The Wizard’s Fairy Tale

The location of the open-pit coal mine detected by the magic mirror happened to be on the dirt road leading to Patras.

Three days later.

The location of the open-pit coal mine is full of voices.

More than half of the wild slaves, some village supervisors in the small village of Nisai, and two-thirds of the guards were all recruited by William to dig the ground three feet, digging the dirt road into ravines.

Due to the lack of tools, under the guidance of William's magic mirror, this open-pit coal mine had to be dug into a staircase mode.

Every one meter, there is a staircase with a size of several square meters. There are ten floors of stairs in a ten-meter-deep coal mine, and the coal mine is located under the ten floors of stairs.

A large number of wild slaves were nested there, using crude tools to mine coal mines, packed them in baskets, and then relayed them to the surface layer by layer.

There had been wild slaves waiting there for a long time, and they moved them to the wheelbarrow, and then creaked and pushed the wheelbarrow, and rushed to the small village of Nisai.

In a specially designated open space in the new Nisai village, a group of wild slaves had already been waiting for a long time with sticks in their hands.

Most of these wild slaves are strong and strong people, who act as stone breakers.

As soon as the coal ore was dumped, the wild slaves threw off their arms, waved their sticks, and went to work.

As a reward, they can get an extra bowl of sweet porridge when they eat.

The smashed coal dust was transported near the adobe, where the clay was piled.

Mix according to the ratio of 80% coal powder and 20% clay, add an appropriate amount of water, and keep stirring evenly to form a pile of black slime.

The work in this area is the responsibility of the villagers who make the bricks.

These coal slimes are the materials for making briquettes.

That's right, the tools for heating and boiling water that William wants to make are the briquettes that can be seen everywhere in the countryside when he was a child in his previous life.

Honeycomb ignites quickly, has a high temperature, burns for a long time, is easy to use, simple to make, smokeless and tasteless, and has higher utilization efficiency than pure coal. It is William who came up with the solution to the problem of heating wild slaves and boiling water for villagers.

Coal slime alone is not enough, and a mold for making briquettes is also needed.

William's previous life used a traditional hand-made briquette mold in the countryside, but this mold needs to use iron pipes.

With William's current conditions, this cannot be done or it is very difficult to do this.

So William simply simplified this set of molds.

What was originally made of iron was replaced by wood.

Iron pipe stamping was abandoned, and a piece of wood was directly hollowed out to form a flat plate. Six small wooden pillars were left on the flat plate, and a square of the same size was made and hollowed out up and down.

When making briquettes, put the wooden board and the square together, then put the coal slime on it, turn it over after compacting, and pull out the flat plate to get a square briquette.

The finished briquettes cannot be used immediately, and need to be dried in the sun like brick adobe, which takes about two to three days.

A honeycomb mold cannot meet the growing material and cultural needs of Nisai Village.

The work of the blacksmith was transferred to Charles the carpenter.

Charles opened a carpentry shop in the village, and with a group of dexterous carpenter apprentices, he began to race against time to rush the briquette mold.

The finished molds were immediately sent to the adobe yard and put into this fierce battle.

Within a few days, dense black briquettes occupied half of the adobe field.

It is not enough to have briquettes, but also a stove, a briquette stove.

Traditional briquette stoves are generally cylindrical, because briquettes are made into round shapes.

But William chose to make square briquettes for convenience and quickness.

Therefore, the stove should be changed accordingly, and changed to a square shape.

It is not difficult to make a stove, as long as the raw materials are sufficient.

And as much clay as you want!

Of course, compared with adobe, this stove still needs a little technical content.

Among the savage slaves, William also found a family who used to be potters. Because they were oppressed by officials and couldn't make it through, the whole family had to become savages.

In addition, there were five or six scattered people, all of whom had experience as potters.

William simply transferred the dozen or so people from the hard work of wild slaves and set up a pottery workshop with a man named Borg as the manager, and their first task was to make briquette stoves.

William promised them that if their achievements were outstanding, after spending the winter, they would be pardoned by William, change from slaves to citizens of Dikasland, and get paid for their work.

Naturally, these slave potters burst out with 120,000 passions.

Of course, the work speed of only a dozen people is still a bit slow.

So William selected dozens of young wild slaves from among the wild slaves and sent them to pottery workshops as apprentices.

William also made this promise to them, those who are excellent and have outstanding achievements will receive his special awards after the winter.

Under such encouragement, after five days, William finally saw the first briquette stove he saw in the small village of Nise.

In the earthen house, William, Old John, Charles, Eddie, Old Gretel, Jacques Potter, and Derek John all gathered around the red clay stove.

A pottery pot was placed on top of the red clay stove, and water was placed in the pot, and the water was bubbling at this time.

Inside the red clay stove are three square pieces of briquettes. The orange flames are constantly squirting between the holes, and a wave of heat spreads in all directions. The chill in late autumn is immediately dispelled.

No smoke, no smell, and most importantly, convenience.

There is a handle on each side of the stove, which can be moved at will.

It can be placed close by without worrying about being swallowed by flames.

Old John looked at this red clay stove, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

It was getting colder and colder, and Old John was getting old after all, not as good as a young man.

Living in a leaky thatched earthen house, the autumn wind that blows every night makes his hands and feet feel cold and his whole body stiff.

There is no fireplace in the thatched house, although it is possible to light a fire, but after falling asleep, I dare not light it no matter what, for fear that a spark will ignite the dry thatch, and I will just whine in my nightmare.

Originally, Old John thought that he could only suffer, but the appearance of the red clay stove allowed him to see a better time in the future.

While keeping warm in the cold night, you can also drink a sip of hot water, or cook hot soup overnight.

Is there anything more blissful to enjoy?

He couldn't help reaching out and touching the outer wall of the stove.

hot!

Old John withdrew his hand suddenly, but his face was smiling.

He looked at William and asked happily, "My lord, how long can this thing burn?"

"How long?" William thought for a moment. "About two candles. A piece of briquette—by the way, this thing is called briquette!"

Hearing William's answer, not only Old John, Old Gretel and Charles' eyes glowed.

William looked around them, then smiled, and said his plan, "At present, fifteen red clay stoves have been made in the pottery workshop, and thirty-eight red clay stoves are being calcined in the kiln. Among them. The briquettes have been made into more than 2,000 pieces, and they are all placed in the brick making yard to dry in the sun and can be used at any time.”

"In the near future, the number of red mud stoves and briquettes will definitely increase, enough to meet the needs of everyone in our small village of Nisai."

"So, I'm going to do it."

"Each wilderness slave's hut can get a red clay stove and three briquettes per day. Of course, they only have the right to use the red clay stove, but not ownership. If they destroy it, they will be fined!" William said.

A shack usually housed 10 wildling slaves, and about a hundred red clay stoves were enough to meet the minimum needs.

Old John and the others nodded.

William then continued, "In addition, I will sell the red clay stove in grocery stores, and the price is one franc silver coin."

One franc silver coin can buy a portable fireplace, which is not expensive but too cheap.

Old John opened his mouth to say something, but William preempted him, "Of course, briquettes are not provided for free, three Poole copper coins for one briquette."

One briquette can only support the burning time of two candles. Compared with dry firewood, the price is relatively expensive.

Because dry firewood is close to the big forest, it is rich in resources and almost free.

However, briquettes are smokeless and tasteless, and they are convenient and easy to move. This price is not unacceptable.

About three to four briquettes are enough for a day, which means that you need to pay 10 to 12 Puer copper coins, which is about three franc silver coins a month.

Exchange three franc silver coins for a month's comfort, I believe many villagers will make a choice.

Old Gretel thought to himself.

Others naturally have no opinion.

"In addition, I will also issue an administrative order of the lord. In the future, all drinking water must be boiled in Dikas. Otherwise, once discovered, a penalty of 1 silver coin will be imposed. If it is discovered repeatedly , double the penalty!"

William looked at Jacques Porter and Derek John, representatives of the Nisse hamlet guards, among the group.

This was originally the responsibility of the city management or the police, but there is no way, the small village of Nisai is now in a state of ruin, as long as the military guards are allowed to do this job.

However, the guards have been undergoing intensive training in the face of the possible disaster of the lizardmen, and have no time to manage these trivial matters. This order, that is, has a greater deterrent effect, and the actual execution may be a little bit of a waste of time. form!

But it doesn't matter, what William wants to express is a matter of attitude.

Both Jacques Porter and Derek John nodded solemnly.