Chapter 1099: Going to the Red Tiger Tribe Again (2 in 1)
To make briquettes, large pieces of coal need to be smashed, then mixed with some yellow mud, mixed with water, and then beaten into briquettes with a ball ball.
Although I was still young at that time, I basically didn't participate in the process of making briquettes, but I had close contact with it. I touched the briquettes so much that my face turned black and my clothes turned black.
Then I have experienced the beating.
Because of his close experience, Han Cheng knew coal quite well.
Because of this, when he first saw it, Han Cheng was basically certain that the thing held in Yang Yao's hand was coal!
Han Cheng took it from the waist of the sheep, held it in his hands and watched.
The things were heavy in my hand.
It may be that the coal stone has experienced too much wind and rain on the surface, so the surface is not smooth.
It is not like the coal mined from the mine, which shines with some luster under the sunlight.
However, judging from the luster of the hand and the fact that the hand was successfully dyed black, it can basically be identified.
Han Cheng stood here and watched for a while, then walked a few steps to the side and came to the edge of a stone. He smashed the large piece of coal in his hand against the stone!
"Bang~"
With a muffled sound, the coal stone immediately fell into pieces.
The broken pieces of coal were scattered all over the ground.
One of the pieces of coal collapsed directly to the foot of the sheep's waist.
Han Cheng's sudden move immediately blinded everyone.
People didn't know why the son of God of their tribe suddenly changed his face and became so angry.
The smiles on Yang Yao and others who were smiling and excited just now quickly disappeared, and they stood there looking at a loss.
After a brief period of confusion, they figured out the reason.
The reason is that the black stone that he and others brought back is not the coal that the Son of God mentioned.
If this were not the case, how could the Son of God smash it to pieces?
Han Cheng didn't care about this.
At this time, he was squatting on the ground, carefully watching the broken coal and rocks.
The cracks in the broken coal showed a familiar appearance to Han Cheng.
There is some brightness in the darkness.
This is the most important reason why Han Cheng suddenly threw the coal away.
Because he suddenly thought that the surface of coal and stone can be weathered, but the inside will not be weathered away!
When I opened it and took a look, it turned out to be the case.
"This is a means of inspection! Now I can basically confirm that this black stone is coal!"
Han Cheng turned his head and saw the strange looks on everyone's face. He immediately smiled and said to everyone.
After hearing his words, the people in the tribe suddenly became relieved and happy.
"We'll do one last test later to make sure this is the coal we want!"
Han Cheng said this.
Although it was basically certain that this thing was coal, Han Cheng wanted to be on the safe side and wanted to test it again to thoroughly confirm whether this thing was coal.
This inspection method is very simple and direct, that is - burn!
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Many people gathered around a blacksmith stove in the Tieshan residential area, and firewood was lit in the stove.
Driven by the bellows, the firewood inside burns particularly vigorously.
"Crash..."
With this sound, the flame in the stove suddenly became much smaller.
Han Cheng, holding a copper shovel, stood here, looking at the black gravel placed in the furnace, with expectation on his face.
The copper shovel he held in his hand was stained with some black ash.
"Increase the firepower!"
Han Cheng said, with some excitement in his voice.
After his voice fell, the person squatting under the stove to pull the bellows immediately increased the frequency of pushing.
puffs of air rushed into the stove.
Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, stood on tiptoes, stretched their necks and looked into the stove.
Everyone is full of curiosity about what the Son of God is doing.
In their impression, things like stones cannot be burned.
Even if things like iron ore and copper ore can be melted by flames, they will not burn.
However, now the Son of God told them that black stones like coal can be burned.
Not only can it burn, but it can also burn extremely hard!
Coal is much more useful than charcoal made from wood!
Although they knew that the Son of God could not deceive them, they still wanted to take a look at the strange things that obviously went against common sense.
See if this stone can really burn as the Son of God said.
As the people pushing and pulling the bellows continued to push and pull the bellows, thick smoke rose from the stove.
The air was filled with some familiar choking smell.
Smelling this smell, Han Cheng couldn't help but smile.
That's right.
This exudes strong pollution, but at the same time it also represents a civilized and advanced smell, that's it!
What Yang Yao and others found was coal!
While Han Cheng was waiting with a smile on his face, and while the Qingque tribesmen surrounding him were waiting eagerly, the thick smoke coming out of the stove was getting less and less, and the coal dumped by Han Cheng was weighing down.
The flames started to come out from the cracks in the coals.
And it's getting bigger and bigger.
This flame is different from the flame produced by ordinary firewood.
The flame produced by firewood is relatively mild.
The flame that emerged at this time did not seem to be as big or as high as the flame from burning firewood.
However, just by looking at it, you can feel that it contains a temperature that is far higher than ordinary flames.
Of course, this feeling can only be felt by people like Han Cheng who have seen the burning of coal in blacksmith furnaces and the cutting guns that used high temperatures to cut steel plates in later generations.
After a while, the temperature inside the furnace continued to rise.
Many parts of the black coal have turned red, looking like coals!
At this time, the dry firewood placed at the bottom of the stove and used as kindling materials had been completely burned.
All that's left in the stove are lumps of coal!
Such a scenario can very fully prove something.
The thing is, what is burning at this time is black stone and coal!
Seeing this scene, the people in the Qingque tribe around them widened their eyes, feeling surprised and infinitely happy at the same time!
This thing is exactly what the Son of God said, it can actually burn!
Because of the successful burning of coal, a black stone in the eyes of everyone in the Qingque tribe, the entire Tieshan residential area of the Qingque tribe became extremely lively.
Everyone was filled with joy and joy.
"...This coal was found near the Red Tiger Tribe..."
The person who came back with the sheep waist said this to Han Cheng.
After learning about this, Han Cheng was stunned for a moment.
This news was really too surprising for him.
Long ago, he had thought about how great it would be if the Red Tiger Tribe had a coal mine.
But such thoughts are just in my mind.
Han Cheng himself felt that it was impossible for this to happen.
After all, there are already so many mineral resources near the Red Tiger Tribe!
It was already very rare to have so many mineral resources brought together. He really didn't dare to think too much!
However, he did not expect that reality gave him more than he imagined.
It was completely beyond his imagination!
This Red Tiger Tribe is really a Feng Shui treasure place!
Han Cheng sighed in his heart, and the idea of turning the land where the Red Tiger tribe lived into the possession of his own tribe became stronger.
It would be a pity not to include such a treasured Feng Shui land in your own tribe!
"Crash..."
Such a sound appeared again at an iron smelting stove in the Tieshan residential area of the Qingque tribe.
The iron smelter holding a shovel scooped up the coal that had been smashed into lumps and added it to the furnace.
Then he started to pull the bellows hard.
After it gradually burned out and confirmed that it would not go out, we began to add crushed iron ore into it.
This is when the Qingque tribe began to try to use coal instead of charcoal to smelt iron ore.
Han Cheng had long ago thought of using coal to replace charcoal and make it the main fuel for metal smelting.
Now the tribe finally got coal.
Under such circumstances, Han Cheng had to try as quickly as possible no matter what.
Therefore, after thoroughly confirming that this thing was indeed coal, the tribe began to use coal instead of charcoal for smelting.
The bellows pull, the fire burns, and the temperature in the furnace continues to increase.
Later, the orange-red flames climbed all the way along the stove, and finally reached the upper part of the stove, emanating from the stove with extremely high temperature.
Han Cheng was watching all this going on, waiting for the results to appear...
"呲呲呲......"
There was a slight sound, and a stream of fiery red molten iron flowed out from the stove and fell into the earth trough below...
Han Cheng sat here, looking at the data recorded in the small book and making comparisons.
After a while of this, he finally raised his head.
However, his brows were slightly furrowed.
The reason why this is so is because by comparing some data between the use of coal to smelt iron and the use of charcoal to smelt iron ore, Han Cheng found that the efficiency of using coal to smelt iron has not improved much.
This discovery made him very puzzled.
Ordinarily, judging from the various properties of coal, such a thing should not happen.
After all, this is a good fuel that has been proven to be good in later generations.
Han Cheng sat here and kept thinking, puzzled.
Mao, Xiong Youer and other people from the Qingque tribe looked at Shenzi who was sitting there staring at a small book in a daze, looking unhappy at all, and their hearts were full of confusion.
Some people couldn't help but reach out and scratch their heads.
It has been proven that coal, a stone, can not only be used for burning, but also for smelting iron.
And compared with charcoal, the same amount of coal will burn longer than charcoal.
More importantly, coal is easier to obtain.
According to people who came back from the Red Tiger tribe, there were many such black stones there.
You only need to dig it out, transport it to your tribe, and burn it directly.
Unlike charcoal, many processes are required before it can finally be turned into a finished product for iron smelting.
When your tribe gets such a good thing, shouldn't you be extremely happy?
Why doesn't the Son of God look very happy?
Could it be that the Son of God is not satisfied with things like coal?
After such thoughts came to mind, several people in Mao were a little distracted for a while.
However, considering some of the daily behaviors of the Son of God, several people can basically confirm that this is most likely the truth of the matter.
But it is precisely because of this that a few people are so distracted.
The Son of God is the Son of God, but his vision is not comparable to those of them!
Under the stunned and admiring gazes of several people, Han Cheng stood up from the stone he was sitting on and began to smile and wave to several people, asking them to come over and explain the matter to them.
This is of course not because Han Cheng has figured out the connection, but because he feels that the most important thing now is to arrange for people to go to the Red Tiger Tribe to dig and transport coal here.
Although the coal at this time has not achieved the desired effect, it can still be used.
After making a comparison with charcoal, under the current circumstances, it is still more cost-effective to dig coal from the Red Tiger Tribe and transport it to the Tieshan residential area than to cut down trees and burn charcoal.
As for the problem that the efficiency of coal for iron smelting is not as high as I thought, I can think about it while transporting coal to my tribe.
This choice is the most cost-effective for the current tribe.
"...Go and call a team of people, bring weapons, backpacks, copper lifts, copper hammers and other tools, and let's go to the Red Tiger Tribe to dig coal!"
Han Cheng explained to Mao and others.
Originally, it would have been fine if Han Cheng didn't go on this trip.
However, I remembered that this was the first time that something like coal had been officially mined, and the people in the tribe were not familiar with it.
He didn't know exactly where the coal was stored in the Red Tiger Tribe and how much it was stored. After waiting for these things, Han Cheng finally made the decision to take everyone to the Red Tiger Tribe in person to conduct a personal investigation.
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Only by touching all these things and having a clear idea can you proceed with the next many things.
Of course, in addition to these, Han Cheng also has some other plans.
This matter is related to coal, and it is also related to the future development of my tribe and the Red Tiger tribe.
It's a very important move.
It is also more sophisticated.
Han Cheng was a little worried that the rest of the tribe could not do it well, so he wanted to do it himself...
