Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 37 Infrastructure Completed
Chapter 49 Infrastructure Completed
Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Guo Pu nodded, and replied: "The governor, the coal stove, briquettes, and the chimney you mentioned have all been finished. Take a look."

Li Chengqian said: "Then bring the coal stove and briquettes first."

"Here!"

Guo Pu understood and immediately sent someone to bring up the briquettes and coal stove.

Soon, in addition to the coal stove, craftsmen came with a briquette.

The briquette is cylindrical with through holes distributed on it.

Among the delivery materials, Li Chengqian can guarantee that this briquette is definitely the most high-quality and cheap one.

Its biggest feature is that it is easy to store and retrieve, has a long burning time and saves costs.

Briquettes can not only be used for heating, but also for boiling water and cooking. Not to mention many functions, more importantly, they are convenient and the production method is also very simple.

However, for those who have never used it, this kind of thing is dark, and it is inevitable that they will be a little disgusted.

Guo Pu and several craftsmen gathered around and wanted to see how this thing was used.

"Everyone, please see that the opening at the top of this coal stove is where the briquettes are placed. There is a small hole at the bottom of the side for air to allow the coal to burn fully."

"There is a cover for this hole. If you want to extinguish the briquettes before the burn is finished, you can cover the hole with the cover, and then the briquettes will be extinguished."

"... "

Everyone looked confused, obviously not understanding those messy terms.

Li Chengqian sighed, "Light the briquettes on fire, and then the governor will demonstrate to you."

"it is good!"

The two craftsmen nodded, quickly lit the briquettes, and put them into the coal stove.

"You look good!"

As Li Chengqian said, he moved the iron plate outside the coal stove to make the hole bigger.

boom!
In an instant, a flame suddenly rose from the coal stove. The scorching temperature made Guo Pu and the others take two steps back.

"Look, if you lift the iron piece up, the fire will become bigger, and if you lift the iron piece up, the fire will become smaller..."

"As for the chimney made of clay, you can see that it can be installed at the mouth of the coal stove, so that the smoke will float out along the pipe and will not cause poisoning."

The eyes of Guo Pu and other craftsmen gradually brightened.

Because the coal stove and briquettes were built by them, it is clear that the cost of this thing is only a dozen yuan, but if it is sold, the value...

Of course, although Li Chengqian didn't intend to sell the briquettes and coal stoves expensively, they cost only a few tens of dollars at most.

Because the coal stove is not important, the real money is briquettes.

The price of briquette does not need to be too high. This thing pays attention to a long flow of water. If the price is set too high, ordinary people might as well buy charcoal.

So the price is either high or low, such as about ten yuan.

If this briquette is extended to the entire Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian can basically earn tens of thousands of taels or even 10,000+ taels a year, even if the cost is removed.

Because there are not many coal mines like in later generations. Now Li Chengqian belongs to a single company. He is the only one who knows how to make this briquette...

A monopoly industry is terrible, and briquettes can be used not only for heating, but also for boiling water and cooking.

After it became the daily necessities of the people of the Tang Dynasty, the silver would be endless.

"It seems that we have to find those wealthy households again..."

Li Chengqian murmured, with a friendly smile on his face.

After finishing the coal stove, he went to another room of the Ordnance Department.

There were fifty craftsmen working hard there. When they saw Li Chengqian coming in, all 50 of them stopped at the same time, and then respectfully said: "Grand Governor."

"En!" Li Chengqian nodded, then looked at those people and said, "How are you doing movable type printing?"

A craftsman took out a movable type printing template, Li Chengqian held it in his hand, and his mood became even more surging.

As long as he has a template, he can print books and periodicals on a large scale. With Chen Yuanjing and other masters, I believe it will not take long to change the situation that no one is available in Qianzhou.

By that time, the business of the coal mine will be established, and there will be talents. Meidi is very, very beautiful...

Of course, having a template is of no use as you still have to carve out the words.

This project is very simple, but it is more complicated because... there are too many words.

"It just so happens that you have nothing to do now, so just carve out all the Nine Classics."

The Tang Dynasty currently has Jinshi subjects and Ming Jing subjects. Among them, the Jinshi subjects mainly examine poetry and political theory, which are very difficult.

The Jinshi background can be regarded as a professional background, and it is a serious line. It is easy to become an official and has prestige in society, so everyone is scrambling to become an official.

However, the number of places is very limited, and being admitted to a Jinshi is like being admitted to Tsinghua University, Peking University, or even Harvard, Cambridge, and Oxford.

The Mingjing Division mainly examines Confucian classics. The examination is to post texts first, and then an oral examination. After asking ten questions about righteousness, and answering three questions about current affairs and policy, the examination is called the first grade, and the fourth grade.

The Mingjing examination is like the current correspondence course. Although it is better than no fame, it is generally not favored by the upper class due to low admission scores, large enrollment scale, and poor quality of students. Life-long goal, and not willing to take shortcuts to learn the classics.

Otherwise, why is there a saying called "thirty old people know the classics, fifty young people are Jinshi".

That is to say, the Zhongmingjing at the age of 30 is considered backward and too old, but if you can become a Jinshi at the age of 50, you are still a famous young scholar.

This shows the gap.

But you have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to walk step by step.

Otherwise, it is easy to "click"... tear the egg.

There are not many scholars in Qianzhou now, let alone the entrance exam.

As long as Qianzhou can produce a few Mingjing Kedenke in the future, then Li Chengqian may even wake up from his dreams with a smile.

"Great Governor, I dare to ask, what is this thing?" A craftsman couldn't help asking.

Although they were all summoned from the system, after they came out, they were imbued with new memories, and they were also flesh and blood people, so it was inevitable that they would be curious.

"Hey, I am very happy that you can ask questions, but I can't tell you what this thing is used for."

Li Chengqian smiled, "Anyway, you are not allowed to mention this to anyone, understand?"

"Here!"

A group of craftsmen responded respectfully, and then continued to work on their own affairs.

...

After dealing with the affairs of the Armament Division, Li Chengqian went to the steel factory and cement factory to take a look.

At first, Li Chengqian only planned to give five craftsmen to the cement plant and the steel plant.

But after looking at it at last, I found that five people were too few, so there were only fifty craftsmen in the Armament Department.

There are [-] cement plants and [-] steel plants respectively.

These forty people are equivalent to masters.

Their main purpose was to teach others how to mix cement and make steel.

Anyway, these two places are equivalent to the factories of later generations, and the people are the employees.

This will not only obtain labor force, but also promote the employment of the common people and promote economic development.

By early October, the steel and cement plants had been built.

And nearly a thousand people have already entered the factory to study. Now in the past ten days, I believe that in a few days, these two factories will officially start production.

And this is only the first batch. If we want to meet the development of the entire Qianzhou, two factories are obviously not enough. Once the business is booming, we can open branch factories and let more and more people find jobs...

(End of this chapter)