In fact, it is not difficult to become a Ming Dynasty person!
As long as they are good enough, Ming Dynasty will always open the door to outstanding talents.
For example, Friedrich Weller, a professor at the University of South China, can become a naturalized citizen if he wishes. As a chemist, he was hired to teach at the University of South China six years ago.
He is also an outstanding talent on the "Emperor's List". For such outstanding talents, Ming Dynasty will also give special treatment - they can be naturalized without even changing their names.
However, Jean-Friedrich Weller has never been naturalized. As the inventor of synthetic urea, he opened a new chapter in organic chemistry and liked the scientific research environment of Nanhua very much.
It has the world's first-class facilities and sufficient funding, which allows him to work with students on many research projects that he is interested in. In fact, this is the reason why Daming can attract many people here - better quality
scientific research environment.
As a professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of South China, Weller of course also needs to undertake teaching tasks, and this is his main job.
Although roll call was not required at Nanhua University, Weiler unexpectedly discovered that the student was absent from class again. So he asked specifically.
"Does anyone know why Li Xuecun didn't come to class today?"
"Mr. Weller, he may still be in the laboratory. Recently, Xuecun almost lived and ate there."
In the laboratory?
Weller raised his eyebrows but said nothing. He was very impressed by the student Li Xuecun. He was a very talented and extremely hard-working student.
Is he undergoing some kind of experiment?
After class, Weller went directly to the laboratory. As soon as he arrived at the laboratory, he saw Li Xuecun busy in the laboratory.
When he walked into the laboratory, Li Xuecun, who was addicted to the experiment, did not notice his arrival. He just took notes and observed for a while, Weller said curiously.
"Yukimura-kun, are you conducting experiments on electrolysis?"
"Ah, Mr. Weller."
When he turned around and saw the teacher, Li Xuecun remembered that he still had a class today.
"I'm really sorry, Mr. Weller, I was so obsessed that I forgot about today's class."
"It doesn't matter. You are conducting an electrolysis experiment. What do you want to produce?"
"chlorine!"
Li Xuecun answered directly.
"Until now, the production method of chlorine has still been based on the method invented by Bertolt in 1789. This method is to put a mixture of sodium chloride, manganese dioxide and sulfuric acid in a lead still and heat it to produce chlorine.
It can produce chlorine gas, but the cost of this method is too high, and chlorine gas is widely used, such as the production of bleaching powder. If the electrolysis method is used instead, its production cost should be reduced."
"Electrolytic production of chlorine?"
Seeing that the teacher seemed a little confused, Li Xuecun explained.
"Mr. Weller, the production of chlorine gas by electrolysis can be traced back to 1833. At that time, Faraday conducted a series of experiments and discovered that when electric current is applied to an aqueous solution of sodium chloride, that is, when an aqueous solution of sodium chloride is electrolyzed, it can be obtained
Chlorine. However, since there was no actual generator available at the time to generate enough current, Faraday's discovery could only remain on a laboratory scale and could not be put into large-scale production. However, there is now a stable power supply.
, you can definitely try to use electrolysis to produce chlorine."
Chlorine production by electrolysis was discovered by Li Xuecun when he was browsing information in the library. Although there were only a few simple sentences and no details, he still achieved extremely rich returns through a series of experiments.
"In the process of extracting chlorine, hydrogen, sodium hydroxide, metallic sodium and other by-products can be obtained."
When Li Xuecun showed his experimental results, Weller couldn't help but sigh in his heart. At the end, he looked at the students and said.
"This is an invention worth more than 100,000 yuan!"
"What?"
"Xue Cun, you can ask the school's lawyer to contact the chemical company. I believe they will be very interested in your invention."
Why should the school lawyer come forward? Because the school has the right to share the patent royalties for the inventions made by students and professors in the school. After all, the school provides them with test equipment and venues, and the school can also protect their interests to the maximum extent.
Now the patented inventions of teachers and students of the school have long become another extremely important source of income for the University of Nanhua, and even exceeded one million as early as last year. Knowledge is wealth. This sentence is put here at the University of Nanhua.
It is fitting that a seemingly inconspicuous and practical invention can make people rich.
Tens of thousands of yuan may seem like a gap between being a millionaire, but ordinary people can definitely squeeze into the rich industry, and Li Xuecun is only a 21-year-old young man.
When a seemingly inconspicuous invention changed the fate of Li Xuecun, it would also change the fate of many people in the near future. This was beyond what these scholars could have predicted.
On the campus of the University of Nanhua, there are various inventions every day, and some of these inventions will be applied, and some may be shelved because of low practical value. However, many changes in the Ming Dynasty originated from here.
From the beginning, even the legendary "Empire Central Laboratory", to a certain extent, is not as valuable as this place, because compared to the "inventions" of the "Empire Central Laboratory", the inventions here are only
It is an invention that truly belongs to the people of Ming Dynasty, without any outside help.
A few days later, just after Li Xuecun signed the patent authorization letter and received a check of 60,000 yuan from the lawyer, before he even finished the work at hand, Associate Professor Xu Lin from the Department of Chemistry left.
Go to him and say.
"Congratulations, classmate Li Xuecun!"
"Thank you, Professor Xu, this is just luck."
"Scientific invention itself requires a bit of luck, which means you have pretty good luck. By the way, you should graduate next month!"
Xu Lin asked with a smile.
"Yes, I am now preparing for my graduation thesis defense,"
"What are you going to do after the defense? I just heard that Manager Chen of Imperial Chemical gave you a job invitation. Imperial Chemical seems to be a good choice. After all, it is the largest chemical company in the Empire."
The teacher's question made Li Xuecun smile.
"After the defense is over, I plan to visit various places in Ming Dynasty. After all, I have money now, right?"
"Well, indeed, you should visit various places while you are young, right..."
Xu Lin took out a business card from his pocket and said.
"After your trip is over, if you are interested, you can come here and he will provide you with a new job opportunity!"
"Career Opportunities?"
The moment he took the business card, Li Xuecun was stunned. There were a few words written on the card.
"Imperial Central Laboratory".
This chapter has been completed!