Emperor Hongzhi was stunned.

He understood what Liu Jian meant.

I also know why this Master Liu is so excited.

Emperor Hongzhi said sharply: "Can it really replace charcoal? ”

"Yes!" This time, it was Fang Jifan who spoke.

This made Zhu Houzhao glance at Fang Jifan very dissatisfied.

Old Fang, you are not kind, when Fang just died, you let the palace go, and now you are going to invite merit, how can you get to the front.

I saw Fang Jifan say: "Anthracite can not only replace charcoal, but also has a better effect than charcoal, if Your Majesty still doesn't believe it, ask His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Zhu Houzhao seemed to be reflexive, as a spokesperson, he had already memorized countless lines and routines, and immediately gave a thumbs up and said: "Erchen takes his personality as a guarantee." ”

Staying with Fang Jifan, I always listened to Fang Jifan's words about what personality is a guarantor, and after listening to this mantra a lot, I blurted it out.

Emperor Hongzhi actually didn't have to ask the prince, what kind of goods his son was, would he not know? But Liu Jian and the others were convinced.

His heart couldn't calm down for a long time, and he paced back and forth with his hands behind his back: "Ancestors and ancestors bless you......"

Emperor Hongzhi raised his face, towards the void, as if looking at the heroic spirits of the ancestors and ancestors, at this moment, he was excited that the corners of his eyes were moist, for some people, it was an all-night pleasure, but for Emperor Hongzhi, it was a thousand catties of burden, so many displaced people, hungry and cold, he could not rest assured that one day, especially this long cold winter is coming, every person who freezes to death is enough to make him feel distressed.

Can ...... now Fang Jifan's anthracite coal was actually solved lightly.

His eyes were red, and he tried desperately to keep the tears from falling from the corners of his eyes.

Seeing this scene in Fang Jifan's eyes, Fang Jifan began to suspect that Emperor Hongzhi was a bit of a god stick.

Fang Jifan doesn't like the god stick, not because of the inclination of the god stick, but because I tried my best to toss out the anthracite, desulfurize the anthracite, and spread it, but you don't thank me, but you come to God bless, what the hell is this?

Emperor Hongzhi sighed in his mouth: "If this is the case, it is indeed as Liu Qing said, I don't know how many people can be saved, prince, Fang Jifan, how many catties of coal can you produce in a day?" ”

Fang Jifan thought in his heart, the anthracite reserves of this mine, the data of later generations is tens of millions of tons, because it is open-pit mining, so it is easy to excavate, as long as the manpower is enough, how much is supplied every day, it is not a problem, but Fang Jifan still calculated carefully, now he and the prince only recruited dozens of people, first try to excavate, the daily coal production, at most only a few thousand catties, if the production is increased, as long as the manpower is enough, it is not a problem to maintain the output of one million catties a day. A million catties sounds scary, but in fact, it's only 500 tons. However, in this era, the city catty is used, one catty and sixteen taels.

Once it becomes a necessity, the population of Gyeonggi alone will be millions of households, millions of people, not including Tongzhou, Tianjinwei and other places where coal can be easily reached through the canal, that is to say, the output of hundreds of tons can be completely digested in the Gyeonggi area alone.

Of course, Fang Jifan can choose to reduce production capacity, so as to hoard goods and increase the price of coal, but once this happens, it will make coal a luxury, rather than a large-scale supply.

Fang Jifan said: "Your Majesty, as long as there are enough manpower, the number is not a problem, manpower ...... The minister also thought about it, he could recruit the homeless people inside and outside the capital, they are now hungry and cold, and they have fallen into a desperate situation, relying on the relief of the Shuntian Mansion alone, it will not help, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has pity on them, therefore, I hope to recruit as many displaced people as possible. ”

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he was overjoyed, this was no longer the problem of heating, but even the most headache-inducing problem of displaced people was solved, and he immediately said happily: "You have finally done a good thing." ”

Is this a boast? Fang Jifan felt that he needed to improve his comprehension skills.

Zhu Houzhao was busy and said: "This is mainly because the ministers are worried about the country......

Emperor Hongzhi glared at him, so that Zhu Houzhao didn't dare to brag anymore, he had to shrink his neck, yes, don't pretend to be forced, make money, make money. Earn horizontally, vertically, and lying, thinking of the countless amounts of silver, Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt that he had grown up, no, he felt that he had finally done a big thing, this feeling, fluttering, very proud.

Lao Fang is a capable person, and he makes money when he says he makes money.

The Hanlin were dumbfounded, especially the attendant Zhou Chao, whose chin was a little closed, and he looked very ungentle.

Emperor Hongzhi has no intention of continuing to preach, this is a good thing, just one anthracite can solve the two huge crises of the imperial court.

However, he still glared at Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan, as if he was afraid that these two stinky boys would get carried away because of this, but he still couldn't help laughing: "Zhongqing, retreat." ”

Obviously, he had something to say to Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan, so he said: "The prince and Fang Jifan stay." ”

Liu Jian glanced at Emperor Hongzhi deeply, and the Hanlin people had to get up and salute Emperor Hongzhi, anthracite, these three words have left a deep imprint in their hearts.

After the people were gone, Zhu Houzhao smiled and looked towards Emperor Hongzhi, it was rare to do a big thing, and he couldn't lag behind, he said with a little pride: "Father, you see...... Erchen is quite competent. ”

Emperor Hongzhi squinted, but stretched out his hand to Zhu Houzhao and said, "What about my "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains"? ”

"Ah......h

Emperor Hongzhi had a straight face: "Your capital was stolen from me, isn't it?" ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't laugh anymore, and suddenly felt a little uneasy.

Emperor Hongzhi put his hands behind his back, looked at him with a serious face and said, "The capital is not owned by you, so ...... Fang Qing's family, I know that your coal yard is two and one to five, so the other half of the income has nothing to do with the prince, you can send it to the palace on time and fill it into the internal money. ”

"Father's ......" Zhu Houzhao never imagined that this scene of comedy turned into a tragedy in an instant, this is his own shares, why is it gone? Father, this is clearly cutting off the beard.

Fang Jifan glanced at the prince sympathetically, but it didn't seem to have anything to do with him, cooperating with the prince is cooperation, cooperating with the emperor, and cooperating with the emperor.

"Father, the emperor......" Zhu Houzhao said with a bitter face: "The son of the minister saddled before and after the horse, there is no merit, there is hard work." ”

Emperor Hongzhi didn't give him any chance to be aggrieved, a coal yard with a daily output of millions of catties, the net profit per month is more than 100,000 taels of silver, not including future expansion, this year, but astronomical, how can he rest assured that he will hand it over to this unreliable son?

Nature...... It has to be handed over to him for safekeeping, so that people can rest assured.

"Don't mess around!" Emperor Hongzhi scolded.

Zhu Houzhao was silent, but he was a little unwilling, and said in a low voice: "Old fox......"

The old fox's words were very light, but he didn't let Emperor Hongzhi hear it, but Fang Jifan heard it and couldn't help but sneer.

"Ahem...... Emperor Hongzhi grimaced and glanced at Fang Jifan: "Fang Qing's family, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Uh......" Fang Jifan glanced at Zhu Houzhao, and then said, "Your Majesty Shengming, ......"

"What?" Emperor Hongzhi looked suspicious.

Fang Jifan said with a smile: "Your Majesty's grace is vast, the minister is high and the mountains are up, and he has already admired His Majesty's five-body land, and now the minister thinks that he is not with Zhan Shifu, but with the palace and His Majesty to sell coal, and the minister is ecstatic......

"Alright, alright." Emperor Hongzhi can now understand that Fang Jifan, this kid, is shrewd to death, but on the contrary, this stubborn nature has not changed, and he has to be so numb.

Emperor Hongzhi doesn't like people who smuggle their beards and shoot horses, if they were someone else, they would have been punished a long time ago, a proper traitor, but at Fang Jifan's age, he didn't seem to have much sense of disobedience when he said these stinky and shameless words.

Of course, this is also related to Emperor Hongzhi's opinion of Fang Jifan, he really gradually treated Fang Jifan as a junior, this junior is touted by meat, can he still beat him?

Emperor Hongzhi was too lazy to pay attention to Zhu Houzhao, but stared at Fang Jifan: "This time, you have made a great contribution, this coal yard must start construction quickly, without delay, I will not send eunuchs to guard there, I know that this coal is your indispensable contribution, I can rest assured, let you take care of it, the palace and you, still according to the agreement between the prince and you, fifty-five accounts, I don't take more than a penny from you, what should be yours is yours!" ”

Fang Jifan said without hesitation: "Your Majesty does not compete with the people for profit, it is really a model of the Holy Monarch, this kind of mind is really unprecedented, it is the rebirth of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Ancestors, and it is also the case that the horse can't reach Your Majesty, the minister has only one thought at the moment, that is, he wants to sing loudly and praise my emperor, long live!" ”

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