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Chapter 1245 The Great Chemical Era of the Empire (Second Update, please subscribe)
A seemingly inconspicuous invention will bring inexhaustible wealth to the inventor, and can make an ordinary person become a millionaire. This is the charm of invention.

There is Yan Ruyu in the book, and the golden house in the book.The tradition of Huaxia's reading rewards has been passed down in another form in Daming.

Of course, those inventors will also become legends.Become the object of people's admiration and admiration. After all, everyone's desire for wealth is common.

Although the indigo invented by Tang Haodong in Sidley's 18 years may cause hundreds of thousands of bluegrass farmers and planters all over the world to lose their jobs, it may destroy the indigo industry in the next few years, but for the empire, industrial synthesis The indigo industry will not only bring tens of thousands of new jobs, but also further stimulate the development of the chemical industry in the empire, because the synthesis of indigo consumes a lot of sulfuric acid, caustic soda, and some ammonia.In the past two decades, with the help of Emperor Zhu's golden finger, the contact method of sulfuric acid and electrolytic caustic soda, which were originally advanced technologies that were formed in the early 20th century, were introduced into Daming. The once expensive sulfuric acid and caustic soda costs have been significantly reduced.It has become a cheap material, but has not yet formed a scale effect, and the huge demand of the indigo industry will stimulate these industries to produce a scale effect, thereby promoting the overall development of the imperial chemical industry.

"It means that the empire will establish a strong chemical industry. In the past, our chemical industry was strong but not large. The strength is that we are ahead in technology, but in terms of scale... it won't work, because the demand is limited. "

Sometimes industrial production is like this. There must be market demand to expand production and form a scale effect. In fact, the establishment of Daming’s sulfuric acid, caustic soda, and nitric acid industries is entirely based on military needs, from the initial nitroglycerin to bitterness. Acid, and even now the production of TNT and smokeless propellants, but the role of military demand in promoting the chemical industry is limited.

In the end, it still needs to be stimulated by the civilian market, and now the artificial synthesis technology of indigo will undoubtedly fundamentally stimulate the development of the chemical industry. The chemical industry... During war, it is not just gunpowder!
"But now that there is synthetic indigo, the world's annual dye market of hundreds of thousands of tons will bring a market of hundreds of millions of yuan, the most important thing is the demand for sulfuric acid, caustic soda and ammonia, which will fundamentally promote the empire's development. The chemical industry has achieved breakthrough development in scale, and with the scale effect, the cost will be further reduced, which of course will also enhance the competitiveness of other chemical products in the empire in the market..."

When mentioning the scale effect of the chemical industry, Emperor Zhu almost didn't laugh out loud, not because of the hundreds of millions of yuan in the market each year, but the meaning behind it, especially the importance of the chemical industry in the war, which is beyond words Incomparable.

With sulfuric acid, caustic soda, and nitric acid, they are explosives, gunpowder, propellant, and the most basic raw materials for war. What's more, Ming's products are cheap!
During the war, not only must raw materials be sufficient, but more importantly, they must be cheap enough. This is the basis for the continuation of the war.

"What Your Majesty said is true. The scale of production is the best way to reduce costs. When the scale increases, the cost will naturally decrease. When the cost decreases, the competitiveness of the empire's products will also increase. Your Majesty, this is thanks to the invention you invented back then. The contact production method of sulfuric acid and the electrolysis method of caustic soda, otherwise the cost would not have dropped so much. In the final analysis, the development of the chemical industry in the empire is all thanks to your Majesty!"

Sun Siwei, who is the minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, kissed his ass at the right time.

No one would find flattery harsh, besides, it's the truth!Your Majesty is an inventor.Many of his inventions have benefited the Ming Empire until now.

"Hey, it's all in the past. Two acids and one base are the foundation of the chemical industry, but the cost of nitric acid is still too high!"

The cost of nitric acid can not be high.

They are all extracted from saltpeter, and now saltpeter is called "white gold"!
white gold!

Another invention that won the "Nobel Prize" immediately appeared in Emperor Zhu's mind-synthetic ammonia. In this era before synthetic ammonia was invented, saltpeter, the only source of nitric acid, was expensive. The industry needs a wide range of chemical raw materials. I don’t know how many chemical experts are working hard for the synthesis of ammonia, but their research has not made any progress.

But they didn't make any progress at all. Perhaps for chemists of this era, the synthesis of ammonia is a difficult problem like a book.

But for Emperor Zhu, the synthetic ammonia process is just a test question in high school chemistry textbooks.

Ammonia!
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhu's eyes couldn't help but brighten up. Now is the era of Chilean saltpeter. Whether it is gunpowder manufacturing or the European fertilizer industry, Chilean saltpetre is inseparable. Of course, it is almost the only source of nitric acid.

It is precisely because of the industrial and agricultural demands of the Empire, European countries, and the United States that Chilean saltpeter has become a hot commodity in the agricultural fertilizer market of various countries. Received the title of "White Gold".

Before Peru was occupied by the empire, thanks to the production and export of saltpeter, Peru achieved rapid progress in national strength. If the empire did not use a blitz to destroy the country, it is estimated that with the stimulation of the saltpeter trade, Peru-Bolivia The Federation may even directly threaten the security of the Empire. Of course, this is why the Empire launched a war against it under the pretext of the "Havana Incident".

After the empire occupied the Secret Bo Federation, the saltpeter industry also drove the development of related industries in the empire.Of course, the advanced industrial level of the empire also promotes the current production of saltpeter.The production of saltpeter in the empire now far exceeds the level of the same period in history.

In the history of another world, the period from 1880 to 1920 is known as the "saltpeter era" in Chilean history. The export of Chilean saltpeter has driven the economic development of the country and even helped them achieve a certain degree of industrialization, especially in During World War I, stimulated by the war, the export of Chilean saltpeter made Chile a lot of money.

However, this golden age ended quickly—then the ammonia synthesis technology invented by Germany ended the "saltpeter era". Cheap synthetic ammonia, synthetic nitric acid and other products quickly replaced Chilean saltpeter.

Suddenly, Emperor Zhu was stunned.

"Nitre!"

"what?"

Sun Siwei looked at His Majesty in surprise,

"I mean saltpeter!"

Emperor Zhu stood up with a rare excitement, he looked at Sun Siwei and said.

"Nitre, the saltpeter is ours! All the saltpeter in the world!"

Emperor Zhu said a little excitedly,

"The world's saltpeter, the vast majority of sodium saltpeter! They are all produced in the Atacama Desert, where we are, and we have almost inexhaustible resources of saltpeter. But what about the British? What about the Americans? They don't have any! "

Slapping his hands hard, Emperor Zhu said excitedly.

"Yes, they didn't! This, this is our trump card!"

(End of this chapter)