Chapter 63: I pack the briquettes!

In the next few days, except for New Year's Day, the old Huffman organized the serfs in the manor to shake the briquettes together. The serfs in winter had nothing to do with it. The old Huffman gave them wages. They naturally shook and helped, shaking to grandma ...
Alas, when waiting a year later, Huffman Manor accumulated a lot of briquettes ...
However, when the coal carrier of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce arrived later, when the old Huffman sold them briquettes, they were rejected ...
The reason for the refusal was also very simple and clear. First, after listening to the old Huffman's recommendation, they asked what was in the briquettes. When the representative of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce heard that it contained a certain amount of yellow mud, he decisively rejected the old Huffman. Because, they believe, the coal briquettes are doped with yellow mud, and the amount of doping is unknown. Therefore, briquettes are no longer considered superior coal.
However, this year, coal has been difficult to sell. If you mix yellow mud in coal again, who wants it? Therefore, the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce refused to acquire briquettes and only bought raw coal briquettes.
For this, the old Huffman also had no choice. After all, it's your business or not, it's your business.
At this time, Marin was still at home. So he interjected:
"Father, give me all the briquettes!"
"What?"
"I've got the briquettes!"
"However, people say that the quality of this briquette may not meet the standards of first-class coal ..." The old Huffman hesitated a bit, he didn't want to pit his son.
"It's okay, I just use it to heat a fire. I don't need too high quality. Moreover, the yellow mud doped with coal briquettes is not very good, and the quality is not bad. Moreover, 1.5 shillings per Charteron is really not expensive."
"That's ..." Old Huffman is a typical old-fashioned Germanic man who disdains to do the best thing. Besides, if you supply your son, it will be even worse.
Marin also took out briquettes and put them in the stove in the smithy in his manor house, and found that the difference was not great. Of course, it might be that he couldn't see it. At least, on the surface, briquettes and briquettes are not very different.
According to the old Huffman, the ratio of coal blocks to pulverized coal in coal mines is 2 to 1. That is to say, 50 charterons of pulverized coal are produced on the mine every day. And in the German inland areas, the wages are very low, and it is easy to find someone to shake coal powder into briquettes, and the cost is low.
It's just that Marin is thinking--I want so many briquettes, what can I do ...
50 Charteron briquettes, almost equivalent to 75 tons of coal. Moreover, this is a day's output. In one year, it is 27,000 tons. Marin himself couldn't digest it anyway.
Therefore, Marin must find a way to solve these 27,000 tons of coal. Or, he can try to sell ...
The price of coal is relatively low, which is incomparable with the popular firewood. You know, in the market, one Charteron coal sells 4 to 6 shillings. Firewood of the same quality is sold for about 8 shillings.
This is because after burning coal, it will produce a bad smell (mainly sulfur and other substances in coal). This is not the case with firewood. Moreover, European forests are widely distributed nowadays. Why use coal if there is firewood? Moreover, coal burning is not as high as firewood burning. Therefore, the ancients believed that coal is not as good as firewood ...
实际上 In fact, the calorific value of coal is much higher than that of firewood. Under normal circumstances, the calorific value of anthracite is twice to three times that of firewood.
Even if the briquettes are doped with yellow mud and the combustion is not complete, the calorific value is twice that of firewood, which is not a problem. In short, burning briquettes is never a loss.
For so many uses of briquettes, Marin couldn't even imagine it. However, briquettes are fuel after all, and they always have their usefulness. In addition, the cinders after the briquettes are burned can also be used to pave the cinder roads, and you can not be afraid of mud in rainy days.
Moreover, Marin in the previous life has read the news. It seems that cinder can also be used to make cement or bricks, or instead of sand and gravel, it can be used as aggregate and cement for mixing.
In short, there is no shortage of uses for briquettes ...
It's just that a lot of coal is used, this air is definitely not going to be good ...
Also, how to transport briquettes to Texel Island is also a big problem. You know, in addition to the money in Marin's hands, there are only 400 peddlers left. He didn't have a boat in his hand, and no sailor or navigator.
So how to transport briquettes to Texel is also a problem ...
Alas, Marin had thought about working with others before. For example, hire others to transport by boat.
However, Marin is also worried about a problem. That is, other people's ships are ultimately other people's. When others are free, they can help you transport coal. If no one else is free, no one will transport you coal ...
Therefore, it is still necessary to develop your own transport ship. But, first of all, Marin has no ship and no one, and he can't cooperate with others.
I happen to be, the representative of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce is still ...
Then ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Marin reached an agreement with the people of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce to rent a "large" (large in the river) inland river paddle sailboat to transport briquettes to Texel Island. This type of large river boat can transport 100 chartron coals at a time. It is indeed a big guy in the river.
Marin rented a large vessel idled by the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce to transport briquettes, and Marin also arranged Kohler as the first to transport briquettes.
Actually, what Marin really meant was to dig into this ship and the captain and sailor on this ship ...
If Marin wants to buy a boat by himself, he can't afford it. However, the training of skilled sailors is very slow. Maybe it will take years to develop skilled hands. And a qualified captain is even harder to find ...
Marin didn't want to wait, so he decided to dig into someone's corner. As it happens, the merchant ships of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce are said to have a low rate of departure, and some merchant ships are always difficult to obtain transportation opportunities.
In this case, apart from the economic downturn in Europe, there are other relationships related to pro-thinning. For example, some have a good relationship with executives, get more tasks, and get more rewards. And those who have a bad relationship with senior management, of course, it is difficult to get business, the whole boat people naturally have a hard time.
Marin specially proposed this time to find a ship that is usually relatively idle, that is, he intends to "dig the wall" with the ship ...
Only with the own transport ship, the transportation of briquettes can be completed on time and on time without dragging ...
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