Chapter 258 Refined Coal

"You don't need to make a big move, as long as you let people let out the wind, Yuan, Zhong and other families have purchased a large number of weapons from us! The rest, they'll do it themselves. Fang Xuanling smiled confidently.

"Good way!" Zou Yu's eyes lit up and he exclaimed.

Fang Xuanling is completely taking advantage of people's hearts, not a friend of life and death, this kind of thing will definitely make Gao Jianwu constantly suspicious in his heart. And when the news spreads, whether it is the Yuan family or the Zhong family, in order to protect themselves, they will definitely be like hedgehogs and show the thorns on their bodies, which will cause greater contradictions.

This is equivalent to an unsolvable problem, and Gao Jianwu cannot rest assured of the family; It is impossible for the family to raise their hands and surrender and obediently hand over power.

"The lower official seconded the proposal! However, you can support the Tatar people and increase their motivation. Li Jing nodded in agreement.

"Ordered the governor of Liaodong to Qu Tutong, give Da Zuorong them, send 1,000 steel knives and 50,000 arrows, and must stir up the restlessness of Goguryeo chickens and dogs, and there will be a heavy reward afterwards; Then spread the news that the Goguryeo family bought a large number of weapons, and I want everyone up and down Goguryeo to know about it! ”

"Whoa!" Fang Yanqian gave up his hand.

Next, Yin Hongzhi introduced some situations of Xue Ju, Du Fuwei, Liang Shidu and other forces, and then began to discuss internal affairs.

"Last year, when a greenhouse collapsed in Buyeo City, I found an interesting thing, because it was too late to rebuild, and I thought that the plants inside would definitely freeze to death. However, the seed wheat cultivated in it was not affected and survived the winter peacefully. Zou Yu said with a faint smile.

"You mean wheat can be grown in the winter?" Fang Yanqian asked stunned.

"No, it's not winter planting, it's planting after the autumn harvest, leveling out the ground, and planting! In this way, it will be possible to break the tradition of thousands of years of inactivity. In addition, before winter, wheat is planted, and when it snows in winter, it can also protect the seedlings from being ravaged by wild animals.

In this way, although the growth will stop for a while in winter, after the beginning of spring, the growth will be faster, and the harvest will be more than a month earlier! Zou Yu explained.

The so-called lack of green and yellow refers to the period from winter to the beginning of spring when wild grasses germinate, because there are no green plants, and in the case of famine years, even grass can not be found to eat, either starve to death, or freeze to death.

"If we can really plant now and harvest wheat in May, then the people will have farm work all year round, and they will have much more time and be able to take care of their crops more carefully." Fang Yanqian nodded and said. Then he advised: "But this is a big matter, it is best to try planting in a small area for a year, so as not to waste money and labor." ”

"This is inevitable, this year only in Liaodong and Fuyu City, dozens of acres of winter wheat were planted. If it grows normally in both places, then there is no problem in other places. Zou Yu nodded in agreement.

"The prince is wise!"

"Lord, is there any arrangement for this winter's big construction?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"Jinyang will build the mansions of various departments, Yan Shilang will draw the drawings as soon as possible, let's discuss it and see if there is anything that needs to be modified, first build the mansions, and then the mansions of various officials, and also re-plan one or two." Zou Yu commanded.

"The subordinate obeys!" Yan Liben arched his hand, and then wrote it down in the notebook. This is also the habit of Jinyang, every time there is a meeting, he will prepare paper and pencil to record his own affairs.

"As for the counties, they are still mainly built houses, canals, and roads!" Zou Yu continued.

Because a large number of livestock are used for transportation, and it is also convenient for the mobilization of soldiers and horses in the future, all the official roads in the past are paved with gravel roads to avoid being impassable when it rains.

The people's houses and canals are provided by the local people; As for the official roads, the local counties will provide grain.

"Lord Qiyu, after improvement, cement can already be fired in large quantities!" Yuwen Rutong got up with a hint of excitement and arched his hand.

"Really! How? Zou Yu asked in surprise.

"This is all down to the newly arrived Cheng Xuanying, who proposed to establish multiple kilns in the form of alchemy furnaces, and change the exhaust of the kiln to one side, so that when firing, the heat is emitted, and it can be preheated next to it." Yuwen Rutong explained.

"If you don't know what to say, let's go to the scene and have a look! If it's okay, just break up! Zou Yu got up and said.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, everyone dispersed, only Yan Liben, who was proficient in craftsmanship, and Yuwenwen followed.

"A few days ago, Li Shilang came to the news that he had selected a few places to build reservoirs, and now he is waiting for cement." On the way, Yuwen Rutong said excitedly.

Several people came to the kiln mouth, and Zou Yu observed that the new kiln mouth was a kind of four kilns that were closely connected side by side, and there were several exhaust holes between the adjacent ones.

Looking at the physical introduction, it is clear at a glance that this method is to completely seal the top when firing the kiln, so that a lot of heat and smoke can only pass through the cave next to it, so that the cave is preheated. When the kiln is finished and cooled, you can start using the cave next to it.

In this way, because it is a hot kiln used, it is naturally much faster, and the kiln is built next to each other, which is also a lot more convenient to operate, but it is more troublesome when it is built. In the past, they were established separately because they wanted to be separated a little bit and not interfere with each other.

"How do I feel that this flame doesn't seem to be the same as the coal used to be?" Looking at the cave with a faint blue flame, Zou Yu asked suspiciously.

"The prince is wise! Some time ago, the heavy rain drenched the mined coal, and when he used it, he found that this kind of coal was not only easier to burn, but also did not have a pungent smell of sulfur.

Then he experimented and found that when the coal was washed with water, it burned even more violently! Yuwen Rutong introduced.

"This is refined coal!" Zou Yu said excitedly that he used to know that ordinary coal would be made into refined coal and then further processed. But I haven't learned how to get it, I didn't expect it to be so simple, just rinse it with water.

"Refined coal! Wang Ye described it really appropriately, the coal mine was broken, and after washing, it was more sophisticated, and it was easier to fire the glass, and there were fewer impurity bubbles.

It is also good to make it very good to burn porcelain, and now a kiln porcelain, the waste has been reduced by eighty, and there are more high-quality products! Yuwen Rutong explained excitedly.

"Good! That's great! Scale up as soon as possible, especially for fired cement! How many workers are needed, try to recruit as many as possible. Zou Yu said with a smile on his face.

"The subordinate obeys!"

"Except for craftsmen and ordinary workers, try to use Xue Yantuo people, and you can give them more subsidies." After taking two steps, Zou Yu stopped and commanded.

"Why is that?" Yuwen Rutong asked puzzled.