Fire water? Of course Shen Wuwan doesn’t know what fire water is. In fact, even in the world of Mahanshan’s previous life, not many people knew what fire water was, because this is the local dialect’s name for kerosene. Mahan Gaoshan deliberately used fire The name water, he felt, the name fire-water was much more vivid than kerosene. Isn't this the water used for ignition?
Although Shen Wuwan didn't know what fire and water were, he saw the key to these lamps at a glance. The lamps are very good, but the key to whether they can replace existing lighting tools is not how good these lamps are. Well, the key to how bright the light is depends on the price of fire and water.
"What's the price of fire and water?" Shen Wuwan asked a key question.
"Smart, ask about the price of fire water instead of the price of lamps." Ma Hanshan smiled and said, "Of course the price of fire water is not too expensive, it is only a little more expensive than the lamp oil we use now, for example, one hundred and fifty cents. What do you think?"
"This fire and water are not cheap." Shen Wuwan responded.
"Is it expensive? I don't think it is expensive at all, because a pound of fire water can burn a lamp much longer than a pound of vegetable oil, and it is much brighter. One hundred and fifty coins will definitely not be expensive." Ma Hanshan knew that kerosene The lamp is definitely much brighter than the vegetable oil lamps and wax oil lamps that people use now. Whether it is more durable, you have to try it to find out. He can only guess.
The price situation in Dasong is similar to that of Dasong in another time and space. Some things are so cheap that it is unbelievable, and some things are horrifyingly expensive. For example, the oil in this world, whether it is vegetable oil or animal oil, is 50 to 100. But a two-inch mandarin orange costs 10 renminbi, and rare items cost 20 to 30 renminbi each. And a lychee is even more ridiculously expensive, easily costing 100 renminbi each.
In comparison, a pound of kerosene costs one hundred and fifty cents, which is indeed not expensive.
"Including freight and merchant profits, the price is more than 200 Wen, which is really expensive. If it is around 100 Wen, this fire lamp will definitely become popular." Shen Wuwan was very impressed with the consumption power and prices of Dasong people. Familiar with it, he felt that if the price of fire water was equal to the price of existing lamp oil, then fire water lamps would definitely replace the existing lighting methods.
"Haha, there's no rush now. Let's wait until the fire and water lanterns are built." Ma Hanshan was too lazy to talk now, so he stood up and said, "Boss Shen, it's late. Let's call it a night. Let's talk tomorrow."
"I'd better go back with the convoy tomorrow. Qianyin, I'll leave you 10,000 taels first. I'll settle the bill later when Qiu Luxiang comes out. I'll refund the more and make up for the less." Shen Wuwan stood up and said.
"Okay...Thank you so much, Boss Shen..." Ma Hanshan was overjoyed and had a night talk with Shen Wuwan "Bingzhu", with the purpose of getting him to pay, and finally his work was not in vain.
The next day, Shen Wuwan left with his motorcade, taking away more than 2,000 kilograms of tiger head tea and ten kilograms of Drunk Immortal Wine given to him by Ma Hanshan.
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With money, a lot of work can be accelerated, and Wagang Village has entered a stage of rapid construction.
Of course, some things still take time to do. For example, building a house takes time because the tiles need time to dry before they can be burned. The adobe bricks also need time to dry before they can be used. The chopped wood also needs time to dry before it can be used. .
So, all that can be done now is to prepare all the required materials, prepare the place to build the house, and dig the foundation.
There are many houses to be built. A brewery needs at least three houses, a brewing workshop, a wine steaming workshop, and a warehouse. The brewery also needs an open space to dry the materials. The place was planned by Li Zhuoshui, and the brewing workshop is being built on He also claimed two-thirds of the lawn to the east of the headquarters lawn, which is as large as several football fields.
The wine steaming workshop and brewing workshop are both on the east side, while the material warehouse is on the north side of the lawn away from the workshop, that is, next to the headquarters "building".
Mahanshan also planned a forging and casting factory. The factory building was built beside a small river. Because Mahanshan planned to use hydraulic power to forge iron and stamp parts, the place chosen was the place with the largest drop in the river.
Originally, forging and casting should be separated into two factories, but now that everything is being started, Ma Hanshan does not have so much energy to subdivide, and he does not have so many resources to subdivide, so Liu Guisan is responsible for everything. Fortunately, this "old disciple"
"Now he was very motivated. After becoming a disciple, he wrote to find someone. Soon more than a dozen skilled craftsmen for blacksmithing, casting, and ironmaking came. Ma Hanshan was very happy and felt that this "old disciple" was very powerful.
Of course, the Agricultural and Agricultural Research Institute also needs to build a house, but this is not a top priority, so this is ranked last by Mahanshan. What is most needed now is a factory building, so not only a casting factory is built by the river, but two more factories need to be built.
, he believes that these empty factory buildings will definitely be put to use next year.
The most mysterious thing is that not far from the temporary crude oil warehouse, Mahanshan planned a piece of land. Before the house was built, a wall was built first. No one knew what it was used for. From the beginning of construction,
There were militiamen guarding the place.
This is the "refinery" of the future. Of course, others are not allowed to enter. Mahan Mountain, together with the cave used as a warehouse, will be fenced off. This area will be a no-visit area in the future.
The official village residents soon expanded to 300 people, and the militia also expanded to 100 people. Liu Heizai has left the militia camp and is now the director of the wine steaming workshop. Every day he hides in the temporary steaming house with militiamen guarding the door.
The wine shop "generates money" for Wagonzhai.
The profit from steaming wine is huge, and it is indeed like making money. Although there is only one steamer now, the more than one hundred kilograms of wine steamed every day is worth two to three hundred silver. This is not making money.
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Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Ma Hanshan picked up more than ten loads of black oil from Snake Valley. Yu Tianchuan, who had been on a "business trip" to Xixia Country for more than a month, also came back. Not only did he bring back a lot of things that Ma Hanshan needed for his drawings,
Samples of glass products were brought back to the owner of a glass workshop.
Mahanshan wanted many samples of glass products, including glass bottles for wine, small bottles for perfume and medicinal oils, bottom bottles for fire and water lamps, and lampshades for fire and water lamps and wind lamps.
Ma Hanshan appreciated these samples one by one. He was quite satisfied with the various bottles, although they were not very transparent. But he was extremely dissatisfied with the lampshades. This kind of transparency could not bring out the bright characteristics of fire and water lights at all.
"Abu...Mr. Said? Your sample, these bottles and cans, I can barely do, but these lamps are not good through the lampshades, they are not transparent enough." Mahanshan was very dissatisfied and said to Abu, the owner of the glass factory who was drinking tea.
What the hell is ok? Everyone is confused.
"Dear Mr. Village Leader, Said means sir. You should call me by my Han Chinese name. I have a Han Chinese name, Li Abu." Abu stood up and covered his chest and bowed to Ma Hanshan. "First of all, thank you Mr. Village Leader.
Teach me how to make glass by blowing air."
Although the world can already produce glass, it can only produce glass pieces. Most of them are open tiles, window glass, or some rough cast glass products used by rich people. They are blown into various shapes using the method of blowing glass.
Glass products had not yet been invented. Before Yu Tianchuan set off, Ma Hanshan told him that the things he wanted could be blown out using the air blowing method.
No one would believe that a glass bottle could be blown out by air blowing, but Yu Tianchuan had the drawings drawn by Ma Hanshan and some money. Finally, Li Abu thought of giving it a try and actually made a prototype.
"That's not worth mentioning. I just need you to supply me cheaper in the future." Ma Hanshan waved his hand and said.
He is not pretending to be generous, he really doesn’t know how to burn glass or blow glass. He just knows that many glass products are made by blowing.
"That's for sure." Li Abu nodded solemnly and said.
"But these products must have more transparent glass." Ma Hanshan said, raising the lampshade in his hand.
"Glass?" Li Abu stared at Mahan Mountain.
"Yes, it is very transparent. Glaze that is more transparent than crystal is called glass." Ma Hanshan didn't like the fact that this world called glass glazed. He always thought that glazed tiles were smooth glass tiles. He suddenly remembered what he had seen in his previous life.
According to the information, if there are metal elements such as iron in the sand, the glass produced will not be transparent enough. He looked back at Li Abu and said, "Mr. Abu, I heard that if you grind the sand into powder, then use a magnet to sort it and then burn it, the glass will be transparent."
There won’t be anything green like this anymore.”
"Really? I will test it immediately after returning to Xixia." Li Abu bowed to Mahanshan again. Because of the glass blowing incident earlier, he now deeply believed in Mahanshan's suggestion.
"Master Mazhai, there are three glass factories in Xixia. One is exclusively owned by the royal family of the Xixia Kingdom, and the other two are owned by Da Shiren. If the products of the three glazed factories are made of glass fired with local sand, Boss Abu's
The most transparent. If you want more transparent glass, you may have to find other sand." Yu Tianchuan interjected.
"What do you mean? Does it mean that using sand from other places, glass can meet the requirements?" Ma Hanshan said with a frown.
"Unless sand is brought from my hometown for firing, the transparency can be more transparent," Li Abu said.
"Um? Transporting sand from Dashi to Xixia to make glass? Isn't that crazy?" Ma Hanshan's eyes widened in shock.
The so-called Dashi is the Middle East Arabian region that Mahanshan mentioned in his previous life. That place must be at least three to four thousand kilometers away from the Xixia Kingdom. Sand is transported from thousands of miles away just to burn glass? How much does this glass cost?
"I'm not crazy at all. This is what the Xixia royal family does. The so-called government-run glaze factory transports sand from Dashi to bake glaze." Yu Tianchuan added.
"Oh, such a crazy country can easily fall into ruin." Ma Hanshan thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Abu, do you have any glassware made of sand fired glass? Let me see how transparent it is."
The key to making fire, water, and wind lanterns in this world is oil and lampshade. Oil, Ma Hanshan has done a small experiment, and kerosene can be refined. Now the only thing missing is the lampshade.
If the lampshade is not transparent enough, the advantages of the fire and water lamp will not be fully utilized, and everything will be in vain.
Li Abu took out two pieces of glass as big as his palm and handed them to Ma Hanshan. When Ma Hanshan saw them, he immediately shouted loudly that this was the glass he wanted.