Chapter 513: Change of Thinking


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Qiao Xin mixed the loess into coal powder, then added an appropriate amount of clean water and shoveled the soil repeatedly to make it evenly distributed.

Then he took out the coal briquette and smashed it down hard two or three times. When the briquette was full of coal mud, he lifted it up, put it on the wooden board next to it, and then walked to the flat ground for drying coal not far away.

Qiao Xin held the handle on the top of the coal pounder with both hands, used both thumbs to balance the force at the same time, and stepped on it with her foot, and the coal ball came out.

Qiao Yunting stood aside and witnessed the birth process of a coal ball.

It looks easy, and he immediately became interested and eager to try it!

"Mother, I'm coming!"

"Okay, I'll leave the rest to you!"

Qiao Xin likes to be a hands-off boss the most, letting her son do whatever he wants. Making coal briquettes is as easy as kneading dough!

Isn’t it just adding noodles if there is too much water, and adding water if there is too much noodles?

If defective products are produced, they can be shoveled back into the coal pile for rework. It won’t cause any waste anyway!

When Qiao Yunting really got started, he finally understood what it meant to “eat tofu easily, but be tofu hard!”

I can clearly see that my mother does it accurately, and her success rate is 100%!

How come he has his own ideas about everything when it comes to his hands? Nothing can be done according to his wishes, so the finished product is naturally terrible!

Either the coal balls are crooked, or the coal slime is too thin, or not enough loess is added, so the coal balls cannot take shape!

He didn't know how many times he had to rework the work that afternoon before he finally produced a satisfactory finished product.

Whenever he thought of Yunzhong Yanmen and the vast open-air stone mines in the area from Shangdang to Jiangcheng, he became full of energy!

With honeycomb coal, the people of Jiangcheng will say goodbye to the history of freezing. They no longer have to beg for help in order to buy fuel!

His mother told him that as long as a family is equipped with a coal stove, a coal briquette clamp, a honeycomb coal briquette pounder, and buy a few hundred kilograms of stone, they can make their own fuel for the winter at home!

Shi Nie might be scarce in other places, but it is readily available to the people of Jiangcheng!

There weren't many iron mines in Jiangcheng for the people to build coal stoves, so Qiao Xin asked everyone to use local materials.

Use strong wood or even bamboo to make the grate, cut fireproof bricks inside and fill it with mud, or directly cover it with a thick layer of loess. As long as there are enough ventilation holes underneath, it can be used!

Soon, the people of Jiangcheng were swept by a trend of burning coal briquettes.

Many people have discovered that this winter in Jiangcheng is not too cold after all!

When acquaintances meet and greet each other, they no longer ask if you have eaten. Now it is popular to ask if you have burned coal.

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Before anyone knew it, Jiangcheng had welcomed its first major temperature drop, with biting cold winds and heavy snow sweeping across the long streets.

The day is getting colder!

Qiao Xinwo had just taken a nap in the warm room when she heard a burst of hurried footsteps!

Nanny Qin lifted the door curtain and just as she walked to the door, she ran into Qiao Yunting who was walking quickly towards her. The two of them almost bumped into each other!

"Your Majesty, please slow down. The old lady is taking a nap right now!"

Qiao Yunting untied his fox fur coat and handed it to the attendant behind him. He took the hot towel from Nanny Qin and wiped his hands with it. He whispered, "How long has mother slept?"

"I just closed my eyes. If you are not in a hurry, please go sit in the next room!"

Qiao Yunting nodded and was about to leave! But Qiao Xin's voice came from behind him: "Third brother, come in!"

Qiao Xin was already sitting on the kang and waved to Qiao Yunting, motioning him to sit opposite her.

"It's snowing heavily. Why are you running into my yard instead of staying at home?"

Qiao Yunting let go of the coldness in his body, took off his boots, and sat down cross-legged.

"Mother, the Northern Rong have invaded our border. This time it's different. They have come out in full force. The commander of Yanmen Pass was killed in battle, the commander of Pingcheng surrendered, and the Northern Rong have massacred the entire city!"

Qiao Yunting's voice was indescribably heavy. The New Year was only two months away, and everyone had been on high alert for so long. They thought that Beirong would not retreat, but they did not expect that what was coming would still come.

However, the opponent's methods are even more brutal!

In the past, they only went south in the autumn, only to rob property. They came and went in a hurry without staying, and would not easily massacre a city. But now they actually massacred two cities in succession.

Qiao Xin sat up straight at once, her voice indescribably cold.

"What is His Majesty's will? What is the reaction from the court?"

"What else can we do? It's just that those who advocate war and those who advocate peace are arguing with each other. They keep talking about the same nonsense. When it comes to the key point, they pretend to be deaf and dumb. They have no money and no people.

Your Majesty is in the prime of life, how can you be willing to be submissive? I heard that the families who danced the most happily were raided by Your Majesty. The capital is not at peace anymore!"

"There has to be a result, right?"

"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. When the prince came here, he brought the emperor's order.

When necessary, matters in the north have been fully handed over to his son to decide.

The messenger had just left, and my son had been given a mission in a time of crisis. Now he had to take charge of a lot of things here!

Qiao Xin didn't know what to say for a moment. As long as the world is not at peace, no one can truly live a good life, from princes and nobles to ordinary people.

It was too early for her to lie down!

"You can't just leave me here and not give me anything, can you just let me fend for myself?

Can't you find a decent general among all the civil and military officials in the court to share the pressure with you?"

"Not entirely. The commander-in-chief did not have any. As for the soldiers, we prepared 20,000 troops and sent them along with the food and fodder.

There is no other way. With wars going on everywhere, the treasury has already been emptied!"

"So how do you plan to fight? Even if you add the 20,000 troops who are coming over at an unknown time, you only have 120,000 troops at the moment.

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