Win the Ding 1617

On the wharf of Nan'ao Island, Zheng Zhibao walked lightly across the deck from the ship, raised his head to see the Zheng character flag flying high above the city, and couldn't help feeling a burst of joy in his heart.

After the Battle of Kinmen Bay, the imperial court granted rewards. On the one hand, Zheng Zhilong managed to spread gold, silver and jewels.As the saying goes, people are heroes and money is courage. Zheng Zhilong can be said to be a hero with money.Therefore, all the big men in the court are naturally people who know heroes with insight.

Zheng Zhilong became the commander-in-chief of Nan'ao, managing the Fujian-Guangdong sea area, and also handling the Fujian-Guangdong suppression of bandits.

This time, the private soldiers of the Zheng family could stand in the sun, brazenly fight against smuggling on the sea under the banner of the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers, and arrest bandits.

"Big brother! Big brother!"

Looking at his elder brother Zheng Zhilong drinking tea under the banyan tree from a distance, Zhibao trotted over quickly.

"Is everything done, sir?"

Zhilong handed Zhibao a teacup, motioning him to take a sip of tea first and speak slowly.

When Zhibao went to Dayuan this time, he handled the handover with Zhang Xiaohu, the left-wing commander of the South China Army Navy.After clearing away the Spaniards in Daguan, the South China Army told the Zheng family that we have few people and ships, and the Dayuan are too far away from our fundamental land. 』Yi, it’s better to take advantage of my brother, and ask Zongbing Zheng to send someone to take over! [

Such things as expanding strength and territory are naturally gratifying. With the foundation of the Spaniards in Dayuan, the number of immigrants between Fujian and Dayuan can be increased.You can get more grain, and you can set up a business station in Dayuan, just like the Dutch are doing now, to trade with Japan.

"Zhang Xiaoliu is very righteous this time. He didn't make things difficult for us at all. He handed over all the Spanish castles, forts, artillery, gunpowder, and warehouses to us."

"In addition, he robbed nine of the stores opened by the Dutchman. The property and goods he got were also added to ours, two and one half. I made a rough estimate. , Just those tens of thousands of bales of raw silk. Transported to Nagasaki, they can be sold for 10,000+ silver! With this silver, we can recruit at least [-] refugees to Dali to cultivate!"

Zheng Zhilong used to recruit refugees to open up wasteland in Dayuan in Fujian. He gave money to those willing to go to sea at the price of two yuan per person, and encouraged them to go to Dayuan to farm.Now we have land.With these properties again, the money and food expenses for these tens of thousands of people going to sea to open up wasteland are no problem.

However, Zhibao talked happily for a long time, only to find that the eldest brother just forced a smile on his face, and his complexion was very ugly.

"Brother, what happened?"

Zhibao put down the teacup in his hand, leaned in front of his eldest brother, and asked in a low voice.

"You go down first."

Zhilong waved away the guards who were waiting beside him, and let them stand aside, the two brothers began to discuss secretly.

"You go to Dayuan these days, the Guangdong and Guangxi areas are not peaceful, and the South Central Army is attacking the cities in Guangdong and Guangxi. They coerce the people into the sea and pull out the siege of the gentry in all directions. Some people who are related to us have written to Brother Wei to ask for help. Let's send troops to help."

"Brother! This is a big deal! Can we turn against the South China Army now? If we turn against them, do we have the strength to confront them head-on?!" Hearing what his brother said, Zhibao immediately looked at the problem from a different perspective Adjust to the advantages and disadvantages, and start to analyze the strength comparison between the enemy and the enemy.

"It's also very embarrassing for my brother. Ordinarily, this matter should be under the supervision of Governor Xiong. However, Governor Xiong only spends his days in Guangzhou city looking at flowers, listening to music, drinking wine and composing poems. He reports to the court. "Although there are small shares Hungry people and bandits are infested, but it is not a disaster. So far, no county in eastern Guangdong has lost. "From the fact, Guangdong has not lost a county at present, and the losses are some towns and fairs. However, where did our people come from? In return, in many places, the government orders are already out of the city gate! If the brothers below have not played the banner of our Zheng family army, I am afraid that it will be difficult to move an inch!"

"The news sent by hidden piles everywhere, by the end of last month, that is, in October of the seventh year of Chongzhen, almost [-]% of the territory in Guangdong and Guangxi controlled by the South China Army was over [-]%! This is not counting those who were used by the South China Army. If you count the bought "disorderly" people and the territories controlled by foreign camps, it would be more than [-]%!"

Since the meeting on Nan'ao Island, the Zheng family and the South China Army have reached an agreement on their respective spheres of influence. The Zheng family faces east and north, and the South China Army faces west and south.However, he simply ignored the division of development directions in the mainland. Now that Zheng Zhilong thought of it, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly. This kid from the Li family clearly planned it long ago and planned to grab land with me on land!However, I know about my own affairs, Zheng Jun can be said to be able to compete with the South China Army at sea, but on land, even those who receive three months of training during the slack every year can beat Zheng Jun. The army is in ruins!

Moreover, what worries Zhilong even more is that the ships and sailors lent to the Nanzhong Army before have completely turned to the Nanzhong Army. Many people have returned home to pick up their families to Nanzhong, saying that The land is given there, and the salary is high and the prices are low, so that parents, wives and children can live a comfortable life for several years.This kind of news spread in the army, which made some soldiers and sailors think of quitting jobs, and "forced" Zhilong to give everyone two months' salary and one month's Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony to count as this Suppress the trend of thought. [

"Our businessmen have inquired from various places in Nanzhong that shipyards are building ships. It is said that the largest shipyard launches six ships of various types every three months, including two gunboats and four big and small blessing boats. If this continues, fifth, we will soon be 'forced' into a corner!"

I see!No wonder when I saw my brother, I found that he always had a forced smile, and he couldn't cheer up about things like occupying the territory of the big Spanish!Zhibao was thinking in his heart, analyzing the countermeasures quickly in his mind.

"Zhi Bao, I'm afraid I have to work hard for you. I'll go to Hue to meet that guy from the Li family, and try to "get" and "get" his details. Of course. In face, I want to thank him for handing over the officials Let us. I will give you five days to get some gifts, and you can choose the things in the warehouse at will. In addition, I have discussed with your sister-in-law, and you will take Damu with you. This will make us more sincere."

"Brother, do you want to bring Shi Lang, Shi Daxuan's son, with you? The last time Damu and Li's girl had a conflict, he helped stop it, so the fire didn't light up." Zhibao has always had a good impression of Shi Lang, borrowing Opportunity to promote him.

"Okay! I also think that kid is good. You take him with you. I'll also let Damu get closer to him. Maybe this kid will be Damu's good helper in the future!"

The two brothers had already discussed and decided, and the atmosphere immediately became much more relaxed.He ordered people to make tea again, and began to gossip.

"Brother, you don't know. The Dutch red-haired barbarians in Dayuan are going crazy! We beat them up in Liuluowan. Then they were beaten up by that kid Li Shouhan. It's almost time In order to ease the situation, that shitty Governor of Formosa, Putesman of the East India Company, called a meeting of native leaders from all over the country to increase taxes and tribute. It is said that buckskin alone, This group of freshmen have to hand in [-] tickets every year!"

"Oh?!" Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but his eyes flickered. He had experienced the toughness of those on Dayuan Island. The stockade is used to accommodate refugees and subordinates.

This group of red-haired barbarians are really poor and crazy, to squeeze these raw people so much?Aren't you afraid of making trouble?

"Afraid! Of course I'm afraid! That's why the Dutch red-haired soldiers ransacked the villages everywhere. Anyone who dared to resist was almost the result of exterminating the family. Those who are born out of grass are still no match for the firecrackers!" Zhibao said I can't tell what it tastes like, there is regret, and there is gloating from watching the fire from the other side.

"However, brother, before I came back, I had ordered Guo Huaiyi, who stayed behind, to pay attention to the actions of the Dutch at all times. If the suppression of this group of raw people is too hard, we can also use the banner of the king's teacher to go to the Crusade against this group of red-haired barbarians who extort money and do things against their will! In this way, those raw people will respect and fear us, and the officials will completely become our Zheng family!"

Riding on the autumn wind, Zhibao's fleet arrived in Hue smoothly. With a group of entourage, he accompanied his eldest nephew into the city and came to the Hue Palace.

"Uncle, this is the house of that girl from the Li family?" Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, Zheng Sen, whose Japanese name is Fukumatsumaru and Chinese name is Zheng Damu, looked at the mansion in front of him in surprise.Isn't this too over the limit? !It seems to be much more luxurious than the emperor and shogun in Japan!

"My lord, you don't know. This was originally the palace of the Ruan family. It is said that it was built after the Forbidden City in Beijing. Later, the Ruan family was defeated by General Li, and this became the seat of General Li and his shogunate. It should be his inner house."

Shi Lang, who was standing behind Zheng Sen, must have done some homework before coming here. He was not as fussed about this mansion as Zheng Sen.

At the gate of the mansion, Li Peilin, the chief clerk, stood on the steps with a smile on his face, waiting for the guests who came from afar.

After some courtesies, talk, and tea ceremony, Zhibao began to ask Peilin if General Li had time to see him. He followed his brother's military order to express his gratitude to General Li in person.Thanks to General Li for giving Zheng Jun the land fortress that the soldiers won in bloody battles.

Shou Han is very busy at this time, how can he have time to see Zheng Zhibao?

In less than half a month, four to five thousand catties of sulfuric acid have been produced, which can meet the consumption needs of the next test.

Bags of cornstarch were removed from the warehouse, put in wooden barrels and mixed with water.However, more than a dozen wooden barrels are mixed according to different components and ratios, and the best hydrolysis ratio must be found.Similarly, in order to increase the speed of hydrolysis, in several other wooden barrels, people carefully added dilute sulfuric acid after adding water to the barrels to speed up the hydrolysis process of cornstarch.

Compared with the process of hydrolyzing glucose from cornstarch, the production of nitric acid is much simpler.Thanks to the blessings of nitrification fields and plant ash, the purity of potassium nitrate is now somewhat stronger than the best saltpeter in the mainland.Therefore, in a container made of glass, concentrated sulfuric acid was carefully poured on the saltpeter, and the "liquid" formed after the violent reaction between the two was the product Shou Han needed, nitric acid.

"See, with this thing, the gunpowder I'm talking about has gone a step further!" The guard with his head and face tightly wrapped and a pair of goggles on his nose.Towards Wang Bao, Chen Tianhua and the others unsatisfiedly publicized the achievements of this stage.

The next step is to use nitric acid to produce silver nitrate.

The silver powder brought out from the mint was tightly wrapped by the same head and face. The official slave with a mask on his mouth put it in a ceramic basin with hands wearing sheepskin gloves, and gently poured a bottle of nitric acid into it. The people next to him watched his movements without blinking their eyes. There were even a few officials and servants at the door holding shovels and carrying sand baskets ready to be dispatched at any time, rushing in to put out the fire with sand.

However, it went well.The silver nitrate that Shou Han wanted.After several trials, the most suitable production process was found, and large-scale production could begin.

However, during this experiment.Those lunatics in the chemical workshop.Further experiments were carried out using the produced silver nitrate.There was a new discovery.

An experimenter diluted silver nitrate at a ratio of [-]% with distilled water, put it in a beaker, and used the same ratio to make the same dose of ammonia water.After mixing the two together, keep stirring until the initial white precipitate is just completely dissolved. After that, the experimenter covers the beaker with a piece of glass and stands still to watch the other side of Shouhan. an experiment.However, I don't know if Shou Han's luck is bad or too good. This experimenter has the same characteristics as Zhou Xingxing's chemistry teacher, and his memory seems to be not very good.Throwing this experiment to the back of my mind, a few days later, when I remembered it, several purple-black crystals appeared in the beaker. There was a violent reaction, but fortunately, the guy reacted relatively quickly, and immediately threw the beaker in his hand into a water tank beside him.This prevented a disaster from happening.

And Shou Han, who had just organized people to complete the extraction of iodine from kelp, rushed over after hearing the news. When he took the experimental records from that bold and careless guy, he was pleasantly surprised to find that this guy had actually completed the production of silver fulminate. The little thing that almost caused a catastrophe was the famous Lei Mercury's twin brother, Lei Yin.It can also be used to make primer and other things.

However, Shou Han immediately ordered to seal up the test record.

"You can proceed to the next experiment."

Shou Han's words may sound contradictory, but if you think about it carefully, it is also the best choice: the existing muskets cannot be loaded by the breech, so what's the use of making a primer?It can only be tested as a technical reserve.

"The silver mirror reaction is very simple, producing ammonium carboxylate, and two silvers and three ammonias."

"The amount of ammonia water should be cleaned in a test tube, and the silver mirror will come out of the warm water bath."

Watching those officials and slaves decompose cornstarch with water and dilute sulfuric acid for glucose, use iodine extracted from kelp to test whether the starch has been completely decomposed, add silver nitrate to make a liquid, and follow the rules carefully The steps explained by Han were carefully applied on several sides of the glass. After the application was completed, they were heated in a water bath in hot water. Shou Han suddenly remembered the formula of the silver mirror reaction taught by the chemistry teacher back then.Unexpectedly, such formulas came in handy today.

In this reaction, the silver-ammonia solution produced by silver nitrate and ammonia water contains silver diammine hydroxide, which is a weak oxidizing agent, which can oxidize acetaldehyde to acetic acid, and acetic acid reacts with the generated ammonia gas. Ammonium acetate is produced, while silver ions are reduced to metallic silver.The metallic silver is attached to the surface of the glass, forming a silver mirror effect.The mirror, made like this!Compared with the previous manufacturing process, it is simpler, more direct, and the cost is lower!

"My lord! My lord is indeed like a god!"

Everyone witnessed this spectacle with their own eyes, and they couldn't help adoring Shou Han once again in their hearts. Although they said nothing, it was strange and chaotic, but the scenes over the years made people feel close to Shou Han. God-like reverence.

"My lord, this is the test record of the children, please have a look!" Chengzheng Jianqing of the chemical workshop respectfully handed a record that recorded the entire test process to Shou Han, and the others immediately flashed to him consciously. Aside, he took his gaze away from the experiment record.

"Under normal temperature, use 3% glucose solution, [-]% or [-]% silver nitrate solution and ammonia water, and the reaction time in hot water is calculated according to Western clocks. It takes about two to three minutes to complete the whole process."

The summary section of the test says so.

Shou Han closed the experiment record, "You did a good job, let me tell you to give the participants more food, have a good drink in the evening, and start working tomorrow. Everyone's salary will be doubled this month."

After hearing the rewards from the lord, everyone in the chemical workshop cheered happily.

"My lord, will this thing belong to our chemical workshop or the glass workshop in the future?"

Jian Qing intends to clarify the ownership of the mirror while Shou Han is happy.It's also good to leave a cornucopia and a cash cow for the brothers.

this?It was beyond Shou Han's expectation.Everyone looked at him eagerly, hoping to hear the voice they wanted from his mouth.Suddenly, he laughed loudly, "Look at your petty looks! Is this just a mirror? The people in the glass room and chemical workshop have become like black-eyed chickens?"

He reached out for a pen, drew a few strokes on the paper, and threw it to the person in the glass room, "This, can it be done?!"

What was drawn on the paper was a glass bottle liner, but the people in the glass room looked like a round bottle with no technical content at all.

"No problem, even an apprentice can make this thing!"

"That's good. This thing is called a hot water bottle. It can be operated in the same way as a mirror. The boiling water is inside, the outside is made of bamboo, and the top is made of cork. The plug is made of cork, and the boiling water is poured in. It will not last for a long time. Liang. Tell me, should I give these two things to you separately, or can you come up with a better way?"

Chengzheng, who left the two departments, looked at each other in blank dismay, and Shouhan led a group of people away.

"Or, let's make a statement, and the two families will work together. Anyway, without the cooperation of you and me, neither of us can make this thing!" Jian Qing broke the deadlock between the two and proposed a cooperation plan.

However, Shou Han didn't care about this, he wanted to rush back to receive Zheng Zhibao.

"Haha, Brother Zhibao, it's good that you haven't looked good for a few months! This time, you and I must let the brothers drink to their heart's content! Come, send someone to settle the food and accommodation for Brother Zhibao and Mr. Zheng's entourage , must not be neglected!"

The words are kind and the attitude is warm. People who don't know the truth almost believe that this is a pair of good brothers who have been reunited for a long time.

And Zheng Zhibao's attitude is also very correct. First, he thanked the brothers of the South China Army for handing over the city land obtained in bloody battles to the Zheng family army, and then he thanked many times for privately selling weapons, armor, gunpowder, guns and other items at low prices. give them.After that, the economic and trade exchanges between the two sides are a win-win move for each other.

After the long and unnutritious greetings, Zheng Zhibao had to let the two children come up to greet General Li, and Shou Han simply called Li Huamei out, and asked Huamei to lead Fusongmaru and Shi Lang around. have a look.

Leaving Zhibao and Peilin behind, the three began to talk secretly (to be continued...)

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