Chen Deng also broke out in a cold sweat and reported again: "Back to Wangshang, there was a big explosion in the coal mine, killing 105 people. Now the mine has collapsed and can no longer be operated. ”

Hearing the tragic news again, Lu Bu fell down.

He knew that something would happen in the coal mine, and he didn't expect it to come so early.

"Do you know why?" Lu Bu asked.

"According to the workers, it was a fire in the well that caused the mine to collapse."

Saying this, Lu Bu immediately thought of the reason.

Coal mines are not as good as other mines, but there are flammable gases underneath. There are no electric lights, no better ventilation systems, and this simply cannot be completely avoided.

Lu Bu exhaled a deep breath and said solemnly: "Go and call Gongtai, Shiyuan, and Hansheng to discuss the matter." In addition, this matter is strictly confidential and must not be leaked! ”

At this moment, Lu Bu felt deeply uncomfortable.

Without coal, almost half of his factories would have been closed. Many steam engines and high-temperature industries cannot be replaced by firewood.

The production capacity is too small, and now it is completely uncivilian, except for military and industrial use. Even the Maison doesn't need a trace of coal.

The accident has come out, grief is useless, Lu Bu has to think of a solution as soon as possible.

First, the electric light must be invented.

Without electric lights, underground lighting operations are impossible. And the basis of electric light is naturally to have electricity.

Originally, Lu Bu planned to wait for the reservoir to be completed and then generate hydroelectric power to protect the environment as much as possible. But now it seems that there must be thermal power generation in the early stage.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to upgrade to higher technology and machinery.

2. Slaves must be used.

Too little capacity, that's because there are too few workers. In order to store enough grain, Lu Bu vigorously developed agriculture. And even after these farmers are busy farming, they have little spare labor.

Because they have to repair the farmland, build the canals, etc., and they can't go back to the city to work.

In other words, the number of workers in Lu Bu's current pure quenching is actually less than 200,000.

Such a ratio of workers and peasants is really too far apart.

This is also the fact that although various factories have been set up under Lu Bu's rule, the production capacity is too low and too low. It's not so much a factory as a small workshop.

If it weren't for the fact that the population of Dahan is too small now and there is not so much demand, Lu Bu's output would not be able to meet it at all.

But there is no way, the productivity is too low, and if there are no large numbers of farmers farming, there is no way to store food at all.

And Lu Bu's goal is to store grain for at least ten years. Only in this way can we vigorously give birth, ensure that we do not panic, and cope with various situations.

Lu Bu didn't know when he would be able to achieve the level of old beauty in later generations. A single peasant can feed 700 people, which is simply the most difficult productive force.

But Lu Bu also knew that he couldn't come in a hurry, because now technology and transportation were too backward, and each region could only rely on its own land to grow food.

Xuzhou's agriculture cannot be cut off at present, it still has to be planted, and it is vigorously planted.

Because Lu Bu has the experience of later generations, he knows the ranking of China's major grain provinces in later generations.

The first Heilongjiang is followed by Henan, Shandong, Jilin, Jiangsu, Anhui, Sichuan, Hebei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Liaoning.

These provinces account for nearly 80 percent of the country's grain production and feed all Chinese.

And Xuzhou and Qingzhou, which Lu Bu now occupies, are Jiangsu and Shandong. And it is a top-ranked food province.

Both states are big grain producers, and agriculture must not lag behind. In this way, the manpower investment in the early stage is also necessary.

Moreover, Xuzhou is mostly flat, and there is a lot to be done in the future for industrialized grain planting.

So, to upgrade industry, you can only use slaves.

In order to prosper the Han, Lu Bu had to be an executioner.

Soon, everyone arrived.

Lu Budao: "Everyone, you all know about the mine accident! ”

Everyone nodded their heads, and their hearts sank.

"Well, the king won't explain too much to you, and you all act according to the king's orders!"

"Command, please, the king!" Everyone responded in unison.

Lu Bu nodded and said, "Hansheng!" ”

"The last general!" Huang Zhong clenched his fists.

"You immediately lead the Marksman Battalion to the Wa Kingdom, and cooperate with General Guan Cheng to unify the Wa Kingdom!"

"Obey!" Although it was winter, Huang Zhong still did not hesitate.

"Shi Yuan, you send another military advisor to accompany you, try to speed up the pace of the unification of the Japanese kingdom, and bring us a large number of slaves!"

"Obey the order!" Pang Tong clenched his fists and took his life.

Lu Bu nodded, then looked at Chen Gong and said, "Gongtai, from now on, this king will set up a Ministry of Electricity. Under the leadership of this king himself, all resources must be dumped unconditionally to the Ministry of Electricity! ”

What the!

How could Chen Gong not be surprised.

Ministry of Electricity, I don't understand!

All the resources are dumped unconditionally, I am obedient, I have never seen Lu Bu give such a major order.

But seeing Lu Bu so solemn, Chen Gong knew that this matter was extremely important, and hurriedly clenched his fists: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Lu Bu exhaled: "Okay, let's go and make our own arrangements." Gongtai, in addition, recruit Ye Xiang back, Haixi County ordered you to find someone to take office again. ”

"Yes!" Chen Gong responded again. In this way, Lu Bu is going to reuse Ye Xiang.

After everyone left, Lu Bu was also thinking about forming a team of the Ministry of Electric Power.

In addition to knowing thunder, people in this era know how to know electricity. Even the physics course written by Lu Bu has not yet written the category of electricity.

Because there is no ready-made thing, how to teach students. If you can't do experiments, you can't learn physics and chemistry at all.

Therefore, Lu Bu can only select as many people as possible from the existing craftsmen who know as much as possible.

First of all, Zuo Ci must have to ask for it, this guy is now the first talent under Lu Bu in chemistry and physics, and power research is indispensable.

And his wife, no, have to say the princess. Huang Yueying must also participate, this is a real talent.

Lu Bu believes that if it weren't for the knowledge of the later generations, his IQ would be completely incomparable to Huang Yueying.

As for the rest, Lu Bu can only pick it slowly when the time comes.

It took Lu Bu three days to formulate a complete plan and research process for the establishment of the Ministry of Electric Power.

But before that, Lu Bu met with Ye Xiang first.

In front of Ye Xiang were two bowls of different kinds of rice.

"Do you see the difference between these two types of rice?" Lu Bu asked.

Ye Xiang looked left and right: "Back to the king, one is wide and narrow, and the other is thin and long." The breadth and narrowness of the rice belong to my great man, and I don't know where the king came from this slender grain? ”

"Wa Kingdom!"

"Wa Kingdom?" Ye Xiang echoed: "But the kingdom of the Japanese that the king is crusing? ”

Lu Bu bowed: "Not bad." This king has summoned you precisely to let you go to the kingdom of Wa to preside over the government affairs. I will show you these two kinds of rice in the hope that you will be able to research hybrid rice in the Wa country. ”

"Hybrid rice?" Ye Xiang was stunned.

Lu Bu smiled and explained to Ye Xiang what hybrid rice was.

Of course, Lu Bu doesn't know much. All he knew was that he was hybridizing and mating different species of rice of the same genus and family to produce better seeds. One of the most difficult is manual pollination.

In short, he only knows the approximate, more specific process, can only let people continue to experiment and study.

And this said, Lu Bu also told Ye Xiang about the grafting technology by the way.

The more Ye Xiang listened, the more excited he became, and the more he listened, the more excited he became.

The king is a great talent, an absolute talent!

After some talking, Lu Bu finally said solemnly: "This king wants you to turn the Wa Kingdom into the logistics granary of my Han, you have the confidence to do this task well!" ”