Chapter 416: Something Happened in the Mine
Lord Xu can become the official position of the Ministry of Works, and he is not an ordinary person.
He specially asked his subordinates to find the families of the three deceased, who were originally quite grieving, and they were all crying breathlessly.
"I have a large family of eight people, young and old, but all of them are counting on the silver taels that the big cow earns in the miners. This big cow died in the mine, so how can we orphans and widows live? Isn't that killing us? The daughter-in-law of the big cow sat on the ground and cried.
The families of the other two deceased families were not much better, and for a time there were cries in the mine.
Lord Xu had a headache, but the prince had the foresight to propose to use silver to appease the family of the deceased.
"Alright, don't cry in the mine and disturb people's hearts. All the people who come to the mine to mine coal come voluntarily. It's not all for a high salary of 500 a day.
At that time, the official informed them of the risk sharing and signed the death deed. If you die, you are also unlucky, and you can't blame others.
However, the three princes are kind-hearted and talk about human feelings. The third prince paid out of his own pocket to the family of the deceased, and each household received five hundred taels of silver.
If you don't use this money to gamble, you will be able to live without food and clothing for the rest of your life. "Lord Xu is gracious and powerful, and the majesty of being an official is fully displayed.
When the families of the three families of the deceased who were kneeling on the ground heard that they would be given five hundred taels of silver, they were shocked and stopped crying.
When they reacted, it was a great surprise, and five hundred taels was a huge amount of money for them and poor people.
They can't earn it for several lifetimes, and they are more worried that they won't be able to survive without strong labor at home.
This existential problem was solved at once, and they did not want to go against the government. Nor do they take care of themselves.
"The grass people thanked the three princes, and the three princes did not care about the lives and deaths of our little people. is really a good person, the grass people will never forget the kindness of the third prince in their lives......"
The three families of the deceased changed their mouths at this moment, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, one louder than the other. It doesn't hurt when my head knocks out of my bag.
It can be seen that they are sincere.
Each of the three families of the deceased received 500 taels of silver to take away the miners who died in the mine. All are ready for a grand funeral.
They have this huge amount of money in their hands, but the strong man in the family exchanged his life for it.
The rest of the miners looked greedy, and there were still a few who wanted to go home and not do this work that could kill them at any time.
Although 500 wen a day is a high price, it is not worth a life.
But if this is unfortunate and killed, he can leave a huge sum of five hundred taels to his family, and it will be glorious to die.
What's more, their cheap life can be worth five hundred taels of silver, which is unimaginable in their dreams.
Miners who want to leave, this is not going to go.
If you live and work for a day, you can earn 500 Wen, and if you die in a disaster, you will have 500 taels of snowflake silver to send to your family. Where to find such a great good thing?
"The prince asked the official to bring you a message and give you miners one last chance to choose. Whether to go or to stay, you decide. Those who are going to leave are not forced to stay. The miners who stayed behind were not forced, they were all of your own volition. Lord Xu spoke loudly.
"My lord, we are not afraid of death, we will not leave. When I left the coal mine, I didn't know where to find such a high salary. You can also eat white rice and meat at a time. It's better than the food at home for the New Year, who likes to go? My king is determined to stay and work. Wang Erdan took the lead in expressing his position.
"I Li Ergou won't leave, and I won't leave even if I am killed."
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None of the miners wanted to leave.
Wangfu Kapok is still losing his mind because three miners died in the coal mine. Chu Huaijin noticed that she was uncertain, and walked to her side to comfort her.
"Accidents happen in the cotton coal mine all year round, which is also inevitable. You don't have to be sad about it. Chu Huaijin helped her sit on the chair and poured her a cup of warm water.
Kapok is still thinking that mining disasters will happen from time to time in the 21st century, but there are many ways to avoid mining disasters in modern times.
"Third Master, I have an idea that can avoid a certain degree of mining disaster, is it feasible for you to listen?" Kapok asked softly.
"Mianmian, you say, this king listens." Chu Huaijin became interested, and stared at her seriously.
"It's about ventilating the mine, so that the gas that accumulates in the mine doesn't reach a certain concentration and doesn't explode. You can find someone to make more wooden fans, and the fan blades can rotate to cool down. Ventilation is also guaranteed. Kapok suggested.
It was the first time Chu Huaijin had heard of a fan, and he couldn't imagine what a fan looked like at all.
The princess has the most ideas, and every time she comes up with an idea, she surprises him.
His princess has baby ideas in her head.
"What is a fan of cotton cotton? Can you draw a drawing? Chu Huaijin gave full play to the fine tradition of asking questions if you don't understand.
"It should be possible, the third master will help me grind." Kapok smiled playfully.
She can't write ancient calligraphy, but she can still draw.
The third master took a pen and paper, and the tall and straight figure stood beside Kapok to help her grind.
Kapok began to draw wooden fans from memory on rice paper, and as a science student, I often took science classes in college, and it was not difficult to research a wooden fan that could be turned without plugging in.
She quickly had a rough model in mind, and within a few sticks of incense, she drew the design of the wooden fan on paper.
Chu Huaijin had been beside her silently staring at the paintings she had drawn on paper.
didn't make a noise to disturb her, and the more she looked at her design, the brighter her eyes became.
"The third master may understand?" Kapok looked up at the third master and asked softly.
"This is the fan, and with this mechanism you've designed, the blades rotate with a constant stream of wind. If this fan can be made, it will be able to ventilate the bottom of the mine. Dramatically reduces the risk of explosion.
Mianmian you have done another meritorious thing, if the wooden fan is popularized, I don't know how many miners will benefit at that time. You've saved the lives of too many miners. Chu Huaijin took a few glances and understood the design of Mianmian.
"The third master is too smart to understand my design drawings. No, the fan design drawings will be taught to the third master. The third master went to find someone to make a wooden fan according to my design drawing. Kapok put the design drawing into the third master's hand.
"This king will go to do this, Mianmian obediently waits for this king in the house, and this king will come back soon." Chu Huaijin put away the design drawings and treated him like a baby.
Chu Huaijin personally commanded and found the best carpenter in the capital to design the wooden fan.
After the first sample of the wooden fan came out, Chu Huaijin took the wooden fan to the princess as soon as possible.
"Mianmian, you see that the fan is very successful, and the fan blades rotate very windy, which can also cool off if it is used in summer. With this fan, the life safety of miners has been guaranteed to a certain extent. The king has already ordered people to continue to make hundreds of wooden fans. There are three coal mines under the king's hands, and there are countless miners. You have to use hundreds of fans. Chu Huaijin discussed with the princess.