Chapter Twenty-Three: The Emperor Seeks Medicine and Develops a Tractor

The long-awaited mass production of ***** and sulfonamides really made Zhang Zhimu happy. This shows that at least during the westward expedition, the shells of the *** charge used in the 130 artillery were guaranteed. Even if it is a hand, it can also be partially used with *** charge. However, this ***** is ultimately limited by the production of toluene distilled from coal tar.

Zhang Zhimu suddenly thought that since there is synthetic ammonia, it is completely possible to produce ammonium nitrate, a chemical fertilizer. Not only does ammonium nitrate have less sulfate than ammonium sulfate, which eliminates the problem of land compaction caused by the long-term use of ammonia sulfate, and ammonium nitrate can also be used as a state.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhimu immediately made a phone call to Qingfengzi and told Qingfengzi that you can use ammonia and nitric acid to produce ammonia nitrate in the pressure vessel. And to ammonium nitrate itself is a kind of **, we must pay attention to safety.

Qingfengzi said: "We will do an experiment right away and try to get a little ammonium nitrate sample first." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You should hurry up on this matter." It is not realistic for us to use ***** completely, we need a lot of ammonium nitrate to make **, and we also need them to use as fertilizer. Not only do we need high performance on the battlefield, but we also need it for reservoir construction and railway and highway construction. With these, you can reduce the amount of nitrofiber used and reduce the consumption of cotton. ”

"Don't worry, we'll be experimenting right away. The experiment was completed, and we immediately organized production. This thing won't be difficult, and it is estimated that it will be put into production soon. Qingfengzi said: "Ammonium nitrate only needs nitrogen in the air, nothing else, and it can be produced on a large scale." It's the most economical thing to use, so I suggest we should consider building a second ammonia plant. ”

"You don't need to study this matter, you can immediately decide with Li Yunhe where to build the second ammonia plant. In the future, the demand for fertilizer alone will be huge. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Okay, I'll strike while the iron is hot, and strive to build another production unit as soon as possible, and by that time, the power plant on the other side of Niutou Mountain should also generate electricity. With ample electricity, ammonia synthesis is not a major problem. Qingfengzi said, "There is also good news. Our air separation machines are already being commissioned and the separated gases are being analyzed. It is estimated that there should be results. ”

"Huh! All right! That's good news. Zhang Zhimu said, "Also, you should also keep an eye on the monocrystalline silicon thing." ”

"Okay, don't worry. I've been staring at it. They're working on it too. ”

Sulfonamides can be mass-produced, and his significance cannot be overstated.

It seems that everyone knows that the kiln gang people have produced this medicine, one night. Zhang Zhimu was asleep when the phone rang suddenly. Zhang Zhimu, who woke up in shock, picked up the phone. It turned out to be a call from the guard at the door, and he said, "It's Gonggong Li who has to see you in front of the door, and he said that the matter is very urgent." ”

Zhang Zhimu sighed, thinking to himself, "How dangerous the river is in the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor is not so anxious," but although he was unwilling, he still said: "Let him answer the phone." ”

Waiting for Gonggong Li to answer the phone, Zhang Zhimu couldn't help but say, "What's the matter?" If you have three watches in the middle of the night, you can't talk about it tomorrow! ”

"Zhang Dongjia, I'm really sorry. The emperor's Princess Changping is sick, it is very dangerous, and the emperor also listened to the imperial doctor, and only the magic medicine of Yaogang can be cured. Now it's news from the Eight Hundred Miles Urgent Horse, and I beg you that you have no way to give life-saving medicine. ”

At this time, Zhang Zhimu was no longer sleepy, got up and said, "You wait for me, I'll go downstairs immediately." ”

Putting down the phone, Zhang Zhimu got up and got dressed, Yang Yulin, who had just woken up, understood what was going on, and said angrily: "I will get rid of this gelding dog tomorrow." I don't sleep well. That sentry is too....."

"Sleep yours!" Zhang Zhimu stopped Yang Yulin's words and opened the door and went out.

Zhang Zhimu saw Yang Yulin's female soldiers holding guns and facing Gonggong Li and a few people in front of the door. Without the consent of the female soldiers, Gonggong Li, they would not be able to enter Yaogang Fangcheng.

Seeing Father-in-law Li, Zhang Zhimu said to Father-in-law Li: "You follow me to the hospital!" ”

Zhang Zhimu didn't let the coachman get up, and came to the hospital with two guards and female soldiers with Gonggong Li.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu arrive, the outpatient nurse on duty quickly got up and said, "Mr. Zhang, Vice President Zhang just fell asleep, do you want to call him to get up?" This vice president Zhang refers to Zhang Bingchen, because the "god hand Zhang" is in the hospital, Zhang Bingchen does not dare to be the president himself.

"Is Vice President Zhang on duty today?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

"No, there was a critically ill patient tonight, who had just been resuscitated and stabilized. Vice President Zhang fell asleep. The nurse replied.

Zhang Zhimu was a little difficult to ask, he really didn't want to call Zhang Bingchen at this time, look at Gonggong Li beside him, there was no way, Zhang Zhimu had no choice but to say: "You go and call Vice President Zhang up." ”

Zhang Zhimu could obviously feel that Gonggong Li breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, Zhang Zhimu suddenly had a good impression of Gonggong Li, he was very concerned about the emperor's affairs, and he was definitely not pretending, which Zhang Zhimu could feel.

Zhang Bingchen was finally woken up by the nurse, and he came out in a huff and asked, "There is no emergency, why can't you wait until tomorrow?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said in the past: "It's just an emergency matter." ”

Seeing Zhang Zhimu here, Zhang Bingchen woke up and asked, "What's the emergency?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said to Gonggong Li: "You wait for me for a while." ”

Zhang Zhimu and Zhang Bingchen came to his office and said, "The emperor's Princess Changping is sick, and she sent someone to come to our kiln to get that 'magic medicine' for 800 miles." This is also what the imperial doctor said. Although I don't know what kind of disease Princess Changping has, it seems that the imperial doctor can't help it. I came up with the idea. ”

"How much of this medicine did you tell them?" Zhang Bingchen asked.

"How many of you have?"

"Hey, hey! Have you forgotten that sulfonamides are already mass-produced? Zhang Bingchen said.

"Yes, let's go to the pharmacy." Zhang Zhimu said, pulling Zhang Bingchen to the pharmacy.

Zhang Bingchen took down a 400x400 mm wooden box from the medicine shelf. Zhang Bingchen gently placed the box on the table, opened the box, and removed the straw and paper that had been padded. Rows of dark brown glass bottles were revealed. Zhang Bingchen took out a glass bottle, unscrewed the cap made of acetate, and could see the cork with wax on the mouth of the bottle. Zhang Bingchen held up the medicine bottle and said, "This bottle is fifty pills, and this box is fifty bottles." Yesterday we brought back 100 boxes, and now we dare to increase the amount of medicine we use to patients. ”

"Then take a box and give it to the emperor." Zhang Zhimu said.

"Ahh A box? You say give them a box. Zhang Bingchen said in surprise, "Do you want to know how many people can be saved by such a box?" How much gold can I get back? ”

"Don't get excited, do we still need to have a good relationship with the emperor now!" Zhang Zhimu said, "You also have to take out two copies of the instructions you wrote on how to use sulfonamides." One was given to the imperial doctors, and the other was given to the emperor. ”

"You are so generous, the sulfonamides used in our hospital are prescribed to patients according to tablets." Zhang Bingchen said yes, but he still took down another box of unopened medicine and said, "Give this box to them." ”

Zhang Bingchen took this box of medicine, followed Zhang Zhimu out of the pharmacy, and came to Gonggong Li. Zhang Zhimu said: "This is a box of medicine, how precious he is, I think you also know." You must hand it over to the emperor yourself. There are two books on how to use this medicine. You tell the emperor that one is for the imperial doctor, and the other is for the emperor. So as not to treat the wrong medicine too much, blame us for the bad medicine. ”

"I thank Zhang Dongjia for the emperor. I didn't waste time and went to the capital immediately. Father-in-law Li said and walked out.

Zhang Zhimu joked: "If you don't go to the capital, this box of medicine will be exchanged for silver, and you won't be able to spend it in your life." ”

"Hey! I don't dare to borrow our guts! After speaking, Gonggong Li and a few people got on the horse and galloped away.

"He's really a good eunuch." Zhang Zhimu couldn't help but say.

Zhang Bingchen said: "I will arrange a place for you to sleep in the hospital." ”

"No, I'll go back to the office and sleep for a while." Zhang Zhimu said to the female soldiers again: "You have also worked hard, go back and rest." ”

"It's not hard, our company commander is afraid of not being safe, so he let us watch them." The female soldier squad leader said.

"Do you know who you're looking at? This is a martial arts master, and a few of you can't look down on him at all. Zhang Zhimu said to the female soldiers as he walked back.

The female soldier squad leader patted the gun in her hand and said, "We have a gun in our hands!" ”

"Huh! You can't deal with him even if you have a gun. Zhang Zhimu said, "If he does it, he won't give you any chance." ”

The female soldiers were so frightened that they didn't dare to speak. They knew that Zhang Zhimu would not tell lies.

Back in the office, Zhang Zhimu couldn't sleep again. Fang Cai's business has always been in his head. He knew that it was this Princess Changping, according to the original history, when Beijing City was broken, she was cut off by Emperor Chongzhen. Now it is Chongzhen who sent someone to ask for medicine to save Princess Changping. is this Princess Changping, and later generations have interpreted many stories based on her. It seems that in the future, there will be no one-armed god and nun, who is a supreme martial arts master.

After dawn, Zhang Zhimu came to the command center and told Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He about the emperor coming to ask for medicine last night.

Ouyang He smiled and said, "It seems that the emperor has another sharp weapon in his hand." This is fifty bottles of treasure medicine that can save lives and help the wounded, except for us Yaogang people, only the emperor in the court has this thing. If the princess's illness is cured this time, those people will say that this medicine is an elixir. Which of the ministers didn't want the emperor to reward them as soon as he was happy? ”

Zhang Zhimu knows that people have never used antibiotics now, and as long as they take a little, they will be effective. It is very effective against many infectious diseases. Perhaps, as Ouyang He said, these things in the emperor's hands will play an unexpected role.

After being busy for a while, Zhang Zhimu finally calmed down, prepared for a while, and went to Li Yunhe to give a lecture on tractors.

Zhang Zhimu knows more about tractors than cars. When I was a child, I spent some time in the countryside and often watched them repair tractors. When Zhang Zhimu was young, he was most impressed by the people who had a deep impression of tractors that they were often broken, and adults often had to repair tractors. Later, when it was bigger, I knew that domestic tractors were cheaper at that time, and they were often broken, but the structure was simple and easy to repair.

Because Li Yunhe's people who are engaged in automobiles have the kung fu to engage in automobiles, it is obviously easier to accept the tractor introduced by Zhang Zhimu.

In fact, the main difference between a tractor and a car is that in order to increase the driving torque, the tractor needs to add a device that increases the torque by changing speeds; The steering of the tractor is achieved by opening and closing the left and right power transmission mechanisms. That is to say, in the transmission of the tractor, the left and right transmission is achieved through the clutch. When turning to the left, disconnect the clutch on the left, only the power wheel on the right can drive the track to move, and the left track is not moving, so the tractor turns left.

A little more complicated is the running gear. The running gear is composed of idler, follower wheel, roller, drive wheel and track. When running, the driving wheels roll around the track in a cyclic motion, and the rollers roll forward or backward on the track of the track.

After Zhang Zhimu introduced the tractor to them, these people said: "Mr. Zhang, if we had started to build a tractor, maybe we would have made it by now." ”

Zhang Zhimu thought to himself, you are done with the car and now it is easy to look at the tractor, but the tractor has its difficulties. Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't underestimate this tractor, if we are in front of the tractor, install a bulldozer that can be lifted hydraulically." Then it is very easy to use the strong thrust of the tractor to bulldoze the soil and rock in front. If we build roads and other construction sites, there are a number of such bulldozers, and you can imagine the work efficiency. ”

"That's right! Such a tractor doesn't care about the road or not, it can go anywhere. "Someone said.

"Oops! Our 130 heavy guns are not towed by one such tractor. Li Yunhe thought further.

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "Hehe! Also, think about it, behind such a tractor, install a row of ten large ploughshares that can be hydraulically lifted, and walk in the wasteland. ”

"Oh my God, in the future, you won't need cows and horses to plough the ground, it's fast and deep." Someone exclaimed.

"Yes! A bright future is in sight. But it's up to you when you can see it. Zhang Zhimu said.

"We're going to do it right away, I can't wait." It was said.

Zhang Zhimu said: "In fact, if you want to talk about tractors, there are many technologies to study. My request was that there was no need for more gears, as long as the drive was high. So you try to use high-power engines, but that's for the future, in order to produce results quickly, you just use the engines that are mature now. Note that this guy needs to be able to walk in mud and water, so when you design, the electrical stuff should be higher. The precision mechanism is also high, and the one that can be sealed is sealed as much as possible. Also consider the issue of solidity, so that the line of your car charging is still disconnected like the last time. How about trying to come up with a prototype by this time next year? ”

Someone said, "No, we'll take it out this year!" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This matter, we must hurry up, but we must not be in a hurry." I wish I could get some sleep and you can get a prototype tomorrow, but it's not possible. Take care of your body and don't get burned. We also need to design high-power tractors in the future, and we also need to use tractors to transform into a lot of equipment. But this tractor is the foundation. By designing this thing, you've all worked out. It's more important than what comes out. ”

"Mr. Zhang, we have been engaged in cars for a year or two and have not seen any benefits. We also want to come up with something that works. "Someone said.

"The car is already good, it's just that we feel we need the tractor more now. In the future, we still need to make a lot of efforts to develop automobiles, so don't be discouraged. Zhang Zhimu said, "I have asked Li Yunhe to choose a larger place outside to build a car test site." That's for you. ”

Zhang Zhimu's words made these car people feel a lot more at ease.

It took a whole day to study the tractor with Li Yunhe's people. In the evening, Zhang Zhimu went home directly. When she arrived at home, Yang Yulin, who was coaxing the child, said, "Li Zhi is calling." Li Zhi said that Meng Si'er and Huang Zhi are back, let me tell you. ”

"Oh, that's great. I've always been worried about them, Meng Si'er is a rare figure now. After Zhang Zhimu finished speaking, Huang Yukun said: "Was it right for me to let him go at the beginning?" ”

"Of course, Madame is wise." Zhang Zhimu said, "If you didn't release Meng Si'er at the beginning, we would all be gone in Tongguan." Not to mention that Meng Si'er is now making many miraculous achievements. ”

As soon as he arrived at the office the next day, Zhang Zhimu asked Yang Yulin to inform Li Zhi to come over.

After a while, Li Zhi and Meng Si'er came over together.

Zhang Zhimu went over and took Meng Si'er's hand and said, "But when I come back, I'm in a hurry." If something happens to you, how can I tell your parents! You've just gotten married. ”

"It's okay Mr. Zhang, it's not the first time I've been on a mission. You see, I'm not good. Meng Si'er said.

Li Zhi said: "Meng Si'er is a lucky general, and this time there is no danger. ”

"Tell me what's going on?" After the three of them sat down, Zhang Zhimu asked.

"Thanks to Huang Zhi this time, this kid is okay. We also brought his own mother back. Meng Si'er talked about their trip to Liaodong.

This time, Meng Si'er and Huang Zhi, a total of more than a dozen people, pretended to be a group of merchants in Lan County in advance, came to Taiyuan through acquaintances, and spent some silver to join a caravan in Taiyuan specializing in Liaodong business. Because of this incident, Meng Si'er had already greeted them through people. Besides, they take the money and don't care about anything else. Because although this industry is very profitable, we all know that the risks are greater, and it is normal for some people not to tell the truth.

In order not to arouse suspicion, Meng Si'er and more than a dozen of them joined in several groups. When they joined the gang, they realized that Meng Si'er was too worried. This caravan is so large that no one will mind your business. The first rule of this caravan was that it was not allowed to inquire about other people's affairs. But the leader of the caravan promised that if you paid the money, he would take you out of the pass, and as for whether you could get to the people in Liaodong, it didn't matter if you could get to the people in Liaodong, you would follow them on the way, and they wouldn't care if you lived, ate, lived, or died. If they can't take you out of the customs, they will return the money to you, and they don't care what goods you have brought with them. This caravan has no acquaintances to introduce outsiders, and it is not known at all. People live all over Taiyuan, and when you go, someone will inform you that everyone needs to meet together on the road, so that outsiders seem to have met together on the road.

The caravan stayed in Zhangjiakou for three days, firstly, to prepare some goods if the goods were not complete, and in addition, Meng Sier estimated that the head of the caravan needed to coordinate the exit time with the pass.

When I arrived at dinner on the third day of Zhangjiakou, someone came to inform me that I would leave the customs tonight.

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".