Capital Datang

"Cut~, I have no experience, right? Who told you that coal can only be used to burn cement?" Li Min said with disdain. In later generations, coal is called the food of industry. It is one of the most widely used energy sources. Compared with charcoal and the most primitive firewood, its advantages cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences.

"Oh? From Liu Lang's words, you seem to know the other uses of this coal. Tell everyone about it!" Yan Bei was also very concerned about making money. Hearing Li Yin's words, he immediately asked .The others also looked at Li Yin curiously. They all knew that Li Yin knew a lot about these messy things, so they didn't have any doubts about Li Yin's words.

"Hey, that's easy. I've already prepared the top products for Chapter 78 to open up the market. Wait a moment!" Li Yin said to give orders to the outside. Enter two things.One of them was gray, similar in appearance to charcoal, but lighter in color, and the other was a stove with pale yellow flames rising high.

Under the suspicious eyes of everyone, Li Yin stepped forward, first picked up the tongs beside the stove, reached into the stove, and picked up a cylindrical object with many holes on it. After turning around in front of everyone's eyes, Then he said: "Look, everyone, I made this with crushed coal and clay. I call it briquette or briquettes. A piece of briquette is enough for an ordinary family to cook a meal without using it." When using the briquettes, you can plug the air intake hole below to slow down the burning speed of the briquettes, and it will not go out overnight, and you can even cook a meal without using new briquettes, which is definitely better than using charcoal and firewood. Much stronger..."

While explaining the function of briquettes, Li Yin showed everyone how to use the briquette stove. This thing has no technical content at all, so as long as you are not stupid, you can immediately understand how to go back to Chapter 78. The first product to open up the market.Capital Datang 78

"Liulang, you... are you going to let everyone cook with coal?" Li Jingheng stepped forward and looked at the burning briquettes in Li Yin's hands, and said with a look of surprise on his face. He was really shocked by Li Yin's daring to think. Well, if everyone really uses this kind of honeycomb coal, then they really don't have to worry about the problem of coal not being sold.

"Of course, although everyone now uses firewood or charcoal to cook and boil water, compared with them, briquettes are cleaner, more efficient, and the price is not high. It may be more expensive than firewood, but it is definitely cheaper than charcoal. It is cheap, and compared with firewood at the same price, briquette is definitely more resistant to burning, and it is still more cost-effective to use briquette, so we only need to spend a little effort on publicity and promotion, and everyone will definitely switch to our briquette. as fuel."

Li Yin smiled very proudly. When he first started digging coal, he already wanted to produce briquettes. However, because the output of the mine was not large at that time, it was a bit difficult to supply only a few cement plants. Raw material supply.Until now, in order to repay the help of all the brothers, he has decided to engage in the coal industry, and as the leading product to open up the market, honeycomb coal is of course the first to be produced.

"Liulang is worthy of being Liulang, he solved this problem at once!" Yan Bei walked around the coal stove a few times, and then said with admiration on his face.

"Liulang, you've finished talking about honeycomb briquettes, but what is this thing?" Cheng Huailiang picked up the gray things next to him and observed them carefully for a long time, but he didn't figure out what it was, but he thought it was very similar to coal.

"Oh, this thing is called coke, and it's made from coal after a certain process. Although it's not very eye-catching, it's a good material for making iron, and not all coal can be used to make coke. In my several coal mines, at most less than one-fifth of the coal can be used for coking, so its price is much more expensive than coal." Li Min said.

Datang implemented a parallel government-private approach to the mining industry, and did not prohibit private mining and smelting. Therefore, the private mining industry has developed rapidly. Although it cannot be compared with the powerful government-run mining and metallurgy industry, it is still stronger than the previous dynasty. It is much better, and the development of private mine management has also increased the demand for fuel during smelting.

The method of using coal as a fuel for ironmaking has already appeared as early as the Han Dynasty, but the coal contains sulfur and other sundries, which makes the iron produced too brittle. This kind of iron is not very useful, so coal is used to smelt Iron was not common in the Tang Dynasty. It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty 200 years later that the use of coal to make iron began to form a certain scale due to technological progress. It was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that the method of using coal to make coke was invented, so that the use of coke to make iron Only then did it become mainstream, and it was even still in use more than 1000 years later.Of course, some people were lucky enough to find natural coke, which could be directly used to smelt iron, but the naturally formed coke was not much, far from enough for smelting.

Li Yin suddenly advanced the appearance of coke by hundreds of years, and as long as the current smelting technology is slightly improved, the steel output of Datang will definitely increase exponentially, and the steel output is a symbol of a country's strength, so Li Yin Min's move may seem ordinary, but it is of great significance, and it will definitely bring about earth-shaking changes in the entire Tang Dynasty.It's a pity that none of the people here can see the meaning of the appearance of coke, so when they heard that this thing can be used to make iron, they were just happy that the coal had an additional use, and the coal they produced in the future would also have one more Sales, the rest didn't think much about it at all.

Li Yin has known for a long time that these ignorant guys will definitely not understand the importance of coke, so he is not surprised by their reaction. Of course, he will not waste his saliva explaining the meaning to these dudes It doesn't matter if they don't understand, as long as the user understands it, he has already asked someone to send the coke produced in his mine to the Ministry of Industry, and he even gave that uncle Shangshu a "big gift", I heard He is already arranging people to try it out, and there will be results after a while.

The Carbon Coal Industry Association has been formed, and a market for coal has been found. Now that everything is ready, people are sent to find out those coal mines.At the moment, everyone stopped drinking any alcohol, so they simply sat down and distributed the people or money that each family wanted to contribute. Generally, everyone contributed about the same amount, even Li Xiaojie, who was always poor, was not willing to give up. With such a good opportunity, he brazenly collected his share from Li Yin, Li Yong, and Li Jingheng. His debts have been paid off, and the winery's income is so good. Although the money is now with his wife, but he Being able to seize such a good opportunity to make money, Princess Qinghe must obediently take out the money.

On the second day after the matter was agreed upon, as soon as the gate of Chang'an City was opened, a group of people and horses left the city immediately, and a rough calculation showed that there were hundreds of people, and everyone was preparing their horses.Among the team members, Cheng Huailiang, Li Jingye, Li Jingheng, Qin Huaiyu, and Yanbei were all there, and the six deacons of the Carbon Coal Industry Association that was just established yesterday, only Li Yin was absent.

After leaving the city gate, their team walked northeast for a while, and then stopped. Cheng Huailiang and the others called several leaders of the team over, and asked in a deep voice: "What did I tell you yesterday? Can you remember it all?"

"Young master, don't worry, your subordinates have written it down. We must live up to your entrustment and find as many coal mines as possible." One of the team leaders stood up and said, they are the confidant servants sent by Cheng Huailiang and others, but now They belong to the prospecting team under the Carbon Carbon Association, and they are responsible for going to the area marked by Li Yin to find mines, and they all carry the warrants of each government, and they can mobilize the local manpower and connections of each government at any time.

"Well, remember what King Liang told you. You must inquire more and observe more, and try not to leak the news. If you find a carboniferous mine, come back and report it as soon as possible. You are no longer servants of the various mansions, but belong to the Tang Dynasty's carboniferous industry. The prospecting team under the association, the promise made by the association to you is not just for fun. If you find a valuable carboniferous mine, you will immediately have a hundred yuan of funds to take. Even if it is for yourself, you must not be lazy! "Qin Huaiyu also instructed, this is the first time I do this kind of thing, I feel a little uneasy, so I can't help but repeat it.

"Deacon Qin, please don't worry, the subordinates are all from various houses, and there are wives and children at home. Even if it is not for themselves, for the family, they will try their best to find a few mines!" A very winking team leader said immediately, He no longer called Qin Huaiyu the son, but directly called Qin Huaiyu's position in the association, which made Qin Huaiyu very satisfied after hearing this.

Next, Li Jingye and the others also came forward and said a few words, the meanings were similar, anyway, they were asking them to search for more ore as much as possible, and then they personally offered a bowl of farewell wine to the first batch of subordinates of the Carbon Carbon Association, Only then did they get on their horses and drive on their way.

Looking at the prospecting team who beat the horse and left, Cheng Huailiang and the others let out a sigh of relief. Since they made the decision to look for mines yesterday, they have been busy now, and they didn't even sleep last night. All five of them are now full of eyes. Bloodshot.

"Well~, I'm finally done. Let's all go back and catch up on sleep!" Li Jingye stretched his waist and yawned. The spirit of the forceful beating just now collapsed, and the tiredness on his face could no longer be concealed, and he was weak Said.Capital Datang 78

"Well~" Yawning is contagious, Yan Bei also stretched his waist immediately, and then smiled again: "We can rest, but it will be miserable for Liu Lang. Called, don't know what's going on?"

"It's not just Liulang, Brother Ke wanted to come and see him today, but Concubine Yang called him over too, as if he asked his brothers to visit someone." Qin Huaiyu also said with a tired expression.When the Carbon Coal Industry Association was established yesterday, Li Ke was unable to attend due to some business. When he heard the news today, he immediately went to Qin Huaiyu who is the nearest to his house to find out the situation. Heard that the prospecting team would be sent away today, so he wanted to come and see it. , but did not expect Concubine Yang to send someone to call him away as well.

"Hey, I know about this!" When it comes to being well-informed, no one here can compare to Cheng Huailiang, "The person they are going to visit is not simple, and if Liu Lang goes, something very interesting will definitely happen matter." When Cheng Huailiang said this, the smile on his face looked very strange.

ps: Because I have to take the exam with my wife tomorrow, and I won’t come back until the day after tomorrow, so I will update it in the afternoon tomorrow. Laoyu has no manuscripts, and they are all coded, so I don’t know how much I can code tomorrow, try to code two chapters, and I can’t let everyone support Lao Yu's book friends were disappointed.

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