Chapter 1511: Honeycomb coal
Of course, when it comes to straw fabrics, one cannot forget the adobe house that Marin promoted very early. This kind of house rammed with yellow mud and thatch was a symbol of poverty in China in the late 20th century. But in Europe in the early 16th century, it was a "luxury house" in the eyes of the poor ...
After all, this adobe house is fully equipped. There are earthen stoves with chimneys, and ondol, which can be heated by fire in winter. For the poor serfs in Germany, living in this adobe house is almost equivalent to living in a mansion.
More importantly, the construction cost of this kind of house is extremely low, and no wood is used, mainly yellow mud and thatch, which are built quickly. Living in such a house is much better than the airy and leaky thatched houses where the serfs used to live.
Right now, in the countryside of Beihai, apart from the wealthy large households, almost all of them are living in adobe houses. Although this type of adobe house is the same as the former thatched house of the poor in Europe, the main body is mud and grass, but the European thatched house is first constructed with branches and thatch, and then smeared online with mud. However, this structure is very weak, and the soil is easy to fall off. Once the soil fell off, the whole house became airy and leaky. The version of the adobe house, because of the use of yellow mud with thatch "ribs and bones" for the version of the building, and later in the process of adding rammed earth and fire roasting, the house's firmness has been greatly improved. Moreover, the thermal insulation and moisturizing performance is very good, which is better than the brick building.
The shortcomings are probably poor earthquake resistance and fear of flooding. After all, a house made of mud is not so reliable, and it is afraid of being immersed in water for a long time. However, there seem to be few earthquakes in the German area. As for the problem of flood immersion, Marin dug a lot of ditches in the Beihai country to drain water, which seems unlikely ...
In addition to the adobe houses, the people of Beihai will also weave a straw fabric called straw cover with thatch. This kind of thing is like a blanket, the role is to cover your body in winter as a quilt to warm ...
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As time entered January 1514, the European land also ushered in the coldest month of the year. During this month, the temperature in Europe dropped sharply. In northern Germany, the temperature even fell below minus 10 degrees.
The appearance of such low temperatures has caused freezing deaths in many parts of Germany. Only the Beihai Kingdom, because of the existence of the adobe building and the ondol, hardly killed a few people.
In order to ensure that the population will not be reduced, Marin has ordered nationwide-in December and January to release the forest, farmers can enter the forest duty-free to cut wood for heating. In other months, it is not allowed to enter the forest to cut wood. Even if allowed, certain taxes and fees must be paid. Of course, entering the forest to pick up dead branches and fallen leaves as firewood is unlimited. In addition, the straw after harvesting of rural rye is also the most important source of firewood for farmers.
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However, the eight princely states that were newly brought under the rule of the Beihai State seem to have encountered many problems. Many serfs died in the cold and winter months in their own cottages where the wind and rain ...
According to statistics from local officials, but in the cold wave in early January, hundreds of people in eight princely states were frozen to death, which shocked Marin.
As a result, Marin quickly ordered 3,000 troops from the Beihai Engineering Corps, together with 10,000 civilians, to be divided into several groups and went deep into the disaster area to help the affected people repair the houses. Even, build a new version of adobe houses.
Marin's move surprised the people of the eight princely states that were newly incorporated into the Beihai Kingdom.-Hey, noble masters actually care about the life and death of the poor? Very strange ...
However, after strong observation, everyone had to admit that the Grand Prince Marin of the Beihai Kingdom is indeed a good nobleman who cares about the life and death of the people ...
But they did not know that this is the most basic operation of the official in later generations. If there is any disaster, the official will not be punished to death if he does not respond accordingly ...
In addition to helping the people repair the houses, Marin also bought a batch of straw clothing and straw covers from the original ruling area of the Beihai Kingdom at a low price, and sent them to the disaster area for the victims. In addition, the engineering troops and civilians who are good at making straw shoes are also taught local people how to make straw shoes, even clothes and straw covers.
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These measures, as well as the novel straw fabrics, surprised the people of the eight princely countries newly incorporated into the Beihai Kingdom. They knew that Beihai had a mysterious fertilizer that greatly increased the production of crops, which has surprised them.
However, when it was cold in winter, Beihai officially sent people to promote the adobe houses and straw fabrics, which only subverted their perception ...
They never thought that those thatch never put in their eyes can actually make so many practical things. In the cold winter, they can even save their lives ...
Even Marin didn't know that this wave of operations, which seemed normal in later generations, actually helped him gather the hearts of the newly annexed eight vassals. Because the people know that Marin is a good nobleman who cares about their life and death ...
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Malin, who had inadvertently gathered people's hearts, did not know this. At this time, he was in a military blacksmith shop outside Aurich, supervising the blacksmiths, carpenters and potters to build what he needed ...
"Yes ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ like this, you make the stove like this ... well, it doesn't have to be too big ... there is an eye-opener here, you can plug it ..."
Half a day later, out of the pottery-burning stove, a small-scale stove was released, with the bottom still having the eye. Above the stove, there are movable movable handles ...
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Later, Marin instructed the carpenter to build a set of wooden utensils that could be pedaled. Iron tools of uniform size ...
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When the equipment that can be pedaled was successfully cast, Marin immediately ordered his men:
"Quick, add water to these anthracite coals and mix them with yellow mud in a ratio of 8 to 2. Then, put in this container ..."
"You ... use pedals ..."
"Release and release, and remove the contents ..."
Then, the big guy saw something in a black cylinder with 12 holes on it ...
"Duke, what is this?" The craftsmen were very curious.
Marin said mysteriously:
"Don't ask, this is an epoch-making artifact!"
The craftsmen were all taken aback-mother, artifact ...
Then, they were even more curious ...
However, Marin would n’t let them touch the holed cylinder of Hesse.
After several new black perforated cylinders were almost dry, Marin greeted the craftsmen and brought the small stove that had been fired. Then, he put the first Hesse cylinder with holes in the blacksmith's furnace. After the surface was red, he threw it into the bottom of the furnace, and then added two more ...
"Duke, what the **** is this?" A craftsman asked curiously.
"Honeycomb ..."
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