Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

29 - Found Treasure

37 - Found Treasure

It's shameful to be cute, but it works.

Zhuge Liang looked at Li Chengqian's miniature, and sighed helplessly in his heart.

"Then Mr. Li, what do you want to say when you call me over?"

Li Chengqian handed him the parchment on the table, "This thing is called a coal stove, and it's an upgraded version of a charcoal stove."

"Upgraded version? What's the use?" Zhuge Liang flipped through it.

"If I can find coal, then I can use it to become the richest person in the entire Tang Dynasty!"

"If you can't find it, it's a decoration."

"... "

Zhuge Liang was stunned.

"Master Li, what do you mean..."

"here…"

Li Chengqian pointed to the ground, "Under the ground, there is a huge treasure. As long as I can dig it out, I can have as much money as I want!"

In terms of geographical location, half of Qianzhou is in Guizhou and the other half is in Chongqing.

Both Guizhou and Chongqing are provinces with large coal reserves.

It can be said that in this three-acre land in Qianzhou, black gold is everywhere.

"Grandpa Li, what do you think should be done?" Zhuge Liang said.

"Take these blueprints and go to the Ordnance Department and let them build this thing first."

"Here!"

Zhuge Liangliang nodded, then turned and left.

With his hands behind his back, Li Chengqian's expression gradually became melancholy.

According to the strength of the protagonist's halo, he should soon be able to dig coal.

But this…

"Grandpa Li, are you free?"

When Li Chengqian was fantasizing, a voice suddenly came.

He looked up, only to find that it was Fang Xiong, Si Hu's military officer.

"Oh, it's Fang Sihu, what can you do with me?" Li Chengqian asked.

Fang Xiong walked in and handed over a booklet with both hands, "Grandpa Li, this is how the people of Qianzhou and Kyushu under its jurisdiction have recently reclaimed wasteland. Take a look."

Li Chengqian took it over and took a rough look, "Well, it's pretty good. In just ten days, [-] mu have been reclaimed."

Fang Xiong cupped his hands and said, "My lord, the wasteland cultivated by these people is basically low-grade fields. Even if they want to grow crops in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support a family?"

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "My father-in-law wants them to reclaim wasteland, but he just wants to take the opportunity to weaken the control of the three major families on the people."

"Those guys think that they can control the people by controlling the fields. Now, my father-in-law is trying to get the bottom line. As long as the three major families no longer have the support of the people, they will be considered toothless tigers!"

Why do the three major families dare to be so arrogant?
It's not because they control the fields, and the common people have to rely on them if they want to survive.

Now, Li Chengqian exempted them from taxes for three years, encouraged them to reclaim wasteland, and recorded the wasteland they reclaimed in their Qianzhou household registration.

One side is squeeze, and the other side is encouragement and preferential policies.

Even if the common people are fools, they still know how to choose.

As long as the three major families lost the support of the people, it would be a breeze for Li Chengqian to deal with them.

"By the way, Mr. Li, when reclaiming wasteland, some people accidentally dug through a mountain. Unexpectedly, the mountain collapsed suddenly, and several people were injured." Fang Xiong said suddenly.

"is it?"

Li Chengqian squeezed his chin, "You arrange a carriage, and my father-in-law will go visit those common people."

Fang Xiong stared, "You... you go in person."

"It was my father-in-law who asked them to reclaim wasteland. If something happened, if we don't ask about it, wouldn't it hurt the hearts of the people?" Li Chengqian said.

Fang Xiong thought about it, "I understand."

After all, he went out to prepare the carriage first, and Li Chengqian sat in the study for a while before getting up to go out.

...

The carriage drove out slowly and headed out of the city.

According to Fang Xiong, the injured people were not far outside Qianzhou city.

After an hour and a half, we finally reached our destination.

There were still many people working hard to cultivate the land. When Li Chengqian and Fang Xiong arrived, those people stopped moving.

"Everyone, this is the Duke of Qian, Mr. Li!"

Not all the people had seen Li Chengqian, so Fang Xiong let them know loudly when he got off the carriage.

Sure enough, the three words "Grandpa Li" still carry a lot of weight.

The people were still somewhat curious about this big man who was in the limelight, but everyone who heard Fang Xiong's shout stopped their movements one after another, and then looked at Li Chengqian curiously.

Hmm, pretty handsome guy... It's a bit of a waste to pick shit.

"Cough cough..."

Like a leader, Li Chengqian stretched out his right hand and waved at them, "People, men are good, women are good, and children are good..."

People: "..."

After a bunch of unnutritious speeches, Li Chengqian walked up to a few people and asked, "Excuse me, where are the injured people?"

"That's right!"

Several people said in unison.

"... "

Li Chengqian was stunned when he saw how alive and kicking they were.

"Didn't you get injured by a landslide when you were reclamation?"

"It was hit by a stone, but they ran fast, and only their hands were slightly injured." Several people said.

"Hand..." Li Chengqian looked at it, "It's not hurt, is it?"

"Here, half of the nail cover fell off, it hurts."

A commoner stretched out his middle finger, showing Li Chengqian his injured fingernail.

"Fang Xiong!"

Li Chengqian glared at Fang Xiong with a gloomy face.

"Forehead…"

Fang Xiong shrank his neck and decisively changed the subject, "Well, Mr. Li, let's go see the collapsed mountain."

Li Chengqian was also a little embarrassed by the people, so he wished to leave this place quickly.

Seeing Fang Xiong paving the steps for him, Li Chengqian followed the trend, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go and have a look."

After walking for a while, Fang Xiong took Li Chengqian to the bottom of a mountain.

This mountain is not high, about tens of meters.

As soon as he reached the bottom of the mountain, Li Chengqian suddenly squatted down and picked up a black stone-like object.

After holding it in his hand and examining it carefully for a while, Li Chengqian's expression gradually became excited, especially his gaze, which was like two large light bulbs of several kilowatts.

"This...could it be..."

The stone was about the size of a fist, with a dark body, a smooth surface, and some strange lines.

Isn't this the coal that Li Chengqian was thinking about?

It smells like coal, it feels like coal, it tastes... unclear.

Anyway, Li Chengqian was very excited.

With coal, it means that briquettes can be made, and there are other facilities!
You know, the first industrial revolution that affected the world, the energy is coal!

It can be said that the discovery of coal completely changed the entire world.

Of course, Li Chengqian doesn't have so many great ideas, it's too far away to change the world, now he just wants to change himself.

With coal, the problem of keeping out the cold in winter can be solved, and coal can also be used to make money.

So for Li Chengqian at present, these are not coal, but gold.

Generally speaking, there are not only a few pieces of coal, as long as some coal is dug out, then the whole area is basically coal!
Sure enough, when Li Chengqian walked to the side of the mountain, he saw a big hole in front of him, and in that hole were black and shiny coals.

"Grandpa Li, why are you in a daze?"

After Fang Xiong saw Li Chengqian picked up the stone, his expression kept changing.

It was gloomy for a while, excited for a while, but it frightened him.

(End of this chapter)