Facing the mountains, Duhe sighed in his heart: "From now on, a new era is about to begin, with coal, steam engines, trains, automobiles, ships...... It doesn't seem impossible. ”

Afterwards, Du He commanded the people to reconnoiter the surroundings.

He can be sure that this is the largest open-pit coal mine near Lantian County recorded in the history books.

In later generations, this coal mine was mined from the Song Dynasty and was not emptied until the 20th century, and the reserves are amazing.

Du He couldn't wait to say: "This place is a barren mountain, it seems to be a borderless land, righteous way, you take people to camp here, after I go back, I will soon send someone to take over." ”

"Okay!" Xu Zhengdao agreed.

Then, Du He turned around and said to Mu Zongsi and the others: "You have completed the task, according to the previous contract, each person's daily salary is two yuan, you wait to go back with me and get the money from the Dream Group." ”

The craftsmen were all beaming.

Mu Zongsi asked curiously: "Uncle Yixian, it seems that you plan to mine this black soil on a large scale?" ”

Du He nodded: "Yes, but from now on, this is not called black soil, this is coal." ”

Mu Zongsi suddenly bowed down and said: "Mu Mou is not talented, from a humble background, only has a prospecting and mining ability, but it is wrong, there is no place for it, now he is young and lives incognito and lives in isolation, every time he thinks about this, he feels ashamed of his ancestors. ”

In just over a day of contact, Mu Zongsi admired Du He more and more.

When he heard that Duho's goal was to build a huge coal mine on the site, he couldn't contain his excitement and wanted to get involved.

Duhe asked, "Have you figured it out?" ”

"Mu Mou thought very clearly, from now on, he is willing to saddle the horse for the young master, not to seek wealth and inmatchability, but to be able to learn a skill from the young master." Mu Zongsi said solemnly.

What he admires is not Du He's money, nor Du He's identity, but Du He's ability.

Carousel chairs, mahjong, popsicles, these three things, are very famous in Chang'an City, among them, mahjong machines and popsicles, is the most technical, Mu Zongsi has also experimented, but found that he can't do it anyway, when he heard that these things, all of them are invented by Du He, and immediately had a little worship for Du He.

It wasn't until yesterday and today that he made up his mind to join Duhe.

When Du He heard this, he turned around and patted Mu Zongsi on the shoulder: "That is the case, Young Master Ben is going to build a coal mine here, the name is Lantian Coal Mine, when the time comes, you will be in charge of all affairs, you will be the mine manager of Lantian Coal Mine, I hope you will not let me down." ”

Mu Zongsi said excitedly: "Young Master, I won't let you down, it's just that I don't know something. ”

"Say!"

Mu Zongsi said curiously: "This black soil ...... No, although this coal can be burned, it is not as convenient as firewood, so what is the use? ”

Du He laughed and said: "Firewood and coal, there is no comparison, the role of coal is definitely beyond your imagination, and the prospects are broad, not to mention, not to mention, just recently, with coal, this young master can burn extremely hard bricks, and when it comes to winter, this young master can promote coal stoves, so that every household in Chang'an City uses coal instead of firewood, and when the time comes, it is the time for you to shine as a miner!" ”

When other craftsmen saw it, they also stepped forward one after another, saying that they did not want to leave and were willing to stay in this Lantian coal mine to work.

Du He immediately took out the paper, drafted the contract, and signed a three-year contract with everyone.

These craftsmen are not only good at prospecting, but also good at mining.

Subsequently, Du He handed over all the more than a dozen captives to Xu Zhengdao, arranged for Mu Zongsi, and then took Lu Bu to the direction of Chang'an City.

On the second day, Du He asked Zhang Du to suspend his work first, recruited 1,000 victims, and after eating in the canteen of the Dream Group, he took all his tools and rushed to the Lantian Coal Mine.

Subsequently, Du He took Yuan Tiangang to remove 300 workers from the furniture factory, and in the col not far from the Dream Group, he built six brick kilns day and night, and established the Red Star Brick Factory, with Du He personally serving as the director of the brick factory.

Immediately after the establishment of the brick factory, 1,000 victims were recruited and began to make bricks according to Duhe's method. All the bricks made of clay are neatly sent to the brick kiln to be fired.

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Five days later.

The first batch of coal was transported from Lantian Coal Mine to Dream Group.

There were a total of 12 wagons, and the coal transported was more than 5,000 catties.

The coal was then sent to the Red Star Brick Factory.

In the evening of the same day, six brick kilns were lit and began to burn bricks, and for a while, thick smoke billowed from the col, full of industrial atmosphere.

With the continuous transportation of coal from Lantian Coal Mine, after the first batch of red bricks from the Hongxing Brick Factory was fired, it was quickly sent to the construction site of Yonghefang in Chang'an City, and Lu Yuan began to let go.

The carriage that transports bricks is not an ordinary carriage, but a carriage with twelve carriages designed by Duhe himself, which can transport tens of thousands of bricks at a time, and requires ten horses to pull at the same time, and the ten horses are divided into two columns side by side, plus twelve carriages, the length is very frightening.

Therefore, when this strange carriage arrived in Chang'an City on the first day, it immediately caused a sensation, and half of the people in Chang'an City took to the streets to watch. As the days go by, everyone is not surprised.

A few days later.

Duhe launched the People's Avenue Renovation Project. At the same time, the resettlement housing project for disaster victims outside Yanxing Gate has also been launched.

All the victims of the disaster were resettled.

At this time, people suddenly found that the victims who had fled to Chang'an City had all disappeared.

Guozijian, Yonghe Liufang, People's Avenue, Disaster Resettlement Housing, Dream Group, just these few places, digested more than 20,000 people.

People suddenly discovered that before they knew it, Duhe's dream group had become a behemoth.

In the past, when people talked about a large family in Chang'an City, they would say that this family hired hundreds of people to work, which was very remarkable.

Now, compared to Duhe, these big families are all scum. Because, the people who work under Duhe are now tens of thousands.

The settlement of all the problems of the victims marked the great success of the cash-for-work project.

For a time, the government and the opposition continued to congratulate Li Ergong.

As everyone knows, at this time, Li Er had a headache.

It turned out that on this day, Li Lizhen, the princess of Changle, suddenly returned to the palace, and Li Er heard the news, so he hurriedly put down what he was doing and went to the harem to see if his baby daughter was bullied by Du He.

Who knows, as soon as he stepped into the palace where Li Lizhi lived, he saw huge boxes at the gate, all of which were open, and they were full of Kaiyuan Tongbao.

Li Er couldn't help but be taken aback, hurriedly called the left and right, and asked, "What's going on, why is there so much money?" ”

The surrounding eunuchs hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this was brought back by Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

"Huh?"

Li Er was stunned.

He has always been frugal, and he is also very harsh with his children, and he will not reward money easily.

Where did Li Lizhen get so much money?

Li Er was puzzled, so he hurried inside.

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