Martial: I Started The Technological Revolution In Ancient Times

C278 The Value of Fire



C278 The Value of Fire

0Leng Yueling always believed Xiao Yun's words without a doubt.    
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If he said it was cold, then it would definitely be cold this year.    

    

"If I want to make these clothes and bedding and sell them, I'm afraid it will take a long time. Now that it is going to be late winter soon, it is not enough."    

    

Xiao Yun sighed and said, "Yes, not enough."    

    

He rubbed his head hard and said with a bitter face, "If I could have thought of this earlier, I wouldn't have been in such a hurry. In order to speed up and make these things accept by the people as soon as possible, he was in such a passive position. That's why I gave it to the Empress"    

    

" Why? "    

    

"Think about it, if the Empress uses it, the other concubines will naturally like it. I will also want it, when the time comes, I will sell it to them, and when the time comes, even their families will know about the bedding. If His Majesty uses it, his subordinates will imitate it, and when the time comes, one or two of them will be used. Since the officials and nobles have used it, the civilians will naturally follow suit. They could use the fastest speed to make the people accept it. Next would be the production and sales price of the workshop. Of course, there was also business, but because of the bond between the gold bond and the Gold Hidden Pavilion, there's no need to consider this. "    

    

After Leng Yueling heard this, she was completely stunned.    

    

He did not expect Xiao Yun to think so much and arrange so many things.    

    

She had thought that he wanted to earn money, but now she understood that what he wanted to do was not only to earn money, but also to save the lives of the people!    

    

Leng Yueling asked, "Since the matter is so urgent, why didn't you tell His Majesty to handle this matter through the Imperial Court?"    

    

"Imperial Court?"    

    

Xiao Yun sneered and said, "Based on their efficiency, I'm afraid that if this matter is to be implemented, at least at this time next year, there is no need to do it."    

    

He sighed and said, "Furthermore, the Imperial Court does not have money. This is a very, very big project. It is beyond imagination. Even if His Majesty takes out his own coffin book, however, it is different for me. Because I can use the business method to raise good things to do things like chicken feathers. I can do it without making money, or even pay for it. After all, I can make money from other transactions. In terms of time, I can spend money to buy time and hire the most people. I can assign the fastest and widest caravans to achieve a certain effect in a short period of time. Furthermore, the goods of the geese and geese can bring me enough benefits... Let me keep investing, and that will form a good cycle... At least I won't die because of this "    

    

Leng Yueling looked at Xiao Yun and said after a long time, "For the country and the people, young master is righteous."    

    

"Highly righteous? How high could it be? Even so, some people still doubt this and that. They always think of me as a bad person. "    

    

As he spoke, Xiao Yun turned around and hugged Leng Yueling. He hugged her with a soft and warm fragrance, and it was quite strong.    

    

Leng Yueling wanted to push him away, but then she thought, if she pushed him away, wouldn't she be the one who suspected him?    

    

So even though she felt quite uncomfortable in her heart, she endured it.    

    

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.    

    

Xiao Yun suddenly stood up again, stretched his body, and said with a smile, "Alright, the rest time has ended. I still have to get busy."    

    

After saying that, he started to make his iron sheet again.    

    

Leng Yueling wanted to ask him as soon as she entered the room. She did not know what he was doing.    

    

Xiao Yun walked away. The place where she had been touched was a little cold and a little disappointed.    

    

He then pulled himself together and asked, "What is he doing?"    

    

Xiao Yun grinned and said, "The thing I'm making now is a portable small iron furnace. Although it looks simple, it is actually very important, especially for this winter."    

    

"Is that so?"    

    

Leng Yueling tilted her head and looked left and right. She also could not understand what this thing was.    

    

She just felt that it was all made of iron and must be very expensive.    

    

"I'm afraid that the people will not be able to use it."    

    

"Why?"    

    

Xiao Yun was stunned for a moment and quickly asked.    

    

Leng Yueling said, "Iron is so expensive. Ordinary people's families come down. The iron was not more than half a kilogram heavy. Most of it was placed on hoes and shovels. There are only a few taels of iron on top, but most of them are still wood. When I was in Northern Chill, I had asked some farmers. Why don't you get some more iron, because the wood is too light. To dig out the frozen hard soil, it would take a lot of effort. After asking, I found out that it's not that they don't want a good hoe. It's just that they can't afford it. "    

    

Xiao Yun nodded.    

    

He agreed with this statement.    

    

The capital was the richest place in Qin Country, but its metallurgy technology was not very high.    

    

Some places were still using copper products.    

    

In other words, this world was the era of copper and iron.    

    

People could use extremely complicated methods to refine iron, but they couldn't do that. After all, most of the fuel was wood, and the temperature was only that high.    

    

Fire.    

    

It was the standard of civilization.    

    

The landmark changes of many civilizations were actually related to fire.    

    

It was the first time that humanity had grasped the method to draw fire, and civilization had officially appeared.    

    

When humanity first extracted the copper in the copper mine, when the temperature of the fire reached about a thousand degrees, the civilization once again experienced a qualitative leap.    

    

Then, when the temperature reached a thousand five hundred degrees, the iron equipment appeared, and the civilization began to develop rapidly.    

    

Even the 'steam engine', which was considered the symbol of the change of civilization, was actually just an application of fire. It slowly and steadily transformed the energy of fire into other forces through steam.    

    

Not to mention the internal combustion engine, it was the emergence of a new type of fuel, which was oil, that allowed the civilization to advance in large strides.    

    

Then to atomic energy, that... Wasn't it also a type of fire?    

    

The changes in humanity's civilization, at the bottom of it all, is a type of energy change, and energy all points to various kinds of flames!    

    

In this world, the level of flames was only this high.    

    

Even steelmaking required a lot of effort.    

    

Therefore, it was naturally almost impossible to smelt large amounts of iron. Most of it was just a small workshop.    

    

What Xiao Yun needed now was a very, very large factory!    

    

Even the way to introduce the assembly line.    

    

However, it was too late now.    

    

Actually, in Xiao family's workshop, even if it was a factory, it was still considered an assembly line. It was an extremely preliminary level.    

    

Metallurgy was a job. Forging, grinding, and so on. The installation, the scabbard, and the sculpting were responsible for the installation and carving. In the end, even if it was a handle, it still needed to be carefully carved by a skilled person. It had to be seamlessly seamless, not even the slightest bit.    

    

All of this work would be carried out by specialized personnel. After such a long period of training, everyone had become skilled workers in their own positions. This resulted in the overall production speed of a long saber to be several times faster than before.    

    

However, this was still not enough for Xiao Yun!    

    

Xiao family's workshop was only that big, but the world was just too big.    

    

The reason why he could buy so many ferret abodes was because the Sun Moon Country wanted the Yi Dao and medicinal pills too much. It wasn't easy for Xiao Yun to find a good item that satisfied him, so he transferred all the Diao Houses in their hands over. He sold all of them to Xiao Yun.    

    

This allowed Xiao Yun to have so many pieces of cloth.    

    

To put it bluntly, Xiao Yun's supply in the short term was even more than that of the Sun Moon Country royal family!    

    

As for the current furnace...    

    

When Xiao Yun was making the furnace, he was excited, but after Leng Yueling's reminder, he realized that even if he made the small furnace, even if the workshop was saturated with processing, it would not be enough.    

    

He immediately put down the work in his hands, squinted his eyes and crossed his arms, and began to think carefully.    

    

He took a deep breath and asked, "How's the firewood? There should be enough firewood for the people, right?"    

    

"Chai? It's very expensive."    

    

"Oh?"    

    

Xiao Yun frowned.    

    

He thought of it and only asked a question.    

    

He remembered that he had heard Qing'er mention this before. There weren't that many charcoal fires in the mansion. They would only be released once every few days. There were only about one or two pots in each room.    

    

A piece of charcoal, the maidservants would first use a stone to knock it into small pieces. After that, they would knock it into small pieces like a cow needle and place it in the copper basin. After lighting up the bottom, after burning a bit, they would then flip over the white ash that was burned into ashes. Covering the fire, this way, a small pot of charcoal could be burned for an entire night. It could also provide a certain warmth effect.    

    

And this was still the Xiao family!    

    

It was a big family!    

    

If it was those small and small families, how could they be enough?    

    

Xiao Yun couldn't help but pat his head.    

    

His judgment was once again affected by the memories of his past life.    

    

When he was fighting against the epidemic after the disaster, he already knew that there was very little firewood among the people. It was very difficult to get people to drink hot water every meal. When His Majesty gave the order, it also attracted public resentment.    

    

At this time, he forgot.    

    

Leng Yueling said from the side, "A pole of firewood weighing more than 100 kilograms. One person must set off in the morning. They walked dozens of miles and went to the nearby mountains to search for dried branches. Or dead trees. The mountain forest belongs to the government, and the trees on it cannot be casually cut down. Therefore, just looking for these branches would take half a day. When they were done, they still had to carry a bag of firewood back to the city from the top of the mountain. It was already evening by the time he reached the city. He would have to walk dozens of miles on the mountain road. He then found a buyer and sold the firewood. It was just a bag of firewood. It was necessary to feed a family, so it would cost at least twenty wens. If he were to burn the firewood with all his might without considering the cost, it would cost him more than a hundred wens of firewood. It will be finished in two to three days. Unless it is a rich family, who can afford it?"    

    


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