Zhao Rui is really right, Jiaozhi's current coal mine mining is the "Buddhist collection method", usually when there is no conflict, there is more mining, but once it encounters Dali, it can only turn around and run.

Now there is Zhao Rui's initiative to attack Dali, and in the future, the two families will collect at will, and there is no need to send out a soldier in Jiaozhi Country, and there is no need to mine wantonly without any worries, so a fool will not agree!

But Zhao Rui and Ma Yue think more long-term, first of all, there are basically no residents in Guangyuan Prefecture, but because there are still fields, it is certain that the surrounding population will gather here, which will sparse the population density of the surrounding areas and make the strength of these cities tend to be weak.

Moreover, mining coal requires a large number of people, and Zhao Rui's current economic strength can completely employ Jiaozhi people to mine, so in the end, it may be that Zhao Rui has become the big proprietor of these cities, basically all families have to rely on Zhao Rui to make money, so at this time, the hearts of the people are already all on Zhao Rui's side, if these cities are occupied in the future, it will be as simple as exploring the bag, and even the people will open the city gate and beat gongs and drums to greet them!

The reason why Zhao Rui has been preparing these days is mainly to wait for the best equipment on the ammunition production line, because of the addition of Li Gong at the beginning, the people on Zhao Rui's side have mastered the most explosive technology.

So Zhao Rui sent them manpower, fully equipped with **, and then wrapped it in cloth to make ** bag, and when the time came, it was bombed casually in the mining area, and there was no need for manpower to mine, and the coal mine could be transported away at will.

Everything is ready, Zhao Rui asked Ma Yue to manage on his behalf, and he took Zhao Gong, Xiao Yi, Arjuna, and three thousand soldiers to the north together, Xiao Yi and Zhao Gong naturally accompanied Zhao Rui around, and Arjuna was too bored to stay in Dabao City, and wanted to come out to fight, so she took it as a distraction.

It is worth mentioning that this 3,000-strong army, they are composed of half veterans and half new soldiers, and the armament of muskets and bows and arrows has reached one to one, which greatly saves ammunition and improves the efficiency of the use of firearms.

Zhao Rui's carriage was loaded with 100,000 rounds of ammunition and a large number of ** bags, and he went north with the army, but fortunately, tobacco had not yet entered in this era, but there was no need to mention the explosion danger caused by open flames.

The army passed through Wenzhou, and the development of several months gave this small city a new look.

The city walls have been raised, the streets have been cleaned, the people are busy with their own business, and the roadside is full of cultivated rice fields, showing signs of thriving development.

Because of the order of the Jiaozhi Emperor, Zhao Rui's troops passed through Qiyuan Prefecture, Guangyuan Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture, and arrived at Baole Prefecture, all the way to Baole Prefecture, and their Jiaozhi officers and soldiers had already opened the door to welcome Zhao Rui's peers, and also sent some food and other supplies, although not a lot, but it can be seen that the attitude of the Jiaozhi Emperor is still worthy of affirmation.

Moreover, because the princess is now married to Zhao Rui, this is something that is known in Jiaozhi country, and Zhao Rui and the emperor of Jiaozhi both keep the princess's dirty things secret, so these officials still think that Zhao Rui is the concubine of Jiaozhi country.

Zhao Rui now has a lot of gold, of course he won't take other people's things for nothing, the car is loaded with a lot of gold and silver, Zhao Rui gave a lot of officials in several cities, and also told them in advance that they would hire people to carry out the transportation and mining of coal mines.

These cities are considered to be the upper borderlands, which are originally poor mountains and rivers, and there is not much farmland, the cost of land reclamation is too high, and there is no official incentive policy, so the people here are still relatively poor.

Now that I heard that Zhao Rui wanted to hire the people, these Jiaozhi officials hurriedly nodded and agreed, so that the people have money, which means that their usual taxes can be increased, which is also a great thing for several underdeveloped cities.

Besides, the officials of several cities saw that Zhao Rui was broad, and they were like a group of flies that smelled fishy, circling around Zhao Rui, Zhao Rui was unbearable, and the marching army did not stay in the city, they all stayed in the suburbs at night, which can be regarded as improving the ability of the soldiers to march and fight in the field.

This time, the distance was much farther than Ampang State, and it took three days and two nights to pass through Pernoh State and reach the coal mining area in the north.

The coal mining area here is actually an army of 8,000 people from the Cochin country, but they are ragged and covered with coal ash, but they look even more embarrassed than ordinary Cochin people.

The commander of the army is called Ruan Jinkai, and he has already learned the news that the prince of the Song Dynasty is going to lead his troops to support, and he has already greeted them on the main road of the mining area.

Ruan Jinkai couldn't help but show deep envy when he saw the strong and strong appearance of the team led by Zhao Rui, and at the same time his eyes were always on the musket, he had only heard that the musket was sharp, but he had never seen the real thing, imagining what kind of power the inconspicuous iron pipe and the ammunition shot out would be.

Zhao Rui took Zhao Gong and other generals to politely meet the five or six Jiaozhi generals who came to greet him, after all, everyone will be a cooperative relationship in the future, and they may be recruited by Zhao Rui.

So the two groups of people were not hostile, and they talked and laughed and communicated.

On the way back to the camp, Zhao Rui talked to Ruan Jinkai almost all the way. During the conversation, Zhao Rui learned that just last year, the Yuan Dynasty opened Yunnan Province in Dali, and it is currently Duan Shi who is the hereditary acting governor, and the officials of Dali have also become the Tusi of various tribes, in charge of their respective territories.

And because of the conflict in the coal mine, it is the border in the southeast of Dali Ayue Department, this area has many ethnic groups, there are Zhuang, Miao, Yi, as well as Dai and Buyi people, although the ethnic groups are different, but under the integration of the Ayue Department, coupled with the poor conditions in the border, it is actually a state of all the people are soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and often the Jiaozhi people who secretly mine coal are beaten to the ground.

Jiaozhi needs to deal with a large number of Dali soldiers, and the Jiaozhi country does not give them reinforcements, so it is barely maintained, and there is no resistance at all.

And now there are cavalry in Dali, although it is a Dali horse, the kind of horse suitable for carrying goods, but it is also much better than the Jiaozhi people who have no horses to use.

Originally, the Jiaozhi officials also had to set up a banquet to entertain Zhao Rui and others, but Zhao Rui saw that they were just ordinary rice and wild vegetables, so he asked these officials to follow him to eat.

Zhao Rui brought a lot of meat, and several Jiaozhi officials ate mouths full of oil, as well as "specialty" chili powder, which also amazed them.

After lunch, Zhao Rui didn't delay, took the **, put on the fully armed soldiers and came to the mining area. Different from the deep coal mine in the impression, there is an open-pit coal field here because of the large undulations of the mountains.

A large depression has dug out of thin air more than ten meters of soil layer, and you can see that the side of the mountain next to it is pitch black, such a coal mine depth, it can only be said that Zhao Rui is lucky, only need to dig manually on the ground, there will be no gas explosion, and there will be no landslide such a life-threatening thing.

"Will the people of Dali come here?"

Zhao Rui looked at the vast coalfield and asked Ruan Jinkai.

"Yes, Lord Wang, there was also a very productive coal mine near Dali, but Dali people always like to send troops to harass from time to time, often we dig out and load the car, and then they ride horses to rob it, so we waste our efforts in vain, but we don't get anything!" Ruan Jinkai spoke with anger and unwillingness.

"Dali people are so shameless?"

Zhao Rui secretly thought to himself in his heart, this is the naked law of the jungle, as long as the weak will be beaten, this is the eternal truth. Now it is the Dali people who are chasing the Jiaozhi people to fight, but one day in the future, the Jiaozhi people's power on the side of the coal mine will increase, and they will definitely persecute the Dali people in the same way.

If you say you're here to dig coal, let's dig it quickly.

The 8,000 Jiaozhi people had already found a foot of the mountain to dig up, Ruan Jinkai looked at the soldiers on Zhao Rui's side, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Lord Wang, why are your people holding shovels?" This can't be done, you can't dig it out without a hoe! ”

"Hehe, the efficiency of the hoe is too slow, I have a newer method of coal mining."

A modern approach?

Ruan Jinkai looked at Zhao Rui inexplicably, only to see him take out a few "packages" from the carriage, and there were many loops of leads wrapped around them.

This is the ** package.

Ruan Jinkai is very familiar with it, and he has used it before, but although the sound is scary, the destructive power is not satisfactory, and it can't blow up many coal mines.

But what Ruan Jinkai doesn't know is that Zhao Rui's **bag is not the ** ratio of the Song Dynasty for a long time, and when he is configured here, he is weighed with scales, and there is a strict ratio, which is the real sense.

Zhao Rui stepped forward to look at the coal distribution at the foot of the mountain, but he was a little uneasy, not because he was afraid that the effect would not be good, but that the entire high place was full of coal mines, and it was very likely that at the same time, this relatively low mountain would collapse.

But there's a first time for everything, so let's try it and talk about it.

Zhao Rui dug a few deep holes, stuffed the ** bag into it, and at the same time wound the lead wires together, dragging it back a full distance of several feet. However, Zhao Rui looked up and still felt that the distance was too close, so he instructed Ruan Jinkai to let his men withdraw so that the mountain would not collapse later.

Ruan Jinkai disagreed, but in order to show respect, he still let all his subordinates come back, these Jiaozhi people felt that Zhao Rui made a big fuss, he had used ** at the beginning, and he was unscathed from the distance of two zhang, and now he has to retreat three or four zhang, which is too cautious.

After making sure that there was no one under the mountain, Zhao Rui took out a lighter and lit the fuse.

The Jiaozhi people had never seen a lighter, and when they were surprised by what kind of rarity Zhao Rui was holding, the fuse had already been ignited, and the flames spread to the mountain.

Zhao Rui was about to tell them to step back, when a group of cavalry appeared above the mountain, making everyone stunned.

Ruan Jinkai recognized them, gritted his teeth and said: "The people of Dali are here again, it's really ghostly!" ”