The invention of Nest Bee Coal is destined to go down in history and will become the strongest driving force for the development of Phuket.

While Luo Lan was happy, he also began to think about improvement, and the improvement he wanted was not as simple as changing the shape of the nest bee coal, but a more in-depth improvement.

"Gulmis, your kind of black stone will be called Nest Bee Coal in the future, and I will ask the historian to record you and Nest Bee Coal in the history books." Luo Lan and Gul Smith sat on the top of the mountain blowing the wind, and Gul Miss, a simple young man, kept smirking.

"But don't be proud, there is still a lot of room for improvement, you can try to mix all kinds of minerals to increase viscosity and firepower, this is a long-term thing, Daisy will cooperate with you."

Luo Lan became a little serious, Gulmis immediately said yes, Luo Lan patted him on the shoulder: "Also, I'll let Rick find you later, and take you to meet our newly discovered anthracite, which is the black stone that doesn't smoke." If the anthracite production is large, we will all use anthracite in the future. ”

"And the black stone that doesn't smoke?" Gulmis was surprised, and immediately realized the value of anthracite, and his whole body became excited.

Luo Lan nodded, looked at the road down the mountain, and found that Rick had returned with the dozen or so charcoal merchants.

Luo Lan immediately went down the mountain and asked Gulmis to continue his nest of bee coal.

Once at the bottom of the mountain, Rick and the others rushed over, and the faces of a dozen charcoal merchants were full of surprise.

They went to see anthracite, the kind of black stone that was non-toxic and had a huge firepower, which was simply shocking.

"Your Highness, you are truly a god, that kind of black stone can definitely replace charcoal! Barrett said that one piece can burn for hours, it's terrible! ”

"We are willing to invest in the construction of the workshop immediately and do this business!"

Where would they hesitate, under the temptation of a bright future, no matter how evil the black stone is, it is only a glowing gold coin.

Luo Lan motioned for everyone to calm down, and he took everyone to the tavern for a meeting.

In the tavern, Luo Lan talked about his plan in detail.

"You will henceforth be members of the royal palace, and you will be entrusted with royal authority, and all decisions must be made according to the prince's opinion, and you must not act alone." Luo Lan emphasized the control of the state-owned economy, and the businessmen said they had no opinion.

Luo Lan added: "There are 200,000 farmers on our island, and their harvests will get better and better, and the demand will be greater and greater, so you can make profits from the farmers." ”

If this was said in the past, the merchants would definitely scoff at it, after all, Phuket Island is poor, and where will the peasants have a market.

But now it is different, the wheat fields of Uttar Pradesh are right now, everyone is amazed at their growth, and when the next year's harvest comes, the farmers will almost become big food owners, and they will not be able to eat all of them, and if they can't eat enough, they will have to sell them to the market, and the merchants will be profitable.

"Your Highness, just say, how can we make this anthracite."

The businessman also followed Luo Lan and said that anthracite was gone, and he was full of interest and looked forward to making money as soon as possible.

Luo Lan got up and paced: "South of Buji City, the road is bumpy, and the ox cart is difficult to travel. Horses can only be used to transport supplies, which is inefficient, costly, and time-consuming, and it will not be able to catch up before the middle of winter this year. ”

Luo Lan said the current difficulties, if you want to do a coal business, then the farmers in the south cannot give up, and the businessmen must consider how to transport anthracite coal to the south.

A dozen merchants looked at each other and fell into deep thought, all thinking about how to transport them in an easier way.

Luo Lan glanced at everyone and didn't speak.

After half a ring, a merchant asked tentatively, "Your Highness, do you want to build a road?" Is it to ...... We fund? ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the tavern was not right. Everyone values their own interests more, and if the road is built in order to sell coal, the upfront investment is too large, and the merchants are afraid of the risks.

Luo Lan shook his head, of course he wanted to build roads, but relying on a dozen charcoal merchants to build roads was too unreliable, and his vision was not so bad.

"It's not about building roads, it's about opening up waterways." Luo Lan took out the map from his arms and pointed to the east coast of Phuket Island.

He wanted to open up a shipping route to the east coast, which, of course, was only an inshore waterway, and ships could go south along the coastline through four provinces, which, although they had no cities or ports, had large villages and ferries by the sea.

These are sufficient, and when the shipping business prospers, the various coastal ferries will develop, and the whole body will be affected.

Luo Lan told the merchants about his plans for shipping on the east coast, and then pointed to the river in the middle of Phuket.

"I haven't been to see this Phuket River, but I've heard Barrett say that the Phuket River is wide and deep, and the inland village exchanges are basically by river, which shows that farmers already have the foundation for river transportation, and we can open up river transportation of the Buji River and coal transportation from the north to the south."

One sea and one river transportation are part of the plan to transport coal from the north to the south, and the scale is already grand in this world.

Luo Lan is a civil servant who pays attention to industry and commerce, and he has been thinking about the use of resources for a long time, but he did not have the resources before, so he has not thought too much about it.

After listening to Luo Lan's grand plan, the businessmen all swallowed their mouths, this kind of national-level planning sounded very amazing.

Rick on the side said with a gleam in his eyes: "Your Highness is really a genius, the dual channel of northern coal transportation and southern transportation can not only transport coal, but also develop into the economic artery of Phuket Island in the future, let's do it immediately!" ”

Rick was a little reckless, but the charcoal merchants whispered, they were impressed by Luo Lan on the one hand, and worried about their own interests on the other.

"Your Highness, the opening of the Twin Channels is not as simple as words, what is the purpose of you deliberately telling us?"

A businessman asked boldly, he felt that Luo Lan wanted to take money out of their pockets.

This idea is understandable, after all, it is not easy for anyone to make money, and if the prince is asked to take it, they will have to drink the northwest wind.

Luo Lan smiled faintly: "You don't have to worry, in terms of funds, I will contribute fifty-one percent, and you will not bear too much expenditure." Luo Lan paused, "Also, our dual fairways have a foundation, not a blank slate. ”

Both the waterway on the east coast and the waterway of the Phuket River have already been opened. In the past, there were many fishing villages on the east coast, and there were fishermen from north to south.

As an inland irrigation river, the Buji River also has boats cruising all year round to fish and transport grain, and the nobles used to use the Buji River.

Therefore, the plan for transporting coal from the north to the south is far simpler than imagined, as long as there are ships and people, it can be transported south.

In this way, making money step by step, expanding the waterway with income, raising ships with money, and slowly trying to figure it out, there will not be much of a problem at all.

Luo Lan analyzed all these conditions, and the eyes of the merchants flashed with brilliance, as charcoal merchants, they used to only serve the nobles, and they didn't know about the shipping situation on the island at all, but now when they heard Luo Lan say it, they suddenly realized.

"His Royal Highness the Prince is really lucky to Phuket, in that case, let's take a gamble!"