Take the mall to Datang

"Oh, I just came back from the back mountain, so I got a little dirty." Zhou Dan replied.

"How's the progress now?" Yuan Shan asked.

"Master, three kilns have been built according to the construction drawings, and they are now doing the final work, and they are expected to be ready for use in two days." Zhou Dao said happily.

"Oh, it's hard work for Butler Zhou, you go to work first." Yuan Shan said.

"Money, money, money! It's money again. Is this Marquis very poor?" Yuan Shan said to himself with his head lowered. In fact, he was trying to find a way. The money is not coming quickly, but the method must be chosen correctly, not too reckless. There is a saying that if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves thinking about it. You must keep a low profile.

"Master, I'll help you press your shoulders." As she spoke, Lan Lan came over to help her.

He put his head close to Yuan Shan's ear and said, "Young master, Lan'er still has some family assets, and I'm willing to use them to share the worries of the young master."

"How many?" Yuan Shan asked curiously.

"Silver money and jewelry add up to more than 130 coins." Lan Lan said.

"There are so many taels of gold, I didn't expect Lan Lan to be a little rich woman." Yuan Shan joked.

"Young master, Lan'er is willing to give all of these money to the young master, but... the young master wants to teach Lan'er to dance that ghost step dance." Lan Lan immediately began to make demands as soon as the subject changed.

"It's that thud thump, okay, I'll teach you how to dance together tonight. Now that it's time for class, you haven't memorized your multiplication formula yet. Hurry up and review, and make room for others now." Yuan Shan ignored it at all. Lan Lan's coquettish behavior immediately stopped her actions.

……

The short training ended like this. At least everyone in Yuanjia Manor had learned simple arithmetic, and there was no problem in counting numbers and collecting money.

After these days of training, Yuan Shan also found some quick-witted ones, and asked them to undertake the work of checking and counting.

Yuanshan has been very busy these days. The inner courtyard has been put into use, and the backyard has also started construction. Now there is a serious shortage of rooms, and even the herbal cuisine restaurant is full of people.

The happy life of the peasant households came again. 200 people started construction in Yuanjia Manor, and three separate rows of chicken coops and pig coops were built.

Behind the mountain, the kiln area.

Under the supervision of Butler Zhou, a hundred famous families built the required kiln, and also collected some limestone nearby. After crushing and other processes, the cave dwelling was already full of limestone.

Yuan Shan was standing behind Steward Zhou, holding a torch in his hand, like a torchbearer. He first looked at the crowd with a serious face, then said a few words of encouragement, and then A fire set the cave dwelling on fire.

Now this kind of cave is used by Yuan Shan copied from some books in the mall. Although it may not meet the standards of later generations, it is still very simple to burn some quicklime here.

However, the firewood used will consume a lot, and there are some precautions. Lime kiln soil is not so simple to burn, especially when preventing limestone, it is still necessary to build a small furnace inside, and wait for it to be built. After that, the limestone can be added around it,

In fact, making quicklime is not difficult at all. You can get quicklime by using limestone and forging at high temperature. Kindly provide the kiln design drawing, the firing efficiency of such a kiln can be increased by at least three times, and products such as lime slurry and lime paste are made of slaked lime and water, which are both coatings and adhesives.

In this Tang Dynasty, his chemical industry has taken a small step, but he will not stop from now on. Next, he will get some sodium carbonate, so that caustic soda can be made, and his dream of soap will not stop. Far.

Chapter 36 The Birth of the Tricycle

In less than half a month, the old house of the Yuan family had leveled off the ground around it.

A new house was also built next to the old house of the Yuan family. The house is very large and has wooden partitions inside, each of which is divided into small rooms. The middle area is extremely spacious. This is the first chess and card room built by Yuan Shan. It is now called the Chess Hall.

And there is a newly built compound farther away from the chess hall. The construction style is like an ordinary factory, and a yard is surrounded by factory buildings.

This is the workshop opened by Yuan Shan. This workshop is specially prepared for craftsmen and blacksmiths. It can be regarded as a relatively advanced workshop, because Yuan Shan still has a lot of ideas here, especially when it comes to tools. On the one hand, the workshop is currently building simple tricycle bicycles. The sliding bearings made by Blacksmith Lu can now be applied to carriages and ox carts. After further improvement, although the sliding bearings are still a bit large, this is already an improvement. .

Yuanshan's requirements are not so high, it would be good to make a prototype car first, the technology can be continuously improved, and it is also an attempt to use this kind of bearing and a slightly thicker iron chain to make it first.

In order to make the experimental product, Yuan Shan also worked hard. He exchanged a lot of silver for the slaked lime that had been circulating in the market these days, but all of it was used to buy iron ore. With the cooperation of Lu Tiejiang, Yang Wu and other craftsmen Datang's first three-wheeled bicycle was born.

Although the thick chain seems a bit clumsy, three people can still ride on the three-wheeled truck at the same time, or it is no problem to load two hundred kilograms of goods on flat ground. This is not a small achievement. In the Yuan family's old house, this tricycle quickly became a tool for transporting materials back and forth in the workshop. It was much more convenient to drag a hundred or so kilograms of items than a cart or a bullock cart.

With this finished product, Lu Tiejiang was stimulated. In the next few days, the old man really had a posture of not being obsessed and not playing. Under Seiko, the pulleys and chains were reduced again. The second car Three-wheeled bicycles are more labor-saving. Of course, there is a little credit for Yuanshan, that is, adding some lubricating oil to the sliding bearings and chains.

Yuan Shan sat in his study and was still looking at the sales accounts of the nearest lime workshop, thinking that he still needs to make money from industrial raw materials. Others’ quicklime needs to be fired for at least seven days, while his workshop only needs three days and three nights. That's fine, the natural cooling time of the lime kiln is twice as fast as that of others, and the output is still three times that of others. The goods that are already in short supply are often directly purchased by the imperial court.

I don't know how Zhou Zhou got in touch with the buyer, and he came directly with a large denomination order. All the lime produced in this period was bought by one family. I don't know what to do with so much lime, it's enough to paint a city. .

Besides, Yuanshan has made a lot of money, and the number of ox carts is also increasing. There are still ox carts in production, and the number of cattle in his family is obviously not enough.

The fleet of ten bullock carts played a very important role in selling lime. If it weren't for these bullock carts, his goods would not be so convenient to transport, and he earned thousands of dollars in less than half a month. Money, no matter how you say it, it's a hundred taels of gold, isn't it?

This is also the source of expenditure for him to be able to build a chess and card room.

The day went by very quickly, and the weather was getting hot. I don't know where Gao Ming, who hadn't seen him for a month, came from. After arriving at Yuanjia Manor, he seemed a little flustered.

"Isn't this Mr. Gao Ming? We haven't seen each other for a long time. How are you doing?" Yuan Shan said while sitting on the newly built sheepskin sofa in the reception room.

"Oh, it's a long story." Gao Ming said helplessly.

"Then let's make a long story short." Yuan Shan said immediately.

"My father hired a teacher for me, and he watched me to death every day. Today is the only time I have time to come here with beauty." Gao Ming said.

"What about Lizhi?" Yuan Shan asked suddenly.

"That...the glazed chess set you gave to Lizhi was guarded by my mother, and she was not allowed to take it out. Lizhi was still sulking in the carriage, and she wouldn't come down even if I told her." Gao Ming said hesitantly.

"Haha, what do I think it is? Isn't it just some slippery glass? Although it is precious, it is nothing. I still have a newly made chessboard here." After talking, he followed Gao Ming to enlighten Lizhi.

"Li Zhi, Master Ben is here to see you. I have something interesting here. Do you want to try it?" Yuan Shan shouted deliberately.

"What is it!" Li Zhi finally spoke after holding back for a long time.

Seeing Lizhi this time, Yuan Shan felt that the child had changed a bit, he was not as reserved as before, and now he really looks like a child, that's right. Childhood should be innocent.

"Yuan Shan, what is this?" Gao Ming asked, pointing to a tricycle rolled out by Yuan Shan.

"This is called a three-wheeled bicycle. It is used to sit in the back. Lizhi, you should sit on it too and hold the handle next to it. Driving... Three-wheeled overtaking is awesome.

Scattering his hands and pedaling like crazy, he went for a ride. "Yuan Shan rode all the way from Yuan's manor to the door of the chess room of Yuan's old house.

"Does it feel better than riding in a carriage?" Yuan Shan asked.

"Well, it's much more comfortable than a carriage. Lizhi likes to make this tricycle." Lizhi replied.

Yuan Shan, get up quickly, let me try, how to control this... Alas.

Yuan Shan blocked his eyes with his hands, but still opened the gap between his fingers, and witnessed an unexpected car rollover scene, even this tricycle fell down, and he really didn't know what to do.

"It hurts!" Gao Ming still stood up, but it was nothing serious, maybe he just fell down.

"Gao Ming, what are you in a hurry for? Do you see that here? This is the deceleration lever. If your absolute speed is too fast, you can pull this. But don't go too hard and go slowly. You are trying. Don't ride so fast this time." Yuan Shan instructed, then ignore Gao Ming, let Gao Ming experience it by himself, he also wants to play checkers with the beautiful girl.

The chess and card room is not empty, but there is a group of children from the farmer who play here every day. The beautiful little girl's eyes brighten. She has never seen such a lively scene.

"Look, Li Zhi, am I a great curator? There are so many people playing checkers now, if you didn't play chess with them to earn points." Yuan Shan said.