Daming 1805

Chapter 254 Combining work and rest

After Zhu Jingyuan worked hard for two months, Yu Muxue's stomach also started to move, and she was suspected to be pregnant.

At Liang Yunying's request, she started raising a baby with Liu Muyun, and could not run around with Zhu Jingyuan.

So those who worked as secretaries by Zhu Jingyuan's side became maidservants who had been trained for more than a year.

Today Zhu Jingyuan was followed by Chunxiang and An Xiaona.

Zhu Jingyuan took his two maids with him, and sat in his classic car worth millions.

Guards rode motorcycles around the front and back.

The completely "mechanized" team left the palace and went to the petrochemical experiment base outside the city.

Most of the petrochemical-related experiments are dangerous, and basically have a certain degree of toxicity.

People in this era don't have a deep understanding and don't care too much, but Zhu Jingyuan's habits in his previous life made him instinctively stay away from these things.

Therefore, the petrochemical experiments are placed in the downwind direction outside the city, and there is a distance from the planned new urban area.

Zhu Jingyuan was sitting in the car, watching the scene outside through the window, and it was a big change again compared to years ago.

The main reason is that the area of ​​the residential area has doubled again, and the population of the city has also doubled.

Due to the increase in the number of workers, the construction of the palace of the new palace ended earlier than expected, and now it has entered the stage of comprehensive decoration and arrangement.

The decoration of the main palace for residence has basically been completed, and it is actually ready to live in, but Zhu Jingyuan plans to wait until all the construction is completed before officially moving.

Now there is a larger construction site outside the palace.

The moat, pond, rockery and other auxiliary functional buildings of the palace outside the palace.

The mounds dug out of the moat and ponds were piled behind the palace to create a rockery like Jingshan behind the Forbidden City in the capital.

This rockery will also be circled and connected with the palace as a part of the back garden.

The food country is in short supply of fresh water. Although the first batch of seawater desalination plants have been put into operation, the fresh water produced by the factories cannot be wasted on decorative ponds. It must be used as drinking and industrial water.

Therefore, both the pond and the moat use seawater directly, and two ditches are dug to directly communicate with the sea.

Outside the front gate of Wangcheng is the government office building of various departments in the kingdom. Now the basic construction has been completed and it has entered the decoration stage.

Zhu Jingyuan's convoy ran for more than ten minutes before arriving at the petrochemical test site.

Zheng Fuguang has already brought the person in charge of the petrochemical experiment base to wait here.

Zhu Jingyuan got off the car and followed them into the laboratory, listening to the person in charge explain the situation to him.

From raw materials to semi-finished products, to finished products of various properties.

There are block-shaped direct finished products, and there are granular "materials" made according to Zhu Jingyuan's requirements.

There are also films, rods, tubes, and wire-wrapped actual products for various tests.

Polyethylene belongs to white plastic, and is the most common white plastic. The output of all types of polyethylene can account for [-]% to [-]% of the world's total plastic output.

It can be used in most common places where human life can be used.

Films for commodity packaging, cable protective layers for protection and insulation, various pipes and engineering plastics.

Moreover, polyethylene can be regarded as a large category, rather than a kind of plastic. According to different polymerization methods, molecular weights, and chain structures, it can be divided into several categories, with different properties and uses.

With the size of the Great Food Kingdom, as long as the polyethylene industry can be done well, even if it simply produces this type of plastic in the future, it will be able to occupy a place in the industrial chain of the Great Tomorrow Dynasty.

It is enough to maintain the dignity of an industrial country, rather than simply being a raw material warehouse.

Zhu Jingyuan picked up a plastic tube and looked at this thing that was very common in previous lives, and now he finally saw it again:

"Our Dashi country lacks other resources, there are no iron ore and coal mines at all, and only oil resources are relatively rich.

"This plastic should be able to replace steel in many places and greatly reduce our construction costs.

"Everyone here is a great contributor to our Great Food Country, and a great contributor to our Daming Airlines.

"I won't say any more useless nonsense. All craftsmen involved in research and development will be paid a year's salary this month."

Immediately, uncontrollable cheers erupted from the surrounding craftsmen.

Zhu Jingyuan's name of generosity has long been heard by many people, but hearing it is completely different from the actual experience.

Lu Xueqin, a senior worker in the chemical laboratory, couldn't help but put off his hands and said:
"Your Highness is really too generous, the design direction is determined by His Highness, and even gave the most critical hints.

"We people just put in a little effort to do all the experiments and things."

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and waved his hand:
"Gong Lu, don't be modest, without you and all the craftsmen, I really can't do it myself.

"I just thought of a direction, whether it is correct or not, whether it will succeed or not, is all thanks to you.

"And everyone, don't be complacent, we still have equally important tasks ahead.

"Rayon, which is suitable for weaving, and elastane, which has great elasticity, can replace textile materials of natural fibers.

"If silk-like materials can be produced in factories, there will be an unprecedentedly huge market.

"I don't think it's too much to even become the economic pillar of our big food country."

In this era, concepts such as environmental protection have no market at all.

The only environmental protection projects that have played a role are the two rainforest reserves proposed by Zhu Jingyuan.

Nominal protection of the rainforest has been achieved through the administrative means of the League of Nations.

People in this era have not yet begun to pursue "pure and natural" in a daze.

In many cases, the situation may even be reversed, and many intellectuals feel that artificial ones are better.

Man-made products are the crystallization of science and technology, the crystallization of human great wisdom, and the symbol of more civilization.

Putting animal fur directly on the body means barbarism and ignorance.

If Zhu Jingyuan came up with rayon, it would be more expensive than real silk immediately.

Moreover, many properties of chemical fibers are far beyond that of natural fibers.

Nylon, that is, nylon, has strength and wear resistance far superior to natural fibers such as cotton and linen, and will not become mildewed in the humid environment of the tropics and subtropics.

Therefore, it has a wide range of military uses, and is a very important material for military uniforms and carrying equipment. It is also the main material for making parachutes, and its performance far exceeds that of silk.

At the same time, it has a wide range of civilian uses, and is an important material for making jackets, sportswear, raincoats, socks, tents, fishing nets, conveyor belts and other items.

After the rayon is produced, the Great Food Country will be able to develop the textile and clothing industry in the desert without relying on agricultural planting.

Zhu Jingyuan has already made arrangements for rayon.

When craftsmen focused on polyethylene, exploratory experiments on rayon had already begun.

At this moment Lu Xueqin said very seriously:

"Your Highness, rest assured, after the polyethylene experiment is successful, a small number of people will be left behind to continue to improve and optimize, and cooperate with the factory to realize mass production. Most of the craftsmen will immediately turn to the research of rayon.

"We have followed His Highness's instructions to find suitable polymers among diamines, diacids, and amides, and have explored suitable polymerization methods. At present, we have some clues."

Zhu Jingyuan said very simply and rudely:

"Okay, keep working hard, after the rayon comes out, everyone will be paid another year's salary.

"But there's no need to get busy right away, this thing can't be done in a day or two.

"I just got the polyethylene out. Everyone has worked so hard for so long. Let's relax and have a rest."

Lu Xueqin subconsciously said:

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your compassion, but ours doesn't need a special rest, we must get the rayon out as soon as possible..."

Lu Xueqin and the craftsmen were quite contradictory in their hearts. Naturally, they wanted to rest from their human nature.

After all, it has been a long time for polyethylene, and no one wants to relax and rest.

But the reward that Zhu Jingyuan gave was really tempting. Making rayon was another year's salary.

My boss always does what he says, and he is unambiguous when sending money.

So I instinctively want to continue to explode my liver and get the rayon out as soon as possible.

But Zhu Jingyuan directly interrupted with a wave of his hand:
"You should combine work and rest at work, and don't squeeze your body too much, otherwise you will suddenly fall ill at some point.

"I also hope that you will continue to work for Dashiguo and Daming Airlines for 60 years.

"I said rest, just rest first, don't hold on."

Under Zhu Jingyuan's strict request, Lu Xueqin and the craftsmen gave up and decided to have an eight-day holiday starting tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)