I rebelled in the Song Dynasty

"It should be!" Liu Sheng said vaguely, unsure.

The herdsmen are ignorant and ignorant, and the truth cannot be explained scientifically. It would be very good to use an explanation that they can accept and convince them.

Liu Sheng is a person who values ​​results. It doesn't matter what the process is like, as long as the final result is good.

But this was just a small tribe Liu Sheng encountered. There were countless nomadic tribes in Shuozhou and Wuzhou.

Foolish people think that the dead are servants taken away by God.

This matter must be resolved without delay. Someone may die every minute because of such reasons. This is what Liu Sheng does not want to see. In this era, there is no such thing as overpopulation, only the land cannot support so many people.

A larger population means national strength, as well as the potential and prospects for war.

For example, in the Song Dynasty, if two million people were killed, it would only cause physical pain for a while, but it would not hurt the muscles and bones. But if the Khitan people were killed, two million people would be no different from the destruction of the country.

The important thing is that Liu Sheng needs these people. Even if they are sent to the battlefield as cannon fodder, they cannot be allowed to die silently like this.

At this time, Liu Sheng remembered that his brother and sister did not have much firewood stored in their home, but had a house full of coal. He wondered if they would have such troubles and if they had a way to stay warm in winter without carbon dioxide poisoning.

I hope their clan elders are wise enough to avoid this happening.

When Liu Sheng returned to the salt-making site again, Qi Guanhan had already brought a large number of civilian workers to start sorting it out.

It is conceivable that before long, this place will become a huge salt factory, continuously bringing clean, hygienic and cheap salt to the people of Shuozhou.

Liu Sheng found Qi Guanhan. As the governor of Shuozhou, he must be very concerned about people's livelihood.

Liu Sheng asked: "Do the people in Shuozhou use charcoal to keep warm in winter?"

Qi Guanhan didn't know why Liu Sheng asked this question and replied: "Charcoal is cheap, as is the case for most people. Only a few core members of big families can use charcoal."

"Then do you know how many people will die because of this kind of coal?"

After hearing this, Qi Guanhan understood what was going on, and immediately said: "General, don't worry, the people of Shuozhou don't use the poisonous charcoal with smoke, they are all used to sell to the people of Song Dynasty to make iron.

The coal used for heating is all anthracite. "

Liu Sheng's face was full of questions again, what does this have to do with anthracite? Regardless of whether there is smoke or not, the carbon dioxide produced will not be less!

Qi Guanhan waved his hands helplessly and said: "General, there is no way around this. If people are not allowed to light coal in their houses, then there will definitely be many more people who freeze to death in the winter than those who are poisoned."

"Then you can't make a chimney?" Liu Sheng asked.

"Chimney?" Now it was Qi Guanhan's turn to be confused.

"What does this have to do with chimneys?"

Liu Sheng explained: "The chimney discharges those toxic gases outside the house and retains the heating."

Qi Guanhan couldn't understand what Liu Sheng was talking about, and there was no such concept in his mind.

"never mind". Liu Sheng also saw it, and instead of wasting his words, it was better to go to the craftsmen directly.

Qi Guanhan was left to take Mi Xing and Wang Liao back to Shanyang County. They found the blacksmith shop run by the government and said, "Build me a stove and a chimney."

The person in charge asked in confusion: "General, do you have any requirements?"

Liu Sheng grabbed a piece of charcoal, drew a few drawings on the paper and handed it to the craftsman: "Can you understand this?"

"Yes..Yes. The general drew it very carefully. A small person can understand it. The chimney is just a package of iron sheets. This is very fast, but the stove will take some time, about an hour."

Liu Sheng waved his hand and signaled the craftsman to do it quickly.

He asked Mi Xing to get some coal powder, and ordered someone to get some loess, add water and mix it. When the mixing was almost done, Liu Sheng directly made a solid cylinder and inserted a few iron rods into it. In this hole, briquettes, which became famous in later generations, were born.

One piece can burn for several hours. It is an extremely convenient and fuel-saving good thing.

The chimney was built quickly, but the iron stove took some time. Liu Sheng waited patiently, and soon the stove was completed.

Liu Sheng directly asked everyone to light up the fire and test the stove and briquettes.

This stove is very cleverly designed. It can not only be used to boil water for cooking, but also for heating.

When not in use, simply close the valve to control the burning speed of the briquettes with the minimum amount of fire.

It can be said to be a genius idea, and the craftsmen kept praising it.

"What's the use of this chimney?" The craftsman was puzzled.

Liu Sheng didn't want to explain about carbon dioxide poisoning, and it was probably a waste of time. Gu Gu said directly: "With this chimney, no one will die in the house at night without knowing it.

Notify all the government-run blacksmith shops in Shuozhou and Wuzhou to make every effort to build such chimneys and iron furnaces, and strive to have one in every house. "

At this time, Wang Liao said: "General, this chimney and stove consume a lot of iron. If we go all out to build it, I am afraid it will affect the progress of weapons and armor, and the spring farming will also be affected."

Liu Sheng asked doubtfully: "Isn't there an iron mine in Shuozhou? Iron making? Isn't it possible?"

Wang Liao smiled bitterly and said: "General, the Khitan's iron-making method is quite crude, and the iron tools are far less hard than those made by the Song people. In the past, we sold these iron ores to the Song people in exchange for iron ingots, and then dissolved them into other thing."

"Get" Liu Sheng finally understood that this Khitan was the raw material production place and commodity dumping place of the Song Dynasty. No wonder the Song Dynasty paid war indemnities every year and still lived so comfortably. His feelings have been transferred to other places. It is time for industrial upgrading. Let the Song Dynasty feel the crushing wisdom that does not belong to this era.

"Go back home first." Liu Sheng said.

.....

After returning to his house, Liu Sheng dove into the study and transferred the knowledge in his mind to the drawings bit by bit.

"Mi Xing." Liu Sheng shouted loudly in the study.

"General."

Liu Sheng handed over a blueprint and said: "Gather all the blacksmiths and ask them to set up a boiler to make iron according to the method written on this blueprint."

Mi Xing picked up the drawing and looked at it. He saw that it was densely written with words, and there were pictures next to it. Mi Xing knew every word, but when they were connected together, Mi Xing had no idea what was written.

He hurriedly asked: "General, can those craftsmen understand?"

“They don’t need to understand it, they just need to follow the steps above step by step.”

Liu Sheng also wanted them to understand the principles. Only in this way would there be more possibilities and make better things. But there is no time now. He needs these finished products to change the people's livelihood in Shuozhou. He cannot rely on Song for everything. output, allowing them to earn a lot of benefits.

Liu Sheng also needs these things to expand his business empire.

Mi Xing's Dark Breath Guards have spread throughout Shuozhou and Wuzhou, but they have been unable to leave these two states.

It was because they had no money and no identity to hide that allowed them to go out. Only a small number of people infiltrated the Khitan and Song Dynasties.

If he could form a caravan and sell the most advanced products in the world, the spies sent out would be very useful.

Then Liu Sheng took out another stack of drawings, handed them to Mi Xing and said, "Find a place to circle them. The confidentiality level is the same as gunpowder, and let the craftsmen develop it slowly."