I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 584, New Transportation Tools

Translator: Silavin

“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 development would increase, and our lives would become 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 somewhat distant for the present.

“Shaman, will manufacturing those firearms be very troublesome?” Yu Ying’s mind turned to these weapons.

“It will be quite troublesome, but I have already given them the technical drawings I sketched out. Having something to reference, it should not take them too long to produce a prototype.” Su Bai said.

He had spent a considerable amount of time 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 extremely 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 some for our own consumption and use some 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 extremely popular back on Earth.

“Shaman, what are pickled vegetables?” Yu Ying had not heard this novel term before.

“It is similar to making preserved meat. Fresh vegetables are placed in containers and preserved, then after some time 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 me how to prepare them?” Yu Ying immediately 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 time dealing with such matters, so she needed to clarify everything beforehand.

“Yeah, consume 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 some according to hierarchy. Naturally, this way, the Yong’an Building would continue using the freshest wheat.

“There is another method, 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 extremely 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 some 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 transformed into powder.

“Shaman, is this okay?” Yu Ying asked curiously.

“Not yet. This is still somewhat 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 became extremely fine powder.

“Great, the grinding is now complete.” Su Bai said with satisfaction. Although it had become refined powder, this had been rather time-consuming.

In ancient times, 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 merely to obtain enough food and had no leisure time 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 me 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.