Of course, Han Qian did not leave everything here to Zhao Ting'er. When Fan Xicheng led people into the mountain to quarry, he took off his fur robe, found a straight board, cut out a slot, poured water into it and used it as a simple level.
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In this way, he can ensure that the iron grates on the upper mouth of the stove will not tilt. Otherwise, uneven force will most easily lead to collapse.
There are no ready-made iron grates, so thick iron bars are made on site and criss-crossed into the hearth mouth of the stone-burning stove for support. Just make sure the holes are small enough to prevent charcoal and limestone from leaking out.
In addition to ventilation and fire control, these can also allow people to observe the smoldering situation of lime.
When the lime is burned to start the stove, just let the lime escape from the iron grates into the stove chamber below and transport it out. The stove can be used repeatedly. Unlike the stone-burning stoves made by local methods, the whole stove needs to be ripped open before it can be transported out.
lime.
Of course, it is also convenient to stack the traditional stone stoves.
By late afternoon, the new stove had been built.
Feng Yi and Kong Xirong despised these as cheap jobs and didn't know how to do anything, but they watched with relish while standing by and making fun of Zhao Ting'er from time to time. Even after hanging out like this for a whole day, they didn't feel bored.
Just after nightfall, Fan Xicheng also brought back more than 20 baskets of limestone in bamboo baskets.
When he saw the height of the kitchen wall, his eyes were extremely straight and he had nothing to say. Before they came back, Han Qian had people use firewood to dry the kitchen wall for later use.
Firewood mainly uses wheat straw, which is readily available, but the bottom layer of the stone-burning stove needs to be covered with a layer of charcoal for support. Fortunately, there are also charcoal kilns nearby that specialize in burning charcoal and transporting it to the city for sale. Just send someone there to buy it.
, a cart of charcoal weighs more than a thousand kilograms, and it doesn’t even cost thirty dollars.
That night, according to the new method, firewood rock and limestone were laid layer by layer into the large stove, and then the stove was sealed and smoldering.
After dinner at night, Han Qian was still not at ease, so he took Feng Yi, Kong Xirong and others down to see the production of the lime kiln. The five kilns did not dare to slack off, and they all stayed in front of the kiln.
As long as the large stove is built securely, whether it can burn lime or not depends on just paying attention to the heat.
And at this time, you can see from the stove mouth that after the limestone in the bottom layer has been calcined, a little iron-gray powder has been sprinkled from the top of the iron grate. Take out some and mix it with water, and watch the beeping sound. It is indeed lime.
undoubtedly.
"It may take two more days to burn the large stove, but there is no doubt that this method can be successful. You will build three large stoves tomorrow as usual, and ensure the supply of blue and white stone." Han Qian told Fan Xicheng.
Guo Nuer and other family soldiers helped build the kitchen wall, and they learned quickly. After Fan Xicheng came back, he also asked Guo Nuer and asked them in detail how to use a wire hammer and add water to measure the level of the wooden trough.
None of them were complicated, but when he heard that Han Qian wanted to build four large stoves to burn lime at the same time, he said in embarrassment: "We have to carry a sufficient amount of blue and white stones out of the mountain. I'm afraid there are not enough manpower in Zhuangzi!"
"Why is it not enough?" Han Qian asked strangely.
The four large stoves that have been initially renovated can burn an average of 20 tons of lime every day, which is enough to support the sky.
This is the slack season for farming, and the tenant farmers are resting their efforts and are willing to help the villa in exchange for three meals for the family.
In addition to the manpower who helped build large stoves and ash storage warehouses in the workshop, and the manpower who followed Fan Dahei, Lin Haizheng and other family soldiers at Shen Yang's dispatch to help resettle the hungry people affected by the epidemic, Fan Xicheng currently has twelve or thirteen people.
A strong laborer brought the stones from the back of the mountain.
In Han Qian's opinion, the current manpower is enough.
Fan Xicheng was bitter and explained the reason to Han Qian.
They went into the mountains to quarry, and their methods were quite crude. They mainly looked for weathered and crisp limestone, which could be easily knocked down with a hammer, and then carried down the mountain in bamboo baskets.
When people in the world can endure hardships and endure hardships and go deep into the mountains, if they can carry two to three hundred kilograms of limestone down the mountain in a day, they will be as strong as the sky.
When more than ten people go into the mountains, they can carry three to four thousand kilograms of limestone every day, which is enough to reach the sky. But Han Qian wants to build four large stoves in Xiwandi, and he has to carry at least seven or eight thousand kilograms of limestone every day, which is one less.
More than twice as much.
Not to mention the twenty or thirty loads of lime produced every day, which is far from enough for the military government.
"When you go up to the farm, aren't there blue and white stones? Why do you have to go so far?" Han Qian asked strangely.
"The stone layer at the head of the creek is so hard that no matter how hard you hit it with a hammer for a long time, it won't drop a few gravels; you can't even knock it with an iron drill for a few times, and the iron drill will be useless.
It is easier to go into the mountains to find cracked blue and white stone." Fan Xicheng has not considered quarrying nearby, but he has discussed with the quarrymen and stone burners. If the blue and white stone here is not too hard, how could they go far away?
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"well!"
Han Qian's previous thoughts were spent on making up for the wasted time and gaining his father's trust. Only then did he really start to do something, only then did he realize how rudimentary the craftsmanship of the world was.
Han Qian didn't know the level of the master craftsmen under the Shaofu's jurisdiction who specialized in building for the royal family, but the level of these skilled craftsmen among the people was really not good enough.
Seeing that it was already dark at this time, Han Qian ordered Fan Xicheng, "Tomorrow morning, ask everyone to prepare a bundle of firewood and a wooden bucket for water, and wait for me at the head of the ditch - you really want everything."
Just teach me step by step."
Fan Xicheng looked ashamed.
"Can you quarry stones?" Feng Yi asked curiously.
"Bet another Hepu bead?" Han Qian asked.
"..." Feng Yi shook his head.
Ever since he gambled on black and white at Linjiang Marquis' Mansion, he seemed to have never won any bet with Han Qian.
How could he not feel bad about losing a gold coin? A Hepu bead the size of a dragon's eye was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. He usually played with one or two of them, but he didn't dare to gamble like this with Han Qian.
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Early the next morning, Han Qian slept until daylight, then lazily got up. After practicing Shi Gong Quan, he ran to the back mountain with Feng Yi, Kong Xirong and others, accompanied by Zhao Wuji, Zhao Kuo and other family soldiers.
Fan Xicheng had already been waiting for more than a dozen strong laborers.
The snow melted and the mountain road was muddy. Han Qian slipped in the mud halfway, which made Feng Yi laugh at him for a long time. When he arrived at the head of the ditch, he didn't say much and asked people to clear away the weeds and dead trees around to prevent the mountain from falling.
When the fire spread, a quarry was cleared, firewood was placed on the limestone and ignited. Once the firewood was gone, cold water was poured on it.
Listening to the cracking sound, the surface of a large piece of blue and white stone cracked and many lines appeared...
"What method is this?" Feng Yi looked at it and was dumbfounded.
"You are all uneducated fools, and none of you can think of such a simple solution?"
There is no ready-made mountain road, one foot is deep and the other is shallow. As soon as Han Qian went up the mountain, he fell like a dog and was laughed at by Feng Yi for a long time. He was feeling angry and his temper was naturally strong now. He also treated Fan Xicheng, Zhao Kuo and the others.
You're welcome, Xun asked,
"There will be so many messy things in the future. Do you need me to teach you step by step how to save trouble and energy? You have to use your brain when doing anything!"
Fan Xicheng and Zhao Kuo looked ashamed after being scolded. They thought that they could quarry nearby in the future. Even if they still used bamboo baskets on their backs, they opened a trail along the creek and ran back and forth more than a dozen times a day. A dozen strong laborers,
Carrying 30,000 to 40,000 kilograms of blue and white stone every day is not a problem.
At this time, the noise of trampling by people and horses came from below. Han Qian didn't know what happened. After a while, he saw his father Han Daoxun and Shen Yang standing next to Zhang Qian, Guo Liang, Han Laoshan, Lin Haizheng, Fan Dahei and others.
Accompanied by others, I walked here through the woods.
"Father, why did you come to the villa so early in the morning?" Han Qian asked.
"I have a rest today. I have nothing to do at home, so I took Han Laoshan out of the city to get some fresh air."
Even though the epidemic was written by Han Daoxun, he was very eager to get relief for the hungry people affected by the epidemic, but he was not willing to intervene in the battle for the rightful son. Naturally, he was not willing to admit that he came here to see the preparations here and said,
"I just met Master Shen, Master Yang, and General Guo before arriving at the villa. I heard that you and your people were quarrying here, so we came over to have a look."
Listening to his father, Han Qian learned that behind Shen Yang and Guo Liang there was a thin middle-aged man in his forties wearing cyan casual clothes. He didn't know who the bottle master was. He had been hanging out with Shen Yang and Guo Liang early in the morning.
, just stepped forward to greet him and said: "Han Qian has met Mr. Yang."
"They say that the seventh man of the Han family is ignorant and incompetent. I didn't expect that the seventh man of the Han family also knows the method of burning fire and water!" The middle-aged man in green robe saw that the surface of a large piece of blue and white stone in front of him had cracked and became easy to pick.
Said quite appreciatively.
Damn it, do you have to tell anyone when you meet him that he is uneducated and incompetent?
Han Qian secretly cursed in his stomach, but he still pretended to be well-behaved and said: "Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty built the plank road in the open and secretly crossed Chencang. Although the troops leaving Shu did not go through the Baoxie Valley, the Baoxie Valley was
Someone was sent to build the Thousand Miles of Plank Road, and the method of digging a cave is to use fire and water, and Han Qian happened to have listened to his father's teachings."
"Well! The Han family's family education is really not easy!" The middle-aged man nodded to Han Daoxun and praised, "In just one sentence, you can tell that your young master knows history, knows military strategies, and knows how to apply knowledge. I'm curious about why your young master didn't learn it in the first place.
Wu Shu, who said this?"
Han Qian looked at Feng Yi and Kong Xirong curiously, wanting to ask them who this grandson was. He looked condescending when talking to his father, but judging from the fact that he was wearing cyan uniforms, he should not be an official of high rank.
"The girl below who directed the craftsmen to build the big stove, did you also teach her the method of measuring the straightness?" The middle-aged man continued to ask Han Qian with interest, "Both your father and Mr. Shen both
Even though I have read a lot of books, I don’t know how to build a large stone stove like this. What kind of book did you read about it?"
"Knowing the ancient methods but not knowing how to make progress is a great disadvantage of today's craftsmen." Han Qian said impatiently.
"You bastard, do you know who is in front of you, making such big talk?" Han Daoxun taught Han Qian a lesson.
The middle-aged man didn't mind, and he bowed his hand to Han Qian politely and introduced himself: "Yang En, the administrative officer of the right school of the Shaofu, has met Young Master Han."
"Ah, Mr. Yang, Han Qian made a mistake." Han Qian was startled, bowed his waist and returned the greeting.
The Right School Office of the Shaofu is responsible for printing and other crafts. The Material Officer of the Right School Office is, to put it bluntly, the head of the royal craftsmen.
Although the right school department official can be said to be the master of craftsmanship in the world, in an era when craftsmanship was a lowly profession, his status would never be too prestigious.
Whether he has real power or not is another matter, at least it is far less than that of Han Daoxun's secretary, Shaojian Qinggui.
However, a very special person served as the administrative officer of Chaoyou School at that time. This person was Yang En, the clan brother of Emperor Tianyou.
