industrial lord

Chapter 23 Preliminary layout completed
As the head cook of the Wessenburg kitchen, Oxo, although young, has outstanding ability and manages the kitchen in an orderly manner.

It's just that when the master was "playful" and kept drying all kinds of food before soaking in water, she didn't know what to do for a while.

After Frederick had done enough experiments, he found that his lunch had also been used to dehydrate him.

Katie scratched his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, you can eat some biscuits, just drink more soup."

Lunch was passed amidst Psyche's complaints about the food, which Frederick pretended not to hear.

Koehler came to the castle for the first time to have lunch with the headmaster. For a while, he couldn't figure out whether the headmaster liked to eat dry food, so he chose to keep his mouth shut.

Richard Nall has been looking for him to chat about family affairs, and he carefully answers questions such as the number of acres of land in the family, the number of people in the family, and whether he has bought a house.

Frederick saw that Koehler was in his early thirties, a good-looking talent, gentle, and clear thinking in conversation, which was not bad.

Katie kept up her table manners, concentrating on a dry haggis pie.

After a tedious lunch, Psyche took Katie and Koehler to Frederick's study, which she had requisitioned today.

She drew a lot of blueprints in the morning, and now she explained them to the two of them one by one, while Frederick listened to her papermaking skills.

Then Frederick was stunned when he heard it, thinking that it could still be like this? !
Psyche's method of making paper doesn't sound very complicated.

The raw material used in papermaking is commonly used white pine and other pine wood. The trunk is peeled and then sawn into sections. It is placed on a machine modified from a hydraulic lathe to plan out 2-3 mm thick slices. Finally, these slices are cut into wood fiber direction length 16. ～20㎜, a few centimeters wide parallelogram wood chips, use oblique cuts to increase the exposure of the fiber cell cavity, and prepare for the next process.

At the same time, pound the green acid slime and put it in a clay pot and boil it with water. Boil the water until it turns green, filter it and then dehydrate it. Then you can get dark green pure slime acid and store it for later use.

After adding water to the large pottery pot, add one-fiftieth of the volume of slime acid and stir well. After steaming the thin wood chips in the steamer for an hour, put them into the pot while it is still hot to ensure that all the wood chips are not under the acid.

Then cover the lid and turn on the fire, let the acid boil slightly, open the lid and stir it from time to time, let the wood chips cook in the acid solution for about 3 hours, until the wood chips are very soft.

There are three mills in the mill, which are made of stone and the grinding surface is made of steel. The patterns of each mill are different, from coarse to fine.

The wood chips are taken out of the acid solution, rinsed in clean water, and then go through three stages of coarse grinding, medium grinding and fine grinding, and finally wood pulp is obtained.

The wood pulp can enter the papermaking process after adding water, agar as a dispersant and calcium carbonate as a filler and fully stirred, followed by flattening and dehydration.

This set of technological process seems not complicated, but there are still many details to be solved in actual operation. Just the concentration of wood pulp, the ratio of dispersant and filler, and the thickness of paper during papermaking require a lot of experiments, let alone It is necessary to build factories, order special equipment and train employees.

Frederick estimated that it would be good to produce usable paper after a year.

Then there is printing, the material of the metal type, and the ink formula, all of which need to be continuously studied.

After Psyche explained the process, he began to explain the details. At this time, a customer came to see Frederick.

BASF looked happy today, the big smile on his face changed from the 10 o'clock sun on a summer day to the 12 o'clock sun after seeing Frederick walk into the living room.

Seeing that his eye circles were a bit dark and bloodshot, Frederick couldn't help asking, "Why, did you stay up late?"

BASF immediately replied: "As long as you can relieve the principal's worries, it doesn't matter how tired you are!"

Frederick shook his head, pointed to the sofa to let him sit down, and said after Tarot served tea: "No matter how busy you are at work, you should take a good rest. Don't trade health for money when you are young, and trade money for health when you are old." .”

BASF immediately stood up and said loudly: "Remember the principal's teaching!"

Frederick had black hair, waved him to sit down, and asked with a smile: "Why, the money to marry a wife puts you under so much pressure?"

BASF's face turned red all of a sudden, he hesitated and couldn't speak.

Frederick stopped teasing him, pointed to the leather bag at his feet and said, "Show me what you brought."

BASF immediately took out the slime samples he had brought and placed them on the coffee table one by one.

Frederick studied it calmly and sighed.

BASF's heart skipped a beat, and his whole body tensed up instantly, his hands clenched into fists, his face was ashen, wondering if he was done for.

"I can't figure it out." Frederick asked with a question mark in his head, "You have a chicken that lays golden eggs in your hand, why are you still worrying about your wife?"

BASF froze for a moment, and replied with a smile on his face: "Without your wisdom, principal, the hen wouldn't lay eggs."

Frederick gave him a supercilious look, what are you, friend of the hen?
BASF immediately changed the subject and said, "When we were in Constantbul, we scholars were paid high salaries every year, so we didn't have to worry about money at all."

"Now there is no other way. After fleeing here, everyone has no such high income. Although they can't starve to death, they can't live the life they used to. They can only find ways to make money."

"Professor Ogilvy recently got a lot of commissions for the principal's bearing, and his wife has lifted his drinking restrictions."

"Professor Osram and his students borrowed money to install street lights in Wesenberg, and the principal approved him to build a workshop. It took a long time, and the borrowed money was fully repaid."

"There are even businessmen who are willing to lend money to Professor Osram to build a workshop, without interest, as long as the professor first meets the goods he wants."

"If it wasn't for Vice President Manuai's reminder, everyone was so focused on making money that they forgot to enroll students."

Frederick smiled after hearing this, and said: "You tell everyone, let everyone go to the city and the village to see more, maybe you can get some inspiration."

Then he picked up a piece of transparent slime glue and flicked it, making a crisp sound.

"Have you ever thought about using this material instead of glass?" Frederick asked.

BASF replied: "This kind of transparent hard glue is a little brittle, and it is even more brittle after being colored, so it is easy to break when used to make utensils."

In addition to windows and mirrors, the glass these days is all kinds of colorful cups, bowls, bottles and handicrafts.
Frederick pointed to the window and said, "Try to replace the glass on the window."

BASF replied with a wry smile: "No, I tried it, it's too brittle, and it will break if it shakes too much."

Frederick nodded, picked up a piece of the same transparent slime glue and thought about it.

This piece of glue is a bit hard and elastic when pinched, a bit like an eraser.

"Why don't you try this." He said, holding the hard glue in one hand and the transparent soft glue in the other, "A layer of this kind of elastic glue is sandwiched between two hard boards, and see if the effect improves."

BASF will try it as soon as the expression returns.

Frederick picked up another piece of elastic glue, it was yellow, softer and more elastic, pulled it twice, and then had a blast.

He asked Taro to bring a knife, cut off a piece of yellow glue, hollowed it out, and played it on BASF's forehead as a rubber band.

"Yes!" Frederick said in surprise, "This is very useful!"

BASF replied a little proudly: "I used this slime glue to improve the seat of the carriage, and it didn't shake so much when I sat on it."

Frederick nodded and said, "If there is a stronger, more wear-resistant and more elastic glue, it can be used as a shoe sole, or a layer can be wrapped around the wheel."

"This kind!" BASF immediately picked up a piece of black slime glue and handed it over. "I made this kind of black glue by accident. It was originally intended to be used as a helmet lining."

Frederick took the black slime block and studied it, it was a bit like a rubber tire.

He nodded, and picked up the next slime film.

This slime is milky white, with good strength and toughness, reminding him of the fork in the bucket noodle in his previous life.

"Can this kind of glue be used to make tableware?" Frederick asked, "One bowl can be made by pressing two molds together."

"There will be tens of thousands of disaster victims in the near future, and just one bowl for each person will be enough to cause headaches."

"Yes!" BASF immediately replied, "I originally planned to use this glue to make folding fans, and the strength is enough."

Frederick asked him with a smile: "Are you planning to imitate ivory?"

BASF smiled without saying a word.

Frederick picked up the last slime glue, which was the kind of film he saw in the blacksmith shop.

BASF used its ingenuity and brought two finished products.

A plastic bag that can almost hold a watermelon is to brush a layer of slime glue on the outside of the iron pan, and then peel it off after cooling and solidifying.

The fine twine is woven into a net, placed between two dyed films, and then ironed with something like an iron to make them unite, which can be used to directly make a rain cloak or tent.

After reading all the slime glue, Frederick wrote a note approving land and money and said, "Very well, I will give you a task to produce as many tableware, plastic bags and tarpaulins as possible in a short period of time. , is there any difficulty?"

BASF immediately replied: "I don't have any manpower."

Frederick had nothing to do with the manpower problem, so he could only say: "You ask the blacksmiths and carpenters, and if any woman is willing, she can go to work."

After thinking about it, BASF came up with an idea of ​​using the public for personal gain, and immediately agreed.

After the two discussed some details, BASF left without even eating dinner.

Frederick leaned on the sofa, closed his eyes, and recalled the things that had been arranged recently.

Canals, agriculture, steel, maltose, bearings, pharmaceuticals, paper, slime, etc. have already been arranged, which is enough for the current Wesson Territory.

There is no opportunity for the glass industry, and there is no energy to manage it right now, so we can only talk about it later.

The textile industry is going to be done, but the canal is opened to make the trade roads unimpeded before we start thinking about it, otherwise raw materials will be a problem.

Frederick rubbed his face, and then he had to concentrate on welcoming the victims.

(End of this chapter)