From Chief to Ball

After a long circle, bypassing the small canal path that Chen Jian had planned before, without mentioning it again, he arrived at a mine.

As soon as he approached, Wang Zhe was stunned for a moment, and asked for the first time, pointing to the winding wooden track in the mining area outside the mine: "What is that?"

He had never seen it before, but he saw that the ground was covered with winding centipede-like logs, two side by side, with some logs horizontally in the middle, but the spaces between them were filled with sand.

By visual inspection, the distance between the two logs is the width of the buttocks of two horses side by side.

Several small carts passed on the rails, and the carts were piled full of ore. They were only pulled by one horse, and it seemed that it was not too strenuous.

On some shorter tracks, two people were actually pushing a small cart. According to common sense, the stones inside would definitely not be able to be pushed on flat ground.

Especially after the rainy day, the operation did not stop, people neighed and horses screamed, and it was very lively.

Just as he was in Nahan, he suddenly heard a gunshot, and the horses under his crotch were not war horses, so they raised their hooves and made a commotion, but the poor horses in the mining area were unmoved.

Wang Zhe knows that mining often uses black powder to explode ore. This kind of cannon sound is also normal in mining areas. Now heaps of nitrate are all over the country, and the formula has long been popular. This kind of thing happened hundreds of years ago, and it is even more common now.

He was just amazed by the wooden roads, calmed the horse casually, and asked.

"This is called a track. I made it, and it can be regarded as a rare skill in the school. Nan'an mining area, there are many installations, which saves labor and effort."

"good stuff."

He gave a stingy compliment, and rode into the mining area with Chen Jian.

This mining area has not been here once, it is the first batch of wooden rails installed inside the mining area, and Chen Jian has been here several times before.

Coupled with the promotion of gas safety lamps, when the miners saw Chen Jian, they stopped their work and greeted Chen Jian.

Since the wooden track, these miners are really much lighter.Although more mines are dug every day and the salary has not increased, at least there is no need to carry or push with bare hands as before.

As for the safety lamp, it has saved the lives of some miners. The pain of the last explosion is still fresh in the memory of these miners, and the miner's lamp can judge whether there is gas by observing the color of the flame, allowing the miners to live again.

In the entire city of Fujian, if the influence of the Mo party in the employment is concerned, it is the coal mine.Theoretical propaganda is useful, but sometimes it is more direct to make friends with some small changes.

The mine owner happened to be at the mine today, and when he heard that Chen Jian was coming, he didn't dare to neglect him, so he hurried out to greet him.

Chen Jian introduced Wang Zhe again, and only said that he was a character in his business company, and he was a guard hired by himself.

The mine owner didn't care, just nodded his head, and hurriedly invited Chen Jian to the house.

"I'm here this time because I have something to do."

"What happened to Mr. Chen must be a good thing. If there are a few more things like this track and miner's lamp, I can't wait for it."

That being said, I thought in my heart, you better not represent your Mexican party and hope that I will raise wages for hired workers.If so, it will not look good on the face.

The mine owner was conflicted. If he didn't deal with the Mo party, he would not be able to get some new things, such as the wooden track and the miner's lamp, which are all real benefits.

Let's deal with them, the people in the Mexican party are good-mouthed, and they don't have any conflicts of interest with this group of hired workers. On the contrary, they are all good things that the hired workers can trust.

He knows that he is most afraid of hiring workers to form a group. Once they form a group, many things will be troublesome.But the mine is different from other places, these hired workers will naturally group together, and most of them are desperadoes, so they have to hire more supervisors, gunmen, hooligans and the like.

Chen Jian didn't know what this man was thinking, and said with a smile, "A good thing, definitely a good thing. Is there a master in this mine who can explode ore? Why don't you call over and talk about it together."

There must always be a few master craftsmen who can fry mines in the mine. This is an extremely difficult craft, which can only be mastered by teaching by precept and example for more than ten years.

Even black powder is dangerous.

But it's also the same, if you become a master, you will be much better than hired workers in the mine - this is different from some old masters such as kiln kilns, cloth dyeing, and charcoal burning, where small workshop owners often want to steal. , After learning, kick the master who paid a lot of money.But the mine owner will definitely not learn the matter of mine blasting, and it will cost more money to ask others to learn it, so the status of the mine blasting master at this time is very detached.

Just like those wool workers, they are still hired workers in essence, but they get so much money and status that they don't believe that they are hired workers.This kind of person is generally tempered, and the people of the Mexican party can't deal with this kind of person, so they can only ask the mine owner to come forward.

The mine owner was overjoyed when he heard the words. Before Chen Jian went to the capital after the year, he was invited by Chen Jian to the workshop to see a new explosive.

The explosives were really strong, and the mine owners who were watching and appreciating them were startled and their eyes lit up.

The problem is that it is too fierce, and it has no practical value at all.

The mine owner remembered that what he saw was a bottle of yellowish oil, which was poured on the stone.

An iron knot weighing four catties was tied to the stone, and a rope was tied to it.Chen Jian also told these mine owners at the time that this thing is very sensitive, and a four-pound iron bump can detonate if it falls from a height of two inches.

The mine owner remembered that he was good at measuring the height of two inches, and then he saw an earth-shattering scene. Compared with black powder, this thing is indeed much fiercer.

He was quite shocked. At that time, several mine owners in the quarry almost jumped up excitedly. Compared with the open-pit quarry of the coal mine, they really couldn't wish for this thing.

It's just that after being excited, I knew that this thing was not a fun thing.A four-pound hammer explodes within two inches... Two inches, if it falls on the top of the sky, people may not die, maybe they will be smashed to pieces if they fall while walking with a bottle.

Chen Jian said at the time that there must be a safe way, and you don't need money for research, I spend the money myself.But there is one thing, after success, on behalf of our party, I hope to have a place in your mining area.

The mine owners asked what they were doing, and Chen Jian said, read, write, tell stories, drink less and talk more, chat less and gamble more in the evening, exchange mining techniques with each other, and work hard to improve mining efficiency.

Chen Jian said, do you agree or not that we all have to buy a house in a small town, just to say hello in advance.

When the mine owner heard this, he thought to himself, what's the point of saying hello in advance?But since we said it, we should prepare in advance and arrange some people to listen to what you are talking about at night.Besides, there is no telling when this explosive will be used. Once it is used, it will be a great thing. As long as the requirements are not excessive, some face should be given.

Thinking that Chen Jian and the others were full, and these days, because of the use of wooden rails, they found that the efficiency has improved a lot, thinking in their hearts that it would be okay to give three or five coppers more, so they didn't take it seriously. .But the premise must be to pay first if there is no trouble, and it is absolutely impossible to pay after trouble. Once this precedent is set, it may be endless.

Unexpectedly, half a year later, Chen Jian really came. Apart from being excited, he was inevitably a little uneasy.

Chapter 1 Exploding Mine

"But the new explosives are ready?"

The mine owner asked a question, and Wang Zhe, who was next to Chen Jianjian, immediately looked up at Chen Jian. Chen Jian had never told him about explosives, not even the last time he was in the capital.

Due to the presence of outsiders, Wang Zhe didn't ask immediately.

Chen Jian shook his head and said: "It's still far from finished, but basically it's okay. But this explosive is different from the previous ones. I'm wondering if I should first find the master who exploded the mine and figure out how to explode it together? "

He is not being modest either, and there is still a long way to go to be practical.

Glycerin explosives are very good civilian explosives, but not very good military explosives. Basically, they cannot be used as propellants. At most, they can be used to make a grenade explosive bag or the like.

If the sensitivity is too high, if the normal oil is not passivated and adsorbed, whoever uses it will die.

Normally, this thing is not qualified as an underground explosive in coal mines. Under the perfect safety regulations, it is strictly forbidden to use it, and it can only be used in open fields.But as far as today's safety regulations are concerned, dead people are not a problem, and the struggle for safety regulations is still decades away.

After absorbing with diatomaceous earth, the ratio is appropriate, so that the glycerin explosives are not allowed to seep out, and then it is much safer to wrap it with oil-soaked paper.

But after safety, new problems appeared again, and it was difficult to detonate.

Most industrial explosives cannot be detonated by fire, and can only be detonated by a shock wave or instantaneous huge pressure with a primer.

Black powder is not good. Use black powder mixed with diatomaceous earth and glycerin explosives. After the explosion, it is basically just black powder that explodes. Glycerin explosives are unlikely to explode.

Another kind of gunpowder that seems possible today is gun cotton, but strong cotton cannot be made at the current level. Weak cotton can be used as a rubber strip to absorb glycerin explosives and make explosive glue. The power is stronger than that absorbed by diatomaceous earth. But the production process is somewhat dangerous and complicated.