Chapter 268 The Distant Future: Industrial Technology Planning, Divine Revelation!

The night was deep, and the mountains in the distance were like beasts lying on the ground, hidden under the dark sky. The moonlight was dim, and the nearby mine was like a journey of no return, leading to the dark depths of the underground. The mythical era remained in people's hearts, making all natural scenes full of unknown divinity.

The mountains of Chingambat under the moonlight were full of deepness, with only a swaying bonfire in the main mine. Loyal warriors patrolled all night, holding their weapons tightly, guarding the safety of the king. In the center of the warriors' strict guard was the only simple stone house in the mine. From a distance, you could vaguely see the light of fire flickering in the house.

The bonfire was blazing, and the old charcoal was burning with blue smoke, but the newly made coke was bland and tasteless. The warrior held his breath and dozed off, guarding the king's side. There was silence in the stone house, with only the rustling of the pen tip falling on the paper.

Xiuluot knelt in the house, writing on the paper with a slender feather pen. After a long while, he stopped writing, looked at the burning fire, and smiled comfortably.

"This charcoal is of good quality, with few impurities and strong firepower. It's a pity to use it as firewood."

Bertard opened his eyes and saw the smile from the heart of His Highness, so he also asked with a smile.

"Your Highness, what "Industrial Technology Planning Book" you are talking about, have you finished writing it?"

"Yes! The general framework is here."

Xiu Luote smiled and nodded. During these days in the mining area, he has been thinking about the subsequent planning. Many long-standing memories are becoming increasingly blurred, and they need to be recalled and calculated by careful writing. He also took this opportunity to put the ideas for the development of industrial technology on paper as a long-term blueprint for the future construction of the kingdom.

"Bertard, come and see it together!"

The king waved his hand, and the chief warrior approached and knelt, listening attentively.

"The eagle's eyes look thousands of miles away, and the roots of the sacred tree grow for thousands of years. All important events must be planned from the beginning, so that they can fly to the height of the eagle and support the stability of the sacred tree!"

"Bertard, you are my most trusted confidant, and you have followed me for many years. Only you can roughly understand this plan, and it will also help you with your future tasks. I told you before that I intend to let you stand alone."

"You have to go to the distant Eastern Lake for me, control the Long Snake Island in the lake, and establish a country there. There will be rich mineral deposits on that island, and it is easy to mine in the open air. It is a gift from the Lord God to us Mexica people, and it is also a key point to guard the edge of the world. You need to do a lot and it will be difficult, and there will be life-threatening dangers at all times!"

"Your Highness, even if the storm is dangerous and thousands of miles away, I am willing to die for you! I will definitely stop you from being captured and killed!"

Bertard looked stern and nodded solemnly. Although His Highness's prophecy was only a few sentences, it has always remained in his heart.

"Okay! Bertard, don't worry. The first few batches of aliens were only a few hundred people. They came from thousands of miles away, without any bases or bases, so there is no need to worry."

Xuluot smiled with relief, patted the warrior leader on the shoulder, and carefully instructed.

". Your most important tasks in the future are, first, to integrate the tribes on the island, second, to prevent terrible epidemics, third, to build artillery fortresses, and fourth, to smelt iron and steel!"

Bertard memorized every word, and then asked in confusion.

"Smelting iron and steel? I remember that Mayan merchants brought you ironstone, and what is steel?"

"Iron can be smelted from iron ore, and iron can be made into steel after proper treatment! Steel is extremely hard and can be made into the best weapons and the strongest armor. More importantly, steel is the door to industrialization! And blast furnace coke iron smelting is the most important step under the door!"

As Xiuluot spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed to the wide paper roll spread out on the table.

On the top of the paper roll, there are words circled in boxes, separated by bars, representing different fields of science and technology. Under the words are notes mixed with various numbers, letters, equations and words. And between the words and technologies, there are arrows connecting them in one direction, indicating the advancement of science and technology.

Bertard looked at the first column, and the first thing he saw was "fuel". After "fuel", there was a strange "C", followed by "wood", "coal" and "oil", three names that made people understand but not understand. And under these names, there are small arrows, descriptions of the forms of different fuels, possible locations for discovery, and some symbols like heavenly books.

He passed those difficult words and looked directly at the mysterious and vague places. After coal, it was marked with Chingambat, a small amount; thousands of miles north, Chihuahua, southwest of Texas, a huge amount. After oil, it was noted that thousands of miles north and east, Texas oil fields, deeper.

Seeing this oracle-like description, awe appeared in the eyes of the warrior leader again.

"Your Highness, what is this?"

"These are all burning materials! Fuel is the cornerstone of science and technology, and it is also the food and blood of industry."

Xuluot smiled. He did not ask Bertard if he understood, but explained in detail, while sorting out the veins in his mind.

"With a kiln, we can burn wood into charcoal and coal into coke. Coke removes sulfur-containing impurities, has a higher calorific value, and is more suitable for smelting metals. In the process of coal coking, a large number of by-products can be produced. This is the most primitive coal chemical industry. In the processing of oil, more high-value products can be obtained. This is petrochemical industry. Unfortunately, I probably won't see it in this life."

Xuluot moved his finger and stopped on "coking", recalling the smell he smelled during the day.

"Ammonia is produced during the coking process. Ammonia can be made into an important fertilizer, but it needs acid to absorb it."

The samurai commander looked at the "acid" column in the corner and saw "hydrochloric acid", "sulfuric acid" and "nitric acid" written underneath. He knew every word on it, but when combined, he was completely confused.

"The easiest acid to get is sulfuric acid. If you find sulfates, such as green vitriol and gall vitriol, just use a clay pot to retort. If you can't find it, you can also use the lead chamber method. We already have sulfur and saltpeter. The mixed gas is burned and oxidized to obtain sulfuric acid through the corrosion-resistant lead chamber. This is generally the principle. Lead-zinc mines are also available here. If you don’t pay attention to purity and efficiency, you can try it out by using local methods. "

Shulot thought for a moment and then pointed to the word "fertilizer" again.

Bertard looked carefully and saw "N, P, K" behind the fertilizer, a group of mysterious symbols. Then there is a note about "struvite" at the end of "the end of the Leman River flowing into the Western Great Lakes, thousands of miles along the north coast, on the arid seabird islands of Lower California."

"By passing ammonia gas into sulfuric acid, you can get ammonium sulfate fertilizer, which can effectively increase the output of acres. This is the easiest nitrogen-containing fertilizer to be artificially produced. And ammonium nitrate is both a fertilizer and an extremely powerful explosive. Of course, with It will be difficult to make nitric acid in your lifetime."

Shulot shook his head and looked at the "Explosives" column next to him. The top one is naturally "black powder", followed by "nitrate explosive", and then "TNT". The last two names have question marks, and the production process is unknown, but there is a small note: "God has said that the more nitro, the higher the difficulty and the greater the power!"

The king smiled lightly and continued to talk.

"Bertard, look here."

The warrior commander heard the words and looked around, and saw a column of "Metallurgy" in the most eye-catching position in the middle, followed by "Bronze Refining", "Iron Refining", "Steel Refining", mixed with "Cu, Sn, Mysterious symbols like Fe, C”.

"The metallurgy of the feudal country started with bronze, because the alliance has two kinds of minerals, copper and tin. However, bronze is inherently defective in toughness, and the cost of mining and smelting is also high."

Shulot paused and rested his finger on "iron smelting". The samurai commander continued and saw three locations marked: "Colima, southwest mountainous area", "Cuba, in the eastern lake, the eastern end of the long serpentine island", and "North America, thousands of miles to the north", and suddenly felt something. Enlightenment.

"The scale of the copper mining field will expand exponentially, and coke will also be used for bronze smelting in the royal capital. The kingdom's bronze output will soon increase significantly. After bronze smelting develops, the next step is to smelt iron."

"What can really be popularized on a large scale and completely change the world is iron! With coke, build a blast furnace, and blow in air, you can have enough high temperature to melt the iron. The technology for large-scale ironmaking is already mature. But in this world Iron ore is hard to find. I have been trying to find the source of iron ore.”

Shulot sighed quietly. The iron deposits in Colima are deep, and those in North America are far away. Cuban iron ore requires navigation. Among the three, the Cuban iron ore is a rich open-pit mine, and its location can be clearly determined, which has the advantage of mining. Thinking of this, the king patted the warrior commander on the shoulder before continuing.

"The smelted iron is divided into two types: raw and cooked, corresponding to the high and low carbon content. The carbon content is, well, the vitality contained in iron. It is somewhat similar to the tin content in bronze. A high content will make it brittle, and a low content will make it soft. But the special thing is , if the carbon content is just right, it will be both hard and tough, called steel!”

Xiulote's finger slid down "steelmaking". Below it were four groups: "forging steel", "steel filling", "fried steel", and "pig iron steelmaking", and then marked with different words such as carburization and decarburization. .

"Blast furnace coke smelts iron ore to produce pig iron. If pig iron is smelted again and the heat and oxygen are controlled, steel can be obtained directly. This is called pig iron steelmaking. Of course, this method seems to be the simplest, but in fact it is too difficult. , there is no hope for decades.”

Shulot smiled helplessly, and his thoughts flew back from the distant industrialized future, back to the beginning where everything was zero at this moment.

"Forging steel is carburizing wrought iron. The process is complex, time-consuming and labor-intensive. It is also called forging into steel. Filling steel means putting pig iron and wrought iron together. The pig iron is melted first and then soaked in the wrought iron. "

"Actually, it is still too difficult to fry steel directly. Well, it is better to fry pig iron into mature iron, and then use forging or steel-filling methods to get steel in a time-consuming but stable way!"

Thinking of this, Shulot looked fascinated. Although these processes only have general ideas, as long as you continue to invest manpower and material resources in trying them, you will steadily move towards success step by step.

"The biggest advantage of a time traveler is not the specific level of craftsmanship, but pointing out the right direction in the vast darkness!"

The king murmured softly, immense confidence surging in his chest.

Bertard lowered his head in admiration and looked below "Metallurgy". The word "metal processing" is written there, followed by a row of incomprehensible words: "turning, milling, planing, grinding, boring, drilling, and threading." There is no explanation after these words, only a "hydraulic forging hammer" is added.

"Your Highness, what do these mean?"

Shulot's face froze. He only roughly remembered this formula. As for the specific metal processing machinery, it was naturally impossible to remember it. The king just pointed to the end and explained.

"Build a water wheel by the river, and then connect it to a forging hammer, which can be used to make metal armor pieces or rough armor embryos. In addition, you can also use water mills to process grain. Oh, by the way, there is also a windmill."

Hulot added "windmill" under "simple machinery" next to it. This column has already written a lot of jumping words, including "loom", "spinning machine", "cotton gin", " "Arm signal tower". Of course, in the king's mind, these machines are just nouns, and they only know their general functions. There is only one exception. "Steam engine"!

Shulot's eyes stayed on the "steam engine" for a long time. There are two arrows drawn from "Metallurgy" and "Metal Processing", silently describing the difficulty of this technology. However, the word steam engine seemed to have a unique magic power that always aroused his thoughts.

"The Dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the Steam Engine"

Shulot whispered to himself, trying hard to recall the almost forgotten textbook. The illustrations that were once so clear are now just abstract and blurry shapes.

"Cylinder, piston, steam valve opening and closing, cold water condensation, and power transmission of tie rods."

Fuzzy shapes and clear principles were combined in the king's mind at the same time. Unfortunately, the "complex" Watt steam engine was not assembled. After a long time, Shulot sighed softly. He picked up a pen and drew a simple "miner's friend", Savery's steam water pump.

"Although bronze can be used as the cylinder and vulcanized rubber can be used as the seal. However, until metallurgical technology and metal processing technology are sufficiently advanced, a practical and cheap steam engine is just a fantasy. This is still a hope in our lifetime!"

Soon, Shulot recognized the reality and laughed at himself. It is worth mentioning that when the time traveler sealed the steam engine, the most rare vulcanized rubber was readily available to him in America.

Rubber is native to the Americas and has been widely used throughout the world. The original vulcanized rubber had been invented in the ancient Olmec period, and the Olmecs were called the Rubber People. They combined the boiled sap of the rubber tree with the sap of the American grape vine to perform the most primitive vulcanization of the rubber and make it into waterproof rainwear. This kind of raincoat has a unique religious significance. It is often worn for ritual ball games and is also accompanied by sacrifices for losers.

Shurot shook his head slightly, raised his hand and wrote the word "vulcanized rubber" in the "Unclassified" column at the bottom. Vulcanized rubber can also be fumigated with sulfur. It is temperature-resistant and impermeable, not easy to become sticky and deformed, and is resistant to oxygen and wear. It can be used to make many practical appliances, such as important car tires, convenient rubber shoes and raincoats.

In this column, there is also "fired glass". Lozano, the chief stonemason, continued his glass research for two years, but made almost no progress. Now with coke and blast furnaces, the difficulty of melting glass can be greatly reduced.

"Glass beads are the cheapest monopoly trade product"

Shulot smiled faintly. The wide roll of paper has almost reached its end. Bertard looked at the bottom again, where there was the last column "Future". There are some confusing words written in it, including "electricity", "telegraph", and "internal combustion engine".

"Your Highness, what are these?"

The king paused slightly and said seriously.

"These are the final guidance of the Lord God and the future after my death."

Hearing this, Bertard was silent for a moment. There was a sparkle in his eyes, and he spoke in a low voice after a long time.

"Your Highness, this scroll is so important, it should be given a more appropriate name."

"oh?"

Shulot was very interesting and had a smile in his eyes.

"what name?"

"Book of Divine Enlightenment!"

I wrote this chapter after reading a lot of information on technological development. In the new month of January, the author is asking for votes and support! In addition, I sincerely thank Qingshan Hemlock for the big thumbs up!