Three Kingdoms: My Army Formation Is Too Invincible!

Chapter 144

Chapter 143 The advent of coking technology, the transformation plan of the Shanggong Division! (First update!)

“We have proven that the reserves of this coal mine are huge enough to supply us with large-scale iron smelting for 30 years!”

Guo Jia spoke excitedly, his eyes gleaming.

These things are the foundation of a prince’s power!

Hearing the word coal mine, Chen Chong’s eyes also lit up.

Needless to say, the role of coal mines.

It is used to smelt all kinds of metals.

It is an extremely important energy supply!

This really reminded Chen Chong.

His current sphere of influence is the Binzhou area.

That is, most of the later Jin Province-and the southern part of Mongol Province.

The number of coal reserves in this area is the highest in the entire world!

Moreover, the coal mines here have two characteristics.

Good quality and easy to mine!

This is simply a godsend benefit!

If you don’t make good use of it, you will really be blind to such a treasure of Feng Shui!

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Chong spoke softly.

“Take a map of Bingzhou!”

Soon, someone hurried over with a map of Binzhou.

Chen Chong picked up the pen, looked at the map carefully, and lightly sketched a few places.

These are all in his memory, and later generations are located in several large coal mines in Bingzhou!

For example, Xishan in Jinyang County, such as Yunzhong County.

The coal reserves in these places are definitely not inferior to Pingcheng.

Perhaps limited by the current technical conditions, they cannot exploit the deep coal.

But even if it is only the surface layer, it is enough to support the century-old foundation of the state!

“Fengxiao, you arrange for people who are familiar with mineral affairs to conduct exploration in these places.

“If nothing happens, there should be new discoveries too!”

Guo Jia took the map and hesitated.

This is a bit too mysterious!

Finding a coal mine is not easy.

This requires the kind of extremely experienced and experienced craftsmen to comprehensively judge the trend of mountains and rivers, topographic changes, hydrological conditions and other factors.

It took several years, and it may not be possible to find it!

And now, if my lord draws a sketch on the map, can he find a new coal mine that has not yet been mined?

Is it possible that the owner of his own family also has extraordinary talents and accomplishments in the matter of finding mineral deposits?

Chen Chong also saw Guo Jia’s suspicion.

Also, this kind of thing is a bit too unbelievable.

Guo Jia couldn’t believe it and it was normal.

Chen Chong smiled faintly, and once again appealed to the gods of this unexplainable matter.

“A few days ago, I dreamed of an immortal again. The immortal told me that there are treasures in these places and I need to search carefully!”

Guo Jia nodded, and a look of fanatical Chongxin flashed across his eyes.

If the fairy entrusts the dream, then it can be explained.

Just like his dark illness before, it was also the fairy who gave the lord a dream, which gave him the opportunity to prolong his life!

He nodded heavily and spoke in a deep voice.

“Don’t worry, lord, I’ll make arrangements soon!”

“If these places have treasures bestowed by immortals to the lord, then I will definitely let them see the sun again!”

“Never let the treasures be dusted!”

With that, Guo Jia left with great excitement.

Chen Chong held the pen and thought for a while.

In addition to making a fuss about the coal production area, perhaps he can also push on the specific use of coal.

In this era, people’s awareness of coal is still very weak.

Only know that coal can burn.

However, burning raw coal directly is actually a very wasteful practice.

Moreover, the effect of such incineration is also very poor.

If it can be refined a little and the raw coal can be made into coke, then there will be a qualitative leap in resource utilization and incineration effects immediately!

As he pondered, he quickly sketched a few strokes on the paper.

“Wang Jiangshou, look at this.”

Wang Jiangshou took it and glanced at it.

It looked like a big pot with a strange shape.

The top of the pot seems to be closed with mud, and there are vents on the top.

It’s another thing I have never seen before!

“Master, is this?”

Chen Chong smiled faintly, and a bright look flashed across his eyes.

“Wang Jiangshou, this is a coke oven, and it’s just a rudimentary form.

“I hope he can achieve the effect of sealing and calcining coal.”

“How to do it, you still need to organize outstanding craftsmen and discuss it. I hope that within ten days, a batch of samples can be produced.”

Hearing this, Wang Jiangshou couldn’t help but let out a wry smile, and a bit of embarrassment flashed on his face.

Chen Chong glanced at him, somewhat puzzled.

“Why, is there any problem?

Head Wang Jiang said helplessly.

“Lord, the tasks of the Shang Gong Division are too onerous!”

“The mass production of three-piece cavalry suits is a huge project. Coupled with the design and production of special armor weapons for five thousand tiger and leopard riders, it is even more difficult!”

“It can be said that the Shanggong Division is now operating at full capacity!”

“If you want to free up your hands and build this coke oven, it will inevitably postpone the replacement of the cavalry by a large margin. In this way, I am afraid that it will affect the main military affairs of the lord!

Chen Chong smiled lightly.

“What am I supposed to do! Head Master Wang, you are a well-known craftsman. You should be very clear about the principle of sharpening a knife and not cutting wood by mistake.”

“Cavalry equipment forging, let’s put it aside for now! Focus on this coke oven first!

“I can assure you that once this coke oven is manufactured, other things will become much easier!”

The first Wang Jiangdu was dubious.

But this is an order, and he can only obey it.

Ten days later.

With the efforts of Shanggong Division, the first batch of coke ovens have been manufactured.

All were sent to nearby coal mines outside Pingcheng, waiting for further arrangements.

After Cheng Zhong got the news, he rushed to the Pingcheng Coal Mine as soon as possible.

Zhuge Liang also accompanied him.

Unlike other civil servants, Zhuge Liang, in addition to outstanding administrative talents, also had deep attainments and talents in Mohist’s magic arts.

Historically, the wooden cow Liuma and Zhuge Liannu are all very practical military products!

This time, let Zhuge Liang accompany him, and there are also some ideas in the process of handing the Shang Gongsi to Zhuge Liang.

At present, there are more and more new things, and the stalls of Shang Gongsi are also getting bigger and bigger!

The number of craftsmen in the making has even exceeded 8,000!

In this regard, Zhuge Liang is obviously better at operating than Guo Jia, Xun or them!

Soon, they arrived near the Pingcheng Coal Mine.

Wang Jiangshou hurried to greet him.

“Master, Mr. Kong Ming, this is the coke oven we hurried out!”

“What to do next, please give instructions from the lord!”

Zhuge Liang also cast his curious eyes on Chen Chong.

Zhuge Liang also admires Chen Chong’s magical thoughts.

After all, in Zhongling, he saw too much impossible.

Improved papermaking, movable type printing, curved ploughs, and three-piece cavalry are all magical products related to the national economy and the people’s livelihood!

The coke oven in front of me is not easy!

Chen Chong smiled softly and immediately began to give orders.

“Take high-quality raw coal, smash and sieve, remove impurities, and leave the essence!”

“Then put it in the coke oven and start high-temperature calcination!

The first Wang Jiang commanded the craftsman and began to execute Chen Chong’s orders quickly.

Soon, the coke oven began to work.

A thick jet of black smoke floated out from the top vents and went straight up high in the sky.

Chen Chong looked a little distressed.

The black smoke actually contains the gas commonly used in later generations.

It can also be reused.

However, their technical means are still unable to collect and store gas, so they can only sit back and watch this part of the energy loss.

After about half a day, the turbulent black smoke dissipated.

The craftsman opened the coke oven and took out the rest.

The black hair was shiny, and it seemed to be coated with grease.

Coke!

Compared with the previous raw coal, there are two completely different things!

“Master Wang, you try to use coke as fuel to forge iron.

Cheng Zhong gave the order softly.

Wang Jiangshou nodded and did what he said.

It didn’t take long before he let out a cry of surprise.

0…seeking flowers…

Lord “! This coke is so easy to use!”

“It’s far more scorching hot than the previous raw coal, and the time for the iron block to melt has been shortened by more than three times. It can be tempered and forged more easily!”

“Moreover, the duration of his burning is much longer than that of raw coal!”

“This is simply the king of coal!”

“If all this kind of coke is used as fuel, the speed of cavalry equipment building can be greatly improved! It only takes half a month to get the three major battalions of cavalry of the lord to be replaced with new equipment!

Knowing this time, Wang Jiangshou really understood that sentence in Cheng Zhong.

Sharpen the knife and chop the wood by mistake!

In fact, this is not a simple sharpening!

I changed a knife!

On the side, Zhuge Liang was also quickly calculating.

From the perspective of refining results, one catty of raw coal can produce about half a catty of coke.

And the effect of this half catty of coke is even stronger than five catties of raw coal!

This is equivalent to directly increasing the efficiency of coal use by more than five times!

“The lord’s whimsy, this coke oven is really an artifact of the coal industry!”

He sighed sincerely, admiring Chen Chong very much.

Chen Chong’s eyes were calm, and he smiled faintly.

In fact, the efficiency of use is second.

The most important thing is that the temperature produced by the combustion of coke is much higher than that of raw coal.

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Once the temperature exceeds a certain limit, this is a qualitative change, and they can produce more other things!

Such as high-quality glass, high-quality cement, and many more advanced and sophisticated tools!

It can be said that coking technology is a prerequisite for many other technologies!

Of course, these things are not in a hurry to study.

Take your time, time is still long!

“Kong Ming.”

Chen Chong turned to Zhuge Liang and spoke softly.

“I know that you have quite a lot of research and experience on craftsmanship.”

“Those who can do more work, I want to leave the affairs of Shang Gong Si to you.

“What do you think?”

Zhuge Liang’s eyes lit up.

He is so interested in this aspect!

If the craftsmanship is managed well, it can become the driving force of the entire country!

Its significance is so great that it is not under farming at all!

This is something he has always believed in!

At the moment, he agreed without hesitation.

“Since the Lord can trust me, then it is my duty!

Chen Chong smiled and nodded.

“I believe in your abilities, Kong Ming!”

Zhuge Liang groaned for a moment, then spoke softly.

“It just so happens that I also have some ideas about the next development of Shanggong Division!”

Chen Chong was taken aback.

It is said that the new official has three fires, but Zhuge Liang’s fire burns a bit fast!

“tell me the story!”

Zhuge Liang is confident.

“I think that the scale of the Shanggong Division has grown to a large extent. The overall functions are very general and need to be further refined. Perhaps, it would be more appropriate to split into three institutions!”

The first part is composed of old craftsmen. These craftsmen can no longer do heavy work, but they still have a wealth of production experience. They can guide and teach and train new craftsmen. They belong to educational institutions.

The second “part, the largest scale, is mainly for mature design and large-scale forging, which is the production organization.

As for the third part, it carefully screens some of the most talented craftsmen with special ideas, and is responsible for implementing some possible ideas. This is a research institution.

“What do you think of the lord?”

Chen Chong nodded repeatedly.

The eyes shine brightly.

Zhuge Liang is indeed the best of the best.

It directly hit the lifeblood of Shang Gongsi.

Indeed, the chaotic and unclear organizational structure greatly affects the development of Shanggong Division.

If the transformation is carried out, the three lines of research, production, and education are parallel and support each other.

That Shang Gong Si is bound to go further!

“Very good! Kong Ming, this matter is left to you to arrange for it, and Chief Wang Jiang will fully cooperate.

“I am looking forward to a brand-new look of Shanggong Division!” Ren,