Hua Shuyang didn't lie, Zhao Hao was indeed not at home, not even in the capital.

He went to Xishan on the outskirts of Beijing......

Zhao Hao is not all to hide from Hai Rui, but he feels something in the process of debating with the other party - he is vigorously criticizing metaphysics, but he stays at home all day and does not leave the house, and only relies on history books to understand the world, which seems to have made a mistake of subjective dogma, which is metaphysics in itself.

So Zhao Hao decided to correct his mistakes, and he wanted to conduct a full investigation of the current situation of the Ming Dynasty. After having a clear and accurate understanding of the politics, economy and people's livelihood in this era, we will formulate our first five-year plan.

The so-called economic base determines the superstructure. Today, Zhao Hao asked Zhao Shizhen to take him to Xishan to investigate the scientific and technological and organizational level of the coal mining industry.

Eryang was originally going to follow, but Zhao Hao estimated that he would see some dark sides of society during this trip, and he was worried that it would affect the positive and sunny mentality of the two...... Compared with the township examination, the general examination pays more attention to the integrity and peace of the candidates, and most of the people with radical ideas cannot escape the fate of being dethroned.

It was Zhao Hao who asked them to stay at home obediently and study and prepare for the exam with peace of mind.

didn't know that Hai Rui had already dragged his two precious apprentices to the house and ravaged them......

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Because the place where Zhao Hao is going is mixed with dragons and snakes, except for Gao Wu and a few men from Caijiaxiang to protect him. Zhao Jin also sent a procurement ambassador surnamed Hou from Guanglu Temple to accompany him with seven or eight soldiers.

According to the agreed time, everyone met at Fuchengmen early in the morning.

Zhao Hao naturally expressed his deep gratitude to Ambassador Hou, but Ambassador Hou smiled politely and respectfully: "Gongzi is serious, the lower official happens to be on business in Xishan, let's be a companion by the way." ”

He is just a miscellaneous official who is not in the limelight, so he naturally wants to flatter the dear brother of Lord Xunqing.

"Really?" Zhao Hao was pleasantly surprised when he heard this: "Guanglu Temple is connected with the coal mine in Xishan? ”

"Of course. Our Guanglu Temple is a large coal user, and the 100,000 catties supplied by the Taiji Plant every year are not enough, and the quality of the coal is not good. Ambassador Hou asked Zhao Hao to get on the horse first, and replied knowingly: "This temple still has to buy more than 100,000 catties of it, especially high-grade anthracite, to say the least, it will cost 50,000 catties." ”

"Ambassador Hou is in charge of purchasing?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile.

"It's the lower official who keeps running errands back and forth." Ambassador Hou said with a smile.

Zhao Hao glanced at Ambassador Hou, who was yellow and thin, and looked like a monkey with dry skin, and he didn't expect that this benevolent brother was a big official, but he was a rare fat difference among Beijing officials.

He was just about to speak, but he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves coming from the inner street of Fuchengmen.

I saw a team of sons and brothers wearing mink wraps, surrounded by a large group of slaves, galloping towards Fuchengmen.

The camel team carrying coal hurriedly dodged to the side of the road, and Gao Wu also hurriedly took Zhao Hao's horse reins to avoid getting out of the way.

Zhao Hao's eyes were sharp, and from the group of sons and brothers who were roaring by, he found the little lord who had helped talk that day, and he didn't know if the county lord was among them.

It's a pity that he knows people, but people don't know him. In the blink of an eye, the group of gentlemen in the capital rolled up the snow foam and left the city.

When this group of live bandits passed, Zhao Hao and they also hit the road.

Zhao Hao was also riding a horse this time.

In the last month of his stay in Nanjing, he foresaw that after Beijing, he would inevitably have to ride a horse. In order not to be embarrassed by then, he let Gao Wujiao practice for a while.

Now he could barely control the horses to move forward and backward, to turn left and right, and of course to slow down......

Fortunately, in this day and age, no one asked for a 'novice' label on the horse's butt.

Zhao Hao walked side by side with the ambassador Nahou, along the official road blackened by coal, and headed towards the reckless mountains of western Beijing.

Along the way, I saw one camel caravan after another, slowly coming from the direction of Mentougou. On the hunchbacks were a pair of large wicker baskets, all of which were filled with black coal.

"That's how all the coal was dug was transported into the capital?" Zhao Hao asked.

"This is the coal transported from Mentougou to Beicheng." Ambassador Hou was well aware of the situation and replied without hesitation: "There is an old saying in Beijing that 'the coal of Xishan cannot be burned'. The entire Xishan area, like Hunhe, Dayu, Mentougou, and the farther Juyongguan, is full of coal kilns. However, most of them are mined along the Yongding River, so that they are easy to load and ship. Most of the coal was first loaded onto the Lugou Bridge, and then some of it was loaded and transported to Fuchengmen and Guangningmen, and some of it continued to be transported along the Yongding River, and it was heard that it could be sold as far as Tianjin Wei. ”

"That's far enough." Zhao Hao couldn't help but be surprised: "It's not good luck to be freezing this day." ”

"It's good luck this season." Ambassador Hou smiled and said, "Three miles ahead is the Sanli River, and you will know when you arrive." ”

Zhao Shizhen waited with curiosity.

After three miles, you will see a winding river leading from the southwest to the capital.

At this time, the river was frozen, but it was much more lively than before, and everyone saw countless ice carts full of coal, one by one, speeding past in front of them.

"This ice car, also known as the ice row, is very simple to build, with wood on the top and steel bars on the bottom, and only one person can support it, and you can slide on the ice like flying. Although it carries thousands of pounds of cargo, it is still much faster than a horse-drawn carriage. Ambassador Hou smiled and said: "This three-mile river leads directly to the moat, and the coal can be directly transported to the gates of the capital." ”

"No wonder every family burns coal, it turns out to be so convenient." Zhao Hao smiled and said: "For the rest of the way, let's also take this ice row over." ”

"These ice steaks are too dirty, if Childe wants to try something fresh, there are ice cars in Beijing that are more comfortable than a sedan chair." Ambassador Hou hurriedly persuaded.

"We're going to the coal mine, is there anything dirty? Besides, I'm not a noble person. Zhao Hao waved his hand, in fact, he was grinding his hips from the saddle, and he wished to change the means of transportation, so he smiled at Ambassador Hou: "Why don't I take the car, you ride the horse, and we will meet in the dining hall?" ”

"It's better for the lower official to accompany the son." Ambassador Hou hurriedly laughed and said, how could he miss this good opportunity to get closer to Xunqing's younger brother?

So he asked people to choose two clean ones from the ice rafts that went west.

The ice rafts that come and go on the river are not all coal transporters.

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Less.

"This lord and the prince are seated tightly, let's drive!" The coachman, wearing a torn cotton jacket and a dogskin hat, struggled to prop up the penny.

The ice row carried them, Gao Wu and Zhao Shizhen, and slowly slid forward.

A few officers and guards sat in the back of an ice row, while the rest tended their horses and hurried overland to the dining hall.

As the coachman continued to exert his strength, the ice row slid faster and faster, and soon overtook the people on horseback.

As they glided at a rapid speed, the wind whistled in everyone's ears. Watching the ice rows rushing towards them, as if they were about to crash at any moment, Ambassador Hou was scared to the core.

Zhao Hao was so excited, he didn't expect that in this Ming Dynasty, he could still find the pleasure of driving four hundred years later, so he could no longer hold back his youthful temperament, and let out bursts of pleasant screams, enjoying this rare sense of acceleration.

Zhao Shizhen also shouted when he saw this, but he was trying to dissipate the tension in his heart......

The river extends in all directions, and the ice rows are dense and weaving, making it more convenient for the people of Gyeonggi to travel in winter.

As a result, at noon, we arrived at the dining hall.

When he arrived at the dock, Ambassador Hou couldn't wait to vomit.

Zhao Hao could only pat him on the back while comforting: "If you ride a horse, you won't be able to get to it after dark......"

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