The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 43
Three tile-roofed houses on the outskirts of Beiping City.

The two father and son each pulled a donkey cart, consigned two carts full of coal from the coal yard, and unloaded it into the house on the far right.

The whole house was stained black.

The broken coals are piled up like a hill, with a quick groove in the middle, and the women in the family pour water into it bucket by bucket.

Then add clay ash, stir with a shovel, and let it stand for half an hour after stirring.

While waiting, the father and son who hauled coal from a nearby mine for tomorrow's use also returned home.

The two father and son picked up the shovel and smashed the larger coal lumps, which gradually became slime.

The women went to light the fire and cook.

A coal stove and briquettes are used.

"Try it." The old father said suddenly, which was also the first sentence the father and son said today.

I let my son do the technical work, and I watched from the sidelines, lest my son lose control and waste raw materials.

The younger generation is not convinced, such a simple thing, only the father finds it difficult.

The old father looked at the young man's energy, although his face was serious, he felt comforted in his heart.

Life is indeed not difficult.

But if you are careless, the quality of the briquettes produced is not good, and the signboard will be smashed, and the whole family depends on this for their livelihood.

I have to save money to marry my son.

The son is not too young, and he will marry a daughter-in-law next year, and the family will have more fat boys in the year after.

Thinking of his future grandson, the old father couldn't help sighing, it's nothing to have two extra sets of bowls and chopsticks.

However, the grandson is going to be sent to study, and the cost of studying is very high. In order to earn more money, do you want to hire someone?

If you hire a long-term worker, learn this business, and go out to do it alone, wouldn't you have an extra competitor?
But if there are only two fathers and sons doing it, they will not be able to expand their business if they are so tired every day.

The old father looked at his working son.

If only the job were more difficult, I'm not afraid to ask people.

pity.

The old father was dissatisfied with the briquette in his heart. He disliked the fact that the production of briquette was too easy, and he completely forgot the excitement when he first got this craft.

"Okay." The old father stopped his son.

I don't dislike dirty hands, I stepped forward and grabbed a handful of slime, and I can already squeeze it out of shape.

The two fathers and sons brought a set of wooden molds. One poured slime into the mold by hand so that some would protrude out on purpose, and the other held a thick board to flatten it.

Flattening is hard work, and the son saw his father panting heavily, so he said, "Let me do it."

The old father hesitated for a while, but stepped aside.

The son did it faster and more steadily than the old father.

"If I was young, I would have done it faster than you." The old father was not convinced.

"time to eat."

The woman's shout came from the house next door.

"Eat after you're done." The old father shouted back.

Soon.

Even the father and son cooperated skillfully, and within half a day's effort, all the coal mines as high as a hill were made into briquettes.

"Let's eat."

The old father led his son to the next door.

"Since the family started this business, it has never been cleaned again." Seeing that the father and son didn't wash their hands, the woman couldn't help complaining.

"You used to complain about being poor, but now that you can earn money, you still complain." The old father quarreled with the woman.

The son put his head down to eat.

have eaten.

A family of three went into battle to neatly stack the pressed honeycomb briquettes layer by layer. Today is just a sunny day, and it can be dried in half a day.

Then put the briquettes that had been sun-baked yesterday into the donkey cart piece by piece.

The two father and son continued to go one behind the other, but this time they did not go to the coal yard in the west, but to Beiping City in the east.

According to the regulations of Prince Yan's Mansion, it is not allowed to stop small households selling briquettes, and it is not allowed to collect taxes, and it is promoted to a tax-free industry like selling firewood.

After entering the city, the father and son separated.

The old father warned, "Don't cause trouble."

"Understood." After the young man agreed, he quickly disappeared with the donkey cart.

There is a dung bell behind the donkey's buttocks. If any animal dung falls on the ground, it will be fined if it is found.

"Selling coal... eh."

The old father walked slowly, yelling in every street, making the sound of coal so long that everyone knew that the coal seller was coming.

"Hey, come here." A woman waved at her door.

Facing the woman's disdain for his dirty eyes, the old father was not only not angry, but smiled.

It opened just after entering the city, a good sign.

……

restaurant.

The elegant room on the second floor.

Looking at the coal seller who appeared on the street, the three long-clothed men watched with gusto from the fence.

It's human nature to enjoy seeing other people working hard.

"This thing is extremely dirty, and it's not as clean as firewood. It's a waste of people's money. It's unnecessary." A scholar said with disgust.

I used to sell firewood, but now I sell briquettes, and the briquettes have black marks on them.

"No, no." The companions disagreed.

"Firewood is not easy to obtain, but it is easy to dry up when used. This thing has great benefits."

Several scholars expressed their views on the emergence of briquettes.

With the emergence of briquettes, and gradually began to spread all over the streets, causing more and more topics.

There are those who worry about Chai Fu who has lost his livelihood, those who worry that the Yan Palace is arbitrarily powerful, and some people think that the Yan Palace is competing with the people for profit.

"The business of briquettes does not have the involvement of Prince Yan's Mansion." Someone retorted.

Zhu Di has been in Peiping for many years.

Not only has it attracted a lot of military spirits, but it has also attracted many scholars.

Otherwise, he will be forced to rebel in the future, and when his strength is weakest, how can he get the support of many forces in Beiping Prefecture.

Not only did the guards in various places immediately follow him to pull up the flag, but also many officials helped King Yan and traveled all over the place for him.

A person's success must have his reasons.

So is honeycomb.

The steam engine makes it cheaper, compared with the convenience and utilization rate of firewood, it can become a fuel to replace firewood.

It is the iron law of the development of things, so the primary age of industry is also called the coal age.

The debate among several scholars did not attract Zhu Gaochi's attention.

On the contrary, Zhang Quan, the long follower next to him, showed dissatisfaction, but seeing that the eldest son did not express his opinion, he could only bear it.

Zhu Gaochi was also looking at the coal trucks on the street, counting what he saw in an hour.

Some carried the load, some dragged their own two-wheeled carts, and they also worked on donkey carts and mule carts.

"so good."

Zhu Gaochi was filled with excitement.

Relying on the Industrial Revolution, Britain led the coal age and became a global hegemon, known as the empire on which the sun never sets.

Then the earth entered the oil age, controlled by the United States, known as the greatest country.

It's time for electricity.

China hopes to control electric energy, claiming to achieve a great national rejuvenation.

What is revival?

Because China did not join the industrial revolution in the [-]th century, it was eliminated in the coal age and lagged behind world civilization.

And now we are about to enter the fifteenth century.

A great nation does not need to be rejuvenated, because it is the most powerful country in the first place. What Zhu Gaochi needs to do is to bring the age of coal to China in advance.

On the other hand, whatever the sun and moon shine on, and wherever the rivers and rivers go, are all Han soil!

The slogan of the ancestors, whenever you think of it, it will make your pores soothed.

"Let's go."

There is nothing to see, Zhu Gaochi is going to China Heavy Industry.

The success of briquette has made the road of industrial development slightly smoother.

(End of this chapter)