C57 Mining Experimental

The open pit coal mine was not far from the village. They had already arrived after travelling for roughly ten minutes.

Not far in front of them was a black protrusion, the coal mine that jutted out of the snow.

Zhao Fengnian walked over quickly and said to Li Tiezhu and his three sons: "This is the coal mine that I was talking about. Everyone can take a look, the difficulty of mining this type of coal mine should be much lower than the black iron mine.

"As long as I remove the floating dirt and rocks, I can see the coal mine underneath. This is the first layer, but I think this layer will be enough for mining for a long time."

"Also, in this area, smoke and fire are strictly prohibited. We have to make sure that there is an inclined angle around the tunnel to prevent the soil and stones from rolling down."

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Fengnian continued to say: "Once we reach the bottom of the coal mine, we must stop digging and notify me immediately!"

Actually, Zhao Fengnian was worried that after digging all the shallow coal mines, there would be a layer of stone shell on top of the mines, afraid that it would be dangerous.

In his opinion, there was gas in the mines hidden deep underground. If they were to dig it out, it would cost him his life.

However, Zhao Fengnian could not be sure either, he had only heard of these things before, but Zhao Fengnian still thought that it was better to be careful.

This large area was only a shallow layer. Most likely, it would take tens of years or even hundreds of years for the territory to be excavated. There was no need for them to take the risk now.

Everyone heard Zhao Fengnian's words, especially Wang Meng and the few people from Li Family, listening very carefully. In the future, they would need to take care of things here, and they would not dare to be careless about things that Zhao Fengnian had instructed them to do.

Zhao Fengnian asked a few more questions during this period of time before finally getting Elder Li's three sons to go and mine it.

Sure enough, the mining process went smoothly. Since it was exposed to the snow and the surface, they only needed tools to separate the coal mines from the main body and they could directly collect them.

And the coal is not tough, so it's easy to get the coal out of the mine.

Not long after, the two of them extracted a cart full of coal. This kind of cart was a wooden cart with a single wheel. At most, it could hold around 80 kilograms of ore.

After they finished mining, they returned back to the village, where they let Li Tiezhu experiment with the temperature produced by the burning of the coal.

They only saw chunks of coal piled up on a metal forging furnace. Zhao Fengnian had already explained the characteristics of igniting this fuel.

Therefore, after Li Tiezhu lit the firewood below him, he did not stop his movements. Instead, he picked up an ancient bellows that were similar to the one he used in his previous life and started blowing at the firewood.

Soon, the coal that was close to the firewood turned red and began to burn.

Following that, another wave of air entered the furnace. A large ball of fire suddenly appeared on the furnace, forcing everyone to take a few steps back.

However, Li Tiezhu's sons did not retreat at all. Instead, they used tools to place a piece of black iron into the burning coal. They did not feel the heat either, their eyes filled with the red light of the flames.

After about five minutes, he finally managed to take out the black iron. Right now, the black iron was only half its original size, and the entire piece of the black iron was completely red.

Seeing this, the rest were relieved, but it was Li Tiezhu and his three sons who revealed expressions of shock.