Emperor Hongzhi's chest rose and fell, panting like a cow.

Within a day, the price of charcoal dropped to 10 yuan!

On the Golden Palace, it was like invisible lightning, slashing at the top of the heads of hundreds of officials, making their eyes glazed and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

Ten cents is the price of charcoal on weekdays! It's back to normal prices.

How did Yan Chengjin do it!

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the factory guard and stared: "How did Yan Qing's family lower the price of charcoal?" Even if you don't want silver, you can't drop it so quickly, right? ”

Hundreds of officials are bowed, even if it is a fairy casting spell, you have to recite a mantra?

Feeling His Majesty's forced gaze, the factory guard was a little nervous: "Lord Yan first sent 100 catties of coal to the homes of the gentry who sold charcoal, and then ordered people to burn anthracite coal in various places in the capital to keep the people warm.

The Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce also issued a newspaper, saying that there were fresh goods born, and no silver was needed.

Nowadays, the restaurants, inns and green buildings in the capital all have anthracite special chimney copper basins in Liangxiang. ”

The new goods of the good country have always caused the gentry and merchants to rush to grab them.

As soon as I heard about the new product, it immediately became popular.

After seeing the benefits of anthracite, Yan Chengjin didn't collect cash, and he was even more angry!

Emperor Hongzhi was the first to react, and the monkey looked at Li Dongyang anxiously, as if to verify something: "Li Gong, is this anthracite worth silver?" ”

"Value, Yan Chengjin specially invited his ministers to visit Liangxiang, making this coal, the process is complicated, and hundreds of laborers are required, only Song Jing can make it.

And the coal is smokeless, it can burn for an hour or two, and the price should not be low. Li Dongyang was also surprised.

Emperor Hongzhi was even more puzzled, and after a while, he spit out a few words and said: "Yan Qing's family, I am really the minister of my humerus!"

Has the wasteland in Shanxi been found out?

Call him into the palace, and I will give him wasteland! ”

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In the capital, white snow covers the rubble.

In countless corners, people huddled together and bragged, each warming themselves around a huge iron stove, and it was anthracite coal that burned in a special furnace.

The arrest department of the Metropolitan Procuratorate scattered iron stoves all over the capital, and also donated anthracite coal at porridge stalls.

Some people thought that there were many people queuing up in the capital, so they simply set off for Liangxiang.

Yan Chengjin picked up the teacup and took a sip, on a snowy day, mutton and wolfberry are more compatible and nourishing.

Wang Busui was like his father and mother who died yesterday, crying with a sad face: "Young master, you can't help but accept cash, and kindness is not sent like this!" ”

What do you know? The free ones are the most expensive.

This is the truth that Yan Chengjin learned in the battle of the thousand regiments in later generations.

Without collecting money, the gentry's charcoal business could not be done, the silver was trapped in the goods, and there was no other business, so they could only reduce the price and exchange the goods for silver.

Moreover, the ancients were afraid of burning coal.

After today, they will know the benefits of anthracite.

Tomorrow winter, the people will only think about anthracite.

Moreover, he promised Emperor Hongzhi that he would lower the price of charcoal, and His Majesty would definitely give him land.

At the moment, it must be a loss, but

In the long run, it's a big profit.

How much coal do you need, and when you become a coal boss, you still have no money?

At this time, He Neng led the Jinyi Wei Qianhu Ye Zhun in.

Ye Zhun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty asked Lord Yan to enter the palace immediately!" ”

comes, and His Majesty will give the wasteland of Datong, Shanxi.

The barren mountains of Datong, you can dig coal mines with a shovel!

Yan Chengjin changed into an official robe, sat in a sedan chair and entered the palace, and came to the warm pavilion.

One foot poked into the threshold of the main hall, and his gaze was like the fall of Mount Tai, which made people breathless.

Emperor Hongzhi glared at him angrily: "Can the Yan Qing family be guilty? ”

Yan Chengjin was stunned, didn't he come to receive credit?

Your Majesty, did you mistake me and Zhu Houzhao?

"I don't know."

Zhu Houzhao dared to admit any crime, but he didn't dare.

I heard that His Majesty was in a bad mood, and in case it was a crime of beheading, I really pulled him out and cut him down.

"You have anthracite, and you hide it without retribution! I have told you that if you have any ideas in the future, you don't need to hide them, just report them to me! ”

"Your Majesty, anthracite has just been born, I don't know if there is poisonous gas, and the minister still wants to test it thousands of times, and then take it out in half a year." Yan Chengjin Road.

Emperor Hongzhi pulled down his face, this guy! Not again!

Li Dongyang's face was full of disgust, and he glanced over his head and looked at Xiao Jing's Yun Zhan.

The officials are used to it, but they care about anthracite.

"Lord Yan, if you collect cash, how is the price of anthracite compared to charcoal?"

"Twenty cents a pound, all year round, there will be no price increase." Yan Chengjin Road.

After the coal is really excavated, how much it takes, tens of thousands of catties can be dug out in a day, or even hundreds of thousands of catties, depending on manpower.

Zhou Yu's eyes were full of tears, and he almost didn't rush over, you kid won't let people live!

Yan Chengjin said: "In the hands of the ministers, there is still one million catties of charcoal, which can be sent to Liaodong to solve the urgent needs of Liaodong." ”

Charcoal is lighter than coal and is easy to transport.

The corners of Emperor Hongzhi's mouth curled slightly, and he looked good at Xiao Jing in a good mood: "How much wasteland is there in Shanxi, have you found out?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are about 800,000 hectares."

Shanxi, a total of 2.2 million hectares, wasteland, 800,000 hectares, a lot.

Fortunately, he didn't promise to give it all to Yan Chengjin at the beginning.

"Yan Qing's family, I will give you 3,000 barren mountains as promised."

The eyes of the hundred officials are straight, fortunately it is a barren mountain, if it is 3,000 hectares of fertile land, it must be impeached!

Yan Chengjin raised his head slightly: "The minister only wants the wasteland of Datong." ”

A trace of doubt flashed in Emperor Hongzhi's eyes, and he felt a little strange: "You have something to hide from me!" ”

"Datong is a frontier land, the minister's father is guarding the border, therefore, the minister also likes the border, if you want to choose a place, then the minister chooses Datong." Yan Chengjin Road.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, coal from Datong was dug up and used for metallurgy until today.

But what His Majesty and the hundred officials don't know is that the amount of coal reserves in Datong is terrifying.

It also has Jurassic coal measures and Carboniferous Permian coal measures, and the coal quality is better than that of Fangshan.

"Then give Yan Qing's family a thousand hectares of wasteland." Emperor Hongzhi said.

The corners of Liu Jian's mouth trembled fiercely, this should be His Majesty's most generous time, and as soon as he made a move, he would be thousands of acres.

Yan Chengjin secretly took a bite in his heart, buy skin! Just now it was 3,000 hectares, but when you change to Datong, it will become 1,000 hectares?

"Can the minister choose it himself?"

Emperor Hongzhi's face was gloomy, as if to say: I have given you a thousand hectares, and if you don't know what to do, you will be angry.

I don't know what this son wants to do, but I keep a big head, and there will be no mistake.

Yan Chengjin was not afraid of hundreds of officials, and when he saw that the begging was invalid, he had to bow down: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" ”

"This anthracite coal is more productive for the people of the capital, and the military department ordered someone to escort one million catties of charcoal to Liaodong...... I'm afraid that it won't burn for a few days, and the court will add another million catties. ”

Now that the price of charcoal has dropped, it doesn't cost much money.

Yan Chengjin bowed: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to control the coal, and order that the gentry are not allowed to mine it privately." ”

Once the gentry tasted the sweetness, it was difficult to recover the coal mine.

Now, coal was still a cheap business, and the gentry's attention was on silk, porcelain, and tea, and it was easy to control it.

Liu Jian rarely agreed: "Yes, if it falls into the hands of the gentry, sooner or later it will become the same price as charcoal." ”

In the reform of the salt administration, the princes understood many truths.

If you want something not to increase in price, then it is controlled by the imperial court!

In the hands of the gentry, sooner or later they will be fried.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes were full of divine words: "Passing the decree, without the imperial court decree, no coal mining is allowed, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will write this decree into the Ming law." ”

The Ming Law was originally revised by the Criminal Department, but now it is in the hands of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Yan Chengjin bowed slightly: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Li Dongyang's eyes lowered, and he remembered Qin Hong's sparse performance: "Your Majesty, Qin Hongzhishi, now the post of secretary of the military department is vacant." ”