Steel Dynasty - Chapter 95

[Chapter 95 Lu Tong’s feelings]

“The green ore in front of you now is called green vitriol. I have taught you all this. We didn’t have experimental instruments before and couldn’t operate them. Now we have these chemical instruments. Today I will show you how to do it. Use green vitriol to prepare sulfuric acid. After this experiment, you will start producing sulfuric acid,” Xiao Ming said.

Now this group of people have mastered basic chemical knowledge. In Xiao Ming’s view, they have at least junior high school level chemical knowledge. Putting this knowledge into production is not a problem.

The purpose of knowledge is application. After all, this knowledge must be used in production.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Lu Tong and others were confident, and now three or four months have passed in a flash. During this period, they did not have to worry about their own food, clothing, housing and transportation. They focused on studying. Xiao Ming’s chemistry teaching opened up a new world for them. They had never thought that there was such magical knowledge.

Every time Xiao Ming teaches, these atomic structures, molecular structures, and the appearances of various rare metals seem to appear in their minds, allowing them to understand them quickly.

Nodding with satisfaction, Xiao Ming put the green vitriol into the test tube, passed the other end into the water, and then used an alcohol lamp to heat it.

Now that alcohol can be purified and glass bottles can be produced, the alcohol lamp is naturally no problem. This is also one of the conditions for chemical experiments to be carried out.

Lu Tong and others stared at Xiao Ming’s operations for a moment, for fear of missing anything.

Now they are eager to put the knowledge they have learned into use, but there is a shortage of various chemical materials, and it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.

With the addition of alcohol, the color of the green vitriol slowly changed from green to reddish brown, which proved that the green vitriol was successfully decomposed.

After the class, under the supervision of Xiao Ming, Lu Tong and others followed suit and successfully prepared sulfuric acid, but even if everyone combined could only prepare a little bit.

“Your Highness, let us do the rest by ourselves. After studying for so long, we cannot let His Highness teach us in person every time. We can also explore on our own. Your Highness only needs to provide us with materials.”

Teaching experiment After it was over, Lu Tong came over and said to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming felt relieved that these students finally had this awareness. Thinking about it, the modern motherland also built its own strong industrial system from scratch, relying on its own exploration.

Now that he is responsible for providing knowledge, he also has to believe that these students can also create miracles.

He said: “If you are ambitious, in this case, I have taught you the knowledge of three acids and two alkalis. If you think of a way to start production and need money, just tell me if you want manpower.”

Lu Tong nodded excitedly and said from a slave The comfortable life we have now was all given by King Qi.

They are people who repay their kindness, and at the same time they also want to make their own contribution to their hometown so that the people in the fiefdom will no longer suffer humiliation.

Xiao Ming felt relieved, and he saw an emotion called affection in Lu Tong’s eyes.

It is feelings that allow a person to give up his own interests and devote his life to the interests of the public. When the modern motherland is in poverty, it is precisely because of these people that the country will become stronger step by step.

This is a noble character. He has seen this character from Pang Yukun, from Lu Fei, from Chen Wenlong and his son, and from Fan Zeng.

It is precisely because of this character that they will risk their lives to support their own changes and make the fiefdom richer and stronger.

He needs people with this kind of character, these people are the cornerstone of the fiefdom.

Patting Lu Tong on the shoulder, Xiao Ming gave him an encouraging look and told him to ask if he didn’t understand before leaving Bowen College. What he was teaching now was enough to keep people like Lu Tong busy for a long time.

And Xiao Ming gave him a plan. This plan is the steps of chemical production, from simple to difficult, to realize the chemical industry step by step.

Once the chemical industry develops and can promote each other with the steel industry, then he can think of ways to make alloys.

The first thing is naturally tungsten steel. Once he has tungsten steel, he can make qualified tools, and hard tools can formally process various metal parts.

At that time, it was a small leap in industry.

However, although the idea is good, it is still difficult to implement. The first one is to find black tungsten ore and scheelite. This tungsten ore is not as easy to find as coal mine and iron ore.

In fact, the mineral deposits at this time are very difficult to find and mine as long as they are not open-pit mines.

The few mines Qian Dafu found were all shallow mines, and some deep mines cannot be found yet. After all, it is one thing for him to master the map, and it will take a while to find it accurately.

He doesn’t have satellite positioning.

Thinking of this, he sighed. Now he can only rely on luck. If he is lucky, he might be able to find the tungsten mine quickly. If he is not lucky, he can only wait.

Once he has tungsten ore, he can use sulfuric acid to extract tungsten and refine the alloy.

The industrial foundation can only be developed step by step and based on plans. As important as industry is agricultural production, and Xiao Ming does not dare to be careless.

Thinking about it all the way, he went straight back to the palace. As soon as he reached the door, he saw Zi Wan looking in a hurry and ran into his arms.

Xiao Ming was staggered by the collision, and instinctively hugged Zi Wan to prevent her from falling down, while one hand was grabbing Zi Wan’s butt.

“Ah…” Zi Wan screamed in surprise at first, then she stopped when she saw that it was Xiao Ming, but when she felt the hand squeeze a few times, her face suddenly turned red.

“Your Highness, in broad daylight, you…” Zi Yuan said angrily.

Xiao Ming chuckled and let go of his hand, recalling the meaning of Zi Wan’s words. If it’s not bright enough in broad daylight, it’s okay if it’s dark and windy at night.

Zi Yuan looked around nervously, and was relieved when no one saw her. After all, men and women were as defenseless as heaven, and it would be embarrassing if anyone saw her.

But she didn’t blame Xiao Ming. During this time together, she and Lu Luo gradually became familiar with Xiao Ming.

Knowing that sooner or later she would be Xiao Ming’s woman, and with Xiao Ming’s lovable personality, she didn’t care about Xiao Ming’s actions.

“You bumped into my arms, how can you blame me?” Xiao Ming said lazily.

Zi Wan sighed helplessly, and suddenly her expression became nervous again. She said: “Your Highness, I almost forgot. I am in a hurry to find you. The empress sent me a letter saying that Princess Pingyang will be arriving in Qingzhou soon. Please give me more time.” “Take care of her.”

“Princess Pingyang?” Xiao Ming almost felt dizzy, “Why did she come here?”

“It’s not just for perfume, soap, and now glass, the lady said in the letter that your highness would send her to Chang’an. The glass caused a sensation throughout the palace!”

(End of this chapter)