Chapter 207 Director Gao is thinking too far ahead (3k)

Thinking of this, Gao Zhendong turned and walked out of the factory. He was going to the post office to send a telegram.

The post office is not far from the factory gate. It can even be said that this post office was opened for the Third Steel Rolling Mill.

Gao Zhendong asked the staff at the post office for a telegram paper and began to write.

"Hello, President Xiang. I am glad to hear that the industrialized process of urea has been successfully developed. Here, I would like to extend my warmest congratulations and gratitude to you and the entire team. Thank you for laying a solid foundation for our grain production and income increase. Here, I have a few personal thoughts, which may be immature, but I will just treat them as a joke."

What Gao Zhendong wanted to talk about was compound fertilizer.

Compound fertilizer refers to a combination of two or more of the three main elements of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, and can be supplemented with other trace elements needed by plants if necessary.

It has the advantages of improving fertilizer efficiency, simplifying fertilization operation, high nutrient content, few by-products, uniform structure, good physical properties, long fertilizer release time, and little adverse effect on the soil.

At the same time, the above advantages can bring benefits such as reducing fertilization costs, simplifying or reducing packaging costs and transportation requirements, and lowering the threshold for planting technology.

However, there is still a slight difference between compound fertilizer and compound mixed fertilizer.

Compound fertilizer is a single compound made by chemical methods. Different fertilizers exist in the same chemical product and cannot be separated by physical methods. Because it is a single compound, its composition ratio is fixed and its properties are stable.

Compound fertilizers are generally binary compound fertilizers, that is, two of the three main fertilizers are generally used. For example, ammonium phosphate contains phosphorus and nitrogen, potassium nitrate contains nitrogen and potassium, and potassium phosphate contains phosphorus and potassium. These are the three most typical compound fertilizers.

Compound fertilizers are made by mixing compound fertilizers and unit fertilizers together, humidifying and granulating them, or even simply mixing them. For example, urea ammonium phosphate potassium is a ternary fertilizer made by mixing urea, ammonium phosphate, and potassium chloride (or potassium nitrate, etc.). Similar fertilizers include nitrate ammonium phosphate potassium, chloramine ammonium phosphate potassium, etc.

The advantage of compound fertilizers is that the nutrient content can be specifically adjusted according to the type of crops, and even ingredients such as pesticides can be added.

To be honest, this thing is not some special high-tech thing, but it is practical and can solve problems, so it is a good thing.

In the next telegram, Gao Zhendong wrote down the idea of ​​compound fertilizer and compound mixed fertilizer in the simplest language possible, and the telegram took up several pages.

This thing is not a secret, it is just a discussion of fertilizer technology, which is not suitable for confidential channels. And the phone call seems less formal, after all, the first half of this telegram is a congratulatory message.

Even the telegraph operator at the post office couldn't stand Gao Zhendong's telegram and reminded him softly, "Comrade, why don't you write a letter to the other party? I'm afraid that after you send this telegram, it may not be enough for a month's food expenses."

The monthly food expenses are not fixed, but generally it is about 10 yuan. At 300 yuan per character, you can send about characters.

Gao Zhendong waved his hand: "Thank you, it's okay, this matter is urgent."

In fact, it is not too urgent. What is urgent is Gao Zhendong's mentality. He has been driven by the knowledge in his head and keeps moving forward.

In this country which is still poor and backward and where all industries are yet to be developed, Gao Zhendong hopes that his work as a knowledge porter can be done faster and faster and spread to a wider and wider range under the premise of safety.

Because he knew that he only had a few years to devote himself to research.

So in the eyes of outsiders, he has achieved a lot, but he is still running at full speed in various professional directions because time is running out.

In the end, it took about 200 words, including the address and other things, so this telegram cost about 10 yuan.

Gao Zhendong sent the telegram while the telegraph operator looked at him with sympathy.

After sending the telegram, Gao Zhendong, as if he had accomplished something great, rode his bike home contentedly and went to Sha Zhu's place to get a free meal.
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Compared to letters, telegrams are indeed very fast. Telegrams are sent to the post office closest to the destination, and are received, copied, and delivered. Generally, they arrive in one or two days.

Gao Zhendong's long and special telegram may have attracted the attention of the other party's postman, and it was delivered very promptly. Therefore, the next day, General Xiang received a reply from Gao Zhendong.

Looking at this telegram that was almost as thick as a letter, Mr. Xiang was still wondering where this rich man came from and wrote a telegram as a letter.

When he saw the telegram sent from the Third Steel Rolling Mill in Beijing, he was also quite excited. There is no need to explain the role that the Third Steel Rolling Mill played in this project.

After opening the telegram several times, President Xiang read it carefully. He thought that Director Gao had something important to say. Judging from his personality, he would not be the type to write such a long congratulatory message.

The first part of the telegram was indeed a congratulatory message.

The second half of the story lifted Mr. Xiang's spirits.

Compound fertilizer is relatively easy to talk about, as everyone knows it. After all, whether it is called compound fertilizer or not, ammonium phosphate, potassium nitrate and potassium phosphate already exist.

The idea of ​​compound fertilizer made President Xiang applaud.

The idea is very simple, but I had never thought of it before. Now that it is proposed, it is really practical.

He quickly took the telegram and walked to the office next door. Recently, due to the trial production of the urea demonstration line, relevant experts from the agricultural sector have also come to join in the event.

He found an expert in agriculture and said excitedly, "Wen Gong, Wen Gong, come and see if this thing can be made?"

He is an expert in chemical engineering, not fertilizers. To tell whether a fertilizer is good or not and whether it can be made, one needs someone with a relevant agricultural major to do the job.

Wen Gong, a fertilizer expert in the agricultural sector, took the telegram and read it carefully.

After reading it carefully, the cultural worker showed a happy expression: "This method can be used. I remember that there is a fertilizer in the United States that is mixed in this way. The effect is quite good. It seems to be called BB fertilizer."

BB (Bulk Blending) fertilizer is a type of compound fertilizer. It is a simple mixture of fertilizers of similar particle sizes without granulation. It was created in the United States in the 50s.

Wen Gong added: "The humidified granulated compound fertilizer mentioned in this telegram is a step further than BB fertilizer. It can control the release of fertilizer effect and even add pesticides, antibiotics and other ingredients."

"What are the benefits of this form of fertilizer? The ingredients are still the same." Mr. Xiang is familiar with chemical industry, so he needs to ask about fertilizer.

The cultural worker smiled and explained to Mr. Xiang the benefits of compound fertilizer.

After all, it is impossible for Gao Zhendong to write down every detail in this telegram. If that were the case, I'm afraid the telegraph operators at the post office would have to kick him out. Comrade, are you here to increase my workload?

Wen Gong is indeed an expert in fertilizers. As soon as he saw Gao Zhendong's ideas, he immediately understood the benefits of compound fertilizers and mixed fertilizers clearly.

After the explanation, the art worker added: "The comrade who sent the telegram has done research on fertilizers, and the method he proposed is simple, efficient, and targeted."

After listening to this, President Xiang finally understood, and at the same time, he was even more impressed with Gao Zhendong's brain: "This comrade is indeed very knowledgeable in many professional fields. To be honest, the special urea steel used in our process was developed by him. Moreover, he developed it in a very short time after receiving my request for help. He is a genius."

To outsiders, this statement of genius was not an exaggeration, as urea steel was not developed until almost twenty years later.

The artist was stunned: "Is the comrade you are talking about surnamed Gao?"

President Xiang nodded: "Yes, that's right, Comrade Gao Zhendong, do you know him?"

"I don't know him, but I heard the leaders of the ministry mentioned him. It turns out that he is a well-known person. He might be an old expert. He has a high degree of technical sensitivity in various professions and is very keen on technical routes."

Mr. Xiang laughed when he heard this: "He is not old, he is only in his twenties, otherwise how can he be called a genius."

When the artist heard this, he was stunned: "Ah? How much?"

President Xiang repeated it, and the artist shook his head and sighed, "I didn't expect it. I really didn't expect it."

President Xiang carefully collected the telegram and said with a smile, "I'll leave this to you. We are in the chemical industry, and we are not good at humidification granulation, fertilizer ratio research, etc."

The cultural worker nodded and shook his head: "No, some of them still need you to do, such as ammonium phosphate and the mixture of ammonium phosphate and urea. These are all chemical work. Don't think of being lazy, haha."

When President Xiang heard this, he seemed to remember something and exclaimed after a while: "No wonder Director Gao conducted a corrosion rate test on stainless steel in phosphoric acid when we first started working on urea steel. At that time, I just thought that it was because they lacked materials for the ammonium carbamate corrosion test and it was inconvenient to do it, so they used phosphoric acid instead."

After saying that, he sighed, "But I didn't expect that Director Gao thought too far ahead. He made a fuss for so long and is waiting for me here."

In fact, it’s not that Gao Zhendong is thinking too far ahead, but the first project in which this steel was used actually had the word “ammonium phosphate” in its name, so the phosphoric acid corrosion rate was a must-check item.

Gao Zhendong never imagined that just this could allow him to remotely install a pen that could travel through time.

The artist's eyes widened when he heard this: "Ah? This is really a bit too exaggerated."

President Xiang smiled and said, "Never mind. Now I have my next research topic. I don't have to think about it anymore. Haha."

You can sit at home and study hard. Isn’t it wonderful?
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Several days had passed since Gao Zhendong sent the telegram, and it was already Saturday.

Gao Zhendong had no idea what President Xiang had imagined about him. He received a notice from Yu Yuncheng that he would be able to pull out a ruby ​​single crystal with a certain degree of certainty by next week at the latest.

At the same time, the silver-plated focusing cavity, gas light-emitting tube (light pump), casing, bracket and other parts that he ordered through the Technical Department were also delivered one after another.

The silver-plated focusing cavity is a bit troublesome and requires relatively high precision to achieve better results.

As for the outer shell, bracket and so on, in theory, they don't even require senior workers, any decent fitter can do it.

The light pump is even simpler, just buy it.

(End of this chapter)