In the afternoon, Liang Zizhong hurried over carrying a basket on his back.
"Sir, I found the coal you were looking for."
Shen Lin was so happy that he helped Liang Zizhong untie the basket on his back and dump it on the ground.
Dark, shiny coals rolled everywhere.
"Good guy, it looks like good quality!"
"Liang Zhi, get a charcoal stove."
Liang Zizhong quickly reminded: "Sir, coal has been around since ancient times."
"We all know this thing can be burned."
"But who dares?"
"Coal is poisonous!"
"Please be careful!"
Liang Zhi also advised: "Sir, it's true."
"Our ancestors of the Liang family once wanted to use this thing to make iron and cast arrowheads."
"In the end, one was smoked to death and two were fainted."
"From then on, no one dared to touch it again!"
"Everyone in the Central Plains knows this truth. Do you think anyone is burning charcoal?"
That's because you haven't found the trick.
Coal is so good, it is the best substitute for firewood.
As the number of residents in Iron City increases, how much firewood will be burned every day?
Have we cut down several hundred-foot hills in the west?
Of course, the main reason is that the demand for charcoal is too high.
There are more than a dozen iron-making blast furnaces and dozens of cement kilns.
A few days ago, how much charcoal was used for burning during the day and night?
Shen Lin had long planned to use coal instead of firewood.
Briquettes occupy a small area and are less likely to cause fires.
Ironmaking with coke is indeed worse than refined charcoal.
This does not affect Shen Lin's plan!
I can continue to use refined charcoal for the 40% refined iron I use at home.
Others, such as the monkey version of the takeaway weapons, don’t they cost twenty to make iron?
A large amount of steel bars are used in construction, and ship armor and iron sheds are in greater demand.
Refined iron is enough, and coke can be used to burn it.
Not to mention cement kilns, paper making heating, boiler heating and so on.
In short, burning firewood and burning charcoal is not a long-term solution.
Using coal is a huge benefit.
"Stop grinding, hurry up and get the charcoal stove."
"Your ancestors must have burned coal in the ironworks."
"This kind of bituminous coal contains a lot of toxic gases such as carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide."
"Oh, even if I tell you, you don't understand."
"It's me, my lord, who has a way to remove the poison."
"Even if you don't remove it, it's very safe to burn it in the open. Hurry up."
Shen Lin smiled impatiently and said, "I want to test the burning value."
"That's the quality of the coal."
"The poison won't kill you."
Only then did a group of guards realize that Shen Lin was a very smart person.
How many magical and good things has he invented in the past six months?
It's just the poison of coal.
If we really care, we will be in chaos.
In early spring, it was still very cold both morning and night.
There is always a charcoal pot or stove burning at home.
This ensures that there is boiled water available at all times, as well as keeping warm.
Shen Lin used the back of his knife to break up the large pieces of coal and threw them into the charcoal stove.
Yellow-brown flames together.
The yellow smoke came out spontaneously with a strange smell.
"It's okay, please step back."
"This thing is very strong at the beginning, and it will be fine after it dissipates."
Shen Lin smiled and said, "Look, has the flame changed color?"
"Huh? It's turned blue? The flames are quite high and there are signs of oil coming out."
"Yes, the quality of bituminous coal is excellent."
"Old Liang, where did you find it? Is it far away?"
Everyone saw that Shen Lin was the closest and nothing happened.
So everyone gathered around.
Liang Zizhong understood immediately.
Mangshan Village found another treasure, enough to feed and drink for many generations.
Just like the high-quality iron ore in the village.
It’s strange that something that can make adults smile is not a treasure.
"Hey, this thing is right at the Dew River where we go down the mountain!"
"The cowherd boy in the village picked up a few black stones."
"I rushed back today and found that everything in the open air was just average."
"So, a few of us found a place with the most black rocks and dug west along the mountain."
"Hey, you can only dig a foot deep into the hole, and it's all coal seams."
Shen Lin took a sip of saliva.
Damn it, is it only one foot deep?
How is this different from an open-pit coal mine?
"Have you dug a few more mineral sites?"
No need to remind you about this.
Our people have become experts at mining iron ore.
Aren’t coal and iron buried underground?
The principles of prospecting should be similar.
Liang Zizhong quickly said:
"When I came, four mines had been dug on the slope of Changerli."
"The depth is almost the same. I took some of the same, and I can't see any difference in quality."
"Before I left, I arranged for people to continue exploring the longer and wider areas."
In fact, this is enough.
For one kilometer in length, what comes out of the veins is not much different.
The depth should also be good, enough to mine for a long time.
Shen Lin washed his hands in the basin.
"Xiao Si'er, get some paper and pen."
"One of the reasons why this thing is poisonous is that it doesn't burn well."
"Secondly, the indoor space is too small and the smoke exhaust is not smooth."
"It would be weird if it wasn't poisoned!"
Shen Lin quickly sketched a stove on the paper that was taller and slightly different than the charcoal stove.
"This kind is for burning coal, with one or three holes."
"Use a special iron chimney to connect it to the outdoors."
"Of course, ordinary people's homes will be left burning outside first."
"The toxic fumes have almost been exhausted, so we can just bring them back indoors."
"This is a coal gun for making briquettes."
"This kind of honeycomb-like coal mass is made by adding water, yellow mud, straw sawdust and other combustion-supporting substances to pulverized coal."
"In this way, if it is fully burned, there is basically no risk of poisoning, and it can be promoted and used on a large scale."
"Xiao Si'er, send the drawings of the coal gun and coal stove to the second uncle and make a few samples immediately."
"As you command, my lord!"
Shen Lin came to this era, even though his predecessor was a senior technician.
Without electricity, he couldn't develop welding skills.
Ordinary tubular ironware or iron barrels can be made using the folding and inlay method and will not leak.
Of course, water pipes take into account water pressure issues.
I use relatively primitive molten iron for caulking, and the effect is quite good.
Two hours later, the second uncle came in person with two iron stoves and a strange-looking coal gun.
He was really curious.
I wonder what other tricks Shen Lin has come up with?
Just in time, the prospectors from Mangshan Village sent another four or five loads of coal on two pack horses.
At the same time, he also came to announce the good news.
To the west of the upper reaches of Lushui River, the hillside is more than ten miles long, and the underground is full of good coal of the same quality.
The depth is unknown.
Anyway, a certain mine has been dug three feet deep, but it has not yet reached the bottom.
Shen Lin smiled from ear to ear.
"That's enough, that's enough, Liang Xi, go back quickly and tell everyone that there's no need to dig anymore."
"This width and depth is enough for our iron city to last for several years, right?"
"Coal mine veins are different from iron ore."
"That thing is soft and prone to collapse."
"You have to dig and erect support columns with timber."
"Of course, we are only mining shallowly, so we won't need it for the time being."
"Okay, sir, I'll go back and call it a day."
Liang Xi saluted and rode away happily.
He was still really worried that the coal pit would collapse and a brother would be buried.