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Chapter 179 Mine (single update, thanks later)

Yuan Baoshan

In the distance, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Qi Tianyin had already come out slowly, and the accompanying officials had already crowded up, shouting: "Long live my emperor."

Qi Huang looked at all the familiar faces, and smiled: "Haha...all lovers...I didn't miss any of them. I drank some wine last night, but I got up late this morning."

"Let's go, review with me."

"Zhang'er and Heng'er come here." He smiled and said, "I will teach you some military rules."

The two princes stepped forward and followed behind Qi Tianyin. The emperor was wearing a bright yellow coat. Looking down from the hillside, the countless camps below the mountain looked like a chessboard.

At this moment...they have raised the banner in the camp, and the densely packed army soldiers, led by the military officer, left the camp, people shouting horses, horns urging frequently, and the sound of orders was like thunder.

Everyone on the mountain watched with excitement, some nodded, and some whispered.

Qi Tianyin suddenly remembered something, and said, "By the way, I remember that the Fang's Stone Sulfur Mine is near here, where exactly is it?"

Stone sulfur mine?

When everyone heard it, they were really at a loss, and they all wanted to see it, so they stopped their gazes and stood on the hill to inspect.

Yuan Yanxi stood up and pointed to the east, the gap between the two mountains, "Reporting to the emperor, the mountain depression on the east side of Yuanbao is about fifty miles away, and it takes half an hour to get there."

He pointed with his hand, and sure enough, everyone followed the direction of his finger, as if they saw an inconspicuous point.

Qi Tianyin looked at the sky, "It's been a long time since I haven't seen Teacher Fang. He has dedicated himself to Da Jin. Now that I'm here, I'm going to visit. Let's go."

Qi Yuzhang's eyes brightened, he swung his horse and followed, and the rest followed closely behind.

All the ministers were thoughtful and speculated about His Majesty's thoughts, but when they arrived soon, they were shocked by the scene not far away.

What appeared in front of them was a huge mine.

This mine is continuous, looking around, there are hundreds of people, thousands of people working here, the entire mine vein seems to be hollowed out.

Many people cheered up. Of course all the mines in this world belong to the royal family, but... seeing such a scene is still shocking.

Qi Yuzhang couldn't help but whispered: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible..."

Everyone withdrew their gazes and looked at him one after another.

Qi Tianyin smiled and said, "What's impossible?"

Qi Yuzhang was startled and lost his composure, his heart suddenly flustered, and his back felt cold. If he didn't say anything, he would really be misunderstood by his father!
He said: "Father... look at this vein, obviously it has been dug for at least several years, otherwise there would not be such a big hole, but... I know that before this year, this Yuanbao Mountain has not been found. What kind of mine is there... So, Erchen will be a little surprised."

"The prince is quite knowledgeable about mines." Qi Yuheng said while tilting his head.

Everyone looked at the pothole and nodded. The ore veins in front of them seemed to have been cut off in half. This is a trace of man-made. It is impossible to do.

However, it is obvious that there was indeed no news of the discovery of mineral veins here before. This place is still under the jurisdiction of Yangcheng, and it can be regarded as the foot of the emperor.

It cannot be concealed from the emperor.

Sure enough, Qi Tianyin said with a smile: "This Fang Sicheng, I did not misread him."

Yuan Yanxi echoed, "Your Majesty, the spies report back, Master Fang is at the mine."

Qi Yuzhang clenched his fists and stared at Yuan Yanxi viciously, while Qi Yuheng waited for his father's order like a normal person.

"Haha, that's great, hurry up!"

Everyone was full of curiosity, and immediately went down the mountain. In fact, the mountain is not high, and only halfway up the mountain, the terrain began to flatten.

After a while, the busy figures of the workers came into view.

Before continuing to approach, Yuan Yanxi asked his subordinates to distribute protective masks to the emperor and the generals. After everyone was ready, they got off their horses and walked into the mine.

The miners transported the ore collected in the bamboo baskets together in an orderly manner, and then stopped, because from here, a wooden track was built on the ground. This track is like the iron tracks of later generations, but it is wooden Yes, here, there are specially-made carriages on the wooden rails. The axles and the wooden rails seem to fit together. The workers stack the ore directly in the carriage, and then, the front of the carriage is covered with horses. to pull.

Because of the wooden rails, the ruggedness of the road and the friction of the wheels are greatly reduced, so... a horse can easily pull thousands of catties of ore!A cart was waiting here, and when the ore was full, the carriage drove the horses towards the end of the wooden track, and at the end of the track, a huge smelting workshop was seen.

All the ministers stared straight at him. Such an exquisite and wonderful idea is really brilliant!First of all, the time and cost of mining are greatly reduced, and hundreds of miners can easily mine dozens of times the ore that miners can mine; secondly, the time and cost of transportation, obviously because of the wooden rails, are also greatly reduced. The horses easily carried the goods and galloped along the track.

Feng Jun was the first to blurt out: "Fang Sicheng is truly amazing. Not only can he make excellent weapons, but he also has such wisdom. He is really a strong backing for our army."

Even Xuan Pinghou, who didn't speak often, couldn't help nodding frequently in admiration.

What's even more spectacular is that here... Huge chimneys have been built.

Thick smoke was billowing from the chimney.

When approaching this workshop, people will feel a choking smell. Here, even the air seems to have a smell of pyrotechnic scum.

At this time, everyone discovered that not only someone sent the sulfur stone with the track, but also someone sent a large amount of coal with the track extending to another direction.

Feng Jun couldn't take his eyes off it. When he saw the dark ore in the distance, his eyes were full of surprise, and he couldn't help saying: "What is that?"

"General Feng." Yuan Yanxi said, "That's coal, used for smelting."

Someone was surprised and said: "Why, Fang Sicheng did not use charcoal to refine things?"

As soon as the words fell, before Yuan Yanxi could answer, someone shouted: "Where are people, where are people, come out."

All of a sudden, those miners who were busy carrying or resting in the shade all looked over.

Not long after, an 'old man' with silver hair but light steps, dark complexion and white teeth came out of the big tent.

Qi Tianyin took a serious look, hey, looks familiar, couldn't help asking: "Are you..."

The old man knelt down respectfully: "Long live my emperor, Xiaomin Fang Sicheng kowtowed to His Majesty."

Qi Tianyin was surprised, it was Fang Sicheng, and said hastily: "Oh, Master Fang has become like this, I can't recognize him at once."

"You are all vulgar people who have not been cleansed. Please forgive your sins, Your Majesty."

"Master Fang, please hurry up, you are an indispensable strange man of my great Jin, haha, all my soldiers are waiting for Master Fang's invention to defend the rivers and mountains."

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