Zhu Shun didn't ask Wen Tiren if he agreed, rolled up the drawings and inserted them into his arms, and went to check the details of the purchase between the third uncle and the group of coal kiln managers.

The two didn't say a few words, and they seemed to be in harmony, but Zhu Shun felt really tired of getting along with Wen Tiren.

Every word is carefully considered, whether it will reveal the details that should not be revealed, whether there is a handle left, and whether it has revealed flaws.

In the face of such a top-notch smart person, saying the wrong word may make him deduce a lot of things.

I was still happy to watch the third uncle sign the title deed with the group of coal kiln managers.

After all, the title deeds that are not as good as waste paper will be mountains of silver in the near future.

Jingxi is the most important coal mining area in the world, and now only a few anthracite coal mines are abandoned, because the problem of water accumulation in coal mines cannot be solved.

The original intention of the invention of the Newcomen steam engine was to drain water from the mine, because as long as the mine was dug a little deeper, a large amount of groundwater would seep out.

In today's world, no one can solve the problem of mine drainage, which also creates an inertial thinking for the bureaucrats and gentry of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the mine seeps water, this is a waste mine.

Zhu Shun has been holding back not to buy all the coal mines in western Beijing, just waiting for the invention of the Newkomen steam engine.

Now that there is a steam engine, not to mention stagnant water, it is a deep pool, and Zhu Shun is confident that it will be drained.

The Newcomen steam engine can pump out 100 catties of water at a time, and 1,600 catties of water can be pumped out by exercising 16 times a minute.

Pumping out 96,000 catties in an hour, and more than 2 million catties in a day, no matter how deep the stagnant water is, it can be drained.

The shallow coal mine that has been drained of the stagnant water and re-exposed is a mountain of silver shining silver.

Zhu Shun looked at the title deeds one after another, put them in front of him, pressed the handprints one by one, and couldn't help but say: "Now I finally feel the mood of picking up leaks, it's really cool." ”

Zhu Shun picked up one after another rich coal mines that had just been mined, and the coal kiln managers got rid of the abandoned coal mines according to the master's instructions.

It seems that everyone is happy.

In the evening, Zhu Shun, who had a sore back and back, watched these fortune boys leave with a smile, and was in a good mood.

couldn't help but pat Wen Tiren, who was still standing next to the play, and laughed from the bottom of his heart: "Old Wen, go, I'll invite you to drink." ”

Wen Tiren copied his cuffs and said with a smile: "Shichahai Teahouse." ”

"I heard that your kid can drink in the teahouse of King Fuwang, and I will also touch it, try what it is like to drink in the Shichahai teahouse."

The two of them were embarrassed and didn't leave, and the factory owner Zhu Shou stopped Zhu Shun again, holding a bunch of land deeds, and his head was sweating: "Shun'er, you gave them a bunch of white strips, where do we have so much silver." ”

"Beware of being held by this group of bureaucratic squires who eat people and don't spit out bones."

An anthracite coal mine is worth 300 taels of silver, more than 70 anthracite coal mines are more than 20,000 taels, and there are more bituminous coal wastelands.

Zhu's spinning mill now earns less than 500 taels a month, and according to the current scale, it will not be able to repay all the arrears in ten years.

Zhu Shun dared to make a white slip, and there was a way to solve this matter: "Third uncle, don't worry, it won't be long before these people cry and beg us not to give money." ”

When the factory owner Zhu Shou heard this, he laughed, Shun'er said so, and it was right to believe him.

The news that Zhu Shun bought all the abandoned coal kilns in western Beijing like crazy, and under the deliberate propaganda of those coal kiln owners, it spread throughout the capital.

Everyone is scolding Zhu Shun for being an idiot, and he actually spent a high price of three hundred taels of silver to buy a waterlogged waste mine.

This kind of conversation between the common people after tea and dinner has even reached Chongzhen's ears, and there is no way for anyone to let Zhu Shun do this matter is too idiotic, and even the eunuchs in the palace take this matter out as a joke.

The old lady Song, who ran to lead Huang left and right, if he had been in the past, he would definitely run over and scold Zhu Shun, a little rabbit cub, for being a loser.

Now, if you buy it, you will buy it, and the Song family will come to raise this gentleman who has a great kindness to the Song family in the future.

Because of this incident, Mrs. Song also called her two grandsons over for a special trip, and with a wave of her hand, one of them gave five hundred taels of silver.

Tell the two of them not to use it themselves, wait until the husband goes out to buy some desk confessions or antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and pay the money in front of him, and use them to honor the husband.

Chongzhen, who was sitting in the Qianqing Palace to correct the recital, heard this gossip, showed a smile, and even couldn't help but mutter: "I finally have the opportunity to repay the favor of this kid Zhu Shun." ”

Wang Chengen also smiled.

can make the emperor owe favors, and don't know how to repay favors, Zhu Shun is also a rare wonder in the Ming Dynasty.

The key is to owe a favor, and I owe it twice, and I can't change it.

Twice borrowed food.

If the emperor wants to repay someone's favor, it's too simple, just promote one or two levels, no matter how big the favor is, he will be grateful to the emperor.

Zhu Shun's strange trick is good, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military people wanted to be promoted, and even did not hesitate to abandon his wife and children, and married the daughter of a high-ranking official and dignitary, Zhu Shun had to think about it.

In the end, the result of consideration was that he was unwilling to be promoted.

is reluctant to be promoted, because of Zhu's spinning factory, Zhu Shun is not short of money, Chongzhen really doesn't know what to reward to repay these two favors.

Now that he heard that Zhu Shun had bought so many useless abandoned coal mines, Chongzhen was finally relieved: "How much silver is there in the house." ”

Wang Chengen, the six-eyed pen, immediately reported a number: "Seventy-nine taels." ”

Chongzhen's brows instantly twisted together: "Seventy-nine taels? ”

Wang Chengen knew what the emperor wanted to ask, and said truthfully: "Your Majesty, in order to help the victims last year, all the silver in the treasury was used to buy grain. ”

"There is also a part of the arrears of the Liaodong Army, and there are only seventy-nine taels of silver left in the internal funds."

Yes, I can't reward the money now, and this money is not enough for Zhu Shun to stuff his teeth.

Knowing the inventory of the internal money, Chongzhen returned to his expressionless face, but his heart was about to die.

There was a major drought in Beizhili this year, and the summer grain must have been harvested, and in the autumn, millions of ordinary people were waiting to be fed, where could they get so much grain.

The grain transported from the south of the Yangtze River has to be used to distribute the food and salary of the border army, and it is also necessary to support the royal family, so there is really no extra money and food.

Chongzhen now really hopes that all the stagnant water in those mines can be pumped out to irrigate the dry fields of Beizhili.

It's a pity that hope can only be hope, I'm afraid that only the Dragon Lord has such a ability.

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