Chapter 455: Chemical Road

Seeing the increasingly excited expression of the alien guest in front of him, Paul waved his hand and said, "Please calm down, Your Honorable Prince."

He made a look of unbearable expression and said: "I fully understand your eagerness to restore the country, but unfortunately, I can only provide you with spiritual support."

"Moral support? What is moral support?"

It took three seconds for the dwarf, who was not yet familiar with the Aldo language, to react.

"What? That means no. Ah, powerful human lord, I have seen your soldiers. They are brave, resolute, well-trained, and they hold weapons as powerful as thunder."

The dwarf looked puzzled.

"Think about the rewards I can give you if you succeed. As far as I know, no dwarf tribe on the Rocky Mountains has ever been friendly with humans, and you will be the first in history to become a bridge between the two tribes." Messenger of Friendship."

Paul spread his hands: "Perhaps you have misunderstood my identity? I have no power..."

"Misunderstanding? Power? Aren't you the master of this land? As long as you give an order, the people on this land will fight for you."

Paul smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, maybe because you are new here, so you don't know much about our human political structure, let me explain to you, I—Paul Greiman, but the Aldo Kingdom has many One of the lords, there is also a majesty the king on top of my head. If I send troops to fight outside of Aldo without authorization, I will be sued before the imperial court, and then I will be put on shoes by the majesty the king."

"What? You are still being controlled by others?"

Yinerma Mason's eyes widened, "Okay, where does the king you mentioned live?"

"In a city called Jingyao in the south."

"How long will it take to get there?"

"It will take about 20 days to ride a horse."

"20 days? Still have to ride a horse?"

Inlma the dwarf was disappointed.

He had mustered up a lot of courage to follow the exploration team to Arda.

If you go further south...

Perhaps some human lord along the way would have liked a pudgy "dwarf" juggler at his banquet.

"Okay, human lord, can you support me with a sum of money?"

"As the beginning of our friendship, I'd be happy to provide you with a travel allowance and your food and drink in my domain."

Yin Maer: "..."

In this way, Paul's meeting with the dwarf guest ended in an uneasy atmosphere.

He called Stanford and explained in detail the process of his meeting with the dwarves.

Then ask Stanford: "Do you think I'm doing the right thing?"

Stanford nodded, "I don't think there is a problem with what you did. We still don't know much about what happened on Rocky Mountain. Moreover, my knowledge of Yin Erma is also very limited, but at least on the surface, his He has a bad temper and is...a difficult person to get along with. In short, from a personal point of view, he is not a good candidate to be a friend."

Apart from the reason that he is only a lord, Paul really has no interest in supporting the restoration of the dwarf prince. As Stanford said, Arda's understanding of the dwarves on Rocky Mountain is almost blank, how can he listen to the other side's words.

Even if Paul wanted to, he was powerless. Although the fiscal revenue in the territory has increased year by year, every penny must be spent wisely.

Not long ago, Paul and several leaders of the Chemistry Laboratory of Weiss College finalized a major plan-to open the road to the chemical industry.

In fact, the current Arda already has a primitive chemical industry - extracting nitrate from the dung heap, er... if this counts.

Paul's new goal is to produce sulfuric acid on a large scale.

At present, alchemists in this world obtain sulfuric acid by distilling alum-like substances, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive with a small amount of inefficiency.

So Paul suggested that alchemists use the lead chamber method to make sulfuric acid.

The general strategy is to build a cubic lead chamber with a lead plate that can resist sulfuric acid corrosion, and burn a mixture of sulfur and saltpeter in it, so that the sulfur oxides produced are absorbed by the water sprayed on the four walls, and the saltpeter is continuously replenished. And sulfur, and finally take out the acid and put it in a glass container to heat and concentrate.

This is just the earlier lead chamber method, and the more complete lead chamber method has a more complicated process and requires a catalyst or something. But for the fledgling Alda chemical industry, Paul's approach was good enough. And he couldn't come up with a complete method in one step. First, it increased the complexity of experiments and construction (this is the main thing). Second, Paul didn't want his alchemists to become a bunch of people who only knew how to execute orders mechanically. The idiots have to leave some room for them to think and improve on their own.

Alchemists were skeptical when they first heard of this method, but if sulfuric acid could be produced efficiently and on a large scale, who would not be willing to try it. You know, sulfuric acid is a very important material in their various experiments.

And Paul wanted to manufacture sulfuric acid on a large scale for two reasons.

One is that it can be sold to alchemists elsewhere to make money - the guys who do this profession are often very rich.

Second, sulfuric acid is an important industrial raw material. In the current Alda industries, sulfuric acid may be used in metallurgy, tanning, papermaking, pigments, and coking. It will definitely be used in the future - this has been verified in the history of previous lives.

However, what Paul hopes most is to produce copper sulfate through sulfuric acid first. Copper sulfate can be used for tanning leather, beneficiating minerals, and can also sterilize bacteria. It can be used to further produce early pesticides, such as Bordeaux mixture.

With pesticides, agriculture in the Northwest Gulf can be further developed, and the issue of food is the most important.

The lead chamber method achieved preliminary success after several experiments.

The alchemists were going crazy with joy.

But at the same time, they also couldn't understand how a young man who had never heard of any contact with alchemy could come up with such a brilliant idea.

And the previous method of making nitrate, could it be that he got the enlightenment of the God of Light in his sleep?

After experiencing nitrate and acid production ~www.readwn.com~ the last trace of arrogance of the alchemists in front of Paul disappeared without a trace. In their eyes, the current Paul is a man of heaven.

A construction plan for a chemical plant is in full swing. Although the feasibility of the lead chamber method has been verified in the laboratory, there are still many engineering problems to be solved before it can be applied to mass production.

And what must be considered more is the safety of the chemical industry. Needless to say, sulfuric acid is a highly corrosive thing, and the copper sulfate that Paul expects is also toxic. Therefore, the location of the chemical factory must be carefully selected. It cannot be built near residential areas, nor can it be built next to the Weiss River. God knows what weird things will be produced in the future.

In addition, there is the recruitment and training of workers. The two leaders of the alchemists, Hoffman and Wells, suggested that the students of Weiss College who are studying chemistry should be the top ones. After all, they already have some experience in chemistry. Know the hazards of various materials and reagents.

Then slowly select and train qualified workers.

Paul knew that the group of alchemists couldn't wait to see the chemical plant come to fruition. Of course, he also wanted to see the results as soon as possible, so after repeatedly emphasizing the principle of safety, he agreed to their suggestions.