Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

In the early winter, the Haihe Plain has just received the first snow, and the eyes are white.

The surrounding fields are vast, and the sky is gradually getting brighter.A passenger ship slowly sails into Tianjin Wharf.An old man who had been waiting on the deck of the passenger ship couldn't wait to get off the ship and hurried out of the pier.

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

He stopped after walking a long distance, waiting for his subordinates with luggage to catch up.

Catch up with the crowds, the original white street has already been trampled into a dirt road by the crowd.

"Master, we really don't need to be so anxious. If you want me to tell you, you have to notify them in advance so that someone can pick us up. Otherwise, when will we get to the place? I haven't had time to eat breakfast, and I can't even eat the water for my medicine." There is no place to drink, the doctor can say..."

"Ah Cai, that's enough. Don't let me hear this again from now on. Remember that we are here as guests. Strictly speaking, we have demands from others. How can we ask for this or that? What does it sound like?" Seeing that the ground was difficult to walk on, Zhang Jian said seriously while rolling up his trouser legs.

Ah Cai had no choice but to stop persuading, put the luggage on his shoulders, and hurried forward.

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

"Sir, the wontons are hot."

"Sir, you will be rich and rich, come here and wish you two a fortune."

It is said that the dinners in Tianjin are not famous, but the snacks are top-notch.

Originally, Zhang Jian was going to go straight to the Yongli Alkali Factory in a hurry, and then talk about food after finishing his business, but the burst of aroma successfully hooked the glutton in his stomach.

"Master, bring me two sets of pancakes, eggs and fruits, green onion and side dishes, not spicy, thank you."

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

Looking back at Ah Cai who was still carrying the thing, Zhang Jian felt sorry for him, and scolded him with a smile, "I'm not in a hurry to move on now, why are you still carrying it? Are you tired, put it down and have a rest."

Ah Cai shook his head and said with a naive smile: "The ground is full of mud, and the luggage is dirty when it is put down. If the contents inside are soaked and the master's important affairs are delayed, it must not be possible. I'd better carry it. Don't look at it." The suitcase is so big, it’s actually not as heavy as a sandbag on the dock.”

Seeing that Zhang Jian couldn't persuade him, he wanted to go and pull the suitcase off himself, but Ah Cai carried it so tightly that he couldn't move it even after a lot of effort, so he had to give up.

"You silly Cai, you are really stubborn like a cow. Forget it, you can carry it if you like. Anyway, I am not the one who is tired."

Although he was cursing, Zhang Jian actually 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 it up and take it away."

"Come on, what flavor do you want? I have black rice, mung bean and spinach." The boss couldn't help but laugh.

"It's all mung beans, and I'm not used to eating anything else." Zhang Jian thought for a while, and directly rejected other proposals.

"Then just watch."

Accompanied by the bursts of fragrance in front of him, Zhang Jian didn't care whether Ah Cai could understand or not, and said to himself:
"On the way, I kept asking why I came here in person. Wouldn't it be better to send a telegram directly? But in fact, there are some things. If you don't touch them in your hands or see them in your eyes, you won't believe it's true. Only Come and see for yourself, you will feel at ease.

The European War has been fought for such a long time. The alkali used in our factory is priced at one price per day. If you don’t buy foreign alkali, you can’t buy it elsewhere. Originally, the quality of our homespun cloth is not good. After using earth alkali, it can still be sold. Go out, even if it is sold, wouldn't it be cheating our own people?
Fortunately, there is this Yongli Alkali Factory, we still have hope for things, otherwise, all the things we worked so hard to get would be paid for by others.

You said that foreigners have kept the formula for so long, how did these young people crack it?It seemed that just by poking here and there, things came out. I didn't believe it when I heard the news.

But when you think about it carefully, this thing was researched by Professor Cheng, and it seems to be reasonable again. You can fiddle with anything in the future. Our scalp is scratched, and someone can make it with a sip of tea. seven seven eight eight
But it’s hateful to say it, I promised me to improve cotton seeds, but I haven’t seen a single person until now..."

When people get old, they talk too much.

As soon as the call ended, Ah Cai kept scratching his head, not knowing anything else.

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

"Sir, are you packing them separately, or packing them together?"

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

The owner of the pancake stand wiped the sweat off his face with his elbow, and said with a smile, "It's okay, no one gets old."

At this moment, Zhang Jian, who was carrying his things and was about to leave, suddenly met Li Lide again.

This guy may have heard the news of the success of Cheng Nuo's soda production, and before it was officially listed, he actually increased the price by dozens of times to sell their company's soda.

As for Cheng Nuo's Yongli Alkali Factory, to put it bluntly, they didn't take it seriously at all.

In fact, he is no wonder. Before the First World War, the companies that dominated the world with chemical products included the British Boonneman Company, the American DuPont Company, and the French Farben (formerly known as Aiqi). The company is also known as the "World Alkali King".

The British Bunemen Company has been established for many years, with strong capital, huge organization and substantial technical force.Anywhere in the world, especially backward colonial and semi-colonial countries, almost every corner has its business organizations and sales outlets.

Taking over the world market and monopolizing the sales price of chemical products, it has become one of the large monopoly capital enterprises in the world.

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

At that time, the two major chemical raw materials needed in China—acid and alkali—both came from Bu Neimen Company.At that time, my country imported 100 million tons of soda from Buneimen Company every year. Buneimen Company basically controlled the development of China's chemical industry, so Buneimen Company also controlled the development market of China's soda ash at that time.

"What, you Chinese want to make alkali yourself? No, No, No, this is a great undertaking, and you can't understand its mysteries at all. It's because God didn't send wisdom to this ancient East. land.

Want to know how to solve it?It's simple, just buy cyanine, we can bring your heart to God, and he will forgive your ignorance and ignorance.

What, why is it so expensive today, because God, the old man thinks that wisdom is a precious thing, if everyone has it, it is worthless, especially for you Chinese..."

Coaxing and cheating, grabbing and dragging.

After one pass of the operation, Zhang Jian standing beside him was smoking.

Immediately stepped forward and questioned: "Sir, the price of your foreign alkali is too unreasonable. It is so expensive, how can we Chinese people afford it? Even if we can afford this price, we shouldn't sell it in a deceitful way!"

Li Lide squinted his eyes. Although he felt that the other party was not a poor person based on his clothes, but "expensive" was a foreigner. In his opinion, it was just up to the waist. He said contemptuously in a blunt tone: "If you don't want to buy it, you don't have to buy it! You Chinese Can't be made out."

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

Fortunately, Ah Cai had quick eyesight and quick hands, so he stopped him in advance: "Master, don't get angry, it's really not worth getting angry for this beast."

Although he is a foreigner, his understanding of Chinese is not very deep.

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

He was gasping for breath, not only wanting to argue, but also showing signs of attacking: "God will forgive me for what I did today."

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

"What are you going to do?"

Facing Ah Cai, Li Lide could only raise his neck and secretly gestured at the bodies of both sides. He was really not a heavyweight, and he retreated from the bottom of his heart.

But his mouth was still rude: "If you have the ability, you wait for me. When the police from our British Concession come over, they will definitely punish you severely. God will not forgive such an unreasonable person like you."

At this moment, Zhang Jian was heaving a sigh of relief, but he also knew that it was not suitable for him to stay here.

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

If it's serious, it might cause trouble for Cheng Nuo and the others. One more thing is worse than one less thing.

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

"But sir, they are too bullying."

"Hey, isn't what they said the truth? Write down this account first, and we will calculate it slowly in the future."

After saying this, he turned and left without looking at Li Lide again.

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

Li Lide on the other side finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief when he saw the two walking away, and then, as if thinking of something, he shouted angrily at his subordinates:
"Add twice the price of alkali, don't blame me, blame those two villains just now..."

Cheng Nuo is finally debugging the machine, and is about to usher in the first production after updating the equipment. Whether it will be successful or not, and how high the purity will be, everything is still unknown.

"Zhiyuan, are you nervous? Why do I feel my heart beating." Fan Xudong looked at the drying pot and couldn't help spitting.

Although Cheng Nuo was also very nervous, as the backbone of everyone, his every frown and smile had a different meaning in everyone's eyes.

No matter how uneasy he was, he was very confident on the surface: "Don't worry, we have found all the problems, and we have reorganized the process of making alkali 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 blissful: "So what, no matter how miserable you are, how can you live through it last time? There are not many factories that are willing to buy domestic products out of patriotism. You don't have to worry about sales at all. Now you only need to worry about production. "

Hearing this, Fan Xudong's face softened slightly: "That's right, with the production experience and funds, even if we still fail this time, we will succeed one day sooner or later."

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

Getting ready to call the shots and get production started.

Seeing this, Cheng Nuo quickly got down from the high platform, and dragged Fan Xudong to the gate.

"Take us there quickly."

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

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

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

With the two together, no one wants to exchange pleasantries.

After chatting a few words, everyone rushed to the soda production workshop again.

Accompanied by the roar of the machine, the soda plant restarted and everything was normal.
Then, the workshop continuously produced pure and white alkaline noodles.

However, with the lessons learned from the past, the crowd 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%.

Obtaining this result, the crowd who had been suppressed for several days completely tumbling like boiling water.

You must know that Cheng Nuo has very strict requirements for the experiment. He not only determined the content of the experiment, but also indicated the specific purpose and specific requirements of each content.

The test was carried out more than 500 cycles, and more than 2000 samples were analyzed. The test was carried out very carefully. Each condition was repeated [-] times, and often after more than [-] times, the numbers can basically be repeated.

The work is also very intense, and the experimenters work more than twelve hours a day.Cheng Nuo had to report in detail to Cheng Nuo every week during the experiment, and he had serious and profound analysis and specific instructions on the results of each experiment.

Coupled with Cheng Nuo's inhuman physique and superhuman brain, it was possible to complete the mass production of Hou's soda production within two months, and the yield rate reached the mass production requirements.

Of course, the Hou’s soda-making method also originated from the Cha’an method, and the version has changed in the middle, and the initial version and the final version are very different.

Cheng Nuo is still in its infancy, and it is still incomparable to the one after 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 superior to that of the same kind.

Taking out his index finger, dipped it in soda ash, and put it in his mouth to taste it. Zhang Jian closed his eyes and enjoyed it: "The hero is a boy, you guys did a great job, have you decided what name to give it?"

Fan Xudong poked Cheng Nuo with his elbow: "Zhiyuan, think of one."

Cheng Nuo thought for a while, and then said seriously: "We are all sons and daughters of China, for the sake of the revival of China, let's call it Zhonghua brand alkali noodles, but since foreigners produce foreign alkali, let's just call it Zhonghua Soda ash!"

In the previous life, the Zhonghua card was taken away by foreigners, and in this life, they will be taken over.

After thinking about it for a while, the two of them stared brightly: "Okay, let's call it Zhonghua brand soda ash."

Zhang Jian even excitedly recited Zhuge Liang's "Song of Waiting for Time":

"The phoenix soars a thousand feet,

non-wu does not live;

Shifu is on one side, and he doesn't rely on him.

Le Gong plows on the ridges and acres, I love thatched cottages.

Chatting and writing are proud of the piano and books, waiting for the right time.

......"

Affected by this, Cheng Nuo replied loudly:
"Peng Fen flies in Beiming,

Hit the water thousands of miles;

Spread economics in the world and create a foundation.

The life-saving souls are in a state of ashes, and they are razed everywhere.

Make meritorious service and fame in Jinshixi, and return home in a huff! "

Having said that, several people looked at each other and laughed.