Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty Chapter 1036: Eating hot pot for the whole family! (2 in 1)

The black and heavy briquettes were placed in the raging charcoal fire. The originally very warm charcoal basin became less warm after being blocked by a part of the sparks!

"Xuan'er, there is no shortage of charcoal in our house. Why did you come here with so many briquettes? This thing is hard to burn!"

Li Jingmo frowned.

Although the briquettes picked up by Li Zexuan have different shapes, coal is coal. In Li Jingmo's view, no matter what shape it is, there will be no charcoal to burn.

Li Zexuan smiled and said: "Father, it's true that our family can afford charcoal, but most of the people can't afford it! Your son is accumulating good deeds! Besides, this briquettes is not just for fire. , Look okay!"

Seeing that his son was going to be stubborn to the end, Li Jingmo shook his head and stopped discouraging him.

It was Mrs. Li's heart that was so careful, she asked softly: "Xuan'er, your briquettes and stoves are designed for the poor? If that's the case, my mother will support you! I don't know how much Chang'an City will freeze to death every year. People, you are a worthy thing!"

Women generally believe in cause and effect. Besides, since Li Zexuan was rescued by the real person Lingxu, Mrs. Li has become a loyal Taoist believer. At the end of the month, she will go to Xuanduguan to pray for the safety of her family!

"Xiao Xuan, grandmother also supports you! As the saying goes, there are three good things in one day, and blessings will come in three years; there are three evils in one day, and disasters will come in three years! The Li family is now the home of great wealth and nobles. Only by accumulating more virtues and doing good, can wealth and honor last!"

Lady Ye patted Li Zexuan on the arm and smiled kindly.

The four generations of the Ye family have practiced Taoism, and many Taoist teachings have been engraved in her heart under the influence of the old lady Ye. She believes in causal cycles more than Mrs. Li!

"Oh! Thank you mother! Thank you grandmother!"

Li Zexuan smiled.

He doesn't really care about the cycle of cause and effect and the rewards of good. He does good deeds just for peace of mind!

Gradually after a while, the blue-yellow charcoal flame sprang out along the coal hole, and the inner wall of the coal hole was also burning red. Li Zexuan exclaimed with a slightly excited expression: "Alright!"

Then he picked up the briquettes in the charcoal basin with tongs and carefully put them into the coal stove. Then he piled another briquettes on top of the briquettes, and the positions of the coal holes between the two briquettes just overlap.

After everything was over, he looked at Li Jingmo and said with a smile: "Father, how is it? This briquettes does not burn much slower than charcoal, right?"

Li Jingmo didn't say anything, Ye Guozhong stared at a few honeycomb briquettes scattered on the ground in surprise, and exclaimed: "It's amazing! This seemingly useless piece of coal is so easy for you to handle it by Xiaoxuan. Burn it! This is really a way to turn stones into gold!"

The price of charcoal in the Tang Dynasty was not cheap at all, especially in the early Tang Dynasty. There is a record in the "Old Tang Book" that "the volunteers are tens of thousands, and they are in the capital. The salaries are expensive but the cloths are cheap." It is said that in the early Tang Dynasty, due to the initial establishment of the country, all the volunteers from various places were concentrated in the capital. The situation of rising prices of firewood.

Although the price of goods was cheap during the Zhenguan period, the price of charcoal was basically maintained at about 700 or 800 yuan per stone (100 catties). The price of good smokeless willow charcoal is more expensive!

Don't think that a pound of charcoal for seven or eight cents does not seem expensive, but this is a consumable item! How long can a pound of charcoal burn?

For wealthy people like the Li family, they don't care about the charcoal money, but for the people, burning charcoal is equivalent to burning money! How many can afford it?

Tao Tang, a Taoist poet in the late Tang Dynasty, described the kitchen in the fairyland in his "Ninety-eight Poems on the Little Traveling Fairy": "The kitchen maid cooks anything, and the stove is full of smokeless jade charcoal red."

In the eyes of Cao Tang, cooking with charcoal is just a wonderful fantasy in a fairyland. This poem just proves the reality of charcoal use at that time, that is, for ordinary people, how difficult it is to use charcoal for cooking Things done.

In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, the consumers of charcoal were mainly the upper class. Charcoal was provided in the salaries of the relatives of the imperial family and the first to fifth grade Beijing officials. During the Tianbao reign, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty even set up positions such as the treasurer in the court to be responsible for related firewood affairs, and in the court, he also set up a charcoal envoy to take charge of related affairs.

Based on this, Ye Guozhong said that the briquettes made by Li Zexuan are a way to turn stones into gold! After all, those coals were hard to burn in the past. How different from rocks? But now with Li Zexuan doing this, it is completely turning waste into treasure and turning stones into gold! Behind this briquette is some great wealth!

"What makes stone become gold? This is obviously an infinite merit! Xiaoxuan, this briquettes should be cheaper than charcoal, right?"

Lady Ye slapped Ye Guozhong on the arm, then looked at Li Zexuan and asked.

Li Zexuan smiled and nodded: "Of course it's cheap, and it's a lot cheaper! Grandma, even if this briquettes is only sold for a penny, the grandson will not suffer!"

He is now a real "mining at home" type local tyrant. For him, briquette only needs to consider manpower and transportation costs. If it is spread evenly on each briquette, the cost is pitifully low! For a penny, he really can't afford to lose!

"Yo~! One penny? That's really cheap~!"

Mrs. Ye also has eyesight. From her visual inspection, she felt that a briquettes was worth less than a catty. The price of less than a penny per catty is not too cheap compared to charcoal!

"Ah! Brother! The briquettes on top are also burning! It's so warm~!"

Lan'er stared at the coal stove for a long time, then suddenly shouted, her little hand was touching the outer wall of the coal stove to keep warm, and her little face was full of excitement!

Li Zexuan took a look, then picked up a piece of briquettes from the ground and sent it into the coal stove. At the end, he said: "This stove generally needs to put three briquettes at the same time, so that the heat in it can reach the mouth of the furnace. ! Now the two briquettes below are already burning, the one above will burn faster! Xiaohe, go to the kitchen and help me get a copper pot and fill it with water by the way~!"

".....Yes, master~!"

Xiaohe responded and quickly opened the door and went out.

Ye Fashan guessed Li Zexuan's intentions and asked: "Cousin, is this to boil water on this stove~?"

"Hmm! That's right! In addition to being used for heating, the biggest use of this briquette is to boil water and cook rice! And its advantage in this respect is that charcoal can't replace it~!"

Li Zexuan responded with a smile.

After a while, Xiao He returned with a copper kettle.

The kettles of this era are made of pottery and copper, but their appearance is still very different from modern kettles. Li Zexuan is too lazy to care about these things now, as long as he can use it to boil water.

Put the copper kettle on the mouth of the coal stove and open the lid of the coal stove's vent. After a while, the fire became more vigorous.

In half a quarter of an hour, there was a "creak" sound from the kettle.

Ms. Li was surprised: "This briquettes boil water really fast, much faster than firewood!"

Li Zexuan responded: "Mother! This thing not only boils water quickly, but also lasts for a long time. Don’t think there are only three pieces of briquettes in it, but if it’s only used to boil water, one piece of briquettes can burn for more than three hours at most every day. In total, four briquettes need to be changed!

If you just keep the briquettes burning indefinitely, leaving only a small hole in the vent of the briquettes, a briquettes can burn for about six hours, and only two pieces of coal a day are needed. In this way, you can avoid the trouble of making a fire every time! "

Combustion requires a certain environment: combustibles, oxygen, temperature. A single briquette cannot be burned because it cannot maintain the temperature. Honeycomb briquettes can be burned normally in the stove, and at least two briquettes are needed in the stove. Generally, household stoves need to put three briquettes at the same time to boil water for cooking.

What Li Zexuan said is all his experience.

In his previous life, his family had burned briquettes for at least ten years, so he knew the characteristics of briquettes well!

Ye Yuzhu, Mrs. Ye and others were waiting next to them. They were shocked when they heard Li Zexuan's words!

When the coal stove burns for a day with a full fire, it only needs four briquettes, which is four cents! If you burn charcoal for a day, you will have to pay hundreds of dollars for less! Four cents of money is compared to a few hundred cents, which is nearly a hundred times the difference!

And even if you don't use charcoal, you still have to use firewood! The people outside Chang'an City can indeed go up the mountain to cut wood by themselves, but the people in the city all paid for the firewood! Calculating this day’s firewood money is actually about the same as burning coal!

I have to say, this briquette is really saving money! And this thing has no smoke, so I don't know how many times it is better than firewood!

"Xuan'er, this is a good thing! Don’t you know how easy it is to boil water and cook rice with this coal stove and briquettes! If this thing is sold, the people don’t care if the family has money or not. For money, definitely rush to buy!"

Mrs. Li opened her eyes and smiled.

When she married Li Jingmo in her early years, she went from a rich lady who didn't touch the sun with her fingers to a virtuous wife who could go to the hall and the kitchen. She knew the difficulties of the kitchen best.

Before the large-scale development and application of coal and petroleum, almost no energy could be as important as firewood. Among them, firewood is mainly used for cooking! That smoky taste is really a pain!

"Cousin! How much does this coal stove cost~?"

Ye Fashan asked suddenly.

Li Zexuan groaned: "This coal stove is made of pure iron, so the cost is naturally more expensive. The cost of each stove is about 150 yuan~! But the life of each stove is at least five years. , There will be basically no problems within five years!"

"One hundred and fifty liters...five years! It is indeed very cost-effective to use coal stoves and briquettes to cook water! But it is estimated that many poor people are reluctant to spend so much money to buy coal stoves at once. Ah!"

The precocious Ye Fashan knows a lot more than his peers. He immediately saw what the biggest obstacle would be if the coal burning law were to be implemented on a large scale!

"Xuan'er, can our stove lose some money and sell it to the people? Anyway, our family is not short of money now, it is the right to do good!"

Mrs. Li is kind. After listening to Ye Fashan's words, she couldn't help suggesting to Li Zexuan.

"Mother! My child doesn't care about money, but doing good is not such a way! There are tens of thousands of poor people in this world, even if all the money in our family is spread out, I can't make a few waves! Come, do good deeds also need to be sustainable. If you can’t do it this time, you won’t be the next time! With regard to the price of coal stoves, you will find another way, mother, don’t worry~!"

Li Zexuan shook his head.

Those world-class rich people in previous lives, such as Bill Gates, donated almost all of their wealth to the fund under their own name for charity after leaving their job! At that time, they also persuaded Ma (yun) to donate all of his property like them, but Dad Ma did not agree, because Dad Ma felt that if the money was donated to the poor, it would become dead money, and the poor ran out. That part of the money is completely gone, but the money is in his hands, but it is living money, which can be used to create more job opportunities, help more young people start businesses, and even help more poor people!

Li Zexuan thinks Papa Ma's approach is very clever!

He is indeed rich now, but he is not yet rich enough to help all the poor in the world! Only by constantly accumulating strength can we continue to do good!

"Xuan'er is right! There are too many poor people in this world. If you are trying to lose money and help all the poor people, it is no different than killing chickens and getting eggs, not for long~! Just Xuan'er you Say there is a better way, what is that way~?"

Li Jingmo has been in business for half his life, and of course he understands the stakes. He first agreed with Li Zexuan, and then asked again.

Except for Lan'er, everyone at home turned their eyes on Li Zexuan.

I saw Li Zexuan condensed his eyebrows and thought about it~IndoMTL.com~ Then he smiled and said, "Well, this method, I'll talk about it when I go to the palace tomorrow! Now that there is a coal stove, let's eat hot pot tonight ~!"

In the big winter, eating hot pot with the whole family around the stove is probably the happiest thing in winter!

Li Zexuan's mind couldn't help but reflect the situation of his family eating hot pot during the Chinese New Year in his previous life, and he felt a little bit sour inexplicably.

"Hot pot? What is this hot pot? Can I eat it?"

Ye Guozhong lived a lifetime, but he couldn't help asking when he heard the term hot pot for the first time.

Li Zexuan was taken aback, wondering, is there no hot pot in this era? After searching the memory of his predecessor, he quickly changed his words: "Ahem! This hot pot is similar to antique soup, but the hot pot I made will be more delicious! Maid, go, help me prepare some food for my husband~ !"

The "Book of Wei" records that in the Three Kingdoms period, when Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor in Han Dynasty, hot pots made of copper have appeared, but they were not popular at that time. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people used hot pot to cook pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, fish and other meats. Later, as the domestic economy and culture became more and more developed, and the cooking technology further developed, various hot pots also appeared one after another. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the pub in Kaifeng, Bianjing, had hot pots in the market in winter.

However, the hot pot at that time was not called hot pot, but antique soup. It was named after the “gudong” sound made when the ingredients were poured into boiling water. It is a unique delicacy in my country. In Bai Juyi's poem "Ask Liu Nineteen", "Green Ant New Wine, Red Clay Small Stove. If you come to the sky in the evening, can you drink a cup of it?" It vividly described the hot pot at that time. Scene.

"Okay! Sang Gong!"

Han Yuxi smiled and quickly got up and followed Li Zexuan to the back kitchen!

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