used to have a large number of wild animals and livestock that escaped pastures living here.

  These feces should have been left at that time.

  It was not until the end of the severe cold period that a more prosperous ecosystem was formed in the uninhabited urban area, and the place gradually became deserted.

   "With these nitrates, it's not a big problem to get the black powder out!" Standing up from the ground, Mosquito looked at Gu Feng excitedly, "Help me, let's get more back."

   Gu Feng asked in confusion.

   "There is nitrate and charcoal, but I remember that there is sulfur in the formula of black powder? Where are you going to find sulfur?"

  If he remembered correctly, things like sulfur usually appear near craters or hot springs.

   However, this area obviously does not seem to have these two things.

   Mosquito froze for a moment.

   Apparently he hadn't had time to think about it.

   "Uh, if there is no sulfur, sulfate can actually be used, but the process is a little more troublesome... It should be easy to find, right?"

   Gu Feng glanced around and shrugged helplessly.

   "Anyway, let's look first."

  …

  Unfortunately, there was no sulfur in the forest, and nothing suspicious of sulfur was seen by the lake.

  Think about it too.

   How could this thing appear in the wetland park?

   Fortunately, just when the two were about to give up, they found some gypsum mines by a small river extending out from Linghu Lake.

  The ingredient of this thing is calcium sulfate, which can be burned together with carbon at high temperature to generate calcium sulfide and carbon dioxide, which are the sulfate minerals they are looking for!

"Why did I forget about this!" Mosquito slapped himself on the back of the head angrily, "I watched Lao Bai and the others burn cement two days ago, and they seem to have mixed this gypsum powder into it! This thing is not him. Is mom calcium sulfate?"

   Gu Feng said with a wry smile.

   "Is this the so-called dark under the lights?"

   "Anyway, the result is good." He picked up some gypsum ore and put it in a plastic bucket. Mosquito washed his hands, stood up and looked at the wind and said, "Let's go, the materials are ready, let's go back."

   Gu Feng nodded and followed behind him.

  The two returned to the survivors' settlement together, and were about to walk to the cabin, but found that there was a commotion in front of the settlement's door.

  I saw that the players who were working on the construction site had come down from the scaffolding at some point, and they were all carrying guys in their hands, surrounding a cow with two heads.

   A strange man stood beside the two-headed cow.

   He was wearing a leather jacket, with a pleasing smile, making strange gestures, and murmuring something incomprehensible.

   Mosquito looked curious and stopped.

   "Who is that person? New NPC?"

   I didn't hear that it will be updated today.

   "I don't know, I'll ask..."

  Guangfeng is an activist, put down the plastic bucket in his hand, strode towards the scrambled egg brother who was standing in front of the bacon stand watching the fun, and pulled him a curious question.

   "What happened there? Who is that person?"

  Brother Scrambled Egg folded his arms and shook his head.

"I don't know the specifics. According to others, it seems that our people met this guy on the way back from the construction site to transport the stones, and then the guy didn't say anything, just followed, and followed our people all the way to here. ."

   The wind approached and heard the players' voices.

   "Why did this cow have two heads?"

   "Domesticated xenogeneic?"

   "This man followed us all the way! I bet he's not a good thing, maybe it's the work of a predator!"

   "Not necessarily, what if it's an NPC?"

   "The reason doesn't make sense. If it's an NPC, it won't even be able to communicate, right?"

   "Could it be that the condition was not triggered?"

   "How about we lock him up and wait until the manager comes back?"

   Feeling the increasingly unkind eyes of the people around him, Sun Shiqi, who was surrounded by the crowd, felt a lot of pressure.

  Although he had a revolver hidden under his leather jacket and the safety was on, even if he emptied the magazine, it would only have 6 bullets.

   And the residents of the shelter who were getting closer and closer would not give him a chance to shoot 6 shots in a row.

   One person and one hammer, and he had to lie down on the ground.

"I repeat, I'm not malicious, I'm a businessman, businessman, do you understand? Damn it, no matter how bad it was 200 years ago, you wouldn't even have a business as a profession, right? Or did you sleep for too long and forget it? "

"Okay, calm down, to put it another way, I want to use these things on the cow's back to exchange with you for something you don't lack and I just need...anything is fine! Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to exchange it, I'll leave now, I promise not to disturb you again!"

   Seeing that there is no way to communicate at all, Sun Shiqi has already begun to withdraw.

   However, the residents of the shelter had no intention of moving away, but instead got closer and closer, and even took out the rope.

  Sun Shiqi was desperate.

   Just when he was thinking about whether to fight to the death, the blue jackets surrounding him suddenly gave way.

  I saw a man with a mutated reindeer corpse on his shoulders walking towards him.

   The mutant reindeer was said to weigh more than 100 kilograms, and its size was about to catch up with a horse, but the man seemed to be nothing, carrying a prey that could cover him and walked as usual.

   Although he was wearing a harmless blue jacket, Sun Shiqi still smelled a very dangerous aura from him.

This guy……

   Definitely not an ordinary shelter resident!

  The man threw the prey heavily on the ground, and said a few words to his companions, and then these people obediently dispersed.

   Looking at the man walking towards him, Sun Shiqi was nervous and nervous.

   For a moment, a thought flashed in his mind. If you can hold this person in front of you, you may be able to leave here smoothly.

   However, his intuition told him that if he did this, he would die the moment he started...

   "Who are you?" Chu Guang looked at him and asked.

   Hearing the man talking to him, Sun Shiqi was slightly taken aback, and an expression of surprise appeared on his face instantly.

   "You can speak? No, I didn't mean that, I mean you can speak the language here?"

   The language here refers to the natural language of people.

  Before the war, this area belonged to the territory of the People's Federation, and naturally a unified language was used. It stands to reason that the inhabitants of the shelter also use the slang language, but I don't know why these people are a little different.

  Chu Guang frowned slightly, looked at him and continued.

   "Now I'll ask you something."

   "Answer me, who are you?"

   Hearing the unkindness in that tone, Sun Shiqi quickly explained.

   "My surname is Sun, my name is Sun Shiqi, and I come from Honghe Town next door! I'm a businessman!"

  Red River Town?

   Hearing this unfamiliar place name, Chu Guang raised his eyebrows slightly.

   He only knew that this was Qingquan City, located in the river valley province in the hinterland of the People's Federation. As for the other cities in the River Valley Province, he is not very clear.

   "What are you doing in Qingquan City?"

  Sun Shiqi said cautiously.

   "I'm a businessman... of course I'm here to do business."

  Chu Guang's expression did not move.

   "Businessman? Then why did I hear from my companions that you followed them?"

   "Misunderstanding, this is definitely a misunderstanding!"

  Sun Shiqi waved his hand and explained in a dumbfounding manner.

"I was planning to go to Boulder City, and I happened to see them wearing blue coats on the road. I thought there was a shelter nearby, so I wanted to exchange something with you... I'm just a businessman, I'm really not offended. the meaning of!"

   He didn't expect these people to be so sensitive.

   It was an ordinary settlement for survivors, and he definitely did not dare to rush over there alone, but it was different if it was a shelter.

  These little cuties in blue coats are notoriously silly and sweet in the wasteland, both easy to bully and easy to deceive.

   Most of them are the elites of the pre-war society, or the descendants of the elites, often claiming to be descendants of civilization, arrogant and arrogant.

   At that time, he thought that he would follow the past, and he would not have any loss if he was sent away as a beggar.

  Where did he think that after these people brought him in, they would directly surround him without saying a word, nor listen to him, nor did they intend to leave.

   is not about martial arts!

   did not relax the expression on his face because of this guy's explanation, Chu Guang still looked at him blankly and continued.

   "Offensive or not, you have indeed done something to offend us. I believe stalking is not a friendly act anywhere in this wasteland, are you right?"

  Sun Shiqi was sweating profusely and nodded.

   "...you're right."

"Very well, it seems that you have realized your mistake," Chu Guang nodded, "but you don't have to worry, we are reasonable people, I have persuaded my companions just now and told them that you are willing to offend yourself. Apologize for the behavior."

  Sun Shiqi nodded quickly.

   "Yes yes, I do!"

   Hearing this sentence, a smile finally appeared on Chu Guang's face.

   "That's fine. By the way, you shouldn't suggest that we choose it ourselves?"

  Sun Shiqi was stunned for a moment, looking at the man in front of him with a confused expression.

   "Wait, what do you mean by pick yourself?"

  Chu Guang said of course.

   "You can't apologize without your bare hands, right? Or how did you come to apologize? We won't lie to you, at most we just pick something from your bull's back."

   Having said that, the smile that appeared on Chu Guang's face before gradually collapsed.

   "You shouldn't... be reluctant?"

  Sun Shiqi's face was uglier than crying, but he still bit his head.

   "No! Everything is on this car... you choose."

  These bandits!

   What about the restraint and pride of being a civilized person?

   Actually robbed a ragged wastelander!

   It's like a rich man with a lot of money going to rob beggars begging on the side of the road, don't these people feel ashamed for their actions?

   Chilling!

  Sun Shiqi cursed in his heart, but he still greeted him with a smile on his face, daring not to show any negative emotions.

   He has gradually begun to realize that this sanctuary seems to be fundamentally different from the sanctuary he has encountered before.

   As for Chu Guang, he didn't care what the businessman was thinking.

   Because that doesn't matter at all.

   Seeing this guy being so sensible, a happy smile appeared on his face again.

   "Then I'm welcome."

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   (The two chapters add up to almost 8,000 words. To be fair, although I am still the same me, I am already stronger than the former Ergeng beast. It is not too much to ask for a recommendation ticket and a monthly ticket with confidence~)

   (end of this chapter)