Volume 1 Tigers in Southeast Asia Chapter 43 Fossils and Coking
Ling Xue jumped off her horse while talking, ran to the front of the stone, squatted down and carefully looked at the lines on the stone. Lin Fei also wanted to see what was going on, so he jumped off his horse and walked to the front of the stone. At this moment, he suddenly heard a loud shout from behind him: "You, what are you doing?"
When Lin Fei turned around, he saw a middle-aged man about the same age as Master Guan suddenly rushing towards him. The man was dressed in rags, carrying a backpack on his back and a hammer on his belt.
The man rushed to Lin Fei, pulled out the hammer from his waist, and smashed it on Lin Fei's head. Lin Fei quickly dodged to the side and explained, "You are Mr. Qian Wangling, right? I'm not a bad person."
The man was Qian Wangling. He didn't listen to Lin Fei's explanation at all. When he saw that his hammer missed, he swung it again and angrily said, "I don't care who you are! Get out of here!"
Lin Fei had no choice but to dodge and explain, but Qian Wangling was like a mad dog, swinging the hammer and smashing it hard, completely ignoring Lin Fei's explanation. At this moment, a clear and pleasant voice rang out: "You are Uncle Qian, right? We are here to ask for your help."
The person who spoke was Ling Xue. Lin Fei smiled bitterly in his heart and thought, "Xue'er, Xue'er, I think Qian Wangling is a lunatic. He swung the hammer at my head, and each blow went straight to the vital part. How can someone kill someone without saying a word? It's no use explaining to him. It seems that you can only subdue him first."
Just as Lin Fei was about to attack, he suddenly saw Qian Wangling stop. The anger on his face disappeared without a trace in an instant. He put on a smile in an instant, put the hammer on his waist, turned around and smiled at Ling Xue : "Little sister, who are you?"
Lin Fei was stunned by Qian Wangling's sudden change. At this time, Ling Xue smiled and said, "Uncle Qian, my name is Ling Xue. My father, Ling Songhe, is the general manager of Lingji Construction Bureau. Master Guan Shanyue is my good friend."
Qian Wangling chuckled and said, "It turns out to be Miss Xue'er. Come, come, take a look at my treasure."
As Qian Wangling spoke, he actually walked straight towards the rocks, completely ignoring Lin Fei. Lin Fei couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect that Qian Wangling would be so gentle to the little girl.
Ling Xue asked curiously, "Uncle, what are these stones?"
Qian Wangling smiled mysteriously and said, "They are magic stones. Through the patterns on them, we can see a person's past life. This life is determined by the past life. If we can see the past life, we can see the present life."
Lin Fei thought to himself what a mess this was, but when he saw Qian Wangling saying these words, his face was so serious and solemn that he wanted to laugh. But Ling Xue looked surprised and awed, and said in a trembling voice: "Is it true?"
Qian Wangling said seriously: "Of course it's true, if you don't believe me, come and see."
Qian Wangling led Ling Xue to the shed. Lin Fei wanted to see what he was up to, so he followed him without saying anything. Qian Wangling took Ling Xue to a stone and squatted down. Lin Fei took a look at the patterns on the stone and was shocked. He thought, "I didn't expect these stones to be..."
At this time, Qian Wangling pointed at the stone and said solemnly: "Sister Xueer, put your hand on this stone..."
Ling Xue was frightened by Qian Wangling's appearance. She stretched out her hand tremblingly, placed it on the stone, and asked, "Uncle, is everything okay?"
Qian Wangling said with a grim expression, "Close your eyes quickly, I will teach you how to understand your past life."
Ling Xue closed her eyes obediently. Qian Wangling suddenly showed a lewd smile, reached out to touch Ling Xue's hand, and muttered: "Don't move, don't move, don't move, no matter what happens, don't move..."
Just when Qian Wangling's hand was about to press on Ling Xue's hand, he suddenly felt himself lighten, and then he fell backwards abruptly. His buttocks hurt, and he had fallen on his butt. Qian Wangling looked up, only to see Lin Fei standing in front of Ling Xue with an angry face. Only then did he realize that it was Lin Fei who threw him out.
Qian Wangling's eyes widened, he pointed at Lin Fei and angrily asked, "What are you doing?"
Ling Xue also said, "City Lord, what are you doing?"
Lin Fei pointed Qian Wangling and cursed, "You shameless old man, you actually used these stones to deceive the little girl. Didn't you just want to touch Xue'er's hand?"
Ling Xue said hurriedly: "Uncle Qian is not that kind of person, he wants to help me see my past life..."
Lin Fei frowned and pointed at the stones and said, "These things can see a person's past life? Qian Wangling, tell me honestly what they are!"
Qian Wangling argued: "They are the sacred stones!"
Lin Fei snorted coldly and said, "These stones are obviously ordinary stones. The patterns on them are actually the remains of ancient animals. These stones are simply 'fossils'. You actually used this to seduce a little girl. You..."
Lin Fei was so angry that he was speechless. He was right, these stones were paleontological fossils. Ancient China had known about paleontological fossils for a long time, and Shen Kuo’s magnum opus "Mengxi Bitan" mentioned them many times.
Qian Wangling's face turned red and white. Ling Xue looked at Qian Wangling with a sad and disappointed face. Lin Fei walked up to Qian Wangling and said angrily, "You worked so hard to collect fossils. I have some respect for you. I didn't expect you to use these things to deceive women. Let me see how I will deal with you!"
Lin Fei was about to hit Qian Wangling as he spoke. Qian Wangling begged him hurriedly, "Please spare my life, please spare my life. It's not easy for me. I deal with these stones every day, and women don't like me. That's why I came up with this idea to get close to the girl. Besides, I just touched her hand, I don't have the courage to do anything else..."
Seeing Qian Wangling begging pitifully, Lin Fei put down his hand and scolded him, "Don't ever think like that again. Do you hear me?"
Qian Wangling nodded repeatedly. Ling Xue then walked closer to Lin Fei and whispered, "He is such a person. We should not go into the mountains with him."
Lin Fei shook his head and said, "No! We must go into the mountains with him."
Ling Xue looked at Qian Wangling fearfully and said, "What if he bullies me?"
Lin Fei laughed and said, "He dares not to do that because I am here!"
Ling Xue's heart suddenly moved, and she thought to herself: "He said he would protect me, he is so good to me..." Ling Xue only felt her face getting hot, but Lin Fei did not notice Ling Xue's thoughts, and continued: "These stones of his can help us find coal mines ."
Ling Xue's eyes were full of surprise , and she asked, "What is the relationship between these fossils and coal mines?"
Lin Fei asked: "Do you know where coal comes from?"
Ling Xue shook her head. Lin Fei said, "Coal evolved from the corpses of ancient plants. I just looked carefully at the patterns on these fossils and found that these stones are from the Jurassic period, which is exactly when coal was formed. Where these fossils are found, there is a possibility of coal mines."
Ling Xue didn't understand the modern geological term "Jurassic", but she didn't ask because she was still immersed in the happiness of being "protected by Lin Fei".
Lin Fei walked up to Qian Wangling and said, "Go and get ready. Take us into the mountains to where you found these fossils." Lin Fei took out a stack of Chinese currency from his pocket, handed it to Qian Wangling, and said, "Take me into the mountains, and all this money is yours."
Qian Wangling didn't know that Lin Fei had conquered the Filipinos. When he saw Lin Fei handing him a stack of paper with numbers printed on it, he was at a loss for a moment. Ling Xue came over and told him about Lin Fei's conquest of the Filipinos. Qian Wangling knelt down in front of Lin Fei and said, "I have been disrespectful to the city lord. I hope the city lord will forgive me."
Lin Fei raised his hand to ask Qian Wangling to get up. Qian Wangling hurriedly prepared and soon took Lin Fei and Ling Xue into the mountains. The road into the mountains was relatively flat and the horses could walk. After walking for a while, the sound of gurgling water came from the front. After turning around a forest, a small river appeared in front of the three people.
Qian Wangling pointed to the mountain across the stream and said, "I found those stones from that mountain." The three of them crossed the stream and approached the mountain. They saw that there were many stones exposed on the mountain. Lin Fei drew out the Saladin Blade and pried open the stones. A handful of gray-white soil fell down. Lin Fei grabbed a handful with his hand, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, exclaiming, "What a good thing!"
Ling Xue hurriedly asked, "What's so good about this soil? Isn't it just ordinary soil?"
Lin Fei smiled and said, "These soils are all refractory clays. They have a lot of uses. For example, we can use this clay to make the lining of blast furnaces and steelmaking furnaces. This can increase the smelting temperature and produce steel with better mechanical properties. Moreover, this kind of clay often coexists with coal mines. Where there is clay, there are coal mines."
Ling Xue nodded. At this time, Lin Fei found a black stone in the clay layer. He pried the stone open with the knife in his hand and looked at it carefully. When Ling Xue saw the black stone, she said excitedly: "Coal! It's coal! We found it."
Lin Fei smiled faintly and said, "Don't be too happy too soon. Not all coal can be used for coking. I still need to test it."
Ling Xue said hurriedly: "Then let's check it quickly!"
Lin Fei shook his head and smiled: "Don't rush to test it. Let's go to a few more places and collect more coal samples."
Lin Fei then took Ling Xue and Qian Wangling to collect coal samples nearby. After a busy day, they collected more than ten samples. Lin Fei decided to use these samples for testing that night. Lin Fei broke the coal into small pieces, put them into a test tube, and then heated them with a Bunsen burner. The test tube and Bunsen burner were both purchased by Yu Xier from a British businessman.
In Lin Fei's time, this process needed to be carried out in special testing instruments, but now Lin Fei does not have this condition, so he can only use test tubes and Bunsen burners to carry out a rough test. The test results made Lin Fei extremely excited, because these coals are very suitable for coking!
