I am farming in the real world.

Chapter 57 Redstone Alternatives

Chen Jue was not too surprised about the discovery of [silver ore].

After all, Xijiang Province has been the main silver producing area in the country since ancient times. Wannian Silver Mine and Guixi Silver Mine are large silver mines that rank among the top ten in the country in terms of reserves and output.

Even the 'silver mountain' in the phrase 'gold mountain and silver mountain' originated from the Yinshan silver mine site in Dexing City, which was mined during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

It would be strange not to find silver ore when digging tunnels underground in a province full of silver mines.

What surprised Chen Jue the most was the appearance of [Lepidolite] and the subtitle description of it in the MC system.

"The substitute for redstone in MC is actually lithium, a metal element?"

Chen Jue opened his mouth, and thought of the new energy vehicles that are currently running on the streets.

Since his bankruptcy two years ago, he has been penniless and has not paid attention to commodities such as cars for a long time.

But seeing that his relatives, friends and villagers in Chencun all switch to new energy vehicles during the New Year and other holidays, Chen Jue has some understanding of this.

Things like ternary lithium, lithium iron phosphate, and even the rumored solid-state lithium batteries are about to come out.

I never thought that this lithium element would have some similarities with the redstone in MC.

"It takes into account both the properties of conductivity and energy storage. So it seems that lithium is not the only alternative. The palladium inserted in Iron Man's chest, or any material that can be used to make batteries, may become a substitute for redstone."

"Wait...it can only inherit some of the characteristics, which means it can be made into a castrated version of redstone?" Chen Jue grabbed the [Lepidolite] in his hand and analyzed it, his eyes flashing.

Because the [Redstone] in MC is an extremely powerful gaming mineral material.

It not only has the ability to store and release redstone energy, but after the redstone powder is placed on the block, it can also transmit signals like optical fibers and telephone lines in the real world.

You can even use redstone to brew medicine!
Countless MC expert players can develop various redstone technologies in the game with the help of [Redstone], a material with unlimited ways of playing.

For example, by imitating circuit diagrams in the real world and implementing simple mechanical device control, even novices can get started.

More advanced players can use [redstone] to create huge elevators, automatic farms, tunnel boring machines and other devices.

For a more hardcore gameplay, you can even build your own mini-game platform in the game MC and build a redstone computer in the game!

Building a computer for yourself to play in a computer game?
Such a creative way of playing can only be imagined by the great gods!
Of course, Chen Jue could barely be considered a half-MC high-level player.
It’s been many years since I last played this game, but as long as you have enough materials, you can restore most of the redstone technology in MC after some experimentation.

Previously, since no practical substitute for [Redstone] had been found, the idea of ​​making various devices was temporarily shelved.

Now that he has found the metal element lithium to serve as the castrated version of redstone, Chen Jue naturally becomes more active.

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So he picked up the [lepidolite] and threw it into the furnace to try to refine it.

Soon, under the burning of coal, a new smelting formula emerged: [Lepidolite] → [Lithium particles].

"Just like smelting iron ore, they directly removed the impurities in the lithium ore and refined lithium?!"

Chen Jue was shocked by the result.

Switching to Steve form, he carefully took out the silver-white [lithium particles] from the furnace.

As I stared at it, a line of subtitles appeared. [Lithium particles: metal material, with some of the properties of redstone.]

The reason why he was so cautious was that lithium is a very active metal that reacts violently with oxygen and water.

In the real world, lithium is the third metal element in the periodic table, and is slightly less active than sodium.

To give a simple example, the lithium particles produced by the metallurgical industry are used to make high-energy rocket fuel. They must be made into special powder or spheres and then stored in an air-tight container.

If he got carried away and used this thing to replace redstone to lay circuits, Chen Jue was afraid that he would be blown to death before he could develop the redstone technology.

"It looks good but is useless!"

"If we want to replace redstone, it seems that we can only use more stable lithium compounds such as ternary lithium and lithium iron phosphate." Chen Jue swallowed and temporarily put the extremely unstable [lithium particle] in his hand into the storage box.

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Since he discovered a possible castrated version of Redstone in the real world, Chen Jue was looking forward to reproducing the Redstone technology in MC.

So he ordered a team of iron golems to go along the newly laid railway line to the excavation frontier in Xijiang Province to mine the discovered [silver ore] and [lepidolite]

As for Chen Jue himself, after taking a comfortable bath in the underground base, he went to the old house and used Taobao on his mobile phone to place an order for a large number of different models of batteries circulating on the market.

I bought some nickel-cadmium batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries, lithium batteries, lead-acid batteries, etc.

His purpose was simple, which was to use the exhaustive method to disassemble the materials in various types of batteries in the real world to see if there were any redstone alternative materials that were more stable than lithium.

After placing the order for all kinds of batteries, Chen Jue went back to the base and lay down on the bed to rest.

When I woke up the next morning, I found that a batch of [silver ore] excavated and sent back from the front line had been put into the furnace by the iron golems under the command of the lackey and refined into [silver ingots].

Looking at these silver ingots that look like those Internet celebrities use to grab silver bricks in the street challenge, Chen Jue feels that it is not appropriate to just sell them as is to replenish the funds on hand.

If you further combine it into a [silver block] of one cubic meter in size, it will be even more eye-catching.

So after thinking for a moment, Chen Jue went out for a simple breakfast, and then went to the hardware market in Rui County to buy several sets of graphite and molds.

Afterwards, he took a detour to Minghua Shipyard and used the processing equipment in the factory to make the mold himself.

He learned a few tricks from his master when he ran an auto parts factory, so it was not too difficult for him to make a shape of the investment silver bricks commonly seen in banks.

After the mold is opened, the [silver ingots] produced by this batch of MC are thrown into the electric arc furnace to be melted into silver liquid, and then poured into the mold to be made into silver bars in batches.

He picked one up and played with it for a while. The heavy feeling in his hand made Chen Jue smile with satisfaction.

Apart from the lack of outer plastic packaging, these silver bars are basically the same as those circulating in the market in terms of shape and the words "investment silver bars", "1000g" and "Ag999.9" engraved on them.

He made several sturdy wooden boxes and packed 5000 such silver bars in them. Chen Jue asked Tieyi to drive the truck, and he took his lackeys with him to directly transport the batch of silver bars to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China branch in Wansonglu, Rui County.

"Handsome guy, what business do you want to handle? Please use your ID card to get a number here. There are more than a dozen people queuing in front of the counter." The lobby manager in charge of patrolling the hall saw Chen Jue coming in and thought he was a young man who came to handle ordinary business, so he politely reminded him.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jue smiled and said, "Forget about taking a number. I want to discuss a big deal with your Manager Cai. The VIP room is on the second floor, right?"

The second update is here~
It’s a little late and I’m sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time.

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