Since I have eaten other people's wine, although I am jealous of Lian Qinian in my heart, I still have to say a few words of compliment. (Marshmallow offers Txt free download)

After eating and drinking, Zhou Zhongying said: "Brother Lian has really grown in the past two years, which is really enviable."

。 ”

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I had to give up my studies for Dao Liangmou and became Tao Zhugong, so that Brother Zhou could laugh." After praying for prosperity in the New Year, people have become more and more humble.

Seeing that he was so low-key, Zhou Zhongying had a good impression of him in his heart, so he asked curiously: "Brother Lian, I don't know how you do this coal business, and what are the benefits?" ”

"A little business, not worth mentioning." Speaking of doing business, Lian Qinian drank too much wine, and he was inevitably proud in his heart, and sighed: "At the beginning, Yangzhou Town requisitioned my family's land, and my foolish brother moved his family to Yangzhou to join his family. I lived in Yangzhou for a while, and I had contact with a lot of businessmen, and my heart became lively, thinking that although my family said that I got a lot of money by selling the land, it was impossible to sit and eat like this. I can't be rich for three generations, and I don't have to worry about being a clothier in my life, but when I die, what will I do if I run out of money and my children and grandchildren? ”

"It is said that buying land and buying a house in Yangzhou again is the best choice. But when I think about it, there are many people in Yangzhou, and the best fields are expensive. Besides, it is difficult to mix food and clothing with how much output can be produced in the bare land every year. Lian Qinian said: "There is a good saying: no agriculture is unstable, no business is not rich." If you want to live a good life, you have to do business! ”

Hearing him open the conversation, Zhou Zhongying also came to his senses and sat up straight: "So Brother Lian started to traffic coal?" ”

"At first, no, at first, I wanted to get a few looms and ask a few weavers to come back and spin silk." Lian Qinian said: "But as soon as I inquired, this business is really not so easy to do, and there are thousands of people engaged in this business in Yangzhou and Nanjing. The Jiangning weaving of the official family is not to mention, even if it is a folk, there are thousands of weaving masters who do not know themselves. They have made a loud noise, and they have already controlled the sericulture farmers in the south of the Yangtze River. I'm buying cocoons now, but it's 30% higher than their price. After a year, I can't see any profit at all, and I have to lose a few if I can't say it. Moreover, this industry needs to hoard a large amount of raw silk, and the capital required is huge. You walk in rashly, and if you don't move, you immediately go bankrupt. As for others, such as porcelain and tea, they are also monopolized by Dajia. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed and said, "Brother Zhou, you don't know that the salt, porcelain, silk, and tea in the south of the Yangtze River, but all the businesses that make money are controlled by the gentry family

。 They are all Shilin seniors, and their protégés and former officials are all over the government and the opposition. If you get involved in it and share the profits with them, if nothing else, the government will take care of you first. Therefore, if you want to grow hair, you have to take other paths. ”

Zhou Zhongying: "How did Brother Lian think of coal trafficking? ”

"What else, it's just a coincidence and daring." Lian Qi Nian said: "At that time, when the foolish brother was hesitating in Yangzhou, he happened to meet people from Yangzhou Town who came to the city to buy coal. At that time, Yangzhou had just fought a war, from Gaoyou to Yangzhou, and then to Lu'an and Luzhou, and there was a lot of chaos in the area, and there were no businessmen to take this road. As soon as my heart moved, I thought that maybe this was the way. At that moment, he was numb and took out all the silver obtained from the sale of land in his hand, bought two big ships, hired sailors, and went to Luzhou, bought coal and transported it to Yangzhou. ”

"Fortunately, the people of the Ningxiang Army are very fair in their voices, and they will collect as much coal as I have. In the past few years, the foolish brother has made a little money. ”

Zhou Zhongying nodded; "It's really rich and dangerous, Brother Lian's courage is extremely strong. By the way, what did Sun Taichu want so much coal for. If it's used for cooking or something, it won't be used so much? ”

"Coking coal."

"Coking coal, what's it?" Zhou Zhongying was puzzled.

"Oh, Brother Zhou only reads sage books, but he doesn't dabble in miscellaneous studies, and he doesn't want to read any book on weekdays, such as Song Yingxing's "Heavenly Creations" and Taoism's Waidanzhi Theory...... Ashamed, ashamed. The word "ashamed" has become the mantra of Lian Qinian: "The so-called coking coal means that after the coal is transported back to the coking plant, it is put into the furnace to isolate the air and used the dry distillation method." When the furnace temperature is sufficient, the coal melts back and wrinkles, and the dregs sink. After the liquid on it condenses, it is coking coal. ”

When it comes to the method of coking, Lian Qinian's eyebrows danced: "Generally speaking, there are usually two kinds of coking in our dynasty: round kiln and long kiln, the former is suitable for areas with low groundwater level and good coal coking; The latter is less affected by groundwater and has a shorter coking time because the bottom of the furnace is higher than the ground, which is suitable for areas with more rain and slightly worse coal coking. For example, we have a coking kiln in Xiting, and I have sent more than ten ships of coal over before, and I use a long kiln. However, there are still problems with these two kilns. ”

"That is, the kiln is not divided into chambers, the fuel and coal are mixed together, the heat is insufficient, and the coking rate is low. The quality of the coking coal produced is also poor, and the temperature cannot be raised during combustion. Later, Sun Taichu didn't know where to invite a group of red-haired ghosts, I heard that it was the Prussians, and built a new kiln, separating the combustion chamber from the carbonization chamber, but the upper part was connected, so that the gas generated in the carbonization chamber was transferred to the combustion chamber, and air was introduced from the upper part of the combustion chamber to make the gas burn, and the flame was poured down from above, which was called the inverted flame method

。 In this way, the coking coal that is smelted is a high-quality product! ”

Speaking of this, Lian Qi Nian couldn't help but admire it.

After he said this for a long time, Zhou Zhongying didn't understand a word, he couldn't even interject his words, he just kept eating and drinking.

Lian Qinian realized this, smiled, and said, "Sorry, to put it simply, coal turns into coke after dry distillation. Coke, on the other hand, is the fuel necessary for good iron. ”

"It was originally used to make iron." Zhou Zhongying completely understood it now, and asked again: "Isn't the imperial court a monopoly on salt and iron, what does Sun Yuan want to do when he makes so many iron factories, is there still a court in his eyes?" ”

This big hat was buttoned down, and it suddenly made Lian Qi Nian silent. As a person with vested interests, he naturally didn't want to say anything bad about Sun Yuan, so he only said embarrassedly: "I'm ashamed, I'm just a mouthful of food." Eat wine, eat wine. ”

After eating for a long time, the snow outside became heavier and heavier, and the streets were already white.

After a long time, Zhou Zhongying suddenly remembered the purpose of his coming here, and pretended not to care: "This Sun Taichu has a poor character, and it is said that a while ago, he robbed Dong Xiaowan, the concubine of the famous man who was in the restoration of the world, and he was really angry. Now he is practicing iron and martial arts, which is like rebellion. Such a thief, everyone will be punished. ”

"Cough, cough ......" even Qi Nian's face changed, and he kept coughing.

"There is righteousness between heaven and earth, what are you coughing up about, brother?" Zhou Zhongying stared at his classmate with awe.

"I, I, I......" Lian Qinian hurriedly whispered: "Brother Zhou is a gentleman, I admire him very much." Let's not talk about this, not about this. ”

Xiting Town is full of people from Yangzhou Town, and Zhou Zhongying is here to attack Sun Yuan recklessly, if people listen to it. Brother Zhou has won the reputation of not being powerful, but my mouth for the New Year is on the pot of the Ningxiang Army. If you annoy the people in Yangzhou Town, and don't accept my coal in the future, won't I even have more than a dozen people in my family to drink the northwest wind?

He was inexplicably a little annoyed in his heart: This Zhou Zhongying, who eats my meat and drinks my wine, and wears my new cotton clothes, comes to dismantle my platform, which is really a little uninteresting.

When he was angry, Zhou Zhongying asked again: "Brother Lian, I heard that Sun Yuan is going to open a imperial examination, this is a rebellion!" ”

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