Da Wei Chun

Chapter 56
After leaving the Eight Stone Warehouse, Li Chengzhi was about to leave when he saw a few Taoist children carrying things out in a warehouse next to him.

A large pile of yellow paper, a large pile of white paper, as well as bamboo pads, silk towels, and several boxes of coal.

Seeing his curiosity, the Taoist Zhike explained: "When the snow melts, there is some tide on the mountain, and the sun is just right today, so I will take it out and let it dry..."

Li Chengzhi was a little puzzled.

White paper, yellow paper, as well as that bamboo paper, silk books are easy to talk about, but what about the coal?

Is Taipingguan coal so precious?
How can you see that the Li family's village is piled up at random, and it is not covered when it snows?
"How to put coal (coal) and tablet together?"

Carboniferous?

The Taoist Zhike glanced at him in surprise, his face full of weirdness, as if he was holding back a smile.

Li Song's face was also flushed, thinking that a person like Lang Jun's immortal should not be so ignorant?
He endured and endured, but in the end, he didn't want the Taoist priest to see the joke, and reminded softly: "Langjun, that's graphite... Kou Tianshi removed three false laws, and gave up bad habits. The believers in the religion no longer worship rice grain and silk. Even cattle and sheep slaves... No matter rich or poor, each person only needs to provide thirty sheets of paper, a tube of pen, and a stick of ink... These graphites are worshipped by believers, and are specially used for painting statues or mixing pigments... "

Li Chengzhi suddenly realized that it was graphite.

I forgot that pine smoke ink and oil smoke ink were used to grind ink before they were invented.

Suddenly, there was a joke...

But this thing is not only used for grinding ink, it is also excellent for steelmaking...

Um, steelmaking?

"Wow", as if something exploded in his mind, Li Chengzhi's body was stiff and dumb as a wooden chicken.

What are you thinking about?

When you thought about making steel and forging armor before, didn't you already think about using a crucible?

At that time, I was thinking about where to find some graphite. In the image, the surrounding Wuwei, Zhangye, and Tianshui all have this thing, and the stock seems to be very large.

It's just a little far away. It's really inconvenient to run such a long road in the cold weather. Besides, graphite is not commonly used, so I'm not impressed. I only remember the approximate location. I don't know how deep it is buried, okay? Good luck, and finally gave up the idea.

The main reason is that Huating’s clay and crucible are the best in the world and are extremely resistant to high temperatures. The Huating Ankou Kiln in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties was one of the six major folk kilns. Many blue and white porcelains were fired from Ankou kilns, so I thought if If graphite is not found, the problem should not be too big.

But since there is an extra layer of protection, why not use it?
At least you don't have to worry about the temperature being too high, the molten steel hasn't been smelted, and the crucible was burned and fried first...

Hahaha, this Taiping concept is simply a blessed place for yourself, do you want to do good things?

Li Chengzhi laughed like a lunatic.

The Taoist priest Zhike had a strange expression on his face: Just now, he was like a fool, but in a blink of an eye, he was like crazy again, and laughed to himself?

Why is this Li Jialangjun so weird?
Li Song was already used to it, and he could see Li Chengzhi's appearance at every turn.

But not at home today...

Without waiting for Li Song's reminder, Li Chengzhi stopped by himself.

He asked a little excitedly: "I wonder if this graphite is easy to find?"

What does Lang Jun want this thing for?

Li Song turned his thoughts and replied honestly: "Jingzhou City and Hanyang City have them, but when the chaos arises, I'm afraid the road will not be easy to walk... There are clansmen in the Baozhong family who have children studying, maybe There are some……"

perhaps?

What if not?
Li Chengzhi immediately put on a smiling face, and asked enthusiastically: "Dare to ask, can you give me a box of this graphite evenly to my Li family, and when the chaos is settled, I will give it back in double!"

That box is at least seventy or eighty catties, enough to make one hundred crucibles...

What does Mr. Li Jialang want this thing to do?
Knowing the guest, the Taoist felt strange, but he didn't ask any more questions, and replied generously: "It's just a few boxes of graphite, why should Lang Jun return it? The weather is cold, and there is no need to add color and color to the gods, Lang Jun just takes it all. …”

Hahaha, then I'm welcome.

Even if the crucible is not used up, it can also be used to start a blast furnace.

The refractory bricks fired from clay mixed with graphite should not be too resistant to burning...

Li Chengzhi immediately asked the clerk to borrow a few pockets, and asked Li Song to bring some armored soldiers to pack the graphite and put it on the horse's back.

If it is said that sulfur has been planned for a long time, this graphite is based on luck.

Li Chengzhi was not generally happy, if it wasn't for the fear of revealing traces, he would have untied the piece of jade on his body and gave it to the Taoist priest Zhike.

When I asked for his name, he said it was Zhang, and then again, he was a child of a clan.

If you count down further, you will definitely not be able to turn a few corners, and you will be able to draw up the relationship...

……

The benefits are a lot, but not much time has passed.

The last trip to the mountain was not easy, so Li Chengzhi decided to take the time to go to Nanfeng again.

The first is to plan how the households at the foot of the mountain will be resettled when the rebels attack.

The second is that Li Chengzhi is investigating, where is the appropriate place for steelmaking and forging armor.

It must not be placed under the mountain, otherwise when the thieves come, it will be too late to move.

In terms of convenience, Nanfeng must be the most suitable: after all, the venues are ready-made, and the roads are also ready-made.

When it comes to confidentiality, it must be North Peak.

After all, it is uninhabited, so it is more convenient to destroy the traces when you leave.

But the trouble is that the mountain roads must be repaired, the grounds leveled, and even the houses where the households and blacksmiths live.

The manpower is enough, but it takes some time...

Li Chengzhi decided to read it and talk about it later.

Halfway through the frozen mountain road, it's not easy to go by car, but riding a horse is no problem.

It took about half an hour to cross the canyon that was about half a mile long and ten feet deep, and Li Chengzhi reached the middle peak to the south peak.

The monks on the mountain had been emptied long ago. Whether it was monk officials, monks, or monks, they were all sent to the monk's house at the foot of the mountain. At this time, only the twenty soldiers left by Li Song were guarding Zhaoxuan Temple.

Anything that is valuable and edible, as long as it can be moved, has long been robbed by the monks and the people, so there is basically nothing to steal from Zhaoxuan Temple.

These twenty soldiers were left by Li Song because he was afraid that someone would set fire to the mountain at night.

About [-] feet away from the top of the mountain, the road became stone steps, but there was a rut for carriages to walk on, but there was ice in the rut, so everyone dismounted and started walking because they were afraid that the horse would stumble.

Stepping on the stairs and stepping into the gate of Zhaoxuan Temple, Li Chengzhi first saw a bottle of Buddha statues.

It is two feet tall, with a benevolent face, standing against the wind.

Just by looking at those ears, you can tell that this is the Buddha.

It must have not been cleaned for many days, a lot of dust has fallen, and some places have been bumped, revealing red mud.

(End of this chapter)