"Rokuro, what are you doing with the map?" Looking at the things that Li Su asked people to bring up, Li Yong, who was called, asked suspiciously, the so-called map, in fact, is the map of ancient times, the Tang Dynasty is not like later generations, you can buy a map of the whole country for a few dollars, the map at this time is a very rare thing, generally only in the government department or the army can be found, this map inlaid on the wooden board, similar to a screen, or Li Su borrowed it from the Ministry of Industry.

Li Su smiled mysteriously and said, "I heard that your brothers have bought a lot of slaves? ”

"Uh~" Hearing Li Su's question, Cheng Huailiang and they were all stunned, some time ago they heard someone falsely accuse Li Su of rebellion, although they were not qualified to intercede for Li Su, but they bought the remaining seventy-seven chapters Li Su drew a circle on the map of the nearly 10,000 Tubo slaves, just to help Li Su share some of the pressure. Didn't those people say that Li Su bought slaves to rebel, so why don't they buy a lot, are they all planning to rebel?

Of course, this move is really a bit reckless, many of them also received a scolding from the elders for this, and after those slaves were bought, they had no place to place, and the cement factory had some dirty work and tired work that could be used with these slaves, but the sky could also place thousands of people, and some people found some coal mines, but together they were not as big as Li Su's mines, and they didn't need many slaves at all, so most of the slaves were still thrown in the suburbs to raise them.

Looking at these brothers, Li Su was also very moved in his heart, since he learned about this situation from Xiao Yu, Li Su made up his mind, since the brothers are to help him, then he can't let the brothers suffer, this nearly 10,000 slaves may be a burden in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of Li Yu, it is a rare wealth.

"Liulang, if you have anything to say, just say it, everyone is a brother, don't say anything outside of you!" Li Yong first said that he was the most active in buying slaves, and he was the most active in buying it Chapter 77 Li Yu drew the most circles on the map, but now they are all smashed in his hands.

"Hehe, ninth brother, you misunderstood." Li Su smiled, he didn't say thank you, and he didn't want to say any thanks, and other nonsense that didn't hurt or itch, "Little brother just heard that after the brothers bought those slaves, they raised them like pigs, which is really a waste, so I thought of a way to make use of these slaves." ”

"Oh? Rokuro, do you really have a way? Hearing what Li Yu said, Cheng Huailiang, Li Jingye and others immediately came to the spirit, these slaves don't work, even if they don't work, they have to be fed with food every day, although it doesn't cost much, but it is a loss-making business.

"Hehe, in fact, this method is very simple, that is, just open a few more mines?" Li said with a smile that Datang encourages private mining operations, but because of the strength of government-run mines, private mining is not the mainstream now, and it is still dominated by government-run mines.

"Cut~, Liulang, you said it easy, but the mine is not something that someone can open if they have money, the most fundamental thing is to have a mine, such as the coal you made, if it weren't for the few coal mines in Blackstone Mountain, how could your mine be opened?" Li Jingye said with some dissatisfaction, Li Su took the first step and bought all the carboniferous mines that could be found around Chang'an, so they could only go to other places to find mines. When other people heard Li Su's words, they were also frustrated, originally thinking that Li Su had a good way to make everyone happy for a long time.

"Isn't it just a few carboniferous mines, I don't dare to say anything else, but I can get as many as you want from this carboniferous mine!" Li Su said vigorously, this is not his boasting, he knows better than anyone else about the distribution of coal mines, such as the Shanxi one, there is no shortage of coal, and there is no need to dig the coal buried in the ground, but those open-pit coal mines are enough for them to dig for hundreds of years.

"Rokuro, you're not kidding, you dare to brag about this kind of thing?" Cheng Huailiang obviously didn't believe it, if Li Su knew the location of several coal mines, he wouldn't be too suspicious, but Li Su's tone was very big, and he even said how much he wanted, and the coal was not a stone on the ground, so he felt that Li Su's words were not credible at all.

"That's it, Liulang, your skills are admired by your brothers, but the charcoal is not cement, it all grows from the ground, unless you are an immortal, it is impossible to know these things." Li Yexu was also diverted and said with a look of disbelief.

"Cut~, I know you don't believe it." Li Su's face was disdainful, and he turned to see him stretch out his hand and point to the map, "That's why I asked people to bring the map, and I'll show it to you now." ”

Seeing that Li Su didn't look like a joke, Cheng Huailiang and they were all stunned, they always admired Li Su, and they always felt that Li Su was shrouded in a veil of mystery, making people wonder what other talents he didn't reveal. Therefore, seeing Li Su's confident appearance, they couldn't help but have some unspeakable expectations for Li Su's 'absurd' words.

Li Su said and pointed to the map with his hand, and then drew a small circle, including Shanxi and part of Henan in later generations, these places are one of the main coal-producing areas in later generations, although the map of the Tang Dynasty is very different from the map of later generations, but because there is the Yellow River as a reference, it is still very easy to distinguish.

"See, in this circle I have drawn, in our entire territory of Datang, it should be regarded as the area with the richest coal deposits, as long as we send people here to find it, we can definitely find it in a short time." Li Su said very confidently, of course, he could not remember the specific location of the mine, but as long as an area is delineated, the coal deposits in this area are so rich that it is impossible to find it.

"Rokuro, this is not a joke?" Qin Huaiyu asked with a serious expression, although looking at Li Su's appearance, it shouldn't be like a joke, but the circle he drew was not small, if he wanted to find a carboniferous mine in this circle, it would definitely cost a lot of manpower and material resources. But if they can't find the mine by then, even if they don't care, the family behind them will definitely have a bad impression of Li Su, and even the friendship between them and Li Su will be affected in the future.

"yes, Rokuro, are you really sure?" Yanbei also expressed some skepticism.

But at this time, Li Yong was the first to stand up and say loudly: "I believe in Liulang, everyone knows his character, although he sometimes likes to make some jokes, but in these major events, it has always been reassuring, if you don't believe it, then I will go to find it alone, and if I find the last carboniferous mine, you don't regret it!" ”

Li Yong and Li Su have the best relationship, of course, they are the first to support him at this time, and Li Yong is also telling the truth, whether it is a brewery or a cement factory, they have greatly increased the income of their Hejian Palace, plus he also admires Li Su the most, so he is the first to choose to believe Li Su's words.

Seeing Li Yong's statement, the others couldn't sit still, Li Su wanted to help them solve the big burden of slaves, and those slaves they also bought to help Li Su, and now Li Su obviously wants to repay everyone and express his gratitude, it is impossible to joke with everyone about the shadowless.

Thinking of this, Li Jingye and Qin Huaiyu and several other people who were closest to Li Su immediately followed Li Yong to express their attitude, and other people also slowly thought of this, and after a while, almost everyone no longer doubted Li Su's words, and began to discuss the development of carboniferous mines in this area.

Seeing that everyone no longer doubted, Li Su immediately became excited, and proposed that everyone simply follow the form of the cement industry association and form a Datang Coal Industry Association, but unlike the cement association, this coal industry association is a completely private organization, and there is no official participation like the cement supervision institute.

After the establishment of this association, as long as each family contributes a part of manpower or material resources, and then integrates together to find mines, the mineral deposits found are allocated to everyone according to the amount of each family's efforts, so that not only the risk is smaller, but also the strength of the people can be better exerted, if there are any problems in the future, we can also sit down and negotiate together, to avoid hurting feelings because of the interests of the problem.

Hearing Li Su's introduction, the people who were still a little hesitant immediately applauded, can get the greatest benefit with the least cost and risk, is that everyone knows how to choose, so everyone drafted an agreement to establish the Coal Industry Association, but in the position of president, everyone is not far behind, have rushed to be the first president, the people here are young and vigorous, no one is willing to fall behind.

Everyone quarreled for a long time, and finally the position of the president was not elected, but the deacons were elected, namely Cheng Huailiang, Li Jingye, Li Jingheng, Qin Huaiyu, Yanbei, and finally Li Su, a total of six deacons, during the period when there was no president, the affairs of the association were temporarily handed over to the six of them to negotiate and be responsible, as for the position of president, this is temporarily vacant because no one is convinced of whom, and after the development of the carboniferous industry, whose industrial development is the fastest and strongest, then this position is his.

"Huh? Rokuro, I suddenly remembered a question. It was not easy to make everyone quiet, and at this time, Li Jingheng, who was one of the deacons, suddenly frowned and spoke.

"Oh, Brother Jingheng, please speak!" Li Su said with a smile, he has no regrets about not sitting in the chairman's position, after all, he is too lazy, although the cement association has the name of the president, but he threw everything to Li Yifu, and he doesn't want to care about those messy things at all, so for this emerging coal industry, he just wants to make a fortune quietly, and let others do the hard work. Originally, he didn't even want to do this deacon's position, but after all, he proposed this matter, so at the suggestion of several other deacons, he was forced to hang up the name of a deacon.

"If so many of us go to dig coal, then it will definitely increase the production of coal, but because of the freight and other questions, our coal can only be supplied to the cement plant on the section from Chang'an to Luoyang." Li Jingheng said and pointed a few times on the map, Li Su's coal production area is not very far from Chang'an and Luoyang, which Li Jingheng saw very accurately, "But in this way, it will cause the sales area of charcoal to be very narrow, and there may even be a dug up charcoal that cannot be sold, so that we don't talk about making money, we will definitely lose money at that time." ”

Li Jingheng was influenced by his money-greedy father, and he was still more insightful about business, knowing the importance of the market to a product, and just now he was only concerned about being happy and competing for the position of president, so he didn't think of this for a while, but now as soon as he calmed down, he immediately noticed this big problem. When others heard Li Jingheng's analysis, they also understood the seriousness of this problem, and if they didn't solve this problem, then even if they dug up the coal, they would only be able to draw water in a bamboo basket in the end!!