The matters at the Taixue construction site were temporarily put aside by them.
Just after seeing the limited hope of breaking the monopoly of knowledge and taking the power of aristocratic families, we are immediately faced with the troubles of food and cold disasters. Today's big man is really in troubled times, full of wind and rain.
The decline of the Han Dynasty to this point was not accidental.
Chen Zhou followed Cao Cao back to Sikong Mansion. Not long after, Cao Ang returned with Cao Tai and Cao Fu.
They also brought some of the heaters, briquettes, etc. back. They heard that Cao Cao wanted to try a new heating method, and quickly arranged for people to do it.
After a while, the coal in the heater was ignited, and the smoke was not as big as expected. As long as the ventilation was good, it would be no trouble at all to burn this thing for warmth.
The meeting hall of Sikong Mansion is relatively large.
It is not feasible for the warmth brought by a heater to cover the entire hall, but it is no problem to cover an ordinary family room.
They walked closer to the stove and felt waves of warmth coming towards them.
Extremely comfortable.
"This is good stuff!"
Guo Jia first praised: "I see this stove. The smoke passes through the pipe and goes outside. Above the stove, in addition to heating, it can also boil water, stew, etc., right?"
Cao Fu explained: "Mr. Fengxiao is right. This stove can be used for both heating and boiling water, or for stewing. In addition, the smoke can be discharged to the outside through the window, which is very safe."
Behaviors such as burning charcoal to commit suicide already existed in this era.
They know that burning charcoal can suffocate people to death in the house if ventilation is not done properly or if other things are not done correctly.
Now this heater can solve such hidden dangers very well.
After hearing Cao Fu's description, their eyes lit up at the same time and they thought it was a good thing.
Cao Cao studied for a while and said: "Ordinary people with average family backgrounds can save a lot of money if they can use the stove to stew while heating."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone else agreed.
The stove that Chen Zhou asked Cao Ang and the others to make was to save trouble and increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
"Lord, I think there's more to it than that!"
Xun You, who had been staring at the stove, raised his head and said, "I see the briquettes in the stove... Is that what Watuzhi is called?"
Chen Zhou nodded and said, "That's right!"
Xun You was affirmed and continued: "This briquette has been burning for a while. If replaced with ordinary carbon, a lot of it has turned into ashes. Looking at this briquette, it seems that it has only burned a little."
In their homes, they always burn charcoal for heating in winter. They are relatively familiar with charcoal fires. Comparing the briquettes in front of them, they seem to be completely different from charcoal fires.
more durable.
"seems like it."
Guo Jia observed it for a while and said excitedly: "My lord, this thing Watanabe made is an artifact!"
This is an artifact to keep out the cold in winter.
If they can use these things, they can save many people and accept many refugees. After this winter, the population of Yingchuan will increase greatly in the coming spring. There will be enough soldiers to recruit soldiers and enough labor to open up wasteland.
"It's not considered a divine weapon either."
Chen Zhou said in a low-key and somewhat modest manner: "It just happened to work."
Cao Cao's blazing eyes shifted from the stove and briquettes to Chen Zhou, and he praised: "Du Zhi has kept a low profile again. The briquettes and briquettes are well-deserved artifacts. The Han people can survive in the cold winter all because of Du Zhi. We Our future depends entirely on crossing over.”
After saying that, he bowed to Chen Zhou.
As a person in power, Cao Cao knew very well how useful stoves and briquettes were.
As long as it is used where it should be used, it can do a lot of things for it and can add a lot of help to its development. It is not an exaggeration to say it is a magical tool.
Chen Zhou turned sideways slightly, not daring to accept such a courtesy from Cao Cao.
"Wen Cheng, Wen Tai!"
Cao Cao said again: "You should mass-produce these heaters and briquettes immediately. I will distribute them for free to all the people and refugees below to keep out the cold. Do you still have money?"
Cao Tai nodded and said: "We have money. If we don't have it, Captain Mojin can dig it out for us, but... we don't have enough manpower!"
Having money and no one is also an embarrassment.
Cao Fu echoed: "The existing workers in our factory are not enough to produce heaters and briquettes for all the people. Plus, it's freezing cold now, so the speed won't be very fast."
Their factory there has always been a small operation. Except for forging weapons that need to be used by Cao's army, they have a lot of manpower, and there are not many people in other areas.
Their production capacity can only supply their inner circle, and they have not yet thought of supplying so many people.
If we want to expand the scope of supply, we have to increase production capacity. Now, as the new year is approaching, it is not easy to recruit people.
"My lord, it's easy to want someone."
Xun You said: "As Du Zhi said just now, we will use work instead of relief. The young master will select people from among the refugees, let them work, and give them a bite of food and a warm place to live. Who would refuse?"
Cao Cao agreed: "That's right! This method of crossing can be applied in many places. Zixiu, you guys, look at the arrangements and increase the amount of these things as soon as possible to save as many people as possible. Save as many people as possible!"
"yes!"
Cao Ang understood what to do next.
The work-for-relief method was also carried out on the construction site of the reconstruction of Imperial College.
Today is the first day of work, and the number of workers has not changed. However, Xia Houyuan has just received an order to go to the refugee concentration camp and select young, strong and hard-working refugees to come back to work.
The idea of the refugees is indeed very simple. As long as they have a mouthful of food to survive, they are willing to do anything for you.
In troubled times, the lives of refugees wandering away from home are so low.
"Water, sit down!"
Cao Cao asked people to move the seats to the stove, and continued: "Gongda and Fengxiao are also sitting together. How are the voices of the scribes from aristocratic families opposing us recently?"
Xun You first said: "It calmed down a lot. Maybe it was because I saw the lord's order to seek talents, rebuild the Imperial Academy, and agreed to their appointment. I had nothing to say for a while and felt regretful."
Chen Zhou shook his head and said, "It's impossible for them to regret it. The reason why they have nothing to say is that I guess they haven't found a second point to attack us yet, and they haven't unified their words yet."
Guo Jia agreed: "I agree with Duzhi. We have affected the interests of many people, and they will not sit idly by. The current peace may only be a few days. In a few days, we can still see them continue to initiate Speech attacks.”
Chen Zhou added: "These are all trivial matters. The lord's order to seek talents was issued, and capable poor people and common people began to fill the vacancies in the aristocratic families. When the reconstruction of our Imperial College is completed, their objections may be truly subdued. "
These are indeed small things, probably the war of words and knowledge between monopoly and antitrust.
Whoever can master the greater knowledge base will be able to dominate.
When the reconstruction of Taixue is completed, the aristocratic families will find that their advantage in knowledge is gone, and they will unknowingly shut up.
After hearing this, Cao Cao and Xun You agreed with their judgment and put the matter aside for the time being. What they still have to solve now are the problems of refugees, severe cold and food.
