After bidding farewell to Hu Ai, Lu Yao hurried to the paper factory and promised Hu Ai that the matter must be fulfilled quickly. If such a big boss said this in the literary world, his bookstore would not have to worry about losing business.
Lu Yao still knew a lot about how to make good paper, so he made the pulp more fine and dense.
It turns out that it is best to use bamboo. Bamboo has strong anti-corrosion properties and can be stored longer.
Furthermore, if you make the paper thicker when fishing it out, the quality of the paper will be greatly improved.
After explaining this, Lu Yao went out and happened to meet Lu Qiu who was looking for him.
When Lu Qiu saw Lu Yao, his eyes were filled with excitement, "Thirteenth brother, a mine was discovered in the mountain behind where we built the pig factory."
When he heard that there was a mine, Lu Yao was more excited than anyone else. In later generations, when describing other people's wealth, they would say whether your family has a mine. He didn't expect that he would have a mine so soon.
Coming out of the paper mill, you can see a hill standing on the flat ground and some winding paths.
As Lu Yao rushed to the roadside, he asked Lu Qiu: "Is it possible that there is no gold mine?"
Lu Yao felt like he was about to wake up from his dream with a smile. No matter what kind of mine it was, the price was more than 60,000 yuan. Cao Yi was doing a completely loss-making business. If he found out, he would probably regret it.
The land that Cao Yi bought for 60,000 yuan was a stake in the winery. He could only get a share of the sales of the wine. Whether it was the business of the paper mill or the current mine, Cao Yi would not get a penny.
"It's not a gold mine. I heard people say it's an iron mine." Lu Qiu said.
Lu Yao was a little disappointed that it was not a gold mine. If it were a gold mine, he would immediately become the richest man in the Song Dynasty.
At this time in the Song Dynasty, there were very few copper mines, let alone gold and silver mines, which were even more pitiful.
Cao Yi had already given this piece of land to him and it was considered his asset. Even Zhao Zhen couldn't take it from him.
Zhao Zhen can do it if he wants, but he has to exchange it for something. Can ordinary things be exchanged for gold mines? That is absolutely impossible. At least tens of thousands of acres of land plus the daily dividends from the gold mine. With that,
This is enough for him to just lie down and collect the money.
However, the iron ore is pretty good. As a former scientific researcher, he still knows the iron smelting technology very well. Nowadays, iron is just iron. It is not easy to make it into steel. The price of making steel is tens of dollars, or even one or two.
Hundred Guan. Ridiculously expensive.
Lu Yao: How to make iron into steel? All you have to do is add carbon in proportion. The only difference between iron and steel lies in their carbon content.
The legendary go-getter Mo Xie can easily cut off other people's swords and achieve the effect of blowing off hair.
Just because they are steel swords, in the era when bronze swords were popular, two steel swords appeared, and of course they were called divine swords.
Moreover, the two swords of Ganjiang Moye were forged by the method of forging swords with human beings.
This statement is not wrong. It is precisely because the human body is burned at high temperature and produces a large amount of carbon that iron can be made into a sword, and the proportion is just right to make the general Moye.
As long as Lu Yao is sure that this is iron ore, he can easily refine steel.
"How did you discover iron ore?" Lu Yao asked.
Lu Qiu replied: "Today, someone went to the mountain to cut wood for building houses. He found a stone that was not right and brought it back. It happened that one of the victims we took in was a blacksmith. He saw it at a glance and it was iron ore. I
I also sent someone up to take a look and found that there are still many such stones, so I came non-stop to find you, Thirteenth Brother."
While they were talking, they walked to the top of the mountain, where many people were bending down to look for iron ore.
After they saw Lu Yao coming, they consciously moved out of the way.
Lu Qiu took a piece of ore from a victim and presented it to Lu Yao and said, "Maybe the victim who claimed to be a blacksmith was wrong. Why don't we invite a blacksmith in the city to take a look."
"No need," Lu Yao shook his head and said. He had done many experiments. If he didn't even recognize iron ore, these experiments were not in vain.
Lu Yao carefully observed the stone in his hand. Under his professional vision, he was sure that it was iron ore, and the purity was not low. This mountain could produce more than 10,000 tons of steel, and possibly even more.
A little boy ran towards Lu Yao in a hurry and shouted: "My dear friend, I also found a piece of ore."
Many young and middle-aged victims couldn't help laughing when they saw the 'ore' in the little boy's hand.
This stone is definitely not an ore. Even if it is used to build a foundation, they are not willing to use it and will deliberately pick it out and throw it away.
The texture of this kind of stone is very loose. If it is used to lay the foundation, the house may collapse one day.
When Lu Yao saw the stone, he asked with a trembling voice: "Where did you pick this up?"
The little boy ran a few steps in front of Lu Yao and then stopped. He stretched one hand behind him and said, "There are many on the other side of the mountain."
The little boy heard the laughter and knew that he had made a mistake. Will his benefactor blame him or deny him food? The little boy was very scared. He had only had enough food for a few days and he didn't want to starve again.
After feeling the stone in his hand being taken away, he knelt down with a plop and cried: "My dear friend, I didn't mean to lie to you. I only picked it up when I saw it looked like ore."
Lu Yao pulled the little boy up and said, "Not only will I not blame you, I will also give you a reward. When you lead me to the place where this stone was found, I will build a big one for you in the future."
The house is for you to live in."
"But is it true?" The boy's eyes were shining brightly, full of hope.
Lu Yao nodded towards him.
He was very impressed with this boy. When he was recruiting victims outside Bianliang City, he had the courage to run up to him and beg Lu Yao to save his mother.
When Lu Yao saw his mother, his mother was already so thin that she was hanging on with only the breath in her chest.
Lu Yao immediately ordered someone to bring a bowl of gruel.
The little boy took the gruel and fed it to his mother carefully.
After having food, the boy's mother slowly opened her eyes.
Seeing the rich clothes, Lu Yao asked Lu Yao in a thin voice if he would like to adopt the child.
Facing the loving expression of a mother looking at her son, Lu Yao nodded and agreed.
With the last worry gone, the boy's mother sighed and exhaled the last breath in her heart. With a smile on her lips and brows, she slowly closed her eyes.
Lu Yao took the boy to the factory here in Su County and did not take too much care of him. He let him eat and sleep with the victims, with clothes to wear and bedding to sleep on, and he did not treat him badly.
With excitement on his face, the little boy pulled Lu Yao to the other side of the mountain and pointed at a small pile of stones that he had prepared.
Lu Yao really felt that he was just lucky.
He encountered the problem of two mines in one mountain.
This kind of stone, which is so light that even the disaster victims look down on it, is limestone.
People today have not discovered its use, but Lu Yao knew that it was an important material for making cement, accounting for almost 90% of the cement raw materials.
As long as limestone is crushed, some clay is added, and then calcined at high temperature, cement will be formed.
When iron ore was discovered, an iron smelting plant would definitely be built nearby, including a cement calcining furnace.
If you have cement, why should you use wood to build a house? Get some red bricks and build them with cement. They are not as strong as wood, and you can build a house faster.
Lu Yao has long been dissatisfied with the toilet in Lu Mansion.
There are only two tanks. How is it different from some rural areas in later generations? It is just a little luxurious, but no matter how luxurious it is, it is not a tank.
The smell almost made him faint.
With cement in hand, the bathroom plan he had in mind could be carried out.
This kind of dry toilet must be dug.
Lu Yao had even drawn the drawings of the toilet and ceramic tiles, but he never finished them because of the cement.
Now he wants to go home immediately and find a porcelain craftsman to make the toilet and ceramic tiles. It doesn't matter how expensive it is. He has plenty of money.
There is also the issue of toilet paper. If there is no toilet paper at this time, bamboo slices are used to scrape it.
Lu Yao definitely couldn't stand this, so he used white paper to soften it and use it as toilet paper.
Unexpectedly, Lu Xu saw him, picked him up, beat him severely, and cursed him as a prodigal.
It's really a waste of money for you to wipe your butt with a piece of paper worth several pennies.
Under Lu Xu's supervision, Lu Yao also used bamboo chips, but recently he had hemorrhoids, and the bamboo chips were painful to scrape.
After the bathroom is built, he will definitely let the paper factory produce toilet paper on a large scale. It doesn't matter how good the paper is, as long as it is not bamboo, Lu Yao can accept it.
Lu Yao raised his arms and shouted: "Everyone, let's stop building houses and pig factories first. Everyone will reluctantly sleep in wooden sheds and factories. First, focus all our energy on these two mines.
After the mine is dug out, I, Lu Yao, promise to build a house bigger than your previous home for you to live in, and I will keep my word."
They were very satisfied if Lu Yao could give them enough food to eat. Unexpectedly, Lu Yao also promised to give them a big house to live in. This is closer than their biological parents.
Immediately, the victims all knelt down towards Lu Yao, and some victims wailed, wondering why their relatives had not waited until this day.
The house Lu Yao builds must be a cement house, and he will not be satisfied with building bungalows. With iron ore, he can make steel bars. When the time comes, he will first build a resettlement house for the victims in Su County. They are two-story small Western-style buildings, one family.
Once the construction technology is perfected, he plans to demolish the Lu Mansion.
It seems too crowded with bungalows in such a big place, so the best way is to move up the base.
If we build it to three or four stories, the housing area will be increased by three or four times.
And there is no need to build houses everywhere. A few buildings are enough to live in. Plant some flowers and trees in the remaining areas. You can smell the fragrance of flowers and plants when you open the door. Not to mention how comfortable it is.
A small Suzhou garden was properly created in Bianliang City.
