Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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The businessman's name was Lin Donghao, and he saluted Zhao Wen respectfully.

"Is what His Majesty just said true?" Lin Donghao asked.

Zhao Wen didn't feel anything, Zhao Wen still understood the truth that if you want the horse to run, you need the horse to eat grass.

"That's right!" Zhao Wen said, "Do you have any needs?"

"Your Majesty, the grassroots don't have any major needs. I just want to ask Your Majesty, can these light bulbs in Xuanzhen City be sold to the south?" Lin Donghao asked.

After seeing the light bulb, Lin Donghao was very concerned about this magical thing.

Therefore, after hearing Zhao Wen's words just now, Lin Donghao couldn't wait to ask.

As soon as Lin Donghao said this, the business representatives all looked at Zhao Wen with piercing eyes.

These businessmen had the same thoughts as Lin Donghao, and they also saw huge business opportunities from this light bulb.

"Haha!" Zhao Wen didn't answer directly, but laughed out loud.

Not only Zhao Wen, but even Chen Donglai couldn't help laughing.

Lin Donghao didn't know why, he didn't know why Zhao Wen laughed.

"I understand what you're thinking. Although the light bulb is good, it's not so easy to light it up. It needs electricity. As for electricity, it needs a power plant..."

Zhao Wen roughly talked about the conditions of use of light bulbs.

After hearing Zhao Wen's voice, these businessmen suddenly became depressed.

"So that's how it is!" Lin Donghao said with a dejected look on his face, "It's the grassroots being rude, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Zhao Wen waved his hand, "It's okay! How about it, now in my declared town, as long as the goods are allowed to be sold, you can sell them. For these merchants who are going to America this time, I can also lower the price."

As soon as Zhao Wen said this, the depressed businessmen became excited again.

"It's getting late, you guys go down!" Zhao Wen said to the people in the hall.

When the people in the hall were almost gone, Zhao Wen asked Zheng Yiguan and his brothers to stay.

Zhao Wen stepped down from the throne and came to Zheng Yiguan.

Zheng Yiguan hurriedly stood up from the stool.

"Go, walk with me!" Zhao Wen said and walked out.

Zheng Yiguan hurriedly followed behind Zhao Wen.

When Zhao Wen came to the imperial garden, Zheng Yiguan followed closely behind Zhao Wen, not daring to look around.

"You said how many people and how long would it take for me to completely control the Americas?" Zhao Wen asked as he walked.

Zheng Yiguan thought about it, and after a while, he said: "Your Majesty, a thousand well-equipped soldiers and horses are enough to bring down America. But if America is completely controlled, I am afraid that the population required will be a huge number." number.

As for how long, I can't say.If there are many people immigrating to America, the time will be short.The fewer people immigrated to America, the longer it took. "

"You're right. If you want to completely take America down, you need a huge population and a lot of time. If there is only one America, then I don't need to bother so much. However, Nuer Gandusi and Wa Kingdom also need a huge amount of people. Population. In this way, the population in my hands is simply not enough.

Although I have formulated an order to encourage childbearing a long time ago, it will take at least ten years to see the effect. " Zhao Wen frowned tightly.

"Forget it, let's not talk about these things. These things can't be rushed!"

Zhao Wen shook his head and put the matter behind him.

"Have you explored the narrowest place in the middle of America?" Zhao Wen suddenly stopped and looked at Zheng Yiguan.

Zheng Yiguan said: "Your Majesty, the survey has been carried out. In the middle of America, the narrowest part is only more than 160 miles wide. This is the result of the survey sent by the minister."

"Have you ever thought about digging a canal here? Dividing America into two parts, North and South, once the canal is opened, it will be much more convenient, and the time to go to the other side will be greatly reduced." That thought was spoken.

In this era, the Americas are still connected, and there is no distinction between North and South America.

If there is no canal, it will take a lot of time to get to the other side.

Although it is too early to say that it is too early to dig a canal, there is nothing wrong with planning ahead.

"Dig a canal?" Zheng Yiguan's eyes widened. He really didn't expect Zhao Wen to have such an idea.

"Your Majesty, there are not many people in America now, and although the narrowest place is not wide, it is not narrow either.

A total of more than 160 miles in length, it may not be easy to dig out.Moreover, the current digging of canals does not seem to be of much use to the new dynasty. " Zheng Yiguan said.

"I know it's not easy, but sooner or later we have to dig. Although it doesn't seem to be useful now, it won't be so in the future.

The canal must be dug. When you return to America, I will dispatch a group of craftsmen to carry out detailed surveying and mapping of this place first. When the time is right in the future, we will start digging. " Zhao Wen said.

Zhao Wen asked some more about America, and Zheng Yiguan knew everything.

After Zheng Yiguan went back, it was already afternoon.

Zhao Wen originally wanted to stay with Zheng Yiguan for dinner in the palace, but Zheng Yiguan refused.

At this time, all the goods removed from the train station were also sent to the warehouse in Xuanzhen.

Before that, Zheng Yiguan also got out the various ores and native products in the cargo, and sent people to the palace.

Zhao Wen stood in the imperial study room, looking at the ores and souvenirs sent by Zheng Yiguan on the ground.

Because there were a lot of things, Zhao Wen only asked people to take some of each item.

The largest one on the ground is a piece of silver ore, which is a kind of silver ore called "argentite".

This ore has a high silver content, around 80.00%.Because the chemical formula is simple, it is easy to refine and the cost is low.

Zhao Wen squatted in front of the ore, stroking the two-foot-square ore.

The ore looked unremarkable, leaden gray.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's just different. Any shot is a silver ore!" Zhao Wen looked at the silver ore, speechless.

"Okay, let's put all these things in the treasury of the palace as a souvenir." After Zhao Wen finished reading these things, he pointed to the things on the ground and looked at Chen Donglai.

Chen Donglai hastily led people to carry these things out.

Zhao Wen returned to the chair, and he took out some rice paper and his drawing tools.

Zhao Wen spread the rice paper on the table and fell into deep thought.

"Although rubber is an indispensable thing for industry, natural rubber cannot be directly used in industry. Natural rubber is not wear-resistant and has a soft texture. Without special treatment, its practicality is too low.

So, the vulcanized rubber has to come out.The vulcanization of rubber is not difficult. It is mentioned in the organic chemistry part of high school chemistry books of later generations. I also know about industrial vulcanized rubber. "

Zhao Wen recalled the content of industrial vulcanized rubber in the books of later generations.

Vulcanized rubber is a relatively large category, which includes unsaturated rubber and saturated rubber.

Among them, unsaturated rubber can be divided into six subcategories.The simplest and most versatile of these is vulcanization with sulfur.

The advantages of sulfur vulcanization are that it is cheap, easy to manufacture, and can be produced in large quantities, which is very suitable for Zhao Wen today.

Similarly, the disadvantages are also obvious, the most significant disadvantage is that the service life of this vulcanized rubber is not long at high temperatures.

But for the current Xuanzhen, this level of vulcanization is enough.

According to his memory, Zhao Wen wrote down the process of vulcanizing rubber in detail.

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Chapter 697 Sending the Feudal King to Dengzhou

The preparation of vulcanized rubber is actually quite simple, and there are detailed records in high school chemistry of later generations, and Zhao Wen is very clear about these.

When the time came to the middle of the night, Zhao Wen had already written all the preparation process of vulcanized rubber and the specific production procedures.Zhao Wen bound the written content and put it on the table.

Zhao Wen not only wrote about the preparation methods of vulcanized rubber, but also wrote about the preparation methods of various tires.In fact, things like tires are not very difficult, and they can be manufactured at the current industrial level in Xuanzhen.

Of course, the tires produced by Zhao Wen are still very common compared to later generations, and those special tires are not something that Zhao Wen can play with now.

Early the next morning, Zhao Wen had someone call Song Yingxing over.

The department Song Yingxing is in charge of is the busiest department in Xuanzhen today, but Song Yingxing doesn't have any complaints about these things, and even enjoys it.

For someone like Song Yingxing who likes to do research, not letting him do research is torture.

In the imperial study room, Song Yingxing sat across from Zhao Wen.

In Zhao Wen's hand, he was holding the booklet that he got out last night. The booklet was very thick.

"Rubber is widely used in industry, and it is also an essential basic industrial product. As for why rubber is so important, I told Aiqing before, so I won't repeat it anymore.

However, if natural rubber is not processed, there is no way to directly apply it in industry.Because natural rubber is soft and has a lot of moisture, it is not wear-resistant.

In order for rubber to be better used in industry, it is necessary to vulcanize the rubber to a certain extent. Only vulcanized rubber can perfectly fit the industry.Here are some specific processes and precautions for vulcanized rubber that I wrote last night. As Zhao Wen said, he asked Chen Donglai to hand over the content he had written to Song Yingxing.

After Song Yingxing took over what Zhao Wen had written, he flipped through it.

Zhao Wen wrote about the advantages and specific applications of vulcanized rubber on these contents.

Song Yingxing opened the booklet and read it in detail.Earlier, Zhao Wen had told Song Yingxing about the advantages of vulcanized rubber, so Song Yingxing was no stranger to vulcanized rubber.

Song Yingxing looked at the preparation procedures on the booklet with a relaxed smile on his face.The preparation procedure of vulcanized rubber is not very difficult for the current publicity, and Song Yingxing is very confident that this vulcanized rubber can be produced.

"Your Majesty, you have written the specific process of vulcanizing rubber in this booklet, and even have some blueprints about the vulcanizing rubber factory. After I go down, I will definitely be able to produce vulcanized rubber in the shortest possible time." Song Yingxing patted himself Said with a vow on his chest.

Zhao Wen said with a smile: "This is better, by the way, after you go down, then imitate the wheels of the 107 rocket launcher to produce car tires. Remember, the wheels must be big, not too small, but not too big.

If it is small, the wood-burning car produced will be small.Wood-burning vehicles are mainly used for transporting materials and sending troops.Therefore, the wheels of wood-burning cars should be as big as possible within the allowable range, at least bigger than the current wood-burning cars. "

Zhao Wen's purpose is very simple, that is to create a larger firewood car.After all, the transport capacity of a firewood car has a lot to do with its size.If it is too small, the transportation capacity will be greatly reduced, so it is better not to manufacture it.

"Your Majesty, after I go down, I must imitate the wheels of the firewood car according to your instructions. The wheels of the firewood car are not very difficult. In the past, it was only due to the lack of rubber, so it has not been produced. Now there are Rubber, I will definitely be able to manufacture this kind of wheel." Song Yingxing replied.

"In addition to the wheels, we also need to improve the wires. There are not many rubbers today, let's deal with the wheels of the wood-fired cars first, but the improvement of the wires cannot be left behind.

Aiqing, hurry up and do it.By the way, there are a lot of rubber and other materials produced by Zheng Yiguan, and not all of them have been sent to Xuanzhen, so let's wait for all the rubber to be sent to Xuanzhen, and then do it together, but Aiqing can also do some rubber experiments first one time. Zhao Wen looked at Song Yingxing and said calmly.

Song Yingxing stood up, took the brochure given by Zhao Wen, and walked out of the imperial study.

Looking at the back of Song Yingxing leaving, Zhao Wen heaved a sigh of relief.

After Song Yingxing left, Zhao Wen asked Chen Donglai to find Liu Wenzhong.

Zhao Wen looked at Liu Wenzhong who was sitting in front of him, and said, "Yesterday, I asked you to formulate rewards for those merchants. How is Ai Qing's formula?"

Liu Wenzhong said: "Return to Your Majesty, it has almost been formulated."

"That's good. Now that it's formulated, let's implement it as soon as possible. By the way, these feudal kings and their clans who were captured recently were transported to Dengzhou. I plan to send these feudal kings to Dengzhou. to America.

When transporting, it is not necessary to transport all the vassal kings to Dengzhou, but to select half of them first.The remaining princes will be sent to Oceania in the future.Also, you have to start sending the rubber seeds cinchona seeds sent by Zheng Yiguan to Taiyuan Island, and plan to plant them on Taiyuan Island. "

It is still possible to transport rubber from the Americas to Xuanzhen in the short term, but it will not work if it takes a long time. After all, the cost of doing so is very high.

"Obey!" Liu Wenzhong saluted Zhao Wen.

Early the next morning, a train left Xuanzhen's railway station and headed for the southernmost tip of Shanxi.

Different from other trains, the people on this train were those Ming vassals captured by Zhao Wen and their clans.

Zhao Wen has now taken Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Henan, Huguang and Shandong.Therefore, the princes of these places were also captured by Zhao Wen.

The number of these vassal kings and their clans is huge, almost tens of thousands.

Of course, Zhao Wen didn't take any prisoners of those low-level clans like Zhen Guo Lieutenant Fu Guo Lieutenant.

These people sometimes live worse than ordinary people, and there is no need to target them.

Fu Wang's family sat in a carriage, their faces were full of sorrow.

Zhu Yousong, the son of Prince Fu, was originally obese, but since entering Xuan Town, his weight has been losing weight.

Now he is no longer as greasy as before.

Zhu Yousong sat on a chair in the train carriage, looked at King Fu who was sitting opposite him, and asked worriedly, "Father, is Bandit Zhao planning to kill us?"

Zhu Yousong was very worried. Although Zhao Wen hadn't shown any intention of killing them since entering Xuanzhen, they couldn't guarantee that Zhao Wen would never attack them.

Zhu Yousong was afraid that Zhao Wen would kill him this time.

Fu Wang Zhu Changxun shook his head, "Impossible. If he wants to kill us, he can just kill us. Why do he do this? Why is he pulling us to another place by train? Although I don't know where Zhao Wen is going to take us Send it, but definitely won’t kill us in another place.”

Zhu Changxun didn't think that Zhao Wen would kill them. If Zhao Wen wanted to kill them, he would have killed them long ago, so why wait until now.

"Then what are we going to do?" Zhu Yousong couldn't figure it out.

When these people got on the train, they didn't know where they were going, and Zhao Wen didn't ask them to tell them.