Otherworldly Castle Era

　　 In mid-May, the steam engine of the smelter was manufactured, and the various production lines of the smelter that needed power were upgraded at the end of the month.

　　 The monthly output of the steelmaking plant has been upgraded from 300 tons to the 1,000-ton level. As a result, the annual output of Xiaguo Iron and Steel has become 10,000-ton level.

　　 Yang Song plans to build several more steel plants in the future, but his goal is to produce 100,000 tons of steel per year.

　　 At the end of June, the textile machinery of the textile factory was produced, and the textile factory was established and put into operation.

There are two types of textile machines, spinning machines and looms. They are all steam-powered, equipped with technology and equipment, and the rest is the problem of workers. Fortunately, the original hydraulic textile mill has trained a group of workers. Add training to be competent for the new machine.

　　 The original hydro-spinning machine used multi-axis and multi-thread, which can spin more than ten cotton threads at a time. Now the steam power has enough power, and one spinning machine can spin nearly 100 cotton threads at a time.

The same is true for the same loom. The production efficiency is several times faster than the previous hydraulic loom, and the hydraulic loom is several times faster than the manual loom. In this calculation, a steam-powered loom But it is about a hundred times faster than manual work.

　　 So far, Xia Guo has completed the first batch of industrialized industrial reforms. Although there is only one demonstration factory of each type, it is enough for Xia Guo at this stage.

　　 Yangsong has planned to open factories in various counties and towns. Of course, it is best to be guided by the government and implemented by private participation.

　　 But this process can take time. Not to mention the easy-to-implement light industry, just the steel plant, which can not be built anywhere, at least there must be iron ore around.

　　 When it comes to iron ore, Xu Xiake, a talent awarded by Xia Guo, has been conscientious in his post since he was appointed as the Director of the Bureau of Resources Management and Development of the Administrative Office in charge of geographic information, real estate, minerals and other resources.

　　 After learning from the North Korean meeting some time ago that Xia Guo's mineral resources were insufficient, he applied to Yang Song for mineral exploration.

　　Xu Xiake is a very active person. Traveling and exploring are his interests. Although he is now appointed by Yang Song, he has not given up his interest. When he is okay, he often stares at various maps in a daze.

　　 So taking advantage of this opportunity, he decided to casually appreciate the scenery of Xia Country and see the landforms, flora and fauna of this world while exploring minerals.

　　 It is a pity that exploration can only be carried out in Xia Guo, and cannot go out to Shanhaiguan, because it is already **** outside Shanhaiguan.

　　 But even so, Xu Xiake was very satisfied. Counting the uninhabited land, Xia Guo controlled an area of ​​2 million square kilometers, enough for him to run for decades.

　　Of course, this exploration is only carried out around the towns and villages south of the Linhai Basin and Tianhouguan. Even if there are minerals in distant places, they cannot be used at this stage.

On the first day of July, a few days before the Qixi Festival, Yang Song was speeding up his administration in his study, so that when he made time for the holiday a few days later to be with his family, he heard a report from Jinyiwei outside saying that an alchemist had come to see him. .

　　 "Alchemists? Are they just those Taoists who make alchemy?" Yang Song thought to himself, is it because he, the monarch, made these alchemists think that he would want to live forever in order to enjoy the arrogant and prosperous life forever?

　　 Unexpectedly, there are all kinds of people in Xia Guo now. Yang Song didn't plan to meet this so-called alchemist, but he suddenly remembered that these alchemists had some chemical knowledge.

　　 Now Xia Guoke is such a talented person who studies chemistry, of course, except for those chemistry teachers who are rewarded by the system. With their knowledge level, it is okay to teach students basic chemistry knowledge, but it is a bit difficult to conduct research.

　　 So Yang Song still decided to meet this bold alchemist and see what the other party would say.

　　 "Chen Gehong, see Jun." A middle-aged man with a round face and goatee came to meet him.

　　 Yang Song asked suspiciously: "Chen? What job do you currently occupy?" Yang Song always felt like he had heard this name.

　　 "Going back to the emperor, Chen now lives as a medical teacher at Apocalypse National University." Ge Hong answered Yang Song's question truthfully.

　　 "Since you are a teacher, why do you call yourself an alchemist?" Yang Song heard that the person in front of him was one of the five thousand talents rewarded by the system, and his tone eased, but he also had new questions.

Ge Hong touched the beard on his chin and explained: "Back to the emperor, apart from being a medical teacher, the minister is also a Taoist priest. He calls himself Puzi. Haha, the so-called Taoist doctors do not divide their families, and sometimes the ministers are also a Taoist priest. Will study alchemy."

　　 Hug Puzi? When Yang Song heard this name, a flash of lightning flashed across his brain, and then he looked at the system, and he immediately understood who the person in front of him was.

　　 Ge Hong, the word Zhichuan, self-named Baopuzi, is a famous medical scientist, alchemist, and chemist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Ge Hong was a famous doctor during the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China and a mediator of preventive medicine. He is the author of "The Back of the Elbow", which first recorded some infectious diseases such as smallpox and tsutsugamushi disease and diagnosis and treatment. "Tian Xing acne" is the earliest record of smallpox in the world. He is also quite knowledgeable in alchemy. The alchemy "Baopuzi · Neipian" specifically describes the refining of gold and silver pills and other related chemical knowledge, and also introduces many material properties and material changes. For example, "the burning of dansha will turn into mercury, and the accumulated change will turn it back into dansha", which means heating red mercury sulfide (dansha) to decompose mercury, and mercury and sulfur can generate black mercury sulfide, which then becomes red mercury sulfide. Describes the reversibility of chemical reactions. Another example is "coating iron with Zengqing, iron-red color is like copper", which describes the reaction of replacing copper with iron, and so on. His main work "Baopuzi" is well-known at home and abroad.

After reading the profile of the characters in the system, he can be said to understand that this person was also a talented person, but compared with the other people, the conspicuous aspects do not conform to the national conditions of Xia Guo. What kind of alchemy, Xia Guo is not at all. Not required.

　　 In addition, he was not as famous as Li Shizhen in the medical field, and Yang Song was not noticed. After all, there were five thousand people. Yang Song couldn't read everyone's biographical notes one by one.

　　 As for chemistry, it is very conspicuous, but the chemistry of this era is only the beginning stage, and even the periodic table of elements has not appeared, so what outstanding gains can there be.

　　 "Then what's the point for you to see Gu today?" Yang Song finally asked the point.

"Enjoy the Lord! The minister visited the Lord this time because the minister made important discoveries when he was studying in the library. The minister discovered that everything in the world is composed of tiny elements..." Ge Hong said and said the concept of the element. After that, he finally concluded: "The minister called this theory the'theory of the elements of alchemy'!"

　　 "Panology? Isn't this chemistry?" Yang Song thought to himself. There is no concept of chemistry in this world anyway, and there is nothing wrong with being named Danology.

"Alchemy element theory? Well, isn't this the chemical element theory? It's the periodic table of elements." Yang Song still has a partial memory of the famous periodic table of elements, so he took the knowledge in his mind All told Ge Hong.

Ge Hong listened to the little chemistry knowledge explained by Yang Song while taking notes seriously. Finally, after Yang Song finished talking about his few dry goods, Ge Hong said excitedly: "The Lord is really pedantic. People!"

　　 Hearing Ge Hong's praise from the heart, Yang Song's old face couldn't help but turn red. If his knowledge of chemistry can be regarded as a pedantic man, how can the giants live before.

　　 At the end of the discussion between the two, Yang Song re-appointed Ge Hong as a researcher at the Institute, specializing in chemistry. No, now he should be in charge of research on alchemy.

　　 It would be better if TNT was researched out. Even if it couldn't, it would be good to research some chemicals. Although Chinese medicine is also a very advanced and practical subject, there are no chemicals that come so directly and quickly.

　　 Now with Ge Hong's participation, Xia Guo's chemistry can be considered to have started, and is accelerating the pace for Xia Guo to enter the next stage.

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