Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2147
Things in the coal mine are still in full swing.

At the Jinyi Guardhouse in Liangzhou City, Yuan Bao wrote a letter about the incident here and sent it to Chang'an City.

At the same time, there was another snowfall in Chang'an City, and it was a heavy snowfall.

The heavy snow raided Chang'an City, and about an hour later, Chang'an City became completely white.

And the snow is still falling.

It has been snowing all day, and the snow on the road is so thick that walking is a bit difficult.

Li Shimin stayed in the imperial study, looking at the snow outside, couldn't help but sighed, the weather in Chang'an City this year is a bit cold.

Not only is it cold when it snows, but it is also cold when it does not snow, much colder than in previous years.

Yesterday morning, some people said that the price of coal has become more expensive this year, and many people can no longer afford such expensive coal.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin's heart ached a little. The common people would soon be unable to burn coal. If they couldn't afford coal, wouldn't some people freeze to death?

Thinking of the common people being frozen, Li Shimin felt a little uncomfortable.

However, the price of coal is determined by the market. When the weather is cold, the price of coal will rise, and if there is less coal, the price will also rise. If the imperial court forcibly controls it, it may disrupt the entire market.

Those who sell coal will not sell it anymore. Even if many people have money, they will not be able to buy coal pellets. At that time, the life of the people will be even more difficult.

In many cases, the market decides everything.

So in today's situation, Li Shimin has nothing to do.

The price of coal will fall unless more coal is flooded into the market.

It's just that all the coal mines are being mined, so it's not easy to get more coal mines?
Li Shimin was a little worried.

And at this time, Yuan Lou came.

"My lord, there is news from Liangzhou City."

Li Shimin nodded and asked, "What happened in Liangzhou City?"

Regarding Liangzhou City, Li Shimin never let up for a moment.

"Qin Tian and the others discovered a large coal mine in Xiliang. That coal mine... is counted among us in the entire Tang Dynasty, and can be mined for a hundred years."

Hearing that coal mines were mined in Xiliang, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment. This situation was beyond his expectation. Since coal mines were mined in Xiliang, the price of coal mines in Xiliang must be very low. This winter, Although it is severe cold, the people of Xiliang don't have to endure the cold.

Is it just other people in Datang?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh again.

But after this sigh, he suddenly realized one thing, coal, they have more coal in Datang, if these coals are transported to other places in Datang, then the price of coal in these places will drop, With the reduction of coal, the common people will be able to afford coal this year and will not have to suffer from the cold.

It's only early winter. If people from Xiliang bring some coal back, there shouldn't be any problem, right?
Even if it's not from Xiliang, the merchants in those places next to Xiliang probably have already seen the business opportunity and started to buy coal from Xiliang, and then transport it to Chang'an City and other places for sale, right?

The problem that has been troubling Li Shimin has been solved at this moment. Of course, he did not think that this would be very helpful to the development of Xiliang, but for the sake of the people of the world, Li Shimin is willing to sacrifice a little of his selfishness.

"Spread the news and guide some merchants to go to Xiliang to purchase coal, and even if the coal has not arrived, just this news can reduce the price of coal in Chang'an City and other places."

Once they know that there is cheap coal, then many people may wait and see, waiting for cheap coal to come, and these people who own coal at this time will have a backlog of coal in their hands.

But how can this thing be backlogged in their hands? If there is a backlog, they will lose more when the cheap coal comes. So once the people wait and see, the price of coal will definitely drop.

The market has its ability to self-regulate.

Yuan Lou didn't think too much, nodded and agreed, but he didn't leave, and said: "My lord, Qin Tian also established Xiliang Academy in Xiliang, preparing to let those children who were redeemed from the Turks Studying, and more importantly, Che Shiguo has sent over [-] people to Xiliang, but most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled."

Che Shiguo's approach is a bit unethical, but Li Shimin is obviously not very concerned about these two things. In his opinion, the academy is definitely helpful to the development of Xiliang, but the effect of academy education is very slow. If there is no ten years, there will be no effect.

And in such a barren place in Xiliang, how can there be any knowledgeable people to teach those students?
You know, the Great Confucianists of the Tang Dynasty, the people who have learned a lot, are all in Chang'an City.

As for the matter of Che Shiguo, he didn't care even more. Ten thousand old, weak, sick and disabled would not provide any help to Xiliang, but would bring pressure to Xiliang. Liang has to take care of it, he can't let these people starve to death.

"Okay, got it."

Li Shimin's response was flat. Seeing this, Yuan Lou didn't stay any longer. After going down, he sent someone to spread the news that Xiliang had discovered the coal mine.

Of course, this news is mainly spread in some places very close to Xiliang. As long as this news spreads, businessmen in these places will definitely be able to see business opportunities, and when they see business opportunities, they will definitely rush to Xiliang. After all They are close to Xiliang, and they still have a month to make money by pulling coal back.

After the news spread in Chang'an City, the people in Chang'an City were not as active in buying coal as before.

"No hurry, no hurry, coal mines have been discovered in Xiliang, and the coal dug out of those mines must be bought in Chang'an City. At that time, the price of coal will be much cheaper. At that time, it will not be too late for us to buy it, but now In early winter, although it was a bit colder, it was still bearable, and the little coal at home was enough to last for a while.”

"Yes, coal is really expensive now. There are coal mines in Xiliang, so the coal there must be very cheap."

"........."

The common people talked and waited and watched, the number of people buying coal in Chang'an City decreased, and those merchants became a little anxious when they saw that the coal could not be sold at once.

Of course, they all know that it is not that coal cannot be sold, but that the price is too high. If the price is cheap, there will still be many people who buy coal.

But are they cheap?
Thinking of the discovery of such a large coal mine in Xiliang, and once the coal from Xiliang is transported over, even if they want to get cheap at that time, they probably won't be able to sell it, right?

(End of this chapter)