People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 366 The use of oil! The introduction of kerosene lamps! !

In fact, when Zhu Yunxi wanted to give his father a gift, he had been thinking about how to do it best.

A year ago, he approached Chen Han and asked Chen Han what he wanted to create that would amaze everyone and serve as a good gift to his father, Prince Zhu Biao.

After all, everyone's eyes are now fixed on Zhu Yunxi.

Zhu Yunwen was once a proud man of heaven.

Everyone thinks he is very good at reading.

Those civil servants particularly liked Zhu Yunwen.

I feel that Zhu Yunwen will definitely be a good emperor in the future.

But now all the eyes of civil servants are focused on Zhu Yunxi.

They don't have much expectations for Zhu Yunxi, but they want to find shortcomings in Zhu Yunxi.

Zhu Yunxi replied, "Of course it means peace in the world, and the Ming Dynasty can usher in a prosperous age that lasts for ten thousand years."

Zhu Yunxi is now looking forward to Chen Han giving him a good answer.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chen Han suddenly thought of something and said, "Yunxi, what do you think your father needs most now?"

First of all, he once sat on the bench under Zhu Yunwen for so long.

These things have been demonstrated very thoroughly. How can I create new innovations in this area?
Sir, please teach me. If you give me a direction, I will study it carefully and produce results. "

Zhu Youdun once told me that he would let me follow him in a drama that now promotes the prosperous Ming Dynasty.

In fact, records of burning have already begun in ancient times.

But now we are studying how to improve steel technology.

Now I can lead many people to develop various novel things.

So of course he hopes to find a better node to show himself so that everyone can remember it.

Chen Han really didn't know how to answer this question at the time.

"Youyang Zazu" written by Duan Chengwu of the Tang Dynasty records that "the stone fat water in Gaonu County is greasy and floating on the water, like paint, and it is extremely bright when used with burning lamps."

Now he has taken Zhu Yunwen's place and followed Chen Han for so long.

Kerosene is a flammable, transparent liquid chemically separated from petroleum.

Chen Han waved his hand, "This is too grand, can't it be settled in front of you?"

Gaonu is near Yanchang, Shaanxi Province, and Mishui is a tributary of Yanhe River.

How to make glass production more efficient?

He also showed the civil servants all over the world that he was not just a kid who just hides behind his back.

Therefore, he had little contact with the civil servants in the court.

The use of oil is not just a product of modern times as modern people think.

So Chen Han gave him a direction, "Now, His Royal Highness, although he is not as busy writing or lighting lamps and boiling oil as before, reading memorials at night is still very taxing on the eyes.

I think I am still good at technological inventions and can come up with something new.

I just want to make a kerosene lamp. How about you make this thing? "

But I feel that this is not my strength. No matter how good I sing with Zhu Youdun's playbook, it cannot represent my feelings.

To be honest, Chen Han admires Zhu Yunxi's filial piety.

Lu's mental torture to him also made the child feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Both "Natural History" and "Shui Jing Zhu" of the Western Jin Dynasty record that "the spring water comes from the Nanshan Mountain in Yanshou County, Jiuquan, Gansu Province. The water is fertile, like meat juice. When you take it in a vessel, it turns yellow and then black, like gelatin. It burns very brightly, and has nothing to do with the paste." Strangely, the ointment and water jars are very good, and people over there call them stone lacquer."

"Sir, what do you think our country is lacking now? How can I make my father not feel that it is flattery after he gets the gift, but also not let my father think that I am just trying to disappoint him in this regard."

Zhu Yunxi is not like Zhu Yunwen who attracts bees and butterflies. He is a very weak and secretive child.

How can red brick cement dry quickly and have high viscosity.

It can be seen that Zhu Yunxi is now working hard to compete with Zhu Yunwen.

With such an idea, he found Chen Han and asked.

I am carrying exactly this idea.

At the same time, you can also combine your own ideas together.

So that makes him a little afraid of people.

For example, the "Book of Han" written by Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty recorded that "Gao Nu has water to burn".

Now is the time when the world is paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty. If I can come up with a gift that is enough to surprise everyone and give it to my father at this time, it will definitely deepen everyone's impression.

When the time comes, he will show it in front of his father, so that he can see what his son did in the process.

After Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, he looked up at Chen Han with great anticipation.

The former Mr. Lu repeatedly tortured him mentally.

Zhu Yunxi suddenly didn't know what to say, "Anyway, I feel that now that my father is the prince of the prison country, he should be less than one person and more than tens of thousands of people. He should not lack anything. This is very difficult for me.

Shen Kuo of the Song Dynasty read this sentence in a book: "There is water in Gaonu County, which is flammable" and found it strange.

How can "water" burn?
He decided to go on a field trip.

During the investigation, Shen Kuo discovered a brown liquid, which the locals called "stone paint" and "stone grease". They used it to cook, light lamps and keep warm.

Shen Kuo figured out the nature and use of this liquid and gave it a new name, petroleum.

The name "oil" also started to spread from Shen Kuo to this day.

Chen Han also asked people to bring thousands of kilograms of oil that could be easily mined from the Shaanxi area back to the capital.

On the one hand, he wanted to separate a large amount of kerosene from it to dissolve the too hard nature of Eucommia rubber.

On the other hand, I also want to explore whether oil can be used in steam trains now.

At least if oil can be used as fuel, it may be better than coal.

Of course, it's not bad to use it as a combustion accelerant.

How to separate various chemical substances in petroleum, especially kerosene, is also a skill.

So he handed over this task to Zhu Yunxi more than a year ago.

Nearly a year later, Zhu Yunxi led his team to conquer how to extract kerosene, asphalt and wax from oil.

Asphalt is of course easy to understand, it is used for paving roads.

There is no better use for paraffin wax at the moment.

Apart from being used for lubrication, it is unlikely to have any major effect.

But kerosene was produced.

On the first day it was made, Yunxi took the rope and rolled it into a long strip, and then lit it up. As expected, the light was bright and bright.

Although there is a slight smell, you can only smell it if you are close, but you can't smell it if you are far away.

The most important thing is that even if there is a smell, it is slightly lighter than the smell of burning candles.

And the brightness is several times brighter than that of a candle under the same flame.

Zhu Yunxi was extremely excited at the time. No wonder the teacher at that time said that once this thing is used, it will be good news for scholars. So Zhu Yunxi immediately built this kerosene lamp according to the schematic diagram of the kerosene lamp given by Chen Han.

After the first kerosene came out, Zhu Yunxi immediately wanted to use it as a gift to his father.

When Zhu Yunxi appeared at Zhu Biao's birthday party with his kerosene lamp.

Civil and military officials are looking forward to it.

Especially those noble generals.

They are even more looking forward to Zhu Yunxi's good performance.

why?
Because Zhu Yunxi represents the future of the noble military general.

The noble general had killed many people because of the previous cases.

When they first saw Zhu Yunwen, who was about to take over, their hearts froze.

Because they knew very well that Zhu Yunwen represented the interests of civil servants.

Once the civil servant group is able to control power, the interests of military generals will be greatly compromised.

The most important thing is that Zhu Yunwen has shown a very strong intention to lean towards the civil servants.

In that case, they could only watch the unfavorable party slide to the final edge.

Therefore, all the generals at the time were eager to perform and wanted to make contributions at the last moment so that they could save their own lives.

Fortunately, the final outcome was not what the officials thought.

In the end, Zhu Yunwen lost the favor of the emperor and the prince because of their mistakes and stupid moves.

Although there is no extreme performance yet, with Zhu Yunxi following Chen Han and his position becoming more and more stable, the generals are looking forward to it.

Although the civil servants were shouting in their hearts, ah, all of us would like to see them doing well.

In fact, I am still very dissatisfied with Zhu Yunxi.

Because standing behind Zhu Yunxi were the founding generals.

How could people like them have a chance to express their ambitions once the founding military generals continued to be in power?

Of course, the civil servants now dare not speak, because the methods used by Chen Han were too cruel, just like the time when he knocked down the Kong family, which shocked all civil servants.

Although the civil servant hated Chen Han in his heart, he did not dare to show it at this time.

The most important thing is that both Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Prince Zhu Biao supported Chen Han.

Then who would dare to pluck the tiger’s beard under such circumstances?
Now I see that Zhu Yunxi can present a congratulatory gift to Prince Zhu Biao on behalf of the students of Daming Engineering College on such an important occasion.

Civil servants knew that Zhu Yunxi had received a lot of support.

With Chen Han supporting him behind him, it was actually very difficult for the civil servants to help Zhu Yunwen up again.

So now the expressions of these people are helpless and a little urgent at the same time.

They were very anxious to see that what Zhu Yunxi came up with at this time was not satisfactory to everyone, and was ridiculed by the crowd.

In this case, no one will say that Zhu Yunxi is very capable.

Especially in front of so many envoys from vassal countries in the world, it would be a big joke if the things brought out could not satisfy everyone.

After all, Zhu Yunxi represents Daming Engineering College.

At the same time, Zhu Yunxi's identity is Zhu Biao's son, so the weight at this time is different.

This is why Zhu Yunxi has to prepare a year in advance.

This is why Chen Han asked him to overcome the difficulty of extracting kerosene from oil.

Because I just want to become famous instantly.

Chen Han also hated that Zhu Yunwen.

Regardless of whether he acted improperly after taking the throne or not, it is a fact that he made the Ming Dynasty a mess.

Therefore, helping Zhu Yunxi up is what Chen Han wants to do most urgently now.

Naturally, it is to let Zhu Yunxi perform more.

Below there were civil servants discussing in low voices:

"Tell me, Your Highness, can you come up with something better to please His Highness the Crown Prince?"

A civil servant whispered from the side, "Although we are very dissatisfied with Daming Engineering College, overall they are still very strong, especially those so-called scientific inventions and creations.
Although it is a strange skill, it did bring some different changes to our Ming Dynasty.

However, although the cement, red bricks, glass, and steel that Chen Han has produced in the past two years are amazing, they have been displayed enough and there is not much space for the Second Highness to operate.

So I see it, it’s just old wine in new bottles without much new ideas. "

After hearing this, a civil servant sighed with emotion, "If this is really the case, then His Royal Highness should not be left behind too much.

It's just a pity now that ministers like Chen Han have taken control of the government.

Daming Engineering College is in such a strong position and stands above our imperial examination.
Now, no matter how hard we try, we can't cover up the limelight of Daming Engineering College.

Seeing people all over the street discussing the Daming Institute of Engineering and what kind of good things they can come up with to change people's lives, I feel so sick in my heart.
But we are really powerless. "

Everyone said this with emotion.

After Zhu Yunxi came up with the kerosene lamp, envoys from various countries were watching.

What they were looking at was not the kerosene lamp itself.

But when I saw the glass bottle as thin as a cicada's wings, I was very shocked.

Glass is considered a high-end thing in their countries. It is very high-end and can only be used by dignitaries. It is not accessible to ordinary people. It is too expensive.

So when they saw Zhu Yunxi holding the very creative and beautiful kerosene lamp made of glass and inlaid with gold wire, they all made envious sounds.

Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the dragon chair. He saw the lamp that his grandson brought up and asked, "What is this?"

Zhu Yunxi said: "Reporting to Grandpa Huang, reporting to Father, this lamp is called a kerosene lamp.

Kerosene is a combustible fuel oil extracted from petroleum. It is a new technology that I led the team to break through based on my teacher's instructions.

The biggest advantage of this kerosene lamp is that after it is lit, the brightness is several times higher than that of a candle.

At the same time, it is more resistant to burning than candles and has less smell than candles.

It is a great tool for scholars all over the world when they study at night, and it is also the greatest tool for improving our people's nighttime walking or nighttime life. "

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were surprised when they heard Zhu Yunxi's words.

Kerosene lamp, this is the first time I have heard of it.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly and said, "Okay, okay, test it quickly, test it quickly."

Zhu Yunxi then waved his hand: "Here comes someone. First close the door of the hall and use gauze to block the doors and windows. The darker the better."

The palace maids, eunuchs, and Han generals began to pull up the gauze curtains in the hall, and then also pulled up the heavy gauze curtains.

Suddenly, the hall became much darker.

Zhu Yunxi also started his performance.

All civil and military officials and envoys from various countries are looking forward to it...

(End of this chapter)