"Shaman, now that the Tribe has a steam engine, will we be able to develop even more?" Yu Ying asked. When she had seen that massive contraption inside the wooden house, she had been quite confused, not knowing what this large iron box could do.
"With the steam engine, the Tribe can accomplish so much more. Our pace of developnt would increase, and our lives would beco so much better." Su Bai smiled.
One must understand that the steam engine was essential for any Transmigrated person. With this device, many tasks could be rapidly done.
Most importantly, even manufacturing firearms would not be as difficult. If this steam engine were constructed properly, it could subsequently be utilised for transportation as well.
Naturally, Su Bai was thinking of steam trains, though this remained sowhat distant for the present.
"Shaman, will manufacturing those firearms be very troubleso?" Yu Ying’s mind turned to these weapons.
"It will be quite troubleso, but I have already given them the technical drawings I sketched out. Having sothing to reference, it should not take them too long to produce a prototype." Su Bai said.
He had spent a considerable amount of ti providing detailed explanations of the firearms, along with emphasised precautions to them.
For instance, the firearm barrel must be fused together at high temperatures, and the interior must be extrely smooth, otherwise it would be easy for the gun to misfire and could also cause the barrel to burst.
Additionally, the bolt and grip manufacturing required great attention, since firearms operated manually rather than automatically, so the bolt’s smooth operation needed to be ensured, otherwise jamming would be disastrous.
"Shaman, the crops in the greenhouses have all matured, but we have too many of them. Even so, if we don’t harvest them, they might start rotting. Should we harvest them and distribute them?" Yu Ying asked.
Yu Ying had seen that morning when she went to the greenhouses and saw that most of those crops had already matured, including cabbage, tomatoes, wheat, and so forth.
Crops like wheat were relatively manageable and could be harvested directly, but cabbage was more problematic. If not harvested early, they would easily rot.
"Harvest everything. Keep so for our own consumption and use so to make pickled vegetables." Su Bai said.
Back on Earth, many foods were prepared through pickling, and such foods possessed a distinctive flavour.
Items like pickled beans, pickled vegetables, or other preserved foods were extrely popular back on Earth.
"Shaman, what are pickled vegetables?" Yu Ying had not heard this novel term before.
"It is similar to making preserved at. Fresh vegetables are placed in containers and preserved, then after so ti they can be taken out and eaten." Su Bai said.
The process of making pickled vegetables was not difficult. The key considerations were sterilisation and the amount of salt to use. These required attention otherwise the pickling would easily fail.
"Shaman, then I’ll harvest everything. Once I’m done, can you teach how to prepare them?" Yu Ying imdiately asked.
"Of course. After harvesting the wheat, dry it in the living room on the ground floor, since it is snowing outside," Su Bai instructed.
Freshly harvested wheat contained moisture, and if it were not dried thoroughly before storage, it would develop mould.
"Yes, Shaman. Apart from distributing our wheat to the Chieftain and the Hunting Team Leader, we still have quite a bit of wheat remaining. When storing it, we should separate them, correct?" Yu Ying asked.
This was her first ti dealing with such matters, so she needed to clarify everything beforehand.
"Yeah, consu the old wheat first, and store the new wheat." Su Bai nodded.
"I understand," Yu Ying nodded, planning to move the old wheat out first.
Then, she would distribute so according to hierarchy. Naturally, this way, the Yong’an Building would continue using the freshest wheat.
"There is another thod, which is to transform the wheat into wheat flour. This can also be used to make delicious cuisine." Su Bai said.
He was thinking of bread and various foods made with wheat flour back on Earth. Such foods offered a different taste compared to wheat porridge. Moreover, such foods were extrely popular in the West on Earth, as Westerners particularly enjoyed consuming bread-based products.
"Wheat flour? Shaman, what foods can be made with wheat flour?" Yu Ying asked.
"Fetch so wheat, then grind it into powder, and I shall teach you how to prepare it," Su Bai instructed.
"Yes," Yu Ying nodded and ran into the kitchen to fetch the wheat.
Yu Ying brought out the wheat, placing it all in an Animal Hide Bag, then took a stone and began striking it.
*Clang clang clang…* Various impact sounds rang out as the originally plump wheat grains transford into powder.
"Shaman, is this okay?" Yu Ying asked curiously.
"Not yet. This is still sowhat coarse. Fetch a sieve and filter out the larger particles." Su Bai instructed.
He took the material and began operating, pouring the coarse wheat powder onto the sieve and gradually allowing the fine powder to filter through.
"Take a thicker stick and roll it back and forth on top," Su Bai handed the finer powder to Yu Ying while continuing to grind the wheat grains that had not been completely crushed.
"Yes," Yu Ying nodded.
The two collaborated like this, repeatedly processing the wheat flour until it beca extrely fine powder.
"Great, the grinding is now complete." Su Bai said with satisfaction. Although it had beco refined powder, this had been rather ti-consuming.
In ancient tis, Western Nobles on Earth frequently did this, grinding wheat flour into powder to prepare food.
However, this was exclusive to the Nobles. Only Nobles possessed surplus wheat for food preparation, and only they could grind the powder to such fineness.
Others struggled daily rely to obtain enough food and had no leisure ti to create such delicacies.
"Shaman, can this now be used to make food?" Yu Ying asked expectantly.
"It can be used to make bread. Fetch a few eggs." Su Bai said.
Making bread was not difficult. Wild bird eggs were all that was needed, and these were abundant in their Tribe.
"Bread?" Yu Ying asked, tilting her head.
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