Chapter 499 500 Briquettes
Li Yu didn't respond. She had never felt in her heart how capable and good-sighted she was. She always felt that she was where she was today thanks to her experience in her previous life and the training she received in the army. She would not be able to do it without these. Just an ordinary woman.
Back at Zhuangzi, Xinghua and the others had already planted the sweet potato seedlings and spread plant ashes on them.
After dinner, Chu Fu said to Li Yu: "Mrs. Li, I will go back to Beijing first and find the wealthy businessman to settle the affairs of Zhuangzi for you."
"Okay," Li Yu thought for a while and then warned, "Mr. Chu, if he has already taken action, there is no need to spend any more effort."
After hearing what Li Yu said, Chu Fu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm measured."
Li Yu sent Chu Fu away and went back to put the coals into the stove. He watched the remaining fire in the stove slowly ignite the coals, and the coals glowed with blue flames after they burned.
Although he didn't understand coal, based on the color of the flame when using a gas stove in his previous life, Li Yu felt that this coal should be high-quality coal.
Xinghua looked at Li Yu curiously, "Madam, what did you put into the stove? How could it burn like firewood?"
"I saw that it looked a bit like the charcoal we burn, so I picked it up and tried it. I didn't expect it to actually burn like charcoal."
Li Yu went back to the house and recalled how he drew a coal stove, a briquette mold machine, iron tongs for clamping coal, and a coal stove lid. He went out with the drawings and handed them to Ji Xiang.
Jixiang looked at the thing on the drawing and thought it looked a bit like a red clay stove, but it was much larger than a small red clay stove.
"Madam, what is this and what is it used for?"
"You'll know when it's done," Li Yu pointed to the drawing. "When you return to Kyoto, take this to the brick kiln and ask him to bake several pieces according to the pattern, and tell him to put three iron rods at the bottom. Article, install a round iron cylinder here, and the iron cylinder will be made according to the size I require."
Jixiang saw that Li Yu still had a blueprint in his hand, "How is this done?"
"This needs to be done at the blacksmith shop. You go and set up the car and we'll talk about it when we get back."
Jixiang agreed and left. Li Yu explained to Haitang the precautions for planting sweet potato seedlings. After Haitang was sure to remember, he took the people away from Wangjia'ao.
After returning to Kyoto, Li Yu said to Ji Xiang: "I found a black stone like charcoal in the back mountain. I took it back and tried it. It ignited quickly when I put it in the stove. It should be what my master said. Something called coal.”
Li Yu felt lucky that he had found this master for him, otherwise it would have been difficult to explain these things.
Jixiang thought for a moment, "Coal! Is it the same type of carbon as charcoal?"
Ji Xiang went to find someone to make a coal stove. Li Yu looked at the two children, went out and found a blacksmith shop with a wide variety of goods, and walked in.
The blacksmith was busy hammering and hammering. Xinghua stepped forward and shouted, "Uncle, my wife wants to customize something."
The blacksmith put down the hammer and turned back, "Okay! Little girl, what kind of things does your wife want to customize?"
Li Yu handed the drawing to the blacksmith. The blacksmith looked at it for a while, pointed at it and asked, "Excuse me, madam, are these the iron rods in the iron cylinder and the few small iron rods in the round iron cylinder? Together?"
Li Yu nodded, pointed to the drawing and explained, "This is a fixed handle. The long iron rod and the small iron rod are connected to the disk. The long iron rod needs to have a telescopic function, and the other end is connected to a two-sided A half-inch round iron cylinder. There are twelve half-inch-sized iron rods connected to the round iron cylinder. The twelve iron rods are connected to a disc and can be twitched and pressed out. Can you understand how it is done?"
"I see," the blacksmith pointed to the lid of the coal stove, "What is this thing used for?"
"Seven or eight of these can be made separately. There is a rotatable top for easy adjustment. There are also iron pliers like this, which can be made separately."
The blacksmith nodded and pointed to the briquette mold machine, "I want to figure out how to make this thing. It will be delivered in three days at the latest. Making this thing is relatively wasteful. It costs a total of four taels of silver."
Li Yu nodded, "Okay, I'll give you a deposit first, and I'll have someone pick it up in three days."
After making the decision, Li Yu and Xinghua got in the car and walked back. As soon as they arrived at the door of their house, they saw Chu Fu's carriage coming from the opposite side and stopped at the door.
Chu Fu got out of the car with a lean middle-aged man and smiled at Li Yu: "Mrs. Li, this is Boss Su. He is the one who wants to sell the village."
Boss Su bowed to Li Yu and said, "Common man Su Qiangui pays homage to Mrs. Li."
Li Yu smiled lightly and said, "Boss Su, you are polite."
Li Yu took Chu Fu and Su Qiangui to the front hall. Su Qiangui said: "Mrs. Li, the common people spent nearly six thousand taels of silver when they bought Zhuangzi from the old lady of the Zhou family. This is the land deed. Mrs. Li asked Take it.”
It turned out that he came here to give Zhuangzi to himself. There is nothing free in the world. Li Yu pretended not to understand and smiled and said: "Boss Su, I have heard that Zhuangzi like that is worth more than 8,000 taels of silver. I and I Manager Chu said that I’ll give you the market price, so you don’t have to go out of your way to pay less.”
Su Qiangui turned to look at Chu Fu, "Mr. Chu, look..."
Chu Fu looked at Su Qiangui and said with a smile: "Boss Su, just do what Mrs. Li wants."
Seeing this, Su Qiangui had to stand up and salute the two of them one by one, "Yes, thank you, Mrs. Li, and thank you, Manager Chu."
Seeing that the two families had reached an agreement, Chu Fu said goodbye and left. Li Yu asked Uncle Zhou and Su Qiangui to go to the Yamen to complete the procedures.
Uncle Zhou came back with the land deed and house deed, and said excitedly to Li Yu: "Madam, I grew up here when I was a child. There is a hot spring in Zhuangzi, which is good for people's health. When I was a child, I had weak bones. Mr. Wen said that soaking in the hot spring is good for you. Since you are in good health, the old man found a way to buy this village. Thank you madam! You have bought back the village that the old man bought."
"Uncle Zhou, you are serious, that belongs to my family too!" Li Yu also felt very happy, "Uncle Zhou, go to Zhuangzi and see if there is anything that needs repairing. When the master comes back, give him a surprise!"
"Okay, I'll take a look tomorrow," Uncle Zhou happily agreed.
The next day, Uncle Zhou went to Zhuangzi, and Jixiang went to the blacksmith shop to retrieve the briquette mold machine, as well as the fire tongs and the coal stove lid.
Li Yu picked up the briquette mold machine and played with it a few times before nodding with satisfaction, "Yes, this master's skills are very good."
Jixiang and Little Loach looked at those things strangely.
Ji Xiang fiddled with it a few times, "Madam, what is this for?"
"Go and see if the coal stove is ready. Then go to the back mountain of Wangjia'ao, where I dug the pit, and dig out a load of black stones. Then dig out a few frames of clay and bring them back. You will know then. ”
"That thing is called a coal stove?" Ji Xiang seemed to understand, "Okay, I'll go right away."
"Madam, we want to go with Uncle Xiang."
Li Yu waved his hand, "Go!"
"Thank you, madam." The little loaches also ran away with Jixiang.