survival in the wilderness

Chapter 82 Going to Mining Again
The others also looked at Lin Yan eagerly, why can't they eat good chestnuts.

Lin Yan didn't hold back, and said directly: "The chestnuts have other uses, and they will be gone after eating. These three chestnuts are very important."

The others looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering what else to do with such delicious chestnuts.Shouldn't delicious food be used to fill the stomach?
"Mao chestnut pulp has a high starch content."

Bai Chen exclaimed, "It can be used to make paper."

"That's right. Adding starch to the slurry can be used as a glue, which can make the paper smoother, wear-resistant, and oil-resistant. This solves many problems." Lin Yan only remembered these things when he saw Mao Lizi.

All the people present were excited. Papermaking encountered obstacles, so they had to slow down and change their plans. They were under a lot of pressure.

Hua Min immediately said: "So that's the case, then these hairy chestnuts are really not edible."

"Mao chestnuts are very useful, there are only a few of them, who would dare to eat them." Shi Zhi continued.

Huang Ying blinked her eyes, "I'll go to the city to find some more chestnuts, but these few are still too few."

"Who's chestnuts can still be kept until now." Shi Zhi felt that there were too few people like Hongying.Basically, they are people who eat delicious food immediately.

"How do you know if you don't find it?"

But Hong Ling said: "There is still more than a month before we can have fresh chestnuts. Everyone should concentrate on making iron, and when the fresh chestnuts are ripe, save some for later use."

Lin Yan nodded, "Hong Ling is right, let Bai Chen test these few chestnuts first, and we have to concentrate on making iron."

Everyone stopped staring at the chestnuts, buried their heads in eating, and continued to work after eating.

The day passed quickly.

Seeing Huahong at home at night, Lin Yan asked, "What did Auntie do today?"

"Clean up that piece of land, everyone who went today is doing this. It will be cleared in a few days." Huahong took a sip of water, set up the pot and prepared to fry the meat.

"I heard that there is wages for work, how much money does Auntie earn a day?"

"Young strong laborers pay 2 cents a day, but A Niang only gives 1 cent when she is old."

"That's not bad, you can buy 5 wild eggs."

Huahong nodded in agreement, "Yeah, I'm just tired, but everyone is happy to contribute to Sun City. The smelter is for making ironware, and everyone hopes it can be completed sooner."

Every day is in a hurry, and it will be June [-]st in a blink of an eye.

The office compound has been built, and the five departments and the arbitration tribunal have moved in.With the efforts of countless people, the main body of the smelter has been built, and only the furnace and smelting furnace are left.

The results of the laboratory are gratifying. Two broad-backed broadswords, three large axes, two spears, three iron bows and arrows, tools such as heads and sickles have also been made, and iron wires of different thicknesses can be made. The thinner one is 2 mm in diameter and is used for bowstrings.

Shi Zhi also made rulers and weights out of iron, using them as the standard of measurement.

Under the continuous experiments of Hua Min and Shi Zhi, pottery fan was made, which is more durable than mud fan and has greatly improved efficiency.

If you want to cast ironware, the efficiency has improved a lot with Tao Fan.The clay fan is for one-time use, but the Tao fan can be used several times.

The pottery fan can be disassembled and assembled. After the molten iron is poured and cooled, the pottery fan can be disassembled and used again.

The military department of the black soil has also been established, with 200 people, divided into ten teams, with team leaders and five teams with squadron leaders.

After personally testing the power of swords, spears, bows and arrows, Heitu strongly demanded that once the smelter was completed, a batch of weapons should be produced immediately.

With weapons at hand, the military plans to form a team to mine.This proposal has been agreed by everyone, and now they have seen the usefulness of ironware, and it is foreseeable that the demand for iron ore will increase greatly.

After seeing the results of the laboratory, the arbitral tribunal immediately made new arrangements, and more people invested in the construction of the smelter and firing pottery models.

Lin Yan led others to design iron coins.

Hollow circle, outer circle and inner square, in order to reduce the difficulty of pouring, only the amount and a sun figure are marked on the coins.

There are differences in the size of different amounts. The 100 yuan coin is the largest, with a diameter of 3 cm and a thickness of less than 2 mm.

This is not only to reduce weight, but also to save raw materials. Iron is too useful.

After the shape of the coin is designed, the design of Tao Fan begins.

After working for more than half a month, I finally got it done, just waiting for the iron coins to be poured.At this time, the smelter was also completed.

On June [-]th, the smelter started to work. From this day on, people come and go every day, and the atmosphere is full of excitement.

The minting of coins is done jointly by the finance department and other departments. The foundry is managed by a special person and is located in a secret place in the smelter.There are anti-counterfeiting marks on the pottery fan, and each batch is different.

Two days later, the first batch of iron coins were minted successfully, all in denomination of 1 cent, totaling 100 yuan.

This is the first batch of coins in Sun City, which is of great significance. The arbitration court unanimously decided to give money to those who built the smelter first, 2 cents per person.Let everyone see what the coin looks like.

With the first batch, the second batch was made in no time.

首次铸币的计划是10万元。1分、2分、5分、1角、2角、5角、1元、2元各做1万元。这些小额钱币是人们日常最需要的。

5元、10元、20元、50元、100元各做5千元。

Since the iron ore is limited, it should be used to build weapons first, so the first minting will be divided into multiple times.

At the beginning of July, the first batch of ore was consumed, and fifty bows, three hundred arrows, twenty broadswords, and thirty spears were forged, all of which were distributed to the people in the military department.The rest made some iron coins and various tools, among which machetes, axes, sickles and heads accounted for the majority.

Equipped with weapons, Heitu took 150 people on the road to the mine again.

More than half of them are people who have been there last time, and the rest are selected from the people in the military department.

The whole city stood on the central avenue, watching the mining team set off.Although I already had an experience and brought back the ore, the equipment has been greatly improved this time, but every time I go out, it is worrying.

Lin Yan was still on the list, and she strongly demanded to go, but the others couldn't resist her, so they had to send someone to protect her.

This time, Lanyue is also on the list. Her mental strength is strong, and she has reached C-level, which is only a little bit worse than Lin Yan. It will be of great help to travel with her.

Huahong also wanted to follow and take care of Lin Yan, but was rejected by her daughter.

There are a lot of things at home, and bonuses are needed to stay behind. It's time to harvest the chestnuts, and the second harvest of hemp is almost ready. The green onions and leeks planted in the field have grown.

There are too many things to do, Lin Yan thinks that Huahong doesn't need to follow her around, this time she will take Lin Yan with her.

Huahong watched her daughter's figure getting further and further away, and couldn't stop worrying in her heart. She was very reluctant, but she couldn't keep up.

Ye Zi patted her on the shoulder and comforted her: "It's okay, Lin Yan will definitely come back safely. She brought so many people back with her last time. This time she is fully equipped and accompanied by warriors who will protect her well .”

Huahong nodded silently, knowing it all in her heart, but she couldn't stop thinking about it.

(End of this chapter)