Lu Dynasty

Chapter 435 Honeycomb Coal

Ma Jun and Pu Yuan also made coal stoves very quickly, and they delivered the things in a short time.I can't help laughing when I look at the stove they built.The stove they made is indeed similar to the one I drew, but the liner inside is a bit unsatisfactory, and I don't know what it is made of, and it is a little uneven.Ma Jun said embarrassingly: "My lord, the outer shell is quite easy to make, but I don't know what to do with the inner liner. Pu Yuan and I got some soil used by others to make stoves, and put a liner in it. My lord, take a look and it's still good." Are you satisfied?"

"I won't say whether it looks good or not, let's try its effect first! Is the mold I want you to make ready?" Pu Yuan is a professional blacksmith, and he handed the mold to me.I took a look at the mould, and it really looked like that.I mixed soot and oxidizer and poured it into the mold, but I didn't know how to make the black powdery thing into a solid.

Pu Yuan asked: "Master, do you need to add some water?"

"How can I light it by adding water?" Ma Jun objected to Pu Yuan's proposal of adding water.

Pu Yuan said: "Anyway, it's a test product, just add water and then dry it with fire. If it can be used, I will make it in advance and then dry it in the sun!" Pu Yuan's words reminded me. I remember watching the adults at home when I was young. To make briquettes and briquettes, they are mixed with water and dried in the sun.I asked the shopkeeper to bring some water, mix the coal ash into a thick shape and pour it into the mold. Ma Jun picked up the mold and went to the restaurant's kitchen to dry the coal inside into lumps.When they poured out the coal, a large strip of briquette appeared in front of my eyes.

"How can this thing be ignited?" Ma Jun has never seen this thing before, and today is considered a good experience for him.

I asked the shopkeeper to bring a piece of burning charcoal from the stove and put it on the steel bar under the stove, and then inserted the whole strip of briquette into the stove.Although the briquettes poured out of the mold are very long, even a section higher than the furnace.But since it's an experiment, it doesn't need to be so precise.Not long after the coals were put into the stove, we could clearly feel the heat from the stove.Ma Jun and Pu Yuan looked at each other with excited expressions on their faces.I laughed and said, "It's too early to be happy, the most important part hasn't been installed yet, you don't want anyone to die while using this thing!" Pu Yuan saw that this thing really worked, and immediately regained his energy. He pulled Ma Jun and insisted on installing the chimney.

I asked the shopkeeper to close the doors and windows. After a while, fine beads of sweat appeared on the heads of Ma Jun and Pu Yuan who were wearing thick clothes. I smiled and said: "It's so hot, why don't you take off your clothes quickly?" If you still have heatstroke in winter, then you will become the biggest joke of the Ministry of Industry this year!"

But Ma Jun laughed and said, "What's the matter, my lord, Xiao Yuanzi and I are very resistant to heat! When I learned how to build with Master, we didn't just swing the sledgehammer next to the stove during the dog days. What a difference!"

Pu Yuan took it and said: "With you here, how can we be rude!"

"Come on, don't take your lord so rigidly!" I was sweating too, so I took the lead to take off my clothes, and then I smiled and said, "Well, your lord also took off, you just take off your clothes." Don't be restrained! Shopkeeper, fill me a pot of water with the kettle, I want to make tea!"

The shopkeeper shouted from outside the door: "Of course we servants will do the tea making, so why should the lord do it yourself! I'll go and prepare tea for you guys!"

"Wait! I told you to bring a pot of water, so you can bring a pot of water. I have a use for it!" Although the shopkeeper was kind, he didn't know that I was going to use the pot to demonstrate the usefulness of the stove.Maybe Ma Jun and Pu Yuan, looking at the lid of the steam pot, can invent the steam engine like Watt did back then!At that time, we big men will enter the industrial age a thousand years ahead of schedule.

"My lord, can I come in?" The shopkeeper knocked on the door.He knew that Ma Jun, Pu Yuan and I were studying in the private room. He was afraid that what secrets we were researching, so he stayed outside the private room and did not dare to come in or leave.

"Come in and feel it!" Ma Jun and I were so hot that we had already put on unlined clothes, but the shopkeeper stood outside the door in the bitter cold wind to help us guard the door, which made me a little embarrassed.

"Oh...oh my god!" The shopkeeper opened the door and came in, and a wave of heat rushed towards him, making him almost sit on the ground.The shopkeeper asked tremblingly: "My lord, are you and the two gentlemen gods? How can you make such a warm place in this cold winter!"

I pointed to the coal stove and said, "Come on! Tell Xiaoer to call Huang Ming, Mi Zhu, and Guo Jia, and then close the door and come in to enjoy the fire. As for the kettle, put it on it!" Although in the Han Dynasty, some people burned braziers to keep warm , but the shopkeeper didn't see us using that kind of thing, so he was a little surprised.

The shopkeeper put the kettle on the stove, and asked Xiao Er to call Huang Ming and the others.After he finished what I ordered, he walked into the private room and smiled at me; "Thank you for the blessing, my lord, for allowing me to enjoy the warmth of this winter!" After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Ma Jun and Pu Yuan burst out Laughed.

Guo Jia, Mi Zhu, and Huang Ming quickly came to the restaurant under my call. As soon as they entered the private room, their reaction was not much better than that of the shopkeeper.Guo Jia stared at me and asked, "Master, how did you do it?"

"This is not only due to me, but also to Ma Jun and Pu Yuan. You are here to promote this thing. Do you see if there is any problem?" I pointed to the coal stove and said to Guo Jia and the others.

Huang Ming asked; "Does Ba Xian want to use this thing to make money?"

"Don't be stupid, uncle, I want to promote this thing to the people under my rule. Naturally, I can't use it to make any money. The people under my rule can only charge the cost. Anyway, they have surplus food in their hands now, so instead of letting them just hoard it like this, It’s better to let them use it to improve their lives. As for making money, it is natural to earn money from other princes! You put coal stoves in Jimin restaurants in various cities, and those princes must be greedy when they see them. Stoves can be imitated, but Coal is no good, and when the time comes when we just sell coal, we will be able to make a lot of money!” In fact, honeycomb coal is also easy to make, but it will be very troublesome for those who don’t understand.You know, even coal stoves have gone through several stages before they are developed to burn briquettes.

"Then why did the Prime Minister call me here?" Mi Zhu didn't understand why I called him here.Since I want to ask Guo Jia to use coal stoves in Jimin Restaurant for publicity purposes.Letting Huang Ming sell coal has nothing to do with Mi Zhu, let alone the Ministry of Commerce.

I smiled and said to Mi Zhu, "I called you because I want to do business with you!"

(End of this chapter)