please make me king

Chapter 1073
After Zhang Shun asked Yaozhou Zhizhou Song Qijiao for a while, he seemed to inadvertently ask: "What is Song Zhizhou picking up here? It's quite convenient to write."

"Oh, this?" Song Qijiao couldn't help explaining to Zhang Shun, stretching out his dark hand, "This is gangue, which is the sundries mixed in the coal. It is hard and non-combustible, and it is useless because it is contaminated with coal dust. , just for chatting and writing.”

"Coal?" Zhang Shun had passed by Shanxi before, so he was no stranger to this thing.

I didn't expect this product to be produced in Huangbao Town, so I couldn't help being quite surprised.

"This coal is produced everywhere, especially in Yan, Qi, Qin, and Jin." Seeing Zhang Shun, Song Qijiao was quite curious and said again.

"Without the use of bellows and blowing fans, a small amount of charcoal is used to ignite it, and it will be blazing day and night. This is how to burn porcelain in this place, which is far better than charcoal!"

"In Qindi, Hancheng coal in Tongzhou is the most famous. The coal flows down the Yellow River, then turns to the Weihe River, and can go directly to Xi'an, where it is used for heating and cooking."

"Hancheng?" Zhang Shun suddenly realized why there was a shortage of firewood after Xi'an was besieged by him.

It turns out that Han City is in the northeast corner of Xi'an Prefecture, near the Yellow River.

At the beginning, the rebel army came from the east and successively occupied Tongguan, Huayin, Huazhou, Lintong and other places, and blocked the Weihe River, which prevented the transportation of coal from Hancheng, so Xi'an had to gather firewood for cooking.

After the rebel army occupied Shaanxi, they confronted the officers and soldiers on the Yellow River, which also made it difficult to transport coal from Hancheng to Xi'an.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun couldn't help asking: "Where is this product produced in the vicinity? Can it replace Hancheng coal and sell it to Xi'an and other places."

"I don't know anywhere else, but the nearby Huangbao Town and Chenlu Town are rich in this product. It is inexhaustible and inexhaustible!" Song Qijiao, the magistrate of Yaozhou, couldn't help but respond when he heard the words.

"Okay, can you take me there to have a look?" Zhang Shun thought to himself: The vegetation in Shaanxi has been severely damaged. If things go on like this, it may affect the amount of cultivated land.

If we can promote the use of coal instead of firewood, it will not only generate additional income, but also reduce the pressure on the local environment.

The coal mines in Huangbao Town, like the kilns, are located by the Qishui River.

Originally, the kiln was half-buried in the soil by the mountain. From the outside, it was almost the same as the local cave dwellings, and it was already difficult to distinguish. Zhang Shun never expected that the coal mine was also inconspicuous.

Mine, as the name suggests, is to dig a well for mining.

On the top of the mine, a huge wheel was erected.

A pile of black coals was piled up next to the wheel, and seven or eight people sat beside them in black, resting with palm fans.

It turns out that the ancient wells were all dug by hand. Because they had to accommodate the diggers to go down the well, the actual diameter was much larger than the current wells.

The shape of this mine is almost the same as that of the water wells of this era. If the pulleys for hanging people and coal are not much larger, most people may not be able to distinguish them.

When Zhang Shun saw this reel before, he thought that the Tongguan was a real person and that the reel made by the well was durable.

"Teacher, rest?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but stepped forward and asked.

"Oh, please don't blame me for offending your nobleman!" It was August and September, and the weather was hot, and these people were all shirtless. When they saw Zhang Shun's gorgeous clothes, and there was a female family member behind him, they couldn't help apologizing.

Because weaving is not easy in this era, most civilian men will be shirtless when it comes to work and hot weather.

Hong Niangzi and Ma Yingniang were born at the bottom, and they have long been familiar with it.

And Wang Qiying's family background is a bit better, but there are many warriors and reckless people around him, and he is not very elegant, so it is not surprising.

As for Zhang Shun, it hasn't reached the point where my mother-in-law blames others when she sees other men shirtless.

The three girls evaded for a while, Zhang Shun smiled and said: "It's okay, but we came here and delayed your work for a while."

"I don't know if your job of coal mining is hard or not. Who can do it?"

"It's not just suffering?" Everyone couldn't help laughing bitterly when they heard the words, "If you're unlucky, you might lose your life."

"When someone was 'digging the roots', the coal suddenly 'falled into the stack' and was directly buried alive in it; someone just entered the mine, and the poisonous gas rose and died in the well."

Mine collapse and gas?Although Zhang Shun has never eaten pork, has he ever seen a pig run away?

It's just that he is not from this major after all, and there is actually no good way.

"What do you mean by 'digging roots' and what do you mean by 'dropping stacks'?" Zhang Shun couldn't help asking.

"After entering the mine, it would take a lot of effort to dig coal entirely by manpower, so the coal is usually dug from the root, which is called 'digging the root'!" One of the older workers couldn't help explaining to Zhang Shun.

"After the planing is finished, use a 'stab gun' to poke and drop the coal above, which is called 'falling stacks'."

"Under normal circumstances, nothing happens. It's just that when the roots are digging, if the coal seam collapses, the person will be crushed to death or buried alive."

Everyone was talking when suddenly a bell rang.

The people who were sitting on the ground and resting got up one after another, and three people stood on one side. Under the slogan of the older man, they started to turn the mold wheel creakingly.

As the rope on the wheel was rolled up one after another, the objects in the well were hoisted up by the crowd after a while.

Zhang Shun stretched out his head and saw that it turned out to be a big basket made of Vitex twigs, and the basket was full of coal.

Everyone worked together to lift the basket of coal to the side, looked at the mark on it, and shouted: "One basket for the third basket, the third basket today."

Afterwards, everyone took out another basket and tied it to a rope, yelled twice at the well, and then threw it down.

Repeatedly like this, I have taken ten baskets full of coal before I can stop.

So, the people who pushed the wheel just now found a coal basket and picked them up.

"Master, what kind of knowledge do you have?" Zhang Shun didn't wink, and couldn't help but also squatted down and asked the older man.

"There is no way to do it, just to pick and choose." The master craftsman continued to work, explaining in his mouth: "This coal is divided into clear coal, crushed coal and fine coal."

"Ming coal is the most expensive, and it is exclusively for wealthy families. Broken coal is also called rice charcoal, which is specially used for cooking. Minced coal is also called tap air, and it needs to be livened with yellow mud, and it is made into cakes and sold."

"Master, it seems that you know a lot!" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, "I wonder if you are the foreman or the mine owner?"

"I'm the foreman, and I'm the owner of the mine!" The old worker couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "There is no land at home, and it just so happened that our ancestors accumulated virtue, and this thing was dug out by digging a well in the yard."

"How much can be produced every day, and what is the selling price, is it convenient to say?" Zhang Shun couldn't help but asked in a low voice after hearing the words, "Master, don't worry, tell me this, and I will have a good deed to repay you later!"

"Which one wants you to repay?" The old master shook his head when he heard the words, and replied in a low voice: "I have sixteen workers. The miners give four cents of silver every day, and the small workers give three cents of silver every day. The daily calculation of silver consumption Five cents and eight cents."

"Each miner digs six or seven baskets of coal a day, and a total of six or seven thousand catties of coal is dug every day."

"The selling price of coal varies from [-] cents to [-] cents per [-] catties. If it is sold for about [-] cents in silver, there is almost three or four cents per day!"

"Hey, your price is cheap!" Zhang Shun couldn't help being surprised, "A load of charcoal still costs three to five renminbi, and a load of firewood costs about six cents to one renminbi."

"Although the firewood is cheaper, it is not as durable as your coal."

"I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable!" Hearing this, the old master couldn't help twisting his fingers and said, "I've given you all my wealth, I don't know the benefits."

"Haha, you didn't tell me the truth!" Zhang Shun said with a chuckle, "I didn't count the loess you mixed into it."

"But forget it, I designed a coal stove and a briquette machine, which is convenient for burning coal, and it does not go out day and night."

"I came here in a hurry today, and I didn't bring it with me. Let me draw a picture with you, and the master can find a blacksmith to make it by himself."

"What good is this?" Not long after, Zhang Shun finished painting the coal stove and briquette machine, and handed it to the old master, he couldn't help muttering.

"Isn't that good?" Zhang Shun said with a smile, "One is that the briquettes are all made of crushed coal and fine coal, and the other is that the furnace does not go out day and night. Aren't the briquettes a big seller?"

Only then did the old master realize that if he followed Zhang Shun's method, he could not only mix the soil openly, but also sell coal at a high price, so he couldn't help standing up and bowing down to thank him.

(End of this chapter)