Chapter 362 From Aqua Regia to Coal Briquettes
Among the very important raw materials are coal, green vitriol and chicken manure.
Xiao Yingchun knew about coal and chicken manure, but she had never heard of alum.
Fu Chenan's eyes lit up: "I know about coal..."
In the Tianwu Dynasty, coal was used only by poor families.
In the past, every winter, people in poor families would die from carbon monoxide poisoning from burning coal.
People died silently, and entire families died - everyone concluded from this: coal is poisonous.
As a result, people no longer dared to use coal whenever firewood was available.
Xiao Yingchun helped him search the encyclopedia of coal.
It turns out that there are many types of coal.
Popular understanding: The best is coal that is highly compressed by the earth's crust into blocks like stones.
This type of coal is durable, has strong combustion power, and is relatively non-stinky when burned.
Then there is the relatively broken coal.
The worst is "stinky coal".
This type of coal has a high sulfur content and produces a strong smell when burned, which is irritating to the eyes and nose. People cannot stay indoors after it burns.
But it was this coal that Jeff wanted most.
Fu Chenan was shocked after watching the video: "I'll ask the Ministry of Industry to find it right away."
The ones with high sulfur content are given to Jeff to make sulfuric acid, and the ones with low sulfur content can be used to make honeycomb coal.
If honeycomb coal becomes popular, the fire will be more stable and people will no longer need to watch the fire all the time...
It saves a lot of manpower and material resources.
"If you use coal to burn the earth dragon, you don't have to constantly add firewood..."
It was inconvenient for ordinary people to make honeycomb coal, but the imperial court could produce it in batches.
This is another business that makes a lot of money and benefits the country and the people!
The more Fu Chenan and Xiao Yingchun thought about it, the more excited they became.
"Jeff is really our lucky star!"
"If Jeff can solve the gold purification problem, I won't charge a penny in handling fees and can deliver the gold to his ex-wife for free."
Hearing Xiao Yingchun's promise, Jeff was also very excited: "Princess, please rest assured, leave this matter to me!"
To purify gold, it is definitely not possible in ordinary places. Fu Chenan thought of the manor given by Zhan Yunfu.
There is a cave behind Zhuangzi. As long as we guard the cave, the secret inside can be completely kept secret.
Fu Chenan asked Xiao Yingchun in a negotiating tone: "If a slave who has signed a death contract has served in prison for ten years, can the death contract be returned?"
Xiao Yingchun thought about it and nodded: "I think it's okay."
However, in order to maintain confidentiality, the processes must be produced separately.
The caves are only used to purify gold.
The production of sulfuric acid, nitric acid and hydrochloric acid must be separated in various places, and finally gathered in the cave to concentrate on purifying gold...
After the couple discussed and decided, they were very much looking forward to it.
Now that the gold issue has been arranged, the only thing left is the coal briquettes.
The Ministry of Industry knew about the coal producing areas before, but did not attach importance to coal. After hearing the prince’s ideas, they were all confused.
This thing, can it be like this?
Fu Chenan didn't say anything more, just instructed: "Follow the steps in this video, make the mold first, and then try making some coal briquettes."
After the coal is mined, it is separated according to its sulfur content.
The high sulfur content is used to make sulfuric acid for Jeff, and the low sulfur content is used to make honeycomb coal.
Coal is crushed and added with clay, lime and water to make honeycomb coal, which is then dried. When it is burned, it will not sting the eyes or irritate the nose.
As for carbon monoxide poisoning - the same problem exists with charcoal, and the best way is to ventilate the room.
Installing a ventilation duct solved the problem.
Fu Chenan asked Xiao Yingchun to buy a honeycomb coal stove and a honeycomb coal mold, and take them to the Ministry of Industry as a demonstration, so that the Ministry of Industry could follow suit.
Now that we have the mold and the video, if the production department still can’t make it, we can take it out to make a board.
The Minister of Works Qiu Zhishan had previously complained that the Crown Prince only paid attention to the Ministry of Revenue and not the Ministry of Works.
Once he was tasked with prospecting, mining, briquettes and gold purification, he immediately became busy.
There is even a sense of urgency, like "hitting someone on the back of the head with your foot".
He was so busy that he didn't even sleep at midnight for several days. He finally began to regret taking the job...
If I had known this, I wouldn't have shown this loyalty.
At this time, Xiao Yingchun received a call from her grandfather.
The old man choked up on the phone: "Yingchun, I was wrong at the beginning!"
"If I hadn't turned a blind eye, your mother wouldn't have suffered so much."
You wouldn’t be so resentful now.
"Grandpa..." Xiao Yingchun's heart was filled with alarm and emotion.
I didn't expect that my grandfather, who always stood on the high wall to enjoy the scenery, would one day take the initiative to apologize.
But why would he apologize for no reason?
Sure enough, after my grandfather said a few words of regret, he started talking about his current difficulties.
"…your aunt insisted that we had no money and refused to give in. She forced us to sell the house right away."
"But if your grandmother and I lose this house, we will have to live in a nursing home..."
Grandpa doesn't want to live in a nursing home.
Because he had a colleague who had gone to a nursing home before, he had visited and heard the sadness behind the scenes.
It is said that the elderly in nursing homes are also secretly divided into different levels.
The elderly who are able to move around normally, are in good health and pay their own bills live the most comfortable lives.
Those who need their children to pay the fees will be somewhat constrained.
The ones who suffer the most are the elderly who have limited mobility.
It would be better if they have children who visit and call them frequently; if their children ignore them, the caregivers may beat or even abuse them.
At this time, the elderly can only live in fear and caution.
My grandfather never thought that one day he would have to go to a nursing home, and he fought hard for it.
But this time, even his son Ge Chunchengdu did not stand on his side.
Ge Chuncheng simply said that he had no more money to pay for medical expenses, and if he refused to sell the house, the old man would have to sue himself.
The lawsuit required the three children to share the medical expenses and support costs.
Upon hearing this, my grandfather felt as if he had been struck by lightning!
I gave birth to three children, and I was given so many houses after the demolition, and I gave them all to them, but in the end, this is the result? !
They actually let me sue them? !
Grandpa didn’t know who else he could look for. The more he thought about it, the sadder he felt. In the end, the only person he could think of was Xiao Yingchun.
"Yingchun, you are the big boss now. Can you talk to your uncle and your aunt? Ask them not to force me to sell the house?"
Grandpa choked up while speaking on the phone, but the more Xiao Yingchun listened, the less sympathy he felt.
"Grandpa, they are all my elders, how should I tell them?"
"How about I introduce a lawyer to you and you sue directly?"
Grandpa was struck by lightning again.
He was unwilling: "I have lived an upright life. Now I have to sue for alimony... I can't afford to lose face!"
Xiao Yingchun said bluntly: "Then you should sell the house."
Grandfather: ...
Seeing that there was no sound on the other end of the phone, Xiao Yingchun became less polite.
"Grandpa, you can't have everything. You have to have both face and substance."
"If you want to save face, don't care about the substance. Don't sue them. If you need to sell your house, sell it. If you need to go to a nursing home, go to a nursing home."
"Isn't this what you often say, that peace is the most valuable thing?"
"In order to avoid quarrels at home, someone has to make sacrifices."
"It used to be my mother, but now she's gone..."
It's your turn.
"If you want to live your life to the fullest and don't want to go to a nursing home, then you sue."
"That would cause disharmony in the family."
"Anyway, let me make it clear that I am willing to give my share at any time. The prerequisite is that I can have the right of substitutional inheritance."
"Anyway, I can't just take on obligations without getting anything."
Grandpa was choked speechless on the other end of the phone.
In the end, my grandfather could only say “I’ll think about it” and hung up the phone.
Xiao Yingchun looked at the hung up phone and gave a strange laugh.
My grandfather used to see my mother being wronged and always taught her that “harmony is the most important thing”.
Now that "peace" has happened to him, he finally realized how much grievance his mother had endured behind the "peace".
You, old man, should also bear this grievance yourself.
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