Chapter 132 Rubber
“Rusha.”
I didn't want to bother him, but Irving really wanted to figure out the origin of the ball in the lizard child's hand.
Hearing the sound, Rusha turned his head and looked at Owen and asked, "Is there anything else? Lord Lord."
"Come here." Owen hooked his finger at the other party.
Rusha, who was unknown, walked over, and Owen then raised his finger and pointed to the lizard child just now.
"Rusha, do you know the ball in that kid's hand?"
Rusha looked in the direction Owen pointed, then turned around and replied with confusion: "I know, that's just a toy for children. In the past, many children in our village played with pinball."
"Run the ball?" Owen was stunned.
Well, this is just the name of the ball by the Lizardman, which is very vivid and nothing wrong.
"You mean, are there raw materials for making pinballs near your villages in the Sha Tribe?"
"Yes." Rusha nodded, "and there are many, there is an area on the east bank of the Wenshui River that can obtain this raw material."
Hearing this, Owen's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked: "Did the raw materials be obtained from a tree? Use a knife to cut a hole in the trunk, and a milky white liquid will flow out, and the container below will be fixed to catch it. The liquid flowing out is the raw materials, right?"
Hearing such a detailed description, Rusha showed a shocked face.
"How did you know? Have you ever seen us lizardmen taking white milk from white milk trees?"
White milk tree and white milk? They are also named after the lizard man.
"I haven't seen it before." Owen shook his head, "I just saw an introduction about rubber in a book."
He used ancient books as a shield again, and Rusha could not verify whether humans knew this.
"Rubber...glue?" Rusha repeated with a difficult mouth.
"This is just another name."
Owen explained this: "We humans call white milk trees a rubber tree, white milk a natural latex, and elastic solid objects made of white milk are called natural rubber, such as the ball I just asked you."
Is this happening?
Viscount Jawes, who was beside him, was the first time he heard about rubber. He couldn't help but secretly feel that Irving was young and had a wider experience than himself.
"I see."
Rusha finally figured it out, and then suddenly realized why Irving was asking him this.
"Lord, please ask me if I want this..."
"That's right! Rubber is a very important raw material." Owen nodded solemnly, "I need you to collect a large amount of natural latex to ship it over at that time. I will pay you a reasonable price to buy it."
Rubber products are widely used in industry and life.
Take it simply, rubber can be made into an eraser to wipe off the pencil's handwriting left on paper.
If the trial production is successful, when the Gemini Chamber of Commerce comes to pick up the goods, it can be sold to President Masha and sold with a pencil, which should have a good sales range.
In addition, rubber can also be made into latex gloves.
With this layer of protection, it will be safer to do some chemical experiments in the laboratory in the future.
Of course, rubber can be used far more than these, and can also be made into tires, insulating skins of wires, etc., which are all things that can be used later.
Irving was so excited just by fantasizing about it casually in his mind.
“Is it such an important raw material?”
Rusha didn't expect that Owen would attach so much importance to rubber.
For them, this is obviously a very common thing.
"I understand. I will send someone to tell Kerman and organize people to cut the white milk immediately."
"Don't worry."
Owen raised his hand to stop him and said, "There is not even a decent road from your village to Bianshu Town. It is quite time-consuming to transport it. Natural latex may also experience mold on the way. Not only that, your rubber cutting technology may also need to be improved."
"That's right, I'm anxious."
After a pause, Rusha suggested: "As for the road issue, I think we can open up a simple dirt road when the Shensha tribe is transferred back in batches."
"This is a good idea."
When this dirt road is opened up, it will inevitably become an important trade channel between the gathering place of lizard people and the border town.
"Anotherwise, how do you use natural latex, that is, white milk?" Owen suddenly asked curiously.
"us?"
Rusha scratched his head, thought for a while, and replied: "We usually use it as adhesive to bond things; and apply a layer on the roof to have a good rainproof effect; and the pinball is mixed with extra white milk and kneaded into a ball."
"It's really a simple and primitive application."
As expected, Irving was not surprised at all.
The reason why the pinball appeared gray was that the lizard man tried to add a lot of messy things.
There is a rubber forest on the east bank of Wenshui River, which is indeed exciting and good news. It will definitely become an important rubber production site in the future and will be continuously transported to Bianshu Town for processing.
The Mystery Forest is indeed a treasure land! Irving couldn't help but sigh.
At the same time, he also had some doubts.
According to the information known to Irving, rubber trees are a typical tropical rainforest tree species and are a positive plant. They like high temperatures, moistness, and sunny places, and the temperatures are suitable for growth.
The climate in the Mystery Forest is obviously not suitable for the growth of rubber trees.
Considering the impact of magic on this world, since monsters can be born, perhaps the rubber tree in the Mystery Forest is also a new tree species unique to this world that can produce natural latex, Irving guessed.
No matter what, this is always a good thing. Let the lizardman develop the rubber forest well.
Regarding the rubber matter, Owen and Rusha agreed to have a detailed discussion tomorrow afternoon, so they asked him to take his tribe back.
When transferring home, they also need to discuss it carefully within the Shensha tribe to develop a complete plan.
Back at the castle office, Owen just sat down and summoned the system, opened the folder, found books about rubber cutting technology, and opened it to check it out.
"So that's the case, you have to do this."
Irving immediately took out the paper and pen and started to record it on it.
At that time, he will teach these advanced rubber cutting techniques to the lizard men and teach them to other lizard men after they go back, so that they can collect natural latex more scientifically and effectively.
After finishing the excerpt, Owen remembered that he had something to look for Winster, so he raised his hand and clicked on the emergency call.
[What's the matter with me?] After connecting, Winster asked.
Irving first told Winster about a rubber forest on the east bank of the Wenshui River, which surprised him.
[Huh? There are actually rubber trees in the forest in the southwest. Please transfer some raw materials to come. I want to study it.]
Chapter completed!