Shuhan

Chapter 31 Young Master is a God! (Seeking to follow up~)

The next day.

Liu Chan led a hundred sons to join the army, and his left and right followers were Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Xiang Chong, Fei Yi, Dong Yun and others.

Wang Lian and the subordinate staff of the Yanfu school lieutenant waited in the prince's mansion early.

"I heard that you have cast Quyuan plows and barrel carts before, and used them for spring farming in Yizhou. The officials and people are all full of praise. Originally, you can only cultivate one mu of land a day. With the Quyuan plow, you can cultivate three mu a day. You can make such spring plowing tools according to ancient books, and you have such confidence in increasing the production of the salt well this time, but what kind of tool did you forge?"

Wang Lian looked left and right, but there were no such objects as Quyuanli and bobbins.

"You will know when you arrive."

Although Wang Lian had doubts in his heart, everyone set off on horseback, so he could only follow behind.

Guangdu Yanjing in Shu County is not far from Chengdu.

This Guangdu salt well was dug by local people when Li Bing was the governor of Shu County.

For Li Bing, who built Dujiangyan, there is no difference between digging a salt well and a water well. He digs down with a shovel and a hoe. The characteristic is that the well has a large mouth, but it cannot be dug too deep, so it is called a "big mouth shallow well".

The types of salt include sea salt, pool salt, well salt, rock salt, etc.

Sea salt is mainly distributed in coastal areas, while inland is edible pool salt.

Well salt is prevalent in Bashu area.

There are two main ways to produce table salt: one is boiling and the other is drying.

The former is to decoct seawater or salt water in salt ponds and salt wells at high temperature to make salt, which is the most common production method.The latter relies on sunlight to steam salt water into salt, and this sun-made salt does not need to be boiled.

Guangdu salt wells are used for drying, so the cost is very high, the time is long, and it occupies a large area.

It is not a simple matter to increase the production of well salt in a short period of time.

But Liu Chan has other ways.

"Secretary Lang, you lead the craftsmen to build these utensils according to the drawings!"

Sure enough, there are tools!
Wang Lian's eyes lit up, and his confidence in Liu Chan's increased production of well salt inexplicably increased a lot.

"promise."

Qiao Zhou took the order and left.

"Lieutenant, it will take time to make the equipment. You can show me the salt well in Guangdu."

"Yes!"

Like a leader inspecting, Liu Chan and his party carefully inspected the Guangdu Salt Well up and down.

As expected of Wang Lian's outstanding business ability, he came up with many ways to increase production.

"Actually, the salt wells are now dug too shallow, and the deep brine is no worse than the shallow ones. It's a pity that there are no tools, and people are put down at risk. Nine out of ten people will die. If this salt well is dug too deep, there will be poisonous gas, hey~ This is why I told my son that it is difficult to increase the production of salt wells."

It is definitely good to dig the salt well deeper.

From later generations to the Qing Dynasty, successive dynasties of salt workers drilled more than 13000 wells in Shujun, Sichuan, some of which were as deep as 1000 meters. Even if the average depth was 300 meters, it was equivalent to drilling through more than 400 Mount Everest.

It is not that the salt wells cannot be dug deep, but that the technology is not yet in place.

As for poisonous gas!

It is even more beneficial for salt production in salt wells!
One Hundred Young Masters' army had already set up a simple camp.

In the main tent, Liu Chan sat on the main seat, and Wang Lian and others took their seats here. The staff of Liu Chan's son's mansion sat on the left, and the officials of Shu County, Yanfu's school lieutenants, and the powerful officials of Shu County who came to curry favor with Liu Chan sat on the right.

"Everyone, I've been working so hard today, I'll take a rest today, and I'll come back to solve the problem of increasing the production of the salt well tomorrow, and drink cold water first."

After running around for a while, the sky was getting dark, and everyone was sweating profusely.

"Young Master, after watching it for a day, do you have any arrangements for tomorrow?"

Wang Lian wiped off the sweat stains on his face. He was very concerned about his work as the captain of Yanfu.

"I checked the salt well up and down today. The direction has already been established. The captain said that the direction to dig the well deeper is correct. Moreover, the drying of the salt is too slow, the sun is not strong enough, or there is heavy rain. There will be no harvest in the salt well, this is not good, we should use the method of boiling salt."

"My lord, although the method of drying salt is not high in output, fortunately, it does not require much manpower and material resources. If the method of boiling salt is used, the consumption of firewood will be astronomical. At that time, the cost of salt mining will increase, and it will not be as good as it is." Your son's wish is completely different."

"Don't worry, Captain, I already have a strategy in mind!"

Have a strategy?

Wang Lian's eyes lit up, his whole body has been devoted to this for years, even if he exhausted all his energy, he still can't solve this problem, and the young master will have a solution in less than a day?

"Young master, dare to enlighten me!"

"I don't dare to teach you."

Liu Chan drank the cold water and said with a smile: "The salt well cannot be drilled deep. First, it is difficult to send the brine up after the well is drilled. ?”

Wang Lian nodded heavily.

"Today I ordered the craftsmen to make utensils, which are tools for digging wells and transporting brine, and the poisonous gas of salt wells, or it should be called earth gas, is flammable when exposed to fire."

"Earth?"

Wang Lian was stunned, this was his knowledge blind spot.

"It's the air of the earth, which can be ignited when exposed to fire. If people smell it for a long time, their lives will be in danger."

The so-called earth gas naturally refers to natural gas.

"There is such a thing." Wang Lian was shocked and couldn't believe it.

"Captain, didn't the salt well leak water last month? Could it be due to the earth's gas?"

Go water?

Wang Lian's eyes lit up.

"It seems that there is such a thing. If the earth's energy can really be ignited by fire, then the method of boiling salt can be established!"

Wang Lian got up, bowed heavily to Liu Chan, and said, "I heard about the young master's reputation before, and thought it was exaggerated, but now it seems that the young master's wisdom is really extraordinary, like a god!"

"No need to praise, let's prepare dinner first, then take a rest, and come back tomorrow to show off."

"Listen to your son's orders!"

After a simple meal, everyone went to rest.

During the period, there were also powerful men who came forward to curry favor with Liu Chan and sent Meiji's maid into Liu Chan's tent.

Although Liu Chan accepted these beauties, he did not share the same bed with them.

Since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by beauty, what if this beauty wants Liu Chan's dog's life?

To accept Meiji is also to take care of Shu County's power. In addition, in the future, if there are any talents under his command, he can also give Meiji as his wife to buy people's hearts.

of course
If it is really beautiful to a certain extent, after ruling out the suspicion of Maggie's assassin, it is not impossible to put it in the room.

The next day, before dawn, Yanfu school lieutenant Wang Lian waited at Guangdu Yanjing. When purple light appeared from the sky, Liu Chan and his party also arrived in front of Guangdu Yanjing.

Dozens of craftsmen rushed to make the work overnight, and the tools for digging wells and transporting brine were ready.

Suspend a 60-jin drill bit in the air, use the gravity of the drill bit to fall down and smash the rocks, and then lift the drill bit up manually, repeating the cycle.

At this time, the muddy water containing rock sand is taken out with a fan mud tube, which becomes a well.

I don't know how much faster this method is compared to other people.

An elevated frame is set up on the salt well, and a pulley is placed on the frame to rotate the bucket tied to the rope.The rack is divided into two layers, and two people are separated on each layer, and the brine is extracted with wheels.

Then the brine was taken out, and the salt well became deeper and deeper.

"Is there a deep well that has been vented?" Liu Chan asked on the side.

"This way."

Wang Lian led the way.

"This is it."

In front of Liu Chan's eyes, there is an unfathomable deep well, which has long been abandoned.

Liu Chan stepped forward to smell it.

Sure enough, there was a smell of natural gas accompanied by methane.

This is a natural fire well!
Liu Chan ordered people to throw bamboo and wood to make fire, and after the fire was brought up, they covered the well with a basin, that is, the iron basin for boiling salt was covered on the well, so that the natural gas would not spread and leak out.

The brine in the pot was actually boiled.

Wang Lian was overjoyed.

"As the young master said!"

Liu Chan was not surprised, and said: "When the salt well is dug deeper and deeper, it can be used as a salt well and fire well. After the brine is extracted with a wheel, the brine from the well is led to the stove for boiling salt, and first injected into the salt tank. , and then pour it into the salt pot. There are five salt pots on the salt cooking stove, and someone has to shake a fan in front of the stove to help the fire. After the salt is boiled and processed, it will be transported out by a special person."

Liu Chan wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "So, can the salt well increase production?"

Wang Lian nodded heavily, now he has no hesitation!
"Young Master Qi, I am confident that the production will be tripled in a short period of time, no, it will be five times!"

"it is good!"

Liu Chan was quite pleased.

"The increase in production of the salt well, the captain should be the first to contribute!"

If the production can be increased by five times, the income from selling salt will be enough for military expenses.

Even because it is convenient to make salt in Yizhou, it can also be resold to Soochow and Cao Wei, just like Shu brocade. This is a huge open source project!

If a business route can be formed as a result, it will become a long-term business!
"How dare the subordinates take credit for the increase in production of the salt well, the subordinates are only doing their best."

"Don't underestimate yourself, I will remember your achievements in my heart!"

The son is really a god!

Wang Lian was overwhelmed by Liu Chan's demeanor, and said, "My lord is benevolent and righteous, and Lian is willing to die for you!"

"Please get up, Captain."

Having conquered another talent, Liu Chan is in a good mood.

"Today, the production of the salt well has increased. It is a big event, a good event, and a happy event. You have worked hard for days, and we will have a banquet tonight!"

"Your son is wise!"

"Your son is wise!"

~
As soon as they heard the news of the banquet, the petty officials of the Yan Mansion all smiled happily, and the officials of Shu County and the tyrants congratulated in unison. Those who didn't know about this scene thought it was the emperor of the Han Dynasty who came in person!
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