The king behind the empress

Chapter 66 The Birth of Honeycomb
Listening to Mo Zizai's question about coal, Tao Qiong was a little puzzled, wondering why Mo Zizai asked this, "That's right, my lord, we have always used coal to build weapons, is there anything wrong?"

"Nothing wrong."

Mo Zizai shook his head and continued to ask, "When you used coal, did you ever see anthracite?"

"anthracite?"

Tao Qiong was a little puzzled, but quickly realized, "My lord, are you talking about white coal? The kind that burns without smoke?"

"Yes, that's it!"

Hearing Tao Qiong say that there was no smoke in the fire, Mo Zizai nodded immediately, "Is there?"

"There is, but the temperature of the white coal is not enough, we generally pick it out and use it."

Tao Qiong still didn't understand Mo Zizai's purpose, he asked tentatively: "If the prince wants it, can I go find some for you?"

"Go, go quickly!"

After Mo urged here, he quickly reminded: "By the way, besides anthracite, loess is also needed."

After making arrangements, Mo Zizai didn't stay here to wait, but directly found a courtyard, and called the few people who were blacksmithing to stop.

"You all come here."

Mo Zizai called all these people over, "Among you, who has the best crafting technology?"

Because of the relatively hot weather, these blacksmiths were all bare-chested when forging blacksmiths. Hearing Mo Zizai's question, several of them turned their eyes to a very majestic man in unison.

Because he knew the reason of Mo Zizai's identity, this person was a little nervous, "Returning to the prince, we are all blacksmiths, and there is not much difference in skills."

"However, because the smaller one is a Body Tempering Realm cultivation, it's just slightly stronger."

"That's fine, it's up to you. Anyway, I don't have much technical content. I draw a picture, and you type it out for me."

Mo Zizai looked around but couldn't find any paper, so he simply squatted on the ground and started drawing.

The thing that Mo Zizai drew looks like a bicycle pump, but underneath it is a cylinder about ten centimeters in size, and inside the cylinder are more than a dozen iron pillars as thick as a thumb.

"Can this thing be typed?"

Because Mo Zizai's painting was somewhat abstract, the blacksmith in the Body Tempering Realm stared at it for a long time before he could barely distinguish the structure of the thing.

"If you can fight, you can fight."

The blacksmith frowned and studied for a while before asking, "I just don't know what material you want to use, my lord. Do you have any requirements for the hardness of this thing?"

"Of course the hardness is not..."

Mo Zizai was halfway through talking, when he suddenly realized that this thing does not need iron to be made, but wood can also be made, "Forget it, you don't need to worry about this."

"Zhou Qi, go and help me find a piece of wood that is as thick as the mouth of a bowl. It should be about six feet long. Try to make it as straight as possible. I will make it myself."

"Yes, my lord."

Zhou Qi didn't ask Mo Zizai why he wanted the wood, but turned around and went out to look for it.

"As for you."

Mo Zizai thought for a while, and said: "Don't be idle, help me get a stove out."

The stove is so simple that there is no need for Mo Zizai to draw a picture at all. He just said something briefly, and several blacksmiths understood his intentions and went straight to prepare it for him.

While Mo Zizai was waiting, Tao Qiong rushed over with a few people pushing two carts, "My lord, Bai...the anthracite and loess are ready, how do you use them?"

"Break it into powder."

Mo Zizai directed a few people to start working, "After smashing, mix anthracite with loess. In terms of ratio, [-]% coal and [-]% soil are enough."

"After mixing, add water to mix them together until they are a bit viscous."

Under Mo Zizai's order, everyone except Tao Qiong started to work, crushing the anthracite and loess.

And while they were working, Zhou Qi rushed back with a long log.

"Paulownia, just right."

Mo Zizai took over the flimsy piece of wood and was very satisfied. Then he drew out the Long Zai sword and chopped off a small half of the piece of wood.

Next, under Mo Zizai's powerful control ability, the wood was quickly cut by Long Zaijian into the shape Mo Zizai wanted, which was a handle for making briquettes.

After the handle is cut, the coal slime mixed with coal and loess has also been stirred, and the viscosity is just right.

Mo Zizai took the briquette handle and pressed it hard into the coal a few times, then took the handle to a placed wooden board, and with a light press, a briquette was formed smoothly.

"it is good!"

Mo Zizai was a little excited when he saw the honeycomb briquettes formed. He had been thinking about how to solve the problem of the Little Ice River these days. It was not until he saw the coal in the forging furnace when he came that he remembered that people of this era, Heating still relies on things like charcoal or firewood.

But these things are not cheap, and ordinary poor people can't afford them at all.

Therefore, he immediately thought of the honeycomb briquettes in his previous life, which was a magic weapon for heating. Even in the era of advanced technology in Mo Zizai's previous life, people still used this thing for heating before heating was fully rolled out.

Although limited by the mining methods of this era, the price of coal is definitely not much cheaper, but at least it gives people an additional means of heating.

Moreover, Mo Zizai already has an idea about expanding the production of coal mines. If all goes well, the price of coal should be reduced to a very low level.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for my stupidity."

Tao Qiong stared at the honeycomb briquettes that Mo Zizai made for a long time before asking in confusion, "What is this thing for?"

"You'll know when it lights up in the afternoon."

Mo Zizai didn't explain too much. It will take an afternoon to dry the briquettes, and the stove over there is estimated to be ready in the afternoon, so he just waited until the afternoon to finish a piece, and then showed Tao Qiong the on-site experiment.

Because he had to wait for these things, Mo Zizai simply stayed at the Weapons Bureau, and even ate lunch here.

It was not until three or four o'clock in the afternoon that Tao Qiong came to inform Mo Zizai, saying that the stove and briquettes had been finished, and asked Mo Zizai to look at it.

After arriving at the yard, Mo Zizai took a look at the briquette first. It was more than half dried, and only the center was still slightly soft, but if it was just an experiment, the effect would not be too great.

As for the stove, it looks a little rougher than the honeycomb coal stove Mo Zizai had seen in his previous life. It looks silly and rough in appearance, but overall it is said to be highly reductive, with a mouth on the top and a hole in the bottom, and the shape and size are suitable. , just can be used to put briquettes.

Mo Zizai casually took two iron rods and put the honeycomb coal in the forge to make fire. After the honeycomb coal was completely ignited, Mo Zizai put it into the coal furnace.

Then, Mo Zizai clamped two new briquettes and pressed them on the ignited briquette.

After a long time, the two new briquettes pressed on top were finally ignited by the lower briquette, and clusters of flames ignited above the coal stove.

"Honeycomb, it's done!"

(End of this chapter)