Iron was controlled by the imperial court, so the next best thing was to find a coppersmith to see if he could make a copper furnace. Su Ren designed a pattern and asked Liu Gao to find a craftsman to make it. Copper is softer than iron, so the time it takes to make it is natural.
Short. Three days later, the world's first copper furnace appeared in the Su family. It had a round furnace body and three legs slightly tilted outward. In order to escape the smoke, a long copper pipe was connected to the copper furnace at one end and extended outside the house.
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The firepower of charcoal is really not good, so I just light a fire in the copper stove. The thick wood burns very vigorously, and soon the whole stove will be burning red, and the temperature in the room will also rise. Finally, I don’t have to cry anymore.
, finally found some feeling of the heated room of later generations.
Su Ren threw down the quilt on his body and walked around the copper furnace twice: "Why does it feel like it's about to burn? Is the furnace wall too thin?"
Liu Gao nodded: "Probably, the craftsman probably didn't understand that Brother Ren wanted to use this thing to make a fire."
"Then try again and make it thicker!"
I was busy at the construction site during the day, and came back at night to watch the craftsmen build the copper furnace. The first one had a hole in it after three days of use because the furnace wall was too thin. Fortunately, it was burning firewood. If coal was used, there would be gas poisoning. Su
Even if Ren confessed, it took five days to finally get the second furnace out. It was surprisingly heavy. According to Liu Gao, it took almost three hundred kilograms of copper. Su Ren touched one and found that the furnace wall was about a palm thick.
It's a little heavy, but it's stronger than it is. Copper has very good conductivity. Although it doesn't heat up as fast as the first stove, it's still good to use. With a stroke of his pen, Su Ren allocated five thousand kilograms of copper to the craftsman, all of which was used to make the furnace.
Stove. Because of the stove, Su Ren's house has become everyone's favorite place. There are always people here from morning to night. Even the Twelfth Mother and Thirteenth Mother, who hold their children and pull Dong Qian and Leng Yue, are crowded here.
Come in, who wouldn't want to live in a warm house without smoke?
Twenty stoves were built in one go. After excluding those for home use, there were still a few left. They were given to Cui Chengru, Dou Ying, and Guan Fu each. What to do with the rest? Sell them? The rich people took one look at them and went back to build them themselves.
There is no point in keeping it if you don't sell it. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided that it would be a good choice to give it as a gift to the emperor before it became popular in Chang'an.
When Su Ren came, Liu Che read the memorial in the announcement room with runny nose and tears. It was too cold outside and he couldn't open the windows. The smoke from the brazier in the room had nowhere to go and could only accumulate. The houses of big men were generally low.
, which increased the accumulation of smoke. He coughed violently several times, and the smell of charcoal filled his nostrils and mouth. The chamberlain quickly brought a silk handkerchief soaked in water and wiped the emperor's face.
"Your Majesty, Yi Lang Su Ren asked to see you and said that I have a treasure to offer to Your Majesty!"
"Treasure? What treasure? Can it keep me away from this annoying smoke?"
The chamberlain quickly said: "Your Majesty, Su Yilang said he came here just for this matter."
"Oh? He really knows how to choose the right time to let him in. I want to see how he can drive away this annoying smoke!"
Su Ren covered his mouth and nose as soon as he entered the door. The palace commander and the maids who declared the victory quickly opened the doors and windows. The cold wind blew in, making Liu Che shiver from the cold. The chamberlain hurriedly found a thick cloak for the emperor.
Putting on his clothes, Liu Che said angrily: "You are the only one who dares to act arrogant here. What do you want to do? Are you going to freeze me to death?"
Su Ren sighed: "Your Majesty can stay in a place like this for a whole day. I really admire your Majesty's endurance!"
"Is it possible that you really have a way?"
Su Ren smiled and nodded: "That's why I'm here. Your Majesty will understand in a moment!"
With a wave of his hand, several palace people carried the things Su Ren brought into the palace and placed them in the main hall. Su Ren pointed to the copper stove and said: "This is called a stove. It was made by Wei Chen a few days ago. Not only can you light a fire in it,
Keeps the house warm and removes smoke!”
Liu Chenao walked around the copper furnace twice with interest and looked at Su Ren with a puzzled face. Su Ren did not explain, and directed the palace people to start building it. The huge copper furnace was placed in the center of the hall, with long copper pipes.
The joints were connected to each other and stretched out from the corner of the window. A dozen palace servants came in carrying the wood, lit a fire in the copper furnace, put the wood in, and covered it with a copper lid.
During the whole process, Liu Che didn't say a word. He huddled on the couch and watched Su Ren directing the palace people to work. When the smoke in the room was gone, Su Ren asked the palace people to close the doors and windows and turn on the fire in the copper stove. Then
As the copper stove turned red, the temperature in the room also rose little by little.
Liu Che looked at the copper furnace in front of him in surprise, then looked at Su Ren: "How did you come up with it?"
Su Rendao: "What your Majesty worries about every day is the people of the world. What I worry about every day is how to live comfortably. If you think about different things, naturally what you do will be different."
Throwing away the cloak and looking at the smoke-free room, Liu Che laughed loudly: "Good things, definitely good things. Do you have any more? Make a few more for me."
"Yes, yes, but the cost...?"
"I'll give you money!"
"This is easy to handle!" Su Ren nodded repeatedly: "There are four or five more. I have brought them all. Now we will go to Changle Palace, Yongshou Palace, and Lanlin Garden to have people set them up and let the Empress Dowager and the
The Queen Mother knows His Majesty's filial piety, and also lets Mrs. Wei know His Majesty's concern for her!"
Liu Che laughed: "I finally know why you have become the largest merchant in Shu County. With your cleverness, it is difficult to avoid Chengdu!"
All day long, Su Ren was busy in the palace. He visited the Changle Palace of the Empress Dowager, the Yongshou Palace of the Empress Dowager, Lanlin Garden of Wei Zifu, and even the Jiaofang Palace of the Empress. He set up the copper furnace over and over again.
, over and over again instructing the palace men and maids on how to take care of them. When they returned to Jianzhang Palace, they didn’t even have time to have lunch.
Liu Che was in a good mood after constantly receiving compliments from several elders and thanks from his wife. Without saying a word, he gave Su Ren a banquet as a way of thanking Su Ren for the good things he had given him. The palace rice was indeed exquisite and delicious, a large plate of mutton, a large
A bowl of soup cake, Su Ren burped from eating it.
Liu Che shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How many days have you not eaten?"
Su Ren swallowed the last bite: "The food in the palace is still delicious. No wonder everyone in the world wants to eat under His Majesty!"
"It's delicious, right? You can't eat it in vain. This meal is just for those stoves!"
"Ah! More than a thousand kilograms of copper per meal? Isn't this too expensive?"
"Then spit it out!"
Su Ren was speechless and looked at Liu Che: "Okay, I admit it. Next time if there is something good, I'll collect the money first before talking about anything else."
"Hahaha..., what other good things are there, bring them all out? Otherwise, I will punish you for deceiving the emperor!"
"Pfft!" All the soup he just drank spurted out. Su Ren wiped his mouth and looked at Liu Che: "Your Majesty, we won't play like this! If this happens, if there is something good next time, I really don't dare
Brought to the palace."
Liu Che laughed with tears streaming down his face. No one had spoken to him like this for a long time. He was the emperor of everyone in the world. Everyone who met him was cautious and would not say anything more if they could. But this Su Ren and him
There didn't seem to be any identity barriers. Putting aside the pleasant words, at least the balanced attitude made Liu Che relax and enjoy this feeling.
Liu Che felt that he and Su Ren were not emperors and courtiers, but more like friends who had not seen each other for a long time. He felt that this Su Ren was different from everyone else. Whether he spoke or acted, he stood at a higher and farther angle than others.
A feeling of looking down at the world. The world also includes him, Liu Che.
Liu Che thought for a while and said: "There is no need for next time. Just this time, I ask you, how did you collapse the Hengmen?" Without waiting for Su Ren to answer, Liu Che continued: "Don't talk about heaven's punishment.
I heard that similar things happened several times when I was in Shu County. Although it was not as big as the Hengmen incident, it was still very disturbing. How come the punishment from heaven is always punished on those who are disadvantageous to you?"
"Ji An got something back from a merchant in Shu County. I sent someone to try it. It was very powerful. According to what the merchant said, you are using this thing to cause some kind of heavenly punishment. I asked people to see it, but no one knows.
What to do, today is the right day, tell me all your secrets, my meal cannot be in vain!"
Finally talking about this matter, when he was still in Shu County, Su Ren saw that the angel Ji An was staying at Zhuo Wangsun's house and would not leave, so he knew there was something wrong. The news he heard was that Zhuo Wangsun was not there before the Bodi Copper Mine was bombed.
Several jars of gunpowder were taken away from there. When Liu Che said this today, the whole matter was completely connected.
Su Ren quickly put away his smile and looked around. Liu Che understood and drove out all the servants, palace servants and maids, and ordered the guards outside the door to kill anyone within ten feet of the house.
After everything was done, Su Ren took a deep breath: "Today I will tell your majesty that this thing is called gunpowder. It is a secret that is not passed down by my sect. Your majesty has seen how powerful it is. I only said that if there are one hundred thousand kilograms of gunpowder,
You can burn Chang'an City to the ground!"
"Razed to the ground? Is it really that powerful?"
Su Ren nodded: "I have a secret workshop in Yelang, and I am intensifying research. The reason why I have not mentioned it to Your Majesty is that, firstly, this thing is not yet mature, and secondly, we big men need this thing. Your Majesty can think about it in the future.
When my Han army goes to war with the Huns, what effect will this thing have? No matter how powerful the Huns' cavalry are, in front of gunpowder, they are just a pile of minced meat!"
Liu Che was so excited by what Su Ren said that his face turned red.
Su Ren continued: "Your Majesty mentioned it today, and I will no longer hide it. I proposed to secretly move my workshop in Yelang back to Chang'an. Your Majesty will send a reliable person to take charge of this matter. We will stock up in large quantities, and wait until the war with the Xiongnu begins.
You know how powerful we are!"
Liu Che's eyes gleamed. Although he didn't understand what the gunpowder Su Ren was talking about, he still knew its power. He moved his body, sat cross-legged next to Su Ren, and nodded repeatedly. At this time, Liu Che and Su Ren
They were just two naughty kids, the kind of naughty kids who were ready to do bad things. The two of them got together, sometimes whispering, sometimes laughing. They talked about their vision for the future.
After drinking glasses of wine, Su Ren drank too much and put his arm around Liu Che's shoulders: "You are a good emperor. In the eyes of future generations, you can be compared with Qin Shihuang who unified the six countries. Since I can't go back, then I will
Give me a helping hand, and together we can make this big man survive forever!"
Liu Che also drank a lot, nodded and said with a silly smile: "Hahaha, okay, it's a deal, when we get old, we can travel all over the world together!" (To be continued)