Chapter 191 Harold: It's Ethylene
The Faith Council approved the project submitted by Harold and Kavi. After the project promotion room was built, many businessmen were keen to find business opportunities there.
Although a busy big businessman like Dolly would not often show up in person, she would ask the businessmen working under her to help her find research worth investing in.
After learning what Dolly was doing, Harold thought that he could give Dolly some investment advice based on his past life experience, and maybe he could even recruit a few scholars who promoted the research project to his team.
So he left his bird with Dolly so that Dolly could send him messages at any time.
Dolly was very impressed by Harold's ability, so whenever she came across a project that interested her, she would send him a letter.
This time, the content of her letter made Harold's eyes light up.
"The gas produced from apples that ripens the fruit? Isn't that ethylene?"
Harold smiled and took a sip of water from the cup, then read Dolly's letter carefully.
In the blue planet, flower growers have been using ethylene to ripen fruits since ancient times, but the ancients did not come up with the concept of "ethylene" and did not know the principle behind it.
However, it was not until the 19th century that people discovered that ripe fruits release a gas, and it was not until the 20th century that people proved that ethylene is produced in plant tissues.
"The technological level of Teyvat is roughly equivalent to that of Blue Planet in the 18th or 19th century...
The reason for such a large span is the influence of occult factors, such as mechanics, physics, biology, etc. that do not involve occultism, which was roughly in the late eighteenth century.
And because of the existence of alchemy, the development of chemistry is relatively fast. Even some medicines that only appeared in the late 20th century on Blue Star have now appeared..."
Harold murmured to himself,
"But the physical objects only appeared, but no one explained the principle, and no one designed a unified set of symbols to represent various chemical elements..."
"…They actually called it 'Garang's Heart'. Hmm… It's a very Teyvat scholar's naming style. It's more artistic than scientific.
But this is normal in Teyvat. The fertilizer here seems to be called "Grace of Fertility"? "
"This gas cannot be transported over long distances? Because it is ethylene, it can either be pressurized and cooled to become liquid ethylene, and then transported by vehicles or ships with cryogenic tanks,
If it is not processed into liquid form, it can only be transported by pipeline or cylinder...
...Hmm? Ethylene is difficult to make? I wonder how he made it, by mixing several specific alchemical potions?
So how does he collect the ethylene gas produced by these things? Can't he just bottle it and wait for it to be enough?
...It is very likely, after all, there is no concept of air exhaust and water exhaust here...
We'll have to wait until we meet him to discuss the details. I know how to make ethylene in the laboratory, and I'm very skilled at it!"
Harold was muttering to himself while reading the letter. When he saw that the letter mentioned that "treating seeds with 'Jia Rang's Heart' can promote plant growth," he was stunned and couldn't help but let out a "hiss".
“Isn’t this a new discovery made by a scientific research institute team in 2023? It hasn’t even been officially used in agriculture yet…
This guy... really has something. Did he really spend ten years trying it out bit by bit? If he were on Blue Star, he would be a scientific research talent."
But his guess was completely wrong, Harold felt regretful.
Seeds treated with ethylene grow faster not because of the direct hormonal effect of ethylene, but because it improves seed growth and stress resistance…
The principle is that plants receive a signal from the seed stage that allows them to adjust their future growth, development and response to stress.
Ethylene, as a plant hormone, will be sensed by seeds and participate in this process to promote plant growth and enhance plant resistance.
This is why the seeds that have been treated in this way not only grow fast, but also have resistance to a series of harsh environments such as high temperature, salt, and low oxygen.
Why can ethylene do this?
I do not know.
Harold rubbed his forehead helplessly, thinking that it was 23 years ago when I wore it, and people still hadn't produced any results.
However, he did originally intend to use ethylene to treat sea rice seeds. If he didn't have to write a paper, he could just use it casually; it would be harmless anyway.
But I can't give him any useful advice in this regard, his research is too advanced.
Moreover, in Teyvat where various theories have not been established, he will find that many things cannot be explained.
Even if I vaguely know what's going on, I can't find words to describe it. Hey, isn't this the same dilemma I encountered when I first arrived in Teyvat?
At that time, I thought that if I put forward too many concepts at once, I would be regarded as a sage. Now it seems that this kid has the potential to be a greater sage than me!
He doesn't have the knowledge of Blue Star like me.
Without giving him a direct standard answer, the most I can do is to remind him not to rush into figuring out how to use it, but to list the various properties of the gas first.
However, it might not be a bad idea to tell him the answer and let him infer the process based on the answer.
Harold read the rest of the letter while thinking. Apart from the long description of the scholar's research content at the beginning,
Finally, ask for his opinion and ask him whether this project is worth investing in.
It was not until the end of the letter that Dolly told Harold the name of the scholar.
【Radu】
Oh, it's the scholar who appeared in the Elhaisen Legend quest and committed suicide because he couldn't bear the oppression of his mentor.
Harold, who was also oppressed by his mentor, said: I deeply sympathize with your experience.
I hate this kind of rubbish instructor the most.
Harold thought about it, opened the drawer, took out a long piece of letter paper and wrote a reply to Dolly.
He first said what Dolly just wanted to know: Radu's project was good and promising, but there was a high probability that it would not pay off for decades.
After all, in Harold's opinion, this project has just started, although Radu seems to have studied a lot of content,
But in fact, the key ethylene production technology, compression and transportation technology have not been started, and even the raw materials for production have not been found.
Plus there is only one oil field in the desert, the size of which is unknown, but Harold estimates that it is not much.
Because the conditions for producing Tivat oil are too harsh, the largest source of industrial ethylene has been cut off, which in turn increases the difficulty of the production and use of ethylene.
But it cannot be ruled out that there are other alternatives and new methods to store and transport ethylene in Teyvat. As Dolly's partner and friend, Harold wanted to say that he would not see returns for a hundred years.
But considering the uniqueness of this world and the help he could provide, he still chose to use "decades".
Then he expressed in the letter his desire to have a face-to-face conversation with Radu.
Then he listed a time period, indicating that he was free during this period. Radu could choose a suitable time to go to the Ordinance House to find him according to his actual situation. He just needed to tell him the time through Dolly.
"If you don't have time or it's inconvenient, other times are welcome, but please let me know so I can arrange it in advance."
After writing this sentence, Harold wrote at the end to thank Dolly for acting as a mouthpiece, and signed it,
Then he rolled up the letter and put it into the letter tube on the leg of the Mingcai bird.
"Go ahead and take this to Dolly."
As Haroldt spoke, he opened a piece of fat insect pupa for the bird, and when it finished eating, he opened the window and let it out.