At that moment, when Ma Chao learned from Han Feng that Xinping County was actually an open-pit coal mine, he almost jumped up with joy, and immediately went to Xinping County. Unfortunately, as soon as I went out, the first snow of winter fell. And there is a trend of getting worse and bigger, Ma Chao had no choice but to return to the county guard mansion with Han Ying, and stayed anxious for a day.

On the second day, when the snow stopped a little, Ma Chao couldn't wait to go to the coal mine to have a look, and transferred a team of soldiers, plus Ma Chao's own 200 or so personal guards, and the group set off in a mighty way.

"Young master, the effect of that beast charcoal is nothing more than to pour saltpeter to cover it up and make it smoke after it is ignited, why do you have to run so far to take a look at it yourself?" The ugly brother Huang Yuan chattered along the way, asking this question repeatedly. For him, Ma Chao always has some whimsy that he doesn't know, and the more he can't guess, the more he wants to break the sand pot and ask to the end.

"Not only did the charcoal not raise the smelting temperature, but the burning time was much longer than that of firewood. If it is used for heating, it will no longer be cold this winter. These benefits don't just matter from county to county. As a result, I had to make a trip myself. Ma Chao sat on the back of the elephant dragon, and explained to the ugly brother whether he had a match or not.

"However, the charcoal of the beast is poisonous, and everyone knows it, and they avoid it like a tiger. Even though it has a great effect, it has to be exchanged for life, and it can't be done. ”

"This coal, oh, beast charcoal. It is not poisonous in itself, but during the combustion process, a toxic gas is produced! Ma Chao glanced at the ugly brother and explained impatiently: Why is this ugly brother almost like Cai Yan, almost 100,000?

"Isn't this still poisonous?" The ugly brother didn't know Ma Chao's thoughts, and replied dissatisfied.

"It doesn't matter, as long as the ventilation is good and a large amount of inhalation is not taken, it will not cause any harm to the human body at all, and compared to the huge benefits it can bring, what is this little thing? If it is really as Han Feng said, it is an open-pit coal mine, then even mining is saved, and it is directly dug up! Speaking of this, Ma Chao became happy: he knew that even though there was war in Iraq, the number of deaths was less than half of the coal mine accidents in China. Especially in this poor and white ancient times, the black gold definitely had to be added with the lives of countless people! But if it is an open-pit coal mine, there will be no mortality in a short period of time.

"Really?" The ugly brother glared and asked in disbelief.

"Really!" Ma Chao nodded, a little disdainful in reply.

"How did the young master know?"

Ma Chao's biggest headache is that Cai Yan, Ugly Brother and others ask him this sentence. Therefore, when he heard that the ugly brother mentioned this unopened pot again, he said angrily: "I dreamed of it in my sleep!" ”

"Could it be that the young master is the reincarnation of the immortals, the immortal family holds dreams, and the Ma family is prosperous?" As soon as the ugly brother thought about it, he fell into those unheard of crops again, bellows, brewing, roasted tea, papermaking, and peerless blades, and felt more and more that his thoughts were correct.

Ma Chao glanced at him again, ignoring him: Love how to think about it, anyway, your young master will not tell you this secret.

After a small half a day's work, the group came to the mouth of the tree that Han Feng said, which is more than ten miles away from the inner city of Xinping County, there is no big road, only a rugged mountain road winding and circling in the mountains, and now the snow is overwhelming, and the road is not visible, if it is not for the guide who is familiar with the mountain road, I am afraid that Ma Chao and his party will not be able to touch it at all.

"Young master, this is the mouth of the tree, and we also know about the beast charcoal here. It's all over the place, but basically no one here dares to pick it up and burn it. The guide said, and after receiving Ma Chao's bounty, he retired. After walking out of half a mile, he kowtowed in the direction of Ma Chao: God bless the young master of the Ma family, and ensure that Xinping County will be safe and secure from now on!

Ma Chao jumped off the dragon, squatted down and used his hands to remove the top layer of floating snow, but the snow below was already frozen extremely hard, so he pulled out the dagger, and slashed it with a burst of snowflakes and ice chips, and the soldiers also used their weapons to remove the snow, and finally revealed the solid ground.

"Young master, I found a piece!"

"Young master, I also have it here!"

After a period of chaotic chaos, Ma Chao had a large pile of lumps of coal in front of him, picked up a piece, looked carefully, Ma Chao confirmed that this was coal, but there were good lumps of coal in this pile, and there were also stones in poor condition.

This kind of stone can not be fully burned, and it is most likely to produce gas, thinking that Han Feng and Ben are not divided into pieces of coal and stone, and they all picked it up, and Pu Yuan is also half-hanging, and in order to keep it secret, he also specializes in smelting in an unventilated forging house, which leads to gas poisoning.

Ma Chao would not blame Pu Yuan for this secrecy, and even praised Pu Yuan for having this sense of secrecy.

Ma Chao shook his head, and couldn't figure out who had harmed the four craftsmen. In the end, it can only be concluded that the four craftsmen were really unlucky, and they died unjustly. However, it was their death that made them know that there was such a good thing in Xinping County.

Everything in the world, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and it is really indescribable and unclear.

Putting aside these thoughts, Ma Chao pointed to the ground, "Cut the ground for me!" ”

The guards took out the pickaxes prepared in advance and began to plow the ground, Ma Chao smiled and said to Brother Ugly: "Brother Ugly, as far as I know, these beast charcoal are buried in the ground very deep, and it is extremely difficult to mine them. And it is easy to cause death and injury, like this kind of open-pit coal mine is rare, but this Xinping County actually has, it is really unexpected, it is really unexpected, it is conceivable, in the near future, my Ma family will take off because of it. ”

The ugly brother was not bewitched by Ma Chao's words, but said cowardly: "Young master, you should solve the poison gas problem first." Otherwise, even if these black stones are treasures, no one will dare to burn them. ”

Ma Chao laughed, "Ugly brother, I'll make a bet with you, after I build that kang in the future, do you dare to enter with me?" ”

"I don't dare to ......" The scar-faced hideous man showed a frightened look at this time, and shook his hand again and again: "Young master, you are the stars of the world, and you have your own immortal qi to protect your body." I'm just a mortal, and I don't dare to give my life for nothing. ”

When he saw that the ugly brother was also scared, Ma Chao couldn't help laughing, but the last sentence of the ugly brother made Ma Chao unable to laugh.

"The ugly brother is not afraid of death, he is afraid that his death is not worth it, and he can't serve the young master for a few more years, and he is unwilling!"

Ma Chao suddenly heard the ugly brother's words to himself, and he was shocked, and he couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart, and quickly turned his eyes to the soldiers who were concentrating on plowing the ground.

The ground was so hard that it was often dug a few inches deep with a pickaxe, and after a while, the soldiers began to sweat and the ground was dug a foot deep.

"Young master, it's dug up!" A soldier shouted, and then, more soldiers shouted, Ma Chao walked forward quickly, and saw that the turned over soil had become completely black, and the black powder was mixed with countless large or small pieces of coal, stretched out his hand, grabbed a large handful in his hand, Ma Chao slowly picked it up, looked at the black coal, and was ecstatic in his heart, it was really a blessing from God, such a good coal, only a foot deep from the ground.

"Come on, everybody's going back to me. The more you can load, the more meat you will have at night! Ma Chao ordered loudly, and the soldiers below responded violently.

Fufeng County, the county guard's mansion, Han Feng saw the busy craftsman, his heart was still a little uneasy, and asked Ma Chao, who was supervising the work, in a low voice: "Young master, are you sure there is no problem?" Can it really solve the poison of this beast charcoal? ”

Ma Chao was confused by the question he had asked repeatedly, and said with a wry smile: "Don't worry, I said that there is no problem is no problem, so it's okay, after it is built, I will try it first, and I will never go in during the trial period, okay?" ”

Han Feng still nodded with some doubts, "This is the safest, the body of a daughter is not in danger, and the words of the saint must not be forgotten." ”

"Hey, feudal superstition is not shallow......" Ma Chao sighed and said unwillingly.