Datang: My apprentice is Li Chengqian

Chapter 99 Not a Good Son, Not a Good Father
Poor shirt is single, worrying about charcoal and wishing it will be cold.

In the Tang Dynasty, whether it was nobles or ordinary people, they mainly relied on charcoal for heating in winter.

In particular, the people living in Chang'an City, unlike farmers in the countryside, can chop firewood for warmth by themselves.

So the carbon stove is basically the standard configuration of this era.

Li Shimin glanced around, but did not find the familiar carbon stove inside the battlements.

But at this moment, he could clearly feel the temperature inside the battlements, which was much higher than outside.

When I first came in, I didn't pay attention here, and I didn't react.

Now I was sweating profusely, and when I was looking for the reason, I immediately realized the difference.

"Your Majesty, I have placed four briquette stoves inside this battlement, so it is relatively warm."

Qin Xiedao breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Shimin is not angry with himself.

"Honeycomb coal stove? Why can I understand every word you say, but when added together, I can't understand what you are saying?"

At this time, Li Shimin got up and came to a corner of the battlements.

According to his speculation, there is a strange stove here, which should be the briquette stove that Qin Xiedao mentioned.

"It's a stove for burning briquettes. It's similar to a stove for burning charcoal, but the structure is a little different."

Qin Xiedao said so nonchalantly, but in his heart he realized that he had overlooked an important thing.

This briquette is a good thing that travelers must promote on a large scale.

I just care about my own comfort these days, and I don't think about promoting briquette stoves and briquettes. It seems a bit ashamed.

After all, now that this era has come, Qin Xiedao still hopes that the people of Tang Dynasty can live a better life.

In this way, his life can be better.

"What is this briquette?"

At this time, Li Shimin had already seen the fiery red briquettes in the stove and the warm breath emanating from the briquette stove.

"Honeycomb is actually coal, but it is made into a honeycomb, which can burn better."

Qin Xiedao didn't intend to hide anything from Li Shimin.

For things like briquettes, as long as others notice and want to imitate, it is almost effortless.

Even if Qin Xiedao wanted to monopolize the briquette business, it was unrealistic.

Besides, this briquette belongs to the daily necessities of the common people.

If the price is too high, not many people will buy it.

But if you want the price to be low, you need to develop coal mines on a large scale and hire a lot of people to make briquettes.

A wool workshop outside the city has already spent a lot of energy on Yiguo's government. Qin Xiedao obviously wants to continue to monopolize the briquette business.

"Your Majesty, please leave the battlements quickly."

Before Li Shimin could say anything, after hearing Qin Xiedao's words, Wang De's expression changed drastically, and he immediately anxiously persuaded Li Shimin to leave as soon as possible.

At the same time, he couldn't help shouting at Qin Xiedao: "Qin Dalang, this charcoal is poisonous, otherwise why don't ordinary people dare to use it?

In Chang'an City, every year, some poor people who couldn't survive went outside the city to pick up charcoal to burn for warmth, and lost their lives in the end.

You are not afraid of death, let His Majesty take risks here, what kind of heart do you have? "

If he hadn't seen that Qin Xiedao was staying in the battlements by himself, and Li Shimin came here today on a temporary basis, Wang De would probably have suspected Qin Xiedao had some bad intentions.

"Charcoal is really dangerous. Xiedao, you are taking too much risk."

At this time, Li Shimin was also in a cold sweat.

I have only been enthroned for less than half a year, so I don't want to be promoted so quickly.

"Your Majesty, what you said is not wrong. If charcoal is burned directly in a closed room, it is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be poisoned by carbon.

But the honeycomb coal stove designed by Weichen burns honeycomb coal, as long as it is not a completely enclosed space, there is no need to worry about poisoning.

Even in a room with closed doors and windows, at most a chimney is added, so there is no need to worry about carbon poisoning. "

Qin Xiedao saw such a big reaction from Li Shimin and Wang De, so he naturally knew what was going on.

Although people don’t know what carbon monoxide poisoning is called in this era, if you directly use untreated coal, that is, coal to burn for heating, not only will there be smoke, but also because the coal is not fully burned, resulting in a large amount of carbon monoxide .

Although the houses of this era are very poorly sealed.

But in winter, in order to keep warm, everyone still uses various methods as much as possible to improve the airtightness of the house.

At this time, the danger of burning coal indoors is beyond doubt.

"You know that charcoal is poisonous, but you still dare to put four stoves in the battlements? No wonder I'm sweating profusely."

After listening to Qin Xiedao's words, Li Shimin didn't fully believe him, but at least he wasn't so nervous.

"Your Majesty, we have been using the briquette stove made by Xiedao for less than half a month, and there has never been an accident.

And this briquette will not smoke like burning coal when burning.

If you don't need to use it, just put a cover under the honeycomb coal stove on it.

When you want to use it next time, just open it directly, which is much easier to use than a carbon stove. "

At this time, Chang He finally interjected a sentence, brushing up his sense of presence.

"Xiedao, is this briquette really so easy to use? Is it troublesome to make?"

Chang He is an honest man.

Hearing what he said, Li Shimin believed what Qin Xiedao said just now.

At this time, he suddenly thought of the refugees outside the city.

It's freezing cold, if the briquette stove is really so useful, then placing a briquette stove in each refugee pile may save the lives of many refugees.

Just relying on some porridge sheds to donate porridge and water, although it may save everyone from starving to death.

However, there are many people who were not starved to death and were eventually frozen to death.

"Your Majesty, briquettes are absolutely easy to use, not only easy to make, but also much cheaper to use than charcoal.

The most important thing is that there is coal outside Chang'an City, as long as a workshop is built, it can be produced in large quantities immediately.

This will not only solve the heating problem of many people, but also directly solve the problem of refugees outside the city. "

Qin Xiedao thought of what Li Shimin had just said about the refugees outside the city, and immediately had an idea in his mind.

After reading so many online novels, the big moves that the traverser must use are almost wasted, which is really a pity.

"Can it solve the refugee problem?"

Sure enough, when Li Shimin heard Qin Xiedao's words, he immediately became very interested.

Li Shimin may not be a good son, nor a good father.

But I have to say, he is a good emperor.

(End of this chapter)