Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 155 Beast Charcoal
Ma Chao strode to the front of the forging house, and he smelled a familiar smell. Seeing that the forging house was tightly blocked, Ma Chao felt a little concerned.

"Those four craftsmen were smelted in this closed room?" Ma Chao asked back.

"Yes, young master." Pu Yuan thought that Ma Chao was just touching the scene, and replied sadly.

"Open the door." Ma Chao ordered.

"Young master, no, there is already a ghost staying in this house, no one can enter after seven days!" Zheng Hun's face was tense, listening to the words, it seemed that he still had a lot of superstitious thoughts.

"Open it, will those four craftsmen still ask for my life?" Ma Chao said sharply, "Open it, I want to go in and have a look!"

Seeing Ma Chao's serious expression, Pu Yuan didn't dare to hesitate, and stepped forward to open the door.As soon as Ma Chao entered, a strong smell came over his face, Pu Yuan covered his mouth and nose, and the sight of his eyes could not help but make him dizzy: Ma Chao actually strode in!

"Young master, don't do it!" Pu Yuan stretched out his hand to pull it, but it was empty, and Ma Chao strode into the house.

"Young Master!" The craftsmen who were watching outside exclaimed in surprise, and looked into the house with wide eyes.As soon as Han Ying gritted her teeth, she ran in first, while Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan were stunned, and then quickly followed in.

The room is not big, and there is a strong smell of carbon monoxide. In the smelting stove, there are some half-white and half-black stones sandwiched in a pile of off-white powder, and there is a large pile of unburned black stones under the hearth. .

Ma Chao picked it up and took a closer look. It turned out to be coal. He was overjoyed, but immediately tightened again: "Quickly open all the doors and windows to keep the room ventilated!"

Everyone didn't know what he meant, but seeing Ma Chao's tone was unquestionable, Han Ying, Pu Yuan, Zheng Hun and others quickly opened the doors and windows.Immediately, a breath of early winter blew in, causing the four of them to shiver faintly.However, in this way, the feeling of nausea, vomiting and dizziness when I came in before was much relieved.

"The four craftsmen, did they suffer from headaches, shortness of breath, and convulsions before they died, and did they turn blue after they died?" Ma Chao asked Pu Yuan after the three of them opened the window.

"How did the young master know?" Pu Yuan and Zheng Hun were shocked. What Ma Chao said about this situation was just like Qin Jian.

At this time, Ma Chao was convinced that the four died unjustly and died of carbon monoxide poisoning...

But so what, the four living lives are gone after all.Even if Ma Chao discovered the answer to this riddle, he still couldn't bring the four of them back to life.

However, one thing is certain is that I can no longer let these craftsmen be superstitious.

"This coal... animal charcoal is not used in all smelting furnaces, why is it not smelted outside, but in this hut?" Ma Chao asked with a frown as he picked up the coal.

"The young master doesn't know, this animal charcoal has long been considered in the ancient books. It is used in smelting, the temperature is extremely high and lasts for a long time, but this animal charcoal is black and ominous, and it is highly poisonous. Users need to be guided by their lives. The subordinates come In order to keep it secret, and because of luck, I want to see if this animal charcoal can be used in this smelting..." Pu Yuan couldn't help kneeling on the ground again as he said.To put it bluntly, it was because he was greedy for merit and rushed forward, and only wanted to get the fine steel as soon as possible, so he did this trick.

"You mean, only this small smelting furnace uses coal...beast charcoal, while the other outside smelting furnaces burn all wood?" Ma Chao was a little mad now: he took it for granted, Modern people are familiar with coal for a long time, and they don't know much about it themselves, but they don't want to, it turns out that the craftsmen in the late Han Dynasty didn't know the function of coal!
"Of course, that's exactly the case." Zheng Hun replied.

"Then where did these coals come from?"

"There are mines in Xinping County. Master Han Feng escorted a batch back to suppress smoke at the beacon fire. The subordinates dared to borrow some from Master Han Feng." This was answered by Pu Yuan.

But Ma Chao didn't know what to say at this time: when he saw craftsmen burning wood, he thought it was because they couldn't buy coal, or that there was no coal in Yongzhou.But he never thought that this 'black gold' was actually under his own rule.And this wealth did not bring him any benefit, but it cost four lives first...

Coal and iron have always been important strategic resources.But in ancient times, this black gold was actually covered with a layer of superstition, scaring those ancient people from dare to get their hands on it.It's really a great tragedy, but it's precisely this point that made me take advantage of it.

In addition to being used for smelting, this coal can also be used for civil purposes.If this coal production is sufficient, then the problem of freezing to death and frostbite this year can be easily solved.

Thinking of this, Ma Chao felt a big heart.However, getting these people to accept coal and dare to use coal is probably still a big project.The only way is to try the law by oneself. As General Pingxi, I am afraid that some people can still be convinced.

"Although the two of you have smelted this peerless sword, the way you used it was a big mistake, costing the lives of four people in vain. The merit is not worth it. Pu Yuan will be punished to be demoted to a lower level, and Zheng Hun will be reduced for one season. Do the two have doubts?" Thinking of this, Ma Chao first told the verdict of Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan, and then planned to go to Han Feng and ask him to introduce the situation of a coal mine in Xinping County.

"Subordinates accept the punishment!" Seeing Ma Chao's way of cutting hair to act as the leader, the two had long been convinced, but at this time they didn't have any thought of asking for credit.

"Don't be discouraged, both of you. I still have two blueprints here. If you two can make up for your mistakes, I will not only waive your punishment this time, but also reward you as appropriate. But remember, this incident should be regarded as a Don't let the blood and tears appear again."

"No!" Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan took the blueprint and bowed to leave.

"Let's go, go find Han Feng." Ma Chao turned and said to Han Ying, but saw that Han Ying just looked at him in a daze, showing some signs of madness.

"What's wrong? Are you really hit by a magic barrier?"

Ma Chao was good at shaking his hand back and forth in front of Han Ying's eyes, and Han Ying finally realized it.He opened Ma Chao's hand in a hurry, and said angrily, "Stop making trouble, let's go and find Han...this matter has nothing to do with Mr. Han!" As he spoke, his face turned red first.

"What's the matter? Could it be that you fell in love with Han Feng?" Ma Chao was surprised, why did he blush now?

Naturally, he didn't know that his previous expression of true feelings, coupled with his act of recklessly walking into the house in order to commemorate the death of the four craftsmen, was really the expression of the girl's deepest affection and sexuality.In the end, Ma Chao made a fair sentence, which made Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan bow their heads and be punished, showing their demeanor. Han Ying has long been attached to Ma Cha, so how can he not be obsessed at this time?
"If you are going to die!" Hearing Ma Chao tease herself like this, how could Han Ying not be angry.

And Ma Chao didn't think it was a pestle, but when it was time to close the door, he silently said to the four craftsmen: "Righteous man, go all the way!"

(End of this chapter)