Chapter 255: The Father of Chemistry

"Dashuai has served as a patrol envoy, no matter what he does in the future, he will be justified, which is indeed a good thing!" Wang Yongjiang said with a smile: "Premier Duan is quite open, and he was able to agree, I thought he would continue to withhold it?" ”

"It's a matter of course, Duan Qirui is not a fool, the finances and military of the three provinces are unified, and they have been hugged together, they can't be separated at all, it's just a favor."

When Yang Yuting said this, he also looked at Zhang Tinglan and said with a smile: "It's all humble words and ideas, Lao Duan has to agree if he doesn't agree." ”

"The handsome man is expected by everyone, and it is a natural thing, I don't dare to take credit."

The young marshal got married, the old marshal was promoted, and the Fengjun continued to have happy events, all of which were excited. Especially the autumn wind is gradually rising, and it is almost time to harvest, this year is the first year to promote farms and vigorously migrate to Tuntian, how many results can be achieved, no one has an accurate score in mind.

Just in time for the break, Wang Yongjiang, Yang Yuting and others all heard that the rice harvest in Zhang Tinglan's manor was imminent, so they came to see how the harvest was, and whether it was worth promoting in the three eastern provinces.

Several people came to the field, Wang Yongjiang looked at the neat rice field, the breeze blowing, the rice waves rolling, as if they could smell a smell of rice, which made people intoxicated.

Wang Yongjiang looked very happy, nodded and said: "Humble words, it is the first time I know that rice can also be grown in the three eastern provinces, and it seems that the harvest can be much more than sorghum!" Wang Yongjiang squatted on the ground, stretched out his hand to measure the heavy ears of rice, and a smile of surprise appeared on his face.

Yang Yuting also pulled one off, put it in his mouth and bit it, and nodded again and again: "It's very real, if this year is a bumper year, humble words, how much do you estimate the production capacity per mu?" ”

"It won't be too little. At least more than 500 catties, or even 600 catties! ”

When Wang Yongjiang heard this number, he immediately raised his eyebrows, his breathing was short, and he looked incredulous: "Humble words, you're not kidding, this is more than four times more than sorghum, can the yield of rice be so amazing?" ”

"Of course not!" Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "These rice are all made of chemical fertilizers, which can be regarded as shiyan fields, and the yield is much higher than others." There are only 100 acres of rice, and it would be good if other rice could exceed 300 catties! ”

At the beginning of planting rice, Zhang Tinglan bought some fertilizers. The main thing is to use it as a reference and put real examples in front of everyone. Let everyone in Mukden see the power of modern agriculture.

Don't look at the many people in later generations who criticize chemical fertilizers and pesticides in every way. That's because they're full, and if they're hungry, do you think they have any other arguments?

Sure enough, Wang Yongjiang has been completely shocked, the use of chemical fertilizers can double the yield, which is simply amazing, if all the land is used. Doesn't that mean doubling the number of people who can be fed?

"To put it mildly, what is the price of this fertilizer, can it be imported in large quantities? Is it difficult to promote in Mukden? ”

Zhang Tinglan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Iron Shrine." One-third of the extra harvest per acre of land has to be used to buy chemical fertilizer, and chemical fertilizer is different from other things, and each acre of land needs to put dozens of catties, hundreds of catties, or even more. If we purchase in large quantities, the great powers will definitely increase the price, and ordinary people can't afford it at all, so it's better to open up a little more wasteland. ”

When Wang Yongjiang heard this, he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, the cost of using chemical fertilizers is indeed too high, and the people will definitely not be able to stand it. But the harvest is also real, and Wang Yongjiang can't be moved: "In my opinion, the use of chemical fertilizers in large quantities is an inevitable trend in the future. ”

"That's right, Mr. Iron Shrine, a person's manure and urine for a year are collected and decomposed into manure, and the effect is actually similar to that of two catties of chemical fertilizer, and the two cannot be compared at all. If you want to make food grow, you have to use chemical fertilizers, and the great powers rely on this thing to achieve food and clothing, and even export grain in large quantities! ”

"Well, the amount of land is limited after all, and the cost of imported fertilizers is too high, it seems that only we can produce them ourselves, is there any difficulty in producing fertilizers, can we do it in a short time?"

"If you want to make chemical fertilizers, you must first have raw materials, you must have supporting chemical plants, which can produce sulfuric acid and nitric acid, etc., and the most important thing is to have a synthetic ammonia process, which is the most important raw material for chemical fertilizers, and the most mature Jishu is Germany!"

"Clumsy words, can you consider introducing jishu, the effect of chemical fertilizer production is too obvious, we don't have to worry about how much it costs!"

"Mr. Iron Niche, it is certain to find an opportunity to introduce, but the demand for chemical fertilizer is too large, and it is certainly not possible to rely on the introduction of equipment alone, but also to produce it yourself, in fact, the equipment is not complicated, the most important thing is to have a high temperature and high pressure generating device, in the final analysis, it is a material problem. In addition, this material has another function, I don't know if you two thought of it? ”

High temperature and high pressure? Yang Yuting seemed to think of something: "Humble words, do you mean that it can be used to make cannons, which also have to withstand high temperature and high pressure!" ”

"That's right, it's a cannon, the ships of the great powers are strong, the weapons are advanced, and the people's livelihood is much better than ours, the reason is this, industry jishu is one and the same, which can not only bring powerful force, but also promote earth-shaking changes in other industries, and the people live a little better, it's normal!"

Yang Yuting and Wang Yongjiang are both smart people, and they all listened thoughtfully, at this time, since the Opium War, the Chinese are thinking, the Celestial Empire Weishenme is lagging behind, and Weishenme is being bullied.

Some people think that it is because of the backwardness of military equipment, so they built factories and developed the navy, but after the First Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese began to be superstitious about the Western system, believing that only by learning their system can China become rich and strong, and then a large number of people fell at the feet of foreigners.

He even advocated total westernization, abandoning everything and not wanting anything. In fact, in Zhang Tinglan's view, the culture accumulated in China for 5,000 years is countless times more profound and complex than that of the West, which does not mean that Chinese are much superior to Westerners, but that we have a rich inheritance and have hardly ever been broken.

There are countless historiographical materials in China alone, and all of them are histories of faith. Westerners even treat books like the Bible and ancient Greek mythology as history. The so-called humanistic spirit, freedom and equality, democracy and the rule of law. China is no shortage either.

Of course, there are also people who think that China's long history has accumulated too much dross in its culture, which has dragged down the country. Therefore, it lags behind the West, but if you carefully weigh it, the dregs of Western culture are less, and in the case of their churches, it is not the same as hiding filth and dirt!

In the final analysis, the backwardness of the Chinese is the backwardness of the industrial mode of production, and other cultural and institutional things are attached to the basis of industrialization, that is, decorations such as clothes and hats, which are not the core of the problem at all.

Those who reflect on the culture are crying on the wrong grave. Or they haven't thought about the reason at all, just like the so-called poor and treacherous, rich and conscience. It was Westerners who became rich first, and then they became elegant and cultured. It has also attracted countless adorations.

Then some people will ask Weishenme that in the late Manchu Qing Dynasty, a lot of factories were also set up, but the result did not bring the strength of the country. On the contrary, it was defeated by Japan. Doesn't this prove that just a factory can't be built!

This does prove that factories alone are not enough, but it does not mean that we have to learn from Western culture, on the contrary, it means that the Manchus did not understand the core of industrialization thoroughly!

Industrialization is not a dead thing, but an organic living organism, jishu needs continuous progress, and different factories and industries must cooperate with each other. A complete industrial layout was formed, so that the power of industrialization could be brought into play, and the factories established by the Manchus were too scattered. A pattern has not been formed at all.

Moreover, the Manchu Qing neglected the cultivation of talents, and the existing industries did not form the ability to renew and develop themselves, but only in vain, and it was not unusual to be defeated by the Japanese.

In the future, after China's industrial layout was fully completed and its production capacity reached a new high, it became a shijie factory, and Japan is still China's opponent! And with the strength of China, Chinese culture has become influential, and what is fundamental is obvious.

"Humble words, listening to you say this, have you figured out the focus of the next investment!" Yang Yuting said with a smile.

Zhang Tinglan also nodded: "Europe is still at war, and it is not easy to get the synthetic ammonia industry from Germany, and the materials cannot be solved, and it cannot be promoted on a large scale." However, I think we can start in other aspects, such as the chemical industry, the chemical industry not only needs to produce chemical fertilizers, but we also can't do without the production of munitions, but this point is almost blank in Mukden! ”

"Humble words, you have never been untargeted, since you said this, you have a goal, right?"

"Mr. Iron Niche's eyes are like torches!" Zhang Tinglan said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Fan Xudong established Jiuda Refined Salt Company in Tanggu, this Mr. Fan graduated from the Department of Chemistry of Kyoto Imperial University in Japan, and has good knowledge, and the established Jiuda Refined Salt Company is the first refined salt factory in China. ”

Zhang Tinglan's place to look at Fan Xudong is because this person not only has professional knowledge, but also knows how to operate and has the talent of an entrepreneur, which is very remarkable. Just like Zhang Tinglan's subordinates, Chen Qiming's chemical knowledge is not below Fan Xudong at all, but the specialization is different, Chen Qiming is more like a professional researcher, rather than a managerial talent, let alone an entrepreneur.

Therefore, Zhang Tinglan attaches great importance to Fan Xudong, hoping to pull the father of China's chemical industry to Fengtian, just at this time he is at the beginning of his career, facing many difficulties, Zhang Tinglan can provide almost all the help, machinery and equipment, talent funds, market policies, as long as it is needed, can be won over.

This may also be a good thing for Fan Xudong, which can make his career smoother, Wang Yongjiang said with a smile: "Humble words, since you have taken a fancy to this Mr. Fan Xudong, you can't be wrong, as long as he is willing to invest in the northeast, the government can provide a loan of two million, the required land is provided free of charge, and the tax is preferential within three years, and you can also open up the corresponding major for him in Fengtian University to cultivate the talents he needs." ”

"Mr. Iron Niche is generous, with such conditions, I don't think anyone can refuse, that Mr. Fan Xudong will probably be tempted!" (To be continued......)