203: Chapter 203 I can't live without honeycomb briquette heaters, and honeycomb briquette heaters should be just like that!

"Mr. Lu, please elaborate!"

Cao Jiacheng looked at Lu Jia with a face full of anticipation.

Jin Tu and Jin Xishan felt the same way.

Lu Jia clapped his hands, and someone brought out a honeycomb coal heating stove.

Everyone looked at the honeycomb coal heating stove with curiosity.

Lu Jia then had the honeycomb coal brought out.

After attaching a chimney to the stove's exhaust vent, he opened the stove door and added flammable materials like dry grass and wood chips into the core.

Once the fire in the core was lit, Lu Jia used iron tongs to place a piece of honeycomb coal inside.

Honeycomb coal is difficult to ignite, so Lu Jia added more dry grass to the core to make the flames burn more vigorously.

Wisps of blue smoke were vented into the air through the chimney, and air also entered the core through the chimney, making the fire burn brightly.

As Lu Jia continued to add dry grass, the honeycomb coal was finally ignited, releasing a large amount of heat.

Lu Jia used the iron tongs to pick up another piece of honeycomb coal and placed it in the core, letting the first piece ignite the second.

Once both pieces were lit, the heat released was so intense that people couldn't help but draw closer.

Even Lu Jia himself began warming himself by the honeycomb coal heating stove.

Jin Tu, Jin Xishan, Cao Jiacheng, and the high-ranking members of the Tuan Tribe all leaned in, stretching out their hands to warm them.

They began to discuss it curiously.

"Is this black stuff peat?"

"Doesn't peat produce a lot of smoke when it burns?"

The 'peat' they referred to was shallow-layer coal.

To ward off the cold, the Xiongnu people would also burn peat.

But burning peat produced too much smoke; it was fine outdoors, but inside a tent, it could choke someone to death!

Lu Jia burning the honeycomb coal heating stove here also attracted many onlookers from the Tuan Tribe's herdsmen.

"This honeycomb coal heating stove is even warmer when used indoors. Chief, why don't you choose a tent to test its effectiveness?"

Lu Jia asked Jin Tu while warming himself by the fire.

After Cao Jiacheng's translation, Jin Tu was about to have the stove moved into his own grand tent when he felt someone tugging at his sleeve.

"Father."

Jin Xishan said cautiously, "Let's choose a tent where a slave lives!"

It was clear she was still very wary about using the honeycomb coal heating stove indoors.

"Fine."

Jin Tu also became cautious.

Lu Jia smiled slightly.

He could understand the caution of this father and daughter.

According to His Majesty the Head of State, if this honeycomb coal heating stove was used improperly, it could kill people.

It was entirely necessary for Jin Tu and Jin Xishan to be cautious.

He had the honeycomb coal heating stove carried into that tent, and after cutting a hole in the tent, he extended the chimney outside.

Lu Jia kept Zhao Fusu's instructions in mind and cut another opening in the tent to serve as a vent.

"Lord Lu, what are you doing?"

Cao Jiacheng asked upon seeing this.

"When using a honeycomb coal heating stove indoors, there must be air circulation with the outside; otherwise, the people inside will die of carbon monoxide poisoning!"

"carbon monoxide?"

Cao Jiacheng looked confused.

Although he had never heard of carbon monoxide, he understood Lu Jia's intention.

"Cao Jiacheng."

Lu Jia said, "Make sure they pay attention to this as well."

"Understood!"

After responding, Cao Jiacheng explained the precautions to Jin Tu and the others: that vents must be set up when using the honeycomb coal heating stove indoors to avoid death by carbon monoxide poisoning.

"Oh, oh!"

Jin Tu and the others naturally committed such an important matter to memory.

The sky gradually darkened, the weather grew colder, and it even began to snow outside.

Lu Jia, Jin Tu, Jin Xishan, and the high-ranking members of the Tuan Tribe sat around the honeycomb coal heating stove.

The colder the temperature outside, the more they felt they couldn't leave this warm honeycomb coal heating stove.

"Lord Lu, this honeycomb coal burns for a long time!"

Jin Tu exclaimed.

The burning time of an ordinary piece of honeycomb coal is usually around 1.5 to 2.5 hours.

These pieces of honeycomb coal were made from anthracite coal that Zhao Fusu had people dig up in Rujigou; with low ash, low sulfur, and high heat value, one piece could burn for over three hours!

"Naturally!"

Lu Jia tilted his chin up and said with pride, "Otherwise, why would I say the honeycomb coal and heating stove invented by my Lord are divine tools for warding off the winter cold!"

After hearing Cao Jiacheng's translation, Jin Tu, Jin Xishan, and the tribe's leaders felt the heat from the stove and saw the stone pot placed on top; besides searing meat, it could also be used to boil water.

They nodded in deep agreement; this honeycomb coal and its stove were truly divine tools for warmth in the dead of winter!

They now wished they could immediately carry this honeycomb coal heating stove back to their own tents.

Their gazes turned unkind as they stared at the original owner of the tent.

What was a slave's status compared to theirs!

Why should this slave get to use this honeycomb coal heating stove!

Immediately after, their unkind gazes fell upon each other.

A struggle for the honeycomb coal heating stove ensued between Jin Tu, Jin Xishan, and the other high-ranking members of the Jintu Tribe.

They all wanted to possess it.

"Father."

Jin Xishan said in a high-pitched, coquettish voice to Jin Tu, "You dote on your daughter the most; surely you will give this honeycomb coal heating stove to your lovely and beautiful daughter."

"Chief!"

The elders of the Tuan Tribe spoke up one after another, "We old fellows have served the tribe for years; if not for our achievements, then at least for our hard work."

"We are getting on in years, and every night, it's so cold we can't sleep."

"Surely you will bestow this honeycomb coal heating stove upon us!"

The old men looked at Jin Tu expectantly.

Seeing his precious daughter and the tribe's elders all wanting the stove, Jin Tu was also helpless.

He wanted to keep the honeycomb coal heating stove for himself too!

This stove was warmer than holding a beautiful woman; even for ten beautiful women, he wouldn't want to give up the stove.

"My wife likes this honeycomb coal heating stove very much!"

Jin Tu's voice rose.

"Father!"

Jin Xishan said with a pained expression, "I am your most, most, most beloved daughter!"

"Chief!"

"We are your right and left hands!"

"How can you not bestow the honeycomb coal heating stove upon us!"

The elders of the Tuan Tribe would not yield an inch.

Their voices also grew louder.

"Are you all revolting!"

Jin Tu's voice was even louder.

After enjoying the warmth of the honeycomb coal heating stove, he could no longer live without it.

He believed the stove felt the same way and surely couldn't leave him either!

"Father!"

"Chief!"

The voices of Jin Xishan and the Tuan Tribe elders rose once again.