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    Coke is finally made from bituminous coal through drying, pyrolysis, melting, bonding, solidification, shrinkage and other stages. It has the characteristics of firmness, low impurity, low ash, and high combustion value.  necessity.

    Qujing is adjacent to Liupanshui, the current Jiangnan coal capital, and Pingyi County is also very rich in coal resources. Many coal beds are relatively easy to mine, and the coal is of good quality and low in sulfur content, making it a top-grade coking iron.

    After the Pingxi Prince's Mansion came forward to get a batch of high-quality coal from Pingyi, Fatty Lu personally guided the craftsmen to build two coking brick kilns by the local method on the banks of the Niulan River under Nule Peak, and the cleaned and removed coal  Put it into an open-air kiln, ignite it from the side wall, let the heat generated by the coal itself burn to heat the coal, pyrolyze it and melt it, and bond it into coke.  Coke of exceptional quality.

    Of course, this kind of local method of coking is very polluting, and choking black smoke is emitted all the time during the combustion period, and the waste of coal is huge, the amount of coke produced is small, and the work efficiency is low.  However, due to the current technical conditions and the urgency of the situation, Fatty Lu couldn't care less.

    When the local coking kiln was expanded to ten, the first batch of high-quality wrought iron and a small amount of fried steel made from coke were also released.

    When the local coking kiln was expanded to twenty, the first batch of caustic soda was mass-produced successfully.  For craftsmen, this kind of white caustic soda is a troublesome thing. If you get it on your body carelessly, it will burn your skin, and you have to wash it with vinegar water quickly; but for the wolf-hearted Fatty Lu, this thing is extremely rare.  The good stuff - soaking cotton in the solution of this thing can degrease the cotton, and then soaking the absorbent cotton in nitric acid will become the notorious nitrocellulose explosive.

    If the nitrocellulose is melted in nitroglycerin at a ratio of one to nine, it will become an even more notorious fried glue.  If Fatty Lu had a more vicious heart, and added some camphor to the fried gum and nitroglycerin, it would be an even more notorious smokeless gunpowder.  ¡ª¡ªBut these two things consume too much precious and dangerous nitroglycerin, so Fatty Lu only made a small number of samples, and gave up his plan to manufacture a large number of them, focusing on Sanhao brand gunpowder and Sanhao brand nitrocellulose  development and application.

    In addition, caustic soda is added to the flowering shell, and it becomes a simple chemical bomb, which emits poisonous gas when it explodes and burns.

    When the local coking kiln was expanded to 30, the same notorious thunder mercury, also known as mercury nitrate, was successfully trial-produced, and the world's first detonator was made, which successfully detonated the nitroglycerin that can only be used in the past.  Miyoshi brand gunpowder and Miyoshi brand nitrocellulose can only be detonated.  Five days later, Wu Sangui's absolute confidant, Wu Guogui, was transferred to the Nule Peak camp in Qujing, and the Youzhen garrison of the Pingxi Palace was also readjusted under Wu Sangui's order, adding 2,000 troops to guard the Nule Peak camp, so as to prevent them from defending the Nule Peak construction site.  It is difficult for a fly to fly to Nule Peak.

    When the indigenous coking kiln was expanded to fifty, it was still notorious. Gan Wenkun, the die-hard traitor and the new governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, arrived in Guizhou. Before the huge entourage arrived in Guiyang, where the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou was located, Governor Gan¡¯s urgent official document had already arrived.  It was sent to Qujing, and it was sent to Fatty Lu, the magistrate of Qujing County, and asked Fatty Lu to arrive in Guiyang within five days to attend the inauguration ceremony of Governor Gan.

    "Rush to Guiyang before June 18 to attend his inauguration ceremony?" Sitting on the grass in the Nule Peak Workshop, looking through the official documents sent by Gan Wenkun with his face covered in dust, Lu Fatty black  The chubby face that had lost a lot of weight showed some serious expressions, and asked Chen Dou and Zhu Fangdan who had transferred the official document: "How is the magistrate's yamen? Has Zhang Gaomo received such an official document?"

    "No." Chen Dou and Zhu Fangdan shook their heads together, and Zhu Fangdan said happily, "Boss, this is a good thing. The new governor named you to participate in his inauguration ceremony, which proves that the new governor attaches great importance to you.  In Guizhou, no one dares to provoke you."

    "I don't want such a good thing." Fatty Lu shook his head and said with a solemn face: "For me, the more low-key the better, the less people notice me, the more time I have to do other things.  It's a big deal, and now the new governor is targeting me before he officially takes office, which is not a good sign."

    "Boss, this is something that can't be helped or avoided." Zhu Fangdan said with a wry smile: "The combined annual tax in Yunnan and Guizhou is only about 300,000 taels of silver. Less than a year after you took office in Qujing, a single county in Qujing County is  You earned more than 300,000 taels of silver, no matter which governor or governor comes to Yungui to take up his post, he wouldn't dare not look at you high?"

    "Where a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it." Chen Huan?Maybe I asked Governor Gan to reuse and trust me in advance, so why did Governor Gan still test me?  Could it be that Governor Gan doesn't even believe the words of the emperor?  "

    "Because in the court, there are many people who believe in you, and some people doubt you." Chen Dou said slowly: "For example, the famous Kong Sizhen Sigege, according to General Jin Wu, she has always been suspicious of you, Lord Lu,  I have always planned to get rid of you, my lord, and then hurry up, but now Si Gege is in the capital, and he is highly valued by the emperor-Governor Gan is going south to Yunnan and Guizhou to take office, wouldn't Si Gege blow the pillow wind in his ears, so that Gan  Is the Governor careful about you?"

    "It makes sense. One ear hears all the good things about me, and the other ear hears all the bad things about me, so the governor can't help but be cautious and take a tentative attitude towards me." Fatty Lu was satisfied  Nodding¡ªalthough Chen Dou's analysis was a bit slower, it was almost the same as Fatty Lu's own analysis.

    After nodding, Fatty Lu asked curiously again: "However, Master Chen, there is one thing that I am very surprised - as far as this junior knows, you have been serving as a food and rice secretary in the army of Xia Guoxiang General Xia before.  It has not been reused. You came to Qujing to be my deputy this time. Why did General Jinwu tell you so many secrets? As the eldest son-in-law and number one think tank of the prince, General Jinwu doesn¡¯t even have such a small city that keeps secrets, right?  ?¡±

    Chen Dou was silent, and after a while he said: "I guess, it should be the prince who asked him to tell me."

    "Then why did the prince let you know so many things?" Fatty Lu asked again.

    Chen Dou was silent for a longer time this time, and it took a long time before he turned his face and asked, "How do I know what the prince thinks? Maybe the prince took the wrong medicine."

    "Is that true?" Fatty Lu laughed.

    Chen Dou didn't answer, but just changed the subject and said, "Lord Lu, I've finished my words. If there's nothing else, I'll leave. I wish you a smooth journey in advance, and I won't see you off tomorrow."  .¡±

    "Master Chen, don't be in a hurry." Fatty Lu stopped Chen Dou, and said: "Master Chen, since you have analyzed the reason why Governor Gan asked me to go to Guiyang, then tell me, how should I deal with us?  The new governor? How can I convince him that I am loyal to the court? How can I make him feel at ease with me, so that I won¡¯t be in a hurry to move the governor¡¯s office and come to Qujing to personally watch over the prince?¡±

    "Lord Lu, those two-sided methods you used before can of course be used again." Chen Dou spoke very bluntly, and then said: "However, I think that instead of going around with our new governor, it is better to use it."  A more direct method will immediately establish the impression of you as a loyal minister in Governor Gan's mind."

    "Oh, what method?" Fatty Lu asked curiously.

    "Take it back!" Chen Dou replied very simply, "Since Mr. Lu, you want to play the role of a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, then you simply stand on the position of a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty and take a skeptical attitude towards our new governor, questioning whether he is in harmony with the prince.  Collusion, disloyalty to the court? You can even sue the emperor for a few tricks, accusing Governor Gan of colluding with the prince and betraying the Qing emperor and the Qing court! In this way, even if the emperor and Governor Gan don¡¯t think you are  Even a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty will die!"

    "Wonderful! Absolutely!" Fatty Lu's eyes lit up¡ªbefore this, Fatty Lu really didn't expect to beat him up!  At the same time, this trick is more direct and effective than the various tricks that Fatty Lu had conceived before!

    Overwhelmed with surprise, Fatty Lu couldn't help laughing and said, "It's Mr. Chen's cleverness. This trick is really wonderful¡ªif you want to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, you must first suspect that everyone else is a traitorous minister of the Qing Dynasty! Haha, Mr. Chen, in the future  This junior really doesn't dare to offend you, otherwise, if you use these tricks at will, the subordinate officials will be overwhelmed and go away."

    Chen Dou didn't laugh with Fatty Lu, instead his expression was even more gloomy. Fatty Lu also said that his joke was too much, and quickly apologized: "Master Chen, this junior just made a harmless little joke, you must not  care."

    "This joke is not funny at all." Chen Dou's voice was unusually cold, "Also, I also learned this trick from others, not by myself."

    After finishing speaking, Chen Dou turned around and left, leaving Fatty Lu's study without looking back, leaving Fatty Lu in the study with a confused head, "Who is this Chen Dou? Why can't he stand up to jokes?  Also, who did he learn this trick from others?" (To be continued, if you want to know what happened next, please visit www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!  )(Remember this website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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