"So, if we process a piece of wood into countless small wooden sticks, and then we stick this thing that you call a flame on the head of the stick, and then supplemented with rubbing the skin, can we combine it into a very convenient ignition tool?" Jiang Feng worked tirelessly.

Deng Guinian is not a kind of conservative figure who is not as good as a person. He is also quite flexible in being able to become a figure in the Daliang Daozang Courtyard. He knows the elegant meaning when he hears the strings and songs. He knows that during this period, this county magistrate was extremely keen on developing some new products. For this reason, he also specifically guided a series of guiding opinions and ideas in the Daozang Courtyard (the Daozang Courtyard in the Hanzhou Daozang Courtyard has been officially renamed Huaiyou Wuning Daozang Courtyard), which has also caused a lot of controversy in the Daozang Courtyard.

However, Deng Guinian is very clear about his family affairs.

The Daocangle Academy has invested a huge amount of money in the past two years, and this was achieved with the strong support of Jiang Feng. Especially after the merger with the Caiguan Office, it means that almost all the needs of the Daocangle Academy are met by the great hat of military needs.

Even though Huaiyou (Wunning) had some accumulation in Shouzhou, it caught up with a good opportunity such as a severe drought in the north that brought high grain prices, the continuous military operations basically spent all the accumulation of Huaiyou.

Although it has achieved great success, Xu and Si prefectures have even added Yan, Yun and Yi prefectures, the situation in these five prefectures is not optimistic, and it cannot be compared with places like Shouzhou and Luzhou that have basically not been damaged by war in a short period of time.

Jiang Feng’s reliance is basically based on the loans of Hu merchants, but the loans of these Hu merchants are not without mortgages. In addition to taxes, it is more of Jiang Feng’s reputation. Therefore, if Jiang Feng wants to maintain his own reputation, he must give Hu merchants a convincing proof.

"Monday, this flame is also an unintentional work. But later everyone thought that this thing might be useful for him, and it was not expensive, so they took it out. Today, when the county lord said, Gui Nian also felt that it was meaningful." Deng Gui Nian stroked his beard under his jaw and said with a smile: "Now, people are almost always angry with flint and turtle. There are also candles on the streets, but this candle is soaked in sulfur. It is not only toxic to the body, but also very flammable and difficult to control, so it was basically eliminated. However, if it is made according to the county lord, although this flame catches fire by friction, there are also choices for friction skin. As long as the flame is isolated from the skin, it is not easy to catch fire."

"Well, Guinian, do you think this thing is considered a good business?" Jiang Feng was not sure whether this thing has commercial value. In fact, this thing is somewhat similar to the safety matches in later generations, but when the commodity society was not yet popular, it is hard to say how large the market capacity was.

"Monday, the cost of this thing is very low. If it is made on a large scale, it will probably be quite profitable."

Deng Guinian could only comfort Jiang Feng in this way. The county magistrate ran to the Tao Tibetan Materials Office every few days during this period, and anxiously urged the construction and experiment of the new charcoal and improved iron smelting furnace in Liguo. It was estimated that it was also forced by the Hu merchants.

"Well, that's all." Jiang Feng was also thinking that if the charcoal refining furnace and iron smelting furnace could not be shown a decent look before the agreed time limit, his golden signboard of Pengcheng County Duke would be in danger. If it really didn't work, he could only take out the match and fool the Hu merchants. I hope they could accept it.

"Don't worry, the improvement of charcoal smelting furnaces and iron smelting furnaces has progressed a little slower in the early stage, but after several guidance from the county smelting, the progress has been very smooth in the near future."

Deng Guinian knew what Jiang Feng valued the most, so he mentioned the important matter.

"The charcoal refining furnace has begun trial production, and several furnaces of 'hotcharcoal' have been released. As everyone's experience becomes more and more abundant, the efficiency of the furnace is getting higher and higher. According to your requirements, a group of apprentices with pure character are specially recruited to operate it. Now it depends on whether these 'hotcharcoal' can achieve the best results after the iron smelting furnace is built as the county government said."

The charcoal was obtained by coal through closed heating, and in fact it was the coke of later generations. However, it was named charcoal in Daocangyuan, and Jiang Feng was too lazy to correct it.

He briefly guided the people in the Taoist Zangcai Official Academy and hand-drawn a rough figure. However, Jiang Feng himself did not know the specific details. After all, he was a typical liberal arts dog. When he was studying history, he knew the history of the emergence of the local coking method, so he was just doing it now.

It has to be admitted that after the merger of Daocang Office and Caiguan Office, some changes have occurred, and some talents who are skilled in design and management have become bridges to open up the two companies.

In Jiang Feng's view, these guys are probably similar to the role of engineers in later generations. They can combine some principles of calligraphy or science, and then design and plan according to needs to create some unexpected things.

I simply made a request to them and then gave them an extremely crude figure. Unexpectedly, in a month, three or five coke ovens of different shapes were built. As for the effect, they could only survive the fittest.

However, Jiang Feng spent some more effort on the issue of iron smelting furnace.

After all, the scale of the iron smelting furnace and steelmaking furnace is too large, which is what Jiang Feng asked. Hu merchants are willing to give themselves real money and silver. It is not possible not to give them any shocking things. Therefore, the principles such as refractory bricks, heat storage chambers, induced fans and hydraulic blowers must be well-guided, and then there must be special cooling water towers and casting tanks, which is a basic steel blast furnace process.

Since the scale of the iron-making furnace and steel-making furnace is really large, Jiang Feng even had to remove some of the newly formed Xuzhou garrisons to participate in the construction. In order to best utilize hydraulic blowing, this furnace was built on the edge of Sishui and was convenient for transportation in the future.

It seems that the production of charcoal is relatively smooth. Now it depends on whether coke can successfully smel iron ore into steel.

However, during this period, Jiang Feng also found that there were indeed many talents in this era, especially these guys with considerable thinking concepts who have strong ability to understand the same things, and they are very ashamed to ask questions, and they are also very capable of using them.

As long as you guide yourself, these guys will be like a glutton that smells the fragrance and will continue to ask questions, and they will have to put all the things they know or even make a fool of themselves before they can stop.

Just like the refractory brick, after a little mention of it, these guys took the initiative to combine the components of the refractory bricks. Not only did they experiment, they quickly came up with the best combination, and they couldn't even figure out the main ingredients themselves.

"Well, I'm looking forward to it too. When the stove is built, I will definitely let you see the power of science well." Jiang Feng couldn't help but wipe his mouth and smiled.

"Monkey Duke, I don't know what this science is. Gui Nian, but I know that although it is a plan proposed by the County Duke, our magic lineage played a big role in it. The talent official is also very troublesome. As for the so-called science, it is just a county Duke." Deng Gui Nian retorted with some dissatisfaction.

"Haha, Gui Nian, I don't want this false name. I also know that your Taoist Tibetan Materials Official Academy has a lot of trouble. As long as there is output, I will not treat the Taoist Tibetan Materials Official Academy unfairly. As for the same sentence, what does the Taoist Tibetan Materials Official Academy need? It will definitely be the first priority to guarantee." Jiang Feng said happily: "In addition, if new things can be profitable, there must be a member of the Taoist Tibetan Materials Official Academy."

Deng Guinian then laughed. He was not the kind of person who wanted to be famous, but there were hundreds of people in the Tibetan Materials Office in the Dao Dao, and its scale was still expanding. If it were only supported by the Jiedushi Mansion, but his family had no profit, it would be difficult to say. What Jiang Feng revealed today seems to have to open an opening for the Tibetan Materials Office in the future. This is of course a great news.

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The sunset gradually set, and the woman sat on the brocade stool in the small pavilion in the garden, feeling the faint warmth.

It was already late autumn, and the weather was getting colder. I don’t know if there was a reason for the evil in my belly. The woman felt that she was also a little afraid of the chill.

Putting on the cloak on the outer cover, the woman was worried, but she didn't know what to do. Looking at her belly, which was gradually showing her feelings and could not even hide her at all, the woman became a little confused for a moment.

This is an uncoverable scandal.

After returning home for a few months, the Yang family in Luzhou did not react at all, and even sent a divorce letter later, which was enough to explain everything.

Zhou Rui hid at home and didn't dare to go out for a moment. She didn't know if the gossip outside would swallow her up.

With some difficulty, Zhou Rui walked out of the pavilion with the help of his maid and slowly returned to the room.

"Miss, Miss!"

"What's wrong, Qingying?" Zhou Rui held his waist tiredly and asked in a voice.

"The master and the husband are discussing the matter. I heard that it is related to the county magistrate." The personal maid Qingying ran in excitedly.

"Ah?" Zhou Rui was shocked and his body shook, "Did father and the others decide?"

In fact, after Jiang Feng was granted the title of Duke of Pengcheng County and served as the governor of Huaiyou and Wuning, the Zhou family had already made a clear decision. The piece of meat in his daughter's belly became a rare item. The only uncertain thing about whether the girl's belly was a man or a woman. If she was a boy, it would be of extraordinary significance.
Chapter completed!