The first free king of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 146 New Carboniferous, Now Chang'an

Today's Chang'an City is a bit more lively than usual. Every three days, there is a big market day, and recently it coincides with the end of the year.

The wandering peddlers and porters became even more diligent, thinking of earning a living through the winter at the end of the year.

It's only November, and the head of the cold sky has already appeared. Some smart people know that it looks like another difficult winter...

It's true that you have to stock up on things for the winter...

Today, in this seemingly ordinary, but slightly bustling city of Chang'an, it is considered a special day.

a street side.

A few people who squatted to watch appeared.

All of them are dressed in brocade clothes and robes, well-dressed.

But like a few gai slippers, they squatted directly under the shade of a tree at a corner.

Although a few people squatted casually, they looked like a few casual businessmen.

But among the many passers-by around, there are hidden guards with fierce eyes, who are always vigilant in secret...

"Zhijie, don't block your eyes!"

"Cheng Pifu, get out of here!"

"Old Cheng, block it!"

Cheng Yaojin, who had just arrived, moved his butt angrily, changed his position, and squatted on the other side.

As Li Shimin and the others looked at the noise of shops in the distance...

"Everyone, it's gone, it's really gone!"

A group of guys in the shop told everyone helplessly.

"What, it's gone?"

"Impossible, you must still have it!"

"Don't worry, it's not that I won't give you money!"

"Yes, big brother, I will definitely give the money, and I will take it back to my old lady!"

"May I ask your shopkeeper to sell more?"

"I beg my brother to sell more, the children and the elderly at home will point to this this winter!"

As soon as everyone heard it, they begged, complained, questioned, and so on.

The buddy quickly stabilized the crowd and shouted loudly.

"Everyone, don't worry! Don't worry! It's not that they won't be sold, it's just that today's goods... are sold out, and the charcoal has to be dug slowly!"

"Today I'm gone, but tomorrow there will be more, everyone, please go early tomorrow!"

"Don't worry, there is an order from the Holy Spirit. Coal costs three coins. No matter today, tomorrow, or later, the price will never increase! There will be some this winter!"

"really!"

"really?"

Guy: "Of course it's true!"

"All blessings, Your Majesty, all blessings, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"We finally saw some live heads!"

"This winter, it's finally better!"

"Okay, I'll come to arrange it early in the morning, and I must buy this charcoal!"

The person next to him immediately interrupted: "What charcoal, I heard from my big cousin, it's called coal~"

After hearing what the guys said, many people around the store who were snapping up coal were shaking with excitement.

Some of their sallow faces were flushed with excitement!
Many people simply cannot really understand how they are feeling at the moment.

No one can understand the preciousness of getting a little warmth in that miserable and hopeless winter day...

That's a living thing!

The price of food was originally an unattainable high price, but now charcoal is even higher than the price of food!

This winter...

It seems to be even more desperate than the previous two years...

But at this time, a kind of coal without poisonous gas appeared in Chang'an City!

And three coins for one!
This made many poor people not believe it at all for a while, and they couldn't believe it. This is a joke like an idiot's dream. How could it be possible...

But after being surprised for two or three days, I heard that someone on the street tried this thing called coal.

It's really not poisonous!
And it burns longer than charcoal, and the smoke is smaller than charcoal. The most important thing is!

It was reported that the price of three coins for one penny!

It is much cheaper than other charcoal!

After several days of warming up, the shop responsible for selling coal opened its doors this morning, and it was completely surrounded!
It even almost knocked down the doors of other shops~
Not only the shop in front of Li Shimin is like this.

As long as the shops in Chang'an City are responsible for selling coal, they all encountered the same situation!

All of a sudden, many people shouted wildly on the street, "All blessings, Your Majesty!"
Li Shimin and the others watched for a long time, from the figure of the people who started to run around, and from the eager conversation, they couldn't help laughing slowly.

Laughed from the bottom of my heart...

Changsun Wuji stroked his beard and sighed: "Boss, that coal is indeed very good. The old man had someone find some yesterday, and it burns longer than firewood. It really is a good thing!"

"Yes, this detoxified charcoal is better than the best willow wood. The most important thing is! You can buy several yuan for a penny! It's much better than firewood and other things!"

"In this freezing weather, after all, it warms our hearts. This winter, more people will surely survive!"

Wei Zheng, who had been refusing to squat down all this time, wiped the rosy corners of his eyes with his sleeve robe, and said tremblingly: "This coal, it is simply a blessing from heaven! The person who came up with the method of detoxification with charcoal is simply possessed. Great merit!"

Only Wei Zheng, who has really experienced poverty, knows the importance of a piece of charcoal in this winter...

Li Shimin heard the remarks of the three people around him, so he also stood up and straightened up.

When Li Shimin heard the common people's words, Your Majesty, and the compliments to the imperial court, he felt unprecedented real satisfaction and enthusiasm from the bottom of his heart.

For the first time since he ascended the throne, he felt proud!
All of this is worth it!

Li Shimin couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Yes, this is a great merit..."

Yes, great merit.

As the saying goes, there are seven things to open the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.

Because there is no food, people can survive for three to five or seven days even if they just drink water.

But in the big winter, as long as there is no charcoal for a day, you may be frozen to death at night!

Therefore, charcoal is extremely important in this era.

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, why was Guanzhong a land of abundance, but later turned into a desolate loess plateau?

Isn't it because the people cut down a large number of trees, resulting in the destruction of vegetation and soil erosion.

Now the emergence of new coal has directly solved the biggest livelihood problem of the common people!
And this merit is all because of Tang Sufan!
Cheng Yaojin raised his eyebrows, and said in a buzzing voice: "Yes, Mr. Tang, boy Tang has done a great job! Do you have any rewards for boy Tang?"

Hearing these words, Wei Zheng also looked at Li Shimin calmly.

This boy Tang...

With Wei Zheng's brain, he had already thought of it, whether it was the previous disaster prevention plan or the coal that appeared in Chang'an now.

I'm afraid it's all related to this person——

It's just who is this, who can have such a talent for governing the country!
I heard he was still young...

Li Shimin coughed twice, pretending not to hear.

"Ahem, there's no rush, we'll talk about it later—"

And Li Shimin also felt that he had never been so aggrieved to anyone as he was to this kid.

Reward property, reward a person who uses colored glaze as a bowl, what reward do you get?
Rewarding power, this kid doesn't love power at all, and even abandons it like a shoe, fearing that it won't be enough, and he will have to run around in the middle of the night with a small burden on his back——

He can't say clearly that he will find a way to marry his daughter to this kid in the future, and he will lose some face.

Wei Zheng stood aside with a look on his face, and bowed respectfully, as sincerely as possible.

"Boss, I blamed my boss before, I didn't expect my boss to create such a great fortune for the people of the world, this old slave is ashamed!"

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