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Chapter 83 Charcoal

Mr. Hao once asked the host if this was what Mr. Min meant. The host only said: "If it is his suggestion, you should see it in the letter."

At that time, he subconsciously thought of the idea of ​​farming, "Is it Mrs. Ji?"

His Highness acquiesced.

Mr. Hao was very surprised, what a little lady!

"Then next year's food...?" Ping An wondered if he wanted more, or if the soldiers who got married would no longer be provided with food in the army? If it was the former, where would the money come from; if it was the latter, then what?

Doesn’t it relieve His Highness’ worries?

Several people looked at Yan Tao.

Yan Tao said something unrelated, "This year should be a better year."

"..." No one understood what it meant.

Yan Tao stood up, Kang Tai quickly picked up the cloak and put it on him, and he walked out of the official study room.

Mr. Hao stroked his beard and thought deeply. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "It's true!" It was so good that it was broken into parts. This smoke screen was really good.

"Sir, what does Your Highness mean?" The two staff did not understand and asked humbly.

Mr. Hao pointed to the capital, "What would happen if His Majesty knew that His Highness's army was gone?"

Then I must say that I must be happy! Of course the two staff did not dare to say this out loud, and they all smiled knowingly.

The incident of a Liaodong soldier marrying a widow who owns a house caused such a big fuss that even the emperor knew about it. He asked the emperor's master, "Can't Lao Qi even raise 30,000 horses?"

The Imperial Master raised his eyes and remained silent without replying.

The boss of Shangshu Province raised his hand and said: "Grain cannot grow in the frozen soil of Liaodong. If you want to have grain, you have to buy it from other places. I'm afraid the King of Liaodong won't be able to afford it."

Lao Qi sent people to the south of the Yangtze River several times and how much money was spent. The emperor counted it with a smile on his face and said, "This year, the Ministry of Revenue will submit the results as soon as possible." This was revealed.

At this moment, the emperor relaxed his attitude toward his seventh brother, who started out as an army man. So what if he was excellent in martial arts? Now was the Taiping Period, and Yan Tao had no use for him.

By mid-November, only 5,000 of the 35,000-strong army were left stationed on the mountain. The rest were scattered among the people, marrying widows and young ladies and having children.

Armed with the drawings of heating ducts, the soldiers braved the severe cold and rebuilt houses for their homes and turned on heating. By the end of November, there were almost no people outside in Liaodong, and almost everyone was hibernating in warm huts.

Almost everyone except Wang Yantao of Liaodong and Ji Mou who achieved financial freedom.

When he went to Linchun County to sell wild game in June and July, a little boy came to Kaoshantun, the northernmost village of Dongsheng Town, and brought some black blocks and asked if he could sell them for money. At that time, Ji Rongjin was shocked when he saw it.

, isn’t this just coal!

Coal is also sold in the capital city of Daxia in the winter, and many metallurgical furnaces are also fueled by coal, but no one knows it in Dongsheng Town. Because there is too much wood in the long peaks and valleys, people can use it as they please, as long as there is fuel for making fires.

No one had other thoughts; secondly, the town of Dongsheng was located in a remote area, and the population hardly moved, so their knowledge was limited, so no one knew them for a while, and this little boy wearing only a shabby shirt thought that this

The little black pieces are dried fungus, take them and exchange them for coppers.

Before it was too cold to go out, she asked Mai Xiaoji, Li Ji and others to go to the valley in the north to bring back a lot of them and put them in a straw shed, which would be enough for the whole winter. This detail was discovered by Yan Tao.

Do you think he can let Ji Rongjin go?

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, I went with him to the northern valley and stood at the mouth of the coal outcrop. Yan Tao touched his forehead and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" If he had told him earlier, how could he be worried that the mountains and forests would be cut down by the army? How could he...

Ji Rongjin touched her nose with a guilty conscience. Chief Yao Ting had made plans for the three of them to support the population. Ever since Yan Tao's army was stationed, she had wanted to help the women who had lost their men. She also thought that even if she didn't intervene, the three of them would be dead.

Thousands of men and dozens of women who have lost their husbands will eventually get together, but this process takes too long.

Whether it was for Yan Tao to raise the army or for the woman to farm in the spring next year, it was an invisible waste. She thought that as long as Yan Tao came to her, she would add fuel to the fire.

And this wave finally came to pass.

Ji Rongjin felt guilty, and his smile was a bit flattering: "Your Highness, the plains can be used for farming, and the mountains and rivers can be mined. You have a lot to do in Liaodong!"

Yan Tao squinted over and said, "Tell me how you can do so much."

Ji Rongjin blinked and said privately that since she chose to settle here, she wanted to do business locally. However, the purchasing power in Linchun County was not as good as that of a small town in later generations. If she wanted to start her business, she would have to go to Shanglin County.

, or even further away, which she didn't want to do.

The original plan was to plan where to go after the New Year, but now, when her eyes met Yan Tao, her plan completely changed.

"Your Highness..." Standing on the hilltop, she pointed to the vast black land to the east, "Next year I will plant thousands of acres of rice, raise fish in ponds beside the paddy fields, and grow cotton in high-lying areas without water. As long as it can be eaten and sold,

I have to do it, what about you? Do you want to try it together?"

As a long history officer, Mr. Hao had a thorough understanding of Liaodong as soon as he arrived. “I have never heard that rice can be grown in Liaodong!”

"Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it's not feasible." Ji Rongjin said, "Since His Highness pulled me out, I will ask Your Highness to bring back various seeds when he goes to Jiangnan to buy grain. I will pay you money."

Hearing Yinzi, Yan Tao's long eyes were slightly glaring, and his lips showed a smile, which was profound.

"Ahem..." Ji Rongjin felt guilty when he looked at him, "Yes, I earned the money from His Highness. Your Highness can also earn from me. How much do you say for rice seeds and cotton seeds? I will pay you how much."

."

Ping An traveled with His Highness today. When he heard her words, he suddenly realized, "I bought all kinds of seeds from Jiangnan and sold them to farmers. Then..." Is this the way His Highness gave the bride price to the soldiers?

Is it back to His Highness again?

His eyes were full of excitement.

Yan Tao and Master Hao looked at each other, and the money turned around and came back.

Of course Ji Rongjin saw the interaction between the two and smiled calmly. If the economic development momentum is good in the coming year, money will not only go around once, it can go around several times, and everyone will feel that they have more money and their lives will be easier. This is why

People will sigh during the economic depression: You save me, no one uses the money, so where does the money go?

It’s not that there is less money, but that the flow of money has slowed down and eventually stagnated in the hands of those with resources, so it feels like there is no money in the pockets.

If the rice really grows, the problem of raising an army will be solved. Of course Yan Tao is willing to give it a try, "Ping'an, I will go to Jiangnan after the new year. Ask Dong Ji for the list of seeds to buy."

"Yes, Your Highness." Ping An responded.

It turned out that he was Yan Tao's general affairs manager. When she finally saw him, she secretly pouted, Yan Tao was really stingy and cautious.

"Are there any other mines here besides coal?" Yan Tao will not let go of any of his concerns.
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