Liu Xicai sent the prince of Fengning County to the Ten Kings Pavilion, and was called into the palace by the emperor the next day, and asked him in detail about the contact with Li Dan and the Qingyi team during this time, as well as Anren's recovery.

The emperor's wall hung the panorama of the Anren Bridge, and he was filled with emotion when he listened to Liu Xi's introduction.

Hearing that Yu Gan was planning the White Horse Bridge across the East River, the emperor was surprised and inquired about the required expenses and merchant fundraising, and his mood could not be calm for a long time.

The next day, Liu Xi went south again with the emperor's will, and he brought Li Dan more than just the news of the reward of honors.

When the two walked together after dinner, he quietly told Li Dan about Hong Danian's impeachment. Li Dan was stunned: "Impeach me? But I'm only six?"

"Incredible, right?" Liu Xi pursed his lips and smiled: "I thought so when I heard about it. The emperor said that you don't have to take it too seriously.

His Majesty said that this matter was directed at him, and some people wanted to prove that His Majesty was young, could not read people, and lacked ability. He said, I believe you will not be so reckless, but it may make you suffer some grievances, please Saburo you have a mental preparation."

"It's okay, I'm worthy of heaven and earth. Please tell Your Majesty that the minister believes that His Majesty will make the decision for the minister, and there will be a day when things will be clear."

Li Dan had the knowledge of the five thousand years of history in his previous life, and he quickly saw the emperor's intention to kill two birds with one stone, but he didn't care.

During this time, Li Dan had changed his thinking, and he began to regard the regimental training as the actual combat training base of the Tsing Shirt team, and the backbone of the Tsing Shirt team from the regimental training was placed in various industries, playing the role of hiding soldiers from the people.

As long as the Chashan Society calls, it is not difficult to quickly recall thousands of capable fighters, so there is no need to cling to the group training and not let go. What's more, if you want to participate in the imperial examination in the future, after all, civil officials governing the country must gradually dilute their image of "martial arts" in the minds of others.

Liu Xi nodded, and asked with a little worry: "Although your Excellency said this, I still have to ask for Your Majesty, ......what are the things they said about hiding deserters and harboring the leaders of the bandits?"

"I don't know where to start with the so-called desertion? There are indeed officers and soldiers of the officers and soldiers in our team, and they have come to the regiment to train and improve their combat effectiveness.

Shizhong also knew that the Tsing Yi team had not had many days since its establishment, and it was a common man before, and now it would definitely not be possible to fight against the rebellious army without the guidance of the officers and soldiers.

All these things were reported to the governor and his consent was obtained. In addition, there are quite a few officers and military officers who hold important positions in the regimental training.

For example, Yu Gan garrisoned Yang Dayi, the commander of the first battalion Dong Houyong, and the weapons director Song Qian and others. The regimental training can help the officers and soldiers win every battle, and it is inseparable from the contributions of the officers and soldiers who serve here!

The crime of harboring the leader of the bandits is even more ridiculous, and I don't know if the leaders who are subordinate and obedient are the people they say? In the group training, there are many people who take the wrong path and repent and serve the court again!

Like Lai Wufa, the commander of the second battalion, Liao Hanqing, the deputy of the third battalion, Gao Hanzi, the commander of the fourth battalion, and the Zhengshi army of the Chinese army. These people once commanded hundreds or thousands of troops on the side of the rebel army, and now they are fighting to atone for their sins, even with only a hundred men!

The last time I went in and out of Shangrao to pick up the son, many people were wounded, and I felt that the people who still regarded them as 'bandit leaders' were too narrow-minded? Moreover, the existence and appointment of these people, and the lowliness of these people, have not been concealed, and they have been reported."

Liu Xi secretly remembered in his heart while listening, and nodded slightly. "So you can be sure that there are no omissions?"

"Except for those who are cut off on the battlefield and have to report to the governor afterwards, there is no act of degrading or deceiving the superiors."

"Then I'll be relieved!" Liu Xi nodded, and then remembered a sentence that the Emperor Leaving had sent to him, and hurriedly patted his forehead: "I almost forgot an important matter of Your Majesty!"

"What?" Li Dan was taken aback by him and hurriedly asked.

"Your Majesty has a huge problem at the moment, and he wants me to ask you if you have a solution?"

"Tell me about it."

"Due to the rain this year, Shangjing is now short of charcoal."

"Oh, I've heard from the guests from the south before.

However, isn't there coal available in the mountains of Suizhou? I've heard that there seems to be mining as well."

"Although this thing is good, few people dare to use it." Liu Xi said.

Li Dan immediately understood the reason, and said with a smile: "I know the reason. When the servant returns to the Anren Pavilion tomorrow, he can see something, which I ordered someone to just order, and at present, only the Yingxian Pavilion and the regimental training headquarters (staff office) are in use.

That thing should be able to solve Shang Jing's needs. When I returned to Yugan, I first went to the Chamber of Commerce, asked them to prepare sufficient supplies, and dispatched manpower to the north, so as to solve the urgent needs of Shangjing this winter as soon as possible."

He didn't say what it was, but Liu Xi guessed that it must have something to do with heating. When he returned to the Yingxian Pavilion in Anren the next day, he found that a platform had been built of blue bricks in the house, and then built up along the wall to a height of three feet.

On the table was a barrel-like thing with a metallic sheen, hot ground, and a tin kettle was steaming hot. Tubular pipes rolled in iron sheets run along the wall and go outside.

"What is this?" He circled around curiously, but immediately felt the heat on his body. A servant stepped forward to help him untie his belt and take off his cloak, and replied with a smile:

"Master Liu, this thing is called a coal stove, and it is used to burn briquettes. Put a pot on top so that the house is moist and not dry. Oh, this is what Li Saburo called the iron factory to cast.

There are a total of nine finished products in this batch, five of which were given in this courtyard, three of which were in the command headquarters, and one was in the county government hall. I heard that there will be a batch of new goods tomorrow, mainly for the military medical center, the county school in this county, the nursing home and the Jigufang ......."

"Wait, what are you talking about, and where are they?"

"Sir, wait." The servant turned and went out. After a while, a black object came in with a cloth and placed it on the blue brick platform. "Look, sir, this is a briquette.

It is made of crushed coal, lime and clay. The first-class briquettes for the lords are added with ground spices such as lychee shells, which smell good and are easy to use.

This briquette has plum blossom eyes on it, and it is very convenient to use it to match the one below to guide the flame up."

"Oh, so that's the good thing that Li Saburo told me?" Liu Xi thought about it and asked, "How long can this piece of briquette burn?"

"It depends on the size of the house. For example, this room can be burned until dawn with only one piece every night." After speaking, the servant sighed enviously: "When my family can use it, it will be good!"

"Is this thing expensive?" Liu Xi hurriedly asked.

"It's not expensive." The servant shook his head: "When I heard that the price of the stove was priced, everyone set the price according to the price of charcoal in the past, but the lord gave it a refusal, and in the end the small stove was set at two cents of silver, and the big stove like yours cost two cents and seven cents of silver.

This briquette is three pieces a piece, and according to the calculation of three pieces a day, the cost of a winter is about the same, and it is okay."

Is it always possible to spend a winter with money? Liu Xi was dumbfounded. But......? "However, I have heard that this charcoal cannot be used for a long time, and it is poisonous for a long time, so there are very few people in Beijing who use it for heating, and most restaurants use it instead of firewood."

Liu Xi looked at the stove: "Could it be that this is what the pipe is for?"

"The master is really a very smart person, you can see it at a glance." The servant flattered:

"This tube is for detoxification, and do you see the crutches outside? This is to prevent the wind from backing up, and with this, the poisonous gas can be discharged smoothly without getting in the way at all!"

The more Liu Xi looked at this thing in the house, the happier he became, and countless questions surged in his heart to ask Li Dan.

After a night of hard work and fully understanding the wonderful use of this stove, the next day Liu Xi brought an entourage and hurried to the county office, Zhou County ordered to inspect the maintenance of the county school and the city wall project in the east of the city, but it was Li Zhu who worked in the office.

Knowing that he was an envoy of the Son of Heaven, he naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly came out to greet him. Liu Xi recognized him early, waved his hand and said, "Don't gossip, our family has something important, we have to go to Yingtan to see San Lang quickly, ask Da Lang to find a boat, I'll leave immediately!"

"There's no need to rush." Li Zhu smiled and said, "Wait a minute, my brother will pass by Anren when he returns to Yugan today to get married."

Liu Xi heaved and said, "No wonder he said what he said at the time, it turned out to be a great thing

Affair! Anyway, I'll wait for him to come and walk with him, and talk to him slowly on the way!"

What is he going to talk about? It turned out that Liu Xi sat in the house and calculated, how many such stoves do you need for hundreds of thousands of households in the business capital?

He also pondered that Li Dan's words about letting the merchant group send people to the north clearly meant to open a store in Beijing. Liu Xi immediately got up in his mind, and hurriedly asked Li Dan to talk about it.

Zhao Chongbi and Shi Hao did not stop after meeting, and returned almost immediately. He immediately found Li Dan and told him about the impeachment, but seeing that he was not panicked or surprised at all, Zhao Chongbi understood after a little pondering.

"Could it be that Liu Xi has already told you?" He asked Li Dan.

"Your Excellency guessed right, he told me last night." Li Dan replied with a smile.

"What do you think of yourself?"

"I told Xiao Liu that I believe in His Majesty's fairness." Li Dan arched his hand and said, "I have reported everything to my lord, and I have no selfishness. Some officers and non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers of the army stayed in the regimental training to enhance their combat effectiveness and assist in training, and no one could say anything about this.

As for the submission and the use of the leader anyway, not to mention. The so-called cover-up is completely slanderous. When those people say this, they just want to say that they are young and have no merit, and Your Majesty should not be appointed to the six grades."

"How are you going to deal with it?" Zhao Chongbi asked.

"The lowly duty is to train in a group to protect the grain transportation team from bandits, and it is not for any selfish motives. I didn't have time outside at first, so I hurriedly made up some homework in the past few days, but fortunately, Master Lou (Lou Liang) didn't blame.

Please be gracious, and when Guangxin is calmed down, Li Dan must concentrate on studying and preparing to participate in the scientific examination."

"You're going to work?" Zhao Chongbi was taken aback.

"I can't walk into the exam room with two martial artists, right?" Li Dan smiled bitterly, officials can't take the exam, this is the rule of the imperial examination, Li Dan used this reason to resign in a grand manner.

Zhao Chongbi thought about it, and he also heard some meaning from Shi Hao's words. Shi Hao had a good impression of Li Dan, but he received the emperor's will and letters, and the meaning of the two was very different.

The emperor did not blame him for his strange practice of impeaching Li Dan through the Ministry of War, but vaguely pointed out that Li Dan was a young man who led the army to talk a lot in the court, and said that if this son participated in the imperial examination, he would definitely have a bright future.

Emperor Shi Haochaidu hoped that Li Dan would give up martial arts, follow the path of a scribe to enter the court, and be an official in a dignified manner, so he found Zhao Chongbi and discussed with him how to persuade the other party.

Zhao Chongbi came back after receiving the task, but he didn't need to open his mouth at all, people were already planning to do this.

"Well, don't you have to start all over again?" Zhao Chongbi said.

"I am grateful for the cultivation of my lord, Shi Shuai and His Majesty, but if I can take the imperial examination to high school and become an official with my own strength, I think my deceased father will be very happy to know at that time, and those shouting voices will have no confidence."

"I promised you to continue the imperial examination." Zhao Chongbi nodded: "Okay, then we don't change our original intention, let's take this road!"

"The student thanked you. It's just that...... Won't Your Majesty be upset?" Li Dan asked hesitantly.

"Rest assured, he will understand and support you. And once you leave the group practice, this farce of impeachment will not be able to continue, but Your Majesty has enough to see the faces of those villains. This is a plan to kill two birds with one stone, and Your Majesty knows it very well!"

Zhao Chongbi suddenly smiled and beckoned Li Dan to come closer, and whispered, "Your Majesty has dismissed the impeachment, and Hong Danian has been reprimanded by his superiors. On the other hand, you have been promoted to the rank of First Class, and Your Majesty has given you a great favor."

"Oh? What other grace?"

"Your Majesty inquired about Chen Tixue's involvement in the case, and learned that the student was still on his way to his post when he committed the crime, but the Nanjing Criminal Department has insisted that he carry this black pot for some reason, so His Majesty was furious and ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate the matter.

At the same time, he sent the Wing Long Wei and the Pedestrian Division to Shaanxi and Gansu to recover Lord Chen, leaving him to settle in Xijing for the time being. After the case is clarified, the edict will be issued. Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing, hurry up!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Dan had already left his seat and bowed down, and Zhao Chongbi hurriedly went over to pull him up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty

Yes, thank you!" Li Dan cried with joy, now the day of Chen Meng'er's family Zhaoxue is not far away, and his efforts have finally not been in vain.

"Alas! What an idiot!" Zhao Chongbi smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty said in your letter to me that it is inconvenient for you to be promoted to an official position again because of your young age, and he hopes that you will not mind."

"How dare you!" Li Dan got up and excitedly pondered again: "Please report to the times and thank Your Majesty again!" Your Majesty's wise lord, Dan will never live up to His Majesty and the Zhao family in this life!"

Liu Xi saw Li Dan again, saw that he was beaming, and only thought that he was happy to be the groom's official, so he flattered him a few words, and took the 100 taels of tickets as a congratulatory ceremony, stating that he did not know that he could catch up with this happy accident and did not prepare a gift, so he replaced it with this piece of paper.

Li Dan listened to his words and watched his deeds, and knew that he had something to say, so he invited him to take the carriage back to Yugan with him. Liu Xi naturally couldn't ask for it, so he immediately got in the car.

"Did you see that treasure in the waiter? Are you satisfied?" Li Dan asked with a smile in the car.

"Satisfied, extremely satisfied!" Liu Xi gave a thumbs up: "That's it...... I don't know how much this treasure produces?"

"It was cast iron, and we tried to produce some that were used in the workers' quarters and then for the Elite Pavilion and other places." Li Dan told him:

"Cast iron is something between pig iron and steel, and the newly established smelter and iron factory in Golden Port are currently in the trial production stage, and can only produce about 100 furnaces a month.

I'm going to get the Jinxian Iron Works involved, and although they were affected by bandits some time ago, they have no problem producing 200 stoves a month."

Liu Xi frowned when he heard this: "It's so little? When will it be able to supply Shangjing? The demand for Kyoshi is in the tens of thousands!"

"Don't be in a hurry, I'm afraid it's too late to popularize it in Beijing this winter, and now this kind of output can only be sold to nobles, officials, and wealthy families.

But we can popularize the use of briquettes first, and when the people discover the benefits of briquettes this winter, wouldn't it be much more convenient to vigorously promote the stove next year?"

"Oh! Makes sense!" Liu Xi suddenly realized.

"I'm going to promote four kinds of briquettes in the capital." Li Dan continued: "Mixed with spices such as sandalwood and mint, it is either rich and fragrant, or elegant and pure, and can be made into various shapes in shape, which is exclusively used by the palace and nobles.

The second class is like the one used by the king, mixed with incense powder and wood powder, and supplied to officials, scribes, and wealthy households.

There is another kind for ordinary families. The last one is very simple, without adding anything, it is kneaded into a ball like a lantern festival, and sold directly to the army, the government and the poor people."

He said and looked at Liu Xi: "It's just ......, I heard that the coal mines around Shangjing are far away in Sui County and Zhe County, and if you want to meet the needs of Jingshi's coal, you need to transport them over."

"It's not difficult, don't you have a carriage to transport goods?" Liu Xi pointed to his feet: "This carriage is your specialty!"

"It's true that I have a carriage, but it's Shangjing, and there are local merchants over there. I'm just going to rush in, right?" Li Dan expressed embarrassment.

"Oh! Yes, yes!" Liu Xi immediately understood: "This ......, do adults have a good trick?"

"Man dies for wealth, and birds die for food." Li Dan smiled leisurely:

"I don't have any special skills, but if the waiter can persuade the Guide Mansion to bring in one or two more local businessmen, I can give them one share each, so that things can be done much more smoothly?"

"High, really high!" Liu Xi grinned, and suddenly worried again: "Will Yicheng be too little?"

Li Dan shook his head: "How come? If His Majesty also has a percentage, will they dare to ask for more?"

Liu Xi's eyes lit up: "Your Excellency wants to dedicate Yicheng shares to Your Majesty?"

"That's not going to work, it will give civil officials the handle to compete with the people." Li Dan blinked: "But Your Majesty treats me like a mountain, how can I not repay it?"

Your Majesty is a shareholder, and according to the rules of our business group, the price of the shareholding is naturally set by me, and the difference between one or two or one penny is quite big.

As for the shareholder's purchase price, it is top secret, and it is difficult for outsiders to know, so it can be operated." After Li Dan finished speaking, he took it out

Liu Xi gave him the ticket: "It's the same in Shizhong, even if you have a share!"

"Hehe, don't be too little for your brother!" Liu Xi's heart was full of joy: "Your Majesty, I'll help you say it!"

"And what do you know I'm going to do?" Li Dan took the ticket back into his arms and said, "I will set up a company."

"What is the company?"

"It's such an organization that everyone has invested in and entrusted me to run." Li Dan gave him a general popularization of knowledge, and then continued:

"This company sells charcoal fuel and the necessary stoves, chimneys, tongs, etc., and recruits manpower to deliver the briquettes and stoves purchased by customers to their homes, install them and use them in churches, and then recycle and remove the slag for unified sales."

"Wait," Liu Xi stopped him, "We still have to take care of the slag?" Can you still sell this thing?"

"Of course!" Li Dan told him, "The slag can be used as a material for burning bricks and building roads, and that's a good thing!" The two of them talked all the way.

By the time the carriage and the escort were about to arrive, Liu Xi had already roughly understood Li Dan's entire business plan, his eyes were full of strings of copper coins and mountains of silver money, and he was full of expectations for this "Shangjing Coal Sales Company" that was still on his lips.

Ha ha! This trip is worth it, at least you won't have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of your life!