Yelu Chongguang returned to Taocheng from Qingyuan, and Liang Chuan made some improvements to the coal stove.
Yelu Zhongguang watched Liang Chuan go crazy, tinkering with the carpenter's and blacksmith's stuff as soon as he got up, and he didn't know where the fun was.
That blower thing is a bit interesting. If you shake it with your hands, the wind from the air blower will blow out continuously. If this thing is installed in the air inlet of the coal stove, the coal stove will burn more vigorously.
But when it comes to boiling water and cooking, putting it on a coal stove is the same as putting it on ordinary coal. The fire is so strong anyway, and it will be too hot to kill!
Anyway, he feels that there is no market for this thing in the south. There are too many trees in the south. Every household can go to the mountains to collect some firewood and it can burn for ten days and a half. People in the city may be a little rare, but firewood is so cheap. Every day, many people carry them into the city to sell them.
And now there is a new type of firewood-saving stove in Qingyuan City. It is a good thing. It burns well and saves firewood. We have this thing. Who cares about coal stoves? It is really boring.
To be honest, whenever Liang Chuan created something before, everyone would give it a thumbs up, but this time no one praised it, and it was incredible to see it.
Yelu Chongguang couldn't bear to interrupt Liang Chuan's interests, so he could only report on his work from the side.
"Mr. Su has already made an agreement with General Si Fangxingsi and Master Gao. He plans to send a group of prisoners to Taocheng and build a prison camp here, which will be the new prison of Quanzhou Prefecture in the future!"
Liang Chuan didn't expect this to happen at all. Su Wei was really evil-minded, and he thought of such a bad idea. It was really bad.
Who are those people in the prison? As long as they are not sentenced for one day, they are free labor. Liang Chuan is still thinking that it is too dangerous down there in the mine. The Tianxiong Army is his treasure. If a mining disaster really happens, the loss will be huge.
He didn't dare to go out and recruit villagers to mine in a big way, because he was afraid that they would be lax, and he was also afraid that they would be obsessed with this coal mine, and it would be difficult to deal with it if they started to cause trouble.
It's okay now. Su Wei pulled these prisoners over. Liang Chuan, the prison in Weiyuan Building, also went in. There are so many people inside. Any place in the world with good economic development, no matter how large the population is, there will be no trouble. Just more! Weiyuan Building Prison is overcrowded. Gao Chun has long had the idea to persuade Zhao Weixian to build a new prison. Now that Su Wei has come forward, Zhao Weixian should readily agree.
These people don't have to pay their wages!
Liang Chuan asked: "Has Mr. Su got the plan?"
"Mr. Su said that he has everything figured out. He is just waiting for you to go back and finalize some details with him. Don't worry about transporting coal. He has plenty of ideas!"
Liang Chuan smiled: "This old fox is indeed my Zhang Liang!"
After the coal stove had been burning for a day, it cracked with a loud bang, and Liang Chuan, who was about to be happy, frowned again.
After the coal fire was extinguished, Liang Chuan picked up the inner wall of the stove and looked at it. The furnace wall was made of green bricks. Some kaolin and yellow mud were added to the sintered inner wall. It turned out to be extremely hard. Looking at this Liang Chuan slapped his thigh heavily and thought to himself: How could I forget such an important raw material for production!
But now is not the time to do other things. Liang Chuan must improve the coal stove first!
The strength in the coal stove is okay, but the bricks outside
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It falls apart easily. How about going to the blacksmith shop to get a layer of iron sheets to wrap it up?
The blacksmith shop does not have that much energy to hammer out the iron sheet. Such a thin iron sheet must be continuously hit with a hammer to break the thickness into thin sheets, and finally it can be turned into iron sheet. They only have so much energy. The iron sheets in Taocheng County are The young shop apprentice is still a child, how can he survive without having to take on other tasks?
Liang Chuan had no choice but to ask the blacksmith to hammer out a few iron bars to hold the coal stove for the time being!
Not to mention, with the iron hoop, the strength of the coal stove instantly increased by several levels. After burning for a long time, although there were some small cracks, the overall strength was still there and the function of the coal stove was not lost!
This coal stove really burns non-stop after it is built. It is easy to replace briquettes. It is not like throwing coal directly into the stove, where the bottom is often burned into stone and is no longer flammable. However, it is inconvenient to replace. New coal can only be piled on top. Above, in this way the burning rate is reduced a lot, and the fire is easily extinguished!
Once the fire goes out, it takes a long time to light it up, which is really annoying! Who wouldn't be annoyed when the Tianxiong Army's men are exhausted every day when they go to the mines, and when they get out of the mines they have to light a fire to cook?
The coal stove invented by Liang Chuan is different. If the air inlet under the coal stove is sealed when not in use, a new piece of briquettes can burn for two or three days as long as it is left there for no more than three days. Open the air inlet. , hold the blower wooden box and turn it around a few times, and the fire will start immediately. It is easy to make a fire and cook!
Now everyone can see the usefulness of this coal stove!
What's even more amazing is the cinders. There is water seepage in some places at the entrance of the mine. When you step on it, you will feel muddy. If you crush the cinders and scatter them, it will be much smoother and easier to walk on!
For a time, Liang Chuan's new invention went from being despised by everyone to being sought after by everyone. There were hundreds of Tianxiong Army members in the Tianhu Mountain mine. They followed suit and took some of their manpower to crush the excavated coal into pulverized coal. Then they were molded into briquettes and neatly packed into a large open space!
The coal stove has made more than thirty more! In just a few days, the coal stove has become the main source of cooking!
It seems to be a good thing, otherwise people wouldn’t be after this thing!
Liang Chuan himself lamented: Whose family didn't have a coal stove back then, otherwise they could still cook?
It was not until the emergence of natural gas that briquettes were overthrown. Otherwise, this thing would still be very common in the 21st century.
The first batch of briquettes was coated with a layer of yellow mud and stacked like bricks. They were loaded onto a carriage and drove off to Qingyuan. Liang Chuan and Cao Buxiu personally escorted the carriage.
We really encountered a lot of people asking for help on the road, but no one would have thought that this brick-like thing was actually coal. Taocheng was too poor. If there were minerals, we wouldn't have been poor for so many years!
When Liang Chuan returned to Qingyuan, the first thing he did was to call Gao Chun and Si Fangxing together, with Su Wei accompanying them.
He actually said what he had to say, and was not afraid of these two people betraying him.
Gao Chun's older brother Gao Gan is now completely on the same side as Liang Chuan, and it is impossible for him to rebel. I believe Gao Gan has secretly explained the background of Gao Chun's younger brother Liang Chuan. After all, Si Fangxing was exactly the landowner raised by Liang Chuan. If Liang Chuan didn't want to give him these benefits, he would have been able to support another person!
The two of them are now living off Liang Chuan. Su Wei found them and when he mentioned that he wanted to build a prison camp in Taocheng, a place where birds don't shit, the two of them didn't dare to mention a word!
A table of people is seated
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, Su Wei looked at Liang Chuan who had eaten a lot of dirt these days and said, "My boss heard that you have developed a new gadget?"
"Your ears are still good even when you are old. This thing is called a coal stove. In the future, our port can promote it first. There are so many people coming and going in the port and there is no place to start a stove. It is best to use a coal stove!"
"Can this coal be sold? If it is better than firewood, why not transport it back and sell it in large quantities?"
As expected, Liang Chuan and Su Wei peed in the same place and said, "That's exactly what I thought. It seems we have an idea! But the troublesome problem is how to solve the transportation!"
Liang Chuan explained the method Cao Buxiu said to Su Wei for analysis. Su Wei commented: "This method is good, but it is not a long-term solution. Over time, someone will always keep an eye on me, so I thought of another method. Just bring in the people from Quanzhou Prefecture!"
"Tell me how to do it!"
Su Wei was not afraid to say directly in front of Gao Chun and Si Fangxing: "Our blacksmiths on Liu'ao Island need a lot of coal. This time you went to the Taocheng mine to dig it out, but our people can't go there in person. To dig coal, it's best to use those dead prisoners to dig coal. Firstly, it doesn't cost us any money. Secondly, the government will watch over them for us. The most important thing is the transportation!"
Liang Chuan heard some clues and said, "Lao Wei, what do you mean..."
"We have to use the government's name to transport this coal!"
Si Fangxing and Gao Chun broke into cold sweats as they listened.
Fortunately for Gao Chun, he had known that what Liang Chuan did was a serious matter of decapitation. Now his brother is doing whatever Liang Chuan tells him to do. He also said that he can't go against Liang Chuan's wishes, so he doesn't think there is anything too surprising. .
Si Fangxing was in trouble. He didn't drink too much this time. When he was sober, he saw Su Wei and Liang Chuan digging coal and asking their government officials to help transport something. He was so scared that his heart almost jumped out of his chest. , and still need a lot of coal, what is Liang Chuan doing?
"Sanlang, what are you doing?"
Si Fangxing was a little scared. He was afraid that the wealth he had obtained would disappear!
Liang Chuan said: "It's nothing. I just saw that the amount of firewood brought in and out of the city every day is quite large, so I developed a new coal stove, but it only burns coal!"
Si Fangxing finally heard it: "Are you digging coal privately?"
Liang Chuan waved his hands indifferently and said, "What are you talking about, Lao Xing? I bought that hilltop and dug out a few taels of broken coal. Is it illegal?"
What Liang Chuan did in Qingyuan Port back then was ten thousand times more sinful than this. It's not even a big deal. Now it's enough to poach his court. When did Si Fangxing's courage really become so timid? How can he do this? event!
The eyes of several people couldn't help but become a little contemptuous. Besides, coal can be dug in the south, so what's the point of it?
Si Fangxing, what are you anxious about? ,
Si Fangxing seemed to realize his gaffe. To put it bluntly, this matter was not brought to the table at all. Even if gold was dug out of his own land, it would still belong to his family, unless the mine was opened by the imperial court. Such things were dug in the northwest. There are so many, who can dig them all?
"That's not the case. It's just what you want to do, Sanlang. Brother Gaochun also agrees with your approach. There's nothing to say about Prince Zhao. Taocheng is a bit far away, so it's just the right place to house these prisoners!"
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