bullyxtreme Chapter 284 The secret was revealed?
Chapter 284 The secret was revealed?
"Awesome!" Su Jixiang couldn't help but give Wei Ling a thumbs up!
"They designed it all." Wei Ling said with a smile, "When I saw Beiyuan, they had already built it. It's not my credit. I think they were also scared by the previous incident at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and they always thought that it would be better to have more ways out!"
That's true!
Su Jixiang nodded, it is always better to prepare for a rainy day.
After entering the cave, Wei Ling lit all the torches on the wall.
The cave has also been renovated. There is a pile of black stones on the platform on one side, a lot of saltpeter on the other side, a pile of iron ore, and finally a pile of unknown stones.
"It's really coal!" Su Jixiang said to Wei Ling with a smile after carefully examining the so-called black stones. "You've made a fortune! Although you don't have iron mines, you have coal mines!"
"There are a lot of these things in my mountain. Is it really a good thing? We burned them before and the smell was terrible!" Wei Ling said, "It can choke people to death. Some people in the mountains here are poor and can't afford firewood or charcoal in winter, so they go to the mountains to pick up these stones and burn them to keep warm. Every winter, people die from burning these stones. So many families won't burn this thing unless they have no other choice."
"The strange smell is because there are many impurities in it. It also contains sulfur and other minerals." Su Jixiang smiled, "It's not that the coal itself has a strange smell when it burns. People die because of poor ventilation during burning, and carbon monoxide or sulfide poisoning! If you use the stove I drew to burn it, it will be fine. The bad gases produced by the combustion will be discharged to the outside through the chimney."
"This saltpeter was also found according to your instructions. The two monks before were really good at making these things, but they consumed a little too much chicken manure." Wei Ling said with a smile.
"Great! They can also make gunpowder and something like that!" Su Jixiang looked at the white saltpeter, covered his lips and asked with a smile.
"Yes, they also know how to make black powder!" Wei Ling said, "I never thought that Taoist priests knew these things before."
"Then you really underestimated the Taoist priests." Su Jixiang said, "Although their research on heaven and earth is for the purpose of cultivating and becoming immortals as soon as possible, they have also tinkered with a lot of things."
"What do you want these saltpeter for?" Wei Ling asked puzzledly.
"Make ice!" Su Jixiang said with a smile, "In the hot summer, just use saltpeter to make ice. Don't you want to eat a bowl of iced lotus seed soup in the scorching sun? It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, just thinking about it makes me happy. Of course, saltpeter has other uses as well."
"In the past, the wealthy families in Mangcheng would collect ice from the frozen river in winter and store it in their own ice cellars for use in the summer of the following year. However, the ice melts very quickly in the summer, and only a few wealthy families can afford it." Wei Ling said, "If you can make ice in the summer, you will really make a lot of money!"
"Look, even you agree with my idea. Let's do it!" Su Jixiang rubbed his hands.
"You can do whatever you want. Just go ahead and do it. The worst that can happen is you mess up, but I'll still cover for you!" Wei Ling said with a smile.
"Okay, I believe what you say. You must make good use of those two Taoists. They have other uses!" Su Jixiang reminded.
"Don't worry, I've been keeping an eye on the talents selected from the previous competitions!" Wei Ling nodded.
"Are these iron ores?" Su Jixiang asked, pointing to the third pile of ore.
"Indeed. It's iron ore." Wei Ling said.
"Wasn't the iron mine in Mangcheng going to be handed over to the imperial envoy for management?" Su Jixiang asked curiously, "Did you save these in the past?"
"There is more than one iron mine under Mangcheng." Wei Ling laughed, "I have been mining in the mine for several years, and I know the direction of the underground veins in Mangcheng. Cui Yushan can only take over that small piece, as for other places, he knows nothing! I can mine wherever I want. Besides, these ores are produced underground here, who can he control me?"
Su Jixiang was stunned after hearing this, but then he quickly understood what Wei Ling meant.
The iron mine in Mangcheng is very long and winding underground. It is true that Cui Yushan can dig there, but Wei Ling can also dig a hole on the top of his own mountain and dig down!
"But mining requires a lot of people," Su Jixiang reminded.
"Don't worry, I have someone!" Wei Ling said with a smile. "You don't have to worry about that!"
"With coal and iron ore, you can build a real blast furnace." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "You can make steel directly. With coal mines, we can also make glass!"
"Glass?" Wei Ling asked puzzledly.
"It's a kind of crystal-like substance that's fired. It's very transparent and you can clearly see the scene on the opposite side." Su Jixiang explained.
"I know. The glass you are talking about is colored glaze, right? There was a record in the "Book of Northern History: Biography of Dayuezhi" that during the reign of Emperor Taiwu, the people of that country traded in the capital, claiming that they could cast stones into colored glaze of five colors. So they mined in the mountains and cast them in the capital. When they were finished, the light and colors reflected each other. Everyone who saw it was astonished! They thought it was made by gods!" said Wei Ling.
Su Jixiang's mouth twitched slightly after hearing this...
Is there such a record in the Northern History? Well, she really didn't know.
"Then why didn't this skill pass down?" Su Jixiang asked curiously.
According to Wei Ling's description, it should be glass made by traditional methods. It is not surprising that they call it colored glaze here.
"Don't you know why?" Wei Ling looked at Su Jixiang with a half-smile, "Didn't the concubines in the palace who asked you to do these strange tricks tell you?"
Su Jixiang's heart suddenly tightened!
This guy is a little too smart!
Lying in front of him is undoubtedly like showing off one's sword in front of Guan Gong!
The reason why he asked this was because he had noticed something! So she was exposed!
Wei Ling took in Su Jixiang's somewhat nervous look and knew that everything this little girl had said before, that the concubines in the palace had taught her, was false!
However, since Su Jixiang was unwilling to mention where she learned it, he did not force her. There was absolutely no need for him to know these things.
As long as Su Jixiang was by his side, it was enough. As for where Su Jixiang came from and where he learned these strange things, Wei Ling didn't care much.
Wei Ling raised his hand and gently smoothed the strands of hair on Su Jixiang's forehead. "It's normal that your master didn't tell you, so I told you. Because the things that man forged were too novel, like a miracle, so he didn't live long. Later he was killed. But even if he was killed, the person who killed him didn't know how those transparent colored glazes were made."