In the west of Beijing, only 30 miles away from Beijing, there is a Xishan Village, and the entire Xishan Village, including a large number of fields, mountains and forests around Xishan, is actually a royal industry.

However, now it belongs to the Xishan coal industry, and Emperor Hongzhi is very efficient in doing things, and the next day he sent the relevant title deeds and so on, and urged Liu Jin and Qian Youcai to act as soon as possible, so that ordinary people can use cheap coal as soon as possible.

There is no way, Liu Jin also temporarily gave up his plan to return to his hometown Changli County, this Xishan Coal Industry also has its own 20% of the shares in it, and it is still a partnership with Emperor Hongzhi to do business.

Some people may think that this coal will not make much money, especially Emperor Hongzhi's side has also made up his mind, this coal must not be sold at a high price, this Xishan coal industry will definitely not make much money.

But Liu Jin from later generations knew that this coal is also a kind of energy, and for a long time, it will be the main energy source of human beings, especially once the steam engine is manufactured, its role is more important.

If you partner with Emperor Hongzhi to do this coal business, you will definitely not lose money, and there will definitely be a large amount of money to be made.

This is different from refining snow salt, which is not visible, but the transaction with the emperor can be done openly, the bigger the better, and no matter how much money you make, it will be fine, because the backer behind it is the emperor.

Xishan Village is a relatively large village, with more than 200 households and a population of thousands, helping the emperor to cultivate a large area of land around Xishan Village, and a large part of the emperor's internal income is actually dependent on the land income in the emperor's own private name, and there are many similar Zhuangzi.

At this time, Xishan Village became very lively, and the main labor force of every household was recruited by Liu Jin and Qian Youcai, and some began to mine coal on the mountains with coal in Xishan, and mined yellow mud on the mountains with yellow mud.

Xishan Village has also become a lively workshop, and the workshops that have been temporarily built here are also in full swing, such as coal washing ponds, mixing areas, drying areas, compression molding areas, coal furnace building areas, etc., one area after another, and the villagers of Xishan Village are in full swing one by one.

Because it is related to their own interests, whether it is money or Liu Jin is very concerned, this Hongzhi Emperor is out of the land and coal mountain of Xishan, and Qian Youcai is a lot of money, a lot of silver is constantly taken out, and real money is invested in it.

Just for mining coal, building tools, building workshops, etc., Qian Youcai has spent thousands of taels of silver, so that Qian Youcai eats and sleeps in Xishan Village every day, constantly patrolling in each area, waiting for the coal to be listed as soon as possible to make money.

As for Liu Jin, although he didn't pay money, he was annoyed by money and wealth every day, and he also had his own shares, so he became very diligent.

This honeycomb coal, from mining to crushing, coal washing, mixing yellow mud, honeycomb coal mold manufacturing, pressing, drying, coal furnace building, etc., Liu Jin personally participated from beginning to end.

Referring to the production model of the assembly line in later generations, all the work was carefully divided so as to be able to improve efficiency and put honeycomb coal on the market as soon as possible.

"Brother Liu, we don't need to give them food, okay?"

"This day is served with white flour steamed buns, and there is a broth every once in a while, and the landlord's family has no such days."

Qian Youcai accompanied Liu Jin to inspect the entire honeycomb coal workshop, and when he saw the steamed buns piled high in the meal area and the meaty broth, he couldn't help but propose to reduce the food of the villagers in Xishan Village again.

"Old money, if you want the horses to run fast, you have to let the horses eat enough, I don't see that everyone's enthusiasm for work is very high, and when these honeycomb coals are dried, we can transport them to the capital to sell for money."

Liu Jin picked up a piece of honeycomb coal and looked at it carefully, because there were points, he also spent some points to check the complete honeycomb coal manufacturing process and process in the system, and soon got the honeycomb coal out.

In fact, there is no difficulty in this honeycomb coal at all, the only difficulty is desulfurization, that is, the stage of coal washing, as for the honeycomb compression molding, it is even more very simple.

You only need to create a mold, and the mold is actually very simple, and the blacksmiths of the Ming Dynasty can easily create it.

According to the method in the system, Liu Jin first crushes and crushes the mined coal into particles, and then uses the method of washing to add quicklime to the water, which will chemically react with the sulfur in the coal, and then remove the sulfur in the coal.

After removing the sulfur, the coal and yellow mud are mixed in a ratio of eight to two, and at the same time, in order to make the honeycomb coal easier to burn, a small amount of charcoal powder and soil nitrate are added to it, and the mold is continuously compressed, and finally the standard honeycomb coal is made into the later generations.

"I hope so, but the price that Mr. Zhu asked us to sell here is too low, this piece of honeycomb coal is only sold for 2 yuan, whether we can make money or not, I have no confidence in my heart, before and after, I have already invested tens of thousands of taels of silver into it, and almost the entire value has been smashed into it."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Qian Youcai said with a wry smile.

He now has a feeling that it is difficult to ride a tiger, and when he gets on the thief ship, he can no longer allow him to have other ideas, so he can only smash the pot and sell iron and go down, because he already knows that the Mr. Zhu who is partnered with him has an amazing background and background, and if he offends him, it is estimated that he will not know how to die.

"I estimate that this honeycomb coal will be ready for use in a few days, how much will the coal furnace of honeycomb coal make?"

Liu Jin smiled, he never doubted whether he could make money, this honeycomb coal sold for 2 yuan, if it didn't make money, he should hit the wall and die.

"Now there are more than 100 of them, and the manufacture of this coal furnace is relatively simple, we don't have a kiln yet, if there is a kiln, it can be faster."

Qian Youcai almost didn't think about it and answered, as a businessman, he is still very qualified, this business is also very attentive, all aspects of participation, inquiry, and at the same time try to reduce costs, improve efficiency, speed up, after all, now all is burning his silver.

"The speed is okay, but we have to step up, and when our honeycomb coal is on the market, I estimate that it will soon be insufficient to sell, and if there is no honeycomb coal furnace, this honeycomb coal will not be easy to use."

Liu Jin thought about it and nodded and said, Liu Jin is still very confident in honeycomb coal.