leonardwarren Chapter 679 Scarce Resource Brick Kiln Craft!
Chapter 679 Scarce Resource Brick Kiln Craft!
Chen Jigong laughed and said: "Sir, how can we brothers say thank you? Let's go, I will take you to visit the kiln.
"Well, Uncle Chen, let's go see the cave dwellings."
"Okay!!!"
The brick kiln covers an area of about 500 acres.
Inside, a total of nine cave dwellings were built.
Six of them were accommodation for brick kiln craftsmen.
The remaining two are brick-burning furnaces.
In a cave dwelling, Su Ran finally understood why the brick kiln craftsmanship in this world was unique.
It is completely different from the steel and concrete of the previous life.
It turns out that coal in this world is an extremely scarce resource.
If you want to burn reinforced concrete, you must use coal.
Unfortunately, during the Ming Dynasty, only the northern regions were rich in coal.
The northern area of the Ming Dynasty also belonged to the grassland.
There are many cattle and sheep, and the livestock reproduction rate is extremely fast.
There is simply no way to guarantee that every household can have a mule or horse.
Therefore, even the royal family and nobles.
They also had to go into the mountains to cut wood and build houses during the slack period.
To supply servants and servants, these wood.
Most of them use horse dung wood, a specialty of the grassland.
This thing is perfect for making wooden houses.
Even ordinary people live in peace and stability.
However, it is very popular in rural places like Qingzhou.
There was even a business established specifically to sell horse dung wood.
According to Chen Jigong, the number of horses in the Ming Dynasty was relatively abundant.
However, due to the narrow area of cultivated land, the farming efficiency is very low, and the number of horses far exceeds the area of cultivated land.
Therefore, horses are expensive and rarely seen on the market.
This situation made the Ming Dynasty's treasury increasingly nervous.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty issued a law prohibiting anyone who hunted and killed horses.
Everyone can get corresponding rewards to maintain the livelihood of the army and people.
This barely alleviated some of the horse crisis.
Unfortunately, there are so many horses that demand exceeds supply.
Even the government is difficult to satisfy.
Therefore, the imperial court ordered the collection of taxes from various counties to reduce the pressure on horse supply.
During the tax collection period, the mineral resources of the Ming Dynasty will also be strictly blocked.
Once anyone is found to be smuggling mineral deposits or smuggling iron ore and other contraband, the crime will be increased to the next level and his or her family will be confiscated and exterminated.
Back then, the Chen family was one of the families whose classes were copied for making mistakes.
However, that was more than ten years ago.
Nowadays, this Chen's Brick Kiln Factory has already changed owners.
The new factory director Chen Jigong also changed his name.
The Chen family can be regarded as the leading brick and tile workshop in Qingzhou.
He is quite prestigious in Qingzhou. Not only that, even the county government has a close relationship with him.
Therefore, the county government gave him many preferential policies.
Including sending officers and soldiers for free to help them open brick kilns, purchase raw materials for brick kilns, help build walls, build houses... and so on...
Of course, Chen Jigong did not simply hire officers and soldiers.
He has his own industry in Qingzhou.
Moreover, the owner of these industries is actually Su Ran!!!
I have to say that this is a coincidence.
Chen Jigong, Li Zhong and others chose to open brick kilns in Qingzhou.
It was because the conditions (Qian Qian Zhao) here were the worst, the land was the poorest, and the people were tough.
Moreover, it is still on the edge of the wild forest, and there are generally no large beasts.
But I never expected that Su Ran was the prince of Ming Dynasty!
Not only that, in just half a month, Chen Jigong.
He actually became a close friend with Su Ran, and the two became brothers.
Although, Chen Jigong also tentatively inquired about Su Ran's true identity.
Unfortunately, Su Ran didn't want to talk more, so Chen Jigong had to put aside his doubts. .