Coal is a good and bad thing, the advantage is that it can burn, and the fire is very sufficient, a piece of coal and the same piece of firewood and grass, the coal burns longer. The downside is obvious, the smoke is too heavy and contains toxins. Once it is filled enough in the confined space, killing people is invisible, and even death does not feel pain.

The discovery of coal was a fortuitous opportunity, after a companion of a Hun merchant drank too much and froze to death. According to the customs of the Huns, it should be buried in the sky, but this guy actually wanted to dig a pit and bury it. I didn't expect to dig a few meters before I sent out a large area of black stone, and it was still the same after changing several places. The Xiongnu merchant Jia thought that this was his brother who should not learn from the Han burial, and provoked the divine punishment from the immortal heaven. Su Ren was ecstatic when he received the news.

What should I do if the gas is too heavy? The chimney has become a necessity for the Mayi army, if you have the heart to wait until a clear afternoon to stand on the top of the mountain in the distance, as long as you count the black smoke coming out of the head of the Mayi city, you can probably guess that the number of troops stationed in Mayi is only 3,000.

With coal, he naturally couldn't continue to lie quietly underground, and all the merchants in Mayi City were mobilized, because President Cui of the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce said that he wanted this thing, ten catties of money, and how much he wanted. The merchants were instantly attracted to this kind of black stone, which only had to be produced by themselves, whether it was a fat man wearing satin, or a thin one with a hairpin, or a white-haired porter, or a half-sized man with a handful of snot and tears, all of them flocked to the place where the Huns were ready to bury their companions.

In ten days, Mayi City became a coal city, and even if Cui Jiuming mobilized all the ox carts and carriages in Yanmen and Daijun, so many stones would not be able to be transported for a while and a half. Seeing that Shan Yu's army was coming, Cui Jiuming was anxious. He knew that these black stones could make fire, but in the ancient times when the land was full of forests, why did he need such things.

"Mr. Cui, General Cui, let's stop, right? I'm thousands of dollars a day, it's all a trivial matter, you go to my house to see that you're about to be buried by those black stones! ”

Su Ren drank tea while roasting the fire: "Then you should be happy, and again, this is not called black stone, it is called coal!" It was called black gold, and you know its value, right? ”

"Black gold? Ten catties of money, how can gold be worth? ”

"You don't understand! Just ask the blacksmith in the barracks and you'll understand. ”

"Isn't it just that the firepower is enough, what's the big deal, add a few more firewood!"

Su Ren was really speechless, and the importance of coal to an ancient person was completely to play the piano to the cow. Before the advent of iron smelting and power generation, coal was indeed only a fuel for fire. Su Ren was a little impatient: "I'll travel with this money!" You're in charge of the acquisition, as much as you want, and the rest is left alone! ”

Cui Jiuming left one after another. When Han Qing came in from the door, he happened to see Cui Jiuming's ugly face, smiled and said to Su Ren: "Chairman Cui is talking about those coal things again?" ”

Su Ren sighed and said, "Something with a mouse's eye! Don't talk about him, are you done? ”

Han Qing nodded and said: "All the qiē are carried out according to the plan, General Han's soldiers and horses are divided into two groups, one in the west and one in the east, there are also scouts in the north, General Li and General Cheng are also in place, yesterday the flying pigeon transmission, their scouts have found traces of Shan Yu, there are still about two hundred miles away from Mayi, the generals are full of praise for the snow huts designed by Mr., saying that they can not only conceal their whereabouts but also keep warm, which is much stronger than the military tent." ”

"Gongsun Ao, did that guy run to the fifty-mile shop?"

Han Qing nodded: "General Gongsun said that he was going to start the first battle against the Xiongnu!" ”

Su Ren smiled helplessly: "This guy didn't go to Chenglingnan, he has always had gas in his stomach, since he wants to fight, let him fight, but make it clear to him, only defeat is not allowed to win!" ”

Han Qing nodded: "There will be no problem if you have Sang joining the army and staring at it." ”

Su Ren nodded: "Can Yu Dan make a move?" ”

Han Qing smiled: "Yes, and it is a big move, Yu Shan and Youxian Wang mobilized troops and horses and put them on the border between him and Yi Zhixi, Yi Zhiye also excluded 20,000 soldiers and horses to face the battle, and the two sides held each other, although it was a war, it is estimated that they were waiting for the battle situation on this side." ”

"How's that going to work? If they don't kill first, hatred can't gather, and without hatred, even if Yu Shan is defeated, Yu Shan can only watch Yi Zhiyi clean up the mess, and in the end he can't do anything about it. ”

"Do you want to send Tiangang to the past?"

Su Ren nodded: "It's good to raise Yuki, drum on the drum, and day rats in secret, don't let people find out!" ”

"No!"

Han Qing left, and Su Ren was idle. Everything that needs to be done is almost done, and the rest depends on the will of God. War is entirely a combination of chance and suddenness. The trigger for the First World War was the assassination of Archduke Andynan by a Serbian youth, and the trigger for the Second World War was the Germans' brainstorming of the army into Poland. Therefore, war is purely a child's play, and it is enough to be fed.

Su Ren ate a lot, he was tired of staying in Chang'an, and wanted to come to the outside to have some fun, so after a few months of tinkering, he let the Huns and the Han Dynasty surround a small horse and prepare to kill in the dark.

When King Youxian was leaving, the few dancers from the Western Regions who were left for Su Ren knelt beside Su Ren, and stuffed the various delicacies they were holding in their hands into Su Ren's mouth with all their flattery. Su Ren leaned on the chair covered with thick bear skin and enjoyed it comfortably, speaking of which, he didn't like this kind of Western Regions women very much, although those women were in good shape, but no matter how clean they were, Su Ren always felt that there was such a smell.

Raised his hand to stop a dancer from holding the wine glass to his lips, and stretched: "I can't be at leisure, go, let Shi Bao bring the official documents of the past few days, seeing that people are about to hit the door, if this is known by His Majesty, he will be pushed to the end." ”

Shi Bao came in with two pieces of paper, the paper was a good Shu paper, not big or small, and the words on it did not add up to fifty. Su Ren took it in his hand and looked at it, looked up at Shi Bao, and shook the two pieces of paper in his hand.

Shi Bao smiled: "That's all, Mr. Han, Mr. Sang, General Gongsun, Lei Bei, Liu Jian are all busy, and the rest is these." ”

Su Ren casually threw the paper in his hand into Shi Bao's face: "Damn, a dignified general who has soldiers and horses all the way, just care about the two boys who drank too much last night, this little bullshit?" ”

"That's not!" Shi Bao hurriedly corrected: "Mr. Han said that two of them are the nephews of Dr. Guanglu, and the other is Shang Shuling's distant nephew, and it is not easy to favor anyone!" ”

"Get out! Don't fool me with this! Say, who made you do that? ”

Shi Bao bowed his head and stopped talking. Su Ren looked up, Dong Zhongshu's black face actually appeared in front of Su Ren, Su Ren was taken aback, and quickly rubbed his eyes to confirm again, and hurriedly sorted out his clothes and came over to salute Dong Zhongshu. Dong Zhongshu snorted coldly, glared at Su Ren fiercely, and went straight into the room.

There was also an old man beside Dong Zhongshu, which was very polite for the old man, and he arched his hand at Su Ren, and then followed Dong Zhongshu into the house.

"Why is my father-in-law here? This is ......! ”

Without waiting for Su Ren to finish speaking, Dong Zhongshu said coldly: "The old man is not coming, I don't know that you are working so state affairs!" Glancing left and right, the scantily clad Mai Girls knelt on the ground in fright, sifting chaff all over their bodies.

Su Ren bowed down and didn't dare to speak. Dong Zhongshu took a deep breath and said to the old man beside him, "Mr. Li, let you laugh!" ”

That Mr. Li smiled slightly: "Although General Dangkou is playing with these dancing girls, he has already made a decision, there is a large army in front of him, and there is a strong city in the back, let him come more than the Huns, General Dangkou sits here steadily, and the old man wants to congratulate Mr. Dong on getting a rare talent as a son-in-law!" What's more, General Dangkou not only knows how to soldier, but also knows business, lecturing, arithmetic, astronomy, and etiquette, so what is Mr. Dong not satisfied with such a son-in-law? ”

Su Ren kept looking at that Mr. Li, this person was younger than Dong Zhongshu, but Dong Zhongshu had just given this person a junior gift, which almost made Su Ren vomit blood. There will be no one in the world who can make someone like Dong Zhongshu have an emperor, and Su Ren is more and more curious about the Mr. Li in front of him.

Su Ren said: "The old gentleman has won the award, the kid is a businessman, and everything else is just a skin." ”

Mr. Li shook his head: "The old man has never seen the wrong person in a hundred years, I once saw Fan Zeng at a glance, and I knew that this son would not die well, what happened?" Lonely and lonely to death! The old man looked at General Dang Kou heroically, and he was like a very human minister at that time, but the old man wanted to persuade General Dang Kou, and he should not be arrogant, while breaking his own blessing! ”

Dong Zhongshu nodded again and again. Su Ren's jaw had dropped. What do you mean by 100 years? What is Fan Zeng's son? If this is calculated, the little old man in front of him who looks like he is fifty years old at most is not as old as two hundred years old. Could it be that he is just as ...... as himself?

Dong Zhongshu saw that Su Ren was still standing, and snorted coldly: "Mr. Li is facing you, don't you bow down?" ”

Su Ren really didn't look like kneeling down and kowtowing to this guy who was running a train with a mouth, but because of Dong Zhongshu's face, he kowtowed. That Mr. Li laughed: "General Dangkou's kneeling, even if the old man drives the crane west tomorrow, it will not be in vain, my Han has such talents as General Dangkou, why worry that the Huns will not be destroyed and will be famous for all eternity?" ”

Dong Zhongshu also saluted to that Mr. Li: "Mr. is an immortal, naturally he can see it clearly, Mr. Xie is the old man!" ”

Su Ren's heart became more and more angry, and both eyes were about to burst into flames. Deceive people to deceive themselves, such a lie will be smashed in the future generations, I didn't expect that there was such a market in the Han Dynasty. got up and said: "I don't know that Mr. is the immortal of that immortal mountain, the kid is clumsy, please forgive me." ”

Dong Zhongshu said angrily: "Mr. Li is the immortal of Penglai Immortal Mountain, and the erector must not be rude!" ”

Mr. Li smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, General Dangkou has never been to Penglai and doesn't know it, it's natural, the old Li Shaojun, who has traveled all over the country for a hundred years, arrived in Chang'an after the autumn, Mr. Dong is going to come to Saiwai, and the old man will follow to take a look, it doesn't affect General Dangkou's militaristic plans, right?" ”

Su Ren hurriedly shook his head: "Immortal Li can come, it's too late for the kid to be happy!" With Immortal Li here, the destruction of the Hun army is just around the corner! But the kid has something unclear, can Immortal Li solve his doubts? ”

Li Shaojun smiled: "As for when Shan Yu's army will arrive in Mayi, forgive the old man for inconvenience, and the heavenly opportunity must not be revealed!" ”