I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Chapter 169 [4 More] 169

Liu Che seemed to be very interested in the appearance of honeycomb coal, Liu Tan was still a little puzzled why Liu Che didn't know the shape of honeycomb.

It was only later that I realized that Liu Che was the emperor, and he was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. Who would show him what a beehive looks like?All he needs is honey.

Liu Tan had no choice but to say: "It's not the same, but there are also small holes inside the honeycomb."

Liu Che nodded clearly and asked, "Why did you make it like this? Wouldn't the original coal also burn?"

Liu Tan said: "One of the two is for civilians, using straw and coal, which can save coal and reduce costs, after all, coal is a non-renewable resource."

"Wait, what are you talking about...non-renewable...resources?" Liu Che interrupted Liu Tan and asked, "What do you mean?"

"It's just gone, it's gone, there will be no more, coal is like this, jade and some gemstones are like this, coal was formed after hundreds of millions of years, in fact, coal was originally a tree hundreds of millions of years ago. "

Liu Ju was taken aback: "Hundreds of millions of years?"

Liu Tan nodded, and Liu Che, who was sitting on it, obviously didn't believe it: "Hundreds of millions of years ago... there is no record."

Liu Tan said seriously: "Because there were no people at that time, this world was also formed little by little. First, an environment was formed, and then various creatures were born little by little."

Liu Che pondered for a while and said, "What you say seems like an ancient fairy god created a world for people, just for people to survive."

Liu Tan opened his mouth, but finally closed it weakly, forget it, as long as you like it.

In fact, he could directly give Liu Che a popular science on the origin of human beings, but that would have too much impact on Liu Che's existing three views, and it is prone to problems-either Liu Che is crazy, or Liu Che thinks he is crazy.

However, Liu Che has always been steadfast, and he can basically confirm that only the latter situation will occur.

Liu Tan didn't talk about it at all, and the popularization of science should be done step by step, and it can't be overpowering medicine as soon as it comes up.

According to Liu Che's understanding, coal is also a gift from the gods. As for everyone who hasn't discovered it for so long...of course it's because of no chance.

Immortals, they just pay attention to a chance, even if they give something.

Liu Tan watched Liu Che sort out the good science popularization into a logical and self-consistent feudal superstition, and suddenly felt very tired.

Fortunately, Liu Che still has enough interest in coal, so the burning time of coal is relatively long, and it can replace trees. The most important thing is that low-grade anthracite should be cheaper than firewood, which is enough to make him feel happy.

Cheaper means that more people can use coal, which can reduce the number of people who freeze to death in winter.

In cold areas in winter, there are many people who will freeze to death even in future generations, let alone now.

Why do you say that the northern border is bitterly cold?It is because when winter comes, almost every county will report many people who freeze to death.

In addition to these, there are various other natural disasters. Houses these years may be knocked down by a strong wind in winter, and then there will be snow disasters.

Snow disasters occur almost every year, even if the amount of snowfall is not a big deal in Liu Tan's eyes, it may threaten the lives of many people.

There are few big Han people, and after years of fighting, financial pressure and population pressure have given Liu Che some headaches.

Even if the people who died of freezing were just a number in his eyes, he still hoped that the number would be reduced a little.

The way Liu Che looked at the briquettes was no worse than when he admired the sharp sword before.

Taking advantage of his good mood, Liu Tan said, "Father, only one coal mine in the northern border country is not enough. Even if there is enough for my kiln for making briquettes, it is impossible to supply the entire man."

Liu Tan reported a series of figures while talking, um, these figures are just the total annual output predicted before.

According to the current mining speed and production speed, even if the northern border country works hard for a year, at most it will supply Chang'an City and the entire northern border country. Difficult.

Liu Che frowned after hearing this: "You mean to find more coal mines?"

Liu Tan nodded quickly: "Coal mines are not only state-owned in the northern border, but also in many other places."

While talking, he presented another document. Liu Che opened it and saw that it was a method of finding coal mines, and it also included two methods of making briquettes.

Liu Che looked at Liu Tan with some surprise: "You took it out just like that?"

Liu Tan looked at him blankly: "Huh?"

If you don't take it out like this, do you still need to pack it?

Seeing his younger brother's stupid look, Liu Ju couldn't help chuckling and said, "This is your cornucopia. If you take it out, others can do it too. Then you won't be able to make any money."

Only then did Liu Tan come to his senses, and said very grandly: "It's okay, what belongs to me belongs to the emperor, not to mention... I don't rely on this to make money."

Before Liu Che and Liu heard anything, Liu Tan scratched his chin and said, "I still have copper ore, iron ore, broken evil gold mine, cinnabar mine..."

Liu Che looked at him counting his own mines with his fingers, and suddenly had a headache, and quickly waved his hands and said, "Okay, I know."

After finishing speaking, he pretended to be casual and asked: "It's just that the world is so big, even if you know how to find it, it may be difficult to find it in a short period of time. Maybe you won't need it next year."

Liu Tan was a little nervous when he heard this. There was no way this year. He arrived in the northern border country very late, and was delayed by various other mines. The weather was already cold before he found the coal mine.

Naturally, there is no way to promote it this year, and even the current production can only supply Shuofang City at most, not even the entire Shuofang County.

But what Liu Tan thinks is that next year, at least next year, it will be promoted.

Now hearing Liu Che say this, his worry about the world has come out again, even if other places are not his fiefdoms, he is very genuinely worried.

And what Liu Che said is very reasonable, especially his method...is not particularly easy to use, not all coal mines can be found in this way, this method is only suitable for shallow mines, that is, you can find mines with just two digs , The depth of the mine burial will be judged by other things.

Liu Ju also frowned slightly at this time and said: "Everyone is too unfamiliar with the coal mine. If there is no exact range, it may be difficult to find it. If it is in a sparsely populated place, just like the northern border country, if there is no brother, I am afraid You cannot appear in front of the world."

Liu Tan widened his eyes and said, "No, no, there are closer ones, Shan... Qi State, Qi State and Changyi State should be there!"

Liu Che asked, "Really?"

Liu Tan nodded vigorously. The Zaozhuang Coal Mine is still very famous. In fact, there is another coal mine that he remembers deeply, and that is the Kailuan Coal Mine.

It is also a famous big mine, but now the coal mine belongs to the country of Yan, and the distance between the country of Yan and the Xiongnu is too close. Now the king of the country of Yan is Liu Dan, and Liu Tan doesn't trust him a bit, so he hides this first. place, let's talk about it later when we are more confident.

Liu Che and Liu Ju exchanged glances, and then asked Liu about specific matters.

In the end, Liu Ju stayed to continue discussing political affairs, and Liu Tan, who seemed to be going to be stupid when his brain was overloaded by the questioning, was finally released by Liu Che mercifully and asked him to meet Chen Ajiao.

When he came out of Weiyang Palace, Liu Tan felt in a daze that he...had been tricked?

He shook his head, and didn't think about it at all. Anyway, these were what he wanted to say, and even if he was tricked into saying something that shouldn't be said, there would be a string in his mind that told him not to say it.

Since he didn't think there was anything wrong, Liu Tan didn't think about it at all, and went to see Chen Ajiao happily.

Chen Ajiao had already prepared all kinds of snacks and waited to feed him.

After arriving at Jiaofangdian, Liu Tan began to ask people to offer food to Chen Ajiao while eating.

After taking a sip of the hot juice, Liu Tan was so comfortable that his pores almost opened, and then he sat there softly, happily explaining his newly discovered gem to Chen Ajiao.

He also prepared a whole piece of tourmaline for Chen Ajiao as a decoration, but it was much smaller than Liu Che's.

The piece of broken evil gold given to Liu Che is honestly considered unparalleled in the world, and he couldn't find another piece if he was asked to find it. In the end, he could only do some tricks on the base to make the piece of broken evil gold look similar to Liu Che's. big.

However, although the size is not comparable, the color of this piece of Broken Evil Gold is more beautiful. The interweaving of green and red is an artistic realm that humans cannot achieve.

Chen Ajiao was obviously more interested in gemstones, and she couldn't take her eyes off the beautiful piece of broken evil gold.

After Chen Ajiao had had enough fun, Liu Tan asked for jewelry to be delivered while eating.

Liu Tan seems to be a rich man who suddenly became rich. He matched five kinds of monochrome jewelry directly according to the colors he currently owns, and there are also several kinds of jewelry with mixed colors. One of them is made of broken evil gold beads of various colors. Chen Ajiao especially liked the worn bracelet, she put it on on the spot.

While Chen Ajiao was admiring the jewellery, Liu Tan finally ate and drank enough to make up for the sugar he had just consumed at Liu Che's.

Chen Ajiao waited for him to finish eating before she said: "You child, come back as soon as you come back, and you still bring so many things, how much money do you have, and you are just dying?"

As the mother's heart aches, of course she will start stuffing money for her son. Liu Tan really can't laugh or cry: "Mother, mother, I am not short of money, really!"

Chen Ajiao doesn't care if you are short or not, she thinks you are short if you are short!

When he came out of Jiaofangdian, a sentence popped into Liu Tan's mind: There is a kind of lack of money that makes your mother think you are short of money.

Originally, Chen Ajiao wanted Liu Tan to live in the palace, and all the furnishings in his Suiyu Palace remained the same as before. Chen Ajiao arbitrarily prevented anyone from touching the things in the Suiyu Palace, and only asked people to send someone to clean it regularly.

And Liu Che seemed to have acquiesced in the empress's obviously unruly behavior, and he didn't even assign a new master to the Palace of Sui Yu.

The harem concubine who had been looking forward to living in the Palace of Suiyu so that she could be closer to Weiyang Palace: ...

Finally, at Liu Tan's insistence, he was released.

But of course Liu Tan would not reject Chen Ajiao so clearly. The reason he gave was: "I haven't visited the palace that my mother arranged for me. I'll go and see it first!"

Chen Ajiao had no choice but to let her son go after a meal.

It was already sunset when Liu Tan came out of the palace. He glanced at the fiery sunset in the west and thought about whether he should take a stroll back to the palace.

Anyway, his palace is not far from here, so it's better to go back to digest food.

At this moment, Miao Rui leaned forward and said, "Your Highness, the knights sent to find Xiao Kunmi have returned."

After hearing this, Liu Tan paused and asked, "What did Lu Xuan say?"

"Little Kunmi came back with the knight and is camping twenty miles outside the city. He said that he will leave as soon as he sees His Highness."

Liu Tan's eyes widened immediately, and he subconsciously asked, "There's no curfew yet?"

Miao Rui responded, and Liu Tan got on the horse directly, and galloped away without saying a word.

Miao Rui and Bi Gao were stunned for a moment, and when they came to their senses, how could they see the figure of their highness?