One Piece of Song Dynasty

However, Li Xin thought about it and found that there was no way to isolate the air for the time being, so he could only use local methods to make coke. In this era, we should not care about environmental protection.

Under the condition that the air is not isolated in the kiln, the coking coal stacked in the kiln is ignited by artificial ignition through the ignition hole on the side wall of the kiln, and the coal is heated layer by layer by the combustion heat of the coking coal itself (direct fire Heating part); the hot air flow formed by the exhaust gas generated by coal combustion and the large amount of unburned coal cracking products continues to burn through the fire channel on the side wall of the kiln chamber, and transfers part of the heat into the kiln (indirect heating part). The high-temperature gas flow carries unburned coal cracking products - chemical products and is discharged into the atmosphere. This process lasts for eight to eleven days, when the coke matures, water is injected from the artificial ignition hole to quench the coke, the furnace is cooled, and the coke is peeled off.

After making the decision, Li Xin went to find Zhao Fei, the steward of several workshops, and Li Xin planned to leave the coke oven to him.

Li Xin found Zhao Fei who was patrolling among several workshops: "Zhao Fei, find a few craftsmen and build several kilns next to it. This is a refining method called coke, which is made from pebbles. After the coke was refined, I gave it to the blacksmith Old Man Zhang. I asked Old Man Zhang to lead the blacksmiths to build several steelmaking and ironmaking workshops. Old Man Zhang was the manager of the steelmaking workshop. This coke was the fuel for steelmaking. You have to manage it well."

Zhao Fei cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lang Jun, I understand. 35xs"

Li Xin thought for a while and asked, "Who is in charge of this road construction team?" Since soil and cement roads were built, Liu Laohan, Zhao Fei and others set up a road construction team of several hundred people to build new roads. After half a year, the construction of roads in Seoul has been basically completed.

Zhao Fei replied: "The manager of this road construction team is Old Man Zheng. He used to manage the orchard for our family."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, ask him to come to me tomorrow. I have something for the road construction team to do."

Zhao Fei cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lang Jun, I understand."

After explaining Zhao Fei and Li Xin, they took Lao Wang to wander around the city. After half a year of construction of the city, the east wall has been completed, the south wall has just begun to be built, Li Xin's city guard mansion is almost completed, and other buildings in the city Thirty percent of the building is completed, and even this % is enough for everyone to live in. However, the construction of houses continues, and the vacant houses are left for future generations.

Now many shops have opened in the city, including grocery stores, restaurants, clothing stores, and several medical clinics opened by doctors brought by Li Xin. The medical clinic opened by Li Xin only charges ten cents for a treatment fee, and medicinal materials. There is no shortage for the time being, so the medicine is not expensive.

After the inspection, Li Xin took Lao Wang back to his hometown to rest. The next morning, Li Xin went to find Liu Yi first. Now the people building the city were all young and strong men, and many old people, women, and children had nothing to do, so Li Xin planned to The land was divided. net

Li Xin found Liu Yi: "You pick some Confucian scholars and start dividing the land according to the list you registered. Mainly the land outside the east city wall and the south city wall. Don't touch the land in the west because the bridge has not been built yet. When collecting land, we must leave space for building official roads. In the future, we will definitely build roads outside the city to connect other cities. We cannot just build this city. We must allocate land by drawing lots. Whichever household is drawn first will be given first. When people divide their land and there is not enough open space, they first lead people to cut down the trees, then set them on fire and oil to burn them. After the trees are burned, they divide the land."

Liu Yi cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Master, I understand."

Li Xin continued: "Draw a map, mark the divided land on the map, and prepare the land deed to avoid unnecessary disputes. This is someone's official seal. Let's use this seal as a seal first. Later, Wait until someone builds a new seal and then change it back." With that, Li Xin handed the official seal to Liu Yi.

Liu Yi nodded and said: "Yes, Master."

After giving instructions to Liu Yi, Li Xin went to find Old Man Liu and Old Man Feng. Once the open space was not enough, trees needed to be cut down and the land burned. These two people needed to identify which trees were cut down and which ones were suitable for building ships and which ones were suitable for building houses and furniture. .

Li Xin called the two elders together: "Uncle Liu and Uncle Feng, I have asked the Confucian scholars to start dividing the land, mainly the land in the east and south. There is not enough open space, so we must cut down trees and burn the land before dividing it. This cutting The trees that have fallen down need to be distributed by your two elders and their respective craftsmen. Uncle Liu, who is suitable for shipbuilding, you can take away, and Uncle Feng, who is suitable for building houses and furniture, you can take away the road construction team to the northeast outside the city. For road construction in this direction, some trees will also be cut down. I’ll leave these trees to you.”

The second elder clasped his fists and said, "Yes, Master, I understand."

Since it was going to be extended outwards, Xuanwu Camp needed to be sent out to explore the nearby woods to see if there were any savages living there.

Li Xin found Cao Long, the commander of the Xuanwu Camp: "Cao Long, take the Xuanwu Camp and explore the woods ten miles east of the city and south of the city to see if there are any savages alive, and then focus on the northeast, extending to the seaside." ."

Cao Long cupped his fists and said, "Yes, sir, I will do it now."

Although Xuanwu Camp inquired in advance, the army still needed protection when dividing the land, so Li Xin went to the military camp non-stop.

Li Xin found Liu Fa who was training soldiers: "General Liu, don't train for the next few days. A certain man has asked the Confucian scholars to start allocating land to everyone. General Liu led the soldiers to patrol the east and south of the city to protect the people. , to prevent them from being attacked by savages, and also give a certain two people and horses, and let General Niu take them to wait for a certain person in the northeast of the city tomorrow morning, and give them something to do."

Liu Fa cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord, a certain family has an order."

After finishing these things, Li Xin returned to the house sweating profusely. However, Old Man Zheng, the steward of the road construction team, was already waiting for Li Xin in the house.

Li Xin took a sip of tea and said, "I just had something to do, and I kept Uncle Zheng waiting for a long time."

Old Man Zheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay. The master treats us so well. It won't be a problem if I just wait a little longer."

Li Xin said: "Tomorrow morning, please ask Uncle Zheng to take half of the road construction team to the northeast gate of the city and wait for so-and-so. He has something for you to do."

Old Man Zheng cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Master, I understand."

Early on the next morning, Li Xin came to the northeast gate of the city and saw that Old Man Zheng and his road construction team and Niu Gao and his two soldiers had arrived.

Li Xin said to Old Man Zheng: "Uncle Zheng, starting from today, your road construction team will start building roads from the northeast gate of the city and continue to the northeast until they can see the sea."

Old Man Zheng replied: "Yes, Master, I know."

Li Xin continued: "In the woods encountered on the road, first cut down the trees, then burn them with kerosene, and then build the road after burning. However, be careful not to burn too much area. Just leave a small open space on both sides of the road. A road must be wide enough for four carriages to walk side by side."

Old man Zheng cupped his fists and said, "Yes, I understand."