"Old Wu, go and arrange for them to dig up the coal on the mountain and transport it to the flat ground here.
Then, smash the charcoal into powder, add yellow soil wood chips, quicklime, and water, and mix it evenly…"
When the group arrived at the foot of the charcoal mountain, Du He gave Old Wu an order.
He quickly got back into the carriage.
It was too cold outside. It was warmer inside the carriage.
On the other hand, the big man, Lin Shan, originally wanted to follow the main group to the mountain to dig for coal, but he was directly stopped by Du He.
"Big Mountain, you don't have to work with them. Just stay here and protect me.
By the way, your wife and baby are still in the car behind. Are you at ease?”
"But I have the strength. I can fight against the two of them alone.”
The Mountain replied in a muffled voice.
"Even if you have the strength, you don't have to go! I'm not in a hurry.
Oh right, Big Mountain, from now on, you'll be my bodyguard…oh no, my bodyguard!
I'll give you ten strings of money every month and help you settle your wife and children. How about it?”
Du He said.
"This…"
Lin Shan scratched his head, unable to reply.
"Are you unwilling?" Du He asked in surprise. If he went to mine coal, he would only get three strings of money every month!”
"No, Young Master. I just feel that I don't have to work and I still get so much money every month. I'm a little embarrassed.
And…and I still have to ask my wife about her plans.”
Lin Shan replied with a blush.
Hearing this, Du He was amused.
He thought to himself, I didn't expect that Zhang Shi to have such a skill in controlling her husband. Such a tall and mighty man had forcefully become a henpecked husband.
He looked at the unsettled burly man beside him and said unhappily,
"Then hurry up and ask your wife what she's doing here.”
"Yes, Young Master. I'll ask my wife and give you a reply!”
Lin Shan giggled and walked to the carriage behind him.
Soon, he walked back happily and said loudly,""Young master, my wife has agreed.
She told me to follow Little Young Master and do whatever Little Young Master asked me to do.”
"I heard it, I heard it. You're so loud. I heard you talking behind just now.”
Du He quickly stopped Subwoober from speaking again.
At the same time, the coal mining team formed by the 20 refugees had already transported baskets of coal to the flat ground.
Soon, according to Du He's instructions, lumps of coal were stirred evenly and piled up.
And the coal ball machine that Du He had prepared long ago finally came in handy.
In the beginning, no one, including the housekeeper Old Wu, knew how to use the handmade coal ball machine.
It was Du He who personally demonstrated and used the handmade coal ball machine to make a coal ball.
Everyone finally understood what was going on.
Fortunately, this thing looked very complicated, but it was not difficult to operate.
Even the illiterate refugees could make good coal balls after crippling a few of them.
Only Old Wu, who had a constipated expression on his face, moved closer to his Young Master Du He.
"Young Master, what are you doing with these things?”
Du He smiled.
It was no wonder Old Wu was curious.
After all, from the beginning until now, he had not told Old Wu exactly what he wanted to do.
"Old Wu, how much charcoal and firewood do you think Chang 'an City consumes every day?”
"What? Young Master, I'm not sure about this. In short, it's a huge number.”
Old Wu shook his head with an expression of confusion.
"Since it's a huge number, it means that it's very profitable."
If I say that these briquettes can replace charcoal and firewood, what do you think…"
"Young Master, are you saying that these briquettes can also be used as charcoal and firewood?”
Before Du He could finish, Old Wu had a look of surprise on his face.
His understanding of this coal was that the people in the blacksmith shop would pick some up and bring them back for use.
He had never seen anything that could be used as charcoal or firewood.
Du He nodded and said,"Of course you can. Otherwise, why would this Young Master bother?"”
"But Young Master, there's something you might not know!
Sigh, if only you had told me this earlier. I would have reminded you of this.”
Unexpectedly, Old Wu suddenly sighed and said,"
"Is there anything I don't know?”
Du He said in surprise.
"Young Master," Old Wu said dejectedly,"there have been people who thought of burning this coal for the winter.
It was just that this thing produced a choking smell after being lit up, and it would be poisoned after smelling it for a long time.”
As he spoke, he looked at his young master's expression.
However, Du He's face did not show the frustration that Old Wu had imagined. Instead, she had a calm expression.
When Old Wu finished speaking, Du He smiled and said,
"Old Wu, this Young Master naturally knows about the problem you mentioned.
Otherwise, why would I ask you to add yellow soil and quicklime to the coal?”
"What? Young Master, could it be that the charcoal can be used after adding yellow soil and quicklime?”
Old Wu was pleasantly surprised.
Du He nodded." The yellow soil is added to increase the stickiness of the briquettes so that they won't scatter easily."
Adding quicklime is the way to eliminate and convert the toxic gas. Wood chips are the way to make it flammable…"
Listening to Du He's words, Old Wu nodded doubtfully.
He thought to himself, If it's really as his young master said, then it's really a great thing.
However, he immediately lowered his voice and said,"Young Master, this secret recipe must not be leaked. If…"
Du He was amused when she saw Old Wu mention the confidentiality agreement again.
"So what if it's leaked?" he asked. Now, I've bought this entire Mt. Charcoal.
Even if other people knew about this formula, they would not have any coal to use and could only watch!”
"True, true! The young master was thoughtful enough to buy this mountain early in the morning.”
Old Wu laughed dryly in agreement.
……
Just as Du He and the others were making honeycomb briquettes.
The county magistrate of Chang 'an County, on the other hand, received several reports of theft from the villages under his jurisdiction.
The case was solved very easily.
However, the magistrate of Chang 'an County was a little scared after solving the case.，
This was because the thieves in these cases were all refugees outside the city.
He had learned from the previous two county magistrates who had been dismissed.
Everything related to the refugee problem was a big deal.
The county magistrate didn't dare to take the responsibility and reported this matter to Wei Zheng, who was in charge of managing the refugees.
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