Along the Jialing River upstream, after Beibei, it is Hechuan.

The mountains here are steep and easy to transport by water. The river flows through several bends, and there are more than ten kilometers away from Hechuan County, and houses appear on the mountainside on both sides, hidden among the pines and bamboos. In addition, the mountains are often covered with fog, and it is difficult for Japanese planes to detect from high altitudes.

Zhou Hexuan stood at the bow of the boat, took out a map and gestured with his hand: "This is where the factory site is located, located between the mountains." When building the plant, I made a point of not destroying the vegetation as much as possible. The factory is located on the edge of the Jialing River, and it is very convenient for industrial water. Along the river is Hechuan County, along the river can go straight to Chongqing urban area, and pass through Chongqing University on the way. Life, production and transportation are extremely convenient, if the Huanghai Chemical Research Society is willing to move, it can be settled near Chongqing University, production, learning and research trinity, promote each other. ”

"It's a good place." Sun Xuewu nodded and said.

Zhang Fuzhong suddenly asked: "Is it convenient to use electricity?" Pharmaceutical factories are large consumers of electricity. ”

Zhou Hexuan pointed to the map and said: "This is the Hechuan Hydropower Plant, which is very close, and I have already asked people to pull all the lines." In addition, there are many coal mines and iron mines found in the mountains of Hechuan. Especially here, it is an open-pit iron mine, and it is extremely convenient to mine, but the traffic is a little troublesome, and you need to dig a mountain road. By the way, there is also a salt mine, if Boss Fan is willing to cooperate, I want to open a salt farm in Hechuan with him. ”

Fan Xudong started by relying on salt production, and the salt making process is at the international leading level. Sun Xuewu said with a smile: "What Mr. Zhou means, I will convey to Boss Fan." ”

To be honest, Hechuan is really a treasure. In later generations, many mineral deposits were explored, including 1.82 billion tons of coal reserves, 16 billion tons of salt reserves, 68 million tons of iron ore reserves, 5.5 billion tons of limestone reserves, as well as bauxite, strontium ore, barite and many other varieties.

The most rare thing is that coal, iron, and salt are not buried deeply, and it is very easy to mine and utilize.

The only drawback is the traffic, although there is a waterway of the Jialing River, but it is still necessary to build roads on the mountain walls, because most of the mineral deposits are located in the mountains.

Everyone came to the factory dock and walked up the stairs towards the living quarters.

Zhou Hexuan pointed ahead and said, "There is a factory living area, and I have built many apartments, and your family members can also live here." If you have children at home, you can live in Chongqing or Beibei, after all, it is more convenient to study there. ”

"Mr. Zhou is really thoughtful." Huang Minglong praised.

When he came to the living area, Zhou Hexuan asked everyone to put the luggage first, and then he led people towards the factory.

When I arrived at the factory, I immediately saw several Brits, all of whom were pharmaceutical experts invited from London. As for their families, they are arranged in Chongqing, and each of them receives a garden house for free, and as long as they work in the pharmaceutical factory for two years, they will have the property rights of the villa.

"Hey Zhou, you're finally here!" A handsome middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes smiled and waved.

Zhou Hexuan shook hands with this person and said, "Hello, Cook, are you still used to working here?" ”

Cook's full name is Cook Bernard and he is in charge of the production management of the sulfonamide factory. He was originally the vice president of the London pharmaceutical factory, but this time he was thrown to China by Ernis, and the other British Yankees who accompanied him were under his control.

Cook led the crowd into the factory and introduced: "The drug production line has been commissioned, and it is ready to start at any time after the training of the workers is over." But raw materials are a big problem, we can't buy anything finished products, acetanilide and chlorosulfonic acid still need to be made by ourselves, at least three upstream raw material factories must be opened. The raw materials that come with the ship can support the factory for up to a month's production. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Don't worry, the preparation machine of the raw material factory has been bought, and this time I have found some manpower, and I will soon be able to set up the factory." Before that, we can order finished products in Nanjing and Europe. ”

"Well, I hope all goes well," said Cook, "and there is a big problem in life, and I hope you will be able to solve it as soon as possible." ”

"What's the problem?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"There's a desperate shortage of a British chef," Cook complained, "and the Chinese chef is so spicy that hemorrhoids have recurred in the past two days." ”

"It's because I'm not thinking it through, and I'm going to ask people to hire a chef right away." Zhou Hexuan said.

Cook thought for a moment and said, "Also, you need to install a fan in the apartment." Hell, it's autumn now, and it can still make people stick out their tongues, and a fan per person is not enough at all. Is it all so hot in China? It's like hell. ”

Zhou Hexuan nodded again and again: "OK, I'll solve it right away." ”

Cook pointed to Zhong Guanguan and the others and asked, "These are the Chinese managers of the factory?" ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "Let me introduce it." This is Mr. Zhong Guanguan, a Chinese botanist and herbalist; This is Mr. Zhao Chenghuang, an expert in biopharmaceutics; This is Mr. Sun Xuewu, Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University; This is Mr. Zhang Fuzhong, Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Berlin; This is Mr. Huang Minglong, Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Berlin; This is ......"

After a circle of introductions, Cook suddenly put away his contempt, there are several doctors from famous European and American universities here.

Among them, Zhang Fuzhong's mentor Mannech was a visiting professor at Cambridge University in England, and Cook listened to Mannich's chemistry class for a while. Speaking of which, Cook and Zhang Fuzhong are barely brothers, and there are many common topics between the two.

Scientists pay attention to real skills, and after in-depth exchanges, Cook greatly admired Sun Xuewu, Zhang Fuzhong and Huang Minglong. However, he didn't have much interest in Zhong Guanguan and Zhao Liaohuang, because the two were studying Chinese medicinal materials, and the conversation was purely chicken and duck.

Cook took everyone to visit the pharmaceutical workshop, and the almost "fully automatic" production line shocked the two young people, Zhao Qixiong and Xu Hua. Their family is the one who runs a pharmaceutical factory, and it is also the first all-Chinese-funded western pharmaceutical factory in China, and compared with the drug production line in front of them, their factory is like a small workshop.

Zhao Qixiong exclaimed: "This sulfonamide production line is more advanced than that of Japanese pharmaceutical factories. ”

"Have you ever visited a sulfonamide factory in Japan?" Zhou Hexuan asked curiously.

Zhao Qixiong said: "I glanced outside the workshop from a distance, and the moment the workers opened the door, the Japanese did not allow me to enter. ”

"What is the output of sulfonamide pharmaceutical plants in Japan?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

"It seems to be low." Zhao Qixiong said.

Japan also has a copycat factory for sulfonamides, and the production process is explored by itself. And it is very nonsense that although the Japanese attach great importance to sulfonamides, they are unwilling to spend a lot of money on research and upgrading, but instead invest all the money in the manufacture of weapons and equipment.

As a result, until Japan announced its unconditional surrender, Japan's sulfonamide production remained pitifully low.

Zhou Hexuan wondered in his heart whether he could ask the little devil for patent fees after the end of World War II. If there is the support of American friends, it will be easy to win the lawsuit, after all, the United States after the war is the father of Japan.

At the end of the factory tour, Zhou Hexuan took Zhong Guanguan, Zhao Liaohuang, Zhang Fuzhong and Huang Minglong to an apartment, opened the safe mysteriously and said, "Please see the four." ”

Zhang Fuzhong casually pulled out a stack of documents, only glanced at them a few times, and exclaimed: "These are all methods of pharmaceutical industry production? Oh my God, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, analgin...... Mr. Zhou, where did you get the information? ”

"Got it from England." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Zhou Hexuan, Ounnis and George VI cooperated with the British Royal Pharmaceutical Factory, which can not only produce sulfonamides. After several years of development, the pharmaceutical factory has more than 10 products. Things like vitamin B are already very common in Europe and the United States, even if they can't develop it themselves, they can spend money to buy production processes, and the Chinese still use it as a baby.

It's sad to say that at this time, the Chinese pharmaceutical factory, even the red potion could only be produced by itself two years ago, and the developer was Zhang Fuzhong and his students.

"If you're interested, you can transcribe it." Zhou Hexuan said.

Zhang Fuzhong said: "As long as I can get the machines and raw materials, plus these materials, I promise to build the largest pharmaceutical factory in China for Mr. Zhou!" ”

"Don't rush, take your time." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

In fact, Zhou Hexuan took out these drug materials, on the one hand, to cheer everyone up, and on the other hand, it was also to give it to New China - Zhang Fuzhong and Huang Minglong are both chemical and pharmaceutical experts in the Republic.