Wang Pan is going to go on the road with Li Xili on this trip, he wants Li Xili to see his coal base along the Yellow River, these are undoubtedly to increase Li Xili's confidence, the first stop is naturally to take a boat to Jinxiang Mansion, which is the base of Wang Bi's coal boss,

The spring breeze has greened both sides of the Yellow River, and the fishing boats on the river are also endless, and the king is in a happy mood, but Li Xili does not have so much good mood as the king, and he still thinks about whether the emperor can agree to the conditions proposed by the king.

Next to the king, Li Xili and others got off the boat to change horses, the happiest one on this road was Yang Xi, finally came to the capital to open his eyes, there were still many emotions along the way, and walked for half a day to Jincheng, Wang next to the fork in the road stopped the horse and asked Li Xili: "Lord Li is going to the city to rest, or do you want to see my Jinxiang Mansion first." ”

Li Xili was very curious about Jinxiang Mansion in his heart, and he also looked at several businesses next to the king in the capital, restaurants, tea farms, and teahouses, all of which were new: "What are you anxious about when you go to the city to rest, I really want to see: what is the difference between Wang Shilang's Jinxiang Mansion and the coal mining places he sees on weekdays, why is the coal in Jinxiang Mansion sold so well, and even the Xixia Palace had to send people to buy it." ”

Wang next to the laughter: "Today will let you open your eyes" He turned the horse's head, crotch force, shook the reins, the horse slipped and slipped away, running the fork in the road, Li Xili and the next few days followed, but saw the roadside fragrant forest branches and leaves, bursts of fragrance, not far away, Wang stopped the horse and pointed with a horsewhip and said: "Under the mountain range in front is my Jinxiang Mansion." ”

Li Xili put his hand on the pergola and looked at the mansions in Bohuling, like a bustling town, faintly curling with smoke, pedestrians walking through it, Li Xili asked in surprise: "This, this is your Jinxiang Mansion." ”

The king looked at his masterpiece and said, "Of course", and his pride was overflowing,

Further on, several people entered the village and town, and suddenly Hula came out of the town, chasing the horses left and right, and shouting: "The prince is here." Li Xili saw that these people were all smiling, and the whole village and town were lively because of the arrival of the king, and even Yang Xi at the back of the team waved his hand to everyone in a similar way, as if he was the one who welcomed him.

Li Xili looked at the street, the houses were neatly arranged, the street was bustling with business, and there were more medical halls, schools and other facilities, and he admired Wang more and more in his heart, and Wang said: "This is the residence of the coal yard workers, and the so-called peaceful residence can be happy." ”

Then Wang took Li Xili to visit the wharf where coal was transported, and rows of neat sheds were built on the large open space in front of the wharf to store coal.

Li Xili couldn't help asking: "It's going to be midsummer soon, how can there be coal transportation." ”

Wang Fangxin knew that Xixia was still charcoal-grilled for meat, so he said: "Midsummer, spring and autumn, the coal used for cooking in restaurants around the country is also supplied by Jinxiang Mansion, and there is only a shortage of winter in Jinxiang Mansion, there is no backlog on weekdays, go, and then take you to see the coal mining area" After speaking, there was a urging horse to take Li Xili to the coal quarry,

The coal quarry is not far from the village and town of Jinxiangfu, on the boundless open land, you can see several coal mining points, the coal mining points are piled up around the coal mining points, and there are vehicles transported by ox carts on dry roads, there are temporary rest sheds in the coal mining place, and there is a turntable pulled by oxen next to the coal mining shaft, and the coal dug out of the mine is transported to the mine, and the coal miners are sweating but dry in full swing,

Such a combination of work with a clear division of labor, Li Xili is the first time to see, every process and each process has a special person staring, let him open his eyes, they went around a big circle in the mining area, Yu Danian came to look for the king with a sweaty head, saw the king with the Xixia people stunned at first, and then thought that this son is very popular, and it is normal to make friends with the Xixia people,

Wang Ben instructed Yu Danian to entertain everyone well, and he went back to the mine, just now when he took Li Xili to visit, he saw a strange thing, but it was inconvenient to ask in front of Li Xili,

Wang walked over by himself, and saw He Xingyuan and Xiao Wu stacking the briquettes layer by layer, with stones sandwiched between each layer, so that the intervals were stacked layer by layer into a hill, and the bottom was covered with firewood.

Wang next to the horse, watching the two of them busy, He Xingyuan and Xiao Wu yards are almost the same, then wipe the sweat, Xiao Wu first saw Wang next to the happy and said: "Wang Gongzi is back, you are driving well." ”

He Xingyuan looked back at Wang next to him and looked at him with a smile, he patted the dust on his hands and said, "Son, we have discovered." ”

Wang listened to He Xingyuan's words, jumped off the horse to see what they were doing, only to see Xiao Wu get up the bottom firewood, He explained: "This is Xiao Wu found, we have such a stone in the waste soil layer of digging coal wells, this stone is very different after it has been burned, son, you come and see." ”

The hill where the briquettes were stacked was already gas flames at this time, and the stones burned and became brittle in the fire, making a crackling sound, Xiao Wu also patted the soil on his hands, stood beside the king and said: "This has to be burned for a while, Gongzi, I will take you to the burned to see." After speaking, he led the king to a clearing not far away, and there was a pile of gray powder on the clearing, and he pointed to the pair of gray substances and said to the king: "Childe, you know a lot, you see what this is." ”

Wang squatted down and looked at it, and twisted it a little with his hand, his eyes lit up, he stood up and patted Xiao Wu and said, "Xiao Wu, you have done a great thing." ”

Wang looked at this thing but his heart was overjoyed, he promised the moon under the matter, this will have to fall, the thing they found in front of them is nothing else, it is lime, Wang knows that if the lime is mixed with tung oil or fish oil, and put thick silk in the solution, it can fill the boat, this is the ancients he saw in a book before he crossed, but since then to the Song Dynasty has not seen lime,

Wang Bi also understood that lime could be used to paint walls; The building built by lime is particularly strong, not to mention that he has always hoped to build a tiled house under the moon, and it is a great thing to find lime, not to mention that he has mastered the manufacture of lime on his side, and it is also the use of waste rock next to the coal shaft, which makes Wang Bean's heart bloom.

He rewarded Xiao Wu and He Xingyuan, Xiao Wu and He Xingyuanle's mouths couldn't close, a vigorous Xie Wang next to the town, back to the blacksmith shop in the town, Xiao Wu hurriedly took out the newly built various mining tools, while pointing to these chisel axes and saws while saying to the king: "Childe, don't look at this Bohu Ridge is the Yu Ridge, there are really a lot of precious stones on the mountain, you look at this is some good steel materials." ”

Wang Bi remembered that the entire mountain range was bought and given away, and he knew that he had taken advantage of it, and he thought that the crystal stone on his body inadvertently let him return to the Song Dynasty, and it was also a free gift, and he was funny in his heart.

On the day of Wang Fang's return, the whole village under the Bohu Ridge was originally two villages and one village, more lively, Yin Shijie Zhang Luo, set up a banquet in the house, although the pomp is big but the money is very small, there are special cooks for workers in the Jinxiang Mansion are busy making a few more things, each family also brings the meat and stewed vegetables at home, and the courtyard is full of seats,

When Wang was not an official, he liked to get together with everyone, even if he was an official, he didn't have an official frame, as always, he liked everyone to laugh and be lively together, and even Jiao Deyou from the Zhou family dock a few miles away also rushed to hear the news.

When the king saw the eldest brother's head and face, he asked, "You promised the marriage between Yu Danian and the second girl of the Zhou family." Yu Danian listened to the smile, and Jiao Deyou hurriedly said: "This kid has made enough money with you, and now that the house and land have been purchased, it will be an auspicious day." ”

What he said is true, all the people who follow the king to do things, now the scenery is infinite, and the people will do things smoothly, not only a few of them, Jinxiang Mansion is a prosperous scene of living and working in peace and contentment, even the people in Jincheng City are envious,

Wang looked at the gray city wall of Jincheng in the distance, and thought about this next plan for Jinxiang Mansion, he planned to fulfill his promise to Cheng Hao's expansion of the city, and then turn the villagers of Jinxiang Mansion into city people, of course, this will have to wait until he returns from Western Xia, no matter what, the trip to Western Xia will earn enough votes,

The purpose of Wang's trip to Xixia, in Jinxiang Mansion is inconvenient to stay for a long time, the next day Wang left Jincheng and Li Xili on the road again, along the way also passed through Yunyan, Yanzhou and other places, everywhere Li Xili saw the people's pursuit of Wang; The official's love and awe of the king made Li Xili fall to the ground for the five bodies that the king admired.

When they arrived at the palace of the king of Yanzhou, in addition to the emperor's reward to Li Xili, most of the items they brought were gifts from people everywhere the king, ranging from valuable calligraphy and paintings, to small sachets and sachets, and various special products.

As soon as Li Xili arrived in Xingqing Mansion, he felt the gap with the Song Kingdom, the shops on the street were messy, the trading was light, and the pedestrians seemed to be baked by the scorching sun, most of them were depressed and listless people, even on the streets of Xingqing Mansion, there were many ragged passers-by begging along the road, patrolling officers and soldiers, constantly dispersing beggars, seeing a depression, although Li Xili did not encounter robbers on the road this time, Li Xili was more depressed than when he went,

This King Jing looked in his eyes, thinking that the Western Xia was not at this time the border was not good, the economy was at the bottom, it was a good time to put forward the conditions, he was waiting for the news of the summons in the palace, and after two days, Li Xili said with a sad brow: "Now the emperor seems to have no intention of governing the economy, he wants to send troops to fight, but I heard that Wang Shilang is coming, and the emperor still wants to see him." ”

Wang said in his heart, Li Liangzuo, this kid is really enough, he still has to fight if the border is so difficult at the moment, but it doesn't matter, I will see Li Liangzuo tomorrow, have a good time with him, if he is willing to die, I am willing to bury,