Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2142 Xiliang Academy
Liangzhou City.

When Qin Tian brought those people back to Liangzhou City, it was snowing heavily in Liangzhou City.

Although it wasn't a big snowfall, it was extremely cold, which made it difficult for many people who came to Liangzhou City for the first time.

Although warm kangs and coal stoves have become popular in the Tang Dynasty, such things are relatively scarce in Xiliang, so many people have to wear thick clothes if they want to withstand the cold weather .

Qin Tian brought people back to the city in the heavy snow, his nose was already red from the cold, he did not expect the first snow in Liangzhou City to come so early.

And when the heavy snow comes, heating equipment should also be put on the agenda.

Those children were temporarily placed in the military camp by Qin Tian, ​​while he returned directly to Xiliang Palace.

When he returned to the palace, he found that many rooms in Xiliang Palace had been burned with kangs.

"Uncle Fu made this when you left. The weather has been too cold in recent days, and the children couldn't stand it, so Uncle Uncle started preparing the heating kang early. He didn't think he was just getting ready. It snowed heavily, just in time."

Tang Rong told Qin Tian about the situation, Qin Tian nodded after listening, but he soon discovered another problem.

"Are these kangs burned with charcoal?"

Tang Rong nodded: "I originally wanted to burn coal, but there are not many coal sellers in Liangzhou City, so I can only use charcoal to burn it. The charcoal is a bit expensive, but our Xiliang Palace can afford it." Now, you don't have to worry."

Although when he came to Xiliang, Qin Tian had already dissipated all his family wealth, but he also hid a lot of money in other places. Now I dare not say that the wealth can rival the country, but it is still no problem to fight against half the country of.

The entire Xiliang Palace burns charcoal, and there is no problem.

However, their Xiliang Palace can burn charcoal, but what about other common people?
Charcoal is very expensive, how can other common people burn it so easily?
So, we still have to get coal.

Qin Tian thought for a while, and seemed to remember that there were still a lot of coal mines in Xiliang in later generations, but now, none of them have been developed. If these coal mines are developed, it will definitely be of great help to promote the development of Xiliang. .

Thinking about it, Qin Tian didn't talk to Tang Rong and the others, and ordered people to call Ma Zhou, Luo Huang and the others.

Hearing that Qin Tian just came back, he called them here without making out with his wife. Ma Zhou and Luo Huang knew that Qin Tian might have something very important.

Therefore, they didn't dare to hesitate, and rushed over in a hurry.

"My lord, you are in such a hurry to call us here, what orders do you have?"

Everyone looked at Qin Tian, ​​Qin Tian took out a map, and then handed it to Luo Huang, saying: "This is our map of Xiliang, on this map, marked with red dots, there is likely to be underground Take people to find the coal mines. The weather is cold now. If these coal mines can be mined, the winter for the people of Xiliang will be better. Moreover, there are many coal mines, and we can sell them outside. Absolutely make money."

Hearing that he was looking for coal mines, Luo Huang was stunned for a moment. Coal mines are something that has not been surveyed on the ground, so it is difficult to know if you just draw it on the map like this?

However, he has long been used to Qin Tian's situation, so after taking over the map and looking at it, he nodded and didn't say any more nonsense, just agreed like this, and then he went down, Find someone to survey the terrain.

He knew very well that once the coal mines mentioned by Qin Tian really existed, they would get rich, and Xiliang could rely on these coal mines to develop and prosper.

Luo Huang left, and Ma Zhou quickly asked, "My lord, is there anything else?"

"Yes, I brought back more than 2000 children from Yumen Pass. They are still at the age of learning to read. They are also our hope in Xiliang, so I want you to choose a piece of land in Liangzhou City. Build an academy and let these children come in to study. Of course, in addition to reading, we also invite people to teach them riding and archery, painting, etc., so that they can learn everything. This academy must be large. Because when the time comes, all the students in Xiliang may come to study here."

Hearing that Qin Tian wanted to build an academy to house those orphans, Ma Zhou also felt that it was necessary. Those children had been tortured in Turkic. It was necessary for them to enjoy the warmth and study. Only in this way, they to be a useful person.

If you become a useful person, you will naturally be able to serve Xiliang.

"Don't worry, my lord. We don't have many things in Liangzhou City, but there are many places. This academy, I can make it the largest academy in the entire Tang Dynasty. In the future, people from other places may come to our Xiliang Academy to study. Woolen cloth."

As long as their academy can teach talents and have great Confucianism that others can't match, it is not difficult to attract some students to study.

But Ma Zhou is also very clear that to achieve this goal, they need many years of hard work, but education is not something that can be accomplished overnight, and they need to make long-term plans.

After saying this, Ma Zhou didn't stay any longer. After leaving Xiliang Palace, he began to choose a location for Xiliang Academy. This academy can't be in a place that is too lively. After all, it is crowded and it is not conducive to students' study, but It can't be that the transportation is inconvenient.

Moreover, when considering these conditions, they should not only consider the present, because Liangzhou City will definitely be able to prosper and develop in the future. If this is the case, they need to take the future development into consideration.

Ma Zhou already knew the situation in Liangzhou City very well, so after he went back, he only took one day to choose the address of the school.

With the address of the academy, the next step is to start construction.

However, in this cold weather, cement can't solidify at all, so some things built with cement can only be made after the spring, but other things, such as the planning of the academy, some rockery, pools and so on , but it can be done now, they can take advantage of the winter to make this up.

Of course, after planning, the first thing to do is to recruit workers.

Fortunately, it is not the busy season for farming. It is not difficult for them to recruit some workers. Of course, it may not be easy to recruit many workers.

Fortunately, it was just the construction of the academy, and it didn't require a lot of workers. Ma Zhou took care of it all by himself.

(End of this chapter)