Hearing Li Yuanba's scolding, Guan He's body trembled more and more, and he said tremblingly:

"Return, return to the words of the prince! The price of this charcoal is high, and the slave and maid see that a large amount of charcoal is used in the house every day, so they are greedy. A few days ago, when I was purchasing charcoal, I ordered my subordinates to go to the Black Stone Mountain in the northwest of Chang'an City, and specially selected some charcoal that was no more than the size of a finger and mixed it in the charcoal! As for the money used to buy charcoal, all the money was secretly withheld by the slaves and maids. ”

"Hmph, you're so daring!" Li Yuanba kicked Guan He's shoulder and kicked him out directly.

"Lord, lord...... The slave and maid knew that they should die, and begged the prince to open the net and spare the slave and maid's life! ”

After being kicked by Li Yuanba, it hurts very much, it hurts like a heart, but now it's not a question of whether it hurts or not, if you don't beg for mercy, your life will be gone, and the pain is a fart!

"Say, how much charcoal have you mixed into this charcoal?"

Li Yuanba wouldn't just let this guy go, not to mention being greedy for the money of the Mo Palace, just mixing charcoal with charcoal can convict him of plotting to assassinate the royal family, and then not only will he be pulled out and cut down, but even his nine clans will be wiped out.

"Back to the prince, slave maid, slave maid mixed one-fifth of the charcoal purchased two days ago, about twenty stones......

Guan He's heart was full of fear, he didn't want to die yet, so he had to answer all questions and wanted to get Li Yuanba's forgiveness.

"Twenty stones, more than two thousand catties, good, good!" Li Yuan trembled domineeringly, and said, "It seems that you don't think there are enough dead people in the mansion, right?" Where is the pro-army? ”

"Boom!"

A team of palace Qin troops dressed in soft armor appeared in front of Li Yuanba again.

Li Yuanba glanced at Guan He coldly, and waved his big hand: "Take this daring guy to this king." Escort to Dali Temple and deal with it strictly! ”

"No!"

The leading guards answered, followed by two young men who were born in Wuda and three thick. Take two steps forward and directly check and set up.

Guan He was suddenly frightened. roared loudly: "Lord, Lord Wang, Lord spare your life, Lord Wang spare your life......"

The sound grew farther and farther away, becoming inaudible.

"Humph! A hundred deaths like this are light! ”

Seeing this team of royal troops checking and setting up, Zhao Jingjing couldn't help but sigh.

Li Yuanba heard that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said in his heart: "This girl is really ruthless!" ”

But looking back, it's the same thing, more than 2,000 catties, which is more than a ton. If Li Yuanba hadn't discovered it early today, then I'm afraid Zhao Jingjing and Xia'er would have died.

Shaking his head, suddenly Li Yuanba saw the coal that had just rolled to the ground out of the corner of his eye, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned!

No, it seems that something was forgotten!

Li Yuanbafang was so angry that he only thought about avenging Xia'er and Zhao Jingjing, and didn't think about anything else at all.

Now it seems that something has been overlooked, and it is something that can change the entire historical course of the Tang Dynasty.

Yes, now it's Datang, and coal is even called coal. Its use is only in the area of heating, but also in various other fields, such as smelting metals, cooking on fires, and firing bricks and tiles...... And so on. The use of coal is still extremely limited.

From the words of the dead eunuch just now, in the Tang Dynasty of Zhejiang, the price of coal seems to be quite cheap, basically the kind of rotten street, even if it is thrown on the ground, no one will pick it up.

Moreover, the combustion value of this coal is particularly high, and if it is mined on a large scale and popularized, it will replace charcoal in the shortest possible time and become the mainstream fuel of Datang.

At that time, the right to mine coal was set up as a monopoly of the imperial court. The government is autocratic, and a lot of money is not rolling in. With money, the Datang treasury is naturally full. With the money to develop, I can do other things that are most important.

Even the five surnames and Qiwang did not dare to touch the brows of the imperial court at this time, and mined privately.

Once they opened the coal mine privately, it would give Li Shimin an excuse to use troops to kill them! Because the mining and application of coal is enough to shake the foundation of Datang and promote the development of Datang.

Mining coal mines without permission is called recklessly attacking the country, and it is not an exaggeration to exterminate the people!

The Tang military, which has firearms and money, is still afraid of the scribes of the clan? Even if they were all killed, no one would dare to say anything!

Thinking of this, Li Yuanba's eyes became brighter and brighter, and the corners of his mouth also hung up with that unique smile.

"Lord Wang, what are you thinking?" Xia'er blinked her big watery eyes, looked at Li Yuanba very curiously and said.

"Huh?" Li Yuanba is now on a bad day, so he quickly came back to his senses and said, "No, it's nothing!" By the way, do you two know where this coal is produced? ”

"Lord Wang, is this black and non-slippery charcoal any use? Why bother looking for it? Zhao Jingjing was puzzled.

"Don't ask about it yet, you'll know when the time comes!" Li Yuanba waved his hand and continued: "You two will sue me if you know the origin of this thing!" ”

"Lord Wang, that Guan He said just now that those stones were picked from the Black Stone Mountain in the northwest of Chang'an City! Could it be that the Black Rock Mountain is the source of this charcoal? Xia'er frowned and said in a low voice.

"Yes, that guy just said that he picked it up from Blackstone Mountain, and he picked up more than a ton just by picking it up, so it seems that it is very likely to be an open-pit coal mine there? Well, what a blessing from God! Hahaha......"

The more Li Yuanba thought about it, the happier he became, and later he looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Lord Wang, look at your happy appearance, is there something good about it?"

At this stall, the housekeeper Bai Fu came to the middle courtyard like a ghost, holding a small post in his hand.

"Good thing, of course there is a good thing!" Li Yuanba glanced at Bai Fu and said, "Bai Fu, tomorrow you go to the northwest of Chang'an to see if there is a black stone mountain that produces charcoal." If you have one, you go to Chang'an Mansion and buy all the surrounding land, including that mountain! In addition, you should send someone to probe around Chang'an City to see where there is still a place where coal is produced, and turn back to tell the king. ”

"Blackstone Mountain. Carboniferous? ”

Bai Fuleng froze for a moment, but soon he reacted, and his master ordered. Then go ahead and do it, whatever is going on with him!

"No!"

Bai Fu agreed directly.

"That's right. What do you hold in your hands? Li Yuanba looked at the small post in Bai Fu's hand and said.

"Oh, this is an invitation sent by Cheng Sangongzi, I want to invite you to the 'Piff Pavilion' for a get-together! The carriage is already waiting outside! Bai Fu handed the post in his hand to Li Yuanba's hand and said.

"Oh? Isn't this kid in the barracks? How come there is time to come out, with Cheng Laoyou's urine nature, will he be released? ”

Li Yuanba was puzzled, and he opened the post. glanced at it by the moonlight, and couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, it's really unprofitable!" This Cheng family is not a fuel-efficient lamp! ”

……

Puff Pavilion, the third floor of the first room.

Cheng Chubi and a young man who was obviously a few years older than him sat next to each other, each with a charcoal brazier in front of them, with pale red flames.

"Second brother, did you say that the prince would come?" Cheng Chubi looked at the person sitting at the long table next to him and said.

Second brother? This person is the second son of the Cheng family. Cheng Chuliang!

Looking at the majesty and majesty of this life, his face is somewhat similar to Cheng Chubi, but he is a lot more beautiful. The most important thing is that there is no that thickness. Sense of beard.

"Of course!" Cheng Chuliang said as a matter of course: "I'm here today to talk about business with His Royal Highness King Wu, and no matter how you look at it, King Wu has the majority, so there's no reason why he shouldn't come?" ”

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of going upstairs outside the house.

"It's coming!"

The two brothers looked at each other and stood up in unison.

The door of the No. A house opened, and Li Yuanba and Zhao Jingjing, who had recovered their daughter's body, entered the No. A box one after the other.

"Cheng Chubi (Cheng Chuliang) has seen His Royal Highness the Martial King!"

Knowing is knowing, but in terms of etiquette, it is decisive that you can't mess with the rules. As soon as Li Yuanba entered the door, the two brothers bowed to him.

"Alright. It's all out of courtesy! Li Yuanba waved his hand indifferently and said, "Your name is Cheng Chuliang." Is that the future husband of my niece Qinghe? ”

Cheng Chuliang didn't expect that Li Yuanba would say this when they met for the first time, so he couldn't help but look embarrassed, nodded slightly, and said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's refusal to give up, Princess Qinghe will be married to Chu Liang, which is really a blessing from Chu Liang III!" ”

"Well, you're older than Cheng...... You old man can talk! Li Yuanba's mouth was bald, although he didn't say that Cheng Lao Fairy came, but he was not polite to Cheng Biting Jin.

The two brothers naturally understood why Li Yuanba had such an attitude, no way, who told them that their father's head was kicked by a donkey and offended the prince?

"Okay, if there is anything, you two can talk about it quickly, but this wine and food will be free, just ask you to serve some melon and fruit snacks in the kitchen!" Anyway, the chefs of your 'Puff Pavilion' are not as good as the food cooked by the cooks in this palace! ”

Li Yuanba didn't have any scruples when he spoke, and the two brothers who said it were a wry smile.

……

Everyone sat down, and their own subordinates sent melons and fruits snacks at Li Yuanba's request.

At this time, Cheng Chubi noticed Zhao Jingjing dressed as her daughter, and couldn't help but pause, and said a little suspiciously: "Lord Wang, I don't know who this lady is?" ”

"You should know each other, her name is Zhao Jingjing!" Li Yuanba picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and took a bite, and said vaguely: "Oh, by the way, her name was Zhao Qingqing before, and she was the sister of the third cannon!" ”

"Oh!" Cheng Chubi suddenly realized and said: "I'll just say why is it so familiar, it turns out that Zhao Niangzi was a woman dressed as a man before!" ”

"Jingjing had unspeakable secrets before, so she dressed up in men's clothes, and asked the third son not to be surprised!"

Zhao Jingjing looks like a lady, down-to-earth and generous, without the slightest pretentiousness.

……

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