Destiny Only Han

Chapter 653 Liu Ying: The reactionary class is not scary, but the reactionary class is educated!

Changle Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

Today, the wind is sunny and the breeze is not dry. It just so happens that Zhang Liang is not sick, so he directly ordered someone to arrest Zhang Liang and take him into the palace. Liu Bang, who was playing chess with him and chatting with him, raised his head when he heard familiar footsteps. The one who arrived was Liu Ying, who walked in with a stride that her relatives did not recognize, and walked in with arrogance.

Then, he felt a toothache.

Lieutenant Qi Ji had just come to complain to him earlier, saying that the prince, together with Taiwei Lu Wan and Neishi Lu Shizhi, flaunted their wealth in a high-profile manner in the city, causing the people to watch, which eventually caused a stampede accident. It is not yet known whether there were any casualties , but the scene was extremely chaotic. The cleaners who cleaned up afterward picked up hundreds of shoes, none of which were the same...

"Shuzi, you did a good job!"

"Huh?"

Liu Ying sat next to Liu Bang with a surprised expression on her face, but after a surprise, she skillfully picked up the teacup, poured herself a cup, and refilled the teacup in front of Zhang Liang by the way.

Liu Bang looked at Zhang Liang with a bit of sourness: "Zifang taught a good student... Sure enough, he respects the teacher..."

Zhang Liang raised his head, frowned slightly, thinking that such a big emperor like you even eats this bit of dry vinegar?
So without saying a word, he pushed the teacup in front of him to Liu Bang's side, looked at Liu Ying immediately, and motioned Liu Ying to pour himself another cup...

Although Liu Ying looked bewildered, but as a young man who weighed 150 and had a bone of [-], as long as he could see Liu Bang suffer, he would do anything.

Liu Bang was equally confused, but he glared at Liu Ying and said, "The prince is now promising, and he actually shows off his wealth in public, walking around the streets with boxes of gold. If so, you might as well donate some to enrich the national treasury! "

Who sued Naigong for making trouble... Liu Ying's eyes widened with anger.

Zhang Liang raised his eyelids slightly, but decided to take a look first before considering whether to join the group.

Well, of course it was to help Liu Ying.

After all, he was a teacher for a day and a father for life. His only regret was that he did not have a daughter, so that he could accept Liu Ying as a son-in-law, and he would be closer to him. The corners of Liang's mouth could not stop rising slightly.

Although Liu Bang looked directly at Liu Ying, he was too lazy to dwell on this issue and asked:
"You don't study and practice calligraphy in the East Palace, why go to Changle Palace?"

Of course I was asking you for money... Liu Ying changed into a smiling face of Party B, took out a form from her arms and handed it to Liu Bang: "This is the output of the coal field in Guangyan County this month, please take a look..."

Liu Bang took it, and after opening it, he found that the paper was not written in the traditional writing format, but the coordinate axes were drawn, and correspondingly marked with curves and numbers.

Now that there are more and more graduates from Dahan Public School, free schools in Chang'an City and surrounding counties have been fully rolled out. Liu Bang often goes to make inspections, and he is no stranger to such things as coordinate axes.

And this way of writing is more intuitive and clear than before.

Liu Bang first praised Liu Ying's tabular reporting method, and then said with a smile on his face:

"Okay, okay, I dug so much more than last month. It seems that what you said is right. The enthusiasm of slave labor and labor is different. The latter is more hardworking and diligent!"

That's natural, the bearded horse is always right... Liu Ying nodded in agreement:

"After all, slave labor has no promotion channels, and there is no pressure in life. No matter how much you do, you only have to eat at the end of the day. Naturally, they will try their best to steal, rape and play tricks, but labor is different. They not only support themselves, but also support their families. , buying a house and land, and thinking about buying a nasty horse for daily transportation..."

"Naturally, you will be diligent and hardworking..."

Liu Bang looked at the form carefully, and suddenly frowned and asked:
"Why is the loss rate so high? Also, why is the inventory increasing every month? Is it because coal is not easy to sell?"

"But I remember Xiao He once said that the price of briquette coal in Chang'an City has increased by [-]%, and many people have started to burn firewood again... Why, our coal can't be sold, could it be that King Han did it?"

"After all, the coal burned in Guanzhong was transported from Taiyuan County in the past, but now it's our coal burned, so King Han earns less..."

"Oh, that guy!"

Liu Ying silently lighted the wax for Han Wangxin who was also shot while lying down, and then explained:
"That's not true. The price increase of coal is mainly due to the imbalance between supply and demand."

"That is to say, when something is scarce in the market, its price will naturally rise."

"The price increase of coal today is mainly due to the application of steam engines, such as the steam barges running on the river, and the steam power devices that are being upgraded in the workshops in Chang'an. But the most important reason is the population growth of Chang'an City. "

"After all, in the past, there were only about 50 to 80 households in Chang'an, with a population of [-], but now the number has soared to [-]. Although most people live in the country and do not live in the city, the so-called seven Things like firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea, the demand for charcoal has naturally soared!"

"There is no innovation in coal mining technology, but the demand for coal has more than doubled. The price increase of coal is just a normal market behavior and has nothing to do with King Han."

Well, this passage is worth a county... Liu Ying silently wrote it down in her heart.

Liu Bang nodded and said:
"Then transporting our coal here as soon as possible can alleviate the problem of coal consumption in Guanzhong? Besides, I remember you said that one stone in the Jingshui has four buckets of mud, and one stone in the Weishui has six buckets of mud..."

"The main reason for this is that the upstream people's demand for fuel carbon, cutting down trees, causing soil erosion, causing sediment to be pushed by the water to deposit downstream, causing flood disasters!"

"The sand table simulation you did that day is still vivid in Nai Gongke's mind!"

Liu Ying took a sip of tea and did not speak. Liu Bang's so-called sand table simulation was actually an experiment he did when he used administrative means to push briquettes forcibly in order to persuade Xiao He to agree.

When the water flows through the bare loess embankment, it will continue to wash away the sediment and erode the embankment. At the same time, the sediment will continue to accumulate due to the flat terrain, widening of the river channel, and slowing down of the water flow, eventually forming a suspended river above the ground. When the water flow increases When it is big, it rushes out of the river embankment in minutes and wreaks havoc on the middle and lower reaches of the plain.

Although Liu Ying at that time did not specify which river was being simulated or where the land was submerged, both Liu Bang and Xiao He, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Wang Ling and others who were present could tell at a glance Liu Ying pointed out, but also shocked by what happened.

Summer melts, rivers overflow, people may be fish and turtles!
So after that day, Xiao He immediately issued a decree, emphasizing the ban on logging that continued from the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, it is forbidden to cut down trees in the first month of Mengchun, and it is forbidden to use fire to burn forests in February of February, and it is forbidden to cut down mulberry trees in March of Jichun.

At the same time, it was also announced that taxes would be levied on charcoal sellers, mainly woodcutters who sell firewood, and they need to strictly inspect the goods when they enter the city.
After all, all of this is for the long-term stability of the empire, for the plains on both sides of the river to be protected from floods, and for the continuous supply of food for Chang'an City.
Anyway, Xiao He is already a person buried up to his neck in the loess, and he has long been indifferent about whether he will leave a good name or infamy for future generations...

After a while, Liu Ying said slowly:

"Lucky, why no luck."

"On the straight road from Chang'an City to Jiuyuan County, in addition to the convoy transporting military supplies, there are four-wheeled carriages transporting coal..."

"But the crux of the problem is that the coal is heavy, the roads are long, the transportation cost remains high, and the transportation capacity of the coal mine is also very lacking, especially with the excavation of open-pit coal mines. Inventory keeps piling up!"

"After all, coal is different from other minerals. Once it is excavated, it cannot be stopped. Otherwise, the coal in the coal mine will quickly become inflammable..."

Well, it's oxidation.

Liu Bang frowned: "Where's your steam barge? Go up Hebei to transport coal. Isn't Guangyan County located by the river? Water transportation is faster and cheaper than land transportation!"

Liu Ying scratched her chin: "Father, have you forgotten the Hukou Waterfall in Dingyang County (Yan'an, Shaanxi)?" (Note 1)

Liu Bang's face was embarrassed: "That's right, why did Naigong forget this! It's all about you, why didn't you remind Naigong in advance, you must be watching Naigong's joke on purpose!"

I'm really beeping the dog... Liu Ying wanted to complain, but he came to ask Party A's father for money today, so he made money with kindness, so he said flatteringly: "Yes, yes, it's all my fault."

Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and said nothing, instinctively felt that the old fellow opposite him would suffer...

Liu Bang nodded in satisfaction. His son has grown up and knows how to save face for Lao Tzu in front of others, which makes him very gratified.

So he looked at Liu Ying and said kindly:

"Then tell me, what good solution do you have? As long as you can solve the problem of coal mine transportation and let the head of Chang'an City use coal at the same low price as before, Nai Gong will help you solve all the difficulties!"

Liu Ying stretched out her hand in front of Liu Bang: "It's very simple, pay money!"

Note 1: The word Hukou was first seen in "Shangshu·Yugong" in the Warring States Period, "both contains Hukou, governing Liang and Qi", "Hukou, Leishou, as for Taiyue".

The "Yuanhe County Chronicles" of the Tang Dynasty called the mouth of the pot a stone trough, saying that there are mountains in the river, and the chisel is like a trough, and the beam hangs more than [-] feet.

Well, the reason why there are many Hukou is mainly because the ancient literati had limited financial resources and were not able to visit Hukou Waterfall in person, so there are many Hukou, and there are even people who confuse Hukou with Longmen...

In fact, it is not just literati who record geography, such as "Tiangong Kaiwu", many of the "exotic skills" in it are Song Yingxing's limited financial resources, which cannot be restored, come from hearsay, and then create on the spot with his imagination...

Similar to "Tiangong Kaiwu", there is also Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica". After all, Li Shizhen is not a Shennong, and he doesn't taste hundreds of herbs. Many of the medicinal properties and pharmacology are guesswork...

(End of this chapter)