There is a thick pile of paper stacked on the table next to Xue Hong. They are all written on the methods of making fertilizers and the estimation of which fertilizer should be made first.
Finally, three types were selected: urine, phosphorus, and potassium.
The first is urine. If urine is directly used as nitrogen fertilizer, the volatilization and utilization efficiency is not high, but it is much improved if it is made into ammonium sulfate.
Phosphate fertilizers can be mined directly on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Those with high phosphorus content are generally easy to make flint. The kind that produces sparks when rubbed can be ground into powder and used in the ground. It can be used as phosphate fertilizer after more than one or two years of aging.
Effect.
For potash fertilizer, it is more cost-effective to go to the Qinghai Lake in the Western Region to get potassium salt. So... why not clean up the countries in the Western Region first? Mongolia is like that now anyway.
Once these three types of fertilizers are available, the previous grain yield per acre will be doubled.
Of course, before the chemical industry is immature, the fertilizers produced by relying on natural conditions will be limited.
But one thing is worth it! A little adds up to a lot.
Xue Hong rinsed the imperial brush with a brush and hung it on the pen holder.
"Sir, His Royal Highness Prince Fu and Marquis Ying are waiting for you in the front hall."
Xue Hong: "Yes, I understand. You can go down first."
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"Your Highness, aren't you busy preparing for the wedding? Why do you have time to come to my place?"
Zhu Hui: "Why do I need to do all the work myself when I get married? The people below, the Ministry of Rites, and the clan are in charge, so I don't have to worry about it."
Chen Chen: "Oh, by the way, by the way, these are some of the situations in the Western Regions that you asked me to check for you, and they are all here."
Chen Chen pointed to a large box beside him with his fan.
Xue Hong: "Thank you."
Zhu Hui: "Speaking of Junchen, why are you investigating the situation in the Western Region?"
Xue Hong pinched his throat: "Ahem! I have something here..."
"Stop! Needless to say, I support it and I will invest in it!"
Zhu Hui and Chen Chen raised their hands to interrupt Xue Hong.
Zhu Hui: "Tell me, which country's good stuff was discovered by you, Junchen, this time?"
Xue Hong: "First of all, I want to correct your mistake, Your Highness, what does it mean to fancy something good?
I know about the brutal behavior of the chieftains in the Western Regions and how they tortured the people, so I hope to lead my army of the Celestial Empire to crusade..."
Chen Chen: "Okay, okay, Junchen, your moral character is well-known. Your Highness and I agree on this. Let's be direct."
Xue Hong: "There are a lot of potassium mines in the Western Regions."
Zhu Hui: "So?"
Xue Hong: "I can mix potash ore into fertilizer, and if combined with several other fertilizers, I can basically double the grain yield per mu."
Zhu Hui directly picked up a gilt teapot from the table and smashed it to the ground: "Then what are you thinking about? Just do it!!"
Chen Chen was also very excited and stepped on the stool: "Come on, come on, this time I will give three million taels to fund the soldiers' expedition to the west!"
There were still a lot of restrictions on the sweet potatoes last time. If the fertilizer issue really comes to fruition this time, from now on the three of them will be regarded as living land lords and dragon princes in the hearts of the people, the kind who can squat in the Shennong Temple!
If this thing comes to pass, whoever dares to touch the three of them is going against the people of the world!
Xue Hong: "The Western Expedition needs long-term planning. By the way, the pot you threw down is two hundred, Your Highness."
Zhu Hui: "Two hundred copper coins (??o??)?"
Xue Hong: "It's two hundred silver (-`ェ??-anger)."
Zhu Hui: “(=??Д??=)”
Chen Chen lowered his head and glanced at the huanghuali chair under his feet, silently put his feet down and sat back down again.
Zhu Hui quickly changed the subject: "What is that, Junchen? Recently, the Jia family suddenly went to our shop and bought a large amount of high-quality building materials, spending six to seven hundred thousand taels. Aren't they out of money?"
Xue Hong: "Oh, it's nothing. Jia Baoyu got the money from buying a body."
Zhu Hui, Chen Chen: "Oh!...Oh??"
Xue Hong explained the general situation of the matter to the two of them in a few words.
Zhu Hui's eyes twitched: "Are the people in the Jia family out of their minds? Are they planning to marry the Xia family just for some money? Don't they want to know what's going on with the Xia family first?"
It stands to reason that since the Xia family is such a wealthy family and is still poor, there should be many petty officials in the capital who are willing to marry Xia Jingui. However, there has been no news for several years. The Jia family has not thought about why?
You, the Jia family, are the only ones who are brave enough to be the Green Hooded Man, right?
Xia Jingui had been divorced for a long time, and Jin Yiwei had found out about this some time ago.
Previously, because Emperor Longqing was determined to use the imperial merchants, Houjin and Mongolian tribes to provide "financial assistance", he checked all the imperial merchants from the eighteenth generation of their ancestors.
Apart from the fact that some parents are short-lived, and which royal businessman has a good family, there is another surprise. Several royal businessmen such as the Xia family actually dared to make false accounts!
Xue Hong was completely speechless.
Jia's family and Xia's family, Jia Baoyu and Xia Jingui responded to the couplet:
Broken copper, broken Chua, broken cymbal bowl,
Engagement is a disservice to two families!
Horizontal comment: A nest of snakes and rats.
The Jia family has already messed up their mess, so they still dare to get involved with the Xia family? I really don’t know if the other party is confident or has no brains.
Xue Hong: "No, I will add another fire to him in winter!"
Xue Hong immediately wrote to the Ministry of Industry, telling them the methods of making two of the fertilizers, and then asked Jia Zheng by name to do something in it.
Jia Zheng still thought this was his turning point and was ready to show off his skills, but he was dumbfounded when he saw the job assigned to him: "Collect urine..."
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Is this what his dignified master of the Duke’s Palace does?
But this is an official order from the Ministry of Works. As long as he dares not to do it, he will be guaranteed to be lowered in rank tomorrow.
Jia Zheng gritted his teeth and stamped his feet: "A man can bend and stretch! It's done! It's not like he has gone to collect it himself anyway."
...Three days later.
"Jia Zheng, the head of the Ministry of Industry, neglected his duties and gave improper command, which caused important projects to stall. He was fined a year's salary, spent a month in isolation, and was transferred to the seventh rank of Honglu Temple to receive gifts..."
Jia Zheng received the imperial edict in a daze, his eyes dull. After the eunuch who delivered the edict left, he fell to the ground.
"Master! Master! Go to the Imperial Hospital and ask for the Imperial Doctor!!"
Xia Jingui: "Mom, can the Jia family really help our family get through this difficult time? Why do I think they are worse than our family?"
Mrs. Xia wiped her sweat with a handkerchief: "Probably, it was an accident. After all, in the century-old palace, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so it is no better than a small imperial merchant like us."
When Xue Hong learned that Jia Zheng had lived up to expectations and dropped another level, his expression was calm. He knew that Jia Zheng would not let him down.
In order to punish the murderer, Xue Hong specially assigned Jia Zheng's work to another young director of the Ministry of Industry.
Guess what? If the old hen lays eggs, they will rise!!
The head of the Ministry of Industry has become a member of the Ministry of Industry. This comparison shows how useless Jia Zheng is, and everyone can see it.
This is not against Jia Zheng. I, Xue Hong, have always been fair and impartial, and everyone knows that.
The job assigned to Jia Zheng is already the easiest. What can I do if he can't even finish it?