The equipment in front of them in Jia Cong is a simple clay smelting furnace using the internal heat method, which is called a crucible furnace in customs, which has a long history and does not need to be deep, digging a rectangular pit on the ground, leaving the furnace door, tamping it around, and then coating a thin layer of mud. Some of the furnace tops are made of arc-shaped refractory bricks, the inner wall of the bricks is coated with refractory mud, and the upper back is coated with thicker grass mud; Some are made of adobe and grass mixed mud, and the furnace is composed of four parts: a door, a pool, a kiln, and a chimney, and the door is placed at the front end of the furnace to prepare for furnace loading and ventilation. The pool is inside the door, and there is a layer of fine sand left at the bottom of the pool...... Rows of crucibles, firewood, and charcoal are placed on the square hearth.

The scale of this production is not large, Jia Cong asked Sun Fu to pay 30,000 taels of shares, and he can't build a big one, until the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, the newly recruited people and Jia Cong's people Zhong Yin use their own technology to produce glass equipment, foreigners can do their own things in the compartment.

The production steps of arsenic vanamin are separated step by step, and pieces of yellow arsenic yellow ore are transported in for processing, at this time Ge Xuanli happened to come, looking at the crucible furnace, looking quite familiar, slightly raising his chin and looking at the blower and said: "This appearance reminds our family of Zunhua Iron Factory, but as the largest iron factory in the country, the shaft furnace inside is much stronger than the crucible furnace." ”

In his discourse attitude, he still has a sense of superiority over Jia Cong, and he sees the Son of Heaven every day, doesn't Jia Cong just ask him and bribe himself right now? Hmph, it's a real pleasure.

"That is, the Zunhua Iron Works is the symbol of our dynasty's iron and steel industry, how can it be underestimated, and it is even more rare to be supervised by the palm seal of the military bureau like Gonggong Ge, whether it is the emperor or the civil and military affairs of the imperial court, they are all very relieved." Jia Cong smiled, but the cruelty and shame that Ge Xuanli could never detect flew on his face, and no matter who seems to have Jia Cong in advance and retreat, his words and deeds are comfortable: "Grandpa Ge, take a look, are there any varieties of glass that you can look at?" Feel free to take it in and play with it. ”

"Uh...... Hehe, speaking of Zunhua Iron Works, haha...... Haha, where can it compare to the maritime trade supervisor promoted by Mr. Jia, the oil and water come quickly? Ge Xuanli touched a few pieces of blue-green glass colored with copper, and pointed to something: "Doesn't Master Jia know?" ”

"Oh? If Gonggong Ge wants to, just say no to the emperor. Jia Cong tapped the glass syringe lightly and flicked his index finger: "Does Grandpa Ge really want it?" In fact, this piece of hot potato, I wanted to throw it away, one is jealous, the other is easy to have accidents, it is difficult to manage, my father-in-law really solves my urgent need. ”

"Then our family will be disrespectful, and we have to mention it to the emperor." Ge Xuanli suddenly became angry, the palm seal of the War Bureau, which was in charge of the capital and one-third of the military power in the world, could not satisfy him, and the military power could not be effective without the Shang Bao Division and the cabinet of the Ministry of War, but it was just a balance of mutual restraint and the emperor's technique.

Jia Cong secretly sneered in his heart: "The eunuch's appetite is really big, it's okay, if you are not afraid of dying, I don't know if there is any emperor's fear and meaning in this?" ”

His eyes flickered, and Jia Cong seemed to be thinking about the way to preserve himself.

However, on the surface, he had already called Ge Xuanli a brother, extremely cordial and harmonious, at this time Jia Cong entered the foreigner's factory and slightly accused Ge Xuanli, Ge Xuanli didn't quite understand their conversation, Mattheis helped his glasses: "Mr. Jia Cong, the use of mercury or arsenic to treat syphilis has been in our West for a while, but it is still different from your arsenic formula." In addition, glass syringes have great hidden dangers, and they are afraid that they will be transmitted or infected. ”

"I have an organic compound called arsenic, so what? We can't make disposable ones, so we can only sterilize them by boiling. Gentlemen of the West, do not forget that syphilis was brought to us and to the whole world by your great voyages, and you are to blame. Jia Cong said seriously.

A few erudite Western gentlemen were choked up and speechless, as if they dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, what Jia Cong said was right, but it seemed that there was something wrong. The two priests, Mattheis and Christopher, couldn't help but think of the situation when the two fleets of the Netherlands and Portugal were rectified by Jia Cong, and even the governor was not spared, the scene was chilling, they looked at each other, and finally the British James spoke: "Dear Mr. Jia Cong, we would like to communicate with you about the discipline of chemistry." ”

Jia Cong hurriedly said, "Aren't we communicating?" ”

"We're talking about theory." William corrected: "The chemical element, although very early, like Aristotle's, is more of a factor that refers to the attributes of all things, like 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 the changes of matter, and we initially solved the concept of elements from the results of chemical analysis...... So we are curious, how do you know so much in your country, where there is no interest in scientific experiments? ”

Jia Cong smiled but did not answer, and James made a condition: "We can exchange "The Skeptic Chemist" and Lavoisier's "Treatise on the Fundamentals of Chemistry" with you." ”

"Yes." Jia Cong agreed.

"It's just that we don't contact the church for a long time, so we have to bring it to the contact person, and we will translate it carefully."

"Hmm." Jia Cong nodded in agreement, and the two parties were happy.

Then it became even busier, Jia Cong gave full play to the excellent style of the official university, and always fought in the front line of arsenic vanamin development, the glass they produced had their own technology, and the second had the advice of foreigners, Jia Cong seemed to be enough at the moment. As for arsenic vanamin, it was only in the end that James William discovered that they were no strangers, and that was exactly what they had used in large quantities as a preservative in England very early on. As for the ore from which arsenic is extracted, Jia Cong does not need to worry about it in Dashun, arsenic ore is too common.

In the end, Jia Cong didn't tell Ge Xuanli his true purpose honestly, and Ge Xuanli just thought that Jia Cong was like making ceramics to please the emperor, but it was just a special ceramic. His attitude and expression were making Jia Cong happy, and the enemy had contempt, and his victory and success were even further.

Many days later.

"Do you want to experiment on living people?" In the messy factory, James excitedly.

"There is a nearby Tsubaki alley, there is no need to force it, I think there should be a volunteer, let's take a break first, take your time." Jia Cong's eyes were bloodshot, and he needed to take a good rest after working without sleep for several days.

James said that he was going to Siyi Hall to inform Daphne, at that time Jia Cong had already returned home, and after going to the study to look down on the bandit hall for a while, he woke up and found that Xue Baochai had rarely come in to sort out the books after keeping his filial piety, and then the two talked, Xue Baochai took a few ancient books and said: "Chen Sicheng in the Ming Dynasty "Secret Record of Mold" is exactly what you said about syphilis, and it has a detailed discussion of the causes and symptoms of syphilis you said. In addition, there is a kind of 'raw milk' that can be treated, which should be what you call arsenic. ”

Jia Cong took it and opened it casually, and couldn't help but laugh with emotion, Xue Baochai said in surprise: "What's so funny?" ”

"I'm thinking, no wonder we say everything since ancient times, many things, it turns out that the ancestors have already given the answer." Jia Cong thought at this time that some people found inspiration from Ge Hong's "Elbow Reserve Emergency Prescription" in "Artemisia annua", so as to extract artemisinin, won the Nobel Prize, and became famous all over the world.