Chapter 1180

"Your Majesty, there are many chemicals in this chemical laboratory that are highly corrosive and toxic. In order to avoid accidents, these outfits are necessary." Wang Yang took off his eyes and signaled to the emperor Zhao Xu and explained.

"This is flat glasses, mainly used to prevent toxic and corrosive substances from splashing out and damaging the eyes."

Emperor Zhao Xu looked at the transparent bottles and jars here with a look of novelty and asked questions. Although Wang Yang was very worried, the emperor who was so idle that he came here to make trouble, which affected his experiments.

But he could only take on his own responsibilities helplessly and patiently explain to the emperor the purpose of these things and the experiments they are about to conduct now.

"Green alum oil, isn't that thing used by those Taoist alchemists to refine alchemy? Wang Wushan, are you planning to refine alchemy and cultivate immortals?" After hearing Wang Yang's explanation, the emperor said in confusion.

"Your Majesty, the green alum oil refined by sir is intended to be used for rust prevention and rust removal of metal parts. It is not used for alchemy..." Fortunately, Zhao Ji, the eldest disciple, took on his responsibilities very conscientiously and said to Wang Yang.

"Yes, this green alum oil can not only remove rust, but also prevent metal from being rusted. I wonder if you noticed the iron rods outside the laboratory when you came in?..." Wang Yang smiled, raised his hand and pointed at the open space outside the chemical laboratory door, several stick-like objects standing upright on the ground.

"One of the five iron rods has not been picked up and passivated, and the other three rods have been treated with animal oil to prevent rust. The other three rods have been pickled and passivated by different concentrations of green alum oil..."

Wang Yang fought against Wu Qilang, who was standing in the door, and the guy walked over quickly, pulled out the four iron sticks one by one and walked over and handed them over.

Emperor Zhao Xu then noticed that one of the four iron rods was rusty on it, which was obviously caused by long-term sun, wind, and rain.

The other one also has rust on it, but it can be clearly seen that the animal oil on it should have fallen off, revealing the rust formed after the metal surface contacts the air.

The other three iron rods looked a little dark and could not feel the metallic luster, but there was no trace of rust on the rod body.

"These five iron rods have been exposed to the sun, wind and rain outside for a while, but this one has not been treated with any anti-rust. This is treated with animal oil and anti-rust, and the other three are treated with green alum olefin pickling and passivation."

With Wang Yang's detailed explanation, Emperor Zhao Xu suddenly realized and became a little excited. "Most of my weapons and equipment in the Song Dynasty are metal products. Maintenance is an extremely time-consuming, labor-intensive and financially consuming thing."

"Yes, I'm in the military weapon supervision. After a long period of observation, the metal used for maintenance using grease. If it is exposed to the open air for a long time, then it is necessary to wipe it with grease regularly to prevent rust."

"Now, according to Mr. Mr.'s explanation, the maintenance of the metal after pickling passivation is much simpler and the oil consumed will be less..."

"So that's it. It seems that I almost blamed you Wang Wushan again..." The emperor smashed his mouth and looked at the dull iron rod in his hand curiously, feeling very moved.

"You have not yet joined the job, but you are already crying for my Song Dynasty's military preparations. I feel so relieved..."

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Wang Yang left the two disciples to continue to operate the chemical tests. He and Zhao Ji accompanied the emperor Zhao Xu to the study.

The emperor then sipped the fragrant tea and showed a helpless and sad expression. "I encountered a big problem today, alas..."

"Is it related to the disaster relief incident in the two prefectures and ten counties of Huazhou and Weizhou?" Wang Yang picked up the tea bowl and put it down again.

"That's right, but this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that thousands of refugees have come to Bianliang now, and the number of people is growing more and more. As for how these refugees should be dealt with, the civil and military officials in the court are quarreling."

"I was really upset when I heard it, so I went out of the palace to relax. I was thinking that I hadn't come to Wangwushan for a long time, so I happened to come and have a walk..." The emperor was a little shy and embarrassed to say directly that he was here to ask for help from Wang Yang.

After saying this, Wang Yang still heard the meaning. "I don't know what suggestions do the labourers in the court have? Why are you so worried about your majesty?"

"Those old party officials all felt that since a large number of refugees appeared, it was natural that the court could not sit idly by. Therefore, they believed that those refugees should be reorganized into the wing army as usual." Speaking of this, the emperor Zhao Xu subconsciously glanced at Wang Yang.

But Wang Yang continued to look at the emperor quietly.

"And the New Party expressed strong opposition to this, believing that our Song Dynasty finally laid off hundreds of thousands of xiang troops. If we organize the xiang troops again, wouldn't it mean that all your hard work in Wang Wushan was wasted?"

After hearing what the emperor Zhao Xu said, Wang Yang was also in thought. In the years of disaster, the ones who have the weakest resistance to disasters are not merchants, landlords, or handicraftsmen, but farmers and tenants who rely on the land and rely on it for their own living.

They have the lowest survival needs, but they are often the ones who suffer the greatest losses in profit. Once a disaster occurs, the farmers and tenants who cannot withstand the impact will either continue to borrow money to spend the day, or they can only leave their hometowns to find food.

The reason they went to Tokyo Bianliang was because it was the capital of the Song Dynasty, and the court could not be seen in death. But the problem was that the fields around Bianliang were already owned by individuals.

Therefore, what the court can do is to take out money and food to hang their lives, and then try to persuade them to return to their hometown and work hard again.

The problem is that the disaster relief efficiency of government and courts in this era is really surprisingly low.

"Or what if we continue to let them go to Shaanxi North Road to serve as a frontier?" Zhao Ji blinked and made his own suggestions.

Emperor Zhao Xu couldn't help but lit up his eyes. "Hey, this is also a good way..."

"Your Majesty, this method can only be used when it is really necessary." On the other hand, Wang Yang did not directly agree with this method, but instead put forward his own point of view.

Nowadays, the population of the six prefectures in Shaanxi North Road is probably over 2 million. At present, Shaanxi North Road is still absorbing the poor people from Shaanxi Road and surrounding roads.
Chapter completed!