The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 302 Take a Look Under the Mine

Lu Bu decided to change the taste of war meals, and also planned to let the cooks develop dry food with meat and vegetarian dishes, which shows that he also attaches great importance to the diet of the soldiers.

Since joining Lu Bu, Sun Ce also found that Lu Bu's soldiers ate very little food every day.

At least compared to the soldiers he once led, the soldiers under Lu Bu only ate one or two bowls of rice every day.

Although they don't eat much every day, the soldiers spend a lot of money on food.

They have meat and vegetarian dishes every day, and ordinary soldiers eat better than other officers under the command of heroes.

"Come with me to the coal mine." It was still early, and Lu Bu stood up to greet Sun Ce.

It has long been heard that there is a coal mine in Xuzhou, and merchants from all over the country gather here, waiting for the coal to be shipped out immediately.

At the beginning of coal mining, merchants did not think that it would have much profit to be made.

Zhang Shiping and others sold coal to various places in Xuzhou. At first, it was used by some blacksmith shops, and later spread to the homes of officials and gentry, and then it became an important fuel used by ordinary people to replace firewood.

Even when the army goes out to fight, the fuel they carry is coal instead of firewood.

The price of firewood in the market has never been very low, and it is even more expensive to burn it into charcoal.

The coal produced in Xuzhou, in addition to the green smoke when burned, is far stronger than expensive charcoal in terms of burning time and heat generated by burning.

The emergence of coal has gradually replaced firewood, which was once the main fuel, in many places.

Accompanied by Sun Ce, Lu Bu led a dozen guards out of Pengcheng and arrived at a coal mine in the suburbs.

Several persons in charge of the coal mine heard that Lu Bu was coming, so they rushed to the mine exit.

Seeing Lu Bu and others from a distance, they bowed and saluted.

When he came in front of them, Lu Bu glanced at them, "Are you all the managers here?"

"Report to Marquis Chu, we are all in charge here." One of them replied.

"How is the coal mine recently?" Lu Bu asked, "Are there as many people coming here to buy coal as in the past?"

"It's not just like in the past." The steward replied: "The coal that is mined every day is transported out by merchants without even being selected. Even if it is rough selection and leftover waste rock and coal slime, someone will buy it for you." go."

"Is someone buying coal gangue and coal slime?" Lu Bu asked, "What's the use of those things?"

"It is said that it can be mixed with coal." The steward replied, "It's not easy for us to ask more questions when merchants do business."

"It's true that there is no business and no evil." Lu Bu said with a smile: "You are right, we have no control over what the merchants do. What we have to do is that the coal that comes out of here is all high-quality coal. As for them How to add other things, we don’t have to care about it, and there is no need to care about it.”

The several stewards couldn't stop responding, and followed Lu Bu to the mine.

When Lu Bu arrived, the gate of the mine was already open.

He had only heard of a coal mine in Xuzhou, but Sun Ce had never been here before. Following Lu Bu into the mine, he felt that everything was very novel.

In particular, there is a small hill piled up with gangue in the mine. The dark mountain makes it look different from any mountain Sun Ce has ever seen.

Following behind Lu Bu, Sun Ce looked left and right, as if he wanted to come to the mine through this time, so as to see everything in the coal mine clearly.

"What kind of lighting is used below the coal mine?" While walking, Lu Bu asked the steward, "There is also ventilation. How did you solve it?"

"For ventilation, we use a large wind bag." The steward replied, "There are special people on it to press the wind bag and send the wind to the bottom of the mine."

Of course Lu Bu could understand what the manager said, but Sun Ce was completely confused and didn't understand what he meant.

It's just a coal mine, so why do we need windbags for ventilation, and what kind of lighting do we need...

Turning his head to look at Sun Ce, Lu Bu knew that he must be full of doubts at this moment.

He didn't explain to Sun Ce, but just asked, "If Bo Fu wants to find out what the coal mine looks like, just follow me to see it."

"Take us to look at the wind bag." Lu Bu instructed the steward.

The steward responded and led them to the mine entrance.

As they approached the place, Lu Bu and the others saw two huge windbags at the entrance.

Several miners were stepping on windbags, blowing wind into the mine.

After the windbag on the left is blown, the windbag on the right is then connected.

By the time the wind in the right windbag is pushed into the mine, the left one has subsequently been filled with fresh air.

"Who thought of making these two windbags?" Lu Bu asked the steward.

The steward replied, "It's Mr. Chen. He thought we couldn't do it by blowing wind into the mine, so he tried to make these two windbags..."

"There are still many ways to go to the public platform." Lu Bu nodded, and then said to the steward, "Take us down the well to have a look."

"Marquis Chu is going down the well?" the steward asked in astonishment.

"When you come here, of course you have to go underground to take a look." Lu Bu said: "The most important thing in coal mines is safety. I can't see anything standing here. Only when I go underground can I understand how you usually protect the miners. thoughtful.

Lu Bu wanted to go down the well to have a look, so of course the stewards didn't dare to stop him.

The steward who took the lead said timidly to Lu Bu: "The bottom of the mine is very dirty. If you go down, you will definitely get ashes on your face. I will ask people not to mine coal for now. After Chu Hou sees it..."

"If I don't mine, how do I know where I can't do it?" Lu Bu interrupted him: "Don't talk so much, get some sets of clothes worn by miners, and Bo Fu and I and others will go down and have a look."

Knowing that Lu Bu must go to the bottom of the mine to have a look, the steward had to order another steward next to him to find some clothes worn by miners.

Not long after, the steward brought some brand new clothes with him.

Picking up a piece of clothing and shaking it out, Lu Bu said with a smile, "I'm afraid these clothes will be smaller if I wear them."

"The Marquis of Chu is too big, ordinary people can't compare to him." The steward who took the lead hurriedly replied: "If you rush to make clothes, I'm afraid it will be too late..."

"I can't ask you to rush to make a set of clothes just for the next mine." Lu Bu said, "If it's smaller, it's better than going down in armor."

"Chuhou, please change your clothes here." The steward who took the lead asked Lu Bu and others to change their clothes not too far from the entrance of the mine.

There were three houses with a large area. After entering the room, Lu Bu found that there were many boxes neatly stacked in the room.

(End of this chapter)