Chapter 74 The first piece of briquettes in the Tang Dynasty!
Chapter 74: The first briquette in the Tang Dynasty!
As a group of envoys entered Chang'an City, they found that no one was there to greet them.
After asking around, the third prince finally figured it out.
Muchuan, who was here to receive the envoy, was missing!
This made the third prince furious.
He had the urge in his heart to hack Muchuan to death.
This guy actually dares to ignore them?
Muchuan is in the village now. A few days ago, he sent craftsmen to start digging the coal mine.
The technology of this era is relatively backward.
Intact coal mining is very complex, and they simply cannot guarantee the integrity of the coal.
Instead, there were broken cinders everywhere.
If it were anyone else, they would either throw away the cinders or sell them to ordinary people at a cabbage price.
Several chambers of commerce in Chang'an City sell crushed cinders to ordinary people.
This kind of crushed cinder is also very expensive.
Ordinary people simply cannot afford it.
Therefore, the only option is to burn wood for heating in winter.
There are even some poor people who cannot afford to burn wood, so they have no choice but to push through.
Many wooden grinding tools appeared in the hands of the servant behind Muchuan.
Butler Zhao looked at Muchuan with a puzzled face. This was the first time he had seen this grinding tool full of small holes.
"Master, what is this?"
After Muchuan heard Butler Zhao's question, he replied with a smile: "This is a grinding tool for making briquettes."
Butler Zhao nodded, looked up in confusion and asked, "briquettes?"
Muchuan quickly explained to Li Lizhi, Shangguan Yi and others beside him.
"This briquette is a special kind of coal made from these cinders. It is cheap and resistant to burning."
After following Muchuan for so many days, Li Lizhi is extremely familiar with business matters.
She quickly raised her head and asked Muchuan in front of her: "Are you planning to sell these briquettes to ordinary people?"
Muchuan did not hesitate and nodded to confirm.
"This briquette allows ordinary people to afford coal, so they no longer have to suffer the bone-chilling pain in winter!"
After Li Lizhi heard Muchuan's words, a flash of admiration flashed across her pretty face.
This is her favorite hero!
It is no exaggeration to say that if Muchuan could really succeed, his father would definitely agree with his hands.
Even if I don't make any money, I will definitely agree.
This is a good thing that will benefit the people of the entire Tang Dynasty!
Li Shimin told them more than once.
How great would it be if every household of ordinary people could use coal for heating!
However, the price of coal is extremely high, and it is simply not affordable for ordinary people.
Muchuan didn't waste too much time. He placed the wooden grinding tools on the ground and quickly poured water over the cinders.
Then the slag is put into the grinding tool to shape it.
After confirming that it can be formed, I took it out and put it in the sun to dry.
Li Lizhi was very curious and said to Muchuan: "Mr. Mu, is this the briquette you are talking about? Is this thing really resistant to burning?"
It's not that Li Lizhi didn't believe it, it was actually that the appearance of the briquettes was a little too bad.
It is not even an exaggeration to say that this briquette looks like a failure.
Muchuan chuckled and said, "You will know the effect after the briquettes are dried to remove all the moisture!"
After finishing speaking, Muchuan smiled softly and shook his head.
At this moment, I saw a palace servant running over quickly and panting.
Originally, he was about to get angry and scold Muchuan, but when he saw Princess Changle beside Muchuan, he quickly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
The whole group hurriedly smiled and said: "Lord Muchuan, the Goguryeo envoy has entered the city!"
After hearing what the chamberlain said, Muchuan finally reacted.
I seem to have forgotten something.
He was only thinking about getting into the world to get briquettes, but he completely forgot about hosting this group of aliens!
After thinking this through, I saw that Muchuan didn't have any nonsense.
He quickly walked towards the inn where the Goguryeo envoys were staying.
Gao Kan and Shangguan Yi followed closely beside Muchuan.
Li Lizhi had never seen this group of aliens before, so she followed Muchuan.
The two people walked quickly towards the inn, one behind the other.
When they arrived at the inn, they saw several Goguryeo guards at the door quickly stopping Muchuan.
"Stop, who are you?"
Muchuan raised his head and replied without any nonsense to the guards in front of him: "I am Muchuan, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty!"
After hearing Muchuan announcing his identity, the two guards' faces were full of anger.
Of course they knew that Muchuan was the envoy sent by the Tang Dynasty to receive them.
There was no messenger to greet them at all!
But after all, they were just two guards, so they didn't dare to make any big reactions or actions.
"Are you Master Mu?"
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came.
The third prince looked livid and asked Muchuan in front of him.
After seeing the third prince in front of him, Muchuan's face was full of surprise and confusion.
He quickly spoke to the third prince in front of him and said, "Who are you?"
The third prince did not speak, but the attendant on the side said coldly: "This is my Highness, the third prince of Goguryeo!"
After Muchuan heard the identity of the third prince, he nodded in a neither humble nor condescending manner.
The third prince belonged to Goguryeo and had nothing to do with him, so Muchuan had no reaction.
When the third prince saw that Muchuan did not admit his guilt and apologize, his face was so gloomy that he could squeeze water out of it.
He looked at Muchuan in front of him angrily.
"Master Mu, don't you need to give me an explanation?"
At this moment, the third prince asked Muchuan in front of him with a cold mouth.
After Muchuan heard what the third prince said, he shook his head without thinking.
"Explanation? What explanation do you want?"
At this moment, after the third prince heard Muchuan's explanation, his whole face looked gloomy and angry.
This guy actually asked himself what explanation he wanted?
He turned to Muchuan in front of him with a cold face and said, "Mu Chuan, I will definitely seek an explanation from you, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, about this matter!"
Looking at the third prince who was extremely pale, Muchuan said something that was neither salty nor bland.
"up to you!"
After saying that, Muchuan looked indifferent.
The third prince was stunned, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
This guy is actually like this...
At this moment, suddenly there was a loud noise from the city gate not far from the inn.
After seeing such a scene, Muchuan quickly walked over with his men.
Li Lizhi was also a little curious about what happened.
At the gate of the city, a few people in strange clothes were whipping a few people of the Tang Dynasty wildly with their horse whips.
Looking at a few people dressed in strange clothes and talking incessantly, Muchuan immediately knew that these guys were probably Japanese pirates.
Judging from their ninja services and three-inch figures, Muchuan was almost certain.
Immediately, he looked at the city defense soldiers in front of him with a cold face.
These guys actually stood there and watched? Didn't they stop them at all?
"Gao Kan, take them down for me!"
Gao Kan was originally a chivalrous and righteous knight. After hearing Muchuan's words, he replied excitedly: "Don't worry, young master!"
He quickly called to the servants beside him and walked towards the Japanese pirate envoys fiercely.
How could Li Lizhi not know what Muchuan meant?
But instead of objecting, she was very supportive.
