In early winter, the Haihe Plain has just received the first snow, and it is all white.

The four fields are vast, and the sky is gradually brightening. A passenger ship slowly sails into the Tianjin wharf. An elderly man who had been waiting on the deck of a passenger ship for a long time couldn't wait to get off the ship and hurriedly walked out of the dock.

Although he looks older, his overall spirit is still strong.

He walked far before he stopped, waiting for his subordinates who were carrying luggage behind him to catch up.

Catching up with the crowds, the originally white streets have long been trampled into mud roads by everyone.

"Master, we really don't have to be in such a hurry, if you want me to say, you have to inform them in advance, so that we can find someone to pick us up, otherwise when will we be able to get to the place, breakfast hasn't had time to eat, and there is no place to drink even the water that stutters medicine, the doctor can say ......"

"Ah Cai, that's enough, don't let me hear this again, remember that we are here to be guests, strictly speaking, there are requests for people, how can you still ask for this and that? What is this like? Seeing that the ground was difficult to walk, Zhang Jian said solemnly while rubbing his trouser legs.

Ah Cai had no choice but to stop persuading, carry the luggage on his shoulders, and hurry forward one by one.

"Sir, let's set Tianjin-style pancakes."

"Sir, wonton hot."

"Sir, I wish you two a fortune."

It is said that Tianjin's main meals are not famous, but the snacks are top.

Originally, Zhang Jian was ready to rush to the Yongli Alkali Factory in one go, and then talk about eating after finishing his business at the place, but this burst of aroma still successfully hooked out the gluttonous worms in his stomach.

"Master, bring me two sets of pancakes, double eggs and double fruits, green onions and side dishes, don't be spicy, thank you."

Returning to the pancake stand, Zhang Jian skillfully shouted out the menu.

Looking back at Ah Cai still carrying things, Zhang Jian felt a little sorry for him, and scolded with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry to move forward now, why are you still carrying it?" If you're not tired, put it down and rest. ”

Ah Cai shook his head and said with a smile: "The ground is full of mud, and the luggage will be dirty as soon as it is put down, if it soaks the things inside and delays the master's major event, it will definitely not work, I still carry it, don't look at the big suitcase, in fact, there is no sandbag sinking at the dock." ”

Zhang Jian couldn't be persuaded to move, he wanted to drag the suitcase down in person, but this thing was carried to death by Ah Cai, and he couldn't move after a lot of effort, so he had to give up.

"You're a stupid talent, you're really stubborn like a cow, forget it, you can carry it if you like it, it's not me who is tired anyway."

Although he was scolding, in fact, Zhang Jian felt sorry for his subordinates from the bottom of his heart, and shouted at the pancake stall owner: "Another set of double eggs and double fruits, pack and take away." ”

"Well, what do you want, I have black rice, mung beans and spinach." The owner couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"I want mung beans, I can't get used to anything else." Zhang Jian thought for a moment and directly rejected other proposals.

"Then you'll see."

With the burst of aroma in front of him, Zhang Jian didn't care whether Ah Cai could understand it or not, and said to himself:

"On the way, I kept asking why I came here in person, isn't it good to send a telegram directly, but in fact, there are some things, if you don't touch it in your hands, if you don't see it in your eyes, you won't believe it's true, only if you come to see it in person, your heart will be steady."

The European war has been fought for so long, the alkali used in our factory is a price a day, and if you don't buy foreign alkali, you can't buy it anywhere else, and the quality of our homespun cloth is not good.

Fortunately, there is this Yongli alkali factory, we still have a hope, otherwise, all the things that we have worked so hard to get will be for people.

You said that foreigners have been covering the formula for so long, how did these young people crack it? It seems that I just poked it around, and the thing came out, and I didn't believe it when I heard the news.

But if you think about it carefully, this thing was researched by Professor Cheng, and it seems to have become reasonable again, and you can make anything out of this afterlife, our scalp will be scratched, and people can make it with the effort of drinking tea

But it's also hateful, I was promised to improve cotton seeds, but I haven't seen a single figure until now......"

When people get old, they talk more.

I didn't know anything else after the call, but Ah Cai scratched his head vigorously.

In the end, the owner of the pancake stall couldn't stand it anymore and coughed deliberately.

"Sir, do you pack them separately or pack them together?"

Zhang Jian laughed: "Separate pretending, separate pretending, let the master laugh, blame me for not seeing my little friend for a long time, and I can't hide some words in my heart." ”

The owner of the pancake stall wiped the sweat from his face with his elbow and said with a smile: "It's okay, who doesn't have an old age." ”

At this time, Zhang Jian, who was about to hurry with his things, suddenly met Li Lide again.

This guy may have heard the rumors of Cheng Nuo's successful soda production, and took advantage of the fact that it had not yet been officially listed, and even doubled the price dozens of times to peddle their company's soda.

As for Cheng Nuo's Yongli alkali factory, in bright words, it is not in the eye at all.

In fact, it is no wonder that before the First World War, the enterprises that dominated the world with chemical products included the British Bnemen Company, the United States DuPont Company and the French Farben Company (formerly known as Oqi), and Li Lide's Bnemen Company was known as the "World Alkali King".

The British Bnemen company has been established for many years, with strong capital, huge organization and rich technical force. Anywhere in the world, especially in backward colonial and semi-colonial countries, almost every corner has its business establishment and sales point.

Dominate the world market, monopolize the sales price of chemical products, and become one of the world's largest monopoly capital enterprises.

With its economic power, it is enough to influence the British Parliament, and even play a pivotal role in the development of the world situation.

At that time, the two major chemical raw materials needed in China, acid and alkali, came from the Bnemen company. At that time, China had to import 1 million quintals of alkali from the company every year, and the company basically controlled the development of China's chemical industry, so the company also controlled the development market of China's soda ash at that time.

"What, you Chinese want to be able to make alkali yourself? No, No, No, this is a great undertaking, and you can't understand the mystery of it, and it's no wonder that God didn't bring wisdom to this ancient land of the East.

Want to know how to fix it? Simple, just buy the al-alkali and we can bring your hearts to God, who will forgive your ignorance and foolishness.

What, why is it so expensive today, because God and his old man think that wisdom is a precious thing, and everyone has it, it is not worth much, especially for you Chinese......"

Even coaxing and deceiving, even robbing and dragging.

After the operation, Zhang Jian on the side was smoking.

He immediately stepped forward and asked: "This gentleman, the price of your foreign alkali is too unreasonable, so expensive, how can we Chinese people consume it?" Even if you can afford this price, you shouldn't sell it in a deceptive way! ”

Li Lide squinted, although he felt that the other party was not poor based on his clothes, but "expensive" was a foreigner, and in his opinion, it was just enough to reach his waist, and he said contemptuously in a blunt tone: "If you don't want to buy it, you can not buy it!" You Chinese can't make it. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Jian was so angry that he wanted to pick up his crutches and teach the other party a good lesson.

Fortunately, Ah Cai's eyes were quick and stopped him in advance: "Master, don't be angry, it's really not worth it to get angry for this beast." ”

Although I am a foreigner, I don't know much about Chinese.

But after a person learns a language, the fastest and most secure thing to remember is the swear words of the language, and the same is true for Li Lide.

The nostrils were panting, not only to come forward to argue, but also to seem to have signs of action: "God will forgive me for what I did today." ”

If it was something else, Ah Cai might still be afraid of him, but in terms of strength, the two Li Lide together would not be enough to see in front of Ah Cai.

"What are you going to do?"

Facing Ah Cai, Li Lide could only lean his neck and secretly compare the bodies of the two sides, which was really not a heavyweight, and he retreated from the bottom of his heart.

But he was still unkind: "If you have the ability, you can wait for me, and when the police from our British Concession come over, they will definitely punish you severely, and God will not forgive you for being an unreasonable person." ”

At this time, Zhang Jian breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he also knew that it was not suitable to continue to stay here at the moment.

In the face of foreigners, especially the Indian and Afghan patrolmen in the concession, the continuous confrontation will inevitably lead to a bitter meal.

If it's serious, it may bring trouble to Cheng Nuo and them, and more is better than less.

"Ah Cai, forget it, let's go."

"But sir, they're too much of a bully."

"Alas, isn't what people are saying the truth, write down this account first, and let's calculate it slowly in the future."

After saying this, he didn't look at Li Lide again, and turned around and left directly.

Seeing this, Ah Cai had no choice but to spit on the ground, glared at Li Lide fiercely, carried luggage and pancakes, and left.

Li Lide, who was on the other side, finally couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after seeing the two of them walking away, and then shouted angrily at his subordinates as if he thought of something:

"The price of alkali will be doubled, don't blame me, blame the two villains just now......"

Cheng Nuo is debugging the machine at the end, and it is about to usher in the first production after the updated equipment, whether it can be successful, how high the purity, everything is still unknown.

"Zhiyuan, are you nervous, how can I feel my heartbeat." Fan Xudong looked at the drying pot and couldn't help but swallow and foam.

Although Cheng Nuo is also very nervous, as the backbone of everyone, his smile has a different meaning in everyone's eyes.

Even if he was apprehensive, he was very confident on the surface: "Don't worry, we have found all the problems, and the alkali making process has been re-sorted to ensure that there are no problems." ”

Fan Xudong was still a little uneasy: "But what if the purity is not enough this time?" ”

Cheng Nuo's face was warm: "So what, no matter how miserable you are, can you be miserable last time?" Nowadays, there are not many factories that are willing to buy domestic products out of patriotism, and there is no need to worry about sales at all, but now we only need to worry about the production problem. ”

Hearing this, Fan Xudong's face softened slightly: "Yes, with the production experience and the funds, even if it fails this time, sooner or later we will be able to succeed." ”

At this moment, a security guard suddenly ran over from outside the door and hurriedly said: "Two gentlemen, there is an old man named Zhang Jian outside, who said that he was invited to come, what should you do?" ”

Just about to give the order and let production begin.

Seeing this, Cheng Nuo hurriedly got down from the high platform and pulled Fan Xudong to rush to the gate.

"Take us there."

According to common sense, the tone of the meeting between the two parties should be cheerful.

But who would have thought that Zhang Jian experienced Li Lide's incident and was in a bad mood.

Cheng Nuo's new process is about to be put into use, and he is nervous.

Together, no one wants to say hello.

Without chatting a few words, everyone rushed to the soda workshop again.

With the roar of the machine, the alkali plant was restarted, and everything was normal,

Then, the workshop continuously produced pure and white alkaline noodles.

However, with the experience of the past, everyone did not cheer in a hurry, but went to measure the sodium bicarbonate content first.

Sure enough, the content is as high as 99.5%.

As a result, the crowd, which had been suppressed for several days, was completely tumbling like boiling water.

You must know that Cheng Nuo is very strict with the experimental requirements, he not only determined the content of the experiment, but also instructed the specific purpose and specific requirements of each content.

The test was carried out more than 500 cycles, more than 2,000 samples were analyzed, and the test was carried out very carefully, each condition had to be done 30 times, and often after more than 20 times, the numbers could basically be repeated.

The work is also very intense, and the experimenters work more than 12 hours a day. During the experiment, he had to make a detailed report to Cheng Nuo every week, and he had a serious, in-depth analysis and specific instructions on the results of each test.

Coupled with Cheng Nuo's inhuman-like physique and superhuman-like brain, the mass production of Hou's alkali production method can be completed in two months, and the yield rate can meet the requirements of mass production.

Of course, the Hou's alkali method also originated from the Cha'an method, and it has undergone a change of version in the middle, and the initial version and the final version are very different.

Cheng Nuo is still in the initial stage, and it can't be compared with the founding of the People's Republic of China.

But even so, the product quality of Yongli Soda Plant at this time is still far beyond the same kind.

took out his index finger and dipped it in soda ash, put it in his mouth and tasted it, Zhang Jian closed his eyes and enjoyed it: "Heroes are young boys, you guys are doing really well, have you thought about what to name it?" ”

Fan Xudong poked Cheng Nuo with his elbow: "Zhiyuan, you want one." ”

Cheng Nuo thought for a while, and then said seriously: "We are all sons and daughters of China, for the rejuvenation of China, let's call it Chinese brand alkali noodles, but since the foreigners produce foreign alkali, let's simply call it Chinese brand soda ash!" ”

In the previous life, the Chinese card was taken away by a foreigner, and he was taken over in this life.

After the two of them reminisced for a while, their eyes lit up: "Okay, then call it Zhonghua brand soda ash." ”

Zhang Jian was even more excited to recite Zhuge Liang's "Song of Waiting for Time":

"The phoenix soars in a thousand miles,

Non-sycamore;

Shifu is on one side, and he is not the master.

Happy to plough on the ridges, I love the grassland.

Talk about being proud of the piano and books, waiting for the time.

……”

Infected by this, Cheng Nuo also replied loudly:

"Peng Fen flies in the north,

Hit the water for thousands of miles;

Exhibit the economy in the world, and create an eridium base.

The life-saving lives are in the dust, and they are leveled everywhere.

Meritorious service is in Jin Shixi, and he returns with his sleeves! ”

Speaking of this, several people looked at each other and laughed.