"This is it!" Su Hao said, and ran into the valley first.

Xiao Ruxun and the others were overjoyed, and followed Su Hao into the valley. I saw Su Hao go to the middle of the valley, driving his horse slowly, holding a telescope to observe the broken rocks of the cliffs on both sides, and there were words in his mouth. The officers and soldiers on the border didn't know what spell Su Hao was doing, so they all kept their mouths shut, and they didn't dare to breathe.

After a while, Su Hao came to a gentle slope, jumped off the horse, stomped on the ground with his foot, and said to Xiao Ruxun with a smile: "Brother Xiao, if I am not mistaken, from this down, coal will definitely come out within 100 feet." ”

"Is there such a god?" Xiao Ruxun also got off the horse, and looked left and right in a daze, but he really couldn't see the difference between this place and other places, why Su Hao could say conclusively that there was coal underneath here.

Of course, Xiao Ruxun didn't know that Su Hao judged the direction of the rock formation based on the exposed rocks on the surface, and then speculated where the coal mine might be located according to the coal-forming conditions. In fact, there are coal reserves under the entire Ruji ditch, there are dozens of coal seams from top to bottom, Su Hao was just looking for the shallowest position of a coal seam just now, otherwise, with the mining conditions of the year, it is almost impossible to dig out a coal seam several hundred meters deep.

"Jia Yuan!" Xiao Ruxun turned around and shouted.

"The last general!" A partiality general arrived.

"You take 10 people and are stationed here from now on, and you must not lose. Ben Ming said that he would transfer a sergeant to mine the mine, and you would be responsible for everything here. Xiao Ruxun ordered loudly.

"The last general obeys!" Jia Yuan stood up straight, his chest bulging, and his face was full of excitement, obviously proud that he had received such an important errand.

After surveying the location of the coal mine, Xiao Ruxun and Su Hao didn't need to stay in the valley anymore, the two drove their horses slowly to the outside of the valley, and the soldiers followed behind on horseback. Jia Yuan stayed behind with 10 of his men, and they swung their swords to cut down the thorns around them and clear the field, which meant that they were really ready to set up camp here.

Although he hasn't really seen the coal yet, according to the chat with Su Hao along the way, Xiao Ruxun believes that Su Hao is not a person who talks about it. Since he claimed that there was coal here, the chances of being able to dig it up were very high. Thinking of the various benefits that can be brought by the coal mine after it is put into operation, Xiao Ruxun couldn't help but want to laugh out loud.

"Brother Su, you are really a noble man of a foolish brother, no, you are a noble man of tens of thousands of border troops in Ningxia. You know, if we can dig up a lot of coal here, the whole of Ningxia will have a new look. Xiao Ruxun said with emotion.

Su Hao said with a smile: "Brother Xiao is in Pingyu City, he has Ningxia Town in mind, and he can think of the rise and fall of the entire Ningxia Town in everything, I think he has more vision than the Party Governor and General Zhang in Ningxia City." ”

"Be careful, be careful." Xiao Ruxun hurriedly stopped Su Hao, not daring to let him continue. If a junior officer talks about a superior officer like this, it will bring trouble if someone with a heart goes out.

Su Hao was a traverser, and his concept of hierarchy was quite indifferent, he lowered his voice and said to Xiao Ruxun: "Brother Xiao, what the younger brother said is sincere. The other subordinate generals in Ningxia Town have not seen it, but as far as Brother Xiao is concerned, his knowledge is indeed better than that of Dang Xin and Zhang Jizhong. ”

According to the military system of the Ming Dynasty, the military management of Ningxia Town was guarded by a general military officer, a deputy general soldier as an assistant guard, and four other sub-guards, namely the right staff general of the east road stationed in Huamachi, the left staff general of the west road stationed in the Ningxia guard, the left staff general of Lingzhou stationed in Qingshui Camp and the general of Pingyucheng on the north road.

The chief soldier of the town guard is Zhang Jizhong, Su Hao has seen him in Ningxia City with Chen Dao, and he feels that this person has no ambitions, and he is basically in chaos. As for the deputy commander of the assistant guard, it is his person, although Su Hao has not seen it, but through the introduction of Jiang Tingfu and Chen Dao, he has been positioned as a bad person.

As the governor of Ningxia, Dang Xin was supposed to be the one who was in charge of the overall situation. But Su Hao could feel that this person was superficial and impetuous, there was no problem in being a Taiping official who shouted at him, if something happened in Ningxia, this person would definitely not be able to take the lead.

Hearing Su Hao's words, Xiao Ruxun sighed lightly and said, "Don't hide it from Brother Su, Brother Fool also thinks that the governor and the chief soldier are too weak, otherwise they wouldn't have made some people so arrogant." The other sub-guards and generals you mentioned are almost all subservient to someone's Yinwei, and they are the only ones who look at the horse. Only I, the city of Pinglu, do not obey his command, because he tries to detain my supplies here, and even ordinary merchants will be disturbed by him. ”

Of course, Su Hao knew that someone Xiao Ruxun was referring to Bibai, and the only person who could have such power in Ningxia Town was Bibai. Xiao Ruxun said that he was the only general who refused to accept the dispatch of Bibai, which corresponded to Jiang Tingfu's recommendation of Su Hao and them to come to Pingyu City to station.

"So, Brother Xiao is also worried that someone will be disobedient?" Su Hao asked tentatively.

Xiao Ruxun nodded slightly, which was an answer to Su Hao's question.

Su Hao said: "Don't hide it from Brother Xiao, after I came to Ningxia Town, I also heard some rumors, so I didn't dare to station the team outside Ningxia City, but came to this Pingyu City." If Brother Xiao also feels that the situation is unpredictable, you and I should work together to prepare as soon as possible. ”

"What Brother Su said is extremely true!" Xiao Ruxun said happily, "Actually, Brother Fool has always had this intention, but I didn't know whether Brother Su was an enemy or a friend before, so I didn't dare to invite him rashly." ”

"Now it's all said, if some people really dare to risk the world, he is the common enemy of your and our armies, and you and I should be the same enemy and fight against the traitor." Su Hao said heroically.

This day was really rewarding for Xiao Ruxun. After befriending Su Hao, he first obtained a large coal mine, and then a friendly army. The border army under his own command is only more than 2,000 people, and the survey camp brought by Su Hao is also more than 2,000 people. Being able to get Su Hao's help means that Pingyu City's military strength has doubled out of thin air, and Xiao Ruxun has more confidence in dealing with various events that may occur.

The mining of coal mines has been carried out vigorously. Xiao Ruxun was very strict in governing the army, and as soon as the order was issued, hundreds of officers and soldiers were transferred to Rujigou, some were responsible for mining and some were responsible for building roads, and a desolate valley was suddenly full of life.

"Coal out, coal out!"

With a burst of shouts, a horse galloped out of the Rujigou valley and rushed towards Pingyu City. When entering the city gates, the knight did not slow down in the slightest. He rode his horse until he rushed to the front of the General's Mansion, rolled the saddle and dismounted, trotted all the way to Xiao Ruxun's lobby, knelt on one knee, raised a cloth bag high in both hands, and reported loudly:

"Report to the general, the last general will not disgrace the mission, the coal mine has been released today, please participate in the general to inspect the coal!"

"Is it really coal?" Xiao Ruxun walked out from behind the public case and walked to the general who reported the news and took the cloth bag. He unfolded the cloth bag and looked at it, only to see that the bag contained a large piece of black shiny refined coal, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed:

"Good Jia Yuan, I will promote you to the general manager, and reward you with a hundred taels of silver!"

"Thank you, General!" Jia Yuan agreed loudly.

Su Hao also rushed over when he heard the news, and when he saw the coal sample sent by Jia Yuan, Su Hao smiled and said: "That's right, this is the local specialty Taixi coal, which is a world-famous good coal." ”

"It's all thanks to you." Xiao Ruxun patted Su Hao's shoulder vigorously and joked, "You may teach me your coal exploration skills?" In the future, if I don't serve in the army, it will be quite comfortable to go home and find a coal mine and become a mine owner. ”

"This ...... The eldest brother is the pillar of the country, how can he learn this trick of rooster and dog thief? Su Hao also smiled perfunctorily.

Of course, Xiao Ruxun didn't really want to learn coal prospecting, and after a few polite words with Su Hao, he asked: "By the way, change it, now that the coal mine has been produced, what do you think about the use of these coals?" ”

Su Hao said: "Pingyu City is the territory of the eldest brother, how to distribute this coal is all up to the eldest brother, how dare the younger brother talk more." ”

Xiao Ruxun said: "My plan is that the military households in the entire Pingyu Institute will be allocated 200 catties per person for winter heating according to the population of the family. I plan to sell the rest of the coal to Ningxia City, and the money I get will be used to repair weapons first, and then save some to repair the border walls after the beginning of spring next year. As for changing your share of ......"

"There's no urgency." Su Hao hurriedly said.

In order to let Su Hao provide the location of the coal mine, Xiao Ruxun promised the condition of income sharing, according to this condition, now that the coal mine has output, half of the income from selling coal should be handed over to Su Hao. But Xiao Ruxun's funds were extremely tight, so he was waiting for this money to replace the old weapons in the hands of the military households, so the matter of giving Su Hao dividends could only be delayed.

Su Hao is not a greedy person for money, and he agreed to Xiao Ruxun's proposed sharing ratio, but he just didn't want Xiao Ruxun to have a psychological burden. With his inner thoughts, it doesn't matter if he doesn't take a penny, after all, Xiao Ruxun takes this money for national defense construction.

"Brother Xiao, I do have an idea, in addition to repairing weapons, if there is a surplus from the income from selling coal, can I buy some food and subsidize it to military households, people can only fight when they are full." Su Hao said.

"No problem, I'll leave this matter to Liang Feng." Xiao Ruxun agreed.

"One more thing, in a few days, someone will send a batch of supplies to our department from the capital, and there will be some craftsmen with them. The younger brother wanted to build a temporary workshop in Pingyu City to make some utensils. Can the eldest brother provide a suitable venue for the younger brother? Su Hao said.

Xiao Ruxun sank his face and said, "Change it, aren't you slapping the eldest brother in the face when you say this?" You can decide what to do in this Pingyu City, and wherever you like, as long as it's not a military family's house, you can just use it. Besides, even if there are already people living there, if you say and ask them to move immediately, they will never say the same. More than 1,000 military households in Pingyu City can have a warm and warm winter this year, all because of the war, who of them dares to fight with you? ”

"How dare the little brother." Su Hao said with a smile, "Little brother, as long as an idle barracks is enough." ”

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