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Chapter 1704 Epoch-making Craft

Zeng Yunfeng smiled at him, and Richard immediately felt his heart warm a lot. No matter what others say about him, no matter what outsiders say about him, as long as the consul always trusts and uses him, he will He felt that his family would definitely get what they wanted, and he knew that this consul didn't care about his status.

Relatively speaking, Richard also really knows how much power he holds in his hands.

It is impossible to talk to these shallow-sighted people. Richard bowed his waist in front of him, explaining to Zeng Yunfeng as he walked, "This factory building was erected not long ago, because it cannot be preserved for a long time due to lightning. Time, so we can only build factories near here, if it is too far away, then the lightning may be gone before it is used.”

"This is also the wisdom of Your Excellency the Consul! Thanks to you who can think of this, we can break through so quickly!"

Maria looked curiously at the tall factory building beside it.

In the current era, the assembly line operation has not yet been proposed, but in this factory building, workers come and go, although it seems crowded, it is actually orderly.

The process after process is like a river flowing, which is very clear.

Maria's eyes grew more curious.

Manager Richard walked up to the last product, stopped and said, "Your Excellency the Consul, look, this is what we made, look at how well it is made!"

"Look at the pattern on it, tsk tsk, look at the glossiness on it, look!" Richard held the utensil in his hand and talked to Zeng Yunfeng eloquently.

But in Maria's eyes, that artifact was extraordinarily dazzling in Richard's hands.

At least she had never seen such an artifact.

The utensil in Richard's hand was a golden object, and he lifted it up to Zeng Yunfeng with a smile.

"This technology is a technology that can make a lot of money, Your Excellency the Consul is too wise!"

"How is the secrecy work done? If this technology leaks out, I will be the first to take your head!" Zeng Yunfeng said with a smile.

Manager Richard suddenly felt the sweat dripping down his back, "Don't worry, even if I try my best, I won't let a single mosquito fly out here!"

Zeng Yunfeng nodded, took the utensils, and looked at them carefully.

The gloss on the utensils was unprecedented for Maria.

"Well, you did a good job." Zeng Yunfeng nodded again.

Hearing Zeng Yunfeng's praise, Richard suddenly felt like his tail was going up.

"Your Excellency the Consul, thanks to your guidance, it is all thanks to you, otherwise those guys probably haven't figured it out yet!"

Zeng Yunfeng shook his head, he had listened too much to his flattery, so it was meaningless.

"When are you going to sell these things to Europe!"

"It's already being discussed, er, and it's said that er, it will be ready to ship and set off next month!"

"Okay, how much can you handle every day now?"

"At present, the production capacity is still low, and it may be able to produce thousands of kilograms per day!"

After hearing this, Zeng Yunfeng shook his head, "The output is still not enough, continue to expand the production capacity."

Richard nodded quickly, "Yes!"

In fact, this thing, to put it bluntly, does not have much connotation in it, but because the technology has been advanced.

The invention and discovery of electricity drove the course of history.

How to use electricity is one of the outstanding contributions of human beings breaking the natural limitations.

Although Richard and others do not understand the basic principles of electricity now, they have developed electroplating technology by mistake.

Generally, people use the gilt process to attach gold to the utensils, that is, gold is mixed with mercury, and it is pounded into a paste-like gold amalgam, and then the gold-tribute alloy is evenly applied to the surface of the metal utensils. After heating it to volatilize the mercury, the gold and the metal surface will combine to form a bright gold-colored coating. This method is also called fire gold plating.

This process was used very early, but from the beginning of electroplating, fire gold plating began to be gradually eliminated.

At the end of the 18th century, with the battery pack, electroplating gold slowly developed.

Now, in the mid-18th century, the kingdom of white iron already had electroplating technology, which can be said to be a huge leap forward.

Whether it is from hydrogenation silver plating or gold plating, it will bring a series of developments.

With the development and growth of electroplating technology, the gilding process produced in the early days is slowly being eliminated, let alone the pure manual operation of slowly attaching gold foil to the utensils.

On the lakeside of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, the electroplating process for precious metal gold was first produced.

Preliminary processing of precious metal jewelry, through electroplating can not only protect the metal surface of jewelry, but also make fine jewelry metal more beautiful.

Generally, electroplating is divided into natural color electroplating and heterochromatic electroplating.

The electroplating process has several outstanding advantages. The first is that it is very firmly combined with the base metal and has good adhesion. The second is that the coating is very complete, the crystallization is fine and compact, and the pores are very small. The third is that it has a standard thickness. The plating is very evenly distributed so it looks glossy.

The electroplating process has two most basic requirements, which are the most basic but also very difficult. The first is the use of electricity, and the second is the electroplating salt.

It can be said that Richard's work is very complicated. The electroplating salt must not only be usable, but also conduct electricity.

This is a very complicated project in later generations.

Zeng Yunfeng could only raise a few points, but he couldn't interfere too much.

The composition of electroplating salt is very complicated, which is divided into main salt, conductive salt, compounding agent, buffer, stabilizer, anode activator, and additive.

Just figuring out these things is already driving Richard's head in a tizzy, and it may take him a lifetime.

But fortunately, Richard doesn't need to worry about this kind of theory for the time being. The reason why Zeng Yunfeng mentioned him is to hope that he can quickly produce electroplating gold.

For gold and silver, the royal families of European countries are very fond of it, but if the utensils are made entirely of gold, the cost and weight used are unacceptable.

What they prefer is the texture of gold and silver, so it is more advantageous to use electroplating gold.

These things can not only be used as architectural decorations, but also can be used in jewelry and artworks, and can be exported to various parts of Europe as luxury goods.

Electroplating gold not only has a golden appearance, but also has strong stability, is not easy to change color, is resistant to oxidation and corrosion, and can be used for a long time.

Gold electroplating is also widely used in jewelry, watches, handicrafts, and even electronic instruments, instruments, aerospace and other industrial fields in later generations.

However, most electroplating processes involve hydrides, which are highly toxic.

The current electroplating process is nothing more than changing from the highly toxic mercury to the highly toxic cyanide.

The cyanide-free gold plating process has not yet been mastered by them, but it is enough for Zeng Yunfeng to export this kind of thing to Europe in large quantities through this process.

The electroplating process is one of the technical barriers, Zeng Yunfeng believes that within 30 to 40 years, this electroplating process will not be surpassed.

The White Iron Kingdom will also benefit greatly from this technology.

Moreover, there is not much else in the American continent except gold and silver.

The electroplating process can give full play to the advantages of the American continent, coupled with the fact that the land in the upper reaches of Lake Maracaibo is full of thunder and lightning, as long as the geographical advantages can be used reasonably, the White Iron Kingdom can have a first-mover advantage. .

At least before a stable battery pack is produced, the kingdom of white iron can be at least 30 to 40 years ahead.

After the power technology is fully developed, Europe may not be able to catch up. It can be said that it is one step ahead, step by step.

This is why Zeng Yunfeng attaches so much importance to this technology.

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