If you want to dig a coal mine, it is a huge project.
The work of digging coal mines is even more difficult, but in order to survive, everyone gritted their teeth and endured the hardship and fatigue.
Except for the old, weak, sick and disabled, all the villagers in Nanshan Village took action.
The entire team consisted of two to three hundred people.
In terms of number of people, there are quite a few, but compared to the mountains and forests, they are really small.
Fortunately, the tigers in the mountains have been hunted.
As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Where there are tigers, there will be no other ferocious beasts.
Tigers are territorial and will never allow anyone who threatens their status in the territory under their jurisdiction.
Therefore, the danger in a mountain forest where tigers are hunted is minimized.
Two to three hundred villagers have brought tools and food.
There are not many tools, and even if Pei Yun tries his best, there are only so many that he can create.
Tools are limited, so there are not many people digging coal mines, and more people are mainly responsible for transportation.
Without high-tech mechanization, transportation is time-consuming and laborious.
Unless there happens to be a stream, transporting the coal down from the mountain would be a torturous obstacle.
They also brought some daily necessities. From this moment on, some people will live in the mountains and forests for a long time.
The villagers all brought food, but not much because they didn't have much food left.
Although there was not much food, there was meat in it, such as wild boars and other wild animals that could be hunted.
Normally, even food cannot be eaten. Valuable items like meat should be exchanged for food.
But Pei Yun had a request to keep the prey for himself.
There is a saying that if you want a horse to run, you have to feed it.
The same goes for coal mining.
Coal mining is strenuous physical work, and the environment is not good. It requires exhaustion and illness. It is not enough for a person to just eat food. He must also eat meat to supplement nutrition.
Only when you are in good health can you work more efficiently. Some things are either economical or good.
If you want to eat meat, eating it is the most cost-effective way.
Not all hunted prey is kept for oneself to eat, but the dead tigers have another purpose.
This is a tiger, full of treasures, and even more valuable.
Even if you want to eat meat, you shouldn't make decisions about tigers.
The plan is to take the tiger to the city and sell it, including the tiger skin.
But the time is not now.
They have to wait until the coal mine is officially dug out and the briquettes are produced, and then they can be taken to the city together.
At that time, the briquettes will be sold by selling tigers, which can be regarded as making the best use of the resources.
Came again to the place where the coal mine was discovered.
Those exposed open-pit coal mines have been mined. This part of the coal mine is the easiest to mine. After mining is completed, wells are dug underground. This is what is being done now.
Not far away, there are many wooden sheds, which will be where the villagers will live in the future.
Although it is a bit crude, it has all the necessary facilities.
The people who built the wooden shed were the old man and the young man who had made the crossbow with Pei Yun before.
One of them is called Mo Dachuan, and the other is called Xiao Lazi. Xiao Lengzi is not his real name, but everyone is used to calling him that. As time goes by, everyone has forgotten his real name.
He is called a little fool because he has been like a fool since he was a child.
The little idiot's parents died early, and he grew up eating the food of hundreds of families. Everyone thought it was a pity for him. He was a good person, but his head was like a piece of wood.
But it was such a person who was not favored by everyone, but he shone brightly after meeting Pei Yun.
It was Pei Yun who discovered his talent as a carpenter and taught him how to be a carpenter.
Before, Mo Dachuan was leading him to work, but after a while, Mo Dachuan started to help him instead.
Mo Dachuan and Xiao Lunzi were working at the well. The job they were doing was to set up a winch for the coal mine.
The winch is developed from the windlass. It can be operated by several people at the same time, and the lifting capacity is greatly enhanced.
Windlass, a lifting device for extracting well water.
A derrick is erected on the well, with a shaft that can be rotated by a handle. A rope is wound around the shaft. A bucket is tied to one end of the rope. The handle is turned to make the buckets fall together to extract the well water.
Whether it is a winch or a windlass, the lever principle is used.
Before this, Nanshan Village had not been exposed to these two things.
Not to mention the winch, just the windlass. The well water in Nanshan Village is extracted manually. Ropes are tied to the wooden barrels, and buckets of well water are drawn by force.
Not to mention the winch, the windlass amazed the villagers. They never expected that such an ingenious thing could exist.
Regarding the production of the winch, Pei Yun drew the drawings and gave them to Mo Dachuan and Xiao Lunzi.
From here, the gap between Mo Dachuan and Xiao Lazi became apparent.
Although Mo Dachuan is a master craftsman, his ability to accept new things is not good. What he knows is some old-fashioned things. To be more precise, he learned some carpentry skills when he was studying. To this day, he still only knows some carpentry skills.
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The little fool is the complete opposite. He has a blank slate when it comes to carpenters, but after seeing the drawings, he can understand them on his own, and even understand them.
Therefore, when building the wooden shed, it was Mo Dachuan who was leading the little fool, and when it came to the winch, it was Mo Dachuan who was helping the little fool.
The existence of the winch is the link between the ground and the underground, and its importance is extraordinary.
Whether the coal can be transported from underground to the ground depends on the winch.
The winch made by Mo Dachuan and Xiao Lunzi is just one step away. The last step is to wait for Pei Yun to come and accept it.
"Sir, you're here," Mo Dachuan said.
On the other side, the little fool didn't say anything, but showed a respectful look.
Pei Yun was kind to him, and it was Pei Yun who told him, you can do it, you have to have confidence in yourself.
And when he began to learn the knowledge that Pei Yun gave him, a door opened to his world.
And the image of Pei Yun in his heart took on another layer of color.
Only academics can understand the vastness of academics and develop a sense of awe.
In his heart, Pei Yun is the vast academic that makes people awe-inspiring.
Having said so much, if there is a simple word to describe it, it would be that today's little fool is Pei Yun's little fanboy.
"You did a good job." Pei Yundao said, correcting the problem on the winch.
The first sentence is still praising people, and then it is finding fault with other people's labor results.
But there's nothing wrong with that.
It's really good to be able to make a winch just by relying on drawings, but the shortcomings still exist.
After Pei Yun's modifications, the winch was officially put into use.
Through the bamboo basket on the winch, villagers can go down into the well, and the bamboo basket can also be used to transport coal back to the surface.
"Let me be the first to try the effect of this thing." Pei Yundao said.
It is a responsible attitude to take the lead in using the things you make.
"Young Master..." Qin Qi'er on the side said with concern.
"It's okay. It's safe. Only when I get to the bottom of the well can I survey."
In the sight of the villagers, Pei Yun sank into the well.
After walking in the coal mine, Pei Yun, who returned to the surface, ignored the darkness on his body and began to think hard.
No one dared to disturb him at this time, and only Qin Qier was by his side.
Pei Yun muttered something in his mouth, "Everything is too crude and the safety is poor. But we don't have the time or conditions, so we can only start urgently. There are many things, so we can only do them one by one."
After talking to himself, Pei Yun said to Qin Qi'er, "I need a pen and paper...a wooden board will do."
It's not hard to find a pen. Pei Yun specially asked people to sharpen coal to use as charcoal pens. Paper is expensive, so the next best thing is a wooden board.
"Also, call Mo Dachuan and the little idiot over, and the master who is taking the lead in the construction will also be invited."
Soon, people gathered around Pei Yun. The one who took the lead in the construction was an old man named Yu Haozhong. He was a bit short and his muscles were like rocks.
Everyone gathered around Pei Yun and looked at what Pei Yun was writing on the wooden board.
They didn't know many words. Fortunately, Pei Yun not only wrote words, but also drew pictures.
Of course, it is difficult for them to understand these patterns, and if there are parts that they can understand, it will be doubly shocking to them.
Pei Yunxian said to Mo Dachuan and Xiao Lunzi: "I need you to consolidate the shaft wall, and prepare for the next consolidation of the tunnel. This is the mortise and tenon support technology. Take the time to learn it. If you don't understand,
Just come and ask me."
Pei Yun handed a wooden board with words and patterns to Mo Dachuan and Xiao Lunzi, and explained the contents on the board again.
The reactions they got were completely opposite. Mo Dachuan was confused when he heard it, and the little fool's eyes were shining when he heard it.
After explaining Mo Dachuan and Xiao Lunzi, Pei Yun said to Yu Hao: "The weather looks pretty good now, but we must prevent rain and ensure that no water enters the mine. You can prepare cowhide bags and the like to transport the water underground.
When we go outside, if we have a chance in the future, we will dig sinks and ditches for drainage.”
"Also, underground ventilation must be done well. This is no joke. The simple way is to use the high and low air pressure differences to complete natural ventilation according to the mountain topography. On cloudy days, you can light bamboo slices to create high and low air pressure differences.
Ventilation allows the air inside the well to float out and exchange with the outside air.”
"Similarly, if there is a chance in the future, we can make windmills and ventilate manually."
Yu Haozhong is the leader of the construction. He is responsible for the deployment of manpower. He arranges who should do what work.
He thought he knew something, but what Pei Yun said made him unable to understand.
I understood what I mentioned earlier about preventing water from entering underground mines, but I had never heard of high and low air pressure, air exchange, and windmills.
Pei Yun did not explain this matter to him, he only told him exactly what to do.
There is no need for him to understand the principle, he just needs to get things done.
From consolidating shaft walls and tunnels to water inlet and ventilation, this is all for the sake of safety.
Nowadays, digging coal mines is risking one's life, but Nanshan Village has no choice.