This mountain is mine

Chapter 152 The Magical Effect of Drought

Zhao Man originally planned to go into the mine to check it out himself, but now his physical condition is definitely not good enough, even if he wanted to go, Yu Miaomiao would not agree.

After listening to the report, the main thing is to let him make a decision.

First of all, what should the people in the mine do with them?

Zhao Man pondered for a while, and said: "Bring out all the miners inside and send them to Zhushan County. The corpses inside are cleaned up. The supervisors asked about the situation in the mine and then killed them."

Hearing what the Miao old man said last time, there is no way to cure them if they have been exposed to poisonous gas for too long, but these miners are also innocent lives. Let’s settle down now and see if there is a solution in the future. Besides, these people are not completely useless , It's not for nothing. Since they can mine, they can definitely do other jobs.

It's just that Zhao Man loathes the mention of Murong's supervisor.

Hearing what Zhao Man said, Yu Miaomiao sighed in her heart. There was a thousand-year gap between her and Zhao Man's concept of human life. Although she felt that the crimes of these supervisors were not worthy of death, she didn't say anything.

Every era has different standards of life, especially now that she and Zhao Man are doing the same thing of losing their heads, it is better to be careful, and she will not dictate how to deal with Zhao Man.

The problem of people is easy to deal with, but the poisonous gas in the mine is not easy to deal with. If it is not exhausted, it will always be inconvenient to mine. Even if the miners are well equipped according to what Manager Wu said, they will still earn a lot of money. And there is no guarantee that there will be problems like Pioneer.

Zhao Man also couldn't bear to let his subordinates become stupid.

"Don't rush to mine here, let's expand the entrance of this mine..." Zhao Man originally planned to let the poisonous gas spread slowly, so it wasn't long before he took over the Zhang family's wealth. He bought a lot of barren hills and didn't spend much. Money is now slowly being invested in land reclamation. Manpower is not a problem. It only costs a little to buy grain seeds and farm tools, and there will be no shortage of money in hand for a while.

The poisonous gas that can be dragged into this mine is completely gone. With this gold mine in the future, at least in the short term, there is no need to worry about money.

But Yu Miaomiao tugged at Zhao Man's sleeve, not because she wanted to embarrass Zhao Man, but because she thought it would be risky to allow the poisonous gas to spread, and she didn't know how much the poisonous gas would affect the innocent people after it spread.
Zhao Man looked at her, but he was not unhappy, he just asked with his eyes, "Huh?"

He still knew about Yu Miaomiao. Although he often said that she was stupid, he also knew that she would not target her indiscriminately.

Yu Miaomiao said in a very low voice: "I know a way to absorb the poisonous gas. It is risky to let it spread out."

Zhao Man's eyes lit up, "Then follow what you said." If there was a way, he would not think about spreading the poisonous gas.

Seeing that he believed in herself without hesitation, Yu Miaomiao also had a smile on her face, and said, "I promise I won't disappoint Qilang."

Yu Miaomiao's method is also very simple, it is activated carbon, activated carbon can absorb poisonous gas, and the main material of the earliest gas masks is activated carbon.

In fact, ordinary charcoal also has adsorption effect, but it is not as powerful as activated carbon to adsorb poisonous gas.

The method of activated carbon is also very easy to say. It uses carbon-containing materials such as bamboo, wood, and fruit as raw materials, heats them at high temperatures in the absence of air, and continuously injects water vapor to remove decomposed water gas, wood tar and other organic substances. will be able to get.

It is not difficult to build a special furnace according to the same principle as the previous equipment for fractional distillation and purification of wine. While burning charcoal, it is connected with iron pipes to boil water at the same time, so that steam can be injected.

And wood, these are naturally not lacking in Fangling, especially Yu Miaomiao is planning to take advantage of the abnormal drought this summer and the hot sun to prune some towering ancient trees to dissipate the miasma, and the felled branches can be used for firing into activated carbon.

After she finished talking about her methods, everyone still had some doubts about the effect of activated charcoal.

Yu Miaomiao added: "You can burn some activated carbon and take the pool water in the mine to test the effect first. Even if you can't absorb all of it, it will reduce the toxicity. After the poisonous gas in the mine is absorbed, then put the activated carbon in the mine. It’s safer to expand and disperse.”

Although Zhao Man didn't understand the principle of activated carbon, Yu Miaomiao couldn't explain the principle to them either. It's too complicated to start with the chemical molecules.

But Zhao Man believed in Yu Miaomiao, so this matter was settled.

The follower carried Pioneer down the mountain and sent it to the carriage. The rest of them split up and left quickly. Then Zhao Man relaxed, showing a little tiredness on his face. Li Miaomiao and Dr. Qiu supported him down the mountain.

Her feet were also in pain, but she didn't show it at this time. She gritted her teeth and persisted until she got into the carriage. Then she breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as she got into the carriage, Dr. Qiu gave Zhao Man another injection, and he was half asleep. He closed his eyes semi-consciously.It wasn't until I got home that I woke up.

He was helped to the bed and slept until dark.

Pioneer was naturally taken care of by Dr. Qiu. Yu Miaomiao only looked at Zhao Man, rubbed her feet with medicinal wine, and felt much better. She was never a coquettish person, so she jumped up and continued to work.

In the evening, Zhao Man was drowsy again, so Yu Miaomiao fed him porridge and rice, and brought warm water to scrub him.

Zhao Man just woke up now, opened his eyes, just stared at Yu Miaomiao without speaking.

The candlelight flickered in the room, as if time was forbidden, both of them were very focused, one focused on scrubbing, especially when he touched the scars on his body, his movements were always gentler, the other focused on appreciation, the soft light in his eyes, if someone See, who would say that Zhao Man is ruthless and loveless?

When Yu Miaomiao finished her work, she raised her head and saw that he had woken up, with a smile on her face: "Just woke up, I'll bring you the medicine, drink it before going to sleep."

Zhao Man held her hand, even though he was weak, his strength was not weak.

"What's the matter?" Yu Miaomiao asked, still getting closer.

Zhao Man didn't speak, but just touched her nose with his hand, wiped off the thin layer of sweat on the tip of the nose, and then said: "I don't want to drink medicine, I will only sleep when you sleep with me."

Yu Miaomiao was no stranger to the fact that Zhao Man acted like a baby in a serious manner when he was ill, but he himself didn't notice it.

Hmph, every time she acted like a baby, he took the opportunity to teach him a lesson, and now it was his turn to act like a baby, and she wanted to educate him, but she couldn't say what she said.

This man has a mother like Yubi, and she probably never acted like a baby when she was a child. Every time she thinks about it, her heart softens and she just lets him go.

"I'll go wash up and come back."

Only then did Zhao Man let go. Yu Miaomiao sweated a lot today, but she didn't have a shower, and it was inconvenient to take a bath today, so she could only scrub it, but Zhao Man called her from time to time, and he didn't urge her, just Shouting non-stop, Yu Miaomiao had no choice but to go faster.

After climbing onto the bed, she pressed Zhao Man a few times, then closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep. Then Zhao Man withdrew the hand that was pressing on her sleeping point, held the hand on his heart, and closed her eyes. eyes.

On the second day, Yu Miaomiao woke up, and her spirit had recovered a lot, but the weather was still very hot, cloudless, and dizzy from the sun. Even Doctor Qiu, who didn't care about everything except treating people, I started to complain about the weather. In the past, there was still a lot of rain in Fangling in summer, but this year is really abnormal.

However, Yu Miaomiao is quite satisfied with the weather, and she has asked people to find water in the mountains, so she is not too worried about the shortage of water sources. There are so many mountains, so many trees, and many swamps in Fangling. The Malan River in Shanghe County also originates in the mountains of Fangling, and the water shortage in this place is not so serious.

Moreover, the millet, millet, and beans grown on her mountain are also drought-resistant.

The main problem is that there is miasma in the mountains, and people dare not enter the mountains.

People at this time did not know the cause of miasma, and only regarded it as a very terrible thing.But Yu Miaomiao knew that if she knew the reason, there would be nothing to be afraid of.

Moreover, the greatest harm caused by miasma is malaria. Now because of the anti-malarial medicine of the Su family, the death rate of malaria infection has been greatly reduced.

Besides, she hired people to collect rotten leaves in the woods at the head of the village, and none of those people got sick.

I'm sorry for not taking advantage of this weather.

Yu Miaomiao found a few people, cut off some branches of the trees in the woods at the head of the village, and walked along the woods all the way to the mountains. There was no need to cut down the trees by their roots, as long as the sunlight could shine into the mountains.

I also told these people to go around the place where there is miasma, just don't let the miasma continue to spread, there will be sunlight around, and the air will clear up the miasma sooner or later.

But Yu Miaomiao also emphasized one point, not to cut down trees indiscriminately, she does not want to be a sinner in the eyes of future generations.

The trees in the mountains of Fangling have not been cut down for so many years, and they have grown very luxuriantly, and it is enough to take the branches.

Of course, it is impossible for Yu Miaomiao to spend money on her own, but she can't get any benefits. Apart from collecting the rotten leaves in the mountains to make fertilizer, she has long been optimistic about other functions.

As long as you climb over a mountain from Liushutun, you can directly reach Fangling City.There is no need to make a detour to Shangyong County, and then go to Fangling City. Now this area will be dealt with first, and a road will be opened slowly, so that the traffic will be convenient.

Isn't there a saying that goes, "To get rich, build roads first"!

Yu Miaomiao is planning on this now, since Liushutun is the base camp, she naturally needs to manage it well.

Zhao Man also sent someone to Zhuxi County to inform Xiao Yuantu, and informed Yu Miaomiao of his plans and instructions.

The Xiao family took advantage of the Lian family's downfall to rise to the top position. After all, their foundation was not stable, and they had no achievements. Zhao Man wanted to give the Xiao family a chance, give him a credit, and stabilize his position.The Xiao family is attached to him, and only when the Xiao family stands firm can they serve him better.

Similarly, in this way, Zhao Man had already started to eliminate the miasma in the mountains of Zhushan County to build a military training place, so he didn't have to sneak around, and he didn't need to be so conspicuous.

Sure enough, Xiao Yuantu received Zhao Man's instructions, and he was very concerned about this matter, and had already organized manpower to handle it.

In the past, many officials who came to Fangling were surprised by the luxuriance of trees and the quality of the wood in Fangling, and they wanted to make plans for forest trees, but they were all blocked by the miasma. Now Xiao Yuantu has much less worries. Now, at least I am not afraid of miasma causing malaria infection as before.

He didn't want to be able to send his book to the imperial court and get a reward like Wang Lang, but it was still feasible for the people who won the support of the three-acre land in Zhuxi County to gain a firm foothold.

If this plan is really feasible, Fangling can replace Qinzhou in the future by relying on the mountains and forests that occupy nine out of ten of the total land, not to mention the wood in the mountains, and become the leader of the Song Dynasty, bringing a steady stream of wealth.

Moreover, there are countless precious medicinal materials, which can also bring considerable wealth. The people of Fangling no longer need to be like now, guarding a treasure in a mountain forest, but dare not go in because of the miasma. A little bit of land is miserable.

Even if it fails, the loss will not be too great, at least it will not be like those officials in the past who organized people into the mountain to cause a malaria outbreak, which is nothing more than investing a little manpower and financial resources.

Not to mention that Xiao Yuantu was planning to do something big in Zhuxi County.

In Shangyong County, Wang Lang also got the news from Xiao Yuantu.Wang Lang came from a good background, although the Wang family said that they would not care about him, but they still arranged several aides by his side. After Wang Lang discussed with them, he also organized staff to take care of it.

As for Shanghe County, which has always been the base camp of the Li family, the wine industry is one of the main industries of the Li family. They bought it. Although they have never entered the mountain, the ownership belongs to the Li family.

Now that Li Pengju's power in the Li family is growing, and seeing that the other counties are in full swing, he asked someone to inquire about it, and ordered it to go down.

(End of this chapter)