"Up to now, there are more than 197,000 people in the Pingdingshan area, more than 300 mining outlets, more than 3,000 trucks of coal, 1,500 trucks of iron ore, and more than 800 quintals of salt per day, and with the passage of time, the number of people and production are increasing.

The government is organizing caravans to sell the remaining coal and salt to Xuzhou, Yanzhou, Sizhou and other places in exchange for money, grain, cattle, and seeds urgently needed by the people.

Iron ore is smelted into refined iron on the spot, and half of it is made into blades for the use of large armies; Half of them are made into farming tools, distributed to ordinary people, and if there is any leftover, they are sold to the northern states and counties! ”

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In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiao Yi sat in the center, the civil and military were lined up on both sides, all listening quietly, Shi Tao held an account book, reporting in detail on the mining situation and the use of minerals.

Among the four friends of Zhuge - Shi Tao is kind by nature, he doesn't like the way of conquest 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 great waste, he can't help but take action......

As a result, after more than half a month, the account books of the mining area are all clear, the personnel arrangement is also very reasonable, and the mine output continues to increase.

"Mr. Guangyuan has worked hard, from today onwards, you will be a salt and iron official, specially responsible for the Pingdingshan mining area, manage this 'golden doll' well, and benefit the people of one side!

The coal, iron, and salt produced in the mining area can be sold to Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou in addition to the northern states and counties, and exchange for more cattle and grain!

Liu Beijun is fighting with the Baiyue tribe, the consumption of blades is very large, the refined iron we refine, we can sell a part of it to them, even if it is for the country to defend against the enemy, but the price must be high, not cheap big-eared thief! ”

Xiao Yi is very satisfied with the situation in the mining area, there is no heavy machinery and no high explosives in this era, it is all the work of the people who dig with picks and carry people on their shoulders, and it is very powerful to produce thousands of truckloads of minerals a day.

The enthusiasm of the people was very high, divided into three shifts to dig day and night, even women and children came to help, and the officials also worked very hard, just to eat and live in the mining area, especially the newly appointed students, showing crazy energy, some people actually fainted from exhaustion......

For those who have meritorious service, it is natural to have heavy rewards, Xiao Yi has the right to open the government and govern affairs, and he can appoint subordinate officials on his own, and immediately add Shi Tao as a salt and iron envoy, in charge of all affairs in the Pingdingshan mining area, and the rest of the students will be rewarded!

However, there is also a little problem, that is, in terms of weight units, coal and iron ore are calculated by cars, but the cars are big and small, and there are losses and full, how much is a car, which is very inconvenient for statistical production and goods trading!

The weight unit of the Han Dynasty: ten gui weighs one baht, twenty-four baht weighs one tael, sixteen taels weigh one catty, one hundred and twenty catties is a stone, and then there is no more, and the general thing can be measured, but in the face of the mountain of ore, it is a little unbearable.

Therefore, Xiao Yi waved his pen and formulated a new weight unit: 2,000 catties for one ton and 10,000 catties for one side, so that when digging and selling coal mines, it would be much easier to settle accounts.

"Da Sima has the wisdom of heaven and man - for the benefit of the people, all the people admire!"

"Your Excellency has spoken seriously, and I hope to work together to appease the people of the Central Plains, the people are really bitter!"

"No!"

In the face of the good situation, the civil and military officials were smiling and constantly singing praises of virtue, Xiao Yi kept smiling on his face, but his heart was up and down, things are not so simple!

This time, the class teacher returned to the court, passing through the territory of Runan County, Xiao Yi opened a killing ring, and cleared out countless corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but he also offended many people, and the reason why he was safe and sound:

First, he has outstanding military achievements and is arrogant, and he kills corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and there is a righteous and bright banner, which shocks the world!

The second is that he discovered mineral deposits and used the excavated coal, iron, and salt to relieve the people of Runan County, stabilized the situation in Yuzhou, and also alleviated the popular uprising in the Central Plains!

With the exploration of the diggers, they have been discovered around Pingdingshan: gold, copper, tin, lead, graphite...... Many minerals, although not as large as coal and iron, are abundant enough, and are of excellent quality and easy to mine.

Someone has carefully estimated that in less than three years, a mining city will be formed here, and the value of ore produced every year is comparable to the tax of a large state, or even more.

Since ancient times, the wealth is the most moving, now the treasury is empty, the people are rising, the country is the time to use money, in the face of the huge income of the mining area, I don't know how many people are red-eyed, I am afraid that it will not be long before someone will come to the door to get a piece of the pie!

"Qiqi Da Sima: Zijian Gongzi is ordered by the Prime Minister to come to reward the meritorious soldiers, and the convoy has arrived at the bottom of the mountain!"

"The new Yuzhou Mu-Sima Fang, who came to meet Lord Sima, is waiting outside the camp gate!"

"The Liang family of Jixian County-Liang Xiaoyu also came to visit Lord Da Sima, and he was also waiting outside the camp gate!"

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Xiao Yi didn't expect it badly, the meeting was not over yet, three guests came one after another, nominally to meet him, but in fact, they all came to the 'Golden Doll', and the origin was not small!

Cao Zhi is talented and intelligent, and he is one of the popular candidates for succession, and this time he suddenly came to Runan County, he must represent the forces of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he wants to get a piece of the mine revenue, so he doesn't know how big the traitor's appetite is, and he is ready to play the political card or the emotional card?

In addition, during the southern expedition of the army, Cao Zhi has been sitting in Xuchang City, handling the government affairs of the imperial court, showing a good ability to govern the country, and also won the praise of the ministers.

Now that Cao Cao is old and weak, the issue of the heir can no longer be delayed, and the struggle between several sons of the Cao family has also entered a white-hot level.

Yuzhou Mu was originally Xiahou Dun, but this one-eyed general fought in the south and the north, and had no time to deal with government affairs.

Sima Fang, the word 'Jiangong', Hanoi people's clan, born in the Shi clan, once did Luoyang Ling, Jing Zhaoyin, has rich experience in politics, the imperial court sent him to be Yuzhou pastor, it seems that he also wants to rectify the rule of officials, in addition, I want to be a feudal official, for the gate valve forces also share!

Not to mention Liang Xiaoyu, known as the world's first wealthy businessman, his business sense is the most sensitive, there are interests where he runs there, he must smell the smell of the mine, and he will make a fortune with a smoke.

Three guests came at once, according to the reason, they should be met one after another according to their status: Cao Zhi, Sima Fang, Liang Xiaoyu, but Xiao Yi didn't hesitate at all, let people invite Liang Xiaoyu in first, and they met later, no matter what his status is, good friends are the most important!

"The villain has seen Lord Da Sima - invincible and invincible!"

"I have no worries about seeing the world's first wealthy businessman - prosperous business and rich resources!"

"Haha! --Ha ha! ”

I haven't seen him for a few years, Liang Xiaoyu is even richer, his face is round, his belly is poop, he can't see his feet when he stands upright, and if he weighs it on the scale, he is conservative at more than 300 catties!

The personal taste has not changed, he is still covered in gold jewelry, he looks like a golden man from a distance, standing in the tent at this time, his expression is slightly restrained, and when he saw Xiao Yi coming in, he immediately knelt on the ground and saluted!

Xiao Yi didn't stop him, but also knelt on the ground and treated him with equal courtesy, the two looked at each other, patted each other's shoulders, and laughed loudly......

Liang Xiaoyu recently sold salt in Xuzhou, and heard that there was a huge mine in Runan County, so he came in a puff of smoke, and he was secretly worried that although he and Xiao Yi were old friends, but as time went by, the identity gap became bigger and bigger, and the other party still held the power of life and death!

Rich and easy wife, noble and easy friends, this is the normal feeling of people, Liang Xiaoyu is afraid that his words and deeds will be inappropriate, which will lead to the disaster of killing, so he is so cautious in his words and deeds, and he will meet each other with a bow ceremony!

Don't forget, when the Hidden King - Chen Sheng was poor and cultivated the fields, he also said to the poor friends, 'Gou is rich, don't forget each other', what is the result, after really ascending the throne, in order to conceal his humble background, he sent the poor friends to the ghost gate!

What I didn't expect was that among the three guests who came, I was the first to be received, and what I didn't expect was that Xiao Yi bowed down to a businessman with the respect of a great Sima, Liang Xiaoyu didn't say anything, but he was grateful in his heart.

At the same time, Sun Shangxiang and the little queen also led the maids to appear, first saluted the guests Yingying, and then sent delicious wine and food, just like a housewife, which attracted Liang Xiaoyu to praise for a while: The eldest brother is the eldest brother, and the peach blossoms are all over the world, and they are all the best beauties!

Next, the two sat opposite each other, drinking wine and eating meat, while telling the past, just like returning to the Crouching Tiger Pavilion, back to the youth, one is a down-and-out little wine seller, the other is a poor little Taoist!

"I heard that the eldest brother dreamed of the Emperor's guidance and found a giant mine, so the younger brother came over with a cheeky face, if the sale of coal and salt was handed over to the Liang family caravan to take care of, to ensure that the wealth was rolling in!

However, directly selling coal, the profit is still a little smaller, people are not convenient to use, the little brother has been thinking hard for many days, ready to make a kind of briquette, the size and amount are the same, both beautiful and practical, now it is the cold winter wax moon, will definitely sell well!

The quality of mineral salt is excellent, and some can be sold to the grassland in exchange for a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, and camels, and then driven back to the interior of the Central Plains, and the price can be increased more than ten times......

No wonder Liang Xiaoyu made a fortune, with a keen sense of business and an extremely active mind, if he followed his operation method, the income of the Pingdingshan mining area would definitely increase exponentially!

What's more, he doesn't eat alone, as long as he has the right to sell coal and half of the mineral salt, as for the iron ore and the other half of the mineral salt, it is left to the Zhen family, another chaebol, don't forget that Xiao Yi's third lady is the eldest lady of the Zhen family, and she can't get close!

"Know how to advance and retreat, know how to make trade-offs, not enslaved by money, the virtuous brother is really a wise person, if you abandon business and enter politics, you will inevitably be one of the nine kings!

The business of coal and mineral salt will be handed over to the Liang family caravan to take care of, but there is one thing to pay attention to: the export price should be high, not cheap foreigners, the domestic sales price should be low, and take care of the poor people! ”

Xiao Yi nodded in satisfaction, took out a scroll from his bosom, and slowly unfolded it on the table, drawing a strange stove with a long chimney pipe, and an oval briquette with small holes in the middle......

Coal burned in a brazier, not only waste heat, pollute the environment, but also easy to gas poisoning, before there were local tyrants who showed wealth, cooking, cooking, heating all use high-quality coal, and do not pay attention to the ventilation of the house, as a result, the whole family was wiped out overnight, and died without any scars, causing a big panic, and thought that there were ghosts and ghosts!

Now that coal is supplied to the market in large quantities, in order to avoid accidents, Xiao Yat 'invented' a new usage, smashing raw coal into powder form and adding lime, wood chips, straw, loess, water...... Reshaped into an ellipsoid, with sixteen holes in the middle, this is honeycomb coal!

Honeycomb coal saves materials, the process is simple, the burning time is longer, the transportation is also very convenient, and the price is naturally low, even some poor families can use it to heat and cook.

The stove is even simpler, and if it is a poor family, you can use tiles, yellow mud, and sand...... Make a simple small tandoor, using a bamboo tube as a chimney, although the appearance is not very beautiful, it is absolutely practical to live at home.

As for the rich and noble, you can use brass, pig iron, yellow clay, and red bricks...... A more exquisitely made, movable stove, and some barbecue racks, shabu-shabu hot pot, etc., the Liang family caravan can also make more money when it comes to it!

"The eldest brother has the wisdom of heaven and man, if he abandons the official and goes into business, he will definitely become the world's first wealthy businessman, with the wealth of the rich country, the younger brother is convinced and admires the takeaway!"

Liang Xiaoyu quickly understood the purpose of the stove and honeycomb coal, as well as the great business opportunities in them, and then put the drawings in his arms and ran to the mining area to inspect them......

Xiao Yi returned to the Zhongjun tent and prepared to meet the second guest, Sima Fang!

There are a lot of things to do during the holidays, and I can only change it today!

(End of chapter)