The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 448 Shopping, Shopping

"Returning to Your Highness, we have been acting in accordance with the standard experimental regulations. We all wore asbestos clothing and hats for protection before cooking, and no one was injured."

Zhu Linmei nodded in relief. She was able to record the experimental parameters at any time and strictly followed the experimental procedures, which showed that scientific experimental methods and scientific research norms had been deeply rooted in the hearts of these people.

As long as they have these basic qualities, they will be able to rely on their own explorations to promote Ming's scientific progress sooner or later even without Zhu Linming's guidance.

In this short period of one year, this progress alone is enough to be recorded in the annals of the development of natural science in Ming Dynasty.

Seeing that His Highness was engaged in work, Mu Zhiqing pricked up her ears to listen to the discussion of vulcanized rubber by the people around her, and she couldn't help being secretly surprised—this rubber is mounted on wheels, and the car runs without bumps; when made into shoes, even in water You can walk in the pond without dripping water; just take a random piece and sew it on the sole of your shoe, it will be non-slip and wear-resistant. A pair of straw sandals can even be worn for two or three years without any problem.

A large number of transparent glass vessels are connected together with various pipes, some are roasted on the fire, and some are cooled in the water.During the period, there were many instruments with scales that she couldn't name, which should be used to measure something.

For a moment, she just felt as if she had entered Penglai Wonderland.

In fact, these experimental equipment are extremely crude in Zhu Linmi's opinion.Because there is no sealing rubber and the grinding accuracy is not enough, oil sludge or wax is often used to seal between the equipment, and some places are even wrapped in wet cloth, giving the appearance of a "black workshop" of later generations.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, but these crude appliances are likely to give birth to the world's first vulcanized rubber.

Based on the data recorded in the experiment, Zhu Linmei "searched" the memory of rubber in her mind.

Rubber should be a macromolecular organic compound. Although I don't remember the specific molecular formula, it is definitely a macropolymer.

The vulcanization process is a process in which rubber molecules react with sulfur to form a three-dimensional network structure.The previously scattered rubber molecules are held together by the sulfur, making the structure stronger.

That is to say, in vulcanized rubber, there is almost one-to-one correspondence between rubber molecules and sulfur atoms, and the molecular weight of the former must be much larger than that of the latter.Then the ratio of rubber to sulfur should be very different.

It is likely that the proportion of sulfur was too large before, and the heating rate was too fast, which caused the sulfur injection.

He told Yao Qisheng and the others about his analysis, and arranged to reduce the amount of sulfur added, adjust the furnace temperature, and so on.Afterwards, everyone restarted the experiment in several crucibles according to the sulfur ratio of 3% to 20%.

I was busy until it was close to dinner time, and the problem of sulfur spraying was finally solved. In several crucibles, the vulcanization process was proceeding slowly and steadily.

Mu Zhiqing watched from the side as the assistant king was busy, and finally relaxed a little at this moment.

It suddenly occurred to her that His Highness has been busy with military and state affairs, even during the period when the war was suspended, he also had to preside over matters such as the development of rubber, so he probably didn't have any free time on weekdays.

How can people bear such toil?She also thought of the beacon smoke that was about to rise over the Qiantang, when His Highness went north to lead the army, it would be even more difficult to have time for leisure.

Thinking about this episode, she pulled Zhu Linmi aside, and said softly: "Your Highness, Zhiqing often hears people say that Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the most prosperous and rich places in the world, but they have never been here before. It is my honor to come here this time. , Your Highness, will you take me on a tour in Shaoxing?"

She thought that if she asked Zhu Linming to relax, he would probably refuse, so she could only say that she wanted to go for a trip, hoping that he would agree.

"Okay!" Zhu Linmi glanced at Yao Qisheng and the others, and whispered with a smile, "Let's leave the work to them. I've been in Zhejiang for so long, except that the military camp is here, and I haven't really gone out for a stroll."

Then he ordered Yao Qisheng to leave the east courtyard with Mu Zhiqing, and was about to go towards the gate of the mansion, but Mu Zhiqing pretended to be annoyed: "Your Highness, with your body...do you just go out like this?"

Zhu Linmi looked down and couldn't help laughing. Her clothes were smoked and had rubber marks on them. She was better than a beggar.

He went back to the dormitory again, holding several sets of clothes and comparing them back and forth, and suddenly felt like he was dating in a previous life.

So he picked out a set of casual clothes to change into, went out and winked at Mu Zhiqing and said, "No one else, just the two of us."

Mu Zhiqing immediately nodded happily, "Yes, yes!"

"cough……"

A dry cough came from outside the house, and Zhu Linmei remembered that Shi Lin had good ears, so she had to push the door out with a bitter face, and said, "Okay, I'll take you alone, and stay away from me."

"My lord, this... this is too unsafe." Shi Lin frowned.

"I'm going in casual clothes, no one knows me." Zhu Linmi made a serious face on purpose, "You won't even take it with you if you talk too much. Oh, change your clothes and go."

"Yes……"

When a young couple was about to leave the north gate of Prince Lu's Mansion, a few more people rushed over and lifted their clothes to salute.

Zhu Linming took a closer look, it turned out to be Mu Zhiqing's bodyguard Yale and the others, hurriedly reached out to help, and said in a low voice: "You don't need to be polite."

"Your Highness..."

As soon as Yale said two words, Shi Lin interrupted, "It's the young master."

"Yes. Young Master, this is going to..."

Mu Zhiqing said first: "Walk casually, you don't have to follow."

"This, the master ordered, the second lady..."

Shi Lin interrupted him again, "You are also a son."

"Oh, if the second son makes a mistake, the little one can't afford it."

Yale continued to "bargain" for a long time, but Mu Zhiqing had no choice but to let him follow, also only one person.

The scorching sun was setting, and a group of four people walked slowly on the Anchang Old Street in Shaoxing, two in front and two behind.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, and the sound of selling is endless.At each section of the line, there are juggling booths and live performances. Although it is already dinner time, the streets are still crowded with people.

Feeling the unique prosperity and frolicking in the [-]th century, Zhu Linmei walked through the street holding Mu Zhiqing's little hand. Unknowingly, all the hard work of the past year disappeared, and even the air became lazy and sweet.

"Hey, what's that?" Mu Zhiqing pointed to an elegantly decorated shop on the side of the street with her hand holding a windmill and candied haws, "My lord, let's go and have a look."

"Yes." Zhu Linmei nodded with a smile, and walked into the shop with her.He was all focused on Mu Zhiqing, but he didn't pay attention to the words "Su Jizhen's character" on the plaque outside the store.

"This thing can turn on its own?" The little girl stared wide-eyed, she stuffed the windmill and candied haws to Zhu Linmi, picked up the clockwork fan and looked up and down, "Shopkeeper, what mechanism is inside here, I can take it apart and have a look." ?"

"Oh, son, if you want to buy it, you can dismantle it when you go back." The shopkeeper smiled apologetically, "But this thing is very expensive, if it is broken..."

She held it up to Zhu Lin again, "Dian... son, can you see why this thing turns?"

The latter rubbed his nose in embarrassment. Before he could think of what to say, the little girl cheerfully pointed to another fan carved with orchids, "Why don't you just buy one?"

　Thanks: Pan Xuezhong, Chen Feng Huihui for their generous reward!Thank you very much for your support!
　　
　
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