Villager of Daming

Chapter 508: Coal has been unearthed and has promise (fifth update)

The village chief glanced at Liu Chong, who was looking over, and said to Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, there is salt locally. It is not easy to farm in Yanwan, which is thirty miles away, but there is no shortage of salt.

Take the soil from the saline-alkali land directly, add water to boil the salt, no extra things are needed, and the salt that comes out can be eaten directly.

When the sea is boiled for salt, yellow muddy water is used, and the local area is directly saline-alkali soil.

The previous dynasties regarded this place as a good place. In the Han Dynasty, there were salt officials under the jurisdiction of it, and in the Tang Dynasty as well.

The local Wuding River is where Yanwan is located. Chen Tao of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem: I vowed to sweep away the Xiongnu regardless of my own safety, and five thousand Shao brocade mourned Hu Chen.The poor bones by the Wuding River are like those in a spring boudoir's dream.

Of course, he just writes poems, he doesn't go to war with others, he just doesn't pass the imperial examination.

After the Tang Dynasty, we fought and fought until the Song Dynasty came out. Unfortunately, this side became the border. It was not as good as what we are now.

The border is used for border trade, which is called Quechang, and Liu Qianhu guards it here, which shows that this place is important.

The saline-alkali land has a large area, and it is obviously impossible to grow food crops. If the people don't come, they can't grow anything.

It would be most suitable to plant purple-flowered grassland with strong salt-alkali resistance, and then raise sheep and cattle. Horses are also suitable. They have no shortage of salt or grass.

The most important thing is that there is coal here, which is even worse than the open-pit coal mine in Baofeng.

Now there is a large open-pit coal mine next to it. If you dig a little deeper, you can see the coal. Next to it is the Jiahe River, which leads directly to the Yellow River. "

The head of the district, wah wah, said about the local resources, mainly minerals, salt and coal, and other minor ones.

Zhu Biao leaned back, just say it!Where is Daming useless?Only useless people.

Liu Chong is the same as the local officials who encountered this scene before: "..."

Whoever encounters this is not confused!Foreigners are more familiar with the local conditions than our locals.

But Zhu Xing was used to it, and his father had to let Xiaqiu Village accompany him, isn't it because of this, it was convenient to talk about a place every time he went.

In the process of rushing, teach myself and my elder brother knowledge, no one in the whole court has the ability to do so, so I don't bring ministers with me.

So he spoke up: "There are open-pit coal mines that are easy to dig, and they are transported by water next to the Yellow River. People in places where there is no coal along the Yellow River can burn cheap coal.

Baofeng's coal pipes do not reach the upstream position, whether it is coke for firing kilns or coal for daily fires, there is no shortage of them. "

"Your Highness, it is impossible to transport it upstream to Jizhou. There is Hukou Waterfall there. It is impossible to go down and up.

Unless the previous method is used, it is not cost-effective to transport coal by boat on land, and it is too costly in manpower and material resources. "

The chief reminded that the coal here cannot be transported further downstream along the Yellow River.

"What are you afraid of? If we can't make it over there, isn't it time for our Xianyang coal to be transported out through the Wei River?" Zhu Xi didn't forget that there was a large coal mine in his fief.

"What His Highness said is true. In fact, we can blast out a road next to Hukou Waterfall, for example, build a simple railway, and then connect shipping.

We can blow up the Rouge River, and the side isn't that deep. It's easy as long as there is a road.

With 2 people dispatched, the road can be repaired in two months, and then it will be convenient for everyone to come and go, bypassing the waterfall. "

The head of the village first expressed his admiration, and then mentioned the road construction. The place next to the Hukou Waterfall was blown up and repaired.

If you can sail on land, you can walk. It’s just a question of how to choose. Why do you have to sail?Can't take a track?
There is the Rouge River there, and the Hukou Waterfall is also made of stones.

"Why didn't you say that before? Yes! The key is to find a way for the local coal, and the people are willing to come if it can be sold for money. Coincidentally, the salt can also be transported together."

Zhu Xi complained, but didn't dare to stare at Li Chang.

Zhu Biao interjected: "Find the coal first, it will be convenient later. At least there will be fuel for boiling salt. This salt is better than lake salt.

Liu Qianhu, let's eat first, and after we're done, let's go to the coal mine and dig.

No other common people, this is a military settlement, at least the people in the military settlement can burn coal casually this winter, remember to guard against charcoal poisoning. "

Liu Chong: "Follow the order of His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Even now, he is still guessing about the identity of the chief. Is the chief a name or a position?It’s the same idea as some previous officials.

After the meal, Zhu Ping, who put on his military coat, finally felt less cold and followed the team to a place six miles away.

In fact, there is no need to dig, because you can see scattered black coal stones next to it, but the place is desolate and no one cares.

The craftsmen and sergeants went up and started digging without explosives.

Two hours later, coal appeared in several pits six feet deep one after another. The more people there, the more powerful it would be.

"Dig the coal, and use the coal here for dinner tonight." Zhu Biao ordered, and he could tell the truth at a glance.

In fact, everyone knows that coal is coal, carry it up in a basket, and when the amount is almost there, everyone rushes back.

Liu Chong: "..."

He turned around and told his own soldiers: "Go and tell the others to come and load the coal tomorrow morning, we have good coal, and we can burn it casually in winter.

Then send fast horses to the other guards and light the torches. You don't need to come back today, let the other guards also come to dig coal. "

The soldier nodded tremblingly: "Don't worry Qianhu, I promise to run over."

The soldiers are happy, there is coal, so there is no need to find a way to get firewood, choose the best coal to burn, this winter will not be cold.

As for building fire tunnels, fire pits, and fire walls, it's too easy. There is clay locally, and cave dwellings are even dug in some places.

Um!For example, next to here, there are cave dwellings left by previous people.

"Li Chang, what are you holding in your hand? It looks familiar." When returning to the original place and preparing to eat, Zhu Xi looked at Li Chang's hand, which was covered with mud.

"Your Highness, the seven items we use in our home are provided by Xiaqiu Village. The quality of Xiaqiu Village is better. Guanyin soil is bentonite.

It is used to decolorize brown sugar. We used it to make white sugar, and then crystallized the white sugar into rock sugar.

The little girl cried so hard that her eyes were swollen, and she regretted being greedy and buying such expensive rock candy. "

The chief introduced bentonite. By the way, I took a look at the girl. Bentonite is a good thing. Most people don't understand it. Bentonite has a wide range of uses.

The little girl pursed her lips: "It's hard to think about it now, it's too bad, how dare they sell it so expensive?"

She knows all the crafts, but every time she thinks about it, she gets angry and angry with barbarians.

Liu Chong went to Lichang, stretched out his hand, took some soil that Lichang gave him, and squeezed it: "His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness King Qin, there are many such soils in the local area, it..."

"Liu Qianhu! This soil is a good thing, and we all use it! It has a strong adsorption effect, and some things that shouldn't be there are absorbed by it.

When the road is repaired in the future, it will be sent down from the Yellow River, bypassing the Hukou Waterfall and taking the railway track.

Don't eat it as Guanyin soil. It's not good for your stomach. It can be used to feed livestock. In the future, our place will become rich and people will take the initiative to move here to live. "

When Zhu Xi heard that it was bentonite, he thought of many applications. Jubiqi would use it in making oil, sauce and vinegar.

(End of this chapter)