In other words, Xishan borders the capital, and it is said that the control of the imperial court and the government over the local area should be quite good.

In fact, it is also true that there are frequent exchanges between the two places, and the business personnel exchanges are quite prosperous. The tentacles of the capital's magnates also spread.

This is nothing, the most powerful people in Beijing can do is to get a few Zhuangzi or something, and they don't care about minerals such as coal.

Before industrialization, the utilization rate of coal was not high, and the money earned was purely hard-earned money.

But the advent of honeycomb coal has changed all that.

Simple coal burning not only smells bad but also causes trouble in ignition, and it is even more difficult to control the fire, and ordinary families in Beijing can only pinch their noses to admit it.

Wealthy families who pay attention to decency and quality of life are simply unwilling to burn coal to smoke their homes to a black smell all year round.

It also occupies a space, and the perennial soot drifting is not very pleasant.

This is also the main reason why coal, although it is gradually replacing firewood, is not very popular with the rich and noble.

Honeycomb coal is different, with a specific furnace, not only the combustion is more sufficient, the exhaust gas is discharged through the chimney and the smell is not heavy, but also can control the size of the fire at all times, which is quite simple and practical.

Not only that, but the prepared honeycomb coal is not a hassle to transport.

With the rapid spread of honeycomb coal and coal-burning stoves in the capital, it gradually replaced firewood-mixed cinder as the main fuel, and the surrounding land also rose to burn honeycomb coal.

In other words, although Chain 2 lost the capital market, under Jia Cong's technical guidance, he also earned a lot of silver in the suburbs of Beijing and Tongzhou, and it was quite stable.

This is why he did not continue to ask Jia Cong for a way to make money.

Of course, with the power of Rong Guofu, he can only do this.

With the passage of time, there are not too many powerful people who look at the honeycomb coal business, and they naturally look at the markets of prosperous cities with large populations, and as for the suburbs and rural areas with low purchasing power, they do not pay attention to them at all.

The technology of honeycomb coal, as well as the production of coal stoves, is not difficult, even without the guidance of a team of mature craftsmen under the chain, it is almost the same to try a few more times.

As a result, the demand for coal has increased dramatically!

There were also coal kilns near the capital before, most of which were private small kilns, and a few official kilns were not a problem at all.

As a result, the small coal kiln, which had no attention from the powerful in the past, suddenly became fragrant and sweet. If it weren't for the fact that Chain 2 was quick and all the coal kilns were obtained, there would be no way to control several coal sources.

Because it took too much energy to go to Jiangnan and promote the new book later, Jia Cong was not clear about the changes in the coal resources in the capital.

Through Chain Er's description, he realized how fierce and bloody the battle for coal resources in the capital area in the past two years was.

Imperial relatives, cabinet bigwigs, and top nobles entered one after another, and after a fierce competition, the final winner was the Ministry of Internal Affairs!

"Third brother, you don't know, I heard that when the competition for the coal mine in the suburbs of Beijing was the most fierce, many people even died with a knife!"

When he said this, Lian Er's face was shocked, obviously he still had lingering feelings about the fierce scene at the beginning.

"The coal kiln in the hands of the second brother of the chain, is there anyone who forcibly buys it?"

Jia Cong asked with a smile, he didn't feel anything.

The conflict of interests is bloody and cruel, and if you want to be warm and abide by the rules, unless Chain 2 has the strength that others dare not provoke easily, or is simply the rule-maker, it is all delusional.

"Absolutely!"

Speaking of this, Chain Er's face was very ugly, he shook his head and forcibly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said happily: "Fortunately, the third brother mentioned it earlier, not to mention that my coal mines are not large, they are all in quite remote places, so they were not robbed!" ”

Jia Cong is naturally not a genius, but he knows how fierce the competition for energy is in modern society, and even does not hesitate to launch a long-lasting national war.

Therefore, after suggesting that Chain Er take the initiative to abandon the Beijing market, he shifted his attention to the suburbs of Beijing, and by the way, he got a few small private coal kilns that are located in remote areas and have average output.

Anyway, the purchasing power of the people in the suburbs is average, and the demand for coal is relatively fixed, so there is no need to squeeze their heads to compete for medium and large coal mines.

As a result, I didn't expect it, but it was that Chain Er was not affected too much in this wave of coal mine battles, and several small coal kilns in his hands were not forcibly seized.

The brand of Rongguo Mansion is okay to scare local officials, but it is not a fart for the powerful in Beijing, and they are not qualified to participate in such a thing at all.

Otherwise, with the sieve-like secrecy of Rongguo Mansion, Jia Cong would have heard the rumors a long time ago. Obviously, in the past two years of the battle for coal mines in the suburbs of Beijing, Rongguo Mansion has not even had the opportunity and qualifications to participate.

Whether it is the second wife, Mrs. Wang, or Wang Xifeng, the son of Fenglazi, they are all the masters who see money, and if they have the opportunity to make a lot of money, they will not let it go.

In addition, he also pondered that there might be a top noble boss who spoke, and the Internal Affairs Office did not rob it, otherwise it is really difficult to say whether the few small coal kilns in Chain 2 can be saved.

Not to mention the battle for coal mines in the suburbs of Beijing, if they fail to grab the coal mines in the suburbs of Beijing that can generate a steady stream of profits, the powerful people in Beijing will naturally not agree.

Then, the borders of Shuntianfu, the borders of Zhili, Xishan, and the coal mines in Guanhui entered the eyes of these powerful people in Beijing.

In particular, many coal mines in Xishan changed hands for a time and became the hands of the powerful in Beijing.

As there are more coal mines, so does the need for labor.

Ahem, with the current level of productivity, don't expect any mining equipment, mining coal all relies on manpower. In the meantime, in order to squeeze labor to obtain more profits, all kinds of bloody and cruel methods needless to say, just refer to various modern black kilns.

In the coal mine alone, there are countless crimes in Xishan, and what the yamen of the Criminal Department can know is definitely only the tip of the iceberg.

This is also the main reason why Chain Er wants Raja Cong to go with him, if he goes rashly, not to mention the great safety risks, he will die.

The local government of Xishan, as well as local forces, may suspect that he is a 'micro-service private visit' under unknown circumstances, and if this is the case, it will not end very well.

Kang Mazi, who always loves to pay private interviews in the braid play, was also sent to the minerals to work as a coolie by the local Haoqiang, don't expect the local Haoqiang to be more jealous of the majesty of the court when it comes to their own interests.

If you kill someone, you will kill it, as long as the tail of the hand is clean, it will become a headless public case, and no one will track it to death, and if you don't do it, there will be a big problem......