Chapter 230: Inspection
In the 21st century, we all know how bad the environment is in China, and if we can protect the environment as soon as possible, we may be able to leave more things for future generations. If you want to conserve it, you have to do it now. Maybe one day he hangs up, and he can enjoy it when he wears it back.
Although burning coal will also produce pollution, and digging coal will produce destruction, which will also make the mountains bald. Not every mountain has coal mines, most of the mountains have trees.
As for whether we will run out of coal, let's talk about it then. China has a lot of coal resources, but unfortunately, the Chinese have not enjoyed too many dividends. When China began to modernize, coal was outdated, and it was blind to the abundance of coal. If it could be converted into oil, the skin of Chinese chickens would have surpassed that of the United States.
After seeing the coal workshop, Li Chen left, he still has to go to a few places, just now I thought that I could go back, it would be easy, and I forgot about the inspection at all.
Before leaving, Li Chen encouraged the steward and the steward's wife, there are several stewards in the workshop are some old people, and their responsibilities are mainly to cooperate with Li Chen to send out a few children, manage the workshop, and receive a fixed monthly salary.
This workshop, don't look at it has only been established for a long time, but there are many things. There are coal mines that are transported back from coal mines outside the city, as well as the loess that is bought, and then manage the shipment, where to go, and how much money to be charged to others, these are all very troublesome.
Now this part is managed by the big head, Li Chen has long found that the big head is very talented in business, so he simply tried to let her be in charge of management, today is the big head has to go to class, so she will come over.
After inspecting the coal workshop, Li Chen came to the coal casting furnace. The two places are not together, and the coal stove workshop is near the place where the group of old soldiers live. Coal furnace production is also hot, even though there are now many blacksmith shops have begun to imitate, but at present, it seems that the supply is still in short supply, and there are not a few people in Yangzhou who can afford it.
Now the coal stove workshop can produce dozens of coal stoves a day, and the manpower is several times that, which has also been expanded. Jia Lao now only spends half a day here, and the manpower has to be trained, and the old leads the new, hoping to form a productive force as soon as possible.
"What about you, use a little force, use a little force, your little strength ants can't pinch to death, and then give me force." An old man pointed at a newcomer and scolded, those who came one step earlier, now they are angry, everyone brings at least two newcomers. Then how Jia Lao scolded them, they scolded the newcomers.
'You fool, watch the fire, don't you see that the fire is about to go out?' Then they were immediately scolded by Jia Lao again, and the scolded person was snickering. Seeing the veteran glaring at him, he immediately obediently thought of shoveling coal to add fuel to the fire.
By the way, the fertilizer water does not fall into the fields of outsiders, and Li Chen has long paid attention to the coal block and coal stove business, and bought a few coal mountains in the Huainan Jiedu area as early as possible, and now whether it is a coal furnace or refining perfume and alcohol, it is all coal produced from its own coal mines.
After greeting Jia Lao, Li Chen was about to go to another workshop to inspect, which was just next to him. When he left the gate, an ox cart pulling ten coal stoves was slowly going out.
Because it is an assembly line, and there is no master of craftsmanship, the Li family's coal stove looks very simple. Li Chen has seen the imitation of coal stoves outside, and each one is very exquisite. The only advantage of Lijia coal stove is that the price is affordable. But Li Chen knew that these were all temporary. Coal stoves are currently in short supply, so the price remains high. No matter how much it is produced, it can be sold.
But when the Yangzhou market is full, they will have to see. This thing can be used for decades, and the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty have not been like those unscrupulous merchants in later generations, and the things will be broken as soon as the warranty period has passed, and even the warranty period has not expired, and it will be broken for you to see.
In this way, those blacksmiths will be miserable. A coal stove has been used for decades, and no matter how big Yangzhou is, it will be filled up in one day. Although it can be sold to other places, it is just that in this era, transportation is underdeveloped, and how much does it cost to transport it to other places? Yangzhou is a three-way local one, and when the time comes, it will be doubled if it is farther away. Who can afford it then.
Li Chende's workshop is different, with mass production through assembly lines to reduce costs. When the time comes, it will always be sold, and if it is great in the field, there will still be people who will buy it.
So Wang Tian was worried at the beginning, and he was imitated a lot, but Li Chen was not worried at all. At that time, it is a pity that Li Chen will not be able to make any money by selling coal over there.
However, as far as Li Chen and Jia Lao said, in fact, their skills are also very promising. There are a lot of people who can afford to spend a lot of money, and many big families would rather buy a better thing and look more delicate than buy the simple coal stove produced by the Li family.
It's just that at that time, it is not only about good craftsmanship, but also about branding. Otherwise, who knows where you came out. At that time, blacksmiths with such awareness, even if they have the same skills, can throw off other blacksmith shops and stand out.
The next place is the glass workshop. Li Chen considered whether to relocate this glass workshop. Although he tried his best to keep it secret, he still had to keep it secret by multiple means, and he didn't know how long it would be able to keep it secret.
First of all, he kept the materials he used secret, and the craftsmen in the workshop knew that sand could be made into glass. But sand alone won't do it. Li Chen's method is to mix the soda and lime elsewhere, and then add it when it is burned, so that they will not have a chance to know what they have added. He taught the children to supervise the whole process, so that they would not find an opportunity to steal the materials.
Then it was to refine the glass and entrust it to Suleiman to sell. Suleimande's auction has already been held for the second time, and Li Chen plans to take out some different finished glass for auction every time it is auctioned.
It's just that Li Chen is not sure how long this glass technology can be kept secret. The wealth is moving, such a big profit, God knows how long it can be hidden. It is better to find an island and move all the craftsmen to the island, never in contact with outsiders, so that it can be kept secret.
Li Chen had already thought about this method, but the problem came. The Venetian is official, and the official can do that. But he's just a private person, wouldn't it be too selfish to do that? So the problem was put on hold, and we could only hide it from day to day.
If you don't want to be imprisoned like this, why should you ask someone to do that? The government can, it represents the interests of the majority, but it is only an individual.
Li Chen knew that his mentality needed to be adjusted, if he was a real family, there would be no struggle like Li Chen's. But from modern times, he thinks deeply of the concept of equality and respect for others in his heart. (To be continued.) )