Become a feudal king from today

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Yang He held a piece of soap in his hand and marveled.

Zhao Xu was beside him, and Qu Sheng was introducing him to the entire production process of the soap factory.

The Prospecting Department was established and the important task of prospecting within Yanzhou was officially launched.

Qu Sheng reported back to him within two days that the soap house had been completed.

There is no doubt that Yanzhou is currently developing steadily according to his plan.

"These pools are specially used for preparing caustic soda." Qu Sheng pointed to the twelve rectangular pools juxtaposed.

There is white calcium hydroxide precipitated in the pool.

Calcium hydroxide is slightly soluble in water, so most of it settles underneath the pool.

Above is a saturated calcium hydroxide solution.

At this moment, the craftsman was pouring the clear solution from the pool into the water tank.

Another craftsman poured soda ash into a water tank and stirred it.

In other water tanks that have been left standing for a period of time, there is already a white film on the surface.

The craftsman collects the membrane for later use.

The rest is simple, just boil the meat oil and collect the by-product glycerin.

"Qu Sheng, I am not wrong about you. This soap shop is very good." Zhao Xu showed a satisfied smile.

Now the craftsmen in the soap shop are carrying out various processes in an orderly manner.

Batches of soap were produced.

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness." Qu Sheng looked excited and said, "But for me, it is even more fascinating to be able to learn these earth-shattering skills from His Highness."

Yang He took the soap and looked at it for a long time, smelling it and sniffing it.

At this time, I couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, what is this thing used for?"

"It's used when taking a bath." Zhao Xu said, "In the future, you can add essence to it to add fragrance."

"Bath?" Yang He suddenly felt a little itchy, "Your Highness, I will go back and try it now."

After that, he saluted, took the soap and slipped away.

Zhao Xu and Qu Sheng smiled and shook their heads.

"Your Highness, what happened in this soap factory has given me a revelation. This caustic soda is one of the three acids and two alkali. Since caustic soda can be produced now, why not just build a workshop and realize the three acids and two alkali. Production, after all, they are the basis of chemistry." Only two people were left, Qu Sheng said suddenly.

In this task of independently building a soap shop, he experienced a kind of happiness.

That is the joy of turning things in textbooks into reality.

Otherwise, no matter how much you learn, it is of no use.

"Hahaha, you and I really want to go to the same place. I said that this soap shop is just the beginning, and you will have a lot to do next." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

The three acids and two acids are nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, calcined acid and pure acid.

In the history of chemistry, they are the earliest chemicals to appear.

On top of them, synthesis evolved more chemicals.

It can be said that they play an important role in the chemical industry.

It is no less than a steam engine in terms of physical principles and an artillery gun in terms of military technology.

"It turns out that His Highness has already made plans." Qu Sheng chuckled softly.

Zhao Xu nodded. Another reason why he admired Qu Sheng was his attitude of neither being humble nor arrogant.

This is a person who does practical things, not a flatterer, nor a frivolous person.

In this way, he felt relieved when Yanzhou's chemical industry was handed over to him.

"You can choose the students in the science and technology school to assist you, and then you will build the three acid and two alkali projects." Zhao Xu patted his shoulder.

"Yes, Your Highness." Qu Sheng responded.

After another round of inspection in Soap Factory, Qu Sheng returned to the Military Department, and Zhao Xu returned to the palace.

Next, the soap shop will be handed over to the trading house to manage.

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Yang Mansion.

When Yang Cheng got home, he got into the shower room.

Not long after, he walked out of the shower room with a relieved look on his face.

Looking at the soap in his hand with disgust, he threw it on the ground and ordered his servants to keep the soap well.

In Dasong, the bathing stuff used by wealthy families is called pancake.

This kind of soap is made of plant ash mixed with lard. It looks dark and dirty.

Now that he had used soap, he felt even more disgusted with the soap.

"It's really magical. Once you use it once, you will definitely feel uncomfortable next time if you don't use it." Yang He sighed.

This soap washes away all the oil on my body.

He could imagine taking a bath without this thing, it would be the same as not taking a bath at all.

In his opinion, as long as you use this thing, you will definitely become addicted.

Put on official robes.

He immediately went to the trading house. When the new goods came out, as the head of the trading house, he naturally wanted to turn them into money.

Even if His Highness King Yan doesn't say anything, he will still take action.

You can't ask King Yan to remind you of everything.

"Come here, gather the merchants in Yancheng and ask them to wait for me at Shanshui Bathhouse. Tell them that I want to invite them to take a bath." Yang He said with his eyes rolling.

At the same time, he asked people to go to the soap factory to pick up a batch of soap and send it to Jinling, so that Dong An could follow the same method and make the soap profitable as soon as possible.

He heard that Yanzhou was about to carry out major infrastructure construction, and the money would be spent like water.

As the head of a commercial bank, he naturally cannot let Yanzhou be short of money, otherwise he will be unqualified.

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The palace.

When Zhao Xu came back, he also brought some soap.

That day, he gave Feng'er and Luan'er a pass.

Now it's time to give them a taste.

"Soap? Can this wash away greasiness?" Feng'er asked, holding the clean and white soap.

Luan'er also looked curious.

Zhao Xu laughed evilly when he heard this, "I wonder if it can be more simple. I will reluctantly accompany you to bathe together."

"Your Highness..." Feng'er and Luan'er said coquettishly at the same time.

Zhao Xu laughed and pushed the two of them to the backyard.

Half an hour later, the three of them came out of the bathroom of the palace, feeling refreshed.

"It's so comfortable to bathe in this hot summer." Feng'er said with a happy face.

Luan'er said: "Your Highness, this thing is really not inferior to perfume."

"That's right, I am also going to add fragrance to it, so that it will be fragrant after washing." Zhao Xu said.

However, soap was only one of the purposes for which he established the soap shop.

Another important factor was that he also wanted to obtain glycerin, a by-product of the soap manufacturing process.

At present, Yanzhou's firearms are facing a problem.

That is, the quality of the gun barrel and barrel is excellent, worthy of the 19th century.

But only black powder, the most primitive gunpowder, can be used.

This will undoubtedly limit the power of the gun.

Glycerin, however, can be used to create a smokeless gunpowder that has more explosive kinetic energy than black powder.

However, in addition to glycerin, the production of this kind of gunpowder also requires the cooperation of the chemical industry of three acids and two alkali.

This is why Qu Sheng was given this task.

"Can you add fragrance? Your Highness, this soap will definitely be very popular." Feng'er almost jumped up with excitement.

Seeing Zhao Xu's expression of deep thought, she didn't know that Zhao Xu was thinking about the glycerin problem. She just thought it was King Yan who was thinking about how to sell soap at a high price.

Then he said: "Your Highness, the perfume empress last time said it was very popular in the palace, and because the empresses in the palace liked it, it soon spread to Jinling City. How about sending some to the palace this time, and it can also express your highness's feelings. filial piety.”

Zhao Xu came to his senses after hearing this. He nodded, "Well, it makes sense, let's do it."

This time Zhao Heng gave Yanzhou such a large military supply order. Even if it was to leave a good impression on the customer, he should give him some as a gift.