For a long time in the past, the celestials and the evil seemed to claim that they were the creators of this world. Especially the evil ones, they are different from the celestial beings who are constantly hinting at, and the evil is clearly telling you that it is they who have created the diverse lives in this world. Gao Li can believe this kind of thing. But we all know that it takes tens of millions of years for coal to form. If animals are found in coal, doesn't that mean that this part of creation is really a lie?

Well, in fact, Gao Li doesn't care much about this part of the lie.

He was more concerned about the things in front of him.

Coal.

The mine owner led Gao Li to his house, where a large clay pot was boiling water on the stove, and the bottom was just ordinary dry firewood, and the carbon they mined was to be sold. Gao Li grabbed a handful of carbon blocks and sprinkled them on the firewood, and after a while, the coal burned, and Gao Li stood next to him and sniffed it.

At least subjectively, the sulphur content is very low, and soot is also very low.

"Take us down and have a look. "Gao Li Dao.

As soon as he heard that Gao Li was going to go down to have a look, the mine owner immediately waved his hands again and again: "How can that be done? Then I can't do it! My inside the mine is very dirty! How can you go down the mine because you have a noble status, the prince of the Central Plains?"

Gao Li said: "It's okay, lead the way ahead." ”

So the mine owner could only ask Du Miao for help.

And Du Miao was full of joy at this time, Gao Li planned to go down the mine, that is, he was interested in this mine! As long as Gao Li was interested, it was money!

"Obey orders!" Du Miao said.

"Okay, okay!" the mine owner had no choice but to lead the way. The underground environment is okay, very humid, not stuffy, because there are blowers that blow air downwards all the time, but it is too dirty.

When he came to the coal seam, Gao Li looked at the coal seam in front of him that had been mined several meters deep, but still did not see the border, and was immediately very excited. This thickness means that there may be a thick coal seam here, and the trend on both sides is also good, and it may really be suitable for an open-pit coal mine. At this moment, Gao Li even designed a coal cutter.

As a prince, Du Miao came to the bottom of the mine for the first time in his life. No matter where he touched, it was black, which made Du Miao very unhappy, but in front of Gao Li, he would never show any displeasure. Because he is very happy and very happy now!

"If I say I want to buy these mines, how much will it cost me?" Gao Li asked the coal kiln owner.

When he heard Gao Li's question, the owner of the coal kiln obviously didn't know how to answer, so he hurriedly waved his hand one after another and said, "The land here belongs to the prince......

Du Miao immediately said: "You tell the truth, how much money are you willing to sell this coal kiln, you have to believe that Lord Gao will definitely not treat you badly." ”

The mine owner cautiously asked, "Really?"

Du Miao said: "Of course it's true! This high prince is extremely generous, and he will never let others suffer!"

Hearing Du Miao say this, the mine owner thought about it ruthlessly, and then stretched out a finger tremblingly: "I...... I want 10,000 taels of silver!"

10,000 taels of silver is 10,000 taels of money, and family wealth is usually a description of a wealthy family. The mine owner had apparently made a strong ideological struggle to name the most outrageous price he could currently imagine.

10,000 taels of silver, equivalent to 3 million yuan.

Can you imagine buying a coal mine for three million.

When Gao Li heard this, he grinned and said, "How many similar coal mines are there around here?"

Hearing Gao Li's question, the mine owner thought that Gao Li was too expensive, so he hurriedly stretched out a hand: "Five thousand! Five thousand is fine! If it really doesn't work, three thousand is fine! Otherwise, one thousand is fine!"

Hey, you're cutting the price a little too much.

Gao Li smiled and asked, "Didn't you buy this mine?"

The mine owner said, "No, anyone can come here to mine coal." It's just that the sales are not good now, and the rich people think that the coal tastes too big, so they all use charcoal. We can't sell it, and no one wants to mine coal, so we invested a lot of money here......"

Gao Li understood that the world has not yet developed the habit of using coal, after all, because the history is too short and the use of coke has not yet been popularized. After all, coking is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and highly polluting.

"Don't be nervous, I want your mine, I just want to ask, how many similar people are around?" Gao Li said.

"Three. The mine owner pointed in three different directions, "They're all quite far away, and they may not be able to do it anymore." ”

"I see. Gao Li looked at Du Miao and asked, "How many households are there on your fast ground?"

Du Miao immediately looked at the person around him, that person turned out to be Du Miao's minister, he thought about it carefully, and said: "This is Hegu County, and there are not many people in the entire county, if it is simply this fast place, there may not even be a hundred people."

Gao Li said: "Prince Du Miao, I plan to rent your land, do you think it is appropriate for me to give you how much silver a year?"

Du Miao was blindsided at that time, Gao Li's thinking came too fast, and Du Miao couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all. However, with his keen perception of money, he immediately stretched out a finger: "One hundred thousand taels of gold!"

Gao Li immediately said: "Forget it, let's go." ”

Du Miao was immediately dumbfounded, he instinctively thought that Gao Li was rich, and all his mouths were measured in tens of thousands, but he didn't think that Gao Li would run away with one mouth!

"One hundred thousand taels, that's impossible. Du Miao said with a smile.

Gao Li also smiled and said, "Hahaha, Prince Du Miao is really joking, I thought it was true!"

Ruan Weiwu also said with a smile: "Prince Du Miao has always been such a good joker. ”

At this time, Ruan Weiwu stood in place, trying not to move himself for half a minute. His feet were all black muddy water, and today he was wearing a light-colored dress, which had already been rubbed with countless black spots at this time, but he was cursing Du Miao in his heart for being an idiot. Even if the lion opened his mouth like this, didn't you treat Gao Li as a big wrongdoer?

But if you think about it carefully, Gao Li's real car is 100,000 taels, is it expensive to exchange the money of a car for this land?

This matter can't be pondered carefully, anyway, Gao Li almost left just now, and everyone saw it.

"Okay, let's go up first, I'll let my people take a look at it, and then I'll give you an offer, how about it?" Gao Li asked.

"Okay, good!" Du Miao didn't care, he didn't understand these things at all. The price of 100,000 taels of gold was indeed a bit outrageous, but fortunately, he reacted quickly and did not scare Gao Li away. This incident told Du Miao one thing - he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

Everyone returned to the ground, and Gao Li went to explain to a few soldiers.

Du Miao and Ruan Weiwu were on the other side, not knowing what Gao Li said, Du Miao asked Ruan Weiwu softly: "Brother, do you think my business, is it appropriate?"

Ruan Weiwu glanced at Du Miao and said, "Is it appropriate? In order to keep Gao Li, I have set aside a large area for him as a Dominion, and he can enforce his own laws within the Dominion!"

Du Miao looked at Ruan Weiwu in surprise and said, "Are you crazy?

Ruan Weiwu shook his head and said, "You guy is really a monkey's head! What do you mean by giving land to Gaoli? This is the Dominion! If you don't talk about me, you can talk about you, look at the land under your feet, what do you say you can do with it? Will you be able to grow more crops or produce more coal? Let me tell you, if you keep it to yourself, you will be of no use." Can the family who sells charcoal pay a tael of silver a year? But if this land is given to Gao Li, he will use his ingenuity to transform this place, and the people here will soon become rich, and then we will be able to collect more taxes!"

Du Miao immediately understood, the place is still my place, Gao Li uses my place to obtain benefits, and I use this way to obtain a small part of the benefits. Although the benefits obtained by themselves are small, they are still very considerable compared to the previous benefits without benefits. What's more, once this land is lost in the future and returned to his hands, then this will be a fully developed area!

Du Miao's heart was reasonable, and he immediately found Gao Li. At this time, Gao Li was assigning tasks to the soldiers: "After you go down, try to explore in different directions, find the boundary of the coal seam, and give me a value that is as accurate as possible." ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers quickly entered the mine, and soon there was a clanging sound at the bottom of the tunnel.

Du Miao took this opportunity to say to Gao Li: "Lord Gao, I heard that Prince Ruan Weiwu has allocated you a piece of Dominion, why don't I assign this place to you as a Dominion, how about it?"

Gao Li said: "If it is assigned to me as a dominion, you will suffer." ”

Du Miao waved his hand one after another, and said: "Of course not, I originally made something from this place, if Lord Gao has a way to build up here, then why not?"

"So, what do you want?" asked Gao Li.

"There's no requirement, I don't expect Lord Gao to be able to make this land as developed as your Yannan City, as long as it is a little bit stronger, I will be satisfied. ”

Gao Li smiled: "That's it, let's wait for them to come back from prospecting." ”

Soon, the soldiers returned quickly, and they obtained the thickness of this coal seam through rapid opening of holes and true qi exploration, and the coal seam here was more than ten meters thick. Moreover, the burial is shallow, the mining difficulty is low, and the mining value is very high.

Later, the soldiers searched for several surrounding mines, and found that the coal seams here were almost connected, with a huge range and extremely high reserves!

Gao Li said: "In this case, I will accept this land, and I will give each of the mine owners here three thousand taels of silver as compensation, how about it?"

As soon as they heard that it was three thousand taels, the mine owners on the side immediately trembled with excitement, because this was far more than their own investment.

They would never have imagined what the place coal would have in the world of the future.