Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 70
In winter, all countries ceased fighting.

Because in the cold winter, if the army goes out, it is estimated that they will not die on the battlefield, but will die in the army tent, frozen to death...

Winter is a rare time for countries to rest.

It is also a season of headaches for all countries.

As far as the Tang country is concerned, when winter comes, it will face the result of freezing to death, and the people in many places will complain.

In the face of this natural weather, most of the time, the imperial court is helpless.

At most, to collect the corpses of the people who died of freezing, and to help the people repair the collapsed houses.

These treatments are only available at the feet of the emperor.

In most other places, the yamen probably won't be so concerned.

Dragon country.

Royal Palace.

Li Ke sat in the imperial study.

There are two braziers in the room, and the charcoal inside emits light and temperature, making the imperial study room very warm.

Hearing the howling cold wind outside, he got up and walked out of the imperial study.

A gust of cold wind was blowing, even if he was wearing a thick dragon robe, even if he was a fifth-rank warrior, he would still feel very cold.

I couldn't help tightening my clothes, then looked at the falling snowflakes and the howling cold wind, frowned and said:
"This kind of weather... I don't know how some suffering people live their lives!"

Behind him, Wu Meiniang came over and tightened her clothes.

"Your Majesty, just now there was news from the Ministry of Household Affairs that some people outside the city...were frozen to death, about thirty or so."

Li Ke frowned, but said nothing.

He knew that under the existing conditions, if there was no direct solution to the problem, then only thirty or so deaths in one night would be very few.

Obviously, the Ministry of Household Affairs has worked hard to control this matter. After all, the imperial court allocated funds and sent quilts and cotton clothes to many families.

However, as a time traveler, Li Ke understands that even in the winter of post-modern global warming, it is difficult to fight against the cold with only clothes and quilts.

What's more, in ancient times, this kind of natural environment without any industrial pollution was naturally colder.

If you let it go on like this, it is definitely not a solution.

As a modern person, Li Ke felt that he could find ways to change the current situation in some ways.

So I started thinking about ways.

In modern times, there are basically a few ways for people to keep warm.

Either turn on the warm air through the air conditioner to resist the cold, or install the heating.

These two were obviously impossible in ancient times.

In addition, it is also a charcoal fire.

The rest are basically gone.

So Li Ke felt that there might be other ideas about grilling charcoal fire.

So he went back to the royal study, sat on a chair, looked at the fire in front of him and fell into deep thought.

Charcoal fires are basically some trees that are burned and then closed, allowing the wood inside to burn but not burn out, leaving behind charcoal.

Charcoal can be lit and then grilled.

Of course, this was a luxury in ancient times, and only rich and noble families could use it.

Ordinary people directly use wood to burn fire at home, which is already considered good.

What's more, in the cold winter, some people have no way to go to the mountains to get firewood.

Even if I get firewood, I'm afraid it's only enough for cooking every day.

Even if there is excess firewood, it will probably be sold to rich people, but I am reluctant to use it for burning.

So in this case, rich people burn charcoal, while ordinary people burn wood directly for heating.

But neither charcoal nor firewood can be used by ordinary poor people.

Even if it is used, it will not be too much.

That's why they were frozen to death when there was no firewood and charcoal for heating.

After staring at the charcoal fire for a while, Li Ke suddenly thought that there seems to be one thing in modern society, which is more common in ordinary people's homes when heating in winter.

That is coal.

This kind of thing can basically burn for half a day.

And the temperature of the burning fire is also very high.

And this kind of thing is a product of nature. If it is mined in large quantities, it can basically be supplied.

Thinking of this, Li Ke immediately said to Wu Meiniang:

"Head the people from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry to come and see me immediately!"

Wu Meiniang nodded. Although she didn't know what Li Ke was going to do, she would not question Li Ke's order.

Soon, two ministers and four ministers from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household came to the imperial study.

After the six people met Li Ke, Li Ke asked them to sit down, and then said to them:

"I have a task for you, which can solve the problem of the common people's cold in winter!"

As soon as these words came out, the two ministers and the four servants from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households all looked at Li Ke in shock.

Not paying attention to their gazes, Li Ke continued:

"It's just that although this kind of thing is familiar to me, you may not know what it is. Therefore, I need you to send people to mine some ores and the like, and identify them one by one.

These ores must be black.Although it will be hard, it will also turn into pieces and slag under knocking.You can also use these black ores to draw black marks on the stone.

These are the specific characteristics, which require you to use a lot of manpower and miners to find this kind of ore. "

At this time, coal has not been mined yet, and once it is discovered, it will be a huge fortune.

Therefore, whether it is for the common people to keep warm, or to use coal to make money, it is very important to find the meaning of coal.

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