Since Li Xiu moved to a new home, the original old house is no longer inhabited, usually the gate is locked, although the flowers and trees in the yard can not be taken care of, but they have grown more luxuriantly, and the yard is gradually overgrown with wild grass, standing on the half-human high courtyard wall inside, it is like a haunted house. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

But today Li Xiu came to the old mansion with the key, not only he came, but Ma Ye and Princess Pingyang also came together, I saw that after he opened the door, the people of the princess's mansion immediately cleaned the yard simply, and then a big car was pulled in, and a large cart of crushed coal was pulled on the car, which was also specially requested by Li Xiu.

"Given you the tools you want, what's next?" Ma Ye came over at this time and threw an iron guy to Li Xiudao, only to see that this iron guy was in a strange shape, with a cylinder below, a long pole attached to it, and a "T" shaped handle on the top, I don't know what it is for?

"It's very simple, let people add loess to crushed carbon, one part of loess, three or four parts of charcoal, and then add water to make a mud!" Li Xiu said with a smile, what he is going to do is honeycomb coal, I remember that when he was a child, few people would buy finished honeycomb coal, generally buy some cheap crushed coal to make it themselves, the tool used is the hand-pressed honeycomb coal machine in his hand, only one honeycomb coal can be made at a time, the efficiency is definitely not comparable with the machine, but after being proficient, one day can beat out the honeycomb coal used in a winter.

The slime was quickly adjusted, Li Xiu walked over with the honeycomb coal machine, and then smashed it hard, so that the slime entered the mold below, and then found an open space in the yard, pressed the handle above to withdraw the honeycomb coal, and as a result, a cylindrical honeycomb coal with seven holes appeared on the ground, originally Li Xiu also wanted to make twelve holes, but the craftsman said that it was difficult to do, so he could only make such a seven-hole first.

Then Li Xiu relived the joy of his childhood, but at that time he could only watch from the side, but now he can make honeycomb coal with his own hands, but soon he found that this job is not easy, especially in this hot weather, after a while, his whole body was soaked with sweat, and his two arms were sore and painful, and he was a little weak.

"Li sacrificial wine, take a rest, don't get hot!" Princess Pingyang was also a little heartbroken when she saw Li Xiu's sweat raining, and she immediately shouted.

Li Xiu was indeed hot and tired, so he put down the honeycomb coal machine in his hand, and then immediately had someone from the palace take over, but at this time, Ma Ye was a little suspicious and said: "Boy, is it any use for you to hit these eye-catching charcoal cakes?" ”

"Of course it works, coal is a good fuel, you don't need me to say that you know, as for the shortcomings of the coal you mentioned, this honeycomb coal can be solved all." Li Xiu explained with a smile.

"Really?" Ma Ye still couldn't believe it when he heard this.

"Of course it's true, now that the temperature is so high, these honeycomb coals will almost be ready for use this afternoon, let's just go back and build a stove and wait now!" Li Xiu said very confidently, he has been using honeycomb coal since he was a child, and he still has this confidence.

Seeing Li Xiu so confident, Ma Ye couldn't help but believe a little, and immediately followed Li Xiu back to his new home, accompanied by craftsmen, and then under Li Xiu's guidance, a new honeycomb coal stove was built in his kitchen, because it is impossible to live in the kitchen, and there are windows that are often ventilated, so there is no need to use exhaust pipes, anyway, there is no one in the kitchen of Li Xiu's hometown in his previous life, only when the stove is made in the bedroom in winter, an exhaust pipe will be specially added.

After the furnace is built, it is best to dry it in the shade, so as to prevent the inside of the furnace from bursting, but in order to show the effect to Ma Ye, they can't take care of so much, so let people ignite the straw and put it in, and add a few pieces of charcoal, at least the inner wall of the furnace should be dried out, otherwise the honeycomb coal is not easy to ignite.

When it was late in the afternoon, although the honeycomb coal exposed to the sun was still a little wet, it was already usable, and then Li Xiu ignited the stove again, adding charcoal to burn red, and then put the honeycomb coal in, the temperature when the charcoal was burned was very high, Li Xiu kept blowing the wind at the air intake, and after a while, the first piece of honeycomb coal had been ignited, and the light blue flame was high, and it seemed that the texture of the coal was good.

"This ...... That's it? Ma Ye looked at the honeycomb coal burning in the stove and asked again suspiciously.

"Of course, this kind of stove can generally add four pieces of honeycomb coal, generally a piece of honeycomb coal can make a meal, and even boil a pot of water, and then add another piece, just plug the air inlet, this honeycomb coal will burn very slowly, when you use it, open it again, the fire inside will generally not be extinguished, isn't it very convenient?"

Li Xiu briefly introduced the use of honeycomb coal, and basically no one used honeycomb coal in the cities of later generations, and even the countryside used gas, thanks to the fact that he lived in the countryside when he was a child, otherwise he really didn't know how to use honeycomb coal.

After listening to Li Xiu's introduction, Ma Ye was still a little unsure, and he was not to blame, because he basically didn't go into the kitchen much, and he didn't know how troublesome it was to cook and burn the fire.

However, Princess Pingyang was a little excited when she heard this: "I see, according to what Li Xianjiu said, after using this honeycomb coal, not only will it be very simple to start a fire, but the kitchen will also become very clean, and you don't even have to worry about finding dry firewood on rainy days!" ”

"Wait, this charcoal is black, where is it clean?" Ma Ye asked again puzzled.

"Uncle Ma, you don't know, the firewood burned in the kitchen when cooking, there are often soot flying, and in order to start the fire, some straw should be put in the kitchen, which is easy to breed insects or mice, but with this honeycomb coal, it is much cleaner, and you can cook a meal with just one piece, no need to add firewood in the middle, and you don't have to worry about the size of the fire, it's so convenient!" Princess Binh Duong explained again that she should not be regarded as a princess, but cooking is one of the compulsory courses for women in this era, so she is no stranger to the kitchen.

Not only did Princess Pingyang say this, Yuechan and several other maids were also full of praise for this honeycomb coal stove, and Liu Er even proposed to cook on this stove today, which was also approved by Li Xiu, so he added a piece of honeycomb coal to it, and then asked Yuechan to cook a few good dishes, after all, it was time for dinner.

The meal was ready after a while, and this time Princess Pingyang did not leave, the three of them sat there eating and chatting, Ma Ye finally dispelled his suspicions at this time, and immediately spoke: "Since the princess you all said that this honeycomb coal is very good, it must be right, and the carboniferous mine is open-pit, you only need to hire someone to excavate it, and the transportation can also be transported by water, the cost is very low, so calculated, this honeycomb coal seems to be really profitable!" ”

The more Ma Ye calculated, the brighter his eyes became, before he thought that this honeycomb coal was just a fuel like charcoal, I was afraid that the profit was limited, but in addition to the labor and transportation costs, there was no big cost, and the profit of a piece of honeycomb coal was indeed very small, but there were so many people in Chang'an City, if everyone used honeycomb coal, this profit would be very terrifying.

"Hehe, that's not all, when it comes to winter, every household has to heat up, charcoal used to be used, but the price of charcoal is high, and ordinary people really can't afford it, but our honeycomb coal is much cheaper, and I can also design a new stove, don't worry about poisoning when burning, in this way, I can definitely grab the sales of charcoal in winter!" Li Xiu laughed again.

"Great, there is finally a way to make money, in the past few days, I will let people increase the production of coal, in addition, Chang'an is also recruiting people, and I will build a honeycomb coal workshop, and when I have enough honeycomb coal, I will start selling it immediately, and strive to let the entire Chang'an City use our honeycomb coal!" Ma Ye said energetically at this time, with money, he can continue to buy land and houses.

Seeing Ma Ye's excited appearance, Li Xiu stopped him with a smile and said: "Uncle Ma, don't be in a hurry to sell the honeycomb coal, you also saw it just now, the production process of honeycomb coal is not complicated, as long as the honeycomb coal appears on the market, I am sure that someone will find a way to make it in a few days, and then we will share part of the money we have in hand." ”

"What are you afraid of, the carboniferous ore is in our hands, how can they make honeycomb coal without coal?" Ma Ye was not worried at all.

"But Uncle Ma, do you dare to guarantee that there are no carboniferous mines elsewhere?" Li Xiu suddenly blinked at this time and said, since you want to make money, let Ma Ye make enough, lest he bother him with money-making things in the future.

"You mean to block the news first, and then send someone to buy all the carboniferous mines that can be found!" Ma Ye's eyes lit up when he heard this, he was too excited just now, otherwise he should have thought of this a long time ago with his wisdom.

"That's right, if Ma Ye only wants to do Chang'an's honeycomb coal business, then buy all the carboniferous mines near Chang'an, if you want to be bigger, you can go farther away to buy more carboniferous mines, I can tell you, the carboniferous thing will be very popular in the market, holding enough carboniferous ore in your hands, it is equivalent to having a real gold mountain!" Li Xiu said with a slight bewilderment.

At this time, Li Xiu suddenly thought that if he married Princess Pingyang in the future, wouldn't the coal mines that Ma Ye now buy belong to his children and grandchildren, so this can be regarded as thinking about his future generations. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Princess Pingyang next to him, sometimes he really wanted to marry her home early.

However, when Li Xiu imagined the scene of his marriage to Princess Pingyang in his mind, he didn't know that in Chang'an City, someone was breaking his heart for his marriage. (To be continued.) )