doomsday survival

Chapter 205 Going to the Coal Mine ([-])

As soon as the kiln door was opened, a wave of heat rushed out with countless dust.

Fortunately, the people who opened the door were wearing thick masks so as not to be choked on, but even so, they were disgraced, and a layer of gray powder fell on their hair.

Before the stove was turned on, the audience had already retreated a lot, but now they had to retreat again.

Shi Jian covered his nose and mouth with his hands, and asked in a muffled voice, "Old Feng, isn't this too environmentally friendly?"

"I can't live anymore, ghosts talk about environmental protection!" Feng Kuang also said while covering his mouth.

"That can't be like this, what if the worker gets silicosis?" Shi Jian said worriedly.

Silicosis is a chronic and progressive disease mainly caused by lung tissue fibrosis caused by long-term inhalation of productive dust during production work.

"It's okay. After all, the production time is short and not long-term. Wearing a mask is basically fine." Feng Kuang explained.

Shi Jian doesn't know much about this, but he has heard that silicosis patients are often in pain, which is quite miserable.Now that Feng Kuang said that there will be no problems in the short term, he was relieved, but he still asked: "Can this kiln be improved? If it can reduce the danger, reduce it."

Feng Kuang shook his head and said: "I do know the structure of several kilns, which are both efficient and environmentally friendly, but without steel, there is nothing they can do."

Shi Jian was also speechless after hearing this, this cannot be done in one go, it needs to be done step by step.

Feng Kuang continued: "Actually, they were able to build this kiln without putting the limestone directly on the pyre, which is already very good."

Indeed, although the design of this kiln is unreasonable, it seems very primitive.But the vents, feed ports, and discharge ports are all available, and the furnace door is specially made of an iron door that I don't know where to get, and it is wrapped with asbestos inside and out.It seems that the designer has more or less working experience in lime kilns.

After the kiln was completely cooled, someone immediately stepped forward to get the cement out of the outlet, put it in a plastic woven bag, and then put it on a wooden frame beside it to prevent it from getting wet.

This lime kiln is not too big, and the space inside the furnace is average. In the end, more than one ton of cement was produced, but more than half a ton of coal and more than two tons of raw materials were consumed.

Feng Kuang said helplessly: "There is no way, the structure design is unreasonable, the heat loss is too large, and the yield is not high."

Shi Jian patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "Take your time."

But Wang Lie, Xia Qianhe and others didn't think so. They were already very happy to be able to produce cement, and they didn't care about the production cost at all.

There was plenty of limestone and clay, and Shi Jian pulled eleven or twelve tons of coal, which meant that it was enough to produce about [-] tons of cement.

Artificial?Anyway, now is the slack time for farming, and the autumn harvest is still very early, so these people just work slowly.

When Xia Qianhe finished expressing the above point of view to Feng Kuang, Feng Kuang almost fainted.He pointed to the stacked cement and said, "How much do you think these thirty tons of cement can be used for? If it is really used, it can also build a half-circle wall."

"This," Wang Lie asked hesitantly, "can't you put in less cement?"

"Are you kidding me? This is for our own use, and it's not a tofu project. Why cut corners?" Feng Kuang gave Wang Lie a sideways look.

Although Wang Lie didn't know what a shabby project was, he guessed that he had said something he shouldn't have said, and stepped aside with a smile.

Xia Qianhe thought for a while and said, "Why don't you choose a time, Shi Jian will work harder and bring some coal."

Shi Jian was amused by Xia Qianhe and the two "Time Shi Jian" who were connected together, and said, "It's okay, I can go anytime, and I will say hello when I need it."

Wang Lie frowned slightly, intending to stop him, but he didn't make a sound, he just said in his heart: "Just this one time, don't run any longer, don't invite zombies."

The cement matter had been perfectly resolved, but what Shi Jian was more happy about was Xia Qianhe's words.This is a good start, at least Xia Qianhe has started to let him go to the old district for the production of cement, and he is no longer so resolutely opposed in the past.

"Yes, you will like to go to the old area more and more in the future." Shi Jian said silently in his heart.

Shi Jian didn't have to go to the old area to find trouble with the zombies, it was purely to make trouble for himself.What he wants are the remaining materials and various means of production in the old district.Only by obtaining these things, the Chang'an tribe will develop, become stronger, and remain invincible in the last days.

Sure enough, after half a month, Xia Qianhe and Wang Lie found Shi Jian.

Xia Qianhe said: "Shi Jian, if you are not busy now, can you make a trip? The coal over there is going to run out."

Shi Jian had every reason to agree, and immediately said: "It's okay, I'll go tomorrow. But how many people can follow this time?"

Wang Lie said: "It's up to you, two to thirty people will do."

"That's not that much. In addition to the seven of us last time, you can send me three more."

"Okay." Wang Lie agreed very simply.

But before leaving, Wang Lie specially emphasized: "Brother Shi, you must pay attention to safety. If it is really impossible, we will not do it, but don't," he paused, and continued, "Don't let people It’s good to have an accident.”

Shi Jian immediately patted his chest and assured: "Brother Wang, rest assured, there will definitely not be any casualties."

Seeing that Shi Jian spoke so confidently, Wang Lie nodded and went to catch up with Xia Qianhe who had gone far away.

"Great Elder, are you not afraid that they will bring the zombies over?" Wang Lie complained.

"Scared." Xia Qianhe admitted frankly.

"My Great Elder, Old Uncle Xia, why don't you let him go?" Wang Lie said with a bitter face.

"What if you don't let it go? The cement is half burnt, so you can't give up halfway, right? Besides," Xia Qianhe said as if comforting himself, "Shi Jian has been to the old district so many times, shouldn't it be a problem? Well, Definitely no problem."

Xia Qianhe watched Wang Lie grow up. When Xia Qianhe was the leader, he was always his deputy and respected him very much.

Seeing what Xia Qianhe said, Wang Lie didn't want to fight against Xia Qianhe, so he could only pray: "I hope God will bless them, let them have a safe journey, and the zombies don't come out with them."

After dinner, Shi Jian finished his evening class and specially kept a few people behind.

In addition to Zuo Qian, Zhang Jian and Yi Hengge, Wang Gang, who was originally in charge of lime production, and two people named Liu Hai and Zhang Xiang were also retained by him.

Liu Hai is the elder Liu Yi's nephew, in his thirties, with a dark face and a strong body.Zhang Xiang was one of the bachelors who lost the election. He was only 24 years old, and he was also very burly.

Both these two people and Wang Gang were very interested in Shi Jian's class. They listened attentively every time and did not forget to take notes.The relationship with Shi Jian is also very good, and I admire him very much in words.When Shi Jian thought of the candidates for going to the coal mine tomorrow, he first thought of the three of them.

Shi Jian said to them: "Tomorrow I will go to the coal mine again. Would you like to go with me?" After speaking, he looked at Wang Gang and the three of them.

Not disappointing him, the three of Wang Gang agreed with one voice, and kept asking what preparations needed to be done tomorrow.

"You don't need anything, just wear clothes that don't reveal your skin, and put on protective equipment such as gloves and a headgear." Shi Jian said.

As soon as Wang Gang heard these things, he immediately understood, and asked, "Are you going to fight the zombies?" There was some fear in his words.

"Gangzi, this is just a preventive measure, and it's not really necessary. Brother Jian took Fengchen and the others, what are you afraid of if you have a gun?" Yi Hengge interjected.

Wang Gang smiled embarrassingly, and said, "It's not that I'm afraid, but I'm a little nervous."

"It's nothing to be ashamed of being afraid. I'm also afraid when I enter the old district." Shi Jian patted Wang Gang on the shoulder and said.

"Principal Shi is also afraid?" Wang Gang asked in disbelief.

After the merger of the two departments, Shi Jian naturally can no longer be called the leader, but because his original identity is there, not many people call him by his first name, and he is generally called the principal according to his position.

Shi Jian didn't care about calling him, and he also said that it would be fine to just call him by his name, but everyone still insisted on calling him that way, so he just let everyone do it.

Hearing Wang Gang's question, he laughed and said, "I'm not stupid and bold, of course I would be scared."

"Brother Jian, tell me what it was like to go to the old district for the first time?" Yi Hengge said with a smile.

"The first time, I wasn't really scared that time," Shi Jian recalled. "I didn't eat salt at that time, and my body couldn't take it anymore. If I didn't look for salt in the old area, I would die." Said In the end, they were all forced."

"I heard that the headmaster lived alone, isn't that very hard?" Zhang Xiang asked.

"Of course it was hard. I didn't even have anyone to talk to. Later, I adopted Xiaomeng and Xiaowei, and I talked to them every day. Otherwise, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to speak in the future." Shi Jian recalled the time when he was struggling alone. A smile appeared on his face.

Although those days were difficult, the memories are not so good.Shi Jian, who opened up the chatter box, told the six people present about the ups and downs of those days, which fascinated several people.

Shi Jian didn't know that there were two people standing outside the window, silently listening to Shi Jian talking about his experience.There were cold tears streaming down a person's face, and it could be seen under the moonlight that it was Xia Qing.Even though he knew this a long time ago, Xia Qing still felt distressed.

And the other one was Li Yeyue, who was fascinated by what she heard. Every time Shi Jian talked about danger, she couldn't help holding Xia Qing's hand. release.

"It turns out that he has experienced so much suffering, but he still lives tenaciously alone. No wonder he is somewhat dissatisfied with us who only know a comfortable life." Li Yeyue secretly said in her heart.

Suddenly, she felt that this Shi Jian really seemed like a mysterious person, who possessed such a wealth of knowledge, was able to survive alone in the wilderness, and even bravely ventured into old areas alone.

"What kind of tribe can educate such outstanding people?" Li Yeyue asked secretly, but couldn't think of an answer.

(End of this chapter)