Chapter 586: Failed Cotton Wool
PS: I'm sorry, this deal with the tail of the resignation delayed the update, today with the intervention of the Labor Bureau, the wages were settled, the snail was completely liberated, and then the snail continued to explode to compensate everyone. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The candles in the dormitory flickered, and the night outside was pitch black.
Xiao Ming pondered for a long time and said: "This king already has a plan in his heart, but now that someone in the women's college mentions you, you should also be properly guided, and you must not let some remarks that ignore the overall situation spread among the students." ”
"Yes, Your Highness." Fei Yue'er said softly.
Xiao Ming nodded, disrupting the country's internal affairs has always been a Western specialty, he doesn't want the Great Chongqing State to fall into civil strife before it is revitalized, and when he builds the Great Chongqing State into a strong and rich enough country, it is not too late to try the reform of the political system at that time.
And even if this trend of thought is now spreading among the students, the vast majority of the people still don't understand, if political reform occurs at this time, the vested interests are still these students and businessmen, and the people can't take any advantage, in this case, why should he be impatient, after all, for him, the basis of his rule is the people.
The two chatted for a while and slept with their clothes, and the next day Xiao Ming went to the mansion, and Li Kaiyuan had already delivered the sweet potatoes yesterday, because it was too late, Pang Yukun and Fiji did not see it.
When he arrived, Pang Yukun and Fiji were eating roasted sweet potatoes, and the room smelled of roasted sweet potatoes.
"Your Highness, this sweet potato tastes really good." Pang Yukun's mouth was stuffed with sweet potatoes, and Fiji was also eating non-stop.
Xiao Ming said with a smile: "You have also eaten this sweet potato, the following is the cultivation of sweet potato seedlings, you go to Kui Wu for this matter, he has studied in Bowen College for so long, he knows how to cultivate sweet potato seedlings." ”
"Yes, Your Highness." Pang Yukun stuffed the last bit of sweet potato into his stomach.
After a pause, Xiao Ming continued: "By the way, this is the autumn harvest soon, and you have to let the state governments organize militias to strengthen patrols in the fields to prevent the grain from being burned by the enemy." ”
Pang Yukun's expression became serious, and the events of three years ago seemed to be still vivid, when the Hao clan burned wheat fields in order to destroy the battle of Cangzhou, and Xiao Ming was almost killed at that time.
Now that Qi Di and Wei Di have a direct confrontation, similar things may not happen again, and it is for this reason that Xiao Ming will remind.
Pang Yukun nodded, "Later, the next official will send someone to inform the state capitals, now that there is a militia in every village, it should be better this time." ”
Fiji has always had mixed feelings about the militia in the village, because in his opinion, it is too late for the government to collect civilian weapons, and this Qingzhou has organized its own people's armed forces.
However, after slowly understanding, he gradually understood that the reason why this is so is based on the people's support for Xiao Ming and their recognition of the feudal country.
The three of them were talking about sweet potatoes and the autumn harvest when an explosion came from the direction of the Bowen Academy.
Pang Yukun said: "There has not been a laboratory explosion in this liberal arts college for a long time, what is wrong this time?" ”
Xiao Ming was also a little puzzled, Lu Tong didn't seem to have any dangerous experiments during this time, but since there was another disturbance, he couldn't help but go, so he said: "You deal with government affairs, this king will go and take a look." ”
After that, he took Zhao Long and Zhao Hu to Bowen College, and as soon as he entered the gate of the college, he saw puffs of smoke rising from the direction of the chemistry laboratory.
After a few quick steps, he immediately rushed over.
"What's going on?"
Lu Tong was also outside the laboratory, Xiao Ming asked directly.
Seeing Xiao Ming coming, Lu Tong's face was sad, and he said: "Your Highness, a student came across bottles of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, and this kid took off his clothes to wipe them in a panic, and then dried his clothes with fire, but he didn't want the clothes to burn to ashes in an instant and ignited the laboratory and exploded." ”
Xiao Ming looked strange, and he asked, "Don't he know that the clothes soaked with the mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid have become smokeless gunpowder?" ”
Lu Tong said: "This kid is a student who has just entered the school, but he is working in the laboratory, and he doesn't know what smokeless gunpowder is. ”
Speaking of smokeless gunpowder, Lu Tong suddenly sounded something, and he said: "Your Highness, the laboratory is developing smokeless gunpowder these days, but this smokeless gunpowder is very unstable, and this problem has not been overcome, so the lower official did not report to His Highness." ”
"It's nothing, how is that student?" Xiao Ming said.
Lu Tong's heart was relieved, and he said: "I was burned, but it's not a big problem." ”
Xiao Ming nodded, in fact, the principle of smokeless gunpowder is very simple, that is, put cotton into a mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid and concentrated nitric acid and soak it for ten minutes, take it out and dry it in the shade.
However, the wool produced in this way, that is, smokeless gunpowder, is very unstable, and it needs to be added, camphor, graphite, alcohol-ether mixed solvent treatment and rolling into shape, otherwise this gunpowder is easy to explode before it is fired.
If this problem is solved, smokeless gunpowder will become the propellant of guns as an upgraded version of black powder, which will increase the range of bullets and shells.
Originally, Xiao Ming had always been ignorant of the development of cotton wool, but now he had to ask about this matter, and as he guessed, the problem faced by Lu Tong was indeed the stability problem of cotton wool.
Xiao Ming has no choice but to let the laboratory try to synthesize this problem, after all, this kind of cotton wool is not to mention that it has exceeded the technology of the Great Chongqing Country for many years, and even exceeds the current West for more than a hundred years, and it is not so easy to come out.
However, Lu Tong now dares to develop cotton wool, which shows that he is still confident in smokeless gunpowder, after all, as long as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol are synthesized, there is basically no problem with alcohol ether solvent.
Of course, Xiao Ming will also think of a way for Lu Tong on this issue, after all, no matter how Lu Tong learns, it is impossible to have as many ideas in his head, but Lu Tong is still a little impatient in this matter, the technical level of the cotton is beyond the West for a hundred years, and it is not so easy to do it in one step.
"Don't rush to achieve quick success in this matter, even if you synthesize ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, with the current output of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, you will not be able to produce cotton in large quantities, so your most important task now is to achieve industrial production that can synthesize chemicals, and the three acids and two alkalis should also form industrial mass production, otherwise the chemical industry will always be at a standstill." Xiao Ming said solemnly.
Lu Tong was a little ashamed when he heard this, and he admitted that he had been a little ambitious during this time, all because the steam engine of the School of Physics stimulated him.
"Your Highness, Your Majesty knows that you are wrong." Lu Tong looked embarrassed.
Smiling, Xiao Ming said: "You have to be down-to-earth to do learning and production, you have to go step by step." ”