As soon as he heard that he could work for the lord, Ron was worried that such a good thing would be robbed by others, so he hurriedly agreed.He also patted his chest and said that he has many years of experience in cattle raising and is one of the old farmers in Bianshu Town, so he is most suitable for this task.It is naturally good to have an extra income, not to mention that the salary provided by the lord is not bad.So, Rona left all the cattle in the family to his wife to take care of, and happily followed the people sent by Owen to report.In a simple breeding house in the corner of the courtyard, Rona was stunned when he saw the two strong acid slimes to be raised in the future.He knew that the lord needed people with breeding experience, and he thought that he was going to raise some kind of livestock, but it turned out to be a monster, but it was a low-level monster like a slime.God knows what the lord is going to do raising slimes.It doesn't matter if you don't know the purpose, more importantly, Rona doesn't know how to raise!
What if I die?
This was obtained from the Starflame Kingdom by the Lord Lord's entrustment to the Chamber of Commerce, and he would definitely not be able to afford it.Thinking of this, Rona couldn't help but retreat."
Please rest assured, I have summed up a set of breeding experience, and I will teach it to you."
Owen naturally saw Ronna's concern and reassured him.Since he didn't need to explore the slime breeding experience by himself, Rona was a little relieved.But after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized something, and said with a shocked face: "Lord Lord, are you going to teach me personally?"
”"That's right."
Owen nodded, "I'm the only one in the entire Frontier Town who has experience in breeding slimes. ”Hearing this, Rhona said with sincere fear: "Please rest assured, Lord Lord, I will definitely study wholeheartedly and raise the slime well!"
”It can be seen that the lord attaches great importance to the matter of breeding slimes, so he will have to work harder.Next, Owen explained to Rona in detail about his daily work in the future, such as, when to feed the food?
After establishing a good relationship with the slime, how do you get acid?
How many times a day?
Wait a minute.Rona struggled to memorize the work with his brain.Since the construction of the slime farm had only just been negotiated with Viru, Ron needed to go in and out of the castle courtyard every day.Owen agreed with the guards in advance that he would be allowed to go directly.Anyway, the current number of strong acid slimes is only two, and the breeding house built in the courtyard can still be maintained.After Owen finished the work arrangement, Rona was still whispering the content of the work to himself, for fear that he would accidentally forget any important steps.Seeing this, Owen handed the stack of papers in his hand to Ronna's hand.Holding the pile of paper, Ron asked suspiciously, "Lord Lord, what is this?"
”"I have summarized the breeding experience and daily work arrangement.""
But......"
Rona scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, "Lord Lord, I don't know how to read." ”"Oh?
In that case, you still have to go to school for night literacy classes for adults. ”Owen said."
Huh?!"
Hearing this, Rhon's mouth opened wide.After a while, he nodded mechanically: "Understood, I'll go to class." ”"Don't worry."
Owen added, "I'll be there every day to teach you what to do until the slime accepts you, and you'll definitely remember the job." ”"Then why are you still ......"
Before he could finish speaking, Owen interrupted and explained: "Let you read and write, so as to prepare for the future." ”"Oh, I see."
Since the lord said so, Rhona didn't say anything more.Let's learn, he just didn't expect that when people reach middle age, they still have to be literate, and he thought that he would never be able to touch words in his life.Owen's request was also based on the fact that in the future, Rona would manage the slime farm, and he would need to record the amount of acid he had obtained every day, and he would also have to write a report every once in a while to report the situation on the farm.In the process of handing over the task of slime farming to Rhona, Owen is also preparing for another thing, which is to make nitrocellulose.As mentioned earlier, Owen is going to make a rear-loading rifled gun and gradually replace the current front-loading smoothbore gun.Geeta had already built two rear-loading rifled guns as test muskets, one of which Owen had given to Viscount Jarvis as agreed.The corresponding machines for the manufacture of shells and warheads were also prepared, and copper was relatively soft in texture, had good ductility, and was easy to process into shells and warheads.But the primer of the bullet was not resolved, so the mass production of rear-loading rifled guns was delayed.Viscount Jarvis once tried to use paper-shell bullets to shoot, but because the end of the barrel of the rear-loading gun was not sealed, there was no guarantee of blocking the gunpowder gas, and the speed and power of the lead shot fired were greatly reduced, and the effect was not satisfactory.Seeing this result, Viscount Jarvis shook his head in disappointment, and could only wait for the metal-shelled fixed ammunition to be manufactured before conducting a second shooting test.And this nitrocellulose can solve the problem of the primer of the bullet very well, it is more sensitive to sparks than black powder, and can ensure the firing rate of the bullet.Of course, there are materials that are more suitable as a primer than nitrocellulose, such as mercury thunderate.However, the manufacturing process of mercury thunderate is much more complex than nitrocellulose, and the material is not readily available and cannot be produced in large quantities.Even if it is produced, it needs a safe storage warehouse.Mercury thunderate is extremely unstable and can be detonated with a slight bump.If a large explosion occurs due to improper storage, the consequences are unimaginable.In contrast, the production process of nitrocellulose is simpler, and the storage conditions are easier.In addition, nitrocellulose, or nitrocellulose, is an important component of smokeless gunpowder, and when it is ready to replace black powder with smokeless gunpowder in the future, nitrocellulose will also need to be manufactured in large quantities.Prepare in advance.All in all, take your time step by step, don't be in a hurry, and wait for the conditions to be met, and then upgrade in all aspects.Because he intended to use nitrocellulose as a bullet primer, Owen asked Geeta to make a flintlock reloader.To make nitrocellulose cotton, materials such as absorbent cotton should be prepared first.But there is no absorbent cotton in this world!
It was up to Owen to make it himself.Caustic soda was needed to defatease cotton purchased from outside, and Owen first used the method of electrolysis of saturated brine to produce sodium hydroxide.Then put the cotton into the caustic soda solution, heat and boil for about ten minutes, and then cool, rinse, and dry to obtain absorbent cotton.Immediately afterwards, Owen mixed the concentrated sulfuric acid and concentrated nitric acid obtained from the strong acid slime in a ratio of 3:1, soaked the absorbent cotton in it, and soaked it for about 20 minutes, and this process is nitrification.After that, take it out, wash it, and boil it in a dilute sodium hydroxide solution to remove excess acid.Finally, these wet finished products are dried, and the result is nitrocellulose.Owen was done step by step at Winster's instructions, and the final finished product should be fine.