"That's right, Faubert! The workshop recently gave me two thousand two hundred coal furnaces and two hundred and twenty thousand honeycomb briquettes. I have a use for them! "
Li Zexuan thought for a moment before speaking to Faubert.
He planned to give two coal furnaces and two hundred honeycomb briquettes to every farmer in his fief for free. Since the farmers were not willing to accept wages, he could only use this method to give them benefits.
Furthermore, it did not add up to much, and he had already donated twenty thousand strings of cash to the Warm Tang Foundation. There was no reason for him to only take care of outsiders and neglect his own family, right?
"Young Master wants so many coal furnaces and honeycomb briquettes. Are you planning to give them to the farmers?"
Faubert thought for a moment and understood Li Zexuan's intentions. Furthermore, after interacting with Li Zexuan for so long, he had more or less figured out Li Zexuan's personality. He knew that Li Zexuan had always been very kind to his own people.
"Haha! That's right! We can't really let the farmers work for free, right? "
Li Zexuan said with a smile.
Faubert shook his head and did not deny it. In any case, he felt that Li Zexuan was already very kind to the farmers. Even if he did not give them wages, there was nothing wrong with it.
"Faubert, can the workshop keep up with the iron smelting speed, the furnace speed, and the honeycomb briquettes production speed?"
Li Zexuan finally asked the question he was concerned about.
Faubert nodded lightly. "It can keep up! Now that the workshop has recruited close to five thousand workers, there is no need to worry about the honeycomb briquettes production speed. The furnace is also smelting iron day and night, so we don't lack iron here! As for the furnaces, as long as there is no shortage of iron, the workshop's production speed can keep up with the consumption speed of the Interesting Pavilion! "
Now at night, the workshop was ablaze with flames. Because the blast furnace had to work day and night, there was no such thing as "light pollution" in this era. On the contrary, the people of Plum Village liked this scene and treated it as a unique landmark of Plum Village.
"Yes! Since that's the case, I'm relieved! "
Li Zexuan nodded.
Then, he walked around the workshop again. After making sure that everything was running in an orderly manner, he went home.
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The next day, Thursday.
Yanhuang College's final exam was held as scheduled amidst the cries of the students.
At 7: 45 AM, the bell and drum sounded, and all the invigilators in the examination hall began to distribute the test papers.
The arrangement of the examination venue and time was similar to that of the previous monthly examination. The only difference was that the invigilation was stricter!
Entering the examination hall actually required a body search. Fortunately, all the students in the academy were male. Otherwise, it would be very inconvenient to search them!
In addition, the inspection team from the previous monthly examination had expanded this time. Mo Zhong, Mo Yun, and the other guards of the Academy had also joined in.
If you asked these guards to teach, they definitely wouldn't be able to do it. But if you asked them to inspect the exam, they wouldn't have any problem with it. Moreover, with their eyesight, they would be even better than the teachers of the academy if they were to invigilate the exam!
With more people, it was natural that they would go to each examination hall more frequently! Basically, every half an hour, there would be an inspection team in front of each examination hall. As a result, no student would dare to cheat in such a strict environment.
Li Zexuan didn't stay in the academy all the time this time. He came to the academy in the morning to take a look and then went back. First of all, now that every teacher in the academy had their own duties, the academy could run very well even if he wasn't there. His role was only to control the general direction of the academy's teaching. Moreover, he had something to do at home these two days, so he had to go back!
This morning, Faubert sent someone to deliver the heating pipes and radiators that Li Zexuan had ordered previously. As for the heating boiler, it could be used after a slight modification of the one at home.
Although Li Zexuan was eager to experience heating, he still went to the academy to inspect it. After that, he came back with a group of guards and servants to start installing heating in the house.
The main hall in the front yard, all the bedrooms in the house, including the maids and servants' bedrooms, and the two study rooms, all needed to be installed with radiators.
Under Li Zexuan's command, Pang Feiji, San Bao, and the others started the large-scale renovation of the heating system in the residence.
"Feiji, take five people and carry these eight radiators to the West Courtyard. As for the pipes outside, you guys install them according to the method you used in the front yard, understand ~?"
"Understood!"
"Xiong Da, Xiong Er! You two brothers, get two more people to carry this boiler to the East Courtyard. While you're at it, help me install the pipes on the boiler! Remember, the valve on the boiler must be opened. I'll go check later. If it's not done properly, run ten kilometers! "
"Yes! Marquis! "
"San Bao, Fu! Take a dozen men with you and move the remaining pipes and radiators to Yunshan Villa. I'll be there in a moment! "
"Yes, Young Master!"
Since Li Zexuan had explained the installation method of the heater to everyone in advance and explained the relevant terms to them, Pang Feiji and the others could still understand the modern terms that Li Zexuan mentioned, such as "heater", "heater pipe", "valve", and other modern terms.
Under his command, when it was close to noon, a total of more than forty rooms in the Li Residence that needed heating had all been installed with radiators. The heating pipes had also been preliminarily installed, and all that was left was to test run.
Old Man Li, Madam Li. There were also the three members of the Ye Family. They stood at the side, stunned. They couldn't even get a word in because they had never seen such a thing before! They could only watch from the side as Li Zexuan ordered the people to get busy!
"Little Xuan, with just this, you can make the house as warm as spring?"
Seeing that Li Zexuan was almost done with his work, Li Jingmo walked over and finally asked the question that had been in his heart for the entire morning.
The rest of the family also looked over. Obviously, they didn't believe that Li Zexuan had made the radiators sound so magical!
"Hey! Father! If this thing is really heated, not only will it be as warm as spring, it won't even be a problem to make the house as hot as summer! "
Li Zexuan chuckled.
Many things that were impossible in the eyes of the ancients were so natural in the eyes of a modern person like him.
"Go away! You're bragging again! If it doesn't work, I'll see where you're going to put your face! "
Li Jingmo heard that his son was getting more and more ridiculous. He couldn't help but feel annoyed.
"Hehe! There's no point in saying more. Father, you better watch carefully later. See if your son is bragging! "
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