bookcurios Chapter 228
Chapter 228
Qi Cheng finally borrowed a copy of Di Gong An to read. The stories in it were quite interesting. He continued reading after dinner and finished the book until midnight.
He has this problem. Once he finds a book he likes, he has to finish reading it. When he is in school, he can read it in bed all night long.
Of course, this is the case if the next day is a holiday.
After getting up in the morning, he yawned and told the system to send someone quickly, as he wanted to take another nap.
"Wei'a Tea from the Northern Wei Dynasty."
This dynasty is indeed rare. Qi Cheng only knows about the reforms of Emperor Xiaowen, and is confused about the others.
"Host, I'm a farmer from Daidi. You mentioned earlier that you wanted hot water," Wei Acha said loudly. "It's hard to get firewood here. I'd like to know where I can find the coal you mentioned and how to use it."
"Officials only care about themselves, not the lives of ordinary people like us. Host, you..."
Listening to Wei Acha's words, Qi Cheng was silent for a moment. If it was a unified dynasty, coal should be easy for them. If it was the Northern and Southern Dynasties or the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, they probably wouldn't study it.
Then please explain it more clearly.
"Coal is a very good fuel and is widely distributed in our country, even in several northern provinces. Let me tell you about some of the easiest to mine."
"For example, there's Yuanbao Mountain in Inner Mongolia, and there are open-pit coal mines in Pingshuo, Shanxi Province. Well, there should also be coal mines in the Xishan area of the capital. They were mined during the Ming and Qing dynasties, so it must not be very difficult."
Tang Dynasty
Li Shimin carefully compared the mineral distribution map recorded last time and felt that the host's explanation was more detailed this time, but Inner Mongolia was indeed a bit far away.
But there's no problem in Jin Province! That's where the Tang Dynasty started.
He just waited for the host to tell him if there was any simple and easy-to-use method, and then he would immediately arrange people to go dig coal.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this coal is not easy to transport." Zhang Sun Wuji stepped forward and said, "There is no water transportation in the places the host mentioned, and it is impossible to transport it by manpower."
That's indeed the case. Even if we don't consider the common people, the Tang Dynasty doesn't have so many people to manpower the palace and the mansions of those dignitaries.
We have to think of a way to save time and effort.
Ming Dynasty
Zhu Di looked at the distribution of coal mines near the capital on the sky and felt his head buzzing. He felt that the place where the coal mines were seemed to be very close to the mausoleum he had chosen.
Not to mention that they dug into their own tomb, even if they dug next to it, it would disturb them. Yet, no one cared about these unfilial descendants in later generations.
Do you want to change places?
Three Kingdoms
Liu Bei was getting anxious as he looked at the map on the sky screen. All the cities on it were in the north, and he had no way of getting to them. The host quickly asked him to talk about the coal in the south.
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"We just talked about several coal mines in the north. Let's talk about those in the south. There are open-pit coal mines in Kaiyuan, Yunnan, but they might not have been mined there in ancient times."
"There should also be coal mines in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province, and mining should have begun in the late Qing Dynasty."
"In addition, there are some small coal mines in places like Sichuan, Guizhou, Meizhou, and Changzhou. Whether you can find them depends on your mining methods."
Three Kingdoms
Sun Quan was so happy that his teeth were about to show. Most of the places mentioned above were under his rule. As for places like Yunnan and Guizhou, they were mountainous and densely forested, with miasma everywhere, so Liu Bei would definitely not be able to open them.
Maybe I will have to buy coal from myself in the future.
"Immediately arrange to find the coal mines the anchor mentioned. Have Zhuge Zhi lead the team there," Sun Quan ordered. "Also, carefully examine the coal to make sure I don't find the wrong one!"
Cao Cao didn't care. He now occupied the entire north, where coal resources were abundant. He could find a good coal mine just by looking around.
……
"Now let's talk about the uses of coal. We won't go into things like ironmaking, but will focus on household methods. There's one thing we need to be especially careful about: if coal isn't burned properly, it will produce carbon monoxide."
"And carbon monoxide can be fatal, so be sure to exhaust the smoke!"
Qi Cheng found two pictures. If there is a kang in some places in the north, you can use an iron neck to directly connect to the kang's smoke exhaust system.
If there is no kang, you will need to prepare a long exhaust pipe that extends directly outside the house.
Looking at the pictures on the sky curtain, officials and common people from all dynasties hurriedly recorded them. If they could really boil water and keep warm, they would have made the thing before this winter.
This stove looks relatively simple.
"Let me introduce you to a simpler method, honeycomb coal." Qi Cheng found a simple tutorial. "This thing is actually very simple. First, you need to make the coal into dough, and second, you need to prepare some yellow mud."
"Mix the two in a ratio of eight to two, add water and stir. When you can knead them into a ball, it's ready. Then you can use a mold to make honeycomb briquettes."
"After the production is completed, it needs to be ventilated and dried. Once it is completely dry, it can be used."
People in all dynasties have also realized that this stove is very useful. Boiling water is just a simple function, and it can also be used for cooking.
In that case, your home will only need coal, and firewood and other things will not be of much use.
No wonder the mountains in later generations look so lush and green. They probably didn’t need any firewood or grass at all.
"That's good. We can drink some hot water in the future." Wei A Cha said happily.
The old people in the village shook their heads. How could such an important resource be given to them so easily? Otherwise, it must be managed by the government.
Like salt and iron.
Otherwise, it is maintained by some aristocratic families.
Song Dynasty
Zhao Kuangyin felt that the things introduced this time were very simple, just like the canned food introduced by Tianmu before. With the technological level of the Song Dynasty, this thing should be very simple.
But coal...
The two open-pit mines introduced by the North are not easy to mine. The Liao Dynasty will definitely send people to disrupt them. If they get the news, then...
Let’s go mining in the south.
Qing Dynasty
At that time, there were solid coal balls, and there was also a profession called coal ball shaking, but this thing was not easy to light. Now that we have this thing, life should be much more convenient.
"This thing is really simple. Let's quickly find a blacksmith to customize the mold. Otherwise, if it's too late, we'll be outmatched by the South City team."
After Qi Cheng finished his introduction, he also thought about the problem of transportation. It would be difficult to rely solely on manpower.
Although he knew that in the 1970s and 1980s, there were people who specialized in pushing carts to transport coal.