Volume 1 Red Star Fertilizer Plant Chapter 18 The Problem Lies

  "Grandpa, I'm full, let's go!" Xiaoying quickly finished her meal and wiped her mouth with a rather unladylike gesture, then turned to the old Taoist priest who was watching her with kindness.

  "Where are you going? I'll go wash the bowl you ate from first." The old Taoist pretended to be unaware.

  "Smelly old man, if you don't take me with you, I...I won't come visit you next time, humph!" The girl wasn't a fool and knew her grandfather was pretending.

  The old Taoist had no choice but to sigh and say, "Xiao Ying, since you're here, don't go out today. Stay here and keep your grandfather company for a while. In a few days, I'll take you to see an old friend of mine."

  "Are you going on a long trip? Where are you going?" The girl was very excited when she heard this. She had never been outside of Hongxing Village since she was born.

  Hongxing Township, as its name suggests, is the area where Hongxing Fertilizer Plant is located.

  "No, my old friend lives in Shu Village, not far from here..." the old Taoist explained.

  The girl was a little disappointed when she heard that, Shu Village. Although she had never been there before, the road from her home to Lao Dao here shared a section with the road leading out of Shu Village.

  "Maybe that boy today is from Shu Village!" Xiao Ying thought to herself, and as she thought about it, her face flushed with a hint of red.

  She herself may not have noticed, but the sharp-eyed old Taoist did, and asked: "Xiao Ying, what are you thinking? Why is your face red?"

  "No! No!" Xiaoying quickly covered up and then said: "Right, Grandpa, how come I've never heard that you have friends nearby? You haven't been down the mountain for many years."

  The old Taoist stroked his beard and said, "Foolish girl, who says the old man hasn't come down from the mountain? If I didn't come down, what would I eat? Your grandfather is still far from reaching the state of Bigu. It's just that when Grandfather comes down, you haven't seen it." This broken and dilapidated Taoist temple on the mountain top was where the old Taoist lived alone. The old Taoist couldn't possibly go without eating or drinking, could he?

  "Oh." The girl replied with a silly expression.

  ……

  "How about it, Fuxin? Can you solve it?" Looking at Fuxin who had roughly gone through the research results of himself and others, Fu Zhenbang asked nervously.

  "It can be solved, but I feel like there's still something off somewhere." For a moment, Fu Xin couldn't think of where he felt off either.

  "It's fine as long as it can be resolved, if there's anything unclear, we can think about it slowly first. Anyway, this compound fertilizer is for foreign exchange, so there's no rush." After sending off Fuxin, Jiang Haiyang didn't leave but stood aside with the workers and masters, waiting for the result of Fuxin.

  "Is it because of nitrogen dioxide?" a young man asked cautiously beside him.

  "Nitrogen dioxide... Ah, yes, nitrogen dioxide. What's your name, what's your position, how do you know?" Unconsciously, Fu Xin brought out the mentality of loving talent when he was an academician, and then began to investigate his household registration, speaking with a strong leadership tone.

  I'm glad to get this result, it's really exciting. It's nitrogen dioxide, which seriously pollutes the environment. I didn't expect that in an era where everyone is striving to develop the economy with all their might, someone would think of environmental protection.

  "My name is Jiang Nan, I just entered the factory not long ago, I am a temporary worker. I read it in a book that nitrogen dioxide is a toxic gas..." The young man was still very careful, afraid of saying something wrong.

  "Hmm! Not bad!" Fu Xin surprisingly still hasn't changed, still thinking he's in the era of being an academician. For this young man, although not fully having environmental awareness, having this budding state is still worth praising.

  Suddenly, Fu Zhenbang slapped a palm on the back of Fu Xin's head and said: "I'm telling you, kid, stop pretending to be a leader, hurry up and tell us what to do!"

  The people around him were basically all drawn in by his new temperament, so they didn't feel anything was off.

  But Fu Zhenbang, as a father, felt the change in his son very clearly. However, he was not drawn to his son's temperament, otherwise, this father would have failed too much!

  "Your problem should be with the nutrient ratio." Fu Xin didn't dare to disobey Fu Xing's "manifesto", and he was also happy that Fu Zhenbang had returned to normal, so he spoke directly without being pretentious.

  "Oh, what's going on?" Fu Zhenbang had also made some guesses before, thinking that there might be a problem with the raw material ratio, but no matter how he tried, he couldn't succeed. That damn calcium ion just wouldn't go away. Now hearing Fu Xin say they were at a critical point, Fu Zhenbang's eyes lit up and he hastily asked.

  "The nitrogen content is too high and the phosphorus content is too low!" Fu Xin answered bluntly.

  "Really? Isn't it better to have a higher nitrogen content?" asked Wang Wei, another deputy factory director, with some skepticism.

  "Yes, isn't it better to have a higher nitrogen content?" asked Jiang Haiyang, who didn't quite understand the technology, chiming in from the side.

  Hongxing Fertilizer Plant, although mainly producing calcium phosphate, also produces other products, including ammonium bicarbonate, which is very popular outside, and the output is not weaker than that of calcium phosphate.

  So in their view, the more nitrogen the better.

  "It can't be said that way, I think we've entered a misunderstanding. Is it that the higher the nitrogen content, the more difficult it is to remove calcium ions?" Fu Zhenbang shook his head and asked Fu Xin, who was thinking about something on the side.

  Being called like this, Fu Xin didn't consider the problem he was thinking about anymore and said: "Yes, according to the information I got from that notebook, it should be that when the phosphorus content is higher than the nitrogen content, calcium ions are more easily removed. Moreover, the fertilizer produced in this way can be used for rice, if the nitrogen content is higher than the phosphorus content, it seems not to work."

  It seemed that Fu Xin's encouragement had given Jiang Nan the courage, and he suddenly asked a question: "What about the nitrogen content and phosphorus content, are they the same?"

  "Ah, I see...". In this regard, Fu Xin had indeed forgotten a bit, although he claimed to be the "Omnipotent King", but after all, he wasn't an expert in every field.

  Xin Yi slapped his forehead and said, "I remember now. This is my fifteenth time, the specific nutrient content ratio of this ammonium phosphate fertilizer should be calculated like this, corresponding to nitrogen, phosphorus pentoxide, and potassium oxide respectively. So, you shouldn't say that, but it's my fault, thank you for reminding me."

  After finishing speaking, Fu Xin smiled at Jiang Nan and expressed his gratitude.

  "So tell me, is his plan feasible?" Fuzhen Bang heard Jiang Nan ask that and immediately became interested, asking doubtfully.