Wei Ran entered the inner palace, and said with a smile after giving gifts: "Bai Hui is an anxious person, he hurriedly ran back to Xianyang, and went to Xianyang Palace to ask to see the king, but the internal historian arranged it according to the routine. As soon as he heard that he would wait until three days later, he came to me, and I took him into the palace, and I didn't ask him what was the matter, and my sister and the king forgive me. ”

Bai Hui hurriedly gave a salute on the side: "Bai Hui is young and doesn't know how to count etiquette, and he doesn't know whether the reported matter is considered military affairs, so he has been puzzled for many days, and he can't figure it out, so he has to go to Xianyang to ask the king, the queen mother, and the marquis to be the masters." ”

Empress Dowager Xuan said with a smile: "Don't worry, drink saliva and rest for a while, sweating profusely can't say anything reasonable." ”

There was a light fruit wine sent by the palace people, and Bai Hui poured three cups in a row, and then exhaled a long breath.

This made King Qin, the Queen Mother, and Wei Ran laugh.

Bai Hui wiped his face with a cloth again before he said: "The minister's subordinates have discovered something, and the minister thought about it when he was on the road, and used this matter to negotiate with the Han people. But after entering Xianyang City, the minister was confused again, and he didn't know whether to talk about a plan or not. ”

Wei Ran laughed: "Could it be the entire Hedong County? ”

"No, no!" Bai Hui waved his hand again and again, attacking half of Hedong County was already a huge pressure for Bai Hui, countless military rations, ordnance, arrows, wounded medicine, military uniforms, etc., were far from enough, if he faced the entire Hedong County, Bai Hui felt that he would never want to sleep peacefully.

King Qin also smiled and said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"I'm afraid I can't hide this coal thing. First of all, a huge coal mine was discovered in the northern ten miles of Banseong, and then according to the calculations of the prospectors, there were many coal mines in the whole of Hedong and further east in northern Korea. ”

Half true and half false.

Really, open-pit coal mines have indeed been discovered in the north of the city.

Falsely, Baekhui only discussed it with the prospector, and lured him into hypothesizing that there would be coal mines in a certain terrain, and that Hadong County and northern Korea were suitable for this terrain.

King Qin asked, "What did you think about it at first?" ”

"Exchange the news of coal for a Korean city, and their crossbows and iron armor."

Bai Hui really thought so, because Han Crossbow was alone in the world, and it was even more powerful than Qin Crossbow, and it was rumored that he could shoot up to 800 meters away. Bai Huixin said that if he could reach 500 meters, he would already be terrifying to death.

After hearing Bai Hui's thoughts, King Qin nodded: "The strongest bows and crossbows in the world all come out of Han, and those who are far away cover the chest of the cave, and those who are close have a heart." ”

Bai Hui said again: "Chen wants to find a coal mine on the border of Han and Wei and sell it to Han. ”

Wei Ran didn't say a word from the beginning of Bai Hui, he was thinking, and after hearing Bai Hui finish speaking, Wei Ran slapped his thigh: "Wonderful, wonderful plan." This plan is ingenious and can separate Han Wei. I, Daqin, and Han can secretly discuss, Daqin occupies this coal mine in the northeast of the river, and then the coal mine is shared with Han. ”

King Qin was puzzled: "Then why aren't the Wei people sharing it with the Han people?" ”

"Will they use coal? Therefore, the location must be selected in Weihedong County. ”

Bai Hui immediately interjected and said: "There are in Fencheng, Fenxi and Fenbei. ”

Wei Ran laughed: "Then next, one day in a certain year, everyone in the world knows that there is coal, and then Qin and Han will argue about the unfair distribution of profits, and they will meet each other." We also have an excuse to attack South Korea. ”

Empress Dowager Xuan asked at this time: "What is coal?" ”

King Qin and Wei Ran didn't know how to explain it, and the three of them looked at Bai Hui in unison.

Bai Hui said: "One of the books given by the king introduced the history of using Heidan more than 200 years ago, and the ministers also heard many legends and stories when they visited the township. ”

"Yes."

King Qin and the other three all nodded slightly, the ancients Yellow Emperor, Gonggong, Zhurong War, etc., there are indeed many legends.

Bai Hui continued: "For 10,000 years of history, tens of thousands of years, giant trees have become stones, and this is coal. ”

"Or reasonable."

In the eyes of King Qin and the others, how could the stone burn, so if the forest turned into stone after tens of millions of years, then this explanation is reasonable.

Wei Ran said at this time: "If the ancient tree turns into stone and turns into coal, then I am afraid that there is everywhere in the world, since coal cannot be used only by my Great Qin, it is better to use this news in advance to exchange for practical benefits, sister, king, what do you think?" ”

"Yes." Empress Dowager Xuan also thought this proposal was good.

King Qin added: "Since you can't hide it, it's better to do it early." By the way, Xianyang City will use coal stoves, so that the people will not be cold in winter. ”

"The king, the queen mother, and the marquis. Coal burns with turbidity, and too much of it will hurt people, so there must be a chimney to exhaust the gas outside the house and be blown away by the wind. The minister trained a group of craftsmen, and the minister asked Wang Shang'en to send craftsmen to add coal stoves to Xianyang Palace. The coal stove in Xianyang Palace is heated by the furnace, and the hot water is transmitted into the house, so that there is no dust. ”

Empress Dowager Xuan praised: "I have a heart." Take half of Hedong County, and this palace will personally marry your brother. ”

"Empress Dowager Xie."

After Bai Hui got the permission of the King of Qin, he did not take the Qin palace attendants mentioned in his previous letter, and returned to Dingyang County alone, and then called Gongsun Long.

"Zuo Shuchang!" After Gongsun Long gave the salute, he asked someone to carry a full five baskets of bamboo slips.

At this time, Bai Hui deeply realized that reading in the pre-Qin era was not only a matter that consumed mental power, but also a matter that consumed physical strength.

Before Bai Hui picked up the first bamboo slip, seven more baskets of bamboo slips were brought in.

Gongsun Long then said: "The first five baskets are according to the laws of Qin, and for the five and a half cities in Hedong and the cities in Shouyang County in Hexi, the new decree has been completed. Please ask the chief Zuo to name the new decree so that it can be reported to Xianyang Palace. ”

"Named, Regulations on Contracting and Cooperation of Village Production."

After hearing this name, Gongsun Long immediately asked: "So the tax is levied on a village basis?" ”

Bai Hui asked rhetorically, "Which one do you think is good?" ”

Gongsun Long singled out two of the bamboo slips in the third basket: "One of them is to take the village as the collection body, 100 households in each village, and after collecting grain, it will be distributed according to the amount of effort contributed by each family, as well as the increase or decrease of the elderly, weak, women and children in the family." The subordinates thought that it was better to collect taxes from the village, so that the number of tax collectors in the county could be exempted. ”

"So this is the first step, do you have the second step in mind?"

Gongsun Long replied: "Yes, in a village in the west of Dingyang, there is a tile workshop, which is used as the income distribution of the whole village. There is also a village, according to the order of the chief of Zuoshu, which has a huge paddy field to encourage fish farming. Then the door believes that the workshop and animal husbandry are also one of the benefits of the village, and the next step is to suggest that each village must have a pastoral, there must be a workshop, and every family has a weaving. ”