Chapter 882 - Rubber Mixing
When Mo Xianling translated, his heart almost jumped out of his throat, for fear that these fishermen would accuse him of his black state in front of Lin Ruan.
Fortunately, the fishermen are simple but not stupid, knowing that the princess is just passing by here by chance, where would she be stupid to rely on the black, not to mention that some of the measures taken by the imperial court are very good now, and the life of the past two years has been much better than before.
And all these things are inseparable from Lin Ruan.
That's why the fishermen are willing to wait for more than ten hours on this beach, just to see Lin Ruan and say thank you to her in person.
When the official came back with the silver, Lin Ruan asked Mo County to send someone to start buying seafood.
I don't know if I don't collect it, I was shocked when I collected it, Lin Ruan's silver ticket was a thousand taels of denominations, and it was almost not enough.
Lin Ruan knew very well that the reason why there were so many things was because they had no market.
In ancient times, the transportation was inconvenient, the transportation cost was huge, and the geographical restrictions of these seafood were very large, and the inland people were not used to eating these fishy dried seafood, so the seafood brought by the fishermen could generally only be sold locally.
The population of Lingnan is not large, and it is close to the sea, so this thing is not rare, so there is basically not much sales, and the fishermen get up early every day to fish at night, and the money they earn in the end cannot even maintain their daily life.
The clearer Lin Ruan was, the heavier his mood became.
People in remote areas have the most difficult life, and in this way, they still have to pay a lot of taxes, which makes their already difficult life even worse.
So she wanted to find some way out for these fishermen.
In fact, seafood is a very delicious thing, and she believes that it will definitely be sold.
By the time all the seafood had been collected, it was already dark.
The villagers enthusiastically retained Lin Ruan and let Lin Ruan stay in the village for one night. Lin Ruan refused, and she had to go back with the fleet carrying grain, and then send the grain to several state capitals.
Because he didn't know what kind of calamity would be, Lin Ruan discussed with the emperor and divided the Great Zhou into several regions, and then set up a granary for the imperial court at the center of each region, so that no matter where the calamity was found, the food and medicinal materials could be delivered to the most needed places as quickly as possible.
In the two months that she was planting grain and medicine in the mountains, the imperial court was busy building warehouses in various places, and as soon as her grain arrived, it was basically completed.
Lin Ruan declined the kindness of the fishermen, and returned to General Wuyue's mansion overnight with the large barrels of rubber tree sap.
The first batch of grain has been loaded, just waiting for Lin Ruan to come back.
Lin Ruan didn't waste much time, and asked Wu Yue to get a few cauldrons, a lot of firewood, lime, and a few large barrels of vinegar on the ship, and then ordered the grain fleet to set off.
The convoy by land also set off at the same time, escorted by the lieutenant general under Wu Yue's seat.
When the boat was stable, Lin Ruan asked people to soak the lime in water and pour it into the vinegar bucket.
Acetic acid is needed for the initial processing of rubber juice, which she doesn't have in her hands, so she needs to use acid to extract it. Lime water and vinegar together produce a chemical reaction, which will reverse the crystallization of calcium acetate.
In fact, there is still a process between calcium acetate and pure acetic acid, but that process requires the use of sulfuric acid, and Lin Ruan can't solve it for the time being, so he decided to try calcium acetate.
Collect the calcium acetate, then set up a pot at the end of the stove, pour the rubber juice into it, and heat it together with calcium acetate, and soon the rubber juice begins to solidify.
Lin Ruan breathed a sigh of relief and showed a smile, fortunately, God has always favored her.
Although the rubber processed by calcium acetate is not as good as that made by the normal process, at this time, it is already very remarkable.
The conductor took out the rubber pieces that had not yet cooled in the pot, put them on the deck and flattened them vigorously, and then spread them on the deck to dry, and then they could be stored after drying.
This is just the first process, and it will take several more processes to turn them into tires.
Lin Ruan only roughly knew how to do it, but some of the materials could not be collected for a while, so he could only wait until he returned to Beijing.
A month later, Lin Nguyen arrived in Kyoto with the first batch of grain.
There can be chaos anywhere, but Kyoto can't be chaotic, so this first batch of grain naturally has to be sent to Kyoto first to ensure the stability of the heart of a country.
The emperor personally went out of the palace to meet Lin Ruan on the canal wharf, accompanied by King Shen Jun.
"Seeing my father, the sons and daughters did not live up to their mission and returned with the first batch of grain."
As soon as she got off the boat, Lin Ruan was about to kneel down and salute the emperor, and the emperor helped her up, "Good boy, get up quickly." Thank you for your hard work. ”
Looking at the long fleet of grain carriers, the emperor frowned tightly for three months, and finally stretched.
Lin Ruan was only in early September when he left, and now it is the middle of the month, and in half a month, it will be Chinese New Year's Eve.
Looking at the new white hair added to the emperor's sideburns, Lin Ruan said with feeling: "My father and emperor have worked hard for state affairs day and night. ”
The emperor smiled: "With such a sensible and capable daughter as you, I don't know how much worry I have saved." Let's go, go back to the palace with me first, and someone will deal with these things. ”
Lin Ruan followed behind him and said with a smile: "Father, Erchen has a new harvest from this trip to Lingnan, once this thing is successful, then in the future, our carriage and horse transportation will be greatly improved." ”
The emperor was immediately overjoyed, "You girl, you are really a blessed star given by God to Da Zhou." ”
King Shen Jun, who had never been able to interject, took a closer look at Lin Ruan, and saw that she was full of energy and radiant appearance, and he had a number in his heart.
Lin Ruan set off to Lingnan to look for grain, and he only found out today. For the three months before, the emperor had been hiding from everyone. God knows how shocked he was when he was told to come to the dock to pick up someone.
Lin Ruan noticed his gaze and turned his head to squeeze his eyes at him.
The grandfather and grandson looked at each other tacitly and smiled.
Lin Ruan entered the palace and made a report to the emperor about the past few months, of course, two months were spent on the road, and one month was spent looking for the grain seller.
In order to make the words realistic, Lin Ruan also took a lot of effort, in short, the twists and turns, so that the emperor was very moved and reluctant to listen to it, and directly waved his hand and rewarded Lin Ruan with a bunch of things.
Lin Ruan was not polite, and took it. went to Cining Palace to greet the Queen Mother, and got a bunch of rewards from the Queen Mother, so together with King Shen Jun, he returned to the princess's mansion with a group of palace people holding rewards.
Because the matter of looking for food must be kept secret, even Lin Zhong and the others didn't know that Lin Ruan was back today.
When the little guy watching the gate saw Lin Ruan, he rubbed his eyes in surprise, and then ran over happily and knelt down to salute Lin Ruan, "The little one welcomes the princess back to the house and has seen the prince of the county." ”
Lin Ruan smiled and said, "Get up and go and inform the family." ”
The little servant thanked him, got up and ran into the house excitedly, shouting, "The princess has returned to the house." ”
Soon, Lin Zhong and Xiuxiu rushed over when they heard the news.