The location of the open-pit coal mine detected by the magic mirror happened to be on the dirt road to the city of Patras.

Three days later.

The open-pit coal mine is located, and the people are buzzing.

More than half of the wild slaves, some of the overseers of the small village of Nisse, and two-thirds of the members of the convoy were all requisitioned by William, and they dug three feet into the ground and dug a ravine.

Due to the lack of tools, under the guidance of William's magic mirror, this open-pit coal mine had to be dug into a staircase mode.

Every meter there is a staircase of a platform of several square meters, and there are ten stairs in the ten-meter-deep coal mine, and below the ten-story staircase is where the coal mine is located.

Vast numbers of wild slaves nested there, mining coal with rudimentary tools, loading it in baskets, and carrying it layer by layer to the surface.

Wild slaves were waiting there, and they were carried to the wheelbarrow, and then they squeaked and pushed the wheelbarrow, and drove to the small village of Nisse.

In the air specially carved out in the new village of Nisse, there was already a group of wild slaves, holding wooden sticks and waiting for a long time.

Most of these wild slaves were able-bodied and played the role of stone crushers.

As soon as the coal was dumped, the wild slaves threw off their arms, brandished their sticks, and went to work.

As a reward, they can get an extra bowl of sweet porridge when they eat.

The smashed coal dust was transported near the bricks, where clay was piled up.

Mix 80 percent pulverized coal and 20 percent clay, add an appropriate amount of water, and stir it evenly until it becomes a pile of black slime.

This work is carried out by the villagers who make the bricks.

These slimes are the materials from which briquettes are made.

That's right, the heating and boiling tools that William wanted to make were the honeycomb coal that could be found everywhere in the countryside when he was a child in his previous life.

Honeycomb coal ignites quickly, has a high temperature, burns for a long time, is easy to use, simple to make, smokeless and tasteless, and has a higher utilization efficiency than simply using coal, which is exactly the way William came up with to solve the problem of heating the wild slaves and boiling water for the villagers.

It is not enough to have coal slime, but also to make molds for honeycomb coal.

In William's previous life, the countryside used to use hand-made honeycomb coal molds, but this mold required iron pipes.

With William's existing conditions, this could not be done, or it was difficult to do so.

So William simply simplified this set of molds.

What was originally made of iron was replaced with wood.

The iron pipe stamping was abandoned, and a piece of wood was directly hollowed out into a flat plate, leaving six small wooden pillars on the flat plate, and a square of the same size was made, which was hollowed out up and down.

When making honeycomb coal, the wooden board and the square are put together, then loaded with slime, compacted and turned over, and the flat plate is pulled out to make a square piece of honeycomb coal.

The honeycomb coal is not ready to be used immediately, and it needs to be dried like the bricks, which takes about two to three days.

A single honeycomb mold is not enough to meet the growing material and cultural needs of the small village of Nisse.

The original work of a blacksmith was transferred to Charles, a carpenter.

Charles opened a carpenter shop in the village, and with a group of more dexterous carpenter apprentices, he began to work on honeycomb coal molds in a race against time.

The finished molds were immediately sent to the brick yard and thrown into the heat of the battle.

Within a few days, dense black honeycomb coal occupied half of the brickyard.

It's not enough to have honeycomb coal, you also need a stove, a honeycomb coal stove.

Traditional honeycomb coal stoves are generally cylindrical because honeycomb coal is made in a round shape.

But for the sake of convenience and speed, William chose to make square honeycomb coal.

Therefore the stove should be changed accordingly and changed to a square one.

It is not difficult to make a stove, as long as the raw materials are sufficient.

And how much clay you want!

Of course, compared to bricks, this stove still needs a little bit of technology.

Among the wild slaves, William also found a family that used to work as a potter, but because he was oppressed by officials, he couldn't get by, and his family had to become a wild people.

In addition, there are five or six scattered people, all of whom have experience as potters.

William simply freed the dozen men from the hard work of savage slavery and set up a pottery workshop, with one of the men named Borg as the manager, and their first task was to make a honeycomb coal stove.

William promised them that if they did well, they would be pardoned by William after the winter, and they would be transformed from slaves to lords of the Dicas, and would be paid for their work.

Naturally, the potter slaves burst out with 120,000 passions.

Of course, only a dozen people are still a little slower.

So William took out dozens of young wild slaves from among the wild slaves and sent them to the pottery workshop as apprentices.

Willem also made this promise to them, and those who were good and outstanding in their achievements would receive his special commendation after the winter.

Motivated by this, five days later, William finally saw the first honeycomb coal stove he had seen in the small village of Nisse.

In the earthen house, William, Old John, Charles, Eddie, as well as Old Gretel, Jacques Porter, and Drake John all gathered around the red clay stove.

On top of the red clay stove is a clay pot with water in it, and the water is bubbling.

Inside the red clay stove were three square pieces of honeycomb coal, and the orange-red flames poured between the holes, and a wave of heat spread in all directions, and the chill of late autumn was suddenly dispelled.

No smoke, no smell and, most importantly, convenience.

There is a handle on each side of the stove that can be moved freely.

It can be kept close to you without fear of being consumed by fire.

Old John looked at this red clay stove, and the more he looked at it, the more he loved it.

It was getting colder and colder, and old John was getting old after all, not as good as the young man.

Living in a thatched mud hut with a leaky wind, the autumn wind blowing every night made his hands and feet feel cold and stiff.

There is no fireplace in the thatched house, although it is possible to make a fire, but after falling asleep, it is not dared to light it in any way, for fear that one of them will not be able to take care of it, and the spark will ignite the dry thatch, and it will whine in a nightmare.

Originally, Old John thought that he could only endure the suffering, but the appearance of the red clay stove allowed him to see the good times ahead.

While warming up on a cold night, you can also take a sip of hot water or cook a hot soup overnight.

Is there anything happier to enjoy?

He couldn't help but reach out and touch the outer wall of the stove.

Scald!

Old John withdrew his hand abruptly, but a smile arose from his face.

He looked at William and asked happily, "How long does this thing burn, Lord Baron?" ”

"How long does it take?" William thought for a moment, "About how long it took for two candles to burn." A piece of honeycomb coal - by the way, this thing is called honeycomb coal! ”

Hearing William's answer, not only Old John, but also Old Gretel and Charles had their eyes glowing.

William looked around at them, then smiled and said what he was going to do, "At present, fifteen red clay stoves have been made in the pottery workshop, and thirty-eight red clay stoves are being calcined in the kiln. More than 2,000 honeycomb coals have been made, all of which are dried in the brickyard and ready to be used. ”

"In the near future, there will definitely be more and more red clay stoves and honeycomb coal, enough to meet the needs of all the people in our small village of Nisse."

"So, I'm going to do it."

"Every wild slave's shack was rewarded with a red clay stove and three pieces of honeycomb coal per day. Of course, for the red clay stove, they only have the right to use it, but not the ownership. If it is destroyed, it will be punished severely! William said.

A shack usually houses 10 wild slaves, and about a hundred red clay stoves are enough to meet the minimum needs.

Old John, they all nodded.

William then continued, "In addition, I will sell the red clay stove in the grocery store for one silver franc. ”

One silver franc coin can buy a mobile fireplace, which is not expensive but too cheap.

Old John opened his mouth to say something, but William preemptively said, "Of course, honeycomb coal is not supplied for free, three Poole copper coins are one honeycomb coal." ”

One honeycomb coal can only support the burning time of two candles, and the price is relatively expensive compared to dry firewood.

Because dry firewood is close to the big forest, it is rich in resources and is almost free.

However, honeycomb coal is smokeless and odorless to burn, and it is convenient and easy to move, so this price is not unacceptable.

You need about three to four pieces of honeycomb coal a day, which means that you need to spend 10 to 12 Poole copper coins, which is about three francs of silver in a month.

In exchange for three francs of silver in exchange for a month's comfort, I believe that many villagers will make a choice.

Old Gretel thought silently.

Naturally, others have no opinion.

"In addition, I will also issue a lord's executive order, in the future, in the Dicas, all drinking water must be boiled, otherwise, once discovered, the penalty of 1 silver coin will be punished, and if it is found repeatedly, the penalty will be doubled!"

William looked at Jacques Potter and Drake John in the group, the two representatives of the Guardian of the Niche Village.

This was supposed to be the duty of the chengguan or the police, but there was no way, the small village of Nisse was now in ruins, and only the military escort team had to do the job.

But the escort team has been in high-intensity training to face the possible disaster of the lizardmen, and there is no time to manage these trivial things, this order, that is, the effect of deterrence is greater, and the actual implementation may be a mere formality!

But it doesn't matter, what William wants to show is a matter of attitude.

Jacques Potter and Drake John both nodded solemnly.