Chapter 72 New Mine
The mine is a state-owned asset. The Guanshan among the sea of officials refers to it. In fact, this matter is under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu Office. If Fusu said that there is a mine on this mountain and wanted to circle it and do some small moves, others would really not say anything.
That being said, if Fusu didn't ask for instructions at all and ran to make trouble by himself, Ying Zheng would still feel that this kid was floating and dared to move anything by himself.
At this moment, Fusu took the initiative to ask for instructions, and Ying Zheng asked, "There is a mine in this place?" Although he could not guarantee that he would remember all the mineral deposits in the country, he would not even be able to remember the little mountain near Xianyang. After Fusu circled it, the mountain was obviously not on the existing mine list.
Fusu said: "The mines on this mountain are not copper and iron ore. They are used less. Someone accidentally discovered the report. I asked someone to collect some and try it. I found that it should be useful. So I asked someone to survey it and found that the mine was exposed and the amount of minerals was very rich. Just wrap it up and ask people to mine it."
After Fusu said that, he asked Huaide to go to his study to pick up the samples, and during this period he introduced a bunch of survey data to Ying Zheng, saying how many naked surfaces there are, how many hidden surfaces there are, and how deep they are.
Ying Zheng listened calmly, but was actually not patient with listening to these things. To be honest, his arithmetic was not particularly good, and he had no feelings for these data. His only thought was "this should mean a lot."
But he didn't even know what this thing was useful, so what did he care about how much it did?
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng did not interrupt Fusu's introduction. He only reached out to take it after Huaide took the sample.
I thought Fusu would have some exquisite utensils in the study, but when I got it, I saw it, it turned out to be a cylindrical thing, which was very dark. After a while, his hands were covered with black.
Seeing Ying Zheng frowned, Fusu hurriedly handed a handkerchief to wipe Ying Zheng's hands.
Ying Zheng put the black thing down, wiped off the black stains on his hands and looked at the thing and said, "What's the purpose?"
Fusu said: "This is made of coal mining. Because there are many holes inside, it is called honeycomb coal. Open-pit coal mines often exist in flakes, which are very convenient to mine and have a lot of reserves. Once such a mine is discovered, this honeycomb coal can be mass-produced. A little transformation of the existing furnace can be used for cooking or heating."
When Ying Zheng heard this, he immediately sat upright.
He didn't think his hands were dirty anymore, and picked up the honeycomb coal and looked at it again.
The honeycomb coal was made into a cylindrical shape, less than a palm-height. Twelve holes that were transparent up and down were pressed out in the middle of the circular cylinder, which looked like the honeycomb he had seen.
This is obviously convenient for daily use to make this shape.
However, if this kind of coal mine has a lot of reserves and can be used directly for combustion, then many things that require fire can be expanded, such as smelting and forging!
In such cases where fire is needed on a large scale, there is no need to make the things that can be burned into too complicated situations, just throw them into the stove.
Ying Zheng glanced at Fusu and knew why Fusu had asked him specifically. If this thing really works, it would be of too much use.
As long as there is sufficient coal source, it can not only ensure that the people will not be frozen to death when the weather is cold, but also ensure that every soldier who goes to battle to kill the enemy is equipped with the sharpest swords and guns.
Ying Zheng said: "Since it is said that it can be burned, let's take a look."
Fusu nodded and asked Huaide to lift up the small stove that had been transformed into the furnace, and ignite the honeycomb coal from the bottom of the furnace with the ignition material.
After a while, the dark coal cakes gradually dyed bright and warm orange, and each hole exuded a warm heat.
Fusu put up the long pot of boiling water on his own. Soon, the cold cold water inside began to radiate white air as the honeycomb coal burned.
Ying Zheng saw with his own eyes how useful this honeycomb coal is, and immediately said, "I will send someone to circle the mountains. You can choose a group of people to make this honeycomb coal, and then ask someone to check which other places have such coal mines. If you find it, of course, it is to circle it directly and not let others move, but other places will not be used for honeycomb coal.
These are all the work of the Shaofu Office, and Fusu did not vaguely and responded in one go.
The father and son discussed for a while, and the water boiled. Fusu made a cup of hot tea for Ying Zheng and gave Ying Zheng a taste of the tea that Huaicai brought back from Bashu, which was just enough to digest food.
Ying Zheng didn't like tea much, and he didn't think that the leaves picked from the tea tree were soaked in water. However, after all, he had soaked Fusu, and he drank a glass of face before getting up and leaving.
Fusu sent Ying Zheng to the door. When he returned to his yard, it was dark. Fortunately, the people below had already lit the lights, so when he stepped into the yard, he could still see the little bamboo bears poking their heads out from behind the bamboo bushes and looking out.
It was obviously worried that Fusu would continue to bring Ying Zheng over.
As these little things stayed with him for a long time, they became more and more spiritual. They were no longer comparable to those birds and beasts who were confused and unenlightened.
It is precisely because they are much more sensitive than ordinary birds and beasts that they are particularly afraid of the seemingly innate pressure on Ying Zheng.
Fusu waved and led the little things to the corridor to play with them for a while, and quickly sootheed them.
He got up and walked into the study, and a few little things followed him in swayingly, climbing to his own exclusive position in a familiar way. Although he obediently did not disturb Fusu's reading, he was determined not to be too far away from Fusu.
Zhang Liang always shared a study with Fusu at night. Now he is used to the scene of black and white dumplings lying around Fusu. From time to time, he rubs the little dumplings close to him, happily appreciating the aggrieved expressions of the little dumplings who are neither willing nor able to resist.
The two sat on both sides and read for a while, then gathered together to discuss the questions they encountered, and they did not disperse until late at night.
The next day, Fusu asked Huaicai to take people to the mine where he had a circle to tinker with honeycomb coal. He was relieved of Huaicai's organizational ability, so he didn't plan to go there himself, and just waited for the honeycomb coal workshop to be built before going over and taking a look.
It's just winter, it's not too cold, time is not too tight, and Fusu is not in a hurry either.
Even if we can't catch up this year, we can still use it next year, so there is no need to rush to work. In fact, if the people below hadn't discovered this open-pit coal mine and reported it as a strange thing, Fusu wouldn't have thought of using the coal mine so quickly. Now it's different. It's said that God doesn't take it, but he is blamed. God has sent it, of course, it's just for practice.
Fusu explained the matter one by one, but he was still idle. When someone said that Li Mu asked for a meeting, he put down the official documents in his hand and asked someone to bring Li Mu in.
Li Mu did not come alone, and Tao Le followed behind happily.
After Li Mu showed his face in front of the prisoner, Fusu did not give him any other mission, but arranged for him to be a neighbor with Prince Dan of Yan, and sent someone to help him and Tao Le to bring his family over.
Li Mu was not used to this comfortable life, but he knew that Ying Zheng could not use him, so he simply kept writing in the door according to Fusu's request. However, he didn't want to do anything, but Prince Yan often came to visit him. His eyes were full of admiration and his words were so excited that he stuttered. According to Prince Yan himself, he said that it was because of admiration and admiration.
Prince Yan also tried to invite him to see Ju Qiu, but Li Mu refused. He was really not in the mood.
This time, Li Mu gave Fusu the experience of fighting against the Huns. He was a honest person. Since he promised Fusu to write, he was naturally writing seriously.
Even if Zhao is gone, the people of Zhao will still face the Huns directly. Li Mu also hopes that Qin will protect the people of Zhao after annexing Zhao.
Fusu didn't expect Li Mu to summarize so quickly. He said, "General Li can write it slowly, don't rush to give it to me." He had nothing to arrange for Li Mu for the time being. Li Mu finished writing the experience of fighting the Huns so quickly, and he was afraid that Li Mu would think about everything when he was idle.
Li Mu corrected: "Li is no longer a general."
Fusu sighed in his heart, not tangled with Li Mu, his eyes turned to Tao Le, who was looking fiercely on the side, and asked with a smile: "Are you used to living in Xianyang?"
Tao Le saw Fusu laughing at him, and he felt dizzy and his eyes were full of glory. He nodded hurriedly: "Go to habits." This time he felt that he was dressed decently and washed with fragrance, and he became comfortable when he spoke. "Buns are so delicious, dumplings are delicious, and I love them all. I heard that these are all taught by immortals. I am so good. Teach us such delicious things! You are good too. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to learn even if someone taught me in my dreams!"
As soon as Tao Le spoke, his eyebrows and eyes moved. He looked very lively, and there was a smile in Fusu's eyes.
Fusu smiled and said, "Just like it."
Tao Le nodded straight as if pecking rice: "I like it, I like it very much." Seeing Fusu being very angry, he struggled in his heart for a while, but hesitated, "Well, I want to ask, just ask, can I go to see my brother-in-law? Oh, I know I didn't help, and I also know that my brother-in-law is not easy to meet. If you are embarrassed, forget it. If you are not embarrassed, I want to see him. He has been nice to me before."
The brother-in-law mentioned by Tao Le certainly refers to the imprisoned King Zhao.
Fusu calmed down for a moment, met Tao Le's begging eyes and said, "Yes, I'll have someone take you there later."
Fusu called someone in and asked the other party to take Tao Le to another palace to meet King Zhao.
Li Mu did not follow him, but stood up to say goodbye.
Fusu watched Li Mu leave, picked up Li Mu's combat experience and finished reading it, then took it to find Ying Zheng, and by the way he arranged for Tao Le to meet King Zhao to tell Ying Zheng about his arrangement.
Ying Zheng didn't know who Tao Le was, so Fusu introduced him to him again, saying that Tao Le was the cheap brother-in-law of King Zhao and did not know anything else. He was best at eating, drinking and having fun. He could make people come to the boss's greenhouse with the drawings, and he even saved Li Mu's life by chance.
Ying Zheng said, "Are you going to use him?"
Fusu nodded.
Even though Tao Le knew the current situation of King Zhao, he still proposed to see King Zhao, which shows that although this child had no particularly noble ideas on major events, he was essentially a person who valued friendship.
Fusu thinks that such a person can still be used.
Don’t underestimate the talent for eating, drinking and having fun. What you need most in a commercial district is such talents. It is not easy to know how to make people want to spend money and willingly spend it!
Judging from Tao Le's enthusiasm for tinkering with the greenhouse, he is fully qualified for the job of business planning.
Ying Zheng was not interested in such talents who were eating, drinking and having fun, but Fusu didn't stop him if he wanted to use it. He accepted Li Mu's combat experience and asked Fusu to continue working without any guilt of enslaving young children.
The author has something to say:
Ying Zheng: What a shady thing (don't throw it away)
Fu Xiaosu: The amount of coal mines is very high and easy to burn!
Ying Zheng: Pick up again.jpg
Chapter completed!