In July, after nearly 8 months of experiments and construction, the nitric acid factory with a monthly output of 1,200 tons was finally completed. This is probably the largest project in the Baotou Research Office in the past year, besides the power laboratory, in the power test, there were outstanding experts like Tras. Under the guidance of Yang Yuanzhao, he could conduct power research and build a large number of power plants in a breakthrough, solving the power problem in the entire Baotou in one fell swoop. Even the construction of the Baotou new urban area in the future will be mainly power, and the power grid construction is densely distributed to every corner of the entire Baotou. AC power has changed from something in the laboratory to something that everyone will use in reality.

The chemical laboratory has been inherently deficient from the beginning. Ordinary sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and it is OK. Although these are important heavy chemical raw materials, they are not as important as nitric acid. The industry of nitric acid directly determines the scale of the arms industry. Therefore, experts in nitric acid are basically either national treasure-level figures or simply the focus of the guardianship of the great powers.

Because of the lack of key experts, even if they have experienced nitric acid factories, they are not critical parts or positions. They have only a slight understanding of the production of nitric acid. At most, they can only describe how foreign nitric acid factories produce nitric acid in general. However, the production of saltpeter and the production of synthetic ammonia are completely different. Experts with only a slight understanding will not bring you into the ditch.

Therefore, the conversion from ammonia to nitric acid is easily achieved in the laboratory, but it can be achieved in a long experimental process from the laboratory to industrial production. The major powers have very strict control over nitric acid, starting from the popularity of hot weapons. The ** industry based on nitric acid has almost become the key to the strict defense of all countries. The ordinary black drug can be circulated at will, but when it comes to higher-level *** such as yellow fire yao, whether it is production technology or other, they are restricted and hidden. What's more, the root of *** nitric acid is even more strictly guarded. This laboratory technology and production technology are completely different problems.

Because of this, even the output of ammonia and fertilizers has been rising steadily, from the previous production of one or two hundred tons per day to now, the daily production has almost reached 700-1,000 tons, with an annual output of more than 400,000 tons. In addition to supplying the entire Baotou and Baoken Company, it has also begun to sell it to the outside world, becoming a new growth point in Baotou.

The price of fertilizer is not low. Generally, one acre of land is used for at least one silver dollar. This price has not been experienced and seen by farmers and landlords with their own eyes. They will never buy it easily, but Baotou's radiation ability is completely different from before. Countless caravans have made considerable profits through Baotou. They have seen Baotou's high yields with their own eyes. Or trust in Baotou, they will choose part of them to experiment.

The use of fertilizers is not difficult. As long as the barren land in China is used without error, the effect will definitely be immediate. Whether it is wheat or cotton, after using fertilizers, all indicators will be greatly improved. Not to mention wheat for now, the use of fertilizers is a little unworthy. However, after using fertilizers on cotton, the increase is very considerable.

Last year, Baotou's crazy acquisition of cotton has increased to a certain extent the cotton planting area of ​​several provinces in the northwest has increased by five or six times compared with the previous one. They have promoted the sales of cotton from another side. Now, the daily sales have increased from dozens of tons to hundreds of tons. Recently, it has reached more than 500 tons. Most of the fertilizers produced in Baotou have been sold every day. At a price of 20 yuan per ton, the daily sales can actually reach 10,000, and the annual sales are even more than 3 million.

Everyone knows that the fertilizer business will be very good, but they didn’t expect it to be so popular. This is only a large part of Mongolia and a small part of Shanxi around Baotou. What kind of concept would it be if fertilizers are spread across the country? During several shareholder meetings, the shareholders attending the meeting strongly promoted the expansion of the fertilizer plant. From the first phase to the fifth phase, all funding will be given priority support.

Yang Yuanzhao certainly supported this. For the whole of China, the production of fertilizers is no longer just a matter of making money, but also a matter of basic policies. The output spent represents grain output to a certain extent. China's land, because over thousands of years of cultivation, relatively speaking, there is not much fertile land, most of which are barren. Fertilizers have immediate effects on the improvement of land. The total grain output represents the number of people raising the people.

Fertilizers have achieved great development, with a surge in output. Next, at least three fertilizer plants are under intense construction. After completion, the output of fertilizers will be improved by a certain level on the current basis and several times more. However, relatively speaking, the production of nitric acid, which also uses synthetic ammonia as raw material, has stagnated. The production of nitric acid has always been small, at most a workshop type, with less than 5 tons of nitric acid per month. When it is made, it is 50 tons of tn(t). This number is enough for Baotou. Currently, 12,000 people in the 54 Mixed Works Association are almost enough, but for a military production, it is not enough. What's more, after the previous task of the all-in-one military factory was barely completed, it was also a targeted task of a large nitric acid factory.

It requires a single plant to have a monthly production capacity of 2,000 tons, which is a life-threatening one. From 5 tons to 2,000 tons, although there is only a 400-fold gap, the effort spent is definitely between quality and quantity. Nitric acid is not a difficult task for the great powers, but the number of thousands of tons is not a simple number. The project of synthesis of ammonia has allowed Germany to complete 3,600 tons of nitric acid from 1909 to around 1913. Germany's lust industry will not focus all its attention on synthesis of ammonia, but 3,600 tons of nitric acid is still equivalent to tens of thousands of tons of tn(t)**. This greatly consolidates the foundation of Germany's arms and is also the cornerstone of Germany's courage to launch World War II, because there are more nitric acid outside the sight of the Allies.

The monthly output of 2,000 tons of nitric acid is 20,000 tons, with an annual production capacity of 240,000 tons. Even if placed in the world, it is a super arms factory. What's more, in China, more than 200,000 tons of tn(t) will not appear until decades later. In this era, the arms industry, which can definitely be called a giant, can almost meet the full demand of a country for various **.

With the support of the laboratory, the nitric acid factory started a difficult start. The initial pace was always very fast. The nitric acid workshop increased from the initial monthly output of 5 tons to 10 tons, 50 tons, and 100 tons. In fact, the monthly output was 100 tons and the annual output was 1,200 tons. It can be called a modern factory, but it is more beautiful than the steel plant with a production capacity of more than 100,000 tons.

After 100 tons, the pace of climbing began to slow down, and the output of synthetic ammonia increased more and more, from tens of thousands of tons to hundreds of thousands of tons or even nearly one million tons. However, the production of nitric acid has been lukewarm. From December last year to May this year, it only reached a monthly output of 500 tons, and it is difficult to increase after that.

It’s not that Yang Yuanzhao is unwilling to invest, but because nitric acid has accumulated to a certain level by accumulating quantity, causing chaos in the entire factory. If the process and manufacturing level are not improved, 500 tons is already the limit that the original technology can reach.

At this time, both Yang Yuanzhao and Habi were a little anxious. They searched for a large number of talents in nitric acid and even spent huge amounts of money. Finally, three talents were found from the US military factories and the Italian military factories, especially from Drogba, Italy.

Italy cannot be called the weak in this era, especially more than 10 years ago, it was one of the few countries that could build new battleships. The triple fortresses started from Italy. Italy's arms industry has always occupied a place in the world's arms industry. However, recently, Italy's situation has not been very good. The economic downturn and the backwardness in science and technology have caused Italy's economy to be much turbulent. The unemployment rate is rising wildly, even for arms engineers. To a certain extent, starting from here is better than Germany and the United States.

This was also the method Habi chose after his continuous failures. In the end, he successfully recruited two core engineers from the Italian naval nitric acid factory, especially Drogba. He was a nitric acid engineer and a gunpowder expert. He personally participated in the research on Italian 14-inch naval gun gunpowder, but he offended the then Navy Minister and was hidden.

This gain made Habi very happy. Not only did he give them a monthly salary of 1,000 pounds and a settlement fee of 2,000 pounds, but he also had various rewards. For example, if you develop a project, you will have a bonus. The bonus will be quantified according to the difficulty of the project. 1,000 pounds per month is equivalent to about 5,000 US dollars. Even if Drogba is in Italy, he will not get a high bonus.

The crazy high-tech, coupled with the promise of the complete laboratory, the most important thing is that Drogba can finally do what he is best at and likes the most. In Italy, under the eyes of the Minister of the Navy, he can only entertain himself at home. The arms industry has always been a heavy industry that concerns the fate of the country, and it is not something that can be played by one person.

Drogba was finally willing to leave and even introduced another person. Under Habi's arrangement, they almost fled Italy. Therefore, Habi has never been to Italy for five years and even gave up some of Germany and the United States' business in Italy. However, for such an arms expert, it is worth it. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!

ps: I am a little too busy today and I am delayed. I will post a chapter first and write the next chapter. I guess it will be finished around 9 o'clock!
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