Daqin: Qin Shihuang can hear my heart

Chapter 540 Black Water is Precious

The two of them walked by the river and walked slowly towards Efang Palace.

The road was muddy, a little mud stained the weeds that were peeking out, gray and green, with a unique scenery, which belonged to a quiet place, but was broken by the roar in front.

The emperor was not in a hurry to come, and deliberately slowed down his pace, but Li Zhao did not dare to overstep. Although he was impatient, he walked at the same pace. Slowly, a corner of Efang Palace appeared in front of him.

This was the second time Yingzheng saw the giant crawling, even so, he was still very interested.

"Li Zhao! How did these giants come out? What a blessing to my Great Qin! If my Great Qin uses such giants everywhere, what a wonderful situation it will be."

Inadvertently, the emperor asked a question suddenly, and Li Zhao couldn't answer for a while, how did he get these things? Can he tell?Even if you say it, no one will believe it, but don't say it!The emperor will definitely hold on to it.

The emperor was in Shanglinyuan, and he probably knew every move of Shanglinyuan. If he lied outrageously, it would inevitably damage his image in the emperor's heart.

But how?Could it be that it fell from the sky?Impossible, I can only say: "One day His Majesty will know how it came here."

This is a refusal to answer. In fact, the emperor is not entangled. He just wanted to elicit the following words: "Everyone has their own secrets. You don't need to tell them, but there is one thing I have to say, which is black water."

"Why did you transport the black water back to Shanglin Garden?"

Li Zhao was stunned, knowing that the emperor asked so many questions just to say this, he couldn't help but secretly despise him, how can ordinary people know his thoughts, even if the emperor is not ordinary people.

"It's very useful."

"What's the use?" The emperor stopped and looked at Li Zhao intently.

Li Zhao bowed his hands and said without any concealment: "It is an epoch-making purpose. It must be known that black water is the blood of industry. As long as it has it, Shanglinyuan can be modernized."

These words are a little hard to understand. Of course, Li Zhao did this on purpose. The purpose is to let His Majesty not ask questions. Some things have to be done before they are known. The best results will be achieved.

But the emperor didn't do what he wanted, and scolded: "Let's get to the point."

Li Zhao scratched his head, knowing that he could no longer be fooled, he pointed to the moving soil compactor not far away, and asked, "Your Majesty must have seen this thing before!"

The emperor came here to see those machines without much reaction, presumably he has already seen these machines.

"Of course! This giant is a good thing, enough to make our Great Qin prosperous."

This is the highest rating.

Li Zhao smiled and continued: "Then, does Your Majesty know what this thing needs to operate?"

"Gasoline, of course."

Li Zhao nodded, presumably the emperor already knew all about the machines in the Efang Palace, so it would be easy to avoid further explanations.

"Then does your Majesty know where the gasoline comes from?"

The emperor also wanted to know this, but Xiao He didn't tell. No, Xiao He didn't know either. I'm afraid the only person in the world who can know is Li Zhao.

Shaking his head, he listened intently.

"It's from the black water."

"Black water?" Ying Zheng suddenly raised his head and glanced at Li Zhao thoughtfully.

In Qin people's mind, black water is not very useful, at most it can play some role on the battlefield, but it is completely incompatible with gasoline.

Gasoline can make these giants work, no matter how heavy the object is, no matter how fluffy the soil is, and how much workload, it can handle it, and it is hundreds of times stronger than the civilian husband. Than?
Not to mention that gasoline comes from black water.

"Why?"

The amount of knowledge involved is too great, even Li Zhao can't tell clearly, even if he knows, the emperor may not be able to accept it, so he made a long story short: "Simply speaking, gasoline is extracted from black water. It’s too complicated and I can’t explain it right now, but in a word, there is no gasoline without black water, and black water is more valuable than gasoline.”

"In addition to refining gasoline, black water can also extract chemical raw materials such as asphalt, which has many benefits."

"As long as I master the black water in Shanglinyuan, I can make it look brand new again, ten times better than Xianyang."

He said so much in one breath, but he didn't want the emperor to ask any more questions. In fact, his time was very limited.

However, just because of this, it aroused the emperor's appetite, and he was in urgent need of milk like a baby waiting to be fed.

"Asphalt? Chemical raw materials? Ten times better than Xianyang? Seriously!"

The emperor showed a childlike thirst for knowledge.

Li Zhao hated the cold, and really underestimated the emperor's desire for knowledge. Perhaps, this is the king's desire for prosperity!

"really!"

Ying Zheng raised his eager head, his wrinkled face suddenly became round, and asked anxiously, "What is asphalt? What are chemical raw materials?"

Li Zhao scolded himself a hundred times in his heart, he was really looking for something to do, why would he say this to a person from an uncivilized place?This is asking for guilt, but the emperor asked such a question, can he not answer?
Then he responded: "Chemical raw materials are very esoteric. Your Majesty can go to the classroom to learn about them when you have time."

After these days of development, the amount of knowledge in the school has developed from breadth to depth, and it has already involved chemistry, which can be learned from it.

Ying Zheng nodded. He had also heard that there were too many obscenities that could be learned in the school, which attracted more and more people. If he had time, he really wanted to try it out.

"In short, asphalt is a kind of chemical raw material, which can be used to pave roads, which is comparable to cement roads."

"Comparable to concrete roads? There is such a thing in the world."

Ying Zheng was surprised!

The cement road is the most amazing road he has ever seen in his life. Even Xianyang has no such road. He once hinted at Li Zhao to let him lay a cement road in Xianyang, but Li Zhao said tactfully that cement is rare, and there is no such road at present. extra.

In other words, cement is hard to come by, and gold is hard to find.

However, asphalt paved roads are comparable to cement roads. Then, if asphalt is extracted from black water, wouldn't Xianyang Road be like Shanglinyuan cement road?

This is surprise news.

But what about the price?Is it easy to get?This is a problem.

Can't wait to ask: "How easy is it to refine asphalt? What's the price?"

Li Zhao said truthfully: "It is not difficult to build a chemical workshop and realize mass production, and the price is much less than that of cement."

This is not a lie, asphalt is the waste produced in petroleum refining, and it was not too expensive in the society of the previous life, so some cities have paved asphalt roads in order to save costs.

"So bitumen is better than cement?"

"You can say that." Li Zhao nodded.

Ying Zheng was happy, but he suppressed the joy firmly, showing a normal attitude, and said: "Naqing." Maybe there is something to ask, and even the address has become friendly, "Let's build a chemical workshop! Refining as soon as possible To produce asphalt is also to contribute to Xianyang."

(End of this chapter)