Chapter 184 From laboratory to factory

Author: Zhe Lei

"Ring ring ring..."

"Ring ring ring..."

On the streets in late autumn, withered yellow leaves were scattered all over the ground.

As soon as Cheng Nuo explained the outline of "Hou's method of making alkali", Fan Xudong deduced the process in his mind. The more he thought about it, the more possible it became, and he excitedly asked Cheng Nuo to do a chemical experiment.

Unfortunately, some of the raw materials are not available in the small earthen house. If you want to completely make the alkali, you still have to go to the factory and use professional equipment.

So Cheng Nuo, who had just arrived at the small earthen house, was dragged along and sent to the Jiuda Salt Factory.

"Ring ring ring..."

Along with the crunching of fallen leaves underfoot, the clear ringing of the bell came again.

If you listen carefully, you will find that this is not the ringing of a bell, but the ringing of a series of bells. It inevitably reminds Cheng Nuo of his previous life in the countryside, where he was a hawker who traveled around the country, with a rattle always shaking in front of his cart.

Out of curiosity and being on the way, Cheng Nuo couldn't help but speed up his pace, preparing to go and find out.

It doesn't matter whether you buy it or not, as long as you look at the car and see if there is anything that triggers memories.

"Zhiyuan... Otherwise, forget it." When he heard the bell ringing, Fan Xudong's face gradually turned gloomy, and he unconsciously wanted to stop Cheng Nuo and not let him pass.

However, when he saw that Cheng Nuo had already taken a few steps towards the sound and was going in the direction of the factory, he dismissed the words of advice.

This puzzled Cheng Nuo who was in front of him. He turned around and asked with concern: "Xudong, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell or something? You looked so ugly, but you were fine just now."

"Huh~" Fan Xudong took a long breath, gathered his emotions and cheered up again: "It's okay, I just happened to think of some bad things. I calmed down for a while, and I'm much better now."

Obviously, there are some things the other party doesn't want outsiders to know.

Cheng Nuo frowned and said, "If you don't want to say that, forget it, but since we are friends, as long as you are in need, I will definitely help you if I can."

At this time, Fan Xudong suddenly showed a strange expression on his face: "You can help, and you have already helped."

Cheng Nuo was puzzled: "What's the business? Why didn't I know?"

Before Fan Xudong could answer, the bell suddenly rang again around them.

Before long, the source of the sound had quietly approached.

At this time, Cheng Nuo suddenly discovered that there were some shouts underneath the ringtone.

It's just that other vendors sell small things, but the bell owner sells "gods".

"Merciful Lord, great Virgin Mary..."

"Ring ring ring..."

"Let happiness and nectar come down!"

"Ring ring ring..."

"Give it to the thirsty land of China!"

"Ring ring ring... ring..."

The sound of ringing bells and Chinese with a foreign accent are intertwined, making people think of the people on the streets of China selling big pills while beating gongs and shouting.

Cheng Nuoxin said, isn't this just a missionary? As for such a big fight? Could it be that Fan Xudong believes in other religions and can't bear to see this?

But what happened next made Cheng Nuo stunned.

This foreigner with yellow eyes preached the stories in the Gospel of Mark in front of everyone, including the birth of Christ, the words and deeds of Christ, the blessings of Christ, etc. He told them in a very convincing manner.

According to Cheng Nuo's idea, after the atmosphere of the whole place was created, it was definitely time to preach, and all the words about believing in God and going to heaven after death should be brought out.

What he never expected was that the gringo closed the book and waved to the entourage behind him, and a porter carrying two baskets of things staggered forward.

Putting the basket in front of everyone, the gringo directly lifted the cloth covering it, revealing a lot of alkaline noodles.

"God saw that you had no alkali for food and clothing, and your life was too bitter, so he specially sent down two loads of sacred alkali noodles for me to give to you."

The potential believers below heard this and became even more enthusiastic.

You push me, I push you.

If the gringos hadn't arranged for guards in advance and formed a human wall around them, the two loads of alkaline noodles would have been overwhelmed by the crowd.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, everyone has a share, everyone has a share!"

"God said that to see your piety, in your Chinese language, it is called incense. With more incense, he can send more alkaline noodles to reward everyone."

"In order to thank God and bring more alkaline noodles next time I come here, each person needs to pay eight big coins as incense money in order to receive a sacred alkaline noodles from me."

"What, you have no money? I'm sorry, God said he doesn't give credit..."

After one operation, Cheng Nuo's jaw dropped to the ground.

This is not a missionary at all, he is clearly a businessman who sells dog meat on sheep's head and has a clattering abacus.

Suddenly thinking of the weird look on Fan Xudong's face just now, Cheng Nuo reacted immediately.

"Xudong, do you know that this guy is selling alkaline noodles under the guise?"

"Alas!" Fan Xudong let out a long sigh and walked around the crowd to leave: "This man is a British man with a Chinese name of Li Lide. He usually looks like a missionary, but he is actually a missionary from the British Bo Nei Men Company in China.

Manager of Neimen Corporation.

Usually, Chinese people are hired to carry agarwood and sell the Gospel of Mark to attract passers-by on the street. When the crowds are almost there, he starts his business performance."

Sure enough, even though he was separated from the crowd, Cheng Nuo could also hear Li Lide's performance show through his voice.

Standing taller, I observed that this guy was kneading the noodles directly in front of everyone, adding the alkaline noodles and then steaming the steamed buns directly in the pot. The steamed buns were steamed in a short time and distributed to everyone to taste. They were all filled with the sweetness of the flour.

The most intuitive feeling for everyone is that it is far superior to local sour steamed buns.

In this way, with both spiritual and material blessings, the sales of alkaline noodles have become even more popular.

In fact, it is no wonder that people are so enthusiastic about it. It is actually because the local alkaline noodles are too scarce.

At that time, we Chinese were eating trona, which was produced in Zhangjiakou and Gubeikou areas and was commonly known as "oral alkali". The method of trona was extremely backward. It turned the natural soil into alkaline water and then condensed it into a lump.

It was poorly processed and had so many impurities that it looked like a piece of yellow mud.

Oral alkali not only seriously affects people's health, but also cannot be used in industry at all.

No wonder the British pnemonine, which came with the Gospel of Mark, suddenly occupied the Chinese market.

Seeing such a booming sales scene, Li Lide couldn't help but become presumptuous.

"Ring ring ring ring..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"The ignorant and barren land of the Far East, wait for the coming of God."

At this moment, Li Lide, who was standing on the high ground in the center of the crowd, suddenly spotted Fan Xudong, his "old friend", and immediately pushed his way through the crowd and walked over.

After the distance was slightly closer, Li Lide shouted sharply: "Fan, long time no see. Last time you told me that you wanted to build an alkali plant in China. I wonder how your preparations are going?"

Fan Xudong, who was about to leave here with his head raised, paused unconsciously when he heard this.

When Cheng Nuo saw this, he thought that the other party was about to refute, so he stopped just to organize his words.

Unexpectedly, Fan Xudong paused for a few seconds, without even daring to raise his head, and turned around to leave.

If it were just now, Li Lide's confidence in what he said was still a bit lacking.

But now I see that the opponent is about to abandon his armor and run away. It is obvious that he lacks confidence. It is difficult to guess other things, but the base must not have been created.

"Hahaha, Fan, why don't you buy some ready-made alkaline noodles from me and tell your people later that you made them. I believe you will be able to get through this."

Hearing this, Fan Xudong couldn't hold back his temper any longer: "Mr. Li, there is an old saying in China that the winds and rivers change. You'd better wait patiently and don't make any more troubles, otherwise you will suffer the consequences in the future.

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How could Li Lide believe this? Instead, he laughed even more crazily: "I remember you told me that you need to use seawater to make alkali, but seawater, how can seawater make alkali? Haha..."

Clay Bodhisattva also has three parts of fire energy.

Fan Xudong pointed directly at Cheng Nuo and introduced: "If it were me, I definitely can't do it, but now that we have Professor Cheng joining us, when the time comes..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Cheng Nuo stopped him directly: "Before large-scale mass production, we still keep a low profile. Some necessary machines still need to be imported from foreign countries, and the country cannot be self-reliant for the time being."

Fan Xudong was like a wake-up call and immediately sobered up: "Zhiyuan, you are right, I was careless."

After saying this, Fan Xudong waved his fist directly at Li Lide as a threat, then turned and left with Cheng Nuo.

Cheng Nuo, on the other hand, didn't even look at this guy.

Shrimps, soldiers and crab generals are nothing to be afraid of.

Waiting for the successful mass production of Hou's alkali production method, there will be times when they cry.

On the other side, when Li Lide saw that the other party was ignoring him, he tried his best to ridicule them, but unfortunately, there was no response when the people disappeared.

It really hit the cotton with a punch.

"Professor Cheng, Professor Cheng...could it be that? Impossible, it must be impossible. Doesn't he study mathematics? Why does he also study chemistry? How can there be such an omniscient and omnipotent talent in the world? I must be overthinking it.
To be continued...