Villager of Daming

Chapter 610 Efficiency skyrockets thanks to machines

People don't need to know too many things, they just look at what's in front of them.

Many people began to make kangs for their homes to prepare for the coming of winter.

Then I worked hard to make the coal slurry. I bought the coal slurry for ten cents per carriage. After unloading it, I started to mix it with some yellow mud and beat it with an iron mold.

The briquettes produced in this way are in large pieces, which are convenient for storage. After drying, they are stacked together like building a wall.

Then make briquettes, which are easy to burn. First light the briquettes, and then knock the briquettes into the furnace.

We don't shake the briquettes. The briquettes can ignite the fire very well. If you need to slow down the fire, you can use the briquettes to press the stove.

A cartload of coal slurry can be burned for half a month in winter, and even longer for cooking in summer.

They were reluctant to pay for coal, so they went to the coal mines to carry it themselves, and the coal slime was free. After some calculation, the common people realized that it was no good, it was too tiring, how much could they carry at one time?All the time was wasted on the road.

The hardest days in winter usually last four months. Anyway, this thing won't break. It's convenient to keep more in stock for cooking.

Working for the prince and the king of Qin, he could get twenty coins a day and take care of three meals. He would go out early in the morning, eat first, then do things, and finally go home after having a meal.

Work on the same day, settle the accounts on the same day, and it doesn’t matter whether you go the next day or not.

A day's work can buy a month's worth of coal, and with a little more hard work, it can be made into briquettes.

"It's too hard for people to make coal briquettes. Can't the briquettes be made into square ones? Do they have to be round? Round ones take up space. How can you use a tube to insert briquettes into the briquettes quickly when making coal briquettes?"

Zhu Xi helped others beat dozens of coal briquettes. His hands hurt and the gaps between his fingernails were filled with coal slurry.

Then, like the children in Xiaqiu Village, I cut my nails very short and brushed them with a brush before cleaning them.

Zhu Biao also looked at his hands, the nails were cut against the flesh, and compared them with the children in his village.

The children in Xiaqiu Village never keep their nails and cut them almost every two days for fear of affecting the touch and causing problems during experiments.

Of course, the children in Xiaqiu Village didn't go to make coal, so they didn't want to experience life!
The chief also watched the two highnesses patting and patting!Does not participate.

But the officials had to follow suit, and now they had no nails.

The chief thought for a while and asked: "Your Highness, do you think anyone can buy the briquettes made from a cart of coal slime for twenty cents? The coal briquettes are used to press the stove, and we can make square briquettes."

"It's only ten cents... eh? It seems okay, I can buy it." Zhu Fang was about to refute, but suddenly realized.

How much labor does it take to make a load of coal slime that costs ten cents?One day of mixing mud and making briquettes seems not enough. Mixing mud requires a lot of effort, just like mixing cement and sand. That concrete...

Thinking of this, Zhu Xi seemed to understand: "We can stir the coal slime and yellow mud, and the rest is to use another set of components to connect to the steam engine to replace manual labor in making briquettes."

"Your Highness is smart." Li Chang praised.

"It's a good deal. Each of them works for us three times a day and gets [-] cents as wages.

They make their own coal briquettes and briquettes. One person works very hard to make a cart in a day and eats his own food.

He works for us and spends an extra ten cents to buy briquettes. In fact, he earns three meals and ten cents, not to mention that our job is not as hard as his handling of coal. "

Zhu Xi did the math and thought it would be more appropriate to buy it.

The officials accepted this statement and nodded together. They were all working, and their own families were obviously at a disadvantage.

And the children cannot help. Children are in school and it is mandatory to study.The elderly and women at home need to work in the vegetable fields. Growing vegetables is not that easy. Doesn’t picking vegetables consume energy and time?
So the next day, a new machine appeared, mixing coal slime on one side and producing square briquettes on the other. It was transported by belts, produced, and sent to the open space to dry.

It was tried for one day, and the improved version appeared the next day. It was tried for another day, finalized, and mass production started.

When the people got the news, they should not buy coal slime and make it at home. They should buy ready-made coal slime. A load of ready-made coal slime only costs [-] yuan.

When faced with people who can't figure it out, the relationship must be explained to them.

"It's not that I don't believe you. Look, let me tell you, if I make a little bit of coal a day, I'm still far away from winter! I'm old and can't do anything else. When I'm tired, I'll take a rest and then start making coal again. ."

Some old women have other ideas. I can't go work for you to earn that money. Can't I make coal at home?I'll take my time.

"Look, aunt, it's okay for you to work a little a day. The problem is where is the coal slime piled up? It's going to rain.

Ready-made briquettes can be stacked on top of ready-made briquettes by placing stones underneath and setting up boards so that rainwater will not wash away.

You can't just pile the slime on top of the board, right?It slides around, it's not molded and sun-dried.

And aunt, how long do you think you can live if you are so tired?You work yourself to death just to save dozens of pennies?

You see, you are alive now and can still cook and work in the vegetable fields. Do the math. "

The official told the old woman that he wanted to help pay for it, but he couldn't.

"No, I think it's expensive." The old woman shook her head, not listening to unreasonable ideas, and her own approach was the best.

The child from Xiaqiu Village next to him said: "Then take back all the things given to your family, including the new copper thimble you are wearing now."

"What are you talking about, kid? When I thought about it, it would be fine to buy something ready-made!" the old woman said to the official with a sincere look.

Official: "..."

He wanted to cry loudly and yell at the old woman, but he finally held it back: "Auntie, in this case, let's go first. You can do your sewing slowly and be careful not to prick your finger."

"Don't worry! I've been doing this all my life, and what the hell... I pick up the briquettes and don't pick up the crumbs."

"I'll bring it over and let you choose. Let's go to the next one. This time I know what to say."

The official went out, took a few breaths, and then went to another house that refused to agree. He was very tired!

……

Along with the hum of the steam engine, briquettes began to be mass-produced, non-stop for twelve hours.

The prepared briquettes were dried and then transported to people's homes in carloads. The people had already set up sheds, put them up underneath, and happily placed the briquettes inside.

"We have finally discovered it. Ever since we got the steam engine, I feel like I can do anything. Send some to Shandong and Henan. They also need coal to burn in winter, and we have our fiefdom."

When Zhu Xi talks about this kind of thing, he immediately thinks of the fiefdom and the people in the fiefdom...

"Second brother, don't worry. Steam engines and other components will break down and need to be maintained by knowledgeable people. They cannot be produced and then distributed for use everywhere."

Zhu Biao advised. The craftsmen who followed the team were learning slowly. Sometimes when they encountered problems that could not be solved, they had to ask the people in Xiaqiu Village.

If you just throw a piece of equipment somewhere and then ignore it, it will cause trouble if it breaks!Especially when so many people are waiting for it to help.

(End of this chapter)