Coal, one of the world's most important natural resources hundreds of years later, was the lifeblood of the early Industrial Revolution.

According to records, the Xia people were the first people in the world to use coal.

However, due to the extremely backward level of social productivity, it is simply impossible to give full play to the powerful advantages of coal, and coal has not been valued by those in power for a long time.

It's pretty much the same with not only coal, but also oil.

Although coal is not taken seriously, in the Ming Dynasty, the Xia people have been mining coal in many places.

Even coke has been smelted from coal, and there is a basic coke burning process.

It is a pity that the budding capitalism since the instigation of the dynasty has been in a weak position and difficult to take power.

Even in the Ming Dynasty, the overseas trade of the Xia people has developed to a very high level.

However, the ban of the Ming Empire and the development of the maritime ban system completely led the giant ship of the Xia clan astray.

So much so that the Jurchen remnants seized the revolutionary fruits of the peasant uprising, and continued the policy of closing the country to the outside world.

Such a giant ship of the Xia clan is going further and further down the wrong path.

It eventually led to a hundred years of humiliation and suffering!

Zhao Cheng didn't think about such a distant thing, he was now mainly concerned about the practical problems of Wu Shanzhai.

The discovery of coal in the deep mountains is a fortunate thing for Wu Shanzhai.

It's remote and sparsely populated, and you might be able to own the mine.

In the middle and late Ming Empire, due to the chaos of the government and the corpses of mining officials, the imperial court adopted a one-size-fits-all policy and explicitly banned coal mining.

But now it is the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and the control of this aspect is not sound enough.

Licking blood at the tip of a knife and mining it privately is not a new thing.

After two or three days of thinking and summarizing, Zhao Cheng wrote the basic "Coal Mining Outline", pointing out the direction of the development of Wushanzhai Coal Mine.

If this thing can be successfully mined, it will have a great impact on the lives of the villagers.

At least, when you burn potatoes and eat them, you won't suffer from running out of energy.

"Digging the ground can dig up coal mines, which means that these coals are sent by the movement of the earth's crust.

The risk and cost of mining are very low, so you can discuss whether you want to mine or not! ”

Zhao Cheng found several members of the Wushanzhai Management Committee and handed them the "Coal Mining Outline" summarized by himself.

As for how they choose, it's up to them.

Several members of the management committee discussed it, but they couldn't make up their minds after all.

Some say they want to mine, and some say they don't.

The two sides are at loggerheads.

For such a situation, Zhao Cheng is very satisfied.

At the very least, group decision-making has become the basic system in this management committee.

After everyone discussed, they still came to seek Zhao Cheng's opinion.

"Mr. Qin, we want to hear your advice."

Wu Yong, as the director of the management committee, basically has to go through his hands.

“……”

Zhao Cheng shook his head and said in the disappointment of everyone: "The decision on this matter is yours, not mine.

What I hope is that one day I leave Wushanzhai and you will be able to make decisions through group decision-making.

Regardless of whether the decision is good or bad, what kind of impact will it have, and what kind of consequences will it have......

You can all rely on the power of the group to solve all problems and take all responsibilities. ”

"Mr. Qin, are you leaving?"

Wu Yong was shocked and a little flustered, as were the other members of the management committee, who seemed to be at a loss for Zhao Cheng to leave.

"Mr. Qin, can you not leave?"

"Mr. Qin, don't go!"

……

These days, Zhao Cheng has subtly become the core of Wu Shanzhai.

If there is no him, then what should Wu Shanzhai do!

“……”

Zhao Cheng kept shaking his head, he had to go.

Wu Shanzhai is very good in all aspects, and perhaps after promoting industrial development, there is also the possibility of a successful rebellion.

But this is too unlikely.

Zhao Cheng has no chance of trial and error, once he embarks on this path, he can't be wrong!

"Jin Lin is a thing in the pool, and he will turn into a dragon when he encounters a storm! It is inevitable that Qin Gongzi will leave......"

Old man Li Lin sighed, since he saved Zhao Cheng that night, he understood that this young boy was by no means an ordinary person.

"Alas~ or my Wu cottage is too small......"

Wu Yong sighed, feeling very sorry that Zhao Cheng was leaving.

During this period of time, Zhao Cheng alone has promoted the changes of the entire Wu Cottage,

This kind of power that transforms decay into magic is destined not to belong to a small cottage.

"Mr. Qin, when are you leaving?"

"The time hasn't been decided yet, let's delay it for a few more days......"

"Didn't you say the potatoes were almost ripe? Let's go when it's not ripe! ”

Wu Yong, a rough man, also showed a hint of begging.

"I won't discuss this today, I called you here so that you can make the decision that is most in line with the development of the cottage through group decision-making."

Zhao Cheng was embarrassed, worried that he would be soft-hearted, so he stayed, and hurriedly changed the topic.

"This may be the last time I will give you advice, coal has many functions, and it will be an extremely important resource in the future, and I recommend that you mine it."

As soon as Zhao Cheng's voice fell, everyone in the management committee hurriedly nodded to cater to him, Mr. Qin said mining, then mining!

Such open-pit coal can be spared, so what is the good life and good life?

The conditions for the use of coal are already very low.

In ancient times, as long as you didn't burn coal indoors, it was basically fine.

In the outline made by Zhao Cheng, there are detailed records on how to use coal, and it also contains some processes and technologies for building household coal stoves with smoke flushing.

If Wu Shanzhai can create these things, then their lives will definitely be turned upside down.

In addition, this thing can not only live and cook, its burning residue powder, with human and animal manure fermentation, can also form fertilizer.

These are all applications!

……

On the night when he decided not to mine coal, Zhao Cheng didn't sleep all night, thinking about his departure.

In these days in Wu Shanzhai, he has made a lot of efforts, brought a lot of changes, and injected new vitality into this cottage.

The villagers have no food to eat, and food is the problem.

Well, Zhao Cheng provided them with high-yielding seeds.

After a few years of accumulation, it will not be a problem to eat well.

When the time comes, how to eat well is the problem.

Seeds, coal, fertilizers......

These things are only secondary to Zhao Cheng.

What is really important is to promote the popularization of simplified Chinese characters in Wu Shanzhai.

Education is the key, a century-old plan, education-oriented.

The academy was renovated to form an atmosphere of learning and knowledge in the whole village......

All these efforts are aimed at trying to break the ancient official-based education system.

That is to say, Wu Shanzhai is relatively remote, and there are no real readers.

Otherwise, Zhao Cheng's move will not be easy!

But luckily, everything went well.

On the basis of knowing traditional Chinese characters, it is very easy to understand simplified Chinese characters.

Now the little girl next to Zhao Cheng can already read with modern books.

Although I can't read advanced knowledge, I have read a lot of basic popular science books.

I understand a lot of phenomena and know a lot of truths.

If you talk about the understanding of basic knowledge and science, the entire Wu Shanzhai except for Zhao Cheng is Li Qiaozhen.

Li Qiaozhen, this is the most important gift left by Zhao Cheng for Wu Shanzhai.

She may be able to rely on her own knowledge and take Wu Shanzhai on a different path.

Zhao Cheng will leave, but what he left behind will bloom with brilliant brilliance with the development of Wu Shanzhai.

Relying on these books, knowledge and ideas left by Zhao Cheng, many problems of Wu Shanzhai will be solved in the process of development.

Of course, development will also encounter new problems, but development can also solve problems.

The next day, after dinner.

Zhao Cheng basked in the afterglow of the falling sunset and described fifty ways to eat potatoes to the little girl.

Hot and sour potato flour, roasted pork ribs with potatoes, potato chips with sharp peppers, french fries......

Roasted, roasted, steamed, boiled, fried......

Anything you can think of, potatoes can be made.

Zhao Cheng was describing the picture vividly, and he was also looking into the distance.

He's been in Wu Shanzhai long enough, and it's time to leave tomorrow!

Wushanzhai is a good place by the mountains and rivers, but for Zhao Cheng's goal, it is still too small and too small, and there is basically no room for operation.

Although he decided to leave tomorrow, Zhao Cheng did not tell anyone.

He wanted to find a time to quietly disappear in Wu Shanzhai without alarming anyone or disturbing anyone.

Actually, Zhao Cheng was just afraid of parting!

Shaking his head, he didn't have to worry about leaving, the question of how to eat potatoes was the top priority.

Now more than 50 days have passed since the potatoes were planted, and these green potato plants are growing very well.

Of course, there are other crops that are growing well.

Corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, and all other new crops are planted and eaten......

Zhao Cheng explained to them and summarized a bunch of materials and literature for them.

I hope that after he leaves, Wu Shanzhai can also rely on itself to realize the scientific and standardized cultivation of potatoes and other crops.

This is the reason why Zhao Cheng wants to promote the simplification of Chinese characters and carry out a literacy campaign.

It is hoped that they will be able to understand the materials and literature.

Although the effect has been weak for more than a month, the atmosphere is adequate.

After a long period of accumulation, Wushanzhai may become the village with the highest level of knowledge during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty.

Even on the entire Blue Star, there are only a handful of existences.

Zhao Cheng talked about the excellent delicacy of potatoes and chili peppers while looking at the place where the sun sets.

It is home to the majestic Himalayas and the world's highest peak.

And in the east of the snowy plateau, is the country of abundance.

The Sichuan Basin is almost the last barrier of the Xia civilization, and in several wars of the dead people in the past dynasties, Bashu is the last position.

Bashu is not destroyed, and the Xia people are not destroyed.

In the humiliating war hundreds of years later, even if the three eastern provinces fell, the Central Plains was humiliated, and the coastal areas of the East China Sea were all destroyed.

The inheritance of the Xia civilization can also flourish in the basin of Bashu, with infinite possibilities for turning the tables in adversity.

Of course, these are still far away, and Zhao Cheng looks at the southwest, mainly because of the potato problem.

He has checked a lot of information and knows that the main potato producing areas in the Xia nationality are cultivated, of which the southwest is one of the cores.

Especially Qianzhou, where the terrain and landform of the Xia nationality are the most peculiar.

The ground is not three feet flat, and the sky is sunny for three days!

Such objective environmental conditions have restricted the development of Qianzhou, which has always been the poorest and most backward place for the Xia people.

It is unrealistic to grow traditional Xia crops in Qianzhou.

No future!

However, high-yielding crops such as corn and potatoes, which came from the Americas, can thrive in the undulating mountainous terrain.

Relying on corn, potatoes and other crops to rebel in the southwest was Zhao Cheng's well-thought-out plan.

Sitting in Bashu, the north can look at the Central Plains, the east can unify the two Guangzhou, the lower can level the South Ocean, from Yunnan to the west or the South Asian subcontinent......

The outline of the grand cause is about the same.

……

The little girl didn't speak, and waited for Zhao Cheng to be silent for a long time before she spoke leisurely.

"Brother Qin, are you leaving?"