Chapter 362 From aqua regia to briquettes
The most important raw materials are coal, green vitriol and chicken manure.
Xiao Yingchun knew about coal and chicken manure, but she had never heard of green vitriol.
Fu Chenan's eyes lit up: "I know about coal..."
Coal in the Tianwu Dynasty was only used by poor families.
In the past, when winter came, people from poor families would die of carbon monoxide poisoning due to the use of coal.
Whether someone died quietly or a whole family died - everyone concluded from this: coal is poisonous.
Over time, as long as firewood can be used, people will not dare to use coal.
Xiao Yingchun helped him search the coal encyclopedia.
It turns out that coal is divided into many types.
Popular understanding: The best ones are lumps of coal that are highly compressed by the earth's crust and look like rocks.
This kind of coal is resistant to burning, has strong firepower, and is relatively odorless when burned.
Then there is relatively crushed coal.
The worst thing is "stinky coal".
This kind of coal contains high sulfur content, and when burned, it smells very strong, irritates the eyes and irritates the nose, and makes it impossible for people to stay in the house after burning.
But it was this coal that Jeff wanted most.
Fu Chenan was shocked after watching the video: "I will ask the Ministry of Industry to find it."
The ones with high sulfur content can be used by Jeff to make sulfuric acid, and the ones with low sulfur content can be used to make briquettes.
If briquettes are popularized, the firepower will be more stable, and people will no longer need to watch the fire frequently...
Save a lot of manpower and material resources.
"If coal is used to burn earth dragons, there is no need for people to constantly fill it with firewood..."
It was inconvenient for the common people to make briquettes, but the imperial court could make them in batches.
This is another business that is very profitable and beneficial to the country and the people!
The more Fu Chenan and Xiao Yingchun thought about it, the more excited they became.
"Jeff is really our lucky star!"
"If Jeff can solve the gold purification matter, I won't charge a penny for the handling fee, and I can transport the gold to his ex-wife for free."
Hearing Xiao Yingchun's promise, Jeff was also very excited: "Princess, please don't worry, just leave this matter to me!"
For gold to be purified, it would definitely not work in an ordinary place. Fu Chenan thought of the Zhuangzi given by Zhan Yunfu.
There is a cave behind Zhuangzi. As long as the cave is guarded, the inside can be completely kept secret.
Fu Chenan asked Xiao Yingchun in a consultative tone: "If you have signed a death contract as a slave, and you have worked there for ten years, can you return the death contract?"
Xiao Yingchun thought for a while and nodded: "I think it's okay."
However, in order to maintain confidentiality, the processes must be separated.
The cave is used only to refine gold.
The production of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and hydrochloric acid must be separated in various places, and finally collected in caves to concentrate on purifying gold...
After the couple discussed it, they were looking forward to it.
Once the gold matters are arranged, all that's left is the briquettes.
The Ministry of Industry knew the origin of coal before, but did not pay much attention to coal. After hearing the prince's idea, he was at a loss.
Can this thing still be like this?
Fu Chen'an didn't hesitate and just ordered: "Follow the method in this video, make the mold first, and then make some briquettes to try."
After coal is mined, the coal is separated according to its sulfur content.
The ones with high sulfur content are used to make sulfuric acid for Jeff's side, and the ones with low sulfur content are used to make briquettes.
Crush the coal and add clay, lime and water to make briquettes and then dry them. When burned, they will not burn your eyes or irritate your nose.
As for carbon monoxide poisoning - charcoal also has this problem, the best way is to ventilate it.
Installing a vent duct will solve the problem.
Fu Chenan asked Xiao Yingchun to buy a briquette stove and a briquette mold, and show them to the Ministry of Works as a demonstration, and let the Ministry of Works follow suit.
With the mold and the video, if the engineering department can't make it anymore, it can be pulled out to make boards.
Qiu Zhishan, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, had previously complained that the prince only paid attention to the Ministry of Household Affairs and not the Ministry of Industry.
As soon as the prospecting, mining, briquettes and gold refining matters came up, he was immediately busy and took off.
There is even a sense of "foot hitting the back of the head" urgency.
He was so busy that he couldn't sleep at night for several days, and he finally began to regret taking the initiative to do the work...
If I had known earlier I wouldn't have expressed this loyalty.
At this moment, Xiao Yingchun received a call from her grandfather.
The old man choked up on the phone: "Yingchun, I was wrong at the beginning!"
"If I hadn't turned a blind eye, your mother wouldn't have suffered so much."
You won't have so much resentment now. "Grandpa..." Xiao Yingchun's heart was ringing with alarm and she was filled with emotion.
Unexpectedly, my grandpa, who always stood on the high wall and watched the scenery, would one day take the initiative to apologize.
But how could he apologize for no reason?
Sure enough, after my grandfather said a few words of regret, he talked about the current difficulties.
"...Your aunt refused to let go even if she said she had no money. She insists on forcing us to sell the house now."
"But if your grandma and I lose this house, we will have to live in a nursing home..."
Grandpa doesn’t want to live in a nursing home.
Because some of his colleagues had gone to nursing homes before, he had visited them and listened to the sadness.
It is said that the elderly in nursing homes are secretly divided into different levels.
Elderly people who move normally, are in good health and pay their own bills live the most comfortable life.
Those who need their children to pay are somewhat constrained.
The most uncomfortable ones are the elderly who have difficulty moving.
It would be better if they have children who often visit and call them; if they ignore their children, the caregivers may beat, scold or even abuse them.
At this time, the old man can only live his life cautiously and carefully to please.
Grandpa never imagined that he would one day go to a nursing home, so he fought hard to get there.
But this time, not even his son Ge Chuncheng stood by him.
Ge Chuncheng only said that he had no money to pay for medical expenses. If he refused to sell the house, he would have to let the old man sue himself.
The lawsuit requires the three children to share medical expenses and alimony expenses equally.
When grandpa heard this, he felt like a thunderbolt!
I gave birth to three children, demolished so many houses and gave them to them, but this is the final result? !
They actually allowed themselves to sue them? !
Grandpa didn't know who else he could look for. The more he thought about it, the sadder he felt. In the end, he only thought of Xiao Yingchun.
"Yingchun, you are the big boss now. Can you tell your uncle and your aunt? Tell them not to force me to sell the house?"
Grandpa choked up while talking on the phone, but Xiao Yingchun became less and less sympathetic the more he listened.
"Grandpa, they are all my elders, how should I tell them?"
"How about I introduce the lawyer to you and you can sue directly?"
Grandpa was struck by thunder again.
He was unwilling: "I have been upright all my life, but now I have to sue for alimony... I can't afford to lose this person!"
Xiao Yingchun was very straightforward: "Then just sell the house."
Grandpa:……
Seeing that there was no sound on the other end of the phone, Xiao Yingchun became rude when speaking.
"Grandpa, you can't have everything. You need both face and honour."
"If you want face, don't ask for face, and don't sue them. If you should sell your house, sell it, and if you should go to a nursing home, go to a nursing home."
"Isn't this what you often say, peace is most important?"
"In order to avoid quarrels in the family, someone has to make sacrifices."
"It used to be my mother, but now my mother is gone..."
It's your turn.
"If you want to live a happy life and don't want to go to a nursing home, then sue."
"In that case, the family will not be harmonious."
"Anyway, I want to express my position. I am willing to give my share at any time. The premise is that I can have the right of subrogation."
"Anyway, I can't get nothing and only assume obligations."
Grandpa was choked and speechless on the other end of the phone.
In the end, grandpa could only say, "I'll think about it again" and hung up the phone.
Xiao Yingchun looked at the hung up phone and laughed strangely.
My grandfather used to see my mother being wronged and always taught her to "put peace first."
Now that "harmony" is on his head, he realizes how much grievance his mother has endured behind "harmony".
You, the old man, should personally suffer this grievance.
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