The smooth coal production of Ping'anbao Coal Mine has provided a strong impetus for the development of the East Coast Republic of China.

Since December 7, the daily output of the Ping'anbao coal mine has gradually risen, from 140 tons at the lowest point to nearly 200 tons at the peak, and then generally stabilized at about 180 tons. This alone will create an output value of more than 300 yuan per day, and can save 1,500-2,000 yuan per month in coal import costs in the future.

However, such a huge benefit and capacity of coal mines have encountered an embarrassing fact at the moment, that is, the current coal transportation capacity is seriously insufficient. The average carrying capacity of the six river flat-bottomed vessels numbered 331-336 that has been handed over to the Ping'an Fort is only 112 tons each, and the six boats together can only pull 70 tons of coal at a time, which is too inefficient compared to the coal output.

Moreover, these six ships were not only used to transport supplies and coal back and forth from Ping'an Fort to the coal mine, but they also undertook the task of transporting between Zhenhai Fort and Ping'an Fort. Only half of the ships allocated to transport coal back and forth between the coal mine and Ping'an Fort survived, that is, 3 ships, which can be converted to about 35 tons of raw coal at a time.

The problem of coal transportation capacity made Shao Shude scratch his head very much, and this is why he personally returned to Dongfang Port to ask the Ministry of Finance for money to build ships. Although there are currently four shallow-water inland water transport ships with a displacement of 60 tons under construction in the naval shipyard, the shipbuilders also have a heavy task, after all, the huge battleship "August 10th" on the slipway occupies almost most of the manpower. Therefore, if these four inland river shallow water transport ships are to be completed, they will have to wait at least three or four months, and in this three-to-four month gap, I am afraid that they will only be supported by the existing six small transport ships.

In order to alleviate the pressure on transportation, but also to carry out the next step, Aicha, who is currently supervising coal mining, suggested that Shao Shude build a simple coal washing plant near the coal mining area to select the mined coal. The coal gangue with very low combustion calorific value can be used to make bricks and cement after being selected, and the remaining refined coal can be pulled back to coke or used as fuel. According to Aicha's estimates, the proportion of coal produced in the Ping'anbao coal mine is about half, and after the coal is washed, only about 90 tons of refined coal need to be transported every day. Of course, the coal washing plant may not be able to reach such a large-scale raw coal processing capacity at the beginning, but that is better, anyway, the current manpower and transportation capacity are very insufficient, and those that cannot be processed should be piled up first.

The two said they would do it. The next day, Shao Shude took a group of people to the coal mine for a field investigation. At present, there are 545 Tatartan residents in the mining area, of which about 249 are young and middle-aged men, and about 150 of these people, in addition to transport and shipping personnel, are directly engaged in coal mining, which can mine about 180 tons of raw coal per day. At present, the three transport ships No. 331-333 are responsible for transporting two times a day, and can only transport 70 tons of raw coal, and the remaining raw coal can only be temporarily stacked in the open air.

"I think a coal washing plant can be built." After watching for a long time, Shao Shude finally spoke: "Aicha, you have worked in a coal mine before, I remember that coal washing is generally composed of crushing, screening, coal preparation and other processes, and we don't have these machinery, right?" If you can't do it by hand, isn't it too inefficient? ”

Ai Cha scratched his head, he had only worked in the black coal kiln for a while before, and he was not an expert, so he said with some uncertainty: "It is easy to crush large pieces of raw coal or gangue, and this side is close to the river, directly on the hydraulic hammer, and the crushing efficiency is very high." The crushed raw coal is screened by a mesh screen, and the fine coal that has been screened is then sorted in a way. This one...... There may be a chute built in this one to sort with water, but I can't say the specifics now, so I'll see when the time comes. ”

Shao Shude was a little speechless. But there's really nothing better to think about it now. Passing through the lack of talents, Shao Shude thought with some embarrassment, and could only take a step to see. It's really impossible to ask how the British got it, but their coal industry is very developed, and they should have their own places to learn from. This is not ashamed, as a traverser, he is not omniscient and omnipotent, after all, the current flintlock pistols and warships are imitated, and it is not bad this time.

In fact, at present, the industrial department has not put forward any excessively high requirements for the coal mine, and they have not even asked the coal mine to carry out preliminary washing of the excavated coal, mainly because the coal produced in the Ping'anbao coal mine is mainly used as fuel after being pulled back.

After all, although the quality of this coal is not high, there is no problem with using it as fuel. After the Galician Exocet brought back the first 200 tons of raw coal, the brick, cement and lime kilns of the East Coast Company finally stopped using coal, and for the first time in three years, they started 24-hour production. While the consumption of coal per ton of material has been greatly reduced, the current situation of shortage of construction materials has been completely reversed, and there is even a surplus for export to Brazil and the La Plata region in exchange for foreign exchange.

At the same time, wood drying kilns, dry distillation kilns, major canteens, bathrooms and other units have also begun to gradually reduce the proportion of firewood and grass in the fuel, and appropriately increase some coal, which will help to liberate their manpower, after all, it also takes manpower to cut firewood and mow grass. However, due to the current coal production, it is not possible to completely replace traditional fuels such as firewood and grass.

In mid-December, at Shao Shude's insistence, the Executive Committee finally decided to build a coal washing plant near the Ping'anbao Coal Mine. Aicha of the original expedition team became the director of the new coal washing plant, and the entire plant invested more than 700 yuan, most of which was used to purchase six sets of hydraulic breakers from the East Coast Company, some of the workers of the coal washing plant were sent by Ping'an Fort, and the remaining part was to be served by the Tatartan women, and the entire coal washing plant was designed to process 50 tons of raw coal per day.

The head of the coal mine was Bai Shui, a police officer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he was also the head of the newly established coal mine police station, and the security team of Anda 15 was unified into the establishment of the police station. He was in charge of the entire mine's 249 miners, 20 police officers, a platoon of army officers, and a small number of skilled personnel, and he had the power to issue rewards, grant leave, defend the country, dispose of prisoners, and suppress riots. Shao Shude's request to him is to only look at the output, and not ask about the rest.

On the banks of the Kayi River, which has been renamed the "Coal River" for transporting coal, an improvised wharf is also nearing completion thanks to the efforts of the Charuya construction team. Several animal tower cranes are installed on the wharf, which are responsible for loading and unloading goods, and the efficiency can only be said to be okay compared to the human pulley group. Holding his katana, dressed in a black Ministry of Internal Affairs police uniform and cowhide military boots, Anda Fifteen walked around the docks with his head held high, followed by two fellow Japanese countrymen, also in police uniforms.

By this time, the infrastructure of the wharf had been almost completed, and only a small number of people had been left here for the construction team to finish. Most of the rest were divided into two teams, one building the sewage discharge pipe for the coal washing plant, and the other laying an improvised track from the coal mine to the riverside wharf. In the process of washing refined coal, the coal washing plant produces a large amount of sludge-containing sewage, which is discharged directly into the coal river after preliminarily precipitating in the sedimentation tank dug for a period of time. At the same time, the water-bearing slime in the sedimentation tank can be used to burn refractory bricks and make honeycomb coal. In short, the utilization rate of these coals is indeed very high.

As for the other improvised track from the coalfield to the wharf, it was laid to facilitate the transportation of coal. Referring to the coal mines in Britain at that time, the tracks were made of hardwood and wrapped in a layer of iron sheets, and the transport vehicles pulling coal passed back and forth from them, which was much more efficient than simple hard roads. Even better, the construction team took advantage of the fact that the coalfield was located near the remnants of the Gérard Mountains and was slightly elevated, laying a track with a certain slope. It can also save a lot of effort when it is fully loaded with coal when going downhill and empty when it is uphill.

There were a lot of Guarani hired men on the construction team, all of whom were from the nearby Guarani village, and the relationship between the two sides was okay, and the coal mine sometimes bought supplies from each other. These guarani hired workers are really cheap, and a metal knife can hire them for 7-10 days, provided you provide them with three meals a day.

Of course, the construction team welcomed these cheap workers, so with their help, the construction schedule was always completed ahead of schedule. Of course, the arrival of these Guarani people was not without its drawbacks, at least during the time of their arrival, the construction team and the coal mines had lost a lot of tools such as shovels, hoes, hammers, etc. Even the refined coal that had been washed and sorted was secretly packed with bags every day by Guaraní, because they found that the refined coal was much more powerful for burning fires than the wood and grass they used, and the dust was not very large. This type of theft began as an individual act and later developed into large-scale mass theft at night.

After consulting Shao Shude on the side of Ping'an Fort, Bai Shui decided to compromise with these Guarani people, that is, to supply them with a small amount of refined coal every day in exchange for them not to steal, and at the same time to bring the two sides closer by the way. As for the Guarani temporary workers who stole the construction team and coal mine tools, Whitewater sent a detective team headed by the deputy head of the police station, Avani, to take charge of the matter.

Anda Fifteen and others are even members of this detective team. In the past two days, he has captured several Guarani who had come to steal tools at night, and there were even some skirmishes between the two sides. A Japanese fellow of Anda 15 almost killed a Guarani with a single sword, but fortunately, both sides were more restrained and did not mean to continue to investigate.

In this way, under the stumbling and stumbling, the coal mine has finally been producing tenaciously, contributing a huge amount to the construction of the East Coast Republic of China.

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