Villager of Daming

Chapter 923: It doesn’t matter whether it’s fast or slow, you can ask again

"I won't hide it from your highnesses." Magistrate Guo followed up: "I just want to say it, but I am afraid of causing trouble to your highnesses."

Tongzhi, Tongpan, Tuiguan and others nodded together, yes, I can't say, it is His Highness the King of Qin who took the initiative to ask.

"What can't be said?" Zhu Fan frowned.

"Your Highness, there are countless capable officials in the past dynasties, including all prosperous times. Which one has solved such a matter?" Chai Shu, a fellow scholar, spread his hands.

I mean, if I ask, but you have no choice, wouldn’t it cause trouble for you? Which official would be so short-sighted?

"Bang!" Zhu Di sneered disdainfully: "Which of the past dynasties dared to compete with our Ming Dynasty? What weapons did they use? What did we use?

The most powerful thing about them was the curved shaft plow, which changed from two oxen carrying the pole to one oxen pulling the plow. Not bad!

Do we need cows? Let's get some copper and iron and feed it with water and coal. We don't have to rest for twelve hours a day. "

Zhu Di's face was full of pride. Comparing the previous dynasties with our father's current dynasty? snort!

"His Royal Highness King Yan is right, then..." Chai Shu asked carefully.

"Chief, what's the best plan?" Zhu Di looked at the chief nonchalantly.

Li Chang: "..."

other people:"……"

The chief had not taken action to catch the skewers, but now he asked: "Your Highness, do you want to go fast or slow?"

"Of course it's fast." Zhu Fan spoke, his fiefdom.

"It's easy to do quickly. Let's go and help dig the wells. If the wells are longer than three meters long, you can only use a windlass to carry water out. At the same time, cotton and cotton cloth will be transported from other places, plus furs, for the people to use in cave dwellings."

The head of the village gave a way to make up for whatever was missing. This is fast. The faster the transportation is, the faster the benefits will be for the people. Anyway, there will be no problem before winter.

"No, it's not good to wait! It's better to live in a cave, it's slower." Zhu Fan shook his head and changed.

"If you are slow, you need to go to Qingyuan County tomorrow to check the situation. The situation in other places can be solved there." The director pointed to the guide.

"Probably?" the four princes asked at the same time in a tacit understanding.

Others continue to listen, what does the cave dwelling have to do with Qingyuan County?

“Probably because there are coal and iron mines in Qingyuan County, there is clay locally, and ceramics have been made in Taiyuan Prefecture since ancient times, so it is naturally easier to make bricks and tiles.

Iron and steel smelting was carried out directly in Qingyuan County, and coal ash and slag were used to burn bricks, tiles and cement.

Qingyuan County's resources are sufficient for its own industrial layout, including coke and thermal coal.

The coal slime used for washing coal is not valuable, so people pay the transportation fee and mix it with clay to make coal or make briquettes.

The main thing is that the equipment needs to be brought here, such as Yingtianfu Industrial Zone. When we get there tomorrow, you will know at the first sight that Qingyuan County is a good place. "

The chief first gave a general explanation. The specific details need to be seen on the spot. There are pictures of shallow iron ore and coal mines. It is very easy to develop the secondary industry.

Unlike Jinci Town, where we are now, there are not so many resources, and we have to protect Jinci and build many temples. Who can just dig up this thing?

"Tomorrow is tomorrow, what else do you have to say? Let's talk as we eat, drink, don't be afraid that we'll run out and we won't be able to drink.

On the way here, I germinated wheat and started brewing new beer. After ten days and a half, the new beer will be out.

As long as there is wheat, there is no need to worry about not having beer to drink. Drinking is the best, it is cool with ice cubes, burp! "

Zhu Fan raised his beer glass and drank about three taels of beer in one gulp. This two taels was too small, not fifty grams. The others raised their glasses together and drank it down. It was indeed cool. Saltpeter ice is the best for summer.

Zhu Ming put down his cup: "Our Xi'an government told us last year to dig ice cellars to store ice. I think this year the sales will be good, and the one that will be most useful is Huimin Pharmacy.

If someone has a fever, they need to wrap ice cubes in a cloth and put them under their armpits and forehead to cool down, which is better than using well water.

When I left Taiyuan Prefecture this year, I dug an ice cellar here. In winter, the Fen water freezes and becomes thick, so I take ice and store it.

Next year when the weather is hot, merchants will come and sell to them, and Huimin Pharmacy will have one more method. "

"My second brother helped us think of digging an ice cellar. Rice is grown here, so we can use straw to make mats and lay them in the ice cellar.

After taking out the ice, place straw under each piece to prevent it from sticking together and making it difficult to take it out.

Let’s use straw as livestock! Straw is not suitable, so I would like to make more curtains for the cave dwelling.

If we persist for another year this year, a large amount of bricks and tiles will be produced next year. We will burn them ourselves. It is a labor cost issue.

Let’s not make money from our own people first, and allocate resources according to those who need houses most. Don’t live in cave dwellings.

Some cave dwellings are strong and constantly repaired, and can be preserved for many years. Some cave dwellings may collapse due to a small earthquake or heavy rain, burying people inside.

You can also use well water to freeze some ice. The ice is clean and can be put directly into wine or made into shaved ice. "

Zhu Fan followed the words and said that before the ice in the river was replaced, no one would care if he ate it directly and drank the water that way.

Now he knows that there are a lot of germs, bacteria, and parasites in it, so he can only use ice to freeze the water in a container, preferably in a cool place.

Saltpeter ice is not made directly from the ice. It is made from a sleeve. Only the ice in the inner sleeve can be eaten. It is made with cold boiled water.

First, let the boiling water cool down, seal it and move it into the well to continue cooling, and then freeze it with saltpeter to form ice.

The officials are happy. As long as His Highness is thinking about this, they are not afraid of doing something wrong.

When they were happy, someone couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, the water in some wells is turbid. It seems to be like that in that area. If you dig a well in another place and there is no water, what should you do?"

The person who asked the question was the promotion official Ma Haoyu. After asking, he felt a little uneasy, fearing that he had asked something that could not be solved.

This time, without waiting for others to ask, the head of the village said: "There are medical stones locally. We quarry the medical stones and throw them into the well to break them into pieces. I will paint the specific place for you, not in Taiyuan Prefecture."

It's quite a distance away! In Zezhou, where medical stones are concentrated, they are easy to find. In fact, people use them to build stone courtyard walls.

Another place is Linfen County, the administrative seat of Pingyang Prefecture, which I passed by when I came here. It is not very concentrated, but easy to find. "

"We know, we used medical stones in Nanjing, and the village found them. After drinking the tap water provided by the village, the water plant there also has medical stones, but they only boil the water.

When digging a well back here, first put stones in. In some places, if there are no such stones, pebbles from the river will be put in.

Who said that our fiefdom has a lot of clay and it is not easy to find good stones for filtering water. Now it is good and cheap. We don't expect it to make money. "

Zhu Fan knew about medical stones. The hot springs of Xuanwu Lake and the diverted water were in the hot springs in Xiaqiu Village. The bottom of the pool was paved with medical stones and the water was very clear.

"Thank you very much, Chief. Oh, thank you Your Highness. I understand. The Highness next to me wants a stone, and no one dares to deny it."

Ma Haoyu was stunned for more than ten breaths before he realized what he was doing. His eyes glanced at Li Chang from time to time.

Other officials and local chiefs were similar to him, and they felt that they were more surprising and even surprising than the stories about ghosts and gods.

　No more today, just lie down for a while and get up at two o'clock to take medicine!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)