“Is everything here made from corn stalks?”
"good!"
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“How efficient is corn stover in producing these things?”
"On average, for every four tons of corn stalks, one ton of fuel alcohol can be produced. At the same time, more than two tons of special plant fiber pulp can be obtained, and more than 900 kilograms of organic fertilizer can be obtained."
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"Can I drink this energy-burning alcohol?"
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"How effective are the organic fertilizers we just saw compared to ordinary fertilizers?"
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"What is the use of these special plant fiber pulps? Can we only make these briquettes here?"
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Tang De's eyes have been shining since he came to this alcohol production base and saw that as Zhang Tie said, everything here is produced from corn stalks that are completely burned as garbage. Yes, that light was like countless gold coins flashing before his eyes.
Among all the people, Tang De had the most questions, and these questions of Tang De also brought out the doubts in the hearts of others. After Li Tao received Zhang Tie's instruction, he generously told everyone what was going on here.
"The alcohol here is different from the alcohol brewed from grains and cannot be drunk. Even after it is mixed with water, there is a special spicy and numb taste in it, which is easy to distinguish..."
After hearing what Li Tao said, everyone on the production line personally tasted the taste of fuel alcohol mixed with 80% water.
The taste is similar to wine, but it is definitely not wine. It is much more pungent than wine. The color after mixing with water is not colorless, but you can distinguish some faint yellow. As soon as you drink it, everyone's tongue The taste buds on it experienced a numbing taste. The taste was very bad and could not be deceived.
"What a pity?" After taking a bite. Tang De said with some regret.
"It's not a pity, what's the pity!" Zhang Tie also smiled, "I'm very lucky to be able to use corn stalks to make fuel-burning alcohol. This kind of alcohol has a high burning value. As a price, it loses the value of drinking. Compared with ordinary alcohol, it is many times more toxic to the human liver. Just drink one glass. It may cause liver poisoning. This is also the way of natural balance. You cannot produce something that a machine can use. , humans can also eat it, that would be really contrary to nature and not a natural way of balance!"
Hearing what Zhang Tie said, everyone nodded, feeling that it made sense.
"As for the effect of those organic fertilizers, I haven't seen anything too special yet. Because after a month of debugging and trial operation, this alcohol base produced the first batch of energy-burning alcohol in December. In the winter in the north, it is basically impossible to use heavy soil in December. We also distributed the organic fertilizers to some farmers who sent corn stalks here for free. The effect of the fertilizers will only be seen in a few months when food is grown in the fields. Gotta come out!”
Having said this, Li Tao glanced at the expression on Zhang Tie's face again and said carefully, "As for the use of these special plant fiber pulps, this alcohol base has so far used these plant fiber pulps according to the wishes of the sect master. After being mixed with cinders and used as fuel, these fuels are easy to burn. They can be used for heating at home, cooking, or even in alcohol production bases to heat boilers and drive various steam equipment. Its heat is very high, and it seems to be higher than ordinary coal. About 10%, and the soot and dust when burned are much smaller than ordinary coal and briquettes. It is particularly clean and convenient to use at home, and after more than a month of trial production, we also discovered an interesting thing !”
"whats the matter?"
"Come with me, everyone, and you'll find out after you take a look." Li Tao led everyone directly to the production workshop on the other side.
The production workshop on the other side is also a place where fiber slurry and cinder are mixed to produce things. However, the machines and production lines in this production workshop are different from the mixed briquettes and briquettes you just saw. It is a little different from the one in the workshop next to it. The production line here has two more pot camel crushers and a production line that looks like bricks.
The coarse cinders in the nearby workshop will be further crushed here and turned into finer cinders and coal sand. After being mixed with the plant fiber slurry, these pulverized coal sands will go directly to the brick-like production line. , directly compressed into pieces of black and gray square bricks.
There are already a large number of square bricks neatly stacked in this workshop.
"We found that these plant fiber slurries have very strong plasticity after being mixed with crushed cinders and sand, so we slightly changed the process, made the cinders finer, and lowered the mixing ratio. , at first I just wanted the fuel produced by it to be stacked better, so I made it into a square shape. Later I discovered that the square fuel was not only very convenient for stacking, but also if the fire resistance requirements were not high If so, these slurry briquettes can also be used as building materials... "
The so-called fire resistance is also relative. The things produced by the alcohol base that can be used as fuel can naturally be burned when thrown into boilers and stoves, but generally if they are piled up like this, unless someone deliberately uses other things Set it on fire, otherwise it will be just like a pile of coals and not easy to burn.
"Not talking about alcohol, but these briquettes are of great use in the army!" Bai Zhengnan said decisively. His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Guangnan Palace, at this time, did not dislike the black slurry briquettes on the ground at all. If you don't lose it, your hands will be dirty. I personally bent down and picked up a dried slurry briquette from the ground. I weighed it in my hand and tried the weight and hardness of the slurry briquette. "My legion The airship units, armored units and transport convoys all use steam-powered equipment. When dispatched, the legion's logistics supply force must carry a large amount of coal as a fuel reserve for these units, especially when there is no coal supply. In places, these fuels need to be carried more. If there is no fuel, those armored vehicles, transport vehicles and airships may be trapped. Ordinary coal is in bulk, and transportation and loading are very troublesome. Indeed, there is no such compressed Slurry briquettes are convenient. If the fuel of these troops can be replaced with this standard slurry briquettes, the pressure on the logistics troops will be much less!"
"Moreover. These things can not only be used as fuel. If you are in the wild and in some emergency situations, you can also use these things to quickly build temporary defenses. It is better than digging soil and filling sandbags temporarily..." Feng Cangwu also said the same thing. Picking up a mortar briquette that felt somewhere between brick and wood, he squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully, "Since this thing has very strong plasticity, it burns no worse than coal. If it is to supply the army. Also. It can be made more special. You can directly change the molds on the production line. When they are pressed out, they will form similar to standard mortise and tenon parts in woodworking structures. They are easy to assemble and can be easily and quickly accumulated. Fortifications or small forts are produced in the same way as small battle forts and fortification components..."
Tang De's eyes widened suddenly, "Is this okay?"
"It will definitely not work against high-level force, nor will it work specifically to build long-term fortifications and fortresses. But if it is only used at special times to deal with demon warriors of level nine and below. That is enough!" I don't know what. At that time, Zhang Su also held a slurry briquette in his hand, "Field fortifications and civil engineering are powerful means for humans to deal with demons. This thing is used as fuel for the troops. Occasionally, it can be used as a quick guest when needed." As for fortification materials, absolutely fine!”
Bai Zhengnan, Feng Cangwu and Zhang Su are all people who have experienced battles, and their words are all to the point. This is easy to carry, and the combustion effect is not inferior to that of coal. At the same time, it is extremely malleable, and it is indeed of great use in the legion. Part of the wood can achieve the same effect after processing, but the whole is too summer. It is estimated that no legion would be so extravagant, otherwise a single battle would be enough to bankrupt such a legion.
For Zhang Tie, this was an unexpected surprise. Before coming here, he knew that these things could be burned. But he never thought that the leftovers from brewing alcohol could be used for such a purpose.
"I think those fiber slurries can be used to make paper!" Lu Zhongming also said, "I have been to several paper mills in Guzhou before, and I think these fiber slurries are very similar to the pulps in the paper mills, and they are more delicate. , I think we can try this aspect, the papermaking process is not too complicated... "
Of course this thing can be used to make paper! Zhang Tie has known this for a long time, but at this time, he also came to the alcohol production base for the first time. In front of a bunch of knights, there was no need for Zhang Tie to act like he was uncertain about everything, since someone had already thought of it. , Zhang Tie can just follow the good deeds.
"Brother Lu is right!" Zhang Tie nodded, and then said to Li Tao, "In a few days, find someone to try it and see how the paper made from these slurries is. If it is feasible, these slurries will be used in the future. You can separate some to make paper." After saying this, Zhang Tie pointed to Tang De again, "His name is Tang De, and he is my general manager. From now on, the management and financial affairs of the alcohol base will be discussed between the two of you. Yes, what he means is what I mean!"
"Yes!" Li Tao nodded in agreement, then bowed politely to Tang De and said politely, "Please ask Mr. Tang for your advice in the future!"
"Where, where, let's learn from each other and teach each other!" Tang De was already so excited that he couldn't help himself. His eyes were shining, his chest was rising and falling, and he was counting on his fingers, "Energy-burning alcohol is money, organic Fertilizer is money, coal bricks and briquettes are money, paper is money, and straw is garbage. This... This base is simply a mint factory that turns waste into treasure. There are too few bases. The more bases like this, the better. What’s good is…”
"I wonder what Brother Bai and Brother Lu think of this business, and whether it can be judged by these two brothers!" Zhang Tie said to Bai Zhengnan and Lu Zhongming.
"Is this the business you told us about?" Bai Zhengnan asked, looking at Zhang Tie seriously. Lu Zhongming and his wife also looked at each other.
"Of course it is this. If you two are willing, from now on, the business of the Southern Xinjiang and Central North Governor's Mansion will be handed over to these two brothers, and we will share the profits equally!"
"If this business of yours is spread in southern Xinjiang, how much money can you make in a year, and how much impact will it have. This is your unique business, and you are so generous to take it out?"
"If you have money, let's make it. I make it alone. No matter how much money I have, it's meaningless!" Zhang Tie smiled nonchalantly, and his magnanimity was touching. "Tianjimen has also boarded my pirate ship. After a while, The elders of the Guan family will also come, so the two brothers don’t have to be polite to me... "
"Which Guan family?"
"Mingwutang Guanjia!"
"Are airplanes also produced here?"
"The aircraft and engine factory is in Xuantian City!"
"Okay, let's go to Xuantian City to see more. I want to see how many good things you have hidden away!"
"Okay, then let's go to Xuantian City and have a look!" After saying this, Zhang Tie said to Li Tao, "You also come, go to Xuantian City to see what the alcohol you produce here is used for, and you will have some confidence in the future... "
"The name of this energy-burning alcohol is too long, and it is not domineering and intuitive enough. The word "alcohol" can also cause people to misunderstand it, thinking that it is edible or that it is cheap. Thinking that it is edible will make it easy to hurt people, and it is not easy for us to think that the price is cheap. To raise its sales price, we need to give it a louder and easier-to-remember name if we want to sell it externally in the future." Tang De had a very keen business talent, he just frowned and thought for a while, Just made a useful suggestion.
"Before the catastrophe, there were fuels and energy sources such as gasoline, kerosene, and diesel. Their names were all simple and catchy. Since fuel alcohol appears in the Candle Dragon Territory and I don't want to use the name alcohol, I might as well just call it candle oil from now on! "Zhang Tie opened his mouth and gave Raneng Alcohol a name without even thinking about it.
"Zhulong collar, candle oil, this name is nice, easy to remember, and catchy!" Tang De immediately said with approval. The others read the name twice and nodded one by one.
"I also think that the candle oil manager sounds more stylish than the alcohol manager!" Li Tao also nodded and said, "This alcohol base can also be renamed the candle oil refining base in the future!"
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After taking Li Tao with him, the flying boat that landed in the alcohol base took off again and flew towards Xuantian City.
Zhang Tie brought people here to take a look, and the fuel-burning alcohol also had a brand new name—candle oil!
The speed of the flying boat was very fast. It only took about an hour to fly from the junction of Zhulong Territory and Yanzhou to Xuantian City. In Xuantian City, I saw a factory with an annual output of 100,000 sets of dual-drive engines and Taixia's The first aircraft factory… (.)