To the west of Beijing, only 30 miles away from Beijing, there is Xishan Village. The entire Xishan Village, including a large number of fields, mountains and forests around Xishan, is actually owned by the royal family.
But now it belongs to Xishan Coal Industry. Emperor Hongzhi was very efficient. He sent people the relevant land deeds and so on the next day, and urged Liu Jin and Qian Youcai to act as soon as possible.
Get up and let ordinary people have access to cheap coal as soon as possible.
There was no way around it, so Liu Jin temporarily gave up his plan to return to his hometown of Changli County. After all, Xishan Coal Industry still had 20% of its shares in it, and it was still a joint venture with Emperor Hongzhi.
Some people may think that this coal will not make much money, especially since Emperor Hongzhi has already made a conclusion that this coal must not be sold at a high price, Xishan Coal Industry will definitely not make much money.
But Liu Jin, who came from later generations, knew that coal is also a type of energy, and it will be the main energy source for mankind for a long time. Especially once the steam engine is manufactured, its role will be even more important.
If you partner with Emperor Hongzhi in this coal business, you will definitely not lose money, and you will definitely make a lot of money.
This is different from refining snow salt, which is done in the dark, but the business with the emperor can be done openly. The bigger the business, the better. No matter how much money you make, it doesn't matter, because the emperor is the backer behind it.
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Xishan Village is a relatively large village, with more than 200 households and a population of thousands. They help the emperor cultivate a large area of land around Xishan Village. A large part of the emperor's internal funds income actually comes from the emperor's own personal income.
The land income in his name is similar to that of Zhuangzi, and there are many more.
At this time, Xishan Village became very lively, and the main labor force of every household was recruited by Liu Jin and Qian Youcai. Some began to mine coal in the mountains with coal in Xishan, and mine yellow mud in the mountains with yellow mud.
Xishan Village has also become a lively workshop. The temporarily built workshops here are also in full swing, such as coal washing pool, mixing area, drying area, compression molding area, coal furnace building area, etc., each area here, Xishan Village
All the villagers were working enthusiastically.
Because it was related to their own interests, both Qian Youcai and Liu Jin were very concerned about it. Emperor Hongzhi offered land and coal mountains in Xishan, while Qian Youcai gave a lot of money, and he kept taking a lot of money.
Come out and invest real money in it.
Just for mining coal, making tools, building workshops, etc., Qian Youcai has spent thousands of taels of silver, so much so that Qian Youcai eats and sleeps in Xishan Village every day, constantly patrolling every area.
, I am eagerly waiting for this coal to be put on the market as soon as possible to make money to repay the capital.
As for Liu Jin, although he did not contribute any money, he was troubled by money every day. In addition, he also had his own shares, so he became very diligent.
Liu Jin was personally involved in this briquette from the beginning to the end, from mining to crushing, coal washing, yellow mud mixing, briquette mold making, pressing, drying, building coal stoves, etc.
With reference to the assembly line production model of later generations, all work was carefully divided in order to improve efficiency and put briquettes on the market as soon as possible.
"Brother Liu, why don't we give them food if we don't have to?"
"We serve white flour steamed buns every day, and broth soup every now and then. This landlord's house doesn't have such a life."
Qian Youcai accompanied Liu Jin to inspect the entire briquette workshop. When he saw the steamed buns piled high in the dining area and the meaty broth, he couldn't help but once again proposed to reduce the food for the villagers in Xishan Village.
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"Old Qian, if you want the horses to run fast, you have to feed them well. Didn't you see that everyone is very passionate about their work? Once these briquettes are dried, we can transport them to the capital and sell them.
Money."
Liu Jin picked up a piece of briquette and looked at it carefully. Because he had points, he spent some points to check the complete briquette manufacturing process and process in the system, and quickly got the briquette out.
In fact, there is no difficulty in this honeycomb briquette at all. The only difficulty is the removal of sulfur, which is the coal washing stage. As for the honeycomb compression molding, it is very simple.
All you need to do is make the mold, and the mold is actually very simple, and the blacksmiths of the Ming Dynasty could easily make it.
According to the method in the system, Liu Jin first crushes the mined coal and crushes it into particles, and then uses the water washing method to add quicklime to the water. The quicklime will chemically react with the sulfur in the coal, and then the coal will be
The sulfur is removed.
After removing the sulfur, the coal and yellow mud are mixed in a ratio of eight to two. At the same time, in order to make the briquettes burn more easily, a small amount of charcoal powder and earth salt are added to it. The mold is used to continuously compress it, and finally it is made.
It became the standard briquette for later generations.
"I hope so. It's just that the price Mr. Zhu asked us to sell is too low. This piece of briquettes only costs 2 cents. I have no confidence in whether we can make money. I have been thinking about it all.
I invested tens of thousands of taels of silver in it, and almost my entire net worth was invested in it.”
After hearing Liu Jin's words, Qian Youcai said with a wry smile.
Now he felt like he was riding a tiger and had a hard time getting off. Once he got on the pirate ship, he was no longer allowed to have any other ideas. He could only go on in a dark way because he already knew that Mr. Zhu, who was partnering with him, had a good background and background.
It's astonishing. If you offend him, you may die without knowing how.
"I estimate that this briquette will be ready for use in a few days. How many briquette stoves have been made?"
Liu Jin smiled. He never doubted whether something could make money. This briquette sold for 2 yuan. If it didn't make money, he would have crashed into a wall and died.
"More than 100 of them have been built now. The manufacturing of this coal stove is relatively simple. We don't have a kiln yet. If we had a kiln, it would be faster."
Qian Youcai answered without even thinking. As a businessman, he is still very qualified. He is also very attentive to this business, participating in and intervening in every aspect. At the same time, he is trying every means to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and speed up. After all, it is burning now.
All is his money.
"The speed is okay, but we need to step up. Once our briquettes are put on the market, I guess there will not be enough sales soon. Without a briquette stove, the briquettes will not be useful."
Liu Jin thought for a while and nodded and said, Liu Jin is still very confident about briquettes.
