It's twelve o'clock in the middle of the day, but the sun in the sky is like a light bulb - it can only scatter some light around it, but it doesn't bring in a little heat.

The walls of Tianjin's streets are gray, and there are snowdrifts lying on the roofs of the surrounding houses, some of the snow on the ground has turned into ice slag, and the tricycles make a "clicking" sound when they pass by.

"This ...... Young master, this is it! ”

The rickshaw driver who led the way saw that he had been brought to the ground, so he turned to look at Bao Guowei, probably because the weather was too cold, and his voice trembled a little.

Every word the driver spit out left a mist in the air, although he was a little cold at the moment, it did not prevent him from showing a flattering smile to Bao Guowei.

"Hmm."

Bao Guowei just responded to him in a faint nasal voice, in such a cold weather, saying one more word is a waste of calories in the body.

Tianjin is located in the north, the dimension is much higher than Suzhou, and at this time, people have not emitted a large amount of greenhouse gases to cause "global warming", and the weather is a little colder than Bao Guowei imagined:

The ears and nostrils had already turned red, and a random gust of wind made people's ears hurt, and every time I breathed, I felt like I had been poked into my nostrils by an ice pick

If the locals are fine, they have long been accustomed to the cold, but the four members of the Bao family suddenly came to this northern boundary from Jiangnan, even if they put on the warm clothes prepared in advance, they are still a little uncomfortable.

Bao Guowei tightened his clothes, and took a closer look at the official note posted on the side of the north gate, which read: Tianjin Gukou Yongli Soda Factory.

Yongli soda factory covers an area of not small, it is said that it is more than 300 acres, which is about the same size as a general university.

Bao Guowei stood on the spot and took a rough look at the layout of the soda plant—the research academy, the flat building, the raw material storage room, the huge production workshop, and the chimney on it was lined with thick smoke......

After all, Zhang Ergou is old, and he doesn't have Wang Dazhui and Wang Xiaowu who are still in their teenage years, and he can't stand the freezing weather, so he tightened the cotton clothes on his body and urged:

"Young Master, let's go in quickly! It's so cold outside, it wouldn't be nice if you got the cold. ”

"Okay, let's go!"

Bao Guowei responded.

A guard room was built at the north gate of the soda plant, and there were several guards guarding the factory outside, all wearing neat uniforms and carrying rifles behind them.

Before the four members of the Bao family reached the gate, they were noticed by the group of guards.

"Stop, what are you doing?"

A young doorman tried to stop him, but he stepped out in front of several people, and as soon as he finished speaking, a somewhat fat man rushed out of the guard room and slapped the young doorman on the head.

The man who slapped the man was very obese, with a big belly propping up the black uniform on his body, and a cotton hat on his head, and he seemed to be the captain of the security here.

After a vague look at Bao Guowei, he looked at a few subordinates standing behind him.

He was well-informed, and he already knew that this was a "distinguished guest", and the smile on his face suddenly became flattering, and he tried to open his mouth in the softest tone possible:

"This young master, what are you doing here with these people?

This factory is a chemical plant, and everything in it is dangerous, if you don't have anything to do......"

Ordinary people are naturally not allowed to approach the factory gate at will, but Bao Guowei is dressed in this outfit: gold wire glasses, a delicate white jacket, brand-new Western-style trousers, shiny leather shoes, and a gold watch inadvertently exposed on his wrist......

"I'm from Suzhou, Jiangnan, I'm here to find Mr. Hou Debang, I have a letter of introduction here, and a letter from Mr. Hou Debang personally mailed me, you can take the letter in to help me inform, and when he sees the letter, he will naturally ...... it."

Bao Guowei said that he was about to take out the letter from the leather bag he was carrying, but the security captain hurriedly stopped:

"Oops! I still need to dig out some letters! At first glance, you are a distinguished guest invited by Mr. Hou, you can't be wrong!

You'd better get in there, Ang! It's so cold outside here, it's not good if you catch a cold! Mr. Hou is afraid that he wants to blame me, right? ”

Probably the "Luo Yi" on Bao Guowei's body played a role, and he looked like a student, so the security captain was directly exempted from this process.

"Director Hou, he's in it, little five, little six, little seven! Take them there! ”

The security captain directly arranged a few people to take Bao Guowei and others to find Mr. Hou.

It's just that the guns carried by Bao Guowei and others were all taken off and stored in the security room, the reason was that the chemical plant should avoid misfire, and said that the guards were all on duty with empty guns.

Two doormen led three of their subordinates to find a dormitory to live in to warm up, while the other doorman took Bao Guowei directly to the office in the west.

……

There are two buildings in the Academy of Sciences, one is an office building, and the other is a research building for chemical experiments, each of which has three or four floors, and it seems that a lot of money has been spent to build it.

The doorman led Bao Guowei directly to the office building, where there were many pedantic people wearing thick robes, glasses, and pedantic appearance.

Going up to the second floor and walking to the westernmost room, the doorman pointed to the sign of "Factory Director's Office" with a flattering smile on his face:

"This is it! Director Hou should be inside. ”

Bao Guowei stood in front of the office door, feeling a little excited-after all, he would soon see someone who would go down in history, and more importantly, maybe he would be able to leave a name in the history books in the future.

Gently pulling open the hidden wooden door, Bao Guowei saw a man with short hair sitting at his desk.

The desk is stacked with papers and papers, and next to it is a large bookcase filled with books of all kinds.

At this time, Mr. Hou was holding a pencil and writing and marking on the book, which was already full of complex letters, chemical formulas, and mathematical formulas.

Seeing that Mr. Hou was thinking about the problem, Bao Guowei stood outside the door, did not say anything to disturb, in case he interrupted other people's train of thought, and waited patiently outside.

Time passed minute by minute, Mr. Hou was probably tired of writing, and just when he put down the pen and stretched, Bao Guowei gently knocked on the door frame twice.

Hearing two noises at the door, Mr. Hou noticed that there were guests, he raised his head and looked at the door, and a smile appeared on his somewhat tired face:

"Excuse me, who are you?"

"Mr. Hou, good afternoon, I am Bao Guowei, the student who sent you a letter a few days ago."

Bao Guowei replied politely.

Mr. Hou frowned slightly, thinking about this person's information in his mind.

With his memory, he quickly remembered that he had indeed sent such a letter a few days ago, but he didn't expect the main owner of the letter to come so quickly:

"Oh! It's the student who won the first place in the weekly and monthly exams in the new middle school! Sure enough, he is a hero and a young man, and he looks like a talent! Come in, it's so cold outside, don't freeze. ”

Bao Guowei thought he was flattering himself, after all, Mr. Hou scored 1,000 points in ten subjects in the university back then, and became famous in the entire university in one fell swoop.

Compared with Mr. Hou, Bao Guowei is still one level behind even if he is "open".

Bao Guowei had already entered the door at this moment, and while closing the door, he spoke:

"Mr. Hou is just kidding me! My husband's achievements in the university are several times better than mine. ”

As the saying goes, thousands of people don't wear sycophants, and most of the people who hate shaving and slapping horses only exist in literary works, Bao Guowei has just waited patiently at the door for so long, coupled with this flattering words, I can't help but make Mr. Hou have a good impression of him.

Bao Guowei walked to Mr. Hou's table and sat down with him, and as soon as he sat down, he took out a few jars of beautifully packaged tea from the bag he was carrying, and gently placed them on the dark wooden table.

"Mr. Hou, this is the authentic Dongting Lake Biluochun that I brought from Suzhou, and it is all fried by a professional roasted tea master.

Mr. studies chemical industry every day, contributes to the country, and often works hard, I have nothing to do, I can only bring some Suzhou souvenirs over, drink more tea to replenish the spirit.

There were also pastries from Suzhou, a small bottle of locally brewed liquor, and I also brought you ......"

Bao Guowei doesn't have many other skills, except for a better memory, a faster response, and a more handsome appearance, he is "sensible"!

However, in this era, the most important thing is to be "sensible", and even an indispensable skill.

Mr. Hou saw Bao Guowei take out some golden and silver things from his black leather bag, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it:

"That's it! All right! Bao Guowei, you don't need to take it anymore, I'll take these teas, and you should take back the other things! ”

Ordinary gifts are accepted, if the expensive gifts are also accepted, then the next guest request is not easy to refuse, although Mr. Hou is an academic, but the basic rules of human interaction are also understood.

Although Mr. Hou refused these expensive gifts, he still had a smile on his face when he spoke, and since he was willing to accept the tea, it showed that he had a good impression of Bao Guowei.

Seeing this, Bao Guowei did not force any more gifts, but directly handed over some documents written in recent days from the bag.

Of course, what is written above is not the whole process of Hou's alkali making method, but only some general research directions.

Chemistry is an experiment-based discipline, which often requires a large number of equipment and raw materials to conduct long-term experiments to make new discoveries.

Bao Guowei was a child of a subordinate family before, and the most high-end activity he carried out was to go to school in a new-style school, and he had almost no contact with the conditions of chemical experiments, so it was naturally impossible to "create" a new alkali production method out of thin air.

"Mr. Hou, I saw your deeds in the newspapers of Suzhou in the past, and only then did I know that China's alkali industry was controlled by others everywhere.

That's why I've been working on research since I started school. ”

"In the case of the Sol alkali method, half of the raw materials are not used, and only sodium in table salt and carbonate in lime are used, and the two are combined to produce soda ash ......."

"If Harper's ammonia synthesis method is used, environmental damage is nothing for our country, but it is difficult to create a stable high-temperature and high-pressure environment with our industrial base......"

Bao Guowei said a bunch of words, and the meaning was obvious: I laughed at Sol's unscrupulousness, and Harper's short-wittedness.

Mr. Hou listened to Bao Guowei and read the documents handed over by Bao Guowei.

He still attaches great importance to Bao Guowei's words, after all, this is a person introduced by the Chu family, no matter what he says, he should listen to it, after all, he is doing scientific research...... How can you do scientific research if you don't have a good relationship?

It's just that what this kid said was correct, but it seemed a little too arrogant.

However, Mr. Hou himself is an "arrogant" person, so he naturally admires Bao Guowei's arrogance.

Looking at the documents given by Bao Guowei, Mr. Hou was originally a little unimpressed, but after reading a few lines, Mr. Hou was also aroused.

After reading the whole article, I felt that what was written on it really made some sense, and even some of it was still unfinished.

However, Mr. Hou's mood did not fluctuate too much after all, and the chemical industry still needs to use the test situation to speak.

After briefly sorting out Bao Guowei's documents, Mr. Hou handed them back to him with a very kind smile on his face:

"It's really a hero out of a teenager, and I just started middle school and understood this chemical industry so deeply.

Bao Guowei, I took a closer look at these documents just now, and this is indeed a direction that can be studied.

In addition to the production of synthetic ammonia, ammonium sulfate, nitric acid...... In addition to these technologies that are not yet mature, other raw materials are not too difficult to obtain. ”

Bao Guowei was not surprised to hear Mr. Hou's answer, and then asked the question he cared about the most:

"Then do we have the experimental conditions here in the Academy of Sciences? I've had winter break recently and I'd like to try working here for a few weeks......"

……

Mr. Hou first took Bao Guowei to visit the production workshop of the soda factory, which obviously did not realize automated production, and there were still a large number of workers in manual operation.

"Seven years ago, we bought a brief information on the "Solvay Alkali Method" with a lot of money, and it was not until four years ago that the alkali was started, but the alkali produced was red and black inferior products. ”

"Three years ago, after the collaborative research of the engineers of our Academy of Sciences, we finally produced mature soda ash,"

The meaning of Mr. Hou's words is obvious: it takes a long time to accumulate to develop a method of alkali production, and it is not possible to succeed overnight.

It's just that for Bao Guowei, it is true that a new alkali production method can be created in a short period of time, but how to maximize the efficiency of the material ratio and production design in the alkali production method is still up to Mr. Hou and the engineers of the Academy of Sciences.

After Mr. Hou made a psychological preparation for Bao Guowei, he saw that he was a little tired, and opened his mouth again:

"You've been tired of traveling, and I'm probably a little tired by now, you can rest for a day in the single room of the research institute dormitory tonight, and I'll arrange some people to accompany you to the laboratory for experiments tomorrow."

Bao Guowei is a little tired physically and mentally at the moment, from Shanghai to Tianjin, it has been three days and two nights, although there have been no broken things such as bandits robbing trains along the way, but it is enough to make people tired.

"Then trouble Mr. Hou."

Bao Guowei fell asleep after coming to the dormitory building under the leadership of Mr. Hou, the decoration in the single room was really good, except for the absence of Si Dankang's head oil, everything was fine.

Nothing was said all night.

(End of chapter)