Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

Zhu Yunhuan was thinking.

The panic, fear, and noise outside... had been gradually calmed down by Ma Sanbao, and the air became quiet again, with only the rustling sound coming from the side hall of the Qianqing Palace that was still smoking.

"Your Majesty, everything has been done." Ma Sanbao returned to the backyard and replied.

Zhu Yunhuan nodded and said nonchalantly, "Let the Hanlin Academy draft an imperial edict for me. I will summon all the Taoist priests in the world to make an elixir for me! I will reward anyone who can make the "immortal elixir" handsomely. This is the official one."

"Besides that, have Song Zhong look through the imperial court's roster for those well-known cultivators of Taoism and Xuan who didn't respond to the call. Secretly check whether they can make elixirs or not. Compile a list for me, and I'll keep it as a backup."

Zhu Yunhuan has always been a person who does what he thinks of immediately. Now that he has this idea in his mind, he will naturally arrange it immediately.

In his previous planning.

The development of the chemical industry was included in the plan, but in the Ming Dynasty at that time, the basics of survival and life could not be fully guaranteed. Zhu Yunhuan naturally had to put this idea aside for the time being and ensure the basics first.

As a person, you should always think ten steps ahead.

Especially at his position and height, if he doesn't intend to be a humble, conservative ruler, he has to be vigilant. To become the global village leader, he must possess the vision and perspective worthy of the position, and most importantly: strength and intimidation, or in other words, fists!

The chemical industry covers a wide range of areas.

National defense, petroleum, textiles, metallurgy, food... and many other aspects all have their own focus and uses. Not to mention relying on Zhu Yunhuan alone, even a few or a dozen alchemists would definitely not be enough.

In the early stage, you can tempt them with benefits.

But when there are not enough people, he may have to send people to catch them.

As for whether this forced melon is sweet or not.

Zhu Yunhuan thought, "As someone who tinkers with alchemy, wouldn't you be interested in the periodic table of chemical elements? Understanding the nature of this world, the fundamental forms and uses of various basic elements, their mutual transformations, substitutions, redox reactions, and so many other precise understandings and methods, wouldn't you dare be interested?"

Let me tell you that you have been refining elixirs for your whole life in order to achieve immortality, but in the end you just swallowed all kinds of heavy metals and became a short-lived ghost. Wouldn’t your world collapse?

As a top student in science.

Although Zhu Yunhuan didn't know how to extract those unstable rare elements that were worth a fortune per gram, he didn't know what they were used for.

But the basic chemical knowledge he learned and mastered was enough for him to become the "ancient Greek god of chemistry" in the eyes of the alchemists of that time.

In fact, most chemical applications do not involve those unstable rare elements. In fact, most of them are covered in the textbooks and exercises of junior high and high schools, which is enough for him to start the chemical foundation of this era.

For example, they provide nitric acid, a basic material for the mass production of more powerful single-base gunpowder. For example, once people's livelihoods stabilize, they will need caustic soda (sodium hydroxide), a large amount of high-quality papermaking material, to carry out compulsory education and literacy campaigns.

This is the most important layer.

The other layer is the more advanced content.

That would be the same as the microscopic concept. He would introduce the concept and establish the foundation, and then rely on the wisdom and brains of the people of this era to continuously research and experiment, allowing it to grow wildly!

So of course, the more chemical-related talents there are, the better.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Ma Sanbao responded subconsciously.

Then he realized what was happening and was stunned for a moment. He looked repeatedly at Zhu Yunhuan and the house where the explosion had just occurred and was still smoking, and was speechless for a moment.

No? Again? Isn't alchemy just a cover-up? Is my master really going to start alchemy on a large scale in a hurry?