The weather is getting colder.

Time is like flowing water, and there is no going back.

On this day, Yinggao looked at the bamboo slips piled up as high as a hill in the county guard's mansion, snowflakes floated outside the window, and goose feathers and heavy snow fell from the sky, as if he couldn't wait.

After a while, this is the fifth winter that Yinggao has spent in Daqin, looking at the snowflakes outside the window, looking down at the carbon fire in the study, his eyes are shining.

Due to the existence of carbon fire, it is very warm in the study, but carbon fire is carbon fire after all, and to a certain extent, it is not even as good as coal, let alone the heating of later generations.

At this time, Daqin could only rely on charcoal for heating, and in the court, there was naturally no problem with the wealthy families, but there were the most common people in the world.

……

"Maybe you can dig coal, although anthracite is not easy to get, but it is not impossible to get it, after all, Daqin has the most powerful craftsmen of this era."

The thoughts in his heart rolled, and Yinggao's heart swept through a stream of fine light, he knew in his heart that Sanchuan County was his final say, but there were some things that he still couldn't do.

Especially when it comes to minerals such as copper and iron, which are national resources, it is even more difficult for the Jiannan Chamber of Commerce to get involved in them.

……

"Iron Eagle, how much is a pound of carbon?"

Yinggao knew in his heart that at this time, only high-ranking officials and nobles could afford to burn carbon, and ordinary people could not afford to pay the terrible price.

"Yu Gongzi, 10 yuan in 1 catty of carbon Xianyang City, 9 money in Sanchuan County!"

Many people are not familiar with these things, but as Iron Eagle Ruishi, they know these things, and when they saw Yinggao asking at this moment, they couldn't help but hurry up and said.

Although he didn't know why Yinggao suddenly asked like this, in his opinion, a son-in-law like Yinggao never needed to pay attention to these.

"Is it so expensive?"

Yinggao frowned slightly, although he was the prince of Great Qin, and he didn't know the grains of the world, he still had some understanding of Qin Banliang's purchasing power in this era.

One stone in this era is about 27 jin in later generations, which is equivalent to 13 to 14 kilograms, and the price of grain in Daqin is about 64 yuan a stone.

This means that 1 kilogram of grain is equivalent to 4.22 money.

In this way, even in Sanchuan County, 1 kilogram of carbon has to buy 2 kilograms of grain, which can be said to be a sky-high price, and the average Chinese people do not have this purchasing power at all.

The thought flickered in his heart, Yinggao looked at the map on the long case, he knew the location of Sanchuan County, probably the area of Sanmenxia in Henan in the future.

In Sanmenxia, there is an open-pit coal mine, and the reserves have reached about 20 million tons, and most importantly, this is an open-pit coal mine.

At this time, although there were no large machines in later generations, there was a certain possibility that they could be mined.

As soon as I thought of this, Yinggao had an idea in his heart, although iron has not yet flourished in today's era, but when coal is used in large quantities, it will inevitably drive the prosperity of iron ore.

"Mining can only be in the hands of the royal family, there is no doubt about it, otherwise my father will not be able to pass that level!"

Thinking of this, Yinggao rolled his eyes and said, "Invite Jing Yu over......

"No."

……

Now that Wang Hu is going to the camp in Jingxian County, for a while, Yinggao has a rhythm that no one can use.

After looking at the map for a long time, Yinggao shook his head, there is indeed a mine in Sanmenxia, but it is too far away from him, and it is very unsafe.

After all, Sanmenxia is very close to Shaanxi County and not far from Hangu Pass, even if it is mining coal, it may not be able to fall into the hands of Yinggao.

After being silent for a while, Yinggao looked at Jing County, on the side of Jing County is Zhengzhou, and in later generations, there are also coal mines in Zhengzhou, and there are many reserves.

The most important thing is that all the coal mines in Zhengzhou are in Sanchuan County, and he is the county guard of Sanchuan County, which belongs to the county guard of the military and government.

This way, it's easy to operate.

It's just that Wang Li can't be used, so he can only use the camp in Jingxian County. After a moment of silence, Yinggao said: "Go and general, Ma Xing called over......"

"No."

……

Although Yinggao also knew that the meal had to be eaten one bite at a time, he didn't mind speeding it all up.

"It seems that it's time to go to Xianyang, involving coal and iron, without going through my father, I'm afraid it won't work!"

……

"Ma Xing has seen the county guard!"

After a while, Ma Xing arrived, and since both of them were in the county guard's mansion, the speed was extremely fast.

"Sit!"

With a wave of his hand, Yinggao poured a kind of rice wine and handed it to Ma Xing: "Juncheng, where are the best craftsmen in the Central Plains?" ”

"Yu Jun Shou, in the Great Qin Shang Workshop!"

After taking a sip of rice wine to warm up his body, Ma Xing hesitated for a moment and said, "The county guard needs craftsmen?" ”

"A large number of craftsmen are needed, and after a while, in the name of the county guard, you will gather all kinds of craftsmen from Sanchuan County."

"The more people, the better!"

After saying a word, Ying Gao paused for a moment and said: "Juncheng, winter is coming, the weather is cold, how are the people of Sanchuan County today?" ”

"How did they survive the cold, how did they survive this winter?"

"Hoo ......"

After being silent for a while, Ma Xing looked solemn and said, "Don't hide it from the county guard, every winter, many people will die because of the cold." ”

"Ordinary people don't have the money to buy charcoal, so they ......"

……

People of this era, there is no cotton.

In the Central Plains, the earliest introduction should be the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but this only exists in the border areas, and it was really introduced to the interior during the Song and Yuan dynasties.

Promotion and mass production were in the hands of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty. And Ingo remembers clearly that the origin of cotton is in India and Arabia.

Today's India is still the era of the Mauryan Dynasty, although the Great Qin is strong, it has not yet annexed the Central Plains, and it is not enough to expand the territory.

Therefore, only caravans can reach the Ganges River valley by taking cotton, but the pioneering spirit has existed since ancient times, but it is made up of human lives.

As soon as he thought of this, Yinggao couldn't help but set his eyes on the Jiannan Chamber of Commerce.

"Hey!"

With a sigh of emotion, Yinggao's tone was slightly low: "This is the case for one Sanchuan County, and the entire Great Qin Counties are even more so." ”

"Except for Bashu and Neishi, Sanchuan County should be regarded as the richest county in the entire Great Qin."

"Charcoal is too expensive, in vain!"

Ma Xing shook his head, sighed, and said, "It's not that the imperial court is not clear, but what is clear, there is no fundamental solution. ”

"It can only reduce the casualties of all the people in the world......"

"County guard, the most bitter people in this world are the people of the world, I am a little better in the Qin country, although I am poor, at least I still have a bite to eat."

"Among the six countries of Shandong, there are places where the cannibalism of Yi Zi does not happen, and this world, with years of war, is far more difficult than any class......"8)