Zhen Ping came to look at the third day of Haicheng.

Zhen Ping has already negotiated with Lin Bei about the bicycle and salt, including 15,000 catties of refined salt, when talking about salt, Lin Bei was taken aback by the price of salt, because the price of salt is really high, no wonder it is a huge profit.

Zhen Ping also explained, he said, this year in the Central Plains rice prices soared, the price of different places, among them, Hebei, Qing, and, these three states of rice prices are the highest, now has reached six thousand dollars a bucket, the Han Dynasty a bucket is twelve and a half catties, that is to say, the price of rice in these three states is five hundred dollars a catty, Yangzhou with less war, Xuzhou and Jingzhou rice prices are only two hundred dollars a catty, and the price fluctuations of salt and rice prices are the same, Zhen Ping bought salt is calculated according to three gold per catty, which is six to fifteen times the price of rice.

Lin Bei also asked curiously, asking Zhen Ping to buy it back at this price, so can the Zhen family still make money, Zhen Ping just smiled and didn't speak, which meant that it was already self-evident.

"It is estimated that refined salt can reach six or seven gold catties, or the price will be higher." Lin Bei couldn't force Zhen Ping to say, so he could only guess like this.

Zhen Ping wanted to go back after negotiating the business, but Lin Bei did something that made Zhen Ping cry and laugh, Lin Bei borrowed a boat from Zhen Ping, and borrowed seven ships as soon as he borrowed it.

Can Zhen Ping not agree? Naturally not, after Lin Bei borrowed the boat, he took some sergeants who could handle the ship out to sea that day, and then came back four days later, and the cargo ship was full.

The cargo ship was naturally carrying coal, and this time the ship was very smooth, there were no whales and the like fighting at sea, and it only took one day to reach the coal island, and then it was to dig coal, because it was all exposed to the ground. So it took two days to fill the boat.

Zhen Ping looked at the black ship and smiled bitterly, he was distressed, but no matter how distressed he was, he could only smile, and after taking a closer look at the coal, Zhen Ping asked Lin Bei curiously: "My lord, these are black stones, right?" ”

"You've seen it?" Lin Bei immediately asked.

"I haven't seen it, but the villain has heard about this thing, this thing is called Black Stone, and it smells very pungent. so that people can only hide their faces and run. It is somewhat similar to the thing in front of him, this kind of black stone is very much in the area of Yanmen in Bingzhou. ”

"Yanmen? Yanmen Pass? ”

"There is indeed a pass there, called Yanmen Pass, and adults also know about this place?"

"You say there's a lot of them?"

"There are not many Yanmen Passes. There are a lot of Yanmen counties. Yanmen County is 100 miles north of Yanmen Pass. It's close to the state border. "Zhen Ping really knows everything.

Lin Bei thought about it, Yanmen was closed in Shanxi Province in the future, as far as Lin Bei knew. Datong should also be in the direction of Yanmen Pass to the north, so it seems that the black stone that Zhen Ping knows is indeed coal.

"Do you have a way to bring some over?"

"How much do adults need? It's useless there, you can have as much as you want, but it's very difficult to get here. Zhen Ping was a little embarrassed.

"Oh, forget it."

It seems that coal has been discovered in this era, but it has not been used on a large scale, so Zhen Ping said that this thing is useless, in this case, Lin Bei will not fight the idea of domestic coal, or leave it to future generations, anyway, there must be a lot of sea and behind Changshan, first get the resources of these countries to finish.

It took half a day, the sergeant pulled the coal off the ship, Zhen Ping kept watching from the side, looking at the coal and then at Lin Bei, intuitively, he felt that this kind of black stone was very valued by the dragon god, so it was likely that this dragon god knew the role of the black stone, but Lin Bei didn't say it, Zhen Ping didn't ask, but in his heart, he was planning to wait until he went back to let the commercial house over there get some back, to see if he could find something.

Lin Bei saw Zhen Ping's face but didn't mind, even if he knew that coal could be burned, it was just a tool for heating, but Lin Bei wanted to use this coal as the combustion power of the steam engine, this kind of lofty thing, Lin Bei didn't say it, Zhen Ping couldn't study it.

Because the big ship was blackened by coal, it took another day to clean the big ship, and then Zhen Ping offered his farewell.

"My lord, this time I went back, the villain is going to move the business house in Hepu County to the barbarian city, if the lord has any dispatch in the future, as long as he sends someone into the mangae city and investigates, he will definitely know where my Zhen family is."

"Okay, but what's wrong with Hepu County? Why move to Mancheng? "Lin Bei is a little strange.

Zhen Ping glanced at Lin Bei: "Hepu County has been defeated, there is no one left, the villain has long wanted to move away from Hepu County, and he is afraid that the adults will not find it, so he has been waiting." Zhen Ping brushed his favorability in front of Lin Bei again.

"Oh, I'm bothering you, your Zhen clan is going to move into the barbarian city, is the big barbarian willing?"

"This doesn't need to be bothered by adults, the barbarian handsome made a list some time ago, saying that as long as the merchants do business in the barbarian city, the tax will be extremely low, and now most of the merchants in the South Yue border have entered the barbarian city, and even the Central Plains have merchants from time to time."

"Isn't the barbarian city growing thriving?"

"Exactly, the barbarian city is now full of cars and horses, and the flow of people is like weaving, and it is indeed extremely prosperous." After a pause, he said: "From a villain's point of view, he is quite handsome and really has the posture of a hero." After speaking, Zhen Ping glanced at Lin Bei's face.

Lin Bei smiled, "Shopkeeper Zhen, you Zhen are now familiar with how to make bicycles, and you should also sell them to that big barbarian, right?" ”

Zhen Ping nodded, indicating that he understood: "I know what the adults mean, don't worry, my lord, the bicycles made by the Zhen family will never be sold to that handsome." ”

Lin Bei shook his head: "No, I mean to let you sell him, and the more you sell, the better." ”

Uh, Zhen Ping froze, this kind of thing that can be used as armament is going to be sold to the opponent?

"Really, I'm not kidding, you sell it, the more you sell, the better, it's better to have one in the hands of the people in the barbarian city." Lin Bei said very sincerely, because this was really what he thought in his heart.

As mentioned earlier, the requirements for bicycles on the road surface are quite high, once the people in the barbarian city have a bicycle, it is bound to build a large number of roads, maybe in addition to the nine days and the two counties of Rinan, other counties will have to be repaired, when the transportation is convenient, the steam carriage can also run, is it much more convenient to fight? borrowed a handsome hand to build the road, Lin Bei felt that he was too wise.

"Really, sir?" Zhen Ping still didn't believe it.

"Pure gold. There is no lie, sell more to the handsome. Lin Bei said again.

Zhen Ping could only nod, he didn't understand, but since this adult is not afraid of being handsome and having a bicycle, then he is even more afraid as a businessman, who is not selling.

After finalizing the matter, Zhen Ping finally got on the boat, and when the ship slowly moved away, Lin Bei also yelled at the big boat: "Shopkeeper Zhen, you must sell your car more to be handsome." ”

Wait until Zhen Ping leaves. Lin Bei asked the sergeant to get a few truckloads of coal. At the same time, he rushed to the city gate and gathered the craftsmen who were still studying the steam carriage.

Although Zhen Ping has been in Wanghai City for several days, no one has attracted Zhen Ping here, and the bicycle can be taken out by Zhen Ping to sell. The steam carriage is the core technology. Lin Bei will not let outsiders know about it in a short period of time.

"You're not talking. Do you say that the power of steam is insufficient? Lord Ben has brought you something good, look at it. Lin Beiyi pointed to the coal on the car: "This thing is coal, ignited by fire." It will last forever, and the fire will be so fierce that it will be several times hotter than the charcoal, so that you can use the coal instead of the charcoal, so that the steam power will be enough to support the carriage. ”

The craftsmen all looked at Lin Bei, and a craftsman came out and said: "My lord, it's not that the steam power is insufficient, but that the boiler is not good, once it is heated too violently, the boiler will explode." ”

"Huh? The problem of steam power has been solved? When did this happen? ”

"My lord, we at first thought that it was a lack of steam power, but then we realized that it was a problem with the boiler, if the boiler was not made of good iron, the water would only leak out as soon as it boiled, otherwise the boiler would burst, and charcoal would be enough."

"Doesn't that mean the coal is useless?" Lin Beishang is on fire.

"My lord, if the boiler can be made of good iron, and this coal is really better than charcoal, as my lord said, then it will complement each other."

How can steam power be more sufficient? The more intense the fire, the more sufficient, the steam power made with charcoal and coal is definitely different, but the current situation is that charcoal is enough to make the boiler burst, so it doesn't matter if the coal is used or not, only the boiler can finally withstand the coal when it is replaced with coal is the best.

"How iron?" Lin Bei has no tricks now, he knows that if there is steel, he can meet the requirements of these craftsmen, but he really can't make steel, "What about the blind Li?" Haven't made progress yet? ”

As the best blacksmith in Wanghai City today, in order to let the blind Li Nengeng, Lin Bei gave the blind Li the right to use iron at will, how many days have it been, and there has been no progress at all?

The craftsmen shook their heads.

Lin Bei was a little angry, and when he saw some craftsmen who seemed to have nothing to do, Lin Bei was a little angry: "Then you mean that if the blind man Li makes good iron, you can build a steam carriage later?" ”

A craftsman stepped forward and said, "My lord, if there is good iron now, I can assure you that the steam carriage will appear in front of you tomorrow." ”

Lin Bei glanced at this craftsman and found that this person was wood, and this honest craftsman had a strict face, which gave people a sense of convincing.

When the rest of the craftsmen saw that someone was taking the lead, they also said, "My lord, I dare to assure you that if there is good iron, at most tomorrow, a steam carriage will be made." ”

"Yes, I'm almost done, and that's the boiler."

"It's all to blame on the blacksmiths for delaying us."

Wood picked up an object from the side, stopped the noise of the craftsmen, and waved it in front of Lin Bei, "My lord, if you look at this thing, you will know that what we are saying is true." ”

This time the wood was not holding a carriage, but two miniature wheels, behind the wheels, there were some parts and some leather pipes, and the wood said in a deep voice: "Look, sir"

After that, the wood put his mouth to the leather pipe: "This is the entrance to the steam, let me blow" Biting the leather pipe, the wood puffed its cheeks and blew inward, and under this blow, the wheel moved, and then the wood stopped blowing and said in an affirmative tone: "My lord, this is the newly made steam device that we have made, and each of us has made one, and none of them have failed, so as long as there is a good boiler, this steam carriage will be completed." ”

Looking at the honest face of the wood, Lin Bei believed that now the steam carriage is ready, and only good steel is owed. (To be continued......)

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