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Previously, Cheng Nuo and the others had been working hard to prevent the hydrogen gas in the reaction vessel from leaking out, for fear that the leaked hydrogen gas would explode when exposed to oxygen.

But one evening, when Cheng Nuo was dozing off, he inadvertently sneezed, which awakened him and instantly woke him up.

"Right now we don't have a lot of money for experiments, nor do we have enough time to squander. We always think that we can't solve the problem, so we might as well try to get rid of it." The more he said, the brighter Cheng Nuo's eyes became, and finally he trot outside directly. He wiped his face vigorously with cold water.

This sudden scene frightened Fan Xudong who was next to him, and before Cheng Nuo could return to the test bench, he stopped him directly: "Zhiyuan, you don't need to be so anxious, we still have a chance to survive the ordeal right now, but you Don't let anything happen, if our team is missing, no one can miss you."

The second monk Cheng Nuozhang couldn't figure it out, and said in confusion: "Xudong, what's wrong with you, don't think about it, I just thought of an inspiration, and I'm about to try my luck, maybe our current breakthrough direction depends entirely on you. It's over, the so-called half-ninety who travels a hundred miles, we can't fall before dawn."

Fan Xudong couldn't help being displeased after hearing this, but he was a little anxious instead: "Well, Zhiyuan, I heard that there are some gods/women of young people in our local area who are quite spiritual. Don't you often say something about science? The motivation is metaphysics, why don't we take some time to go and have a look?"

"Oh, no, huh!" Cheng Nuo was so angry that he couldn't finish his sentence: "Fan Xudong, what do you mean? I'm fine. I'm not going, except for the laboratory. I'm not going anywhere."

Fan Xudong was not willing to give up. He thought that Cheng Nuo's "illness" was more serious than he had imagined at first, and said distressedly: "Well, I will go to see the god/mother, Zhiyuan, can you accompany me to see it? Just to get a taste of our Sichuan government. Scenery."

Inspiration comes and goes quickly.

Cheng Nuo didn't want to continue to waste here, so he directly pulled him aside with this brute force: "Go away, delay, and leak the hydrogen next time, pick it up and block it!"

Fan Xudong was not afraid at all.Still wanting to continue to struggle: "Zhiyuan, I heard that although some gods/women are called 'po', they are not very old, you have to see the right eye..."

"Shut up, check the equipment quickly, the experiment will start soon."

"Okay, let's go another day."

"..."

Unexpectedly, after Cheng Nuo changed his mind, the results of the subsequent experiments were surprisingly good.

It turned out that a small amount of hydrogen permeating to the outside of the inner lining is considered to be increasing. If these gases are not discharged in time, they will accumulate more and more, and then corrode the carbon steel cylinder outside the inner lining.

In fact, after hydrogen leaks out, as long as the concentration in the air does not reach the level of explosion, people can ignore it.

It means that some small holes are drilled on the carbon steel cylinder to directly discharge a small amount of hydrogen permeated to the outside of the lining, which will not cause too much danger.

After Cheng Nuo put the above ideas into practice, he found that the explosion-proof effect was very obvious.Although the technical content of these methods is not high, their cost is very low, and the key is to be able to effectively solve the explosion problem of the synthesis reaction vessel.

Although the synthesis reaction vessel after the improved design will still have some failures from time to time, it will not easily explode again.

Although there were some minor problems later on, all the problems encountered were finally solved by Cheng Nuo and the others one by one. Finally, at the end of the first quarter of 18, the first domestically designed and successfully developed pilot plant finally realized stable operation. , The daily ammonia production is as high as several tons.

It means that the technical feasibility of building a large-scale synthetic ammonia plant is basically in place.

The current Sichuan has been basically controlled by Tang Jiyao. In the name of "Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces", Xiong Kewu was directly appointed as the governor and senior official of Sichuan by telegram, and the situation has temporarily stabilized.

As for Liu Xiang, who Cheng Nuo had bet on, his promotion to the position of division commander was a certainty. Everything was going in a good direction as Cheng Nuo expected.

After that, Cheng Nuo was busy with building the factory.

Although the ammonia synthesis pilot plant developed earlier has been able to operate normally, its daily output is only a little over 2 tons, which cannot meet the needs of domestic agriculture at all.

So Cheng Nuo is going to expand the scale, and plans to build a large-scale synthetic ammonia plant with an annual nitrogen consumption of [-] tons.

But to build such a large-scale high-pressure chemical plant that had never been done before in domestic history, there were unimaginably many technical and management problems waiting for Cheng Nuo to solve.

Fortunately, with the support of Cheng Nuo's research team and Tesla and others, and the chemical plant has been in operation since years ago, and has never interrupted investment in the middle. In order to support the construction of the chemical plant, almost all the industrial profits of the Academy of Sciences have been deliberately transferred. come over.

Unsuccessful, they become benevolent.

"Cheng, do you really want to invest all the scientific research funds in? As someone who has experienced it, I suggest you not to do this." It has been a while since I came to Sichuan. Except for some slang, Tesla, who is quite talented in languages, has now mastered Mandarin, and even mastered the stunt of playing mahjong.

Lying on the rocking chair, Cheng Nuo swayed the cattail fan and said with a smile: "I can't do it, the industrial equipment that can be independently designed by our country is no longer good. Although it can be designed, it can't be manufactured. Even if it is made by chance, the good product rate is too low. , has no use value at all.”

Tesla shrugged: "Heat exchangers, high-speed electromagnetic valves, although you have designed them, you can't manufacture them. It's a pity, but I believe that with the potential of you young people, the future of the country The level of industrial technology will definitely impress the world."

Cheng Nuo straightened his back from the rocking chair, put away the cattail fan and said, "There will be bread, and there will be milk. Right now we not only have catalyst and nitrogen, hydrogen production workshops, large repair plants, but also power plants and water supply and drainage. Although the overall scale of the facility is somewhat smaller, the daily output of nitrogen fertilizer has now exceeded 10 tons.

The overall profit is already considerable, and it won’t be long before the scientific research funds we invested in will be recovered in geometric multiples, and we will have more funds to invest in new research funds. "

Tesla was very interested in the second half of Cheng Nuo's sentence: "New research, such as radio technology?"

Cheng Nuo smiled and nodded: "Of course, in addition to radio, we can also try some research that will not see economic results in the short term, but will benefit the overall development of domestic scientific research in the long run."

Tesla turned his head and asked curiously, "Could it be basic scientific research?"

Cheng Nuo smiled without saying a word, and lay down on the rocking chair again, waved the cattail fan, and let the moonlight shine on his face under the vines, looking extremely comfortable.

I don't know when, a firefly flew into the yard. As the night darkened, more and more fireflies gathered, and finally the whole yard was filled with fireflies, faintly competing with the moonlight.

So, after nearly a year, Cheng Nuo led nearly a hundred chemical technicians and apprentices, and finally completed the experiment and mass production of synthetic ammonia. Taking Chongqing as the anchor point, he began to promote the chemical fertilizer ammonium sulfate to surrounding areas. .

Looking at the warehouse full of chemical fertilizers and thinking that there will be more crops waiting to increase production, Cheng Nuo felt unprecedented satisfaction in his heart.

Jiang Jiangzuo couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Tell me, if you sell so much chemical fertilizer, if you can use it on crops, how much food can you get back?"

Cheng Nuo joked, "Two houses for one room, isn't that too much?"

Jiang Jiangzuo raised his eyebrows: "Are you kidding me? I was thinking about exchanging one bag of chemical fertilizer for three bags of grain. Our chemical fertilizer is easy to dissolve in water, quick and powerful, light and easy to use, and has no foul smell and no infectious bacteria and weed seeds." Waiting for the danger, there are many advantages.”

Cheng Nuo nodded: "Phosphate and potash fertilizers will continue to be produced in the future. When they are used in the future, they need to be used according to the characteristics of the soil, and the scientific ratio will be beneficial but not harmful. Right now, ammonium sulfate is too polluting to the environment, and it is not a long-term solution. "

Jiang Jiangzuo said: "It's okay, the scientific process always comes step by step. At least from the current point of view, the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. After a while, I will contact the Greater China Agricultural Improvement Association and the Sichuan Chamber of Commerce to transfer our Chinese brand The name of the chemical fertilizer is published."

"Do you still use the Zhonghua brand? Let me think about it." Cheng Nuo frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Before, our main customers of soda ash were urbanites with relatively high cultural quality. Using the Zhonghua brand works well, but now the chemical Fertilizers are mainly aimed at illiterate farmers, and it's not good to use a polite name."

Jiang Jiangzuo also fell into thinking: "You have reminded me that having a catchy name is very important for the promotion of our chemical fertilizers."

"Fatland powder, manure essence, cake essence, ash essence, bone essence... No, no, these names are earthy enough, but they are not catchy, at least they should be accompanied by a bunch of jingles." Cheng Nuo said to himself. , suddenly thought of something, surprised and said: "I thought of it, it's called 'Golden Land'."

"What? Golden land?" Jiang Jiangzuo couldn't believe it: "I think the fertilizer powder and dung essence are pretty good, we will think about calling it golden land?"

Cheng Nuo held back his laughter, and said seriously: "Think about it, there was a folk joke before, saying that a peasant couple imagined that after becoming emperor, they would carry a golden hoe and dig the ground every day. Although limited by their vision, the story It's funny.

But we might as well change the way of thinking, that is to say, even if farmers are illiterate, they also know the value of gold. Calling gold land can not only highlight the preciousness of our chemical fertilizers, but also tell them the importance of our chemical fertilizers. "

Jiang Jiangzuo nodded: "Using the term of chemistry unknown to farmers in our country, he changed the method of sales and called it "Golden Land" to cater to the psychology of our farmers. It's wonderful, very wonderful. "

Although the name of ammonium sulfate has been decided, the brand is still called Zhonghua Brand in order to prevent malicious imitation in the market.

In this regard, Cheng Nuo did not dare to place too much trust in the business conscience of this era. If he could not do a good job in brand management and control, maybe Golden Land had only been on the market for a few weeks, and there would be "Yinkela" of brands such as Bull Head, Deer, and Lion Horse on the market. Copper Kela", "Iron Kela" and so on.

It is a trivial matter to affect the brand image of Zhonghua brand, but it is a major matter to harm the common people.

Against this background, Cheng Nuo dispatched technicians from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to set up small-scale experiments and agricultural guidance agencies to help farmers apply chemical fertilizers scientifically.

Because part of the profits of the chemical plant belonged to Liu Xiang, here Cheng Nuo also specifically contacted Liu Xiang to help several parties improve relevant laws and laws to prohibit and punish counterfeit and low-quality fertilizers, and severely crack down on them.

With a two-pronged approach, the domestic gold land began to gradually move to Chongqing, and began to spread to most of Sichuan.

During this period, although some business people expressed dissatisfaction, they believed that "not only is its chemical composition not written on the bag, but it is impossible to know it, just like a mysterious undertaking."

Cheng Nuo waved his hand directly, and wrote the brief chemical steps on the back.

This is good. The people who clamored for imitation at the beginning were completely dumbfounded. It seems simple, but anyone with a little knowledge of chemical industry will know that synthetic ammonia is not as simple as a few chemical equations.

It is true that the laboratory can logically produce ammonia, but mass production is another matter.

This thing is not simple, it is as simple as scaling up in proportion.

Of course, before Cheng Nuo left the capital, the "pencil" arranged by Cheng Nuo gradually became more powerful.

Mr. Chen: "In the future, farmers in the country will use this high-quality fertilizer to increase production, seek economic abundance, and solve people's livelihood problems as soon as possible. This is a great deed for the country and the people."

Brother Xun: "The chemical industry should be actively built to ensure sufficient supply, and supplemented by teaching farmers how to apply it. It is not necessary to make the country and the people lose the benefits of this modern science's greatest contribution to mankind for one-sided reasons."

Jinmen Chamber of Commerce: "If you want to prevent inferior artificial fertilizers from harming farmers, you should guide merchants to pay attention to the inspection of artificial fertilizers to avoid foolishness, and at the same time advise farmers to use more natural fertilizers and use artificial fertilizers cautiously to benefit soil crops. There are both positive and negative aspects. Only then can we progress simultaneously, and the results will not be difficult to expect.”

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Of course, some people agree with it, and some people naturally oppose it.

Some conservatives think: "Advocating artificial fertilizers is to sell their goods for foreigners."

After learning about the situation, Cheng Nuo also understood, because before the birth of "Golden Land", domestic chemical fertilizers were basically imported.

In the understanding of these people, chemical fertilizers can almost be equated with foreign goods, and to promote it is to promote foreign goods, which is an intolerable thing.

In this regard, Cheng Nuo simply publicized the "Golden Land" in several domestic newspapers with more imaginative ideas, proving that he is a red-hot national heart.

Ever since, although these people have doubts about the effect of "Golden Land", they also started to promote it for the sake of domestic products.

When asked why he changed his words, it is "the benefits are obvious, so there is value in advocacy."