Chapter 38: Open-pit Coal Mine
The wind and snow stopped for a while, Li Qing couldn't wait to go to the coal mine to have a look, Shang Haibo was not at ease, so he asked Wang Qinian to transfer a team of soldiers, plus Li Qing's own hundred or so personal guards, and the group set off in a mighty way. Yang Yidao and Tang Hu were beaten on the board, although there were only ten boards, but under the care of Shang Haibo, these ten boards were sturdy, without any moisture, and the two limped behind Li Qing's horse and walked, this ass, the horse couldn't sit still.
Li Qing, who originally wanted them to go to rest by themselves, looked at the virtue of the two of them while walking, and scolded with a smile: "Ask for hardship!" "But the heart is very useful, these two people are very faithful!
"General, if this beast charcoal is really as you said, it will indeed be of great help to my Chongxian, but is it true?" Shang Haibo was still not at ease, chattering and asking this question repeatedly along the way.
"Of course!" Li Qing patted his chest, "Mr. Shang, I will prove it to you with facts then." ”
After a little half of the effort, the group came to the mouth of the tree that Wu Siniang said, which is more than ten miles away from the old camp in Chongxian County, there is no big road, only a rugged mountain road winds around the mountains, and the snow is overwhelming, and the road is not hidden, if it is not for the guide who is familiar with the mountain road, I am afraid that Li Qing and his party will not be able to touch this at all.
"General, this is the mouth of the tree, Wu Siniang picked it up here, and here we also know that that kind of black beast charcoal is everywhere. It's just that basically no one here dares to pick it up and burn it.
Li Qing squatted down and used his hands to remove the top layer of floating snow, but the snow below was already frozen extremely hard, so he pulled out his waist, and chopped it with a burst of chaos, chopping snow and ice chips everywhere, and the soldiers also used their weapons to remove the snow, and finally exposed the solid ground.
"General, I found a piece!"
"General, I have it here!"
After a period of chaotic chaos, Li Qing had a large pile of lumps of coal in front of him, picked up a piece, and looked at it carefully, Li Qing confirmed that this was coal, but there were good lumps of coal in this pile, and there were also stones in poor condition. This kind of stone can not be fully burned, the most likely to produce gas, think that Lu Siniang can not distinguish between the block of coal and the stone, all of them are picked up and burned, and the hut is not ventilated, which leads to gas poisoning, if her hut is like other people on all sides of the wind, it is fine.
Li Qing shook his head, this woman is really unlucky, but fortunately, she is unlucky, so she knows that Chongxian actually has such a good thing, resources, this is a strategic resource.
Li Qing smiled and pointed to the ground, "Cut the ground for me!" ”
The guards took out the pickaxes prepared in advance and began to plow the ground, Li Qing smiled and said to Shang Haibo: "Mr. Shang, originally as far as I know, these beast charcoal are buried in the ground very deep, it is extremely difficult to mine, it is easy to cause death and injury, like this kind of open-pit coal mine is rare, but this Chongxian actually has it, it is really unexpected, it is conceivable, in the near future, my Chongxian will take off because of it." ”
Shang Haibo said: "If it is really as the general said, it can solve the problem of the poisonous gas of this beast charcoal, it is indeed a big help, this may be the general's destiny, God blesses it, so that this Chongxian not only has this thing, but the general just knows his usage." ”
Li Qing laughed, "What is the destiny of heaven, Mr. said it interestingly, it's just luck." ”
Shang Haibo glanced sideways at Li Qing, who was gathering to watch the soldiers plowing the ground, and smiled thoughtfully, of course, it can't be talked about at the moment, but what about the future?
The ground was so hard that it was often dug a few inches deep with a pickaxe, and in a few moments the soldiers began to sweat and the ground was dug a foot deep.
"General, general, I dug it out!" A soldier shouted, and then, more soldiers shouted, Li Qing walked forward quickly, and saw that the turned soil had become completely black, and among the black powder, there were countless large or small lumps of coal, stretched out his hand, grabbed a large handful in his hand, Li Qing slowly picked it up, looked at the black coal, and was ecstatic in his heart, it was really a blessing from God, such a good coal, it was only a foot deep from the ground.
Seeing Li Qing intoxicated holding the black powder in his hand, and even putting it in his nose to sniff deeply, Yang Yidao, who had just been hit by the board, couldn't help but be in a hurry, and rushed up to knock off the coal in Li Qing's hand in one step, "General, this beast charcoal is poisonous!" ”
Li Qing laughed and stood up, "No, this beast charcoal will only have toxic gases when it is burned, now, no, it is very safe, hey, Yang Yidao, there is growth, it seems that Mr. Shang beat you well with a board." The guards around him heard Li Qing's good-natured ridicule, looked at the leader's embarrassed face, and couldn't help laughing, only Shang Haibo's face was uncertain, and he snorted coldly from his nostrils.
"Come on, get me some back for each soldier." Li Qing ordered loudly.
Chongxian, the General's Mansion, Shang Haibo saw the busy craftsmen, his heart was still a little uneasy, and he asked Li Qing who was supervising the work in a low voice: "General, are you sure there is no problem?" Can it really solve his poison? ”
Li Qing was confused by Shang Haibo's repeated questioning, and said with a wry smile: "Sir, I said that there is no problem is no problem, so it's okay, after it is built, I will try it first, and I will never go in during the trial period, okay?" ”
Shang Haibo nodded with satisfaction, "This is the safest." ”
Alas, Li Qing sighed, and now the craftsman is building a dragon in the general's mansion according to the sketch drawn by Li Qing, building a fire kang, and even the kitchen stove has been set up, and it is estimated that it will be ready for use in four or five days. Thousands of pounds of coal brought back by the soldiers were also piled up in front of the General's Mansion.
"The people don't dare to use it because they don't understand, no one has used it before, but if I take the lead in using it, then it can play a role in promoting among the people, so this winter, we don't have to be cold." Li Qing said to Shang Haibo.
"It's a good thing for the general to have the people in mind, but this kind of unknown and unpredictable and dangerous thing, it's better not to let the general do it himself in the future, just leave these things to the people below." Shang Haibo did not forget to tell Li Qing at any time.
And these days, the people in the old camp in Chongxian County know that the general wants to use animal charcoal for heating, and declares that there is a way to solve the problem of poison gas in animal charcoal, and the eyes of tens of thousands of people are concentrated in the general's mansion.
The earth dragon burned, the big kang also burned, at the beginning of the beginning, a chaotic smell came from several smoke exhaust pipes, the crowd outside the general's mansion all changed color, and they all retreated, Li Qing remained silent, unmoved, Yang Yidao and Tang Hu stood tightly behind him, although their faces were not good-looking, but they did not retreat at all. On the other side, Shang Haibo also stood firmly, staring at the smoke exhaust pipe with blazing eyes.
After a while, the strange smell slowly disappeared, and Li Qing estimated that the earth dragon and the big kang should be burned at this time, so he smiled and said, "Okay, now we can go in and have a look." ”
Just as he was about to go in, Yang Yidao was already a tiger jumper, and rushed into the house before Li Qing, while Tang Hu grabbed Li Qing, this one-eyed dragon was extremely powerful, and his iron pincer-like hand clamped Li Qing, which actually made Li Qing unable to move.
Shang Haibo on the side nodded his head and showed a smile on his face, these twenty boards are worth playing. And Yang Yidao's mother-in-law, Yang Zhou, bit her lip tightly and looked at her man in the house with a nervous expression.
Yang stepped into the house, and the first feeling was that it was so warm, the air in the room was very fresh, and there was a smell of earthy smell that had just started, and the unpleasant poisonous gas was not felt at all.
After staying for a few minutes, he actually felt a little hot, he stood steadily in the room, carefully experienced, fuck, getting hotter and hotter.
A pillar of incense time has passed, and another pillar of incense time has passed, Li Qing is a little frozen, and he struggled to break free from the one-eyed dragon Tang Hu's hand, he turned around and said: "Okay, now that such a time has passed, everyone knows that there should be no problem, let's go in!" ”
While speaking, the door opened, and Yang Yidao appeared at the door, his face flushed, "General, it's so hot in the house!" Li Qing scolded secretly, of course it's hot, not only burned the earth dragon, but also burned the fire kang, can it not be hot?
A group of people poured into the general's mansion, and the temperature was completely different from the outside, which made everyone dumbfounded, in this room, it was like spring!