The Xuanwu Lake, which has long been frozen, is white.

A cold wind blew from the surface of the lake, and the rolled up snow foam and ice slag hit people's faces, making people feel as if they had been cut by a knife.

Zhu Gaoxu followed behind Zhu Yunxi, shivering as soon as the cold wind blew, freezing so much that his snot bubbles were about to bubble out, and he couldn't help cursing in a low voice: "This ghost weather, it's really cold!" ”

After scolding, Zhu Gaoxu sniffed, and after staring at the workshop in the distance, he couldn't help muttering: "Yunxi, don't let us freeze in vain!" ”

Lan Bin and Lan Hong listened to Zhu Gaoxu's words, and the expressions on their faces were very strange.

Until now, they don't know what Zhu Yunxi is going to do.

Zhu Yunxi listened to Zhu Gaoxu's muttering, glanced back at him, but didn't say much, but took Lan Yue's little hand and walked unhurriedly in the direction of the shed.

At this time, someone in the shed in the distance noticed their arrival.

In the shed, after a middle-aged man found out that they appeared, he hurriedly put down the work in his hand, and then trotted towards Zhu Yunxi and the others to meet them.

This middle-aged man is Li Chong, the director and manager of Zhu Yunxi's first "factory".

See ......

Li Chong's face was full of excitement, and he trotted in front of Zhu Yunxi.

"Li Chong, how are things going?" Li Chonggang spoke, but Zhu Yunxi interrupted him and asked straight to the point: "You have all the things I want, right?" ”

This Li Chong was obtained by him from the craftsman's supervisor, and he has a very exquisite forging and casting technology.

Now, Li Chong helps Zhu Yunxi manage his first "factory", taking on the role of factory director, and uses his exquisite skills to help him build all kinds of simple molds he needs.

"Back to Your Highness, everything is going well."

Li Chong hurriedly replied: "The grass people have made molds according to the drawings you gave, and used several sets of molds manufactured to successfully make the first batch of samples, and the goods are now stacked in the warehouse." ”

"Take me there."

Zhu Yunxi nodded with satisfaction, and a look of anticipation flashed in his eyes.

He couldn't wait to see the finished product, so he immediately asked Li Chong to lead the way in front and went to the warehouse where the products were stored.

The warehouse, also built on the edge of Xuanwu Lake, is a wooden warehouse with a skeleton made of wood and a straw seal around it.

"Crunch—"

Li Chong led Zhu Yunxi and the others to the front of the warehouse, pushed open the simple wooden door with a creak, and then turned back to the latter and said, "Your Highness Yunxi, you see, the first batch of finished products are all stacked here, a total of 10,000 pieces. ”

As soon as the warehouse door was pushed open, Zhu Yunxi's eyes had already fallen on the warehouse, taking in the scene in full view. When he saw the contents of the warehouse, a thick heat flashed in the depths of his eyes.

I saw that the warehouse was neatly stacked with coal.

It's the coal that has been processed, and it's exactly the same as he remembered - honeycomb coal!

"Yunxi, what is this?"

The curious eyes of Lan Bin and the others also fell on the warehouse.

Lan Bin's brows furrowed as he looked at the things inside, and a look of surprise and confusion appeared on his face.

He considered himself a well-informed man.

But what was in front of him, he couldn't see what it was.

I can't understand what is the use of this thing to make Zhu Yunxi pay so much attention.

"This thing, I call it honeycomb coal."

Zhu Yunxi glanced at the briquettes in Lan Bin's hand, and countless memories flooded up in his mind.

All of them are memories of his childhood life in his previous life, living in the countryside and helping his grandparents make honeycomb coal.

"Honeycomb coal? What is it for? ”

Lan Bin was very surprised when he heard this term for the first time.

He picked up a piece of honeycomb coal, held it up in front of his eyes, and looked at it carefully, but he couldn't see anything strange about this thing, so he could only ask Zhu Yunxi with a curious face: "This thing is made of coal?" Why do you want to mess with this thing so much? ”

Lan Hong and the others behind him.

also looked at Zhu Yunxi with a puzzled expression.

They didn't understand why Zhu Yunxi wanted to tinker with these things.

Even, even the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi didn't have a thorough understanding of Zhu Yunxi's specific purpose at this time, and they couldn't understand it, they just helped Zhu Yunxi do whatever they asked them to do.

In the last years of Hongwu, there were already people using coal.

It's just that the people of this era have too little understanding of coal to understand the importance of this thing.

As for honeycomb coal, anthracite, they don't have any concept at all.

"Uncle Cousin, this thing is very useful."

Looking at everyone's puzzled eyes, Zhu Yunxi smiled indifferently, and then turned his head to look at Li Chong: "Li Chong, the special furnace I asked you to build has already been made, right?" ”

"It's all already done!"

Li Chong nodded hurriedly, and turned to greet the two people not far away: "Quickly bring me the things that His Highness needs." ”

When the two men heard this, they immediately turned and left.

After a while, the two of them walked back with a stove and put it in front of Zhu Yunxi.

Lan Bin's eyes fell on the stove for the first time, and they all stared at the stove with curiosity on their faces.

None of them had ever seen a stove of this style, and they couldn't figure out what Zhu Yunxi wanted to do for a while.

"Your Highness, this is the furnace that was built according to the drawings you provided."

When Li Chong saw that the stove was placed, he said to Zhu Yunxi: "You see if there is anything that has not been done, you can ask someone to revise it immediately, soon." ”

"Yes, it's pretty much the same."

Zhu Yunxi squatted down and carefully inspected the stove.

Looking at the exquisite stove in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional, the craftsmanship of the craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty was really very good.

This small stove was made into a work of art by the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty.

If it is well kept, this thing will definitely be a priceless treasure after hundreds of years.

"Yunxi, what is this thing for? Stove burner? Lan Bin finally couldn't help but be curious, and asked Zhu Yunxi, "What are you doing with a stove?" It's not necessary to make it so exquisite, right? ”

"It's really just a stove."

Zhu Yunxi got up, turned back to Lan Bin and smiled: "However, this is indeed a stove that can warm millions of people in the next generation, and can change the lifestyle of hundreds of people." ”

"This ......"

Lan Bin was suddenly a little confused: "Just this thing?" How can it be? It's not surprising to burn the stove in Daming......"

"It's not surprising that the stove is burning, but with this thing, it has a magical effect."

Zhu Yunxi pointed to the neatly stacked honeycomb coal not far away: "Li Chong, take a few pieces of honeycomb coal and try the effect, so that Uncle Cousin can open his eyes." ”

"Okay."

Li Chong immediately took a few pieces of honeycomb coal: "Your Highness, the honeycomb coal is here, how to get it next?" ”

Zhu Yunxi looked at the honeycomb coal that Li Chong put on the ground, and there was no nonsense, let alone dislike the black coal ash of the honeycomb coal, so he squatted down again and started to ignite the first honeycomb coal in the world.

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