Chapter Forty-Six: Little Sister, Mining Again!
"Before the wedding, you can't make any excuses to go to Xiling. Do you know?" Chai Yu habitually knocked on her small forehead, but Song Yunhe's mouth was cracked, and he apologized for a while, rubbing his hand lightly, but he didn't back down in his mouth, "Xiling's climate is not as good as Qin Guo, you are obedient, when this king builds a warm house, he will marry you in a bright and bright way." ”
"This is okay!" Song Yunhe's eyebrows were crooked, at the moment she still needed to stay in the big greenhouse of the princess's mansion, even if she wanted to go, she would have to wait for some time, it was difficult to be an official, and it was even more difficult to be the biggest official in a country, she couldn't help and drag her feet at the same time.
When she is ready, when she wants to go, her legs are on her body.
Chai Yu went to see Song Changzhen again before leaving, and the topic was a little calm, about Guo Wanyi, who was taken captive.
"Do you think I will let him live well?" Song Changzhen had a cold face, and his eyes were like a wind and snow in winter.
"If Your Majesty just wants to kill him, you will not take people away, and one month is enough time for Your Majesty to vent his anger, whether it is a person or a corpse, return it to this king. Chai Yu's attitude towards him had been prepared for a long time and he was calm.
"Vent your anger?" Song Changzhen sneered, "Even if I chop him into minced meat, it won't be enough to relieve the hatred in my heart!"
"There is no impermeable wall in the world, Her Royal Highness the princess will eventually marry Xiling, and you will only increase her guilt. ”
"Don't you have the ability to block the wind!" Song Changzhen stared sharply.
"What kind of temperament is Her Royal Highness Princess, hasn't Your Majesty seen through it yet? All the injuries and pain she has endured are just the cause of the two of you, does His Majesty Emperor Qin not understand it or does he not want to understand it?"
Chai Yu is a few years older, and in recent years, he has been killing on the battlefield, and at this time he retreated and asked coldly, and his fierce momentum was like his green Yan out of the sheath, not angry but mighty!
Song Changzhen's face sank like water, and there was a lot of ruthlessness in his eyes: "I just understand it too well, so no one can have a good time!"
Chai Yu's voice slashed back like a rainbow: "Including Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
Song Changzhen was instantly dumbfounded.
With a shaved head and a body full of silver needles, Guo Wanyi, who was unconscious, was thrown onto Chai Yu's boat before leaving, and was sent to Baiwu Mountain for resettlement after returning to Xiling.
Guo Ziyang felt sour in his heart, but he had no objection.
On the second day of February of the same year, Chai Yu ascended the throne as emperor in Yunjing, changed Xiling to Houzhou, and was known as Houzhou Emperor Rong in history. The old ministers of Xiling wept with joy when their long-cherished wish was achieved for many years, but the Zhao clan of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was in an embarrassing situation.
Zhao Yao scolded Guo Wanyi's name in the imperial study, the palace people who were waiting in the palace disappeared in several waves, everyone in the palace was in danger, and the concubines wanted to hide the brand.
Only Zhao Xun's mother, Liu Guifei, let the emperor be angry, and took the imperial doctor to ask for a pulse every day, for fear that he would be angry again.
Fortunately, Zhao Xun sent back good news from southern Xinjiang, and the emperor's anger dissipated a little, and he summoned the prince to the palace.
"The third princess of southern Xinjiang will soon come to Beijing with the mission, and I want you to accept her as a side concubine, what do you think?"
The crown prince Zhao Chen's expression was slightly different, and he raised his eyes to look at the emperor sitting on the dragon chair, not angry or threatening, like a homely father, the prince lowered his eyes and replied: "The son is the son of the emperor, but the father is in charge." ”
Zhao Yao nodded with satisfaction, and said, "I also sent a letter of state to the Qin State, asking for a concubine for King Yong. ”
The crown prince raised his head suddenly and looked straight at the emperor, "Father, isn't there a better woman in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?"
"Why do you think the women of the Qin Kingdom are not good?" Zhao Yao didn't care about his son's direct gaze, and his questioning was still peaceful.
"Now that the emperor's uncle is the emperor in Xiling, the only princess of the Qin State is married to him, and the Qin Emperor loves this princess very much, and the people of the Qin State even respect her as a god, so the Qin State must be an ally with the imperial uncle. It will be the enemy country of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, how can the seventh brother marry the woman of the enemy country?
The Emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty narrowed his eyes, and his voice was slightly cold, "Your seventh brother is already a broken body, what do you want him to do for you?"
"Father's name. The prince kowtowed, and there was a sound on the ground, "Erchen knows that he owes the seventh brother a lot, so he hopes that there is a person who knows cold and hot to accompany him, if the woman of Qin has two hearts, wouldn't it give her the opportunity to do harm." ”
"Can you think about him now?" The Emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was not without ridicule, obviously two sons-in-law, but now they are only half usable.
The prince's face was pale, but he still insisted on gritting his teeth and said, "If my father must choose the daughter of Qin, I will ask my father and emperor to go to Qin to personally select the seventh brother." The son begs his father!"
"Do you really have that in mind?"
"Please ask my father to agree!"
The Emperor of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was silent for a few breaths, although the trend showed that the gap between the Eastern Zhou and the Qin State would become bigger and bigger in the future, but he did not tear his face at the moment, and the princess of Qin Yuan was not married for a day, and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty still had a chance.
Zhao Xunjun's prestige was far higher than that of the prince, and if he married the prince of Qin, he would not be embarrassed, so he used Yongwang Zhao Yuan to add strength to the prince, and also booked the three princesses of southern Xinjiang for himself.
Regardless of the prince's true intention to block the marriage, it is feasible to go to the Qin State.
Zhao Xun has not been able to make progress in the Qin State, and Dongzhou once suspected that it was because of his unrestrained temperament and the development of a bold appearance in the army, which was not liked by the Qin State, after all, the Qin State had been sealed for hundreds of years, who knows if the people would be shy?
Maybe the prince's character will be liked a little or not, besides, being born as the prince of a country did not see the world when he was young, where did he get the mountains and rivers and his mind.
"If you have a heart, I will grant you. The Eastern Zhou Emperor nodded in agreement.
Song Changzhen, who was far away at sea, received the news that the prince of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was about to visit, and felt that the people of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty were more funny than the brocade chicken with broken wings in the princess's mansion.
"When the news was released, it was said that Princess Qin Yuan likes to eat coconuts, dozens of them a day, and the supply in Qin is in short supply, and I am very anxious. ”
Song Yunhe began to buy a large number of coconuts after Chai Yu left, not for appetite, but to use coconut shells to burn activated charcoal. The use of activated carbon to absorb odors in the air is the most physical method that Song Yunhe can think of to purify his sense of smell.
Originally, Song Yunhe's plan was to try to activate the charcoal directly, but when the project started, he found that the charcoal burning technology was not yet fully mature in Qin and even the whole of Kyushu.
For this reason, Song Yunhe had to take the children to Wangshan Village in the western suburbs, starting from the first step to build a kiln, and then invited the strong man of Wangshan Village to go up the mountain to pick trees and cut down trees, burn three cellars, and finally improve the current method of burning charcoal in the cellar, let the children organize it into a book, and copied a few copies to Song Changzhen, one was sent to Chai Yu the next week, and one included the princess's mansion as a teaching material for Tianxingjian later.
As a result, in addition to the improvement of the official cellar to burn more refined charcoal, the method of the cellar was also extended to all parts of the country, not only so that ordinary people can also have charcoal for heating in winter, but also to promote the smelting and development of folk metal copper and iron tools, so that the comprehensive national strength of Qin has been above all countries for a long time, which is a later story.
At present, after Song Yunhe has tried various materials, fruit shells and coconut shells are the best raw materials, among which coconut shells have become Song Yunhe's first choice because of their relatively large size.
However, it is now spring, and the coconuts in the southern part of the Qin State are very rare, and the new Yamen has not been developed for consumption before the establishment of the new yamen, and now it is only a year, and all the accumulated coconut shells are transported to Wangshan Village, and only a few activated carbon filters are installed on the windows of the dormitory.
Song Changzhen had already sent someone to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to investigate, because the coconuts of the Qin State were sold inland, and the coconut trees south of the Fuzhou coast of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty were all valued, and they were all well maintained this year, and they could reach the entire output of the Qin State after maturity, and would become the main source of raw materials for Song Yunhe.
It was Song Changzhen who released the wind first, and then it was up to the prince's actions.
Song Yunhe couldn't sit and wait for the goods to come to the door, and after making a few outdoor masks, he decided to travel around Qin to find other unknown wood.
The sisters and brothers naturally turned their tongues again, Song Changzhen was passive and reasonable, and he became more and more unable to resist his sister, and finally had to remind helplessly: "This road is trekking through mountains and rivers, the carriage is bumpy, won't my sister be afraid of pain?"
"I've thought about this for a long time, and the interior of the carriage in the house has been fully upholstered and covered with a thick quilt, which is very comfortable. As for trekking through mountains and rivers, there is Qiang Wu by my side, she will carry me. "Qiang Wu is a witty person, and there is no pressure for Song Yunhe to be a chair occasionally.
"My sister has thought so thoroughly, what else can I do. Song Changzhen has no emotions other than helplessness.
"Don't worry, I will send you a message every day to report your safety, tell you when you encounter interesting things, meet beautiful scenery paintings for you, and let people quickly send them back to you to eat when you encounter delicious things, okay?" Song Yunhe coquettishly pulled him to make him more happy, in fact, she would also feel a little sour in her heart, as the leader of a country, Song Changzhen didn't have a chance to go out to see the face of the country, and was trapped in the huge imperial city all day long.
"In the past, I said that I took my sister out, but now my sister wants to see the rivers and rivers for me. Song Changzhen sighed infinitely.
Song Yunhe's heart became more and more uncomfortable, and he hugged his shoulder and comforted: "Changzhen is still so young, there are still decades in the future, and there will definitely be a chance to see thousands of miles of rivers and mountains!"
"Then I have the right to be my sister in the myth. Song Changzhen laughed at her.
Song Yunhe everything is ready, but he has not been able to set off, earlier Li Ziqi and Meng Chanyi said that they were asking for leave to go home to visit relatives, and left the Qin State with Chai Yu, and now they have been gone for a month, but there is no news, and finally Song Yunhe really didn't feel at ease and wrote to ask Chai Yu, Meng Chanyi came back ten days later, but Li Ziqi still didn't say a word.
After waiting for a few more days, in mid-March, when the Eastern Zhou delegation was about to arrive in Beijing, Song Yunhe left a message in the princess's mansion, and he led the team to guide the southern needle and set off all the way to the north.
In addition to the last trip to Yushan, this is Song Yunhe's official trip to Qin, according to the existing territory map, the north-south length of Qin's country is no more than 400 kilometers, and the interstellar speed is only a breath of time, but now, the speed of the rammed earth carriage is not more than 20 kilometers per hour, and it is necessary to enter the mountain when it stops and goes, and Song Yunhe's plan is to go back and forth in a month.
However, on the third day of the trip, Song Yunhe entered the Beiyuan Mountain Range, the largest mountain range in the Qin State, and everything changed.
Earlier, Song Yunhe entered Qilai Jade Mountain from the official road and did not walk through other mountain ranges, but this time she has been advancing from the very beginning of the mountain range, and she has opened a scan before entering the mountain, and the precious species along the way are naturally harvested a lot, but she never expected to find a gold and copper mine!
The Qin State was originally split from the original territory to the sea because of the movement of the earth's crust, and the internal geological activities were fierce, and Song Yunhe knew that this mountain would not be less minerals in the mountains north and south of the Qin State, but the first discovery would be gold and copper ore that she did not expect.
In this era when real money and silver are the only monetary value, the value of a gold mine is greater than everything, Song Yunhe didn't even dare to write a letter, and whispered to Qiang Wu, and asked Qiang Wu to ride back to the imperial city to tell Song Changzhen in person.
At that time, Song Changzhen was entertaining Zhao Chen, the prince of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and Zhao Chen only brought a few entourages with him this time, but three ships came, and two and a half ships were filled with coconuts, and they were presented to His Majesty Emperor Qin as a gift when they went ashore.
Song Changzhen estimated that he had brought all the ripe coconuts of this season on the East China Sea Line, and he was very happy in his heart, and ordered someone to hold a grand welcome banquet to show his friendship.
The subjects of the Qin State have been taken by Enwei for many years, and they have long developed the habit of eating by looking at the face of the Son of Heaven, and the emperor welcomed the prince of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, that is, the whole Qin State welcomed it, and the princes received unprecedented courtesy in the Qin State.
Song Changzhen also drank a few glasses at the banquet, but when he woke up and saw Qiang Wu standing at the head of his bed, he was really startled, and then he realized that something had happened to the imperial sister, and asked sharply, "Where is my sister?"
"The master is fine, and the master has no order to send a message to His Majesty. Qiang didn't answer.
Song Changzhen got up and dispersed the palaces before asking, "What are you talking about?"
"Changzhen, I found a super gold mine in the mountains. "What Qiang Wu plays is Song Yunhe's video recording, which absolutely no one can pretend.
Song Changzhen watched it three times in a row before confirming the news, and his heart was beating wildly, the super big gold mine that Song Yunhe could describe as a super big gold mine must be bigger than he imagined!
In any country of any era, the reserves of gold greatly stabilize the national economy and promote the development of the people, and it is self-evident that it is important for a country like Qin with a small territory and limited resources.
Song Changzhen summoned Lu Jinian overnight, Xu Ge Lao and Rong Shangqi entered the palace to discuss matters, and passed a secret order to Meng Qing at sea, and then left Beijing with Dongting Wei and rushed to the Beiyuan Mountain Range.
"There are close to seven million tons of gold in the whole mountain range, and the purification will exceed 500,000 tons, and more than one million taels in terms of silver taels, which should not be underestimated. Song Yunhe drew a drawing for Song Changzhen in the tent where he was stationed, "But there is a certain degree of difficulty in mining, I don't know if Qin Guo can do it himself?"
"Sister, one million taels of gold should not be underestimated, this is what the Qin State has achieved in taxes for several years. Song Changzhen's rare joy was pale, and his excited expression was difficult to hide, "Sister don't worry about mining." ”
Song Yunhe nodded, looking extremely tired, although she had been recuperating for a year, but such a large mining area as sweeping seedlings was still extremely burdensome to her, Song Changzhen reacted at this time, feeling annoyed and guilty, "Involved my sister and used secret techniques, I will send my sister back to Beijing tomorrow." ”
"No, just rest for a few days, and when things are done here, I'll move on. ”
"Sister still wants to go into the mountains?"
"Of course, just after I came to find such a treasure, who knows what else is inside. Song Yunhe said with a smile, full of yearning for this mountain range.
However, the body was really sleepy, and Song Changzhen breathed a sigh of relief when she arrived in person, and she couldn't bear to leave Qiang Wu to him, so she got into the carriage to make up for sleep.
After sleeping for a few days in a row, she woke up and found that there were already troops stationed in the mountains, and Song Changzhen was afraid that she would make a noise and let people set up the camp a little further away from her team. The sparrow made her some pheasant mushroom soup, and she drank three bowls in a row to quench her hunger.
Bai Laichao also came from the capital and checked her pulse, her body had recovered and no new symptoms appeared, so Song Changzhen was relieved.
Song Yunhe was still not at ease, and waited until the mining personnel from the household department were transferred to the site and looked at their mining methods to know where this unease came from.
The mountain mine stretches for hundreds of miles and is full of forest vegetation, and mining and burning on the spot accidentally causes the burning of the mountain, which is tantamount to a catastrophe for the Qin State!
Before the formal mining, it is necessary to dig out an isolation zone, and the felled forests on the isolation zone should first optimize the building materials, and the remaining Song Yunhe can burn charcoal to make charcoal, but this also involves how to transport the felled trees out.
This is another series of continuous problems, and Song Yunhe's scalp is faintly numb. But it has to be done.
Song Yunhe first discussed the current situation with the children, listed the problems that may arise, and the solution to the problem, and then seriously analyzed the pros and cons with Song Changzhen and several heads of the military department, the household department and the Ministry of Industry.
Song Yunhe had to take the team back to the imperial city, and after sleeping for a while, he went to sea with Song Changzhen and inspected a deserted island far away from the main island of Qin, with little vegetation and no people, which could be used as a large-scale smelter.
Song Yunhe's charcoal kiln and charcoal activation can be located here, and most of the gold and copper ore smelting should also be placed here.
Although it seems to be far away, time-consuming and labor-intensive, the safety factor is the highest, even if the fire burns the entire island, it will not affect the country.
The whole Qin State was so busy that they forgot that the prince of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was still waiting for the selection of relatives.
It wasn't until Song Yunhe woke up after sleeping in the princess's mansion for three days in a row and found the coconut fruit piled up in the backyard in the palace that Song Changzhen remembered this matter.
The funny thing is that he summoned people to talk back, and the prince of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty lived in the post house for more than 20 days and made a lot of friends in the imperial city, which was quite a bit of a lingering meaning.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, has there been any woman who agrees with him recently?" Song Changzhen leaned lazily on the dragon chair, a pair of phoenix eyes seemed to be unopened, as if the drunkenness at the banquet that day had not yet passed, and there was no legendary inevitability at all.
"Thanks to His Majesty the Qin Emperor's generosity, the palace did choose two noble daughters of the Qin State for the two imperial brothers, but I don't know if His Majesty is willing. Zhao Chen smiled, but what he said was not very good.
Song Changzhen didn't seem to notice it, and said casually: "Let's hear whose daughter has won the favor of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
"One is a well-known girl Lu Wan in the imperial city, and the other is a girl with unparalleled martial arts skills. Zhao Chen really named his name in the hall.
Song Changzhen moved his body, as if he had found a comfortable posture again, before he spoke: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really thinking about his younger brothers, and he has taken a fancy to the best girl in my Qin Country at a glance. ”
"But I am afraid that His Majesty Emperor Qin is unwilling. Zhao Chen said with a smile.
"It is impossible for General Meng's beloved daughter. Song Changzhen lazily threw back first, "But it's not good to let you not get what you want, wait until I discuss with Lord Lu and then reply to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
"This palace is waiting for the good news of His Majesty Emperor Qin. ”
Song Changzhen sent him out of the palace gate, his expression gradually became indifferent, and the corners of his mouth were sarcastic, "Self-righteous wonderful person." ”
Song Changzhen summoned Lu Jinian to the front of the palace, and Lord Lu, who was very busy, thought that he had something important to discuss, and trotted all the way, so he walked a few steps outside the hall to tidy up and calm down and enter the palace.
As a result, the emperor opened his mouth and asked, "Lu Qing, do you want to be my lord?"
Lu Jinian was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, the minister is panicking." ”
"I don't like your daughter, you know?"
Lu Jinian bowed his head and kowtowed again, and said calmly: "Weichen knows that his courtiers are guilty, and His Majesty's failure to punish him is already merciful, and he can't afford His Majesty's liking." ”
When he was trapped in Xiling, Lu Wan stopped the car in front of Princess Wan's mansion and stabbed him in front of Her Royal Highness the Princess, according to His Majesty the Emperor's temperament, he would have died directly, and now he is still alive and well, but because he is a familiar face in front of Her Royal Highness the Princess.
"I've never liked kindness. Song Changzhen said disdainfully and cruelly: "I am just busy and don't spare my hands." ”
Lu Jinian was silent, he was a person begging for his life under His Majesty's knife, not to mention his daughter?
"You know that your daughter is a woman who has negotiated marriage with me, and no one in the Qin Kingdom dares to marry her except for my marriage. Song Changzhen said again.
"Wechen knows. Lu Ji was ready to raise his daughter for the rest of his life.
"It's a pity that the prince of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty named her to me today, what do you think of me?"
Lu Jinian was slightly stunned, and then looked solemn: "The courtiers have been confined to their homes all year round, and it is impossible to have contact with outsiders!"
"Huh. Song Changzhen sneered, "You have been away all day long for the past six months, how many things are in charge of the house? Your precious daughter has not stayed in the yard longer than yours." ”
"This... Lu Jinian was speechless, his Emperor His Majesty would never be untargeted, and his face was pale for a while.
"So, are you willing to send her to the Eastern Zhou?"
Lu Jinian was silent for a while, and finally kowtowed deeply and pleaded: "Weichen only has this one child under his knees, even if she dies, I hope she dies by his side, and I hope Your Majesty will be fulfilled." ”
Song Changzhen stared at him, obviously a little moved, "You will also threaten me now?"
He has the heart to kill, but the daughter of a heavy minister, Lu Jinian has been born and died several times, and some things will pass with one eye closed, and if he can't do it, he will be sent away.
"Weichen didn't dare. ”
"Don't dare, then what are you doing now?" Song Changzhen asked in a cold voice.
The eunuch who hurriedly ran outside the door was frightened and delayed for a few breaths before plucking up the courage to bow up: "Your Majesty." ”
"Get in!"
The eunuch really climbed into the hall with a roll, knelt down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the prince of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was assassinated at the palace gate!"
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