Great Wei Nengchen

"Haha - good eyesight, dig it for me!"

"promise!"

The ground squirrel is no loss to the master of tomb robbers, and soon saw the mystery, and then found a soft mountain col, and the command staff began to explore...

More than a dozen diggers worked together, some took out the worry-free shovel, some smashed it with a hammer, smashed into the ground for a section, and immediately connected a section. After just a meal, they went five or six feet deep into the ground, and then Pulled out together...

"Look at the soil inside the shovel, and you will know what's going on below!"

"This shovel was invented by Da Sima. It can penetrate nearly ten feet underground. It is very convenient for treasure hunting and mountain exploration. It is really the wisdom of heaven and man!"

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Everyone gathered around and looked at it with wide-eyed eyes. The center of the Wuchou shovel is hollow, bringing out a lot of soil. The top is dark brown topsoil, also called 'cooked soil', mixed with a lot of plant rotting leaves, with strong fertility and good soil quality. Soft enough to grow crops.

Below is the raw soil layer, the whole body is yellowish brown, the soil is relatively hard, mixed with some plant roots, and small hibernating insects.

Then there is the earth core soil, a very pure yellow color, not mixed with anything, but it has no vitality... People's eyes followed, and at the bottom of the Wushou shovel, they found that the soil had turned black again?

Unlike the mellow soil on the surface, this is a pure black color, and there are some fingernail-sized fragments. Someone picked it up and observed it carefully...

"There are coal mines underground, and they are buried very shallow. The quality is very good, but I don't know how much the reserves are?"

"The ministries spread around, dig more holes, and see how big the coal mine is. If it is a big coal mine, the people of Runan County will be blessed!"

Finding out that there is a coal mine at the bottom of the mountain, everyone is happy, but the size of the coal mine and the thickness of the coal seam are still unknown. If you just hit a mouse and find a small coal mine, it will not be of much use!

The army of diggers spread out, and within a radius of ten miles, hundreds of exploration holes were drilled. As a result, coal was produced from all of them, and then expanded to twenty miles. It's a world of coal...

The diggers were stunned, the civil and military officials were stunned, and even the well-informed ground squirrel gasped for air. No one thought that there would be a super-large monster at the foot of this unattractive flat-topped mountain. Coal mines are easy to mine!

"Da Sima Wansheng - Wansheng - Wanwansheng!"

People were completely crazy. Some people looked up to the sky and laughed, some jumped around, and some held cinders, looking at them like they were beauties, and they couldn't get enough of them.

The generals crowded over and put Xiao Yi on their shoulders to express their respect and love, and even shouted the slogan of Wan Wan Victory, just one letter difference, that is, raising your shoulders is the king!

With enough coal, the people of Runan County will not be frozen in winter; with enough coal, they can make excellent weapons and farm tools, and they can also sell coal to other places in exchange for a large amount of money. Money, grain, cattle, and seeds, judging from the area of ​​exploration, are enough to be mined for hundreds of years, or even longer!

As early as when the army was raised in Yanzhou, the naughty girls of the Detachment of Women accidentally discovered an open-pit coal mine. Xiao Yi, as if he had found a treasure, used coal to keep the soldiers and the common people warm. As a result, no one died of freezing that winter.

Compared with firewood, coal has strong firepower, is resistant to burning, does not emit black smoke, and the cinders left after burning can also be used to lay roads, so it is deeply loved by the world, and it is called black gold!

However, the exploration technology in the Han Dynasty was backward, and the coal mines were often buried deep, and there were very few that could be mined. They had to be supplied to the army first to make high-quality weapons, and the rest were divided among the dignitaries. Ordinary people still used firewood. Make fuel.

Xiao Yi doesn't understand geology, and he doesn't know there is a coal mine there, but he heard a joke in his previous life: "A certain person's father, Mr. Zhao, transported coal from Datong, Shanxi, to Pingdingshan, Henan to sell, and ended up losing his fortune..."

Although this is a joke, it also proves that Datong in Shanxi and Pingdingshan in Henan are both important coal producing areas. After comparing the ancient and modern maps and the shape of the mountains, Xiao Yi finally judged: Yingshan is the later Pingdingshan, and there is coal buried beneath it. resource!

Facts have proved that Xiao Yi's judgment was right. Pingdingshan is extremely rich in coal resources, known as the "Central Plains Coal Bunker" in later generations, and the coal quality is excellent and the variety is complete. What's more, the buried layer is very shallow, so it can be mined in large-scale open pits. !

"Dig... Dig hard... Dig non-stop!"

The treasure is right in front of your eyes, who can not be tempted, the diggers camped at the foot of the mountain, and then continued to explore, while digging crazily, saw flying hammers, steel drills flying, cutting mountains and rocks, straight into the ground... …

Civil and military officials also joined in, and they were sweating profusely, digging day and night, just to dig out coal early and rescue the hungry and cold people...

At the same time, Xiao Yi mobilized various troops to dig on the mountain together. The Xuanjia army, the trapped camp, and the Danyang soldiers... a total of [-] to [-] soldiers, all came to dig coal!

There are so many people, and at dusk three days later, a real large lump of coal was dug out, black and bright in color, and of excellent quality, and then sent to the military camp by truckload, and sent to various places in Runan County...

"Da Sima turned stone into gold, and coal came out of the mountain. Go and help dig it!"

"All the people who come to dig coal will have three full meals a day, two new clothes, and two thousand dollars a month!"

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Wherever the coal truck went, the people of Runan County also went crazy. Unexpectedly, there was a big treasure in a place that had been impoverished for thousands of years.

After the news spread, hungry people from several nearby counties also came to work with shovels and picks. In just a few days, they gathered 30 to [-] people, and the number is still increasing...

As far as the eye can see, there are people sweating profusely, loud chants everywhere, and then they dug up truckloads of coal and sent them to the surrounding counties in exchange for money, grain, cattle, and seeds that the people urgently needed...

The lively labor scene also brought a glimmer of vitality to Runan County, the entire Yuzhou, and even the land of the Central Plains. As long as there is hope of survival, the people will not rebel.

The man who dug the well is not forgotten when drinking water. While the common people have enough food, clothing and warmth, and get rich, they have never stopped praising Xiao Yi. Some people have invited Xiao Yi's portrait, bowed and saluted every day, and there are countless stories at the same time:

Some people say: Da Sima Xingjun was reincarnated and got Tiandi Tuomeng. Only then did he find the coal mine at the foot of the mountain and save the people in Runan County. of!

Some people also said: Da Sima had a dream, and he invited the giant Kuafu, and moved a huge coal mine from the underground thousands of miles away. Coal was dug out in a few days?

Others said: Da Sima is not only the reincarnation of Xingjun, but also the son of the emperor of heaven. The emperor originally had ten sons, who lived on the hibiscus tree, bathed in the soup valley, and took turns to shine on the world every day. Hou Yi shot down nine of them...

Anyway, the more you talk about it, the more you talk about it, the more you talk about it, Xiao Yi is even embarrassed. The emperor of heaven has ten sons of the sun, who are more noble than the emperor of the real dragon. If this word spreads, it will be a disaster or a blessing. ?

A few days later, another good news came. In addition to exploring the coal mines, the diggers discovered large-scale iron ore and salt mines, which are also of excellent quality and can be mined in the open pit!

Xiao Yi was also stunned at this moment, he wanted to dig up a silver ingot, but he didn't expect to find a gold bump. Among all kinds of underground mineral deposits, the two things that have the greatest impact on the people's livelihood of the country are salt and iron.

The former is the necessities of life, from emperors and generals to ordinary people, no one can eat without salt, otherwise they will be weak, their hair will turn white, and it will cause many diseases!

Salt is produced in various coastal areas, but sea salt has too many impurities, which is harmful to the human body. If it is refined into refined salt, it will cost a lot of manpower and material resources. Mineral salt is different. eat!

Not to mention iron, it is the raw material for making weapons and agricultural tools, and it is also the lifeblood of a country. Now that the princes are fighting for hegemony and slaughtering, the price of pig iron has been rising all the way, and it is more precious than food!

Coal mines can enrich the people, but salt and iron can't be messed around. Xiao Yi immediately dispatched troops to surround the discovered iron ore and salt mines, and specialized personnel were responsible for excavating them, and sent them all to the military camp for concentration!

Coal mines, iron mines, salt mines... like a little golden baby, they brought vitality to the land of Yuzhou, but also aroused the covetousness of countless people. The next step is to keep these minerals!

Chapter 1359 Recruiting Talents, Growing Wings ([-])

"As of now, there are more than 19 mining people in the Pingdingshan area, more than 800 mines have been opened, and more than [-] cars of coal, [-] cars of iron ore, and more than [-] tons of mineral salt are produced every day. , and with the passage of time, the number of people and production are increasing.

There is more than enough mineral supply in Runan County. The government is organizing caravans to sell the remaining coal and mineral salt to Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Sizhou and other places in exchange for money, grain, cattle and seeds that the people urgently need.

The iron ore is smelted into fine iron on the spot, half of which is made into weapons for the army to use in battle; "

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In the large tent of the Chinese army, Xiao Yi sat in the middle, and the civil and military soldiers stood on both sides, listening quietly. Shi Tao held an account book and reported in detail the mining situation and the use of minerals.

Among Zhuge's four friends--Shi Tao is kind by nature, he doesn't like the way of fighting and killing, but he is very interested in people's livelihood. Seeing that the mining area is busy, but the accounts are very chaotic and cause a lot of waste, he can't help but shoot up...

As a result, after more than half a month, the accounting books of the mining area were all clear, the personnel arrangement was extremely reasonable, and the mine output continued to increase. Shi Tao also became the supervisor of the entire mining area logically. Although he had no official position, he kept his word!

"Mr. Guangyuan has worked hard. From today onwards, you will be a Yantie official. You will be responsible for the Pingdingshan mining area and manage this 'golden baby' well, so as to benefit the people of one side!

The world is originally one family, and there are no boundaries in business. The coal, iron, and salt produced in the mining area, in addition to the northern states and counties, can also be sold to Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou, and return some more cattle and grain!