If there is a propulsion device, the starting efficiency can be improved.
Secondly, there is a strong friction between the mine car and the wheels, which results in weakened power of the mine car.
Although the wheels and track wood have been polished with an iron planer, the problem of excessive friction still cannot be solved.
Perhaps only by replacing all the track wood and wheels with iron can we see improvement.
Finally, transporting coal requires the combined efforts of several people.
The workers loading the coal, the workers operating the mine car, the workers at the town who need to unload the coal, and the workers responsible for track maintenance...
A reasonable shift system must be implemented.
As Lynn pondered, a reminder voice reached his ears.
"Be careful, if something happens, it won't be a joke!"
Lynn's gaze shifted to a point not far behind him.
There, a relatively strong man was helping a thin man who had fallen to the ground to stand up.
As the thin man gratefully thanked him, the burly man continued, "Thankfully you weren't injured, be more careful next time."
Lynn's mind moved, and a panel appeared before his eyes.
[Demi Hek]: Loyalty 90%↑, Planting Level 2, Production Level 2, Construction Level 2
No talent or skills, and even the skill level isn't very high.
Closing the panel, Lynn directly called out, "Demi Hek."
Upon hearing his name called, Damien immediately turned his head to search.
After searching around, Demi found Lynn looking at him, and his heart tightened instantly, stepping quickly to Lynn's front.
Demi bowed and said, "Lord, did you call me?"
Lynn nodded and said, "Yes, it was me who called you."
Demi became even more nervous, with a hint of shock in his heart.
Master Lynn actually knew his name!
Lynn looked straight at Demi: "I need you to become the foreman managing the transport of wooden tracks."
"Responsible for the workers' shift rotation system and maintenance of the tracks."
"Can you do it?"
Listening to Lynn's words, Demi's chest fluctuated more and more noticeably.
He quickly said, "Lord, although I have never been in management, I am willing to try."
"If I can't do it, I'll report and resign to Steward Kuisi first thing!"
Lynn gave Demi an approving look, "Alright, from now on, you are responsible for managing track transport as the foreman."
"I don't want to see any issues in track transport due to your personal desires, understand?"
Demi stood very straight, "I understand, Lord."
Among the townsmen who also lacked management ability, Lynn naturally chose a stout, tall man to act as a temporary manager.
At least under the pressure of his physique, many townsmen who like to slack off will behave themselves.
After instructing Demi, Lynn withdrew his gaze and continued looking at the wooden tracks ahead.
Two hours later.
The first mine car transporting coal returned to the departure point.
Filled with hope, Colin quickly asked, "Were there any problems along the way?"
The carpenter apprentice who was asked was somewhat out of breath, "Master Lord, sir... there weren't any major problems with the transport."
"The only issue is that the unloading efficiency is too slow, we can only use iron hammers and iron shovels to shovel it off one by one..."
"It took more than ten minutes just to unload it. If we could unload it all at once, it would definitely improve efficiency!"
Lynn looked at the carpenter apprentice with surprise, not expecting him to have such innovative thinking.
This problem, he had naturally thought about as well.
But with the current conditions, Lynn could not make a mechanical unloader...
He could only leave an opening door method to improve coal loading and unloading speed.
Colin also furrowed his brows, thinking for a short moment but finding no clues.
Lynn said, "As long as there are no problems, that's good."
Soon.
One mine car after another returned to the coal loading point.
After inquiring one by one, they also felt no problems.
Thus.
The track mine car can officially be put into use for transport!
Lynn looked at Demi and said, "I will assign one hundred townsmen to you, and you will coordinate them for coal transport!"
"How to arrange shifts is up to you."
"However, I need to see sixty cars of coal transported back to town every day!"
There are twenty hand-cranked mine cars in total, each transporting three trips daily, that makes sixty cars.
Each mine car can carry a coal weight of one thousand five hundred jin...
That means ninety thousand jin of anthracite can be transported back to town every day!
Ninety thousand jin of anthracite is not much.
Just by making dozens more mine cars, compared to a carriage, it can reach a critical mass!
As for further increasing transport capacity, as long as we create metal tracks and mine cars, it can be achieved.
Immediately.
Lynn assigned one hundred people from the townsmen building wooden tracks to Demi.
What needs to be done, how it needs to be done, Lynn has already explained to Demi.
What remains is to wait for the transport workers to load these screened and sorted anthracite onto mine cars and bring them back to town.
With the mine car arrangements complete.
Lynn turned his gaze to the open-pit coal mine.
One after another, bodies were continually swinging the cross pickaxes in their hands, vigorously digging out the coal in front of them.
The workers currently digging coal have already reached more than seven hundred people.
Five hundred workers in charge of digging and two hundred twenty bandit captives...
As bandit captives, they were merely refugees conscripted by the Iron Blood Brotherhood Bandit Corps...
The territory's need to expand handicraft development lacks anthracite as fuel.
The arrival of these captives just fills the gap Lynn wants in expanding coal mining.
As for whether there will be grievances in letting them dig?
Lynn has never been worried!
The kitchen at the foot of the coal mine provides three meals timely, along with warm, airtight red brick houses for them to live in.
In terms of warmth, there are coarse wool long robes and blanket cushions.
With such good treatment, if they still harbor thoughts of resistance,
he would have no choice but to execute them one by one.
Even though the current total population of the territory has reached seven thousand four hundred people, Lynn still feels short on labor.
Unless absolutely necessary, Lynn is unwilling to waste this labor force!