With Zhao Cheng's approval, Bai Pu began to publicize his Hedong industrial and commercial plan again, only to see him take out a map and put it on the stone table and say:

"Du Wei, please see this is the map of Shanxi, presumably Du Wei also understands, Shanxi topography is high in the northeast and low in the southwest, eighty percent is a mountain, two percent is flat, simply put, two mountains and a corridor. Even so, the basin in the middle is divided into seven pieces by large and small mountain ranges.

According to Zhang Yushi, Xia Guan found that the map of the former Ming Dynasty divided the whole of Shanxi into eight parts, namely the Datong Basin, the Xinzhou Basin, the Jinyang Basin, the Linhe Basin, the Beishangdang, the Nanshangdang, the Pingyang Basin and the Hedong Basin.

Now my Great Qin occupies the Hedong Governor's Mansion, including Pingyang, Hedong, and Shangdang in the north and south, and the riverside land in the northwest is under the jurisdiction of Shangjun.

In fact, looking at the agricultural conditions alone, we are not superior to the Wei State, which occupies a smaller area, because the Jinyang Basin in Xinzhou in their hands is larger, and the agricultural conditions are better.

On the other hand, our Shangdang two areas are not as good as the Datong Basin, and there are salt lakes in the Hedong area, and the salinization of agriculture is restricted, and the battlefield was mainly here at that time, so I am afraid that it will not be able to recover for a long time.

Therefore, although Duwei's agricultural reclamation should keep people everywhere, the most important thing that can help the army gain a firm foothold is the Pingyang Basin that moved north, plus the mountains on both sides converge to the north, and the Fen River comes out from the crowd, which is a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

Zhao Cheng also nodded after listening, it is true that the new Pingyang City is not only the governance of Hedong, but also the foundation of the entire Hedong Governor's Mansion.

This place can be used as a strong city, can be used as a peasant army, can be used as a hub, and is also convenient for using troops, but the terrain of Shanxi determines that even if the north is cut off from the middle, it is much easier for him to fight from north to south. So the threat from the north has always been the sword of Damocles east of the river!

At this time, Bai Pu continued: "However, if the Wei State in the north can break through Pingyang, then Hedong will have no danger to defend and can only retreat to the Yellow River.

And if I, Daqin, go out of the mountains to fight Yan Zhao from the Eight Paths, and send a letter to Guguan to fight Luoyang, Pingyang in the north will inevitably bear considerable pressure.

In order to do this, it is necessary to strengthen the defense of Binh Duong and build the party to defend Binh Duong, and to do this, one is to build a strong city, and the other is to raise a large army, which cannot be done by relying only on food.

More funds are needed, better quality craftsmen and workshops, which is also the reason why the lower officials came to find the captain, we can't do without industry and commerce in Hedong! ”

Zhao Cheng was puzzled and said: "It is His Majesty's idea for the Hedong Governor's Mansion to implement military rule, and the craftsman can say it, how can it be convenient for businessmen?" Can't make money conveniently, will the merchants come? ”

Bai Pu smiled slightly, he was waiting for Zhao Cheng to ask, only to see him take out a fist-sized cloth bag, open it and hand it to Zhao Chengdao: "As long as the captain is willing to have these two things, the businessmen will definitely rush to them!" ”

Zhao Cheng took the cloth bag suspiciously, and felt heavy when he started it, and then he saw that there were two black and white stones inside? Just as he was about to ask, he heard Bai Pu explain:

"Duwei, the white stone is a lump of green salt, presumably Duwei must have used it, and its value naturally doesn't need me to say more. And blackstone is a new fuel that has only become popular this winter, and His Majesty calls it carbon, and we generally call it carbon. ”

Zhao Cheng was a little surprised after hearing this, so he took out two things and looked at them carefully. Green salt is the high-quality mineral salt produced in the salt lake, which has always been the favorite of princes and nobles of various countries, but it is generally nationalized, and ordinary merchants can't touch it at all, let alone sell it.

Another charcoal Zhao Cheng saw it for the first time, because it was only used by Qin Zheng after he went to the north, although it was only used as a winter heating material for some official eunuchs.

However, as the weather improved, many people also spontaneously went to the wild to find shallow carbon, and then took it to the city to sell, the sales were not bad, and the popularity rate also changed from the official eunuch to the rich.

At this time, Bai Pu pointed to the map of Shanxi and said: "There are definitely not many of these two in other places, but there are countless in Jindi in Hedong, if the lower officials can get the support of the commander and convene this conference, presumably the businessmen will be happy to invest in the district."

In this way, we can drive the local Koreans to work for our Daqin, and it will be difficult for the Koreans who have jobs and income to riot again, so that the internal problems can also be solved.

Isn't it beautiful that Du Wei can not only get the money of the merchants and the craftsmen of the Koreans, but also get a group of young and strong Koreans to build cities and build roads as soldiers to guard the passes? ”

Zhao Cheng was also a little moved, but he was still worried: "But no matter which country the salt mine is in the hands of the state, it is authorized by the state monopoly and limited authority, can Your Majesty agree to the merchants in Guanzhong to operate it?" Won't it affect the country's taxes? ”

Bai Pu actually thought about this issue, but he knew that this issue could only be decided by Qin Zheng, and he and Zhao Cheng had no right to say anything, so he simply said to Zhao Cheng:

"I have already written a letter about this matter and submitted it to Your Majesty, we can wait for Your Majesty's intentions, but even if it is a limited authorization, the profits in this are quite terrifying, I'm afraid no businessman will not be tempted."

Zhao Cheng nodded, picked up the coal again, and said, "What is the output of this kind of carbon, what is the price, and how many people do you need to run a mine?" ”

Bai Pu had specialized in research before he came, and even if he was not a professional, he could use the materials recorded by later generations as evidence.

"This charcoal is buried deep and shallow, the shallower the better, and it doesn't take much manpower, plus the production of wheelbarrows can be increased several times.

So there will definitely be a significant drop in this price, but Xia Guan heard that Shaofu has experimented with a household fireplace.

It's no problem to burn this kind of carbon, it can make the room warm like spring, if it can be promoted slowly, so that this amount is quite terrifying, and we can make small profits and quick turnover. ”

Zhao Cheng doesn't know much about this, but as long as there is a profit, small profits and quick turnover.

He obviously didn't realize that the "small profits" that Bai Pu said were not as thin as he guessed, and the "more sales" were not as much as he could imagine.

It can be said that Daqin's fuel revolution began with this dialogue between chickens and ducks, and the two of them have absolutely unshirkable responsibility for the smog in the sky of Daqin in the future, if you don't look at the results they have created.

Fortunately, there is no environmental protection group "Princess" to make trouble, and the two have reached a lot of consensus in their negotiations.

Later, Bai Pu discussed with Zhao Cheng the restoration of the residential area in Hedong, the construction of new cities and fortresses, the construction of roads, canals and ferries, and the exchange of markets with the Wei state.

And for the first time, he faithfully fulfilled his responsibility as the main bookkeeper, and helped Zhao Cheng make a construction time plan, and invested funds and manpower budgets in several phases.

Zhao Cheng held this budget, his heart was surging, this is his most important achievement in the next few years! At the same time, he secretly admired Bai Pu, and was glad that he didn't turn him away.

And Bai Pu is also quite happy, this time he finally relied on his wisdom and tongue to "prostitute" Zhao Cheng's support......