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Chapter 250: A necessary skill for traveling through time - alkali production.

[If you travel to ancient times, for the sake of safety, the first choice for making items is not the finished product, but the almost universal raw material, which is soda ash.

It is like a snake oil in industry. With it, you can make soaps, glass ceramics, pharmaceuticals, testing tools, etc.

However, it should be noted that although soda ash is called soda, it is not the same thing as the baking soda we commonly use.

So how do you get soda ash? The best way is to find an alkaline water lake to extract it. If you can't find it, you have to make it yourself.

First add water to the refined salt to make saturated brine, then add ammonia gas to turn it into ammonia brine, then calcine the limestone to obtain carbon dioxide, add it to the ammonia brine, then filter the impurities, and then calcine at high temperature, and the final items will be It's soda ash.

Of course, if you have not missed out on the nine-year compulsory education, you will definitely be able to remember these steps. After all, we learned them when we were in school.

Most of the things used in the whole process could be easily found in ancient times. The only thing that gives us a headache is ammonia.

However, there is also a way to obtain it, which is to use a sealed jar to distill the gas inside the urine collected. These gases are ammonia.

Although this method smells a bit strong, the good news is that it can be reused.

The method of recycling is to filter the used urine for impurities, then add slaked lime and distill it to collect it back, so that we can make alkali again. 】

When the people of this dynasty saw the video on the sky screen, they were extremely surprised.

They had been hoping that Tianmu could give them a method of making alkali, and now they finally got their wish.

And compared to the comments on the previous video, which they couldn't understand at all, this video also helped them understand how to make alkali.

With such detailed steps on the screen, even a fool can make alkali.

At the same time, they were grateful that the method of making salt had already appeared on the starry sky, which made the price of salt continue to fall in their era, and also gave them more possibilities.

So countless people from various dynasties began to take action. There was no alkaline lake where they lived, so they could only use the second method.

They first purchased some salt and limestone, then collected some urine, customized some sealed jars, and then started their own alkali production business.

This also caused the people of various dynasties to be full of the smell of urine, but when they saw the alkali they made, they were extremely happy.

The alkali they produced was later purchased by the people who made soap, and the money fell into their hands.

This made them extremely happy. Originally, they were worried about the sales of the alkali, but unexpectedly someone came to their door.

They are full of expectations for their future life and believe that their lives are getting better and better.

Qin Dynasty.

When Qin Shihuang saw the method of making alkali on the Tianmu, he immediately issued an order to the Mohist disciples, asking them to quickly learn the method of making alkali on the Tianmu.

After all, the function of these alkali is clearly stated on the screen. It can not only make soap, but also other things.

After the Mohist disciples received the order, they were very excited.

This time it's not like the excavator, they don't even know how it works.

At that time, they were very worried, fearing that Qin Shihuang would be angry with them for their inaction and would convict and kill them all collectively.

Although they didn't know the specific principle this time, the method of making alkali was given on the sky screen. All they needed was to follow the steps to make it. So the Mohist disciples took action, firing various jars for making alkali, and getting the raw materials needed for making alkali from other departments of the imperial court.

Then in the following time, they started step by step according to the method on the sky screen. Finally, after everything was completed, they produced the alkali mentioned on the sky screen.

After they made them, they sent them to Qin Shihuang for viewing.

When Qin Shihuang saw the alkali sent by the Mohist disciples, he fell into deep thought.

Compared with the various methods of using this alkali mentioned in the sky, the only way they can use it is to make soap.

And the alkali production method provided by Tianmu has an extremely high daily output, which cannot be kept up with making soap.

As for other methods, they need to experiment one after another.

The Mohist disciples believe that in the near future, they will definitely be able to find a market for using alkali?

As the Mohists produced soda ash, the plant ash used in soap became soda ash, and the performance of the soap was greatly improved.

This made many people feel very happy.

After all, the quality of the soap they had purchased from the imperial court was not as good as that made from soda ash, and both soaps cost the same amount of money.

They are very curious, will the common people be as happy as they are after knowing the method of making alkali?

At the same time, the Mohist disciples are also studying the specific effects of this alkali, hoping that the alkali produced can be carried forward.

However, before they could take action, the Mohist disciples were thrown into the cold palace. After all, Qin Shihuang had already obtained his goal, so how could he easily let them off again.

Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che saw the video on the sky screen and watched his predecessors make it step by step. He felt very magical.

Such a magical scene reminded him of those warlocks, who were probably the only ones with such abilities.

It's a pity that those warlocks don't know the principles like later generations. The magical spells they know are just the knowledge passed down by their ancestors, not magical spells.

And now that there is alkali, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che wants to know even more, what exactly is the steamed bun? Why does it become sweet and white after adding alkali?

Three Kingdoms period.

Zhuge Liang looked at the sweet and white steamed buns after adding alkaline noodles, and he was very happy.

He believes that in the near future, this steamed bun will definitely become the staple food of the people.

At the same time, he also hopes that more videos like this will be shown on the sky screen, which can also change the lives of the people of Shu.

After Cao Cao and Sun Quan saw the video on the sky screen, they also made alkali, but when they saw that alkali could make white and sweet steamed buns, they were very unhappy.

After all, Zhuge Liang was just a head above them in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so why is he still like this in reality?

I believe no one will be happy if this is done to anyone.

However, considering that this was the need of the people after all, they did not stop the people from making it.

Only the salt they purchased was controlled, fearing that these people would hoard salt and leave those who really needed it without a place to buy it.

(End of this chapter)