It seems a bit fantastical, but if you think about it carefully, it is still possible, and the catalyst is like this, the world's materials, thousands of materials, even through meteorites, through extraterrestrial objects, there will be many materials on the earth, crustal movement, high temperature and high pressure, will also generate some compounds.

These kinds of compounds, even later generations may not be able to grasp all of them, the discovery of new compounds every year, and the study of the use of new compounds, this is a very cutting-edge industry, but also a huge investment in the industry, in addition to some countries, that is, some industry giants, can be in a specific field of research.

The material world is unpredictable, billions of compounds, constitute a colorful world, in the middle, there are already already manifested characteristics, whether they have been manifested, because of accidents, the development of characteristics, not supported by science and technology, accidents and miracles, is more important.

A clear example, Bailang Duoxi, this kind of fuel, has come out hundreds of years ago in the scientific and technological society, often used for printing and dyeing, but who will know, his role is instead a drug, sulfonamide, this Bailang Duoxin in the human body metabolic products, is the first broad-spectrum antibacterial drug.

In the 21st century, when science and technology are developed, it can be said that science and technology have entered a fairly high level, but who would know that in 200, 1000, or even after 2000, some ordinary substances in the 21st century will also develop different effects.

Materials science, especially the catalyst industry, is like a membrane, if it is pierced, it will be pierced, but if it is not pierced, and in some fog, it is really like a fog, and you can never find the direction.

He has something to do with technology, and it doesn't matter, some excellent compounds and new products may just be caused by accidents.

Why is there a huge investment in basic disciplines and materials disciplines, it is not a single person, or a company can invest, it must be the strength of the country, that is, in the countless possibilities, one by one verification, in the middle, is an overall strength, and the country without strength has no way to invest in this basic research.

But it is not without accidents, a simple, only a few dozen people, the output value is only a million small company, because of a certain material, immediately become an industry giant, which in later generations, although rare, but not completely absent, a product, enough to make a small company reborn.

How can these small companies do something that some big companies can't do, it's not that they invest more, but more of luck.

For example, a certain material must be able to detect 100 materials, in principle, as long as 100 materials are tested, such a compound can be found, but the power consumed is different.

The right one is 97, you start from the beginning, people start from the back, you need 97, people can start from the back 3, the time and cost are only one-30th of yours.

Just 100 materials, the difference is so big, in the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and even every investment is huge, step by step failure, just means that this road does not work, luck is more important than money.

For a country, instead of pinning on illusory luck, it is better to use failure after failure to light a path for success, which is more convenient.

In feudal society, in the era when science and technology have not yet opened, there will be no high-grade catalysts, that is impossible, in addition to those catalysts of chemical synthesis, among the natural catalysts, there are also a large number.

God knows that among the billions of natural compounds and raw materials, they are used as catalysts in countless chemical reactions, and there is a special research direction that studies the existing compounds.

If you don't put the compound into it, if you don't meet a certain condition, you will never know what the mechanism of this catalyst is, and some of the mechanisms obtained by chance are at most the mechanism of this catalyst.

Why such a brilliant invention, why is there no record in Chinese history, you know, although it is said that the ancient craftsmen would treasure themselves with brooms and hide them as a secret recipe, why is this catalyst that significantly improves efficiency and reduces consumption not recorded in history.

Zhao Xin knows this that many things are completely different in different historical time and space.

An epoch-making invention that took place 80 years ago, the era before the reform and opening up, or even the early days of the reform and opening up before 2000, may just be to get an award, to have a certificate, or to an enamel teacup, but after 2000, he is enough to create a business that can become a billionaire.

This kind of catalyst for iron smelting can only show its effect in large-scale production, and in the era of small-scale peasant economy and manual production, even if this catalyst can increase efficiency by three or five times, for a blacksmith shop, it can be used as a secret recipe for long-term survival, but it will not create excess profits.

When luck comes, it is entirely possible to make things beyond the times, these secret recipes are like this, in feudal society, people just think that it is a secret recipe, use this secret recipe to make things faster, better to go, there is nothing else, not on the premise of large-scale production, your efficiency is increased by one or two times, what is the impact on the whole, at best, your blacksmith shop is a little stronger than others, the production is a little faster, under the premise of the order system, there are not enough orders, You won't be able to make enough profits, at most save a little bit of cost and make a little more.

For the era when the pace is very slow, and there is no calculation of costs and benefits, you are a little faster and a little slower, there is really no big difference, and even if you have a kettle, you earn 30 or 50 more than usual, that is, you can make the benefits of your blacksmith shop good, for example, in the case of the same cost and sales, you make more money than others, and when you are impacted, other blacksmith shops can't survive, you can survive, it's such a difference.

On the premise that there is no fundamental difference, if someone sells one more kettle, they will catch up with your profits, and this thing is vaguely unable to see any difference.

But when it comes to the moment of industrialized mass production, with the support of quantitative energy, a little bit of improvement will bring huge benefits, when the cost of a product is reduced even a little bit, to millions, or even tens of millions of levels, profits can increase a lot, only industrialization can bring such a terrible improvement.

To tell the truth, except for the blast furnace that has not been used, which has reduced the output a lot, the others are not lower than, or even higher than, in some aspects, some of the production capacity of later generations.

Because it is uncertain whether later generations have discovered the role of this catalyst, it is not that there is no such possibility.

For materials, luckily, maybe thousands of years ago, the use has been discovered, for example, in Europe, as early as the ancient Roman era, there was primitive cement, but in China, clay and lime, has been used for thousands of years, until modern times, after the East and West opened up smooth trade exchanges, it appeared in China, which is also the origin of the name ash.

These are not things that Han Qi can know, and they don't know that there are so many things behind this seemingly terrible price.

This is the difference in vision, for such an epoch-making product, in the eyes of the blacksmiths of the feudal society, it is a secret recipe that can ensure the perfect survival of a family and a blacksmith shop, which will be passed on to men and women, until it is lost unexpectedly, but in the hands of Zhao Xin, it has become a weapon for attacking the city, an epoch-making weapon to increase production and reduce costs, and industrial production will make the effect of this catalyst like a tiger.

In terms of price, it is the most incomprehensible, there are supports, there are opposition, no one can convince anyone, it has become a pot of porridge, and Jia Chaochang, who has been gloomy face, finally slowed down a little.

As long as there is room for manoeuvre, decisions that are not made immediately are an opportunity for him.

Jia Chaochang also thought of a possibility, if he could really suppress the price to this extent, how much money would he be able to buy if he exerted pressure in the past.

Price has always been the focus of Jia Chaochang's attention, and he has put all his efforts into lowering a few, and if he can lower the purchase price by a single penny, the profit may increase by 50%.

But there was no way, unless he killed chickens and eggs, and forced many blacksmith shops to die, he couldn't do it at all.

Although Jia Chaochang is greedy, he is not a brainless person, otherwise he would not be able to do the position of privy envoy, he must guarantee a certain and acceptable profit to the blacksmith shop.

But now, this blacksmith who didn't know what kind of blacksmith came out of the Daimyo's Mansion can actually reduce it by half, even if it is a discount, maybe it is several times the profit.

Thinking of this, Jia Chaochang, who had been blackening his face for a long time, even had a smile on his face.

has been paying attention to Jia Chaochang's performance, and when Han Qi saw Jia Chaochang's expression, he knew what Jia Chaochang had in mind.

In fact, this is the method of the Jia family to make a fortune, that is, to rely on power to suppress it, but this time, he is destined to hit his head and bleed.

Behind this blacksmith shop is Zhao Xin, maybe a Dinghai Marquis, can't suppress Jia Chaochang, but what about the identity of the second son of a emperor?

Given Jia Chaochang great courage, he did not dare to forcibly bully Zhao Xin, this is the difference between monarchs and ministers.

Since Cao Di has sent the folds here, it is obvious that he also hopes that the imperial court will adopt this, so whether it is his personal relationship with Cao Di or the benefits to the Great Song Dynasty, it is necessary for him to let this proposal pass successfully, and the time is not equal to a few days.

Thinking of this, Han Qi interjected and proposed: "Princess, let's put this price aside first, regardless of why it has such a price, and see how the quality is!" ”