"Why is this happening?" Xuanyuan Yuchen knew that there must be some reason why she cared so much about this matter?

"I suspect that there are coal mines underground in the Huanfeng Pass generation, but most of the reserves should not be in our Beizhou, but in the North Underworld, so it can't be mined yet, if it is known by the people of the Northern Underworld, then the consequences are unimaginable."

"Coal mines?" Xuanyuan Yuchen stood up and looked at Tong Xiaowu, "How did the lady know?" Is there anything still in this? ”

"The snow melts, which proves that it is an open-pit coal mine, which is not buried very deep, and the hardness of the coal is very high, which belongs to the high-grade coal, which will produce high heat, so the Huanfeng Pass generation of snow will melt, and there are no tall trees nearby, because of the geothermal heat, so the trees cannot survive, and naturally they cannot grow!"

Tong Xiaowu explained: "According to my guess, I feel that the depth of the coal is about 100 meters below the soil layer!" If it's too deep, the tall trees here will definitely survive, and since they can't live, then it must not be particularly deep! ”

Xuanyuan Yuchen looked at Tong Xiaowu in surprise, and nodded for a long time, "It's a pity that it's winter now, so I can't go to survey, otherwise, I really want to find someone to take a look now......"

"The soil over there is not frozen, don't worry, let's talk about it after the New Year, and you can't let others know about this matter, Yuchen, do you know? If coal is discovered in Beizhou, what does it mean for Xuanyuan?

The entire national strength will increase several times, which is a matter of great profit, and the people of Beizhou will also be able to get rich in the future, and Beizhou will become the richest state city in the whole Xuanyuan in the future.

Of course, these also depend on the coal reserves of the Huanfeng Guan generation, if it is very small, these will not be realized, but I have seen it, it seems that there are a lot of ......"

Tong Xiaowu wanted to say it, but Xuanyuan Yuchen on the side hugged her.

"What kind of lady did I marry, just to take a look, I came to such a conclusion, lady, no wonder Liu Xuan and Doctor Liu admired the five-body cast on the ground, this king will think that you are a god."

"What kind of gods? It's all well-founded, my former uncle studied geological exploration, and he learned it by ear and eye......" Tong Xiaowu laughed.

"If I have the chance, I will let people dig and dig secretly, maybe I can really dig it out!"

"Not now, let's defend Beizhou, and then take down the tribe of the Northern Underworld closest to Huanfeng Pass, let's only make sure that those mineral deposits are ours, we can do it, if we startle the snake, the people of the Northern Underworld know about it, they will condense various tribes to grab land with us, then it will be miserable......"

After Tong Xiaowu finished speaking, Xuanyuan Yuchen nodded, "Indeed, you can't be in a hurry, but I really want to verify it!" ”

"The area around Huanfeng Pass will not freeze, you take the exploration iron pipe, and then find a deep ditch place, drop the drill bit, you should be able to know the answer!"

This is a modern old-fashioned exploration method, using iron pipes, installing a drill bit at one end, and driving piles underground, although the beginning is similar to tomb robbery piling, but the later stage is different, because geological exploration requires a very deep soil layer, so the length of the need is very long.

After pulling out the iron pipe, you can tell what is below according to the material in the empty bucket of the iron pipe.

"Okay, I'll have someone make an iron pipe drill bit tomorrow......" Xuanyuan Yuchen looked excited.

"No matter what, don't let anyone know about it!" Tong Xiaowu sat down and prepared to eat.

"Uh-huh......" Xuanyuan Yuchen nodded heavily, picking up vegetables for her.

Xuanyuan Yuchen's recruitment was carried out throughout Beizhou, and at first Trull was particularly opposed, because they were also recruiting troops every year, of course, it was a mandatory conscription.

Although he didn't believe that Xuanyuan Yuchen could recruit many people in this winter, when the year was about to close, he was the general of Zhenbei under the emperor himself after all.

Of course, Xuanyuan Yuchen didn't care what he thought at all, he was the prince of the fiefdom, so he naturally had the right to coordinate this matter, although his army was under the control of him, the general, and he, the prince, could not be mobilized, but he could build his own army.

And the emperor has already issued an order to allow him to build his own army, of course, the reason why the emperor agreed to his suggestion is mainly to rely on the power of Xuanyuan Yuchen and Tong Xiaowu to suppress Beiming.

In the entire Xuanyuan area, all neighboring countries are very stable, only the Western Xinjiang and the Northern Underworld are more bad, and the Western Frontier has been at least stable over the years, but the Northern Underworld has been committed every year.

Don't look at the emperor sitting in the imperial city, but he knows that the various tribes in the Northern Underworld are not in harmony, if one day they react and the various tribes are united, then at that time, Beizhou and Qinzhou will be in danger.

Therefore, he also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make Xuanyuan Yuchen's power in Beizhou grow stronger and suppress the development of Beiming.

Xuanyuan Yuchen recruited troops all over Beizhou, and the imperial court conscripted soldiers, and the monthly military salary was two taels of silver, and Xuanyuan Yuchen turned out to be one or two more than the imperial court conscription, which is equivalent to a month's income of an adult labor force in a person's family, and it is also the income that can go out to work.

If you follow the income from farming, you can buy two taels of silver for ten acres of grain, so don't look at the big family, one or two taels is nothing, in the eyes of the people, especially in the ordinary families in places like Beizhou, it is not a small amount.

According to Xuanyuan's law, a family with an only child can not join the army, and a family of two sons must have one person join the army, and if there are many children and grandchildren, one person can join the army, so don't look at the sparse population of Beizhou, there is still a surplus labor force.

In the city of Beizhou, outside the Xuanwang Mansion, the conscription office directly registers and inspects, and distributes clothes and silver, that is, as long as you agree to enlist, you can advance one month's military salary in the first month.

That's three taels of silver, which is not a small amount for many families, and there are still ten days to go before the New Year, and everyone wants to have a good year, so there are a lot of people who sign up for this conscription.

"I, I, this is my identity nameplate, I'm from Black Wolf County, I work in North State, I want to be a soldier!"

"I want it too, I want it too, I want it to ......"

"Count me in ......"

Tong Xiaowu stood in the side door, looking at the people who signed up in the doorman next door, and understood that everyone was forced by life, if there was money, who would want to do this job that would lose their heads at any time?

Of course, there are some patriots among them, but there are still ten days to celebrate the New Year, I really hope that the people of the North Hellworld will not suddenly come to attack, otherwise, there will be a death, but how to celebrate the New Year?

Tong Xiaowu walked out of the palace, followed by Lu Xing and Zhang Quan, and the three of them came to the city wall to check, after more than ten days of hard work, the city wall has been repaired almost.