When night fell on this day, Tian Zheng slept enough. After getting up and washing, I found that Yan Shisan had come back and was sitting on a chair in the room, muttering there without knowing what he was talking about.

"Thirteen!" Tian Zheng shouted.

Yan Shisan saw that it was Tian Zheng, "Are you awake?" ”

"Have fun, don't you? How's it going for you to ask? Tian Zheng smiled slightly.

Yan Shisan looked at Tian Zheng's playful eyes, even if he was a thief in the rivers and lakes, he couldn't help but blush a little.

"This girl from Liaocheng is more energetic than Xuzhou. Although Xuzhou's is very silky and gentle, it looks too weak. It's still a good ...... in Liaocheng."

"Come on!" Tian Zheng interrupted with an unceremonious smile, "I didn't ask you this. Tell me, how did you inquire about the coal mine? ”

Yan Shisan stopped talking nonsense, and told Tian Zheng all the information he had heard.

Tian Zheng expected that Liaocheng would discover a large number of coal resources in later generations, with a total amount of about 20 billion tons. But most of the coal is found in formations about 1,200 meters deep. Even the industrial equipment and technology that developed in later generations had to be carefully evaluated before they could be mined. And in this era, there is absolutely no ability to mine. However, coal resources above 1,200 meters of ground depth account for about 34% of the total. Some of them are located close to the surface. Although it is not much compared to the total amount, it can still have tens of millions of tons. Shandong has coal, which is something that many people know about the road, but there are not many people who know the road in Liaocheng. As for Zhilu Road, there are only some coal seams buried within 1,200 meters in Acheng Wellfield, Liaocheng East Wellfield, the western part of Boping Exploration Area, some sections of Yanggu Exploration Area, and Danzhen Wellfield. As for the location of several coal shafts that have been established in later generations, it is impossible for anyone to know the way.

Tian Zheng knew that those locations were the shallowest places in the impact layer of the earth's crust, and the shallowest places should be less than 100 meters. Although there are still certain difficulties in the current technical conditions, it is not impossible to achieve.

As for the occasional small coal seams near the surface, they are all very small reserves and have no value for batch mining at all. What Tian Zheng asked Yan Shisan to inquire about was how many people opened coal mines in Liaocheng, what kind of scale they were, and where those bosses came from.

At this time, after listening to Yan Shisan's report, the stone in Tian Zheng's heart fell to the ground. As long as no one is the first to get there, then you can buy land boldly and confidently, and then dig wells and dig coal.

Tian Zheng arranged a task for Yan Shisan, that is, to acquire the land near the location of the mine that was planned to be used in the future. For this reason, Tian Zheng specially gave Yan 13 a gold bar. Just let him do the work of those villagers.

"Tian Zheng, don't you really plan to buy that piece of land? There is a fertile field for several miles, and there is no coal at all. If you're looking for coal, you should buy a few other mines. Those who are being mined, the daily output is not low! Yan Shisan took the gold bar and went around the field, feeling surprised in his heart, he couldn't make up his mind, so he ran back and asked Tian Zheng.

"Thirteen, you can rest assured. There's definitely coal there! But now we can't pick it. We'll have to wait and see. But buy the land back first. The farmers who sold their land should be compensated more. If there is suitable land, it is best to buy it and compensate the farmers. Otherwise, the time will come when the money will run out, and then there will be no land, and those peasants will have no way to live. Tian Zheng said earnestly, "You can do it with confidence." After doing this well, I will inquire again, where is the iron mine in Liaocheng! ”

Tian Zheng knew that in later generations, Liaocheng once reported that iron ore had been produced. However, due to the small scale, he was not impressed, because he did not know where the iron mine was located.

After arranging these things, Tian Zheng saw that it was still early, so it was better to go out and visit this lively Liaocheng.

The area of the city is not large, compared to Xuzhou, it is about one-third smaller. However, the buildings in the city are densely packed. The streets also look crowded. The peddlers, pawns, merchants, and peddlers all set up their stalls and hung lanterns to sell. Wontons, pancakes, fruits, sugar men, etc., basically all the way through, all snacks. Tian Zheng suddenly felt that this scene was very familiar. If it weren't for the architectural style here and the different dresses, he would almost be a night market snack street in the future life.

I remember that he was obsessed with research work, that is, when he was in college, he would occasionally go to the snack street in front of the school gate to taste these delicacies. When I recalled it at this time, I felt very nostalgic in my heart. He stopped as he walked, and every time he came across a vendor, he would stop and buy one. Of course, he can't finish eating so much, but he can eat a few bites of everything, and it can also cause him endless nostalgia.

Tian Zheng had just ordered a few bites of wontons for a night, and was feeling the deliciousness of the wontons, but when he saw the freshly baked corn pancakes on the stall next to him, he immediately put down the wontons in his hand and went to buy a pancake.

"Shop, how much does it cost?" Tian Zheng asked.

"It depends on what you want, officer. This kind of corn pancake is the cheapest, one for a dollar. Don't look at it cheap, it's also the most delicious. If you add this thick boiled kelp and this cumin chili powder, it is really a delicacy. It's only three dollars for something so delicious. Guest, would you like to have a try? The stall owner is very good at talking, such an exaggerated explanation, combined with the pancakes that were just taken away by another customer, did arouse the roundworms in Tian Zheng's stomach.

"Then a tacos!" Seeing this, Tian Zheng threw down a banknote with a face value of one hundred.

"Yikes! Guest officer, the villain is a small business, the face value of your money is too big, I can't make up for it, you see? When the stall owner saw that it was such a large denomination banknote, he immediately panicked.

"Then you don't have to look for it." Tian Zheng smiled and waved his hand. When he ate from each stall, he would pay the stall owner a bill with a denomination of 100. Perhaps in the eyes of the stall owners, it takes them a long time to earn it. But for Tian Zheng, it was a matter of dozens of silver dollars. This kind of small kindness that can be given to these people living at the bottom of this old society invisibly, when there is an opportunity, Tian Zheng will do it without mind.

In a kind of gratitude and trepidation, the stall owner carefully made this pancake for Tian Zheng. The stall owner's craftsmanship is indeed very good, a spoonful of batter is poured on the pancake pan, and the plate in his hand is deftly turned, and immediately the shape of a pancake comes out. The pale yellow batter immediately develops an aroma and then turns a burnt yellow. But the pancakes didn't get crispy, they still looked so tender, and they must have been very firm in the mouth.

Tian Zheng was looking at the stall owner breaking the egg and pouring it on top of the pancake, and when the stall owner's amazing skill was how to turn the egg into an egg skin, a strange guest sat on the small table of the wonton stall next to him.