At the beginning, he will be divided by five horses of Tang Taizong

Qin Shou nodded, took a sip from the water glass, and said lightly: "Third brother, think about how a child who is pampered and spoiled in the family can compete with a strong person who has experienced wind and rain outside?"

"Whether it's a small family or a big family, or even the choice of the royal heir, in the final analysis, it is to make the whole family develop better."

"As long as what you show is what father-in-law needs, I believe father-in-law will consider you!"

When Wu Wangke heard the word royal, Wu Wangke's pupils shrank suddenly.

This is the second time the royal family has been mentioned today, did it mean to tell myself, or?

But these words made him fall into deep thought, and he bowed his head in silence.

Build a career?

This means to let myself and General Li Jing fight Goguryeo together?

If I can really bring down Goguryeo, then...

After a while, Wu Wangke raised his head and looked at Qin Shou, remembering that his brother-in-law had mentioned the royal family twice, a thought came to his mind, and he said tentatively: "Brother-in-law, with your brains, have you never thought of becoming an official? Maybe you have a bright future. There are unknowns!"

"Why are you obsessed with merchants? You like money so much?"

Qin Shou was a little excited when he heard the words: "I don't like money, I'm afraid of being poor, you may not understand the feeling of being poor, you don't understand the panic, the picture is only a few copper coins, but a few copper coins, but press The feeling of bending one's spine."

"You don't understand the look of contempt women give when they hear that you are poor. They will tell you that they like security, self-motivation, maturity and stability. What is it in the final analysis? Rich, rich, or special? How rich..."

Looking back on his previous life, Qin Shou spontaneously revealed his true feelings.

At this moment, Li Ke looked at Qin Shou in a daze, and couldn't help being surprised.

How can it be?

This amazingly talented brother-in-law actually has such an experience?

Qin Shou also realized that he had lost his composure, and quickly interrupted: "I was talking nonsense just now, so what... the third brother just asked me if I want to enter the court?"

Qin Shou couldn't help shaking his head.

"Power is not as simple as obtaining a position. The essence of power is to see how much you can control and influence the spiritual behavior of others and even society. It is a game of controlling people..."

"As a person, I have a huge shortcoming, that is, I am afraid of death. As for our small family, if we really want to step into the court, wouldn't we be afraid every day, and if we take a wrong step, wouldn't we be unable to bear it?"

"It's good to be a small official. If it involves the emperor taking over the heir apparent, it will be thrilling. Once you embark on the path of monopolizing power, the possibility of landing safely is almost zero."

"I can only keep going forward on this endless road that can't reach the end. Once on this road, there is no turning back!"

"And ask yourself, when I have power and status, I'm afraid I won't be able to withstand the siege of money and beauty!"

"On the contrary, there are not so many taboos when merchants work together. The hard work you put in will generally not be in vain. If you work harder, you will always earn a bite."

Li Ke: "..."

Damn, just after I breathed a sigh of relief, you brought up the question of seizing the heir?

He just frowned, but Qin Shou patted Li Ke on the shoulder and said, "So, I suggest third brother not to be too persistent!"

"Uh......"

Li Ke couldn't help but swallowed again, at this moment he was really confused.

At this moment, there were footsteps outside.

Fang Yiai suddenly ran back, and said in a hoarse voice: "You guessed it right, that Liu Qinghong really didn't tell the truth, this old boy is not from Huaishui at all, but from Chang'an?"

"Oh yeah!"

When Qin Shou interrogated Liu Hongqing before, he always felt that this guy was hiding something, so he devised a little trick to finally let Liu Qinghong show his fox tail.

The Liu family in Chang'an?

"What else did you ask?" Qin Shou asked.

Fang Yiai scratched her head, "Listen, I know something about the Liu family in Chang'an. They used to run a grain store. Could it be related to this?"

After all, it is not impossible that Benxin Grain Store has crushed many grain stores before.

Qin Shou shook his head: "Improbable, can support so many thieves, and even send them ships and weapons, is it possible for the Liu family who runs a grain store to do it?"

"Okay, I'm leaving after finishing the matter!" Fang Yiai turned around and was about to leave.

But Qin Shou pulled him and said, "Old Fang, why is your voice hoarse these days?"

"I'm on fire!" Fang Yi'ai said with a sharp leg kick.

In fact, he was afraid that those guys from Yanjiazhuang would recognize him, so he deliberately pretended.

"Tsk, it's not good to get angry all the time. Why don't you have a wife at your age? Again, if you have a crush on someone's girl, I will help you talk and talk!"

Cheng Chubi, Changsun Huan and others didn't know whether they passed the door early or happened to pass by here, and said, "He had a wife before, but she didn't want to be with him later."

"Yo, what else is there? Lao Fang talked to me?"

"..." Fang Yiai gritted her teeth and flung her sleeves away angrily.

"Old Fang, don't be angry!" Qin Shou shouted to his back with a look of surprise: "It's okay, Lao Fang, there is no grass anywhere in the world, why bother to fall in love with a single flower."

"Cough cough cough..." Li Ke, Cheng Chubi and others suddenly coughed.

They looked at Qin Shou, speechless!

Nima, you are awesome

I admire you for being like this. You say it one way, and you do it, and you do it right!

Fang Yi's love, who came to the bow from a distance, was clutching the side of the boat tightly, her knuckles turning white.

Looking back, Qin Shou suddenly remembered something. He asked Li Ke, "Hey, how much land does my father-in-law have?"

Chapter 130: Mother-in-law is seriously ill?

For several days, Qin Shou finally understood the superficiality of the "Old Daoist"'s internal cultivation skills, and it was this superficiality that made him feel restless.

Instinctively, my blood spurted out, and I felt uncomfortable all over.

The key is to be self-sufficient!

Nima!

In the past, when Ling'er pulled the curtains, she always found excuses to escape, but now she just wants to be the plowing cow.

Even Li Ke, Changsun Huan, and Cheng Chubi all noticed something strange about Qin Shou, and asked in puzzlement, "What's wrong with you? Stomach pain? Why do you keep walking with your back bent these days?"

"" Qin Shou waved his hands blushing and remained silent.

Fang Yiai's face was dark as usual, but seeing that Qin Shou was uncomfortable, she finally asked, "Shall we go south to Wu to visit the southern gentry?"

Although he is the inspector, the decision-making power is in Qin Shou's hands.

"I think we should continue to go south and meet those noble families in the south. It is good to exchange information after all." Li Ke immediately suggested.

He naturally wanted to go south.

Without him, since he wants to seek a big position, whether it is as Qin Shou said, whether it is going out to improve the influence and military achievements in the army, or developing political strength and status in Chang'an, after all, he must establish his own foundation.

Just like the battle between the father and the former prince Jiancheng's uncle for the throne, he wanted to draw the southern gentry into his camp.

"Let's talk about it next time when I have a chance. I have already made up my mind when I got to the Huai River. If I continue to go south, the waterway will only get wider," Qin Shou said.

In his mind, with his current status, it would not be very meaningful to visit these noble families.

You can only have bargaining power if you are strong enough.

Now Qin Shou wants to go back early, after all, he still has one thing to do on his mind!

Coal, or coal!

That's the point!

Going upstream will take more time than expected.

A few days later, everyone abandoned the boat and mounted their horses.

Amid everyone's puzzlement and confusion, they went round and round and came to Shuozhou, Mayi County.

Although there are discrepancies, it is also called Shuozhou.

Where is the coal?

Shanxi is the first choice!

(I remember reading a report in my previous life, saying that there is a lot of coal in Shanxi, and nearly 70% of the soil layer contains coal.)

There is definitely no way to mine deep coal with the current technology, and only surface coal can be considered.

In his previous life, when he was in college, his roommate was from Shanxi, and they always boasted that Shanxi had a lot of coal, and the soil slope behind the house could be dug out with a hoe. When he was a child, the old man who opened up wasteland in the village could take a piece of it home to make a fire.

At first, Qin Shou didn't believe it. Later, when the child got married, he actually went to his hometown. There was a large open-pit coal mine nearby, and coal could be seen in the cracks in the rocks on the mountain behind the house.

"It should be here!"

Qin Shou pointed to a location with excitement and said.

"Here? Is there coal here?" Cheng Chubi asked with a confused face.

"That's right, right here!"

"dig!"

He vaguely remembered the geographical location, and it took a little effort to find it, but fortunately, although thousands of years had passed, the landscape of the mountains and rivers had not changed as much as he had imagined, and he finally found it!

The corners of everyone's mouths couldn't help twitching.

This mountain looks inconspicuous, can there be coal underneath?

At this time, the amount of mining in the Tang Dynasty was not large at all, and there were still few coal users. Even in Chang'an City, charcoal was mostly burned. Coal was often only used by those blacksmith shops or some wealthy households.

Why?

The big problem is that finding coal is a time-consuming and labor-intensive task, and even if coal can be found, it is still a big problem to dig it out.

As far as the eye can see, there are many pebbles and bluestones on the mountain, but there are many grasses and shrubs, and there are not even a single tree.

How to dig?

Qin Shou had already prepared for it. He had installed a few pickaxes under the boat before, and now he brought them here, and one of them was handed over to Fang Yiai.

"" Fang Yiai's face turned blue.

Fortunately, Cheng Chubi and Changsun Huan also took the picks, so he gritted his teeth and followed the crowd to dig down.

Soon, their sweat soaked their clothes.

It took a long time to dig a small hole, but I was exhausted.

Then change, then change

Qin Shou: "Everyone, continue!"

The faces of everyone were a little ugly.

From the time a few people came over in the morning, until dusk began to fall, even Li Ke picked up the pickaxe and dug for several rounds, and finally couldn't help it, saying: "Brother-in-law, how can there be coal here? Who did you hear that there is coal here?" ? Don’t be hysterical, right?”

"That's right, can there be coal where the birds don't shit?"

"Master Qin, something is wrong with this place, it's full of stones"

Several people said in succession.

After digging for a long time, there are only stones, who wants to dig?

Qin Shou said with firm eyes, "We're almost there. If you dig out the upper layer of stone skin, you'll be able to see it."

Everyone pursed their lips, their faces were constipated, they could only continue digging.

Anyway, it's getting dark soon, bear with it, dig for a while, and withdraw if it doesn't work.

Qin Shou kept picking up the freshly dug soil with his hands, and the look in his eyes became brighter and brighter.

At this time, Fang Yiai was standing in the pit with a height of one person, digging up the soil, and suddenly, he poured out a basket of soil.

Everyone looked at the soil and was shocked.

Why is this black soil?

what?

Li Ke, Cheng Chubi and others rushed forward to grab the soil, their eyes suddenly opened wide.