Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 218 Manifesting the Holy Tree of Gods in front of People (Please Subscribe!)
In order to have a real iron-clad warship, Zhu Kezang is going to exchange for a good thing.

That is the rubber tree!

What would it mean for the new Ming Empire if rubber trees appeared?
It means that the industrial age will be upgraded!
Rubber can be widely used in various industries.

For example, the soles of the shoes we wear every day are made of rubber. They can also be used to produce contraceptive tools and effectively control the population!
If there is rubber, Zhu Kezang can develop bicycles. The most critical factor of bicycles is tires.

The earliest tires were made of wood and iron. When humans discovered rubber, they used rubber to make tires, but they were still solid rubber tires at that time.

Until the British veterinarian Dunlop improved the tires, his son liked riding a bicycle very much, but because the tires were solid, it was very uncomfortable to ride.Feeling sorry for his son, Dunlop had an idea and injected air into the tire to make it more elastic after inflation.

So in 1888, the world's first rubber hollow tire was born.

Soon, this kind of tire was liked by people, and in 1895, the world's first car using pneumatic tires came out.

If Zhu Kezang had been more radical, he would have been able to develop internal combustion engines, occupy North America and the Middle East, exploit oil, and develop the automobile industry.

But at this stage, Zhu Kezang feels that the steam engine is enough.

However, Daming’s steam engine was sealed by tight welding and some earthen sealing materials. The workmanship was very troublesome, and problems would still occur after rusting.

However, the exchange of rubber trees is also particular.

Because there are as many as 2000 kinds of plants that contain rubber in nature, but there are not many that are really valuable for collection. At present, rubber can be extracted from 500 kinds of plants, including the familiar dandelion.

If you cut off the stem of a dandelion, some white liquid will be secreted inside. If you touch it with your hand, it will feel sticky. This is rubber.

Another example is the Eucommia tree unique to China, whose seeds, leaves and bark can extract rubber.

But these plants have relatively low rubber production, and the plant that can really meet 98% of the world's industrial rubber sources is a plant called Hevea trifoliata.

Hevea trifoliata is also called Hevea brasiliensis, or rubber tree for short. Compared with other rubber-containing plants, it has two decisive advantages. One is that the tree is tall and contains a lot of rubber.

Second, it has a long lifespan. A tree can continuously provide humans with rubber for three to 40 years.

The rubber tree is native to the Amazon River Basin in Brazil. More than 1000 years ago, people discovered that after the bark of the rubber tree was cut, there was white latex flowing down. At that time, the ancient Indians had learned to use some primitive methods to extract rubber and make some products. , such as playing bouncy ball, they also found that rubber coating on clothes or feet can play a waterproof role.

America is really full of treasures, fertile land, protection of two oceans, various high-yielding food crops and cash crops.

In the future, Zhu Kezang will definitely have to go to America to find a place for Daming, otherwise he will be sorry for his status as a time traveler.

By the way, you must not exchange oak saplings or oak seeds, because oak trees need to grow for seven or eight years to produce rubber!

If he had waited so long, Zhu Kezang would have been able to transport rubber trees from South America long ago!
Zhu Kezang plans to replace one thousand eight-year-old rubber trees with fruit, so that they can produce rubber and even out seeds, so as to plant more rubber trees!
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The rubber tree is temporarily sealed in the system space, and it can be buried in the soil when Zhu Kezang finds a treasure.

Once you have a tree, you can't just plant it on Yizhou Island!
Because planting things like rubber trees is also a science, such as site selection.

If it is planted in Nanyang, it only takes 7 years to produce rubber. If it is planted in Qiongzhou Island, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan, it will take 8 years.

It is very important to choose a place with a climate similar to that of the Amazon Basin in South America!
Zhu Kezang plans to plant it on the southern island of the Luzon Protectorate.

Firstly, Luzon conquered early and was relatively safe, not afraid of being destroyed by the natives.

Secondly, Luzon will be an area rich in rubber in the future.

In addition, Zhu Kezang's parents in his previous life were employees of a state-owned rubber tire factory, and they watched the price trends of natural rubber in Siam, Malay, Hainan, and Yunnan all day long.

When he was a child, his parents often went to the workshop of the tire factory to observe. Zhu Kezang is very clear about the production of rubber tires, and he has not forgotten it until now.

Therefore, as soon as rubber appeared, Daming could save a lot of time in the practical promotion of rubber, and directly proceed to rubber vulcanization and research on excellent formulas.

Zhu Kezang remembers that although unvulcanized rubber is tough, it is not wear-resistant. It can be used as rubber balls and erasers, but it cannot be used as tires.

It was not until [-] that American Charlie Goodyear discovered that heating sulfur and rubber together could enhance the elasticity and strength of rubber that rubber had industrial practical value.

The Goodyear family also found a golden job, and is still famous for its rubber tires today.

From the discovery of rubber by the Spaniards to the discovery of rubber vulcanization by the Americans, the span of more than two hundred years was once again lightly revealed by Zhu Kezang.

"Prepare the boat, I am preparing to inspect the Luzon Protectorate."

It is better to plant rubber sooner rather than later, all industries in Daming are waiting for rubber.

Zhu Kezang knew that the Nanyang area was the first stop for rubber migration, and from the experience of later generations, the rubber production in various parts of Nanyang surpassed the place of origin. It can be seen that Nanyang is very suitable for the growth of rubber trees, early planting and early prosperity.

Zhu Kezang's destination is the Zamboanga Peninsula in Luzon Duhufu!

In order to plant rubber trees, the Protectorate of Luzon organized many indigenous slaves to cut down the original trees on the land to make room.

What if there are indigenous people living here?
They will all be driven away, and if they refuse to accept it, they will be shot.

Compensation is required only for the expropriation of the land of the common people of Ming Dynasty, and the aborigines don't have to worry about it.

After a week of preparations, Zamboanga finally created the first rubber plantation.

Looking at the empty land, Zhu Kezang is going to do some flower work, to show his holiness in front of others!

Many Luzon officials, Luzon businessmen, and Luzon Chinese at the scene did not know why the emperor called them here to observe.

Empty everywhere, nothing to see.

Suddenly, Zhu Kezang shouted: "Silence!"

Then, he raised his hands and closed his eyes, as if he was performing some ritual.

In fact, it is communicating with the system.

[Human existence detected, do you want to exchange it? 】

【Yes! 】

Soon, the scene was full of golden lights, and people could vaguely see the shadows of a bunch of trees!
When the golden light disappeared, they were shocked by the scene before them!

The open space in front of him turned into a forest, and these strange trees were actually directly rooted in the ground, as if they had originally grown here.

In such a scene, everyone immediately knelt down, this emperor is a god, right? !

The atmosphere became brighter, and Zhu Kezang took advantage of the situation and said majesticly: "This is a sacred tree, and it will surely benefit the Ming Dynasty. The Luzon Protectorate must protect it with all its strength!"

Everyone at the scene looked at him with wild eyes!


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