Chapter 434 Distillation Tower Throughput
"Master, is there a fire over there? Why is there billowing smoke?" Nicholas's accompanying old servant exclaimed, looking northwest.
But black smoke was seen billowing into the air from the northwest.
Nicholas has been collecting news in the land of black fire for a while and knows about many projects. He immediately responded after hearing this: "This is not a fire, this is the black fire brick kiln burning bricks, using black oil to mix the smoke of wood and drying the bricks. "
"Use smoked bricks?" The old servant was puzzled, "What's the point of this?"
"Black oil has magic power, and there is also magic power in the smoke of black oil. The magic power will adhere to the smoked bricks and become magic creations. Well, if I remember correctly, these are called black fire bricks, second only to slag. adobe."
Nicholas opened his notebook, which was filled with countless records of collecting information, including records of his visit to the Black Fire Brick Kiln.
The old servant didn't follow him every day, so he never went to the black fire brick kiln.
"I know this about clay bricks. Master, Lord Russell's Cigar Castle was built with clay bricks." The old servant praised, "Although it hasn't been built yet, the Cigar Castle is really magnificent, especially the cigar castle." Long Panzhu is so tall!”
The Dragon Pan Pillar is a pillar built specifically for the black oil dragon Luo Sai. It is a hundred meters high, enough to overlook the entire Black Fire Land.
This is Rosey's request.
It likes tall buildings, but feels that ordinary castles such as Fluorescent Castle, with the highest tower only being more than fifty meters high, are still too short. So Russell built this 100-meter-high dragon column for it.
Squatting on it and overlooking the earth, the scenery is breathtaking.
"Yes, the Dragon Pan Pillar is really good. Standing on it and looking at the entire Black Fire Land, it must feel very wonderful." Nicholas shook his head, "It's a pity that I am not a fantasy beast knight, otherwise flying on a fantasy beast would be equally wonderful."
Not only is he not a fantasy beast knight, Nicholas is not even a knight.
Naturally, he is not qualified to ride a flying fantasy beast.
A master and a servant walked along the charcoal path, chatting one after another.
When it was almost lunch time, the old servant was busy cooking and asked casually: "Master, it has been almost a month since you came to the Black Fire Land. How long will we continue to collect scenery here?"
"Are you homesick?"
"Yes, I miss my little grandson." The old servant replied sincerely.
"Haha, don't be impatient, don't be impatient. It's only been a month. I'll be here for half a year to collect information and see how the newly opened warm enclave has grown from scratch into a fertile field filled with fragrant crops." Nicholas said.
"Half a year? Master, can't we return to Stormrage City for the Dragon's Birthday?" the old servant sighed.
"Don't be depressed, I paid you a large sum of money." Nicholas said, "You are an old man wandering outside, but in exchange for your children and grandchildren being at home, celebrating the Dragon's Day, there is nothing to be sad about."
The old servant nodded: "That's what the master said."
"Hurry up and make a fire to cook. Eat and drink enough. We will go to the Black Fire Mine in the afternoon to visit. Tomorrow is the time for the trial operation of the distillation tower."
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Boom!
There was a roar in the distillation tower. There were no overly sophisticated instruments or techniques. This tall, rough and sturdy building was carrying out the simplest chemical refining.
Through distillation, the paste-like black oil is continuously decomposed into five products.
The great scholar Placid was standing in front of the oil outlet of a branch tower, carefully looking at the solidified gasoline.
"There are many impurities, and the temperature in the tower needs to be further balanced and optimized." He checked the gasoline product and immediately ordered his students to adjust the temperature of each distillation tower chamber to achieve a perfect state.
Debugging continued until the afternoon when the distillation tower finally distilled and decomposed five products perfectly.
Black oil is continuously fed into the distillation tower.
One batch is used as raw material for decomposition and distillation, and the other batch is used as fuel to provide the temperature of the distillation tower chamber.
A large number of serfs who received brief training began to pack kerosene, gasoline, liquefied gas, lubricating oil and asphalt, and then transported them to different places for storage. The asphalt was sent directly to the road construction team.
Blackfire Erudite Tower has figured out how to pave roads with asphalt, so the construction team can use asphalt to replace the charcoal residue.
"Are these the products of black oil distillation?" Nicholas asked as he followed the scholar Placido.
"certainly."
"It's incredible, I thought black oil could only burn," Nicholas said.
Placido responded: "Burning is just one of its basic uses, just like metal can be used not only to cast swords, but also to cast agricultural tools."
"You are indeed a great scholar, able to create such an invention."
"I did not create this." Placido waved his hands repeatedly, "I just accepted the invitation of Baron Thunder Flame to conduct research on black oil. It was Baron Thunder Flame who truly created the distillation technology."
"The dragon is watching, Lord Russell is so knowledgeable." Nicholas praised.
Placido followed up and said: "Your Excellency Russell is a scholar himself, and the Round Table of Great Scholars is already discussing his promotion to a great scholar... Your Excellency's "Young Man Riding a Dragon" and "Thunder in the Dragon Realm" I I like it very much, but there is something missing. ”
"Please speak up."
"You pay too much attention to Lord Russell's journey as a knight. Of course, this is understandable. Knights rule everything in the Grand Duchy. But you have overlooked one thing. Lord Russell is also a scholar... This is not reflected in the protagonist Su Luo. "
Nicholas took out his notebook and quickly wrote down: "Yes, you reminded me very well, I did miss this point."
Everyone is paying attention to Russell's extraordinary achievements in knighthood.
But few people know that the retting technology that has been extended to various manors was actually invented by Russell.
certainly.
Maybe everyone has deliberately ignored this point. After all, retting technology is simply about studying feces and playing with feces. This is inconsistent with the status of the Dragon Knight, the Dragon Domain Lord, and Russell's own identity as the Thunder Flame Baron.
"Okay, Sir Nicholas, you can continue to visit the distillation tower. I have to go back to pack my luggage." Placido said.
"Are you leaving the Blackfire Lore Tower?"
"Yes, there is an urgent mission in the Great Erudite Tower that requires me, and my research on black oil has basically come to an end." Placido said, "But my students will stay here and preside over the black fire. The tower of learning, and this distillation tower.”
"I wish you good luck, Lord Placido." Nicholas said goodbye.
Although the great scholar of Placido left, the operation of the distillation tower continued day and night, and a steady stream of oil, gas and asphalt were extracted.
Nicholas followed the products wherever they were shipped.
Asphalt is naturally used to pave roads, and it is mainly used to pave the main roads of the Black Fire Land to replace the Cinder Avenue. Because the production is limited, the paths are still paved with charcoal slag - charcoal slag is very easy to lay.
Kerosene was sent to various land reclamation sites across the Black Fire Land to illuminate the dormitories of the serfs in the form of kerosene lamps.
For serfs before, the only source of light at night was candles.
This was made from animal fat, or beeswax, which was very rare, and not only was it luxurious to use, but it also produced a lot of black smoke when burned.
As for the bright gemstone lamps, only nobles could afford them.
And now with kerosene lamps, serfs can also afford a cheap light source to illuminate the dark night.