"Is it mud?" Xiao Ningxue muttered in doubt, and picked up a little black substance from the hole to examine.

After sniffing and sniffing, Xiao Ningxue suddenly widened her eyes in surprise.

"Get rich, get rich, we're going to get rich!"

Her actions stunned Xiao Yue and Xue Ruyun.

"What kind of fortune?" Xue Ruyun was surprised.

"Is it possible that this black soil can be sold for money?" Xiao Yue was also wondering.

"I'll find out if I can sell it for money." Xiao Ningxue was overjoyed, "If it's that kind of thing, I'll really make a fortune."

After speaking, Xiao Ningxue tied the climbing rope around her waist and descended into the cave.

Seeing this, one of the hidden guards rushed to the front and jumped into the cave using lightness kung fu to protect her.

The cave was very deep, at least ten feet high. If it wasn't for the thick fine sand on the bottom of the cave, Liu Dali and his wife would have fallen to their deaths.

The entrance of the cave is obviously so small, but the bottom of the cave seems to be very wide, like a gourd, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.

Xiao Ningxue has been exercising a lot during this time, and she easily descended to the bottom of the cave holding the rope.

Once her feet were on the ground, she untied the rope and turned on the flashlight.

She also made no secrets in front of the hidden guards. How long have they been secretly protecting her? They have seen what they can see and what they can't see, and she has no secrets in front of them.

However, the people Ah Wen sent to protect her were the most reliable people, so there was nothing to worry about.

As soon as the flashlight was on, everything at the bottom of the cave was displayed in front of my eyes, and all I could see were black ores, shining faintly.

Xiao Ningxue used a knife to pry a piece off, and after seeing it, she cried out in surprise.

“Coal mines, really coal mines!”

"Your Majesty, what is a coal mine?" the dark guard Bai Shiyi couldn't help asking.

"Fuel." Xiao Ningxue couldn't restrain her excitement, "This thing can light a fire for cooking and keep warm, and it can completely replace cow dung and firewood."

"Really? That's great!" Bai Shiyi was also very pleasantly surprised.

What is most lacking in the west? The most lacking is fuel for heating.

It's windy and snowy here in winter, and it can freeze your ears off when it's cold.

But the terrible thing is that there are no trees to grow in this kind of place, and cow dung is limited. How many old people and children from poor families can't survive the cold winter?
If this thing can really start a fire, how big of a problem should it solve?
"Not only can this thing burn, it's also better than cow dung and firewood." Xiao Ningxue introduced excitedly, "Not to mention the fire, it doesn't smoke, and it burns for a long time~
These words made Bai Shiyi's eyes widen even more, "Is there anything in this world that doesn't smoke when it burns?"

"Of course, there are many, natural gas, electric heaters~coal is the lowest-end kind."

After talking to Bai Shiyi, the two left the cave.

When going down, she also measured it specially. The yellow mud layer is only 20 meters, and the bottom is full of coal mines, and it is not difficult to mine.

In addition, this piece of land is currently unoccupied, and it is still wasteland.

After all, it is far away from the water source, and no one cares about farming. Liu Dali and his wife are also strong and stupid, so they came here for some reason.

It was also unlucky, a hole was dug out after a few hoes, and he fell into it and fell half to death.

When he was carried away just now, he kept crying and cursing that this place didn't want to see them, and he would go back to the merchant village after his legs recovered, so he wouldn't stay here.

Xiao Ningxue thought, it's good for them to leave, so as not to compete with her for a place.

There are coal mines under this area, and she is sure to take it out and use it for mining coal mines.

Of course, Liu Dali and his wife would not be treated badly, after all, they were the ones who discovered this coal mine.

After leaving the cave, Xiao Ningxue told Xiao Yue and Xue Ruyun about the situation underneath, and told them to keep it secret.

People are greedy, if people know that there are so many good things hidden in the ground, those people who open up wasteland and plant jujubes will rush to snatch them, then it will be troublesome.

At the moment, they are all gone, and they are all busy with their own affairs.

So Xiao Ningxue ordered the two hidden guards to move a big rock to block the cave, and then spent some time to investigate, roughly circled the area where the coal mines were hidden, and planned to plant all of them with seabuckthorn.

Seabuckthorn is drought-resistant and can prevent and fix sand. The fruit is also known as the king of vitamin C. It can beautify and nourish the skin, and it can also stimulate the production of collagen in the skin, making the skin more rosy and delicate. Its uses are not ordinary.

Therefore, Xiao Ningxue, who originally planned to return to Ji'an City, stayed behind.

First, I spent some time cultivating a batch of seabuckthorn in the portable space, and then asked someone to plant it.

Planting is also very simple. You only need to dig a hole to plant the saplings, and you don't even need to water them.

How can such a tree live? Everyone thought it was ridiculous before.

But later I found that all the sea-buckthorn trees that had been planted had taken root and sprouted, and the hills were covered with lush greenery, so I had to feel that Princess Ye is a blessed person. Planting trees does not require watering. Do you think it is a god?
After the seabuckthorn trees were planted, Xiao Ningxue took over the land.

The land belonged to her, so that in the future, the coal mine would not be afraid of being seized by others, saving a lot of unnecessary trouble.

After clearing these things, it was already mid-May. Xiao Ningxue took some time and sent two hidden guards to remove the boulders, dig a few loads of coal in the cave, and then mix it with sand according to the ratio to make coal balls .

After drying it in the sun and trying to burn it, I found that it was no different from modern briquettes. After ignition, it was bright red, not to mention the firepower, and it was smokeless. It couldn't be easier to burn.

After the test is successful, the next step is to vigorously mine the coal mine.

She had already written to Wu Chongwen and Xiao Wenzhao about this matter.

Both of them attached great importance to it, and Wu Chongwen sent He Yu to hire some people from the Central Plains to dig coal in Ningzhou.

The management personnel were all selected by Xiao Wenzhao, including exiled criminals such as Xue Andong and Xuehen. They were sent to Ningzhou to work hard in the name of the day, but in fact they were asked to manage the coal mine.

These people were all available talents in the court before, but now that such an important matter is entrusted to them, they must know how to manage it well.

It has to be said that this group of exiled "criminal ministers" are really strong. By winter, the briquettes have been sold to Su'an County.

The households of the aristocratic families in Su'an County are piled up with briquettes, and there is no more burning stinky cow dung.

And the cow dung used to judge which family is rich has finally become fuel for the poor who cannot afford briquettes.

It has to be said that the discovery of coal mines has brought about great changes to the people of the world.

As a result, Concubine Ye became the "Fufei" praised by the ancient Shu Kingdom.

Of course these are later stories.

Xiao Ningxue was summoned into Beijing by the Empress Dowager with an imperial decree before the weather turned cold and burned coal to keep warm.

The Night King is newly married, how can he not bring the princess to Beijing to pay homage?
Wu Chongwen couldn't find a reason to refuse.

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