please make me king

Chapter 1074 Hungry People
Neither the coal stove nor the briquette machine has any technical content. Even though Zhang Shun doesn't know much about these two objects, he can deduce their structure and principle with his inherent knowledge, so he can easily draw the two objects. Drawings come out.

These two objects seem simple, but they are actually better than an idea, an idea that changes people's living habits.

Due to the extreme scarcity of materials in this era, even firewood is in short supply in the market.

On weekdays, when a guest comes to boil water for making tea, as well as for bathing and washing, it takes a lot of effort to light up the stove.

I still remember that on the day Zhang Shun and Ma Yingniang got married, they chopped firewood and lit a fire to take a bath, almost tossing all night, it is really unbearable to look back.

Now with this coal and this coal-fired stove, the situation is completely different.

Firstly, the price of coal is not too high, and secondly, coal is relatively burnable.

If honeycomb-shaped briquettes can be made, using this kind of stove that can maintain heat can basically ensure that the fire will continue.

It can be used for heating in winter, and can also be used to boil a pot of hot water for daily tea.

Since Yaozhou did not produce iron at this time, and the nearby Hancheng County that produced iron was almost exhausted as early as the Song Dynasty, Zhang Shun did not pay too much attention to this matter.

He just copied another blueprint and handed it to Wang Jinyi, who asked him to send someone to quickly pass it to Dudu Zhang, who was in charge of smelting in Lantian, so that he could try to manufacture this thing.

After everything was done, Zhang Shun privately told Song Qijiao, the magistrate of Yaozhou, "This coal mining well is actually digging six or seven thousand catties a day, and the annual income is more than one or two hundred taels."

"Thirty tax one, a well can still earn five taels of silver per year."

"I see that Tongguan has a lot of coal mining wells. I'm afraid he can increase his income by more than a thousand taels. I hope you can do it together!"

Seeing that King Qin fell into Qian's eyes, Song Qijiao had nothing to say?
However, after being taught by Zhang Shun in this way, Zhizhou Song Qijiao was eye-opened.

Yaozhou has one state and one county under its jurisdiction, and its annual tax revenue is no more than two thousand taels, which is only one or two thousand taels when converted to silver.

As a result, King Qin easily "squeezed" three or four thousand taels of tax after going through such a journey, and the people did not feel bitter. He is really a "strange man".

Regardless of what Song Qijiao thought about, Zhang Shun said goodbye to Song Qijiao after arranging "taxation" and "disaster relief" and other matters, and continued to go all the way north.

Thirty miles northward from Huangbao Town, we arrived at Tongguan County. At that time Tongguan County was temporarily vacant, and all affairs were handled by Song Qijiao, the magistrate of Yaozhou, and Zhang Shun didn't intend to delay here.

However, there was one person, Zhang Shun, who had to see him, so he was delayed by the same officer for some time.

It turned out that there was a Jiyang Village north of Tongguan County, and this Jiyang Village was Kou Shen, the magistrate of Suzhou that Zhu Wanling had recommended to Zhang Shun before.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether he is an official or not, Zhang Shun is expressing an attitude.

This time he visited with a gift in person, which also surprised Kou Shen who was keeping his filial piety in Jiyang village.

After all, Zhang Shun is not Li Zicheng and Gu Junen, two idiots, how could he force Kou Shen, who is wearing sackcloth and filial piety, to come out of the mountain?

After some courteous greetings from both parties, Zhang Shun bid farewell and left, and hurried to Yijun County, Yan'an Prefecture.

It is [-] miles from Yaozhou to Fuzhou, Yan'an Prefecture, and about [-] miles from Yijun County.

Originally, the journey was quite long, and the road was delayed for some time in Tongguan Huangbao Town and Jiyang Village. Zhang Shun and others had to speed up and planned to arrive at the post station in Yijun County as much as possible before dark.

As a result, after leaving Jiyang Village, after traveling for more than ten miles, the road ahead was blocked.

"Wang Jinyi, what's going on in front?" Zhang Shun wondered, could traffic jams happen in ancient times?

After personally investigating the situation, Wang Jinyi, who came to report, quickly responded: "Reporting to King Shun, the front is Sanguan Pass, also known as Jinsuo Pass. After passing Sanguan Pass, you will be in northern Shaanxi."

"It is heard that there are a large number of hungry people in the north of the pass, and they want to cross the pass and go south. General Wei Zhiyou was afraid of disturbing the pass, so he sent people to stop him, and he was not allowed to pass through the pass at will."

"In front of us is the grain transportation team sent by Wei Zhiyou to guard. There are more than a hundred vehicles of cattle, horses and vehicles, and two to three hundred strong soldiers."

"Because the terrain in the south of the pass is flat and the terrain in the north of the pass is high and steep, it is inconvenient for traffic, and people are pushing and pulling to pass through the pass."

"Oh? Yu Zongbing, please bring someone to help!" Zhang Shun thought for a while, then ordered Yu Chongxiao.

Anyway, the [-] cavalry under his command are enough to serve as guards, and it doesn't matter much if [-] people are allocated to help.

After working like this for a long time, seeing the sun was westward, he could no longer make it to Yijun County for accommodation on time.

Zhang Shun thought about it, and simply ordered everyone to stay in the inspection department of Jinsuoguan.

In the Ming Dynasty, inspection departments usually had castles. This Jinsuoguan inspection department is not that big, but it still occupies an area of ​​[-] to [-] square meters.

Although it is impossible for all the [-] people under Zhang Shun's command to live in, they can accommodate hundreds of people, which is even better than usual.

Seeing that the people were setting up their camps, Zhang took Wang Jinyi, Wu Kong and others out of the inspection department by the way, to check the "hungry people" that Wang Jinyi said earlier.

Zhang Shun led the crowd to the north and this road is called Xianyu Road, which is the road from Xianyang to Yulin.

And this Jinsuo Pass is located in the transition zone between the northern Shaanxi Plateau and the Guanzhong Plain, and it happens to be an important fortress stuck on Xianyu Road.

There are three majestic mountains around Jinsuoguan. The north is called Nuhui Mountain, the east is called Malan Mountain, and the west is called Zhongjia Mountain.

Also, Liulin River and Qishui River meet and flow south at the foot of Nuhui Mountain, so this place is also called "Three Passes".

Those "hungry people" hid at the foot of Nvhui Mountain to rest because they could not pass the customs.

Some feared that it would be cold at night, so they picked up some firewood and lit a bonfire.

Some found some hay and made a grass nest to lie down on.

Zhang Shun looked all the way, all of them were skinny and emaciated, staying there with a numb expression, motionless to save energy.

"Good job, good job, master, give me something to eat!" More than a dozen half-grown children ran out from nowhere, and stopped in front of them, pleading.

Seeing their pity, Zhang Shun couldn't help looking at Wang Jinyi.

In the end, before he could speak, the red lady took the lead to chase people away: "Go, go, go on one side, don't get in the way!"

Those children saw that begging could not be done, so they dispersed one after another.

Zhang Shun was taken aback, and Hong Niangzi quickly explained: "If you open your mouth, then these ten people will not be the ones running over!"

Only then did Zhang Shun turn his head to look, and saw all the "hungry people" on the side of the road staring at him with green eyes, as if they would pounce on him if his heart softened.

"This..." Zhang Shun couldn't help but feel troubled, "Am I going to watch them starve to death here?"

"That's how we came here at that time!" Hong Niangzi couldn't help but said calmly, "Heaven wants to kill people, who can save them?"

"They have King Shun at this time, where is our King Shun at that time?"

Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help staring at the red lady's rosy face, wondering whether to call her cold-blooded and heartless, or to pity her for suffering.

"Master, master, you want me, I can have a son, I can read and keep accounts, I can do chores, I can serve tea and water to warm the bed." Just as the two of them were in a daze, someone suddenly fell in front of Zhang Shun, as if saying It was like a stand-up comic, it was difficult for her to say more than ten sentences in one breath.

Seeing Zhang Shun looking over, she stretched out a finger timidly and said: "Just give my parents a bag of rice, and I will be yours!"

Is this kid less than ten years old?Do you know what it means to have a son?

Looking at the dirty monkey-like child in front of him, Zhang Shun couldn't stop crying.

"No, I must save them!"

(End of this chapter)