I am the censor, at the beginning I denounced the empress

Chapter 277 The Black Ash on the Grassland
As expected, the "inhuman treatment" Yan Liben suffered was actually all men's...dreams!
exactly.

Yan Liben was locked in a small black room by Tuoba for ten days.

There are all women in the house.

At his age, his body really can't bear it.

Yan Liben smiled wryly: "I don't know if this is a punishment or a reward."

Tang Can was even more dumbfounded, thinking in his heart, no wonder Tuoba's face was a little weird when he talked about this matter.

"Let's not talk about this." Tang Can changed the subject again: "How about those rice?"

Yan Liben's face glowed: "The growth is encouraging!"

After saying this, he immediately took Tang Can out of the city and headed for the rice fields.

It didn't take long, and he had already left the capital.

Originally, according to Tang Can's idea, the location of the rice fields was the grassland between the royal capital and the Zhenbei Army camp.

Later, Yan Liben carefully turned around the capital and moved the rice fields from the grassland to the north of the capital.

Although it is farther away, the terrain is flatter, and there is a small river running from east to west. As long as a waterwheel is built, the rice fields can be irrigated.

The two walked and talked.

Slowly, a piece of greenery appeared in Tang Can's realization.

Lush and lush, there is no end in sight.

Among them, there are many busy figures.

"How many?" Tang Can asked.

"It's still less now." Yan Liben thought for a while and said softly, "It's almost ten hectares."

The hectares used today are not the hectares of later generations.

One hectare of land, nearly fifty acres.

Ten hectares, or five hundred acres.

Tang Can raised his eyebrows: "How much food is expected to be produced?"

"If you follow what your lord said before, it would be 50 jin." This figure is really astonishing.

Even if he said it himself, Tang Can was a little shocked.

On the contrary, Yan Liben seemed calm and composed.

Come to think of it, it's been a while since I stared at it every day, so I got used to it.

"I asked people to see it and everyone discussed it. If there is no one thousand, there is always eight hundred." Yan Liben took a deep breath and said slowly: "Although this batch of rice does not grow high, it has already formed ears. It’s huge.”

"Go and have a look." Tang Can felt a little excited.

After all, it was something he had worked so hard for.

Now we are about to see the results, how can we not be excited!
After a few steps to the front, Tang Can leaned forward and took a closer look.

From his undisclosed agricultural knowledge, it can be seen that the trial planting this time was a great success!
Hearty laughter spread far away.

Yan Liben watched from the side, also smiling.

This rice field is like his child.

Build from scratch, little by little.Its hard work is not enough for outsiders.

Now that we have finally seen the light, how can we not be happy?

"I'm still organizing them to open up wasteland." While being happy, Yan Liben said slowly: "Cultivate and open up wasteland at the same time. If nothing happens, this piece of land should be able to be opened up before winter. By then, there will be almost A hundred hectares."

"Gaochang has a small population and a hundred hectares of land. Although it is not enough for the people of the royal capital for a year, it can also be relieved to a large extent."

"Yeah." Tang Can nodded.

This point, he naturally thought of.

But it's not enough.

What he wants is not relief, but a complete solution to the problem.

"Can't it be expanded any more?"

"It's difficult here." Yan Liben frowned, and explained: "It seems that there is also sandy land over there, but it's not just as simple as sandy land. Below that, there is salt and rock land, which cannot be planted at all."

"Salt rock land?" Tang Can was startled suddenly.

"Yes." Yan Liben sighed, a little regretful: "It's a pity, it would be great if it wasn't for the salt and rock land."

"Go and have a look." Tang Can was a little excited!
If it is a salt rock, a real salt rock, a legendary salt mine, then...Gaochang's wealth may have to be rewritten again!

He has a solution for the salt stone that others can't use!

The world only thinks that salt stone is poisonous salt, but...

When he was in Great Liang before, he overturned Great Liang's salt industry, changing from supervised salt to sun-dried salt, which directly increased Great Liang's salt production and greatly enriched the national treasury.

Even Gaochang is buying salt from Daliang.

but now……

This situation may be reversed!
Yan Liben naturally saw Tang Can's excitement, but he didn't think much about it.

Only when Tang Can is unwilling and has to see it with his own eyes can he be at ease.

It didn't take long to arrive at Yantian.

but……

Looking at the dark pit in front of him, Tang Can froze for a moment.

This thing has absolutely nothing to do with salt.

"You care about this, called Yantian?" Tang Can gave Yan Liben a strange look.

Yan Liben nodded, and said solemnly: "Yes, this is Iwata, my lord, have you never heard of Heiyan before?"

groove……

Harmony is not shallow!

Tang Can didn't bother to complain at this time, and he didn't think it was dirty, so he went straight to stomp a few times, and moved some stones that Yan Liben called Heiyan out of the black pit.

Then, he took the flint and scythe used to ignite the fire from Yan Liben's hand, and asked him to find some broken grass.

With a few clicks, the yellow dry grass was ignited.

A puff of blue smoke rose slowly.

At the same time, while taking care of the flames, Tang Can carefully picked up a few small gravels and placed them on top of the flames.

Concentrate on it, staring at it without blinking!

Slowly, the small black stone ignited a fire.

Yan Liben, who was surprised, couldn't help but widen his eyes and became bewildered.

Even with the scorching sun above his head, it was already a little hot.

But at this moment, Yan Liben seemed to be ignorant of heat.

Sitting by the fire with Tang Can, his eyes widened.

After a long while, Tang Can threw all the small black stones out into the fire.

Seeing them burning heartily, Tang Can couldn't help laughing out loud!
Coal!

Anthracite!

It is said that there will be no minerals on the grassland!

This time, let alone get rich and become well-off!

There is a mine at home!

He could finally pat his chest and say carelessly: "Our family owns a mine!"

With coal, many things can be radically changed!

For example, steelmaking!

Nowadays, iron smelting in Great Liang is charcoal.

However, the cost of charcoal is very high, which leads to the high price of Daliang ironware.

But coal is different.

This thing, just dig it!

Low cost, high burning heat!

Good quality and low price!
"Old Yan, this time, it really worked! You really made a great contribution!" Tang Can said excitedly, "Don't worry, I'll let Tuoba lock you up for another ten days when you go back later! "

Yan Liben also reacted at this time, and said in shock: "Can Heiyan be burned?"

"No." Tang Can shook his head, and said solemnly: "This is not black rock, this is coal!"

"coal?"

"That's right, it's coal." The smile on Tang Can's face couldn't be heard at all, and it spread far away!
(End of this chapter)