Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 57: Nitroglycerin: A Dual-Purpose Drug (More Updates, Please Read and Please Submit a Monthly Ticket)

"Connor."

The old housekeeper put the basin and jar aside to make room.

Hughes took a ball of cotton from the tray, flattened it with his hands, placed it on the ground, then unscrewed the bottle next to it and dripped a few drops of liquid into it.

Connor's expression was complicated, and he looked at the bottle of liquid with awe.

"This substance is called nitroglycerin, and this name will eventually be known throughout the world."

Not only its name, but its voice will also resound throughout the world, Connor sighed in his heart.

Hughes carefully put the bottle away, then picked up a hammer and handed it to Alexei.

"It's a drug that treats heart disease, and it has a little extra benefit."

Medicine for heart disease.

Alexi was a little disappointed. Treating heart disease was indeed a very powerful thing, but the market for this kind of medicine was not that wide.

If it is cheap enough, you can indeed make some money, but the upper limit is not high and the demand for this drug is not high.

The nobles trusted the church more, and there weren't that many of them. But the poor? The poor usually didn't know they had a heart attack, and no one diagnosed or treated them, so they just died hastily.

But what does it mean that Hughes gave him the hammer?
"Smash it down."

"Smash it down!?"

"Yes, hit the cotton. And you'd better stay away from it."

Alexey's head was full of question marks. Isn't this a medicine? Is this how heart disease is treated?
But he still obediently brought the hammer down - without using too much force.

boom! ! !
A cloud of dust rose up, and Alexei retreated, covering his mouth and coughing.

"Ahem, my Lord, is this the medicine you mentioned, ahem, for a heart attack?"

Hughes grinned.

"It's a heart attack killer, sure, but it's also an excellent explosive—you should have seen how much I put in there?"

Alexei recalled for a moment, and then his eyes were filled with fear.

Just now, Zeus only dropped a few drops on it!
He was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy and had also come into contact with the gunpowder distributed by the Empire to the army. That kind of alchemical potion was extremely expensive, but the musket could penetrate most armor, and its effect on the battlefield was enough to justify the price.

But even that kind of gunpowder would take a small handful to match the effect of the few drops Hughes had just made.
Alexi turned his head woodenly and looked at Hughes.

He didn't know what expression to make.

"This medicine, I mean, this great creation, you"

Alexei was stuck. The emergence of this thing would definitely change the situation in the world. His mind was in a mess and he felt a little dizzy.

"We'll talk about this later. For now, we don't have the ability to produce it in large quantities." Xius sighed.

"It requires the preparation of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. Although the raw materials are available, the overall process is quite complicated. I need to build a pyrite smelting blast furnace first, and then the subsequent reaction vessels. This will not be completed in a day or two."

"But preparing a small amount shouldn't be a problem. After all, there are sulfur mines here."

Laboratory preparation and industrial production are two completely different things. While Hughes can employ difficult or risky techniques in the lab without worrying about costs, this isn't the case with mass production. He must consider the skills and capabilities of the workshop workers, and unreliable production processes cannot be put into production.

Alexei took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. The effect of nitroglycerin was really amazing.

It is no exaggeration to say that it can subvert the form of warfare.

Somehow, Alexei felt secretly relieved when he learned that this thing could not be prepared in large quantities.

An idea emerged in his mind that he was unwilling to face:

If the battlefield in the future is dominated by this kind of thing, will the tactical knowledge he has learned be useful?
He also practiced his martial arts day and night, aspiring to become a powerful knight like the captain of the guard beside the Queen, but can martial arts really withstand such a terrible explosion?
He didn't know, didn't want to know, and didn't even dare to think about it.

Hughes looked at him meaningfully, skipped the topic, pointed to the pot next to him, and introduced the process of making soap to him.

"Saponification is a very basic chemical reaction. Well, just think of it as alchemy. As long as you control the temperature and stir constantly, the entire preparation process is highly reliable and not dangerous. Just be careful not to get burned."

Alexei took out a notebook and began to take notes.

"That's basically the main points. The only utensils needed are a boiling pot and a stone mill for crushing the olives. These are usually found in wineries, so you can just use them directly. The wood ash that provides the alkali is also easy to prepare. Is that all right?"

"No problem, the factory has been built. It will be operational within three days, or tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll leave the factory to you. Olive oil production and soap production must be carried out in different places. They require different safety precautions. I have compiled a booklet. You can come to me later to get it."

"The school has been built, but the teachers are not in place yet."

"You don't have to worry about the school. I will personally take people to take care of it." Xius waved his hand. He had already picked out a few servants who could read, and he also planned to personally teach some basic industrial knowledge.

He needs a large number of workers with basic education.

Making soap is easy and not too dangerous, but making nitroglycerin is different. Nobel lost his entire family while making this thing.

Yes, that’s the Nobel Prize.

Later, a serious explosion occurred in his nitroglycerin factory, which shows the danger of this explosive.

Hughes naturally knew many ways to improve the safety of nitroglycerin, such as the classic diatomaceous earth, but he had some different ideas.

He planned to try the banshees.

He had only seen the Banshee's magic once, when fighting the murlocs. Would those strange magic spells, combined with nitroglycerin, have any magical effects?
Hughes is looking forward to it.

"Go organize the factory's start-up first. If you have any questions, come to me. Remember, no matter what the problem is, you need to strictly follow the manual I give you. I know that many procedures seem unreasonable. You can ask me for reasons, but you must follow them."

There are often many bizarre requirements in factories. There is no doubt that every incomprehensible rule must be followed by a bloody lesson.

People of this era probably don't have this concept in their minds, so this requires subtle changes.

Somehow, Xius always had a bad feeling in his heart.

If it were a few days ago, he would still be very confident in these things of his, but thinking about the strange pollution and cognitive barrier, Xiusi shook his head.

Anyway, the factory has been built and the results will be known soon. There is no need to rush. Let’s go to the school first.

"I'm going to the school now. Send someone to tell the people in the area that they can come to the school to register today." After saying that, Hughes turned to Connor and said, "We'll postpone our trip to the church a little. We'll go see Sister Chloe tonight."

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