Traveling to Ancient Times: My Space Contains Weapons

Chapter 433 Making Honeycomb Briquettes on Site

After the mined coal is washed with water and then soaked, the upper, middle and lower layers are taken to obtain three types of coal with different densities.

After Zheng Wenkai and his men took control, Chu Chen gave him some further instructions.

He was given a detailed explanation of things such as fire prevention in coal mines and dust explosions.

Zheng Wenkai gave Chu Chen a thumbs up in surprise after hearing this. He hadn't expected that digging up a black rock would involve so many intricacies.

As expected of His Majesty's chosen one, he certainly has something special about him.

A few days later, the first large-scale washing pool was completed.

Zheng Wenkai gave an order to Ren Xiao and his group of workers: the coal mine is officially open for operation!

Under Chu Chen's deliberate patronage, Ren Xiao became the boss of the coal mine, managing all the employees.

Chu Chen also arranged for Wang Ba Niang to work in the cafeteria and become its manager!

Chu Chen chuckled as he looked at Ren Xiao's joyful face, thinking to himself, "Just keep being happy, your life will be even more wonderful from now on."

As a bandit who couldn't make a living, he suddenly became the CEO of a state-owned enterprise. In a few years, his future will be limitless.

Just as Chu Chen was surveying the bustling coal mining site, a loud voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts from behind.

"Young master, are you hungry? Come and have something to eat!"

Chu Chen turned his head and saw Wang Baniang swaying her big buttocks as she walked towards him.

So he quickly pulled Zheng Wenkai up from beside him: "Come on, Lord Zheng, let's go eat, let's go eat!"

He thought to himself, "Damn it, if I go in alone and have a meal with that bastard, who knows what my coworkers will say about me."

If you want to discuss something, go discuss Zheng Wenkai. It's certainly appropriate for someone his age.

Upon entering the cafeteria, I saw that a table was already set with a variety of dishes.

"Oh, Lord Zheng, just in time! I made your favorite sweet and sour pork."

Chu Chen glanced at the food on the table without showing any emotion, inwardly feeling extremely disgusted.

With such poor skills, she's not even qualified to manage the cafeteria. She should be out working in the coal mines.

Zheng Wenkai, however, appeared to be very fond of her, and his eyes kept glancing at Wang Baniang.

Chu Chen thought to himself, "That's it, Zheng Jing, you need to control your dad. He's too easygoing."

So he reached into his backpack, pulled out a bottle of baijiu, and filled Zheng Wenkai's glass to the brim.

He ate a little bit and then left the cafeteria under some pretext. Chu Chen really wanted to film how things would unfold and show it to Zheng Jing back in Beijing.

After about a week of work, the first batch of coal was produced.

Chu Chen took out three large baskets, filled each with one of the three grades of coal, and drove a pickup truck to Beijing to transport the coal.

Zheng Wenkai, beaming with joy, sat in the passenger seat with Chu Chen as they returned to Beijing to report to Zhou Shixun that coal mining had officially begun.

Inside the palace, Zhou Shixun grabbed a handful of coal: "Chu boy, you actually managed to turn that broken black stone into such fine coal?"

Chu Chen turned around and took a honeycomb briquette stove and a mold for making honeycomb briquettes off the car.

He had a hard time finding this thing, because coal was rarely burned in his time, so this mold was also rarely used.

Later, they finally found five in a dilapidated shop on the outskirts of the city.

Seeing Chu Chen bring two strange items, Zhou Shixun and the others watched Chu Chen quietly.

"Alright, Uncle Zhou, it's too wasteful for ordinary people to burn loose coal, so I brought this stove."

Zhou Shixun went up to examine the stove and saw a cylindrical object in the center.

“Chuwazi, you said that burning coal in the stove would be more economical.”

"Uncle Zhou is half right. This stove is specially made for burning coal. Since there is a stove, there must be specially made coal."

After saying that, he took out the mold again: "Lord Zheng, please send someone to get some yellow clay and sawdust!"

Such items are readily available in the capital, and Chu Chen received them in no time.

After everything was ready, Chu Chen looked at everyone and said, "Everyone, especially Lord Zheng, watch carefully. What we are going to make now is honeycomb briquette balls. I will only teach you once. After you learn it, you can mass-produce them and distribute them to the people."

After saying that, Chu Chen started operating it himself.

Take 80% coal powder, 20% soil, and an appropriate amount of sawdust, add water and mix well.

With the help of the honeycomb briquette mold, Chu Chen produced about ten honeycomb briquette balls in no time.

Because of the strong sun, the honeycomb briquettes were almost dried out after the group waited for half a day.

Chu Chen instructed his men to light the first coal briquette with firewood, then put it into the stove. He then placed two more new coal briquettes face to face on top of it and waited for it to burn.

The group watched Chu Chen's actions carefully, afraid of missing any detail.

"Alright, now the people can use this stove for cooking and heating."

"But for indoor heating, Lord Zheng, I'll get you another stove in a bit. That stove is suitable for use in a relatively enclosed environment."

"Because this thing produces toxic gas when burned, just like charcoal, it needs to be vented outdoors through a flue to ensure the safety of people inside the building to the greatest extent possible."

As Chu Chen spoke, he returned to the car and, taking advantage of the fact that no one was looking, took out a smokeless coal stove.

This thing not only burns coal, but it can also boil water and bake things at the same time.

In those years, rural areas were a very popular thing in modern society.

After Chu Chen took the items out, he asked someone to move them in front of everyone.

They lit the stove again.

"Hey, Chuwa, this thing is amazing. I could still smell a odor from that stove just now, but this stove doesn't smell at all."

Zhou Shixun said as he wandered around the coal stove.

"Hehe, Uncle Zhou, go smell the chimney!"

"Haha, Chu boy, Uncle Zhou isn't stupid. He already said this smoke is poisonous!"

Zheng Wenkai and the others laughed as they listened to Zhou Shixun and Chu Chen arguing.

However, everyone was secretly alarmed. Looking across the entire Great Xia, who would dare to openly ask Zhou Shixun to smell the poisonous gas?

After demonstrating everything, Zhou Shixun gave Chu Chen a thumbs up.

He was overjoyed, as if he could see piles of silver flowing into his own treasury.

Then he turned to Zheng Wenkai and said, "Wenkai, will there be any problem with the Ministry of Works making these items?"

"Excuse me, we have Young Master Chu's sample. This is easy; I'll have someone expedite the replication as soon as I get back."

"Alright, Wen Kai, you've worked hard. In that case, take these and get back to work!"

After sending Zheng Wenkai away, Zhou Shixun brought Chu Chen to the Imperial Study!

"Your Majesty, is there anything else you require?"

Chu Chen plopped down in a chair and asked Zhou Shixun.