Chapter 411 Poison and Treasure Hairpin
The equipment in front of Jia Cong and others is a very simple mud melting furnace that uses internal heat method. It is called a crucible furnace. It has a long history and does not require deep surfaces. It is dug a rectangular pit on the ground, leaving a door for the furnace, and a thin layer of mud is applied. Some of the furnace tops are made of arc-shaped refractory bricks, the inner walls of the bricks are covered with refractory mud, and the upper back is coated with thick grass mixing mud; some are built with adobe and straw mixing mud, and the furnace consists of four parts, doors, pools, kilns, and chimneys. The door is placed at the front end of the furnace to prepare the furnace and ventilation. The pool is inside the door, and a layer of fine sand is left at the bottom of the pond... Crucibles, firewood and charcoal are placed in rows arranged on the square furnace.
The production scale is not very large. Jia Cong asked Sun Fu to invest 30,000 taels, and he couldn't build it even if he was big. After the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works, the newly recruited people and Jia Cong's man Zhong Yin used his own technology to produce glass equipment, foreigners could do their own things in the compartment.
The production steps of arsenic Vanneming are separated step by step, and pieces of yellow arsenic ore are transported in for processing. At this time, Ge Xuanli happened to arrive. Looking at the crucible furnace, he looked quite familiar with it. He raised his chin and looked at the blower and said, "This way reminds us of Zunhua Iron Factory. However, as the largest iron factory in the country, the vertical furnace inside is much stronger than the crucible furnace."
In his words and attitudes, he was still very superior to Jia Cong, and he met the emperor every day. At present, Jia Cong just asked him for bribing him? Humph, this feeling was really pleasant.
"That's right, Zunhua Iron Factory is a symbol of the great steel industry of our dynasty. It's not to be underestimated. What's even more rare is that it is under the supervision of the military command of Eunuch Ge, such as Eunuch Ge. Both the emperor and the civil and military officials of the court are relieved." Jia Cong smiled, but his face was swept by the cruelty and shame that Ge Xuanli could never notice. No matter who seems, Jia Cong is in moderation, and his words and deeds are comfortable: "Geunuch Ge, look, are there any glass varieties that you like? You can take them in and play with them at will."
"Uh...hehe, when it comes to Zunhua Iron Factory, haha...haha, how can you compare to the marine trade supervisor promoted by Xues Jia? The oil and water come quickly?" Ge Xuanli touched a few pieces of blue-green glasses colored with copper, meaning: "Don't Xueshou know?"
"Oh? If Eunuch Ge wants, just say it to the emperor." Jia Cong gently tapped the glass syringe and bounced it with his index finger: "Does Eunuch Ge really want it? In fact, I have wanted to throw away this hot potato. One is to attract jealousy, and the other is to make things easy and it is difficult to control it. My father-in-law really solves my urgent needs."
"Then our family will be disrespectful and we have to mention it to the emperor." Ge Xuanli suddenly became happy. The military commander who controls the capital and one-third of the world's military power could not satisfy him. Besides, the military power would not take effect without the Shang Baosi of the Ministry of War and the cabinet, but it was just a balance of the imperial skills.
Jia Cong sneered in his heart: "The eunuch has such a big appetite, it's good. If you are not afraid of suffocating, I wonder if there is any emperor's doubt or meaning in it?"
His eyes flashed, and Jia Cong seemed to be thinking about the way to self-preservation.
However, on the surface, he had already become brothers with Ge Xuanli, and was extremely friendly and harmonious. At this time, Jia Cong entered the foreign factory and accused Ge Xuanli slightly. Ge Xuanli didn't understand their conversation. Matthew Is supported his glasses: "Mr. Jia Cong, using mercury or arsenic agent to treat syphilis has been started for a while in our West, but it is still different from your arsenic agent formula. In addition, glass syringes have great hidden dangers, and they are afraid of transmission or infection."
"I call it an organic compound of arsenic, what can it do? We can't make ones, so we can only disinfect it by boiling. Dear Western gentlemen, don't forget that syphilis is your voyage, and you should bear the responsibility for it when you spread to us and the whole world." Jia Cong said seriously.
Several learned Western gentlemen were choked and could not speak, as if they dared not speak, and what Jia Cong said was right, but there seemed to be something wrong. The two priests, Matthew Ess, Christopher, couldn't help but see the situation in his mind that the two Dutch and Portuguese fleets were rectified by Jia Cong, and even the governor could not escape. The scene was chilling, and they winked at each other, and finally, the British James said: "Dear Mr. Jia Cong, we really want to communicate with you about the subject of chemistry."
Jia Cong said hurriedly: "Aren't we communicating?"
"We are talking about theory." William corrected: "Although the chemical element was proposed very early, like Aristotle, but like you in the East, it refers more to a factor that refers to the attributes of all things, such as your gold, wood, water, fire and earth. It was not until the rise of scientific experiments in the last century that we accumulated some experimental data on material changes that we initially solved the concept of elements from the results of chemical analysis... So we are very curious, how do you know so much in your country, who has no interest in scientific experiments, who know nothing?"
Jia Cong smiled but refused to answer, and James put forward the conditions: "We can exchange it with you in "The Skeptic Chemist" and Lavoisier's "Basic Discourse on Chemistry."
"Yes." Jia Cong agreed.
"It's just that we don't contact the church for a long time, we have to contact people to bring them over, and we will translate carefully."
"Yes." Jia Cong nodded in agreement, and each side was happy.
Then he became even busier. Jia Cong fully utilized the excellent style of the official position of the Grand Master and always fought on the front line of the development of Arsenic Vanneming. The glass they produced had its own technology and foreign suggestions. Jia Cong seemed to be enough at the moment. As for Arsenic Vanneming, James William finally found that they were familiar with them, which was what they had used as preservatives in Britain for a long time. As for Arsenic realgar ore, Jia Cong didn't need to worry about in Dashun, arsenic ore was too common.
In the end, Jia Cong did not tell Ge Xuanli the truth about his real purpose. Ge Xuanli just thought that Jia Cong pleased the emperor like he made ceramics, but it was just a special ceramic. His attitude and expression were just making Jia Cong happy. When the enemy was despised, his victory and success would go further.
Many days old.
"Do you want to use living people for experiments?" James said excitedly in the messy factory.
"There are nearby Chunshu Hutong, and there is no need to force it. I think there should be someone who is willing to do so. Let's take a break first and take your time." Jia Cong's eyes were covered with bloodshots, and he needed to take a good rest for several days of work that he never sleeps.
James said he wanted to go to the Siyi Pavilion to inform Defney. At that time, Jia Cong had already returned home. After going to the study, the Bid Relics Hall underestimated for a while, he woke up and found that Xue Baochai came in to sort out books after being mourned. Then the two talked. Xue Baochai held several ancient books and said, "What you said in the Ming Dynasty is the syphilis you mentioned. It has a detailed discussion of the causes and symptoms of syphilis you mentioned. And there is a kind of 'birth-breathing' that can be treated, which should be what you mentioned."
Jia Cong took it and opened it casually, and couldn't help but laugh. Xue Baochai said in surprise: "What's so funny?"
Chapter completed!