Su Jun smiled and said to Zou Hong: "Youlin, as far as I know, these bitter cokes are buried in the ground very deep, it is extremely difficult to mine, and it is easy to cause death and injury, such open-pit coal mines are rare, but this Bei'an County actually has it, it is really unexpected, it is conceivable, in the near future, my Bei'an County will take off rapidly because of it." ”

Zou Hong echoed and said:

"All this is thanks to the well-informed adults, not only to know the bitter coke, but also to solve the problem of the poisonous gas of the bitter coke, the lower officials admire"

"That is, our General Su is destined by heaven, and God has blessed it, so that Bei'an County not only has this kind of good thing, do you say?"

Dong Ying also rarely interjected, but in Su Jun's ears, that is, no matter what Dong Ying said, he always encouraged himself to rebel.

Su Jun didn't refute or admit it, but said lightly:

"The destiny of heaven is all some illusory things, I only know that as long as we can make efforts that ordinary people can't, we will definitely not just be in this small corner of Bei'an in the future."

Yan Qinghua glanced sideways at Su Jun, who was gathering to watch the soldiers digging the ground, and smiled thoughtfully, although Su Ye's power cannot reach the point of winning the world at the moment, but what about the future?

The world is impermanent, who can say clearly? It's just that Su Ye went from being a leader in Tsing Yi to becoming the head of a county with tens of thousands of troops in just a few months, and under his governance, Bei'an County has reached unprecedented prosperity, which has to be said to be a miracle!

The ground was frozen so hard that it caused great trouble for the soldiers to dig deeply, and they could dig only a few inches deep with a pickaxe, and after a while, the soldiers began to sweat, and the ground was dug a foot deep.

"General, general, I dug it out!"

A new soldier shouted excitedly, and then more soldiers shouted as well, Su Jun walked forward quickly, and saw that the turned soil had turned completely black, and among the black powder, there were countless lumps of coal, large and small.

Su Jun stretched out his hand, grabbed a large handful of crushed coal in his hand, slowly lifted it above his head, looking at the black coal, Su Jun felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, it was really a blessing from God, such a good coal, it was only less than a foot deep from the ground, which had to be said to be a very incredible thing.

A long time ago, when Su Jun was young, he had seen a man who had been away from home for decades and returned to his hometown, holding the soil on the ground in the palm of his hand, greedily breathing the fragrance of the land, and Su Jun at that time could not understand this behavior at all.

But now he understands, although the situation of the two is different, but the mood is definitely the same, one is the longing for his hometown, the other is the joy of discovering new resources, and that joy is definitely from the deepest part of his heart.

Seeing Su Jun holding the black powder in his hand intoxicated, and even putting it in his nose and sniffing it deeply, Gao Meng, who had just been hit by the board, couldn't help but be shocked, and quickly rushed up, his big hand was like a fan, and he knocked off the coal in Su Jun's hand fiercely, and said urgently:

"Master Su, haven't you forgotten that you personally said that the smell of bitter charcoal is poisonous!"

Su Jun laughed, the reason why he trusted and admired Gao Meng was largely because of his simplicity, daring to knock out the things in his hands, looking at Bei'an County, it was estimated that except for Li Jiu'er, it was only Gao Meng who dared to do this, even Yan Qinghua, who was favored by himself, would never dare to do such a rude thing.

Su Jun slowly stood up, patted Gao Meng's back gently, didn't blame him at all, and said with a smile:

"That's right, I mean that the smell of bitter coke is poisonous, but what I'm saying is that this bitter coke will only have toxic gases when it is burned, and now it is not burning, of course it will be fine, but Gao Meng, you have grown up now, you know how to think, it seems that your brother wants to beat you, it still makes sense."

The other people around him heard Su Jun's explanation, and then looked at Gao Meng standing on the ground as embarrassed as a silly boy, and couldn't help but laugh along, only Gao Wei still looked like he hated iron but not steel, and snorted coldly from his nostrils.

"Come on, don't be idle, every soldier will do it, and bring back as much as you can."

Su Jun gave an order, everyone didn't care about the cold, they took off their clothes one after another, slowly wrapped the coal, carried their bodies, and walked back.

Bei'an County, Yaocheng, Zhenbei General's Mansion.

Zou Hong saw the busy craftsman, he was still a little uneasy in his heart, and whispered to Su Jun, who was supervising the work:

"General, it's not that I don't believe you, and don't blame me for the ink, are you sure it's really okay? Is it really possible to get rid of the toxicity of bitter coke? ”

Su Jun was a little irritated by Zou Youlin's repeated questioning, but he also knew that Zou Hong was afraid of making a big mess, and he couldn't scold, so he could only say with a wry smile:

"I said, young Lin, when did you become like an old woman, mother-in-law? I said that there is no problem is no problem, so it's good, try it out after it is built, and I will never go in during the trial period, you should be able to rest assured now, right? ”

A sly look flashed on Zou Hong's face, and he hurriedly said:

"General's method is very much in line with me, you can't go back, you must not go near a room with bitter coke until you have tested it repeatedly."

"Ahh

At this time, Su Jun also followed the other taste, but he didn't expect that Zou Youlin, who looked at the honest and dutiful, also had such a cunning side, and he was accidentally put on a side by him, but after all, for the sake of his own safety, Su Jun could only smash his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and said depressedly:

"According to you, according to you, I said that if I don't touch the burning bitter coke, I won't contact it, and when the test is fine, I'll go over, so it's okay."

Zou Hong nodded with satisfaction:

"A gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall, a general really should be."

Alas, Su Jun sighed, and now the craftsman is building a dragon in the Zhenbei General's Mansion according to the sketch he provided, building a fire kang, and even the kitchen stove has been set up, and it is estimated that it will be ready for use in four or five days.

The accompanying soldiers probably brought back a total of thousands of catties of bitter coke were also piled up in the idle house behind the general's mansion in Zhenbei, but most of the others were far away, and few people dared to approach the onlookers.

"The people of Bei'an County don't dare to use it, because they don't understand, the people who have used it before are either dead or injured, but if I take the lead in using it, then it can play a role in promoting it among the people, then everyone will accept the bitter coke in the shortest possible time, and there will be no such situation as the father and son of the Fang family in the rest of the winter." Su Jun explained to Zou Hong.

"It's a good thing for the general to have the people in mind, but this kind of unknown and unpredictable and dangerous thing, it's better not to let the general do it himself in the future, just leave these things to the people below."

Zou Hong was still worried that this Zhenbei general would be stupid for a while, so he could only keep telling Su Jun.