Daming Military Empire

Chapter 574 The Experiment Is Dangerous

Zhu Cijiong carefully looked at the kerosene in the jar. It was indeed as clear as water, but the color was slightly darker. It may be due to fractionation, and it was difficult to bring impurities.

He nodded in satisfaction and said: "Well, this is very good. It basically has no impurities. It can be used directly to light lamps. It is called kerosene. This kerosene can be refined more and sold to ordinary people. In this way, it will not be able to connect to electric lights. The people of the country can also have something to illuminate at night."

Song Yingxing was excited at first when he heard the words, and then showed a embarrassed expression, he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this kerosene is not easy to keep, if it is all packed in wine jars, most people probably cannot afford such a big jar, right? Do you want to make some small wine jars?"

Zhu Cijiong took a look at the wine jar in front of him. It probably weighed [-] catties, but ordinary wine jars are at least [-] or [-] catties. Smaller ones are rare. Song Yingxing said that he was going to make some small wine jars. Makes sense.

However, it feels weird to use a wine jar to hold kerosene. If someone thinks it is wine and accidentally pours it into their mouth, it will be troublesome. Zhu Cijiong thought about it, shook his head and said: "No, you can't use wine. For jars, use glass bottles."

Song Yingxing was confused when he heard the words, he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, what is this glass bottle?"

At this time, Daming has just produced glass. It is usually used to make telescopes, light bulbs and mirrors. Rich people will also buy it to make windows. Glass cups are very rare. I don’t know if anyone has tried to make glass bottles. .

Sometimes Zhu Cijiong would subconsciously confuse the things of later generations with the things of this time. Naturally, glass bottles of later generations are very common, but at this moment in the Ming Dynasty, it seems that he has never seen a glass bottle. He slapped his forehead and said in embarrassment : "Do you have a study here, I will draw one for you later."

Song Yingxing nodded quickly and said: "Some are on the top floor, but, Your Majesty, this kerosene does not seem to be very safe to burn. If the wick is not placed in the right place, it will burn violently. Is it a bit strange to make lamp oil for ordinary people?" Danger?"

There are no kerosene lamps yet, and the size of the fire is naturally difficult to control. Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, the kerosene-burning lamp also needs to be specially made, and I will draw it for you later."

Song Yingxing had thought about these issues before, and he still had a headache for a while because of this. It's not that he couldn't think of a glass bottle or design a kerosene lamp. Sooner or later he would think of a glass bottle, and sooner or later he could design a kerosene lamp. However, That is quite time-consuming, glass bottles are fine, and kerosene lamps are designed out of thin air by people who have never seen them before. It is impossible to design a perfect finished product without several years of repeated revisions.

It's all right now, and there is no need to consider the storage and control of the size of the lights. Once the emperor makes a move, absolutely any problem can be solved.

At this point, the fifth floor was almost seen, and Zhu Cijiong took the lead to walk to the steps leading to the sixth floor. The rest should be gasoline. I don't know how Song Yingxing refined it.

With doubts, he quickly walked up to the sixth floor. The temperature here was almost the same as the temperature outside, but the whole air was filled with the smell of gasoline.

This time, before he stretched his head to look into the door opening, Song Yingxing cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't think the inside is dirty, you can go in and have a look at this floor. This floor is heated by ordinary water, and there is no water. Boil, no danger."

The water was not even boiled, which means it was less than [-] degrees, so there was no danger, Zhu Cijiong happily walked in.

The interior of this floor is similar to the layout of the fifth floor. It is also a huge iron can with a small iron can next to it. The gasoline should also be fractionated using the fractional distillation principle. However, there is a strange smell in addition to the gasoline smell.

Zhu Cijiong sniffed it carefully, and it turned out to be the smell of gas!
He hastily scanned around, and found that one window was open, but with the door opening, there are only two air vents in total, so this will definitely not work, so he hurriedly asked: "Chang Geng, have you smelled this strange smell? What do you know?"

Song Yingxing said in embarrassment when he heard the words: "Weichen has already smelled this smell. It is emitted after the oil is heated, but I don't know what it is."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong seriously reminded: "This is a flammable gas. If there is too much of this gas in a room, it only takes one spark to cause an explosion. It is very dangerous. You can't arrange it like this. The house must be Open a few more windows, and you must add a fan to blow out, otherwise, once the accumulation time is long, it is very likely to explode!"

The emperor seldom speaks so seriously, Song Yingxing's face changed with fright, he hastily cupped his hands and said: "I am guilty, I understand, I will change it later, I will change it later."

Zhu Cijiong nodded, and carefully observed the facilities inside. He is really not a smelter, and he doesn't know anything about oil refining.

Of course, he didn't want to understand the whole process of oil refining, but just wanted to take a closer look out of curiosity. Now that his curiosity was satisfied, the smell inside was really unpleasant. He walked around inside, He couldn't help but lift his foot and walk outside.

Song Yingxing saw the emperor looked around blankly, and then walked out without saying a word, thinking that the emperor was angry, he hurriedly followed, and said in fear: "The emperor, my humble minister."

Zhu Cijiong took a few breaths, raised his hand and said: "It's okay, I don't blame you, it's just that the smell of gas inside is too strong, I'm not used to it, well, those who don't know are innocent, just pay attention in the future, and put this layer of refined things Take a look."

Hearing this, Song Yingxing hurriedly asked people to fetch things, and at the same time secretly heaved a sigh of relief, fortunately, fortunately, the emperor was not angry.

Soon, the person on duty at this floor brought another wine jar. Seeing how he was struggling, he probably weighed fifty or sixty catties.

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but personally stepped forward to remove the sandbag pressed on the jar, and smelled it lightly. It was indeed gasoline. It looked clear inside, and it was relatively pure gasoline.

Zhu Cijiong nodded in satisfaction and said: "Very well, this is gasoline, which is specially used for cars. You can send it to Wang Zheng directly to let him experiment with the new power device, but be careful, you must not use open flames near gasoline. Gasoline will ignite even if you don’t point it directly, a single spark may cause an explosion, which is very dangerous.”

This Song Yingxing has a little experience, because he tried to ignite gasoline during a small experiment before, but the gasoline ignited before the flame touched the gasoline, but the amount he extracted was very small at that time, and it did not cause an explosion. It caught fire with just a bang, which startled him a lot.

Recalling the scene at that time, he said with lingering fear: "I understand, the emperor can rest assured, I will pay attention."

(End of this chapter)