Zhu Guoqiang doesn't know how hot the post is, but one thing is certain, the weather is getting warmer day by day. As the weather gets warmer, the area around King Deok's Tomb becomes more lively. At this time, the area around King's Tomb

It is a busy construction site at all. Earlier, tens of thousands of strong men dug a city foundation half a foot deep along the mountains. Then they laid the foundation with manpower and laid several feet of stone as the city foundation. These newly married people

The young men who had not been around for a long time were working extremely hard, not because they were provided with housing, food, and wages on the construction site, but because they were working for the prince. When had the prince ever treated them badly?

When I served as a soldier to defend the city for the prince, I was not only given a reward of silver, but also a reward of land and a wife. Even now, not to mention being housed and fed for a day and being given thirty wages, I can still work for five days.

If you rest for two days, even if you don't work for these two days, you will still get ten cents in vain.

Working for such a kind-hearted prince, who would not work harder and harder? Not only did he not feel tired, he was even afraid that if he did not work enough, he would be sorry for him.

There is no way anyone can make the prince be kind.

Everyone has a scale in their heart that can tell good or bad. At least for these ordinary people, they always know how to repay kindness in their own way.

However, today the busy construction site suddenly became much quieter. Although people were still pounding the city wall with ramming boards and ramming soil, work was stopped near the city gate. The craftsmen who used to work quickly were sitting idle in the city.

Near the door, there was chatting without saying a word. Occasionally, everyone would cast their eyes into the distance, as if they were waiting for something.

No more bricks!

A clever woman can't make a meal out of rice. If there are no bricks and stones, it will be natural to build the city wall again.

The sudden news made Zhu Guoqiang stunned and said in surprise.

"How could this happen? Isn't there a brick kiln nearby?"

The invasion of the Qing army destroyed almost all the villages within a hundred miles of Fangyuan, but the brick kilns in eight villages and ten miles of Fangyuan remained intact, and there were still a large number of dried bricks and tiles in the brick kilns. The bricks only needed to be fired to build the city.

"My dearest son, it's not that we don't have bricks, it's that we don't have the brick-making Weizi."

Li Shiji clasped his waist and said,

"Burning bricks either relies on firewood or reeds. When the slaves invaded, they burned a lot of reed swamps, so the reeds were naturally enough. The mountains here in Jinan were also lush and full of big trees.

, but then the population increased day by day, and the trees on the mountain had been used for hundreds of years. Not to mention the beams for building houses, there was not much firewood to collect for woodworking. In the past, brick kilns burned reeds on one side, and woodcutters collected them from the mountain on the other.

The woodcutter came here, but now there is no human habitation in this square garden for hundreds of miles, so when the reeds on the kiln are burned out, naturally there is no more firewood to burn bricks..."

As an official in the palace, Li Shiji was born in the Ministry of Industry and specialized in repairing the palaces. But he was no stranger to city building, and he also handled the protective wall of the royal tomb by himself. However, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without bricks.

Without firewood, there was nothing he could do.

Well……

No firewood to burn bricks?

"Then why not use coal to burn bricks?"

Use coal?

Li Shiji looked at the Crown Prince in confusion, his eyes full of doubts!

“Can coal make bricks?”

Li Shiji's rhetorical question made Zhu Guoqiang stunned. When he was in Jinan, he learned from Song Xue Zhu's report that the fuel in Jinan City included coal, and it weighed millions of kilograms.

“Since coal can make iron and cook, why can’t it burn bricks?”

While asking this question, Zhu Guoqiang suddenly remembered the fortune-making process of Liu Hongsheng in another world in the 1920s. At that time, Liu Hongsheng, the agent of Kaiping Coal, discovered that there were many kilns around Shanghai, and those kilns originally used firewood as fuel, so he asked

The kiln-burning factory promoted coal, but many people did not believe him at the time. In order to make people trust him, Liu Hongsheng began to conduct on-site experiments. Liu Hongsheng persuaded a lime kiln owner to modify the grate and try to burn flat coal. If the coal test was successful, the coal would be fired.

The things owned by the kiln owner belong to the kiln owner. If it fails, Liu Hongsheng will bear the loss. After experiments, the kiln owners found that the cost of using Kaiping coal is significantly lower than the cost of using firewood. This eventually led to a large number of kiln owners to start using Kaiping coal. The coal market instantly

was opened, and with the support of good performance, Liu Hongsheng was promoted to comprador by Kaiping Mineral Company in one fell swoop, thus becoming the "coal king".

In the 1920s, firewood was still used in Shanghai kilns. As for this era...

"There's not enough firewood, so let's try burning with coal!"

But when Li Shiji conveyed the prince's instructions to the brick kiln manager, Old Dingtou, he waved his hands and said.

"Li Gongzheng, Prince, the coal fire is too poisonous and burns too hard. If it burns the Supreme Master, there will be disasters and the brick kiln will collapse! Coal must not be used in this kiln!"

"Is it burned, Taishang Laojun?"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty,"

Old Dingtou, who was bowing his body, was so frightened that he didn't dare to express his anger when he saw the prince, as if the prince in front of him was not the prince, but a god. Yes, the prince himself was a god.

"Sir, Your Majesty, this coal is fire-poisonous. If it burns the Supreme Lord, then...it will be possible to burn the stove for cooking, but if it is used to burn the kiln, it will easily collapse the kiln..."

What is burning Taishang Laojun!

Thinking that Liu Hongsheng had also modified the kiln when he was promoting coal, Zhu Guoqiang said directly.

"Oh, if that's the case, then I'm going to try it. How can I burn it with coal? It's too good for me!"

"Your Majesty?"

Just when he was about to persuade him, Old Dingtou remembered that the prince in front of him was Lord Huode, so what could he be afraid of?

Is it possible that True Lord Huode wants to fight against Taishang Laojun?

My God, this is a battle of gods!

Old Dingtou couldn't help but feel his heart tremble for no reason. While feeling grateful and fearful, there was also a burst of curiosity deep in his heart.

Not to mention craftsmen like Lao Dingtou, even Gong Zhengzheng, a dignified eighth-rank official in the palace like Li Shiji, had the same thought in his mind when he heard the prince's words.

"My dear, the prince is going to fight with the gods!"

"Shi, Shizi, do you really want to try?"

Li Shiji asked nervously.

"Try? Why not try?"

Zhu Guoqiang asked with a smile. How would you know if it doesn't work if you don't try?

Science itself requires experimentation, so there is nothing to hesitate about.

"Do you really want to try?"
Chapter completed!