People in the Song Dynasty were lawless

Chapter 331 Great Chemist Zhao Zhen
"Is this rubber?"

In the Chongzheng Hall, Zhao Zhen looked at the yellowed gel and asked with confusion: "Why are the car tires in the movie all black?"

When the ship arrived at the dock in the morning, Zhao Jun went to the dock to greet him immediately and then brought back the rubber.

Everyone gathered in Chongzheng Hall for a meeting to study this thing.

Everyone looked at the piece of gelatin on the table. It was something they had never seen before. It was a bit like the yellow coral they had seen before, but it was different.

He also lamented that he never expected that this small piece would be the thing that would change the future destiny of the Song Dynasty.

But the appearance is completely different.

Everyone was also very puzzled. The rubber brought back by the ocean-going fleet seemed different from what they saw in the movie.

It was all black in the movie, but when I brought it back and dried it, it turned out to be a yellow-orange mess.

Only Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Because those rubbers have carbon black powder added, the rubber itself only needs to be boiled with fire and then fixed into shape. But that is not strong enough. Adding carbon black can ensure the strength."

It turns out that this is what carbon black is.

The yield of "soy" in the Song Dynasty was very high.

Records have been recorded as early as the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and the handicraft production of pine soot and carbon black was quite common during the Western Jin Dynasty.

At this time, the rear garden had still changed a lot. The original forests, rockeries, ponds, etc. had not changed much, and even looked a little rough because they had not been repaired much.

However, the heating experiment is indeed one of the basic operational experiments of chemistry. At least for a beginner like Zhao Zhen, if he likes to do it this way, just let him do it.

Zhao Zhen said with great joy: "Will we be able to make rubber immediately?"

Zhao Zhen stood up and said, "Then let's take it to the backyard and boil it to try."

"Let's go."

Therefore, Da Song does not lack carbon black, and there is no need to worry about insufficient rubber strength.

Zhao Zhen's face froze, and he couldn't help but look at Zhao Jun with a sad expression.

Zhao Jun advised.

Zhao Jun said, smacking his lips again: "I know this thing. I have seen it on the Internet before, but I don't know the specific proportion."

"What a coincidence, we can actually make this thing."

"Forehead"

"Forehead"

Zhao Zhen said again: "Then this rubber is not poisonous."

Zhao Zhen asked curiously again.

"Anyway, don't mess around. Let the people below do the dangerous things. Brother, you don't want to blow up the palace if you conduct research one day."

Because in ancient times it was used to make ink and black paint.

But Zhao Jun warned: "Brother, I have to remind you. Chemistry is still very dangerous. Explosions, poisonous gases, and harmful gases can all be produced. Many famous chemists have died on this road. It's better not to mess around. .”

The first is the field in front of the Guanjia Hall. It used to be just two fields where Zhao Zhen and his father worked in the farmers' association. Every year during the mulberry farming activities, they would personally go to the fields and pick two hoes. Now it has become an agricultural experimental field.

Only the surrounding areas with the original Guanjia Palace and Qinsi Palace as the core have undergone earth-shaking changes.

"Natural rubber is definitely not toxic, but in the future the chemical industry will develop, including synthetic rubber and vulcanized rubber, all of which have certain toxicity."

Go west from Chongzheng Hall and pass through the palace gate to reach the corridor. Further north is Yingyang Gate of Houyuan, which is very close to Houyuan.

Zhao Zhen looked around at the crowd and said with a smile: "It's nothing more than heating something. Whether it's minerals or natural things, it can be separated by heating to produce various liquids, gases or pure substances."

Zhao Jun thought for a while. He originally wanted to refute Zhao Zhen's words. After all, chemistry is a rigorous science that studies the composition, structure, properties, and change laws of matter. It cannot be simply classified as burning fire.

"Great."

"Well, just add an appropriate amount of carbon black."

Isn't that a coincidence?

"It doesn't matter, I'll take care of it. I've been doing chemical experiments recently. In fact, I found that chemistry is not difficult."

Zhao Jun laughed and said: "Because its name is "Qiu (tai)", now you know it."

Zhao Jun explained: "So now we use natural rubber for experiments, which is very safe."

"That's good, there is ready-made equipment in the backyard."

"No, it's something made from oil or natural gas."

"Ok."

"I see, what is this carbon black? Is it charcoal ash?"

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Everyone looked at each other and suddenly became happy.

Everyone was also very curious.

At that moment, Zhao Zhen left the Chongzheng Hall and ordered Wang Shouzhong to get a batch of soy flour from the warehouse.

Zhao Jun had not long ago said that he had become obsessed with studying mathematics, physics and chemistry recently. He was boiling various chemical substances everywhere and using distillation methods to collect various substances. Who knows if there are any poisons in them.

"Then can we build it?"

There are some sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and peppers inside. Zhao Zhen will carry out selective cultivation of them. That is, every time they are planted, they will select a delicious variety and cultivate it to improve their genes.

Next are the houses on both sides of Guanjia Palace and Qincan Palace. Except for the wooden house where Zhao Jun lived before, most of the surrounding buildings have been demolished and a new palace built with reinforced concrete brick walls.

The outside of the hall is painted white, and the upper beams are still wooden and covered with gray tiles. There are brackets and cornices at the four corners, and bells hang below. But the core inside is already modern reinforced concrete and is no longer a wooden house.

In addition, the grassland near Guanjia Hall where they often sat outside for meetings has now been opened up with several vegetable plots for cultivating and experimenting with vegetables brought back from overseas.

It is November, and there are still some old fruits and vegetables in the fields and vegetable fields, and the leaves have turned yellow, but they can still hold on for a while before the weather is completely cold.

"This field is full of corn. The wild corn kernels they brought back from North America are still too small. I am now trying to improve them to make them bigger."

"This field is filled with sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are also small, but they are really good when roasted. They are sweet."

"That patch is potatoes. Those people didn't know how to do it, so they came up with several varieties. North American wild potatoes are huge and small, but they have low toxins. This is the result of generations of cultivation by local people. There are also large potatoes. They're big and have a lot of poison. I'm trying to figure out how to crossbreed them."

"That's the Palace of Chemistry, where I do chemical experiments. Over there is the Palace of Physics."

Zhao Zhen led everyone into the backyard and enthusiastically introduced the new fields and the purpose of the house.

Some of the houses inside were used by him for physical experiments, such as one of the houses that looked like a courtyard. In the middle was a small playground covering an area of ​​nearly an acre, which contained various invention equipment.

Some of the other houses were used by him for chemical experiments, and there was even an alchemy furnace, where he could forge messy heavy metals like his father.

Although as an emperor, Zhao Zhen does these things every day, which is quite unprofessional.

In later generations, as a powerful head of state, in addition to participating in national development, he may also have to visit abroad, attend various grand conferences, meet with foreign dignitaries, participate in various summits, etc., and he must be very busy.

But in a feudal society, there is not much diplomacy, not many cooperation summits, and it is necessary to ensure his safety, there is no way to do this.

After all, historically, he had not left the palace for more than forty years.

This means that he can only stay in the palace to handle government affairs every day, or go to the harem to play with his sister.

However, now government affairs are basically handled by the Constitutional Yuan. His task is to review the papers approved by the Constitutional Yuan after the morning session.

If there was no problem, he would stamp it with his seal and publish it in his name.

A meeting will be held in Chongzheng Hall in the afternoon to discuss national affairs with everyone. Then there was nothing to do, and life settled down.

If only he could play with his laptop in the morning.

But now that laptop has been twelve years old. Although it was well preserved and lucky, neither the solar panel nor the laptop was broken.

But no one knows whether long-term and frequent use will cause it to break one day.

Therefore, Zhao Jun also restricted Zhao Zhen's use of the computer. He basically turned it on every three days and used it for two or three hours to ensure that it could be used normally and be well preserved.

This also made Zhao Zhen's life more boring, and he could only do something else.

Putting the fun in chemistry and physics may be absolutely painful for future generations of students.

But in ancient times when there was no Internet, no mobile phones, no computers, and life was boring, it was a different story.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen is still very interested in studying science subjects other than mathematics.

Zhao Jun hadn't been to Houyuan for a long time, and he was surprised by the changes in Houyuan. After all, in addition to Zhao Zhen in the harem, his harem concubines also live in the palace to the west. They certainly cannot come here often to avoid suspicion.

He couldn't help but praise: "If the officials can set an example and advocate science, they will surely drive the Song Dynasty to unite and march towards the road of scientific development, making the Song Dynasty more prosperous."

"No matter where it is, this is what I should do."

After being praised by Da Sun, Zhao Zhen was so happy that he led them into the Chemistry Palace.

This chemical palace is a bungalow with rooms inside. Some rooms are equipped with various chemical instruments, some rooms are equipped with various utensils, and some rooms even contain alchemy furnaces.

But when it comes to instruments, they are actually glass products, such as test tubes, beakers, trays, distilling bottles, funnels, etc. They are not precision instruments.

The rooms with the utensils seemed to be cultivating something. It looked like some fungi, and there were moldy orange peels in them.

Zhao Zhen pushed open one of the doors with his things, and entered a fire-burning room with a large pot, stove, and firewood. It looked like a common kitchen in rural areas.

"This is the room usually used for cooking. I used to boil plant ash and lard to make soap. I saw this step in some time-travel novels, so I tried it. It can be made, but the cost is too high. It’s really high and tastes great.”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand, and there was still a residual smell of lard in it.

"The novels are all fictitious. A large amount of spices must be added to the soap itself before it can be used for bathing. The cost is very high, and the supply can only be used by a few powerful people. It will take a period of industrialization to become popular."

Zhao Jun said: "I am still skeptical about whether I can make a fortune from making soap during the de-industrialization period."

"I'll give it a try anyway."

Zhao Zhen smiled, and then called Wang Shouzhong to add water to the pot to prepare for the experiment.

Every time Zhao Zhen's experimental room was cleaned, it was fairly clean, but the smell inside was quite strong.

The waiter got a bucket and poured water into the pot. Then Zhao Zhen directed them to start lighting firewood, and after the water boiled, they put the large piece of rubber in it.

Zhao Jun was stunned by this series of operations.

Good guy.

Zhao Zhen is a chemist.

It's just pure theory.

The actual operation is all done by hand.

But if you think about it carefully, as an emperor, he really doesn't need to do such hard work.

Just doing the theoretical work is enough.

Zhao Zhen and many prime ministers stood aside and watched the rubber soften quickly after being put into the boiling water, but it had no intention of dissolving at all.

The waiter stirred a stick, trying to speed up the dissolution of the rubber inside, but it was of no use.

"It doesn't seem to dissolve."

Zhao Zhen frowned.

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "Normally, if it can be dissolved, then how can it be used in industry? Wouldn't steam dissolve it?"

"What should we do? If it cannot be dissolved, how can we pour it into the mold? Do we have to take the natural rubber juice and pour it every time?"

"It should be that a solvent is needed."

"what do you need?"

"Let me think about it, sulfide? Wait a minute. Is there any oil?"

Zhao Jun suddenly remembered.

He had occasionally seen on station B before that oil was also a solvent.

Many industrial products are adulterated with petroleum.

"That must be true. I have distilled petroleum before."

Zhao Zhen said hurriedly.

"Pour some oil in and try it."

"Wang Shouzhong, go get the stone lacquer I boiled."

"Yes."

Wang Shouzhong quickly went to the next room to get oil.

In a moment he brought a bucket.

Zhao Zhen ordered him to pour half a bucket in to test the water.

Wang Shouzhong walked around and poured it in, and a pungent smell of petroleum hit his face.

It must be said that this experimental environment is still very dangerous.

In other words, he was adding oil to water. If he accidentally poured it into the stove below, the highest political circle of the Song Dynasty would be wiped out in an instant.

The oil was quickly poured in, and soon the rubber resin inside began to dissolve.

"It's working."

Zhao Zhen was overjoyed and then said: "Fang Qiu."

A waiter then took the container for storing carbon black and began to pour the black powder into the cauldron.

Another attendant stirred together the rubber, petroleum, and sour.

Soon the rubber liquid in the pot turned pitch black, exuding an unpleasant and pungent smell, and also looked ugly, as if it was possessed, like a pot of dark food.

"It turned black as expected."

"Nonsense, Qiu is originally used to make ink. It's like pouring ink into water. It's weird that it doesn't turn black."

"Just to see if the cooling can be useful if it is fixed."

"It is not a problem for natural rubber to solve the problem of rubber rings. What we need to explore now is the ratio of petroleum and carbon black. After that, we just need to make a mold, pour the stuff into the mold and cool it."

Zhao Jun looked at the things inside and said.

Rubber has better heat resistance after adding carbon black. Although it has not been vulcanized, such rubber is enough if it is only used in steam engines.

The only problem right now is that in the first test, the ratio of oil and carbon black was added haphazardly and was not perfected.

The strength of the rubber produced is still unknown. Only by experimenting and improving again and again can we achieve its best effect and truly use it in industry.

"Leave this to me."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Within ten days, I will make the best rubber, and within a month, I will see the train start running!"

"Brother is worthy of being the greatest chemist of all time. No one in the political, historical, chemical, or physical circles can mention you as a great man with great achievements. Newton will stand on your shoulders in the future!"

Zhao Jun gave a thumbs up and praised him fiercely.

Zhao Zhen was immediately overjoyed and said: "Don't worry, leave it to me, but Grandson, you still have to be serious about building the railway tracks."

"That's for sure. I'll build a section of railway track on the outskirts of Beijing first. I'll definitely see results in a month."

Zhao Jun patted his chest and promised, and then said: "The trial run will be carried out first. After it is confirmed that it can be run, we will hold another grand ceremony. When the time comes, brother, you will also go out of the city to watch the ceremony and the palace to take a look. This is a national celebration. For this important event, we need to invite envoys from surrounding countries to come!”

"All nations come to court!"

Everyone looked at each other and suddenly felt refreshed.

The Song Dynasty has been cowardly for too long.

Now industrial development is finally possible.

After the industrialization process is completed, military capabilities will also develop rapidly.

From now on I feel proud.

They will be on top of the world.

This time.

The Song Dynasty really wanted to announce it to the world.

They stood up.

(End of this chapter)