Capital Datang

ps: Lao Yu made a big oolong yesterday, and the reminder of 1 is to be changed today. Lao Yu got mad and gave 2 more yesterday, but it doesn’t matter, even if it broke out yesterday, today Finally, two chapters with [-] words were coded out, and [-] words is impossible. In addition, there is a reminder of [-] words, which makes Lao Yu elusive, and I am really embarrassed.This is Chapter [-], Chapter [-] before nine o'clock.

It was rare for him to go to the palace. Li Shimin was in high spirits and stayed in the cold drink shop until noon.This cold drink shop is very cool because of the ice making, so it is a good place to escape the heat.Qinghe played with the three little girls Gao Yang and Xueyan all morning, and they were all a little tired, while his son had already fallen asleep. Li Shimin felt sorry for his daughter, so he ordered Qinghe and the three of them to be sent back to the palace first, but Li Yin was sent to the palace. He and Li Zhi stayed behind.

"Uncle, the snow geese are also tired. My nephew will take my leave first and send my younger sister home to rest." Li Jingheng was very naughty. Seeing that Li Shimin left his two sons behind, he guessed that he might have something to say, so he was about to run away.

"Well, if Xueyan is tired, let someone send her back first, and you will stay too!" Li Shimin said indifferently after taking a look at the little fat man.

Li Jingheng had no choice but to follow suit. At the same time, he felt a little bit of resentment towards Li Min. He kindly invited him to come and sit with him, but he didn't expect to invite Li Shimin, a great god, and now even he was arrested. Although he didn't know what to do with them. However, according to his intuition, there must be nothing good.Capital Datang 65

"Liulang, I heard that you have opened several coal mines outside the city?" After sending the little girls away, Li Shimin suddenly turned to Li Yin and asked.

Li Yin was taken aback for a moment, wondering why Li Shimin suddenly asked this question, but Li Jingheng next to him changed his expression and showed a bit of panic on his face, but Li Yin didn't see it, he just replied honestly : "Reporting to my father, I have indeed opened several coal mines, because the coal can be used as a fuel for burning cement. Compared with charcoal, it not only burns longer, but also is cheaper, and even the waste after burning can be used for repairing. For the road."

"Well, you, the cement supervisor, are very attentive." Li Shimin said lightly after hearing this, with a very calm expression on his face, "I'm very interested in your coal mine, take me to see it!"

"Now?" Li Yin asked in amazement, it's noon now, the sun outside is very poisonous, why is the emperor's father so crazy that he wants to go so far to see the coal mine?

"Liulang, I also want to know how your coal mine works. After all, we are also planning to open a coal mine. It just so happens that uncle is also interested. Why don't you take us to see it, and let my brother learn two tricks!" At this time, Li Jingheng also said suddenly, and while speaking, he winked at Li Yin, not knowing what he meant?

Li Yin felt that there seemed to be something strange about it, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, and judging by Li Shimin's appearance, he seemed to have made up his mind to go to the carboniferous mine. Coupled with Li Jingheng's strange behavior, Li Yin could only agree. .

Seeing that Li Yin agreed, Li Shimin got up immediately, and a group of people went downstairs and got into the carriage, and began to drive to Heishi Mountain outside Chang'an City. There are several carboniferous mines, but this is the closest one, only about twenty miles away from Chang'an. The speed of the carriage was extremely fast, and the guards they brought were also on horseback, so in less than half an hour, they arrived at Heishi Mountain.

The road in Heishi Mountain is not easy to walk. Li Yin has asked people to build a road from Chang'an to here with cement, but it has not been repaired yet. Now the road is simply paved with layers of cinders and crushed coal. Datang's The carriage did not have a shock absorber, so Li Yindian almost vomited during the journey. In addition, the weather was hot. Although the windows on both sides of the carriage were open, all the hot air was blowing in, and the sweat on his body was layer upon layer. Risk, not even drinking herbal tea.

When they finally got out of the car, Li Yin and Li Zhi's complexions were not so good. Li Jingheng was even worse. His whole body was soaked in sweat because of his fat body, and his exposed skin was also red. Baked and average.On the other hand, Li Shimin's complexion was as usual, except for a slight sweat stain on his forehead, he didn't see anything unusual at all.

Li Min bought Heishi Mountain and its surroundings for tens of miles, and no outsiders were allowed to enter. This is the largest coal mine among several coal mines, and there are also the most royal soldiers and Tubo prisoners of war sent here. There were about 200 people, while there were more than 1000 prisoners of war.

As soon as Li Yin and the others approached the coal mine, they were immediately stopped by the recruits in charge of guarding. When they saw Li Yin in the car, they let them go immediately, and sent someone to notify Lord Dianjun.

Accompanied by Li Shimin, Li Yin parked the carriage in a flat square at the foot of the mountain. On one side of this square, there are many brick and concrete houses, which are the residences of the royal family's soldiers. Behind this row of houses, there are some wooden houses. The work sheds made of thatch, the Tibetan prisoners of war lived in the work sheds.

In the center of the square, freshly mined coal is piled up, forming a small coal mountain. Some special carriages are loading coal beside it. These coals are to be transported to various cement factories in Chang'an. The carriages are provided by the car dealership run by Wang Zihao. Yes, it is specially used to transport coal, and Li Min takes the huge profits from coal mining, but the surrounding related industries are all handed over to Wang Zihao. Although the profits here are not as good as coal, they are still very considerable.

On the minebeds that have been mined on the mountain, countless Tubo slaves in shabby clothes are working hard under the whip of the supervisor. These slaves are in groups of ten, wearing iron shackles on their feet, wielding sharp picks to mine large pieces of coal, and then Put it on a special trolley and transport it to the big square where Li Yin is located by a special person.

"Father, please look, this is Heishi Mountain. The mountain and its surroundings are covered with coal for dozens of miles. The mining cost is very low. However, in order to further reduce the cost, I bought a lot of Tubo prisoners of war as coolies." Li Min followed Li Shimin jumped out of the carriage, pointed at the busy scene in front of him and said.

Li Shimin looked around at the surrounding scene, nodded with some satisfaction, and showed a bit of a smile on his face, and walked to the side of the small coal mountain in the middle of the square with great interest, watching those car loaders throwing coal on the car. block charcoal.

The work in the coal mines is not all done by Tibetan slaves. They are only responsible for the hardest and most tiring work of coal mining. In addition, the work of transporting coal to the square and loading cars, as well as some cooking, boiling water, and sewing Jobs like mending are hired from poor people around, which can be regarded as Li Yin’s compensation to them after he occupied Heishi Mountain. The wages paid to them are relatively generous, enough to feed a family of several people.

At this moment, two car loaders, one old and one young, managed to fill up a car. It was noon, and both of them were hot and sweating, and their dark skin was covered with black coal ash. After being soaked by sweat, a layer of black sludge was formed, which looked very dirty.

The young and old couple were planning to take a rest, so they walked to the nearby pool, picked up a towel that couldn't be distinguished by color, wrung it dry, and wiped it on their face and body indiscriminately. This was not for cleaning, but just to take advantage of the evaporation of water Just to cool off a bit, then rushed to a simple arbor on the right side of the pool, scooped out a bowl of water from a large bucket and poured it down.Capital Datang 65

Li Shimin strolled into the shed, and greeted the 50-year-old man: "This old man invited me, may I be free now, I have something I want to talk to my old man?"

"Hey! You are so polite!" The old man saw Li Shimin's demeanor and clothes, and immediately knew that he was not an ordinary person, so he said very respectfully, "I don't know what's the matter with you? The old man has just finished loading the car and is about to take a rest before starting work." .”

"Hehe, it's really not a big deal, I just want to chat with my brother about the family." Li Shimin smiled, and then asked, "I don't know what to call my brother. This year Gui Geng, what did you do for a living before?"

After the old man asked Li Shimin to sit down, he replied: "Oh, the old man's name is Zhang Dashan. He is just 50 years old this year. He used to live next to this Heishi Mountain, guarding the few acres of Susukida at home. He ate his last meal. Fortunately, someone took a fancy to this place and opened this coal mine, so my grandson and I were able to find a job here, and the family was much more prosperous." The old man pointed at the seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy , may be due to malnutrition, although this boy is seventeen or eighteen years old, he is not as tall and strong as the 14-year-old Li Yin.

"Oh? You are so old, why don't you let your son come to work?" Li Shimin asked strangely.

"Hey, talking about this old man makes me feel bad. In fact, we are not from Chang'an. Because we escaped from the famine and came here a few years ago, our son and daughter-in-law were all lost on the road. Only this grandson followed me. The government here treats us poorly. It’s not bad, we have allocated some land to our grandparents, but because there are too many people and little land around Chang’an, the stipulated land allocation can only be allocated to a small amount. The grain produced in the field every year is not enough to eat, and the old man is doing odd jobs everywhere. It’s a pity that he is seventeen this year, but he didn’t even mention a daughter-in-law.” When the old man talked about the sad thing, he couldn’t help but shed tears, but the young man beside him comforted his grandfather instead.

"My condolences, brother. Didn't you just say that your family is much richer? Later, you can save some money and tell your grandson a door-to-door daughter-in-law. Besides, you and your son are just separated. Maybe we will meet again in the future, so you must look away." Some." Li Shimin did not expect the experience of the old man in front of him to be so rough, so he could only comfort him.

"The nobleman said that the owner of this mine is generous, and the wages are higher than other places. After a while, the old man will tell his grandson about his daughter-in-law. But the old man was rude for a while, and the nobleman laughed." The old man said. He suddenly realized that the other party was a stranger after all, and it was a very rude thing to lose his composure in front of others, so he hurriedly wiped away his tears and forced a smile.Li Shimin didn't mind at all, he smiled and said it's okay.

Li Yin and Li Zhi were waiting outside, not daring to disturb Li Shimin's interest, but Li Jingheng kept complaining to Li Yin, saying that he shouldn't have brought Li Shimin to the cold drink shop, and in the end, he also suffered from this unreasonable disaster. On a hot day, I ran to this mine to suffer.Li Yin was also very wronged, he was also caught by the emperor's father, and he was also a victim. Besides, where did the queen's father want to go, how could he, a son, stop him?