Early in the morning, Fang Chongyong walked out of the bedroom and came to the yard to exercise, and he saw that Gao Shang was already waiting in the gatehouse, waiting to be dispatched.

"Yo, Gao got up quite early to join the army."

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but tease.

"Back to the imperial history, my subordinates don't dare to delay your big event, so I can only wait in the gatehouse."

Noble and unusually humble salute said.

"Let's go, let's go to Sanshui County together."

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and said noncommittally.

This noble person looks down on him a little bit Fang Yanei, this point, in fact, during the conversation last night, Fang Chongyong felt it.

This kind of contempt may come from "envy, jealousy and hatred". Gao Shang is jealous of Fang Chongyong's identity background, and hates that the other party does not have his own intelligence but can go smoothly.

However, contempt is contempt, but the noble body is extremely honest, and when a dog deserves to ignore the dignity of officialdom, he actually looks after the concierge like a servant! In order not to miss the business trip with Fang Yanei the next day!

Fang Chongyong somewhat understood why he was not a relative, Li Qiwu, a thorn from a clan, should be strongly recommended as noble.

It's really because this one is too good at licking on weekdays, and noble is a real lick, not just a sycophant, but also a person who serves the "superiors" and does everything in front.

"Please ask Fang Yushi to follow Xia Guan directly to the location of the coal pit.

This is a little faster, and Sanshui County is further north of the mine, so you have to turn back after you go, and you have to take a lot of detours. ”

Gao Shang saluted with his hands and said, lowering his head and not daring to look at Fang Chongyong. Last night, he reviewed the "small talk" with Fang Chongyong, and found that he had drunk some wine, talking too much and being too arrogant.

After Gao Shang froze in the gatehouse all night, he was much more sober, and now he didn't dare to mention the stubble of last night.

"Yes, you are very diligent, so let's go."

Fang Chongyong looked at Gao Shang with a smile, patted the other party's shoulder and said.

"Okay, the next official will go and lead the horse. The horses have been fed, and Fang Yushi can ride directly to the ferry. Now the water is just frozen, and there is no need to cross the river in a small boat. ”

Gao Shang said with a courteous face, not at all the arrogance that was occasionally shown last night.

The two rode horses and walked all the way along the post road to the ferry on the shore of Jingshui.

Sure enough, the river was frozen. When illuminated by the sun, the smooth ice reflects the light like a mirror, illuminating the surrounding area.

Pointing to the other side of the river with his horsewhip, Gao Shang said:

"It's all mountains on the opposite side, and there's only one road along the river, and if you go northwest along this road, there's a path that leads directly to the pit. If you don't take this road, then you have to go south first, where there is an official road built by the local government, leading directly to Sanshui County.

After that, we walked southwest from the county seat to the pit. ”

The noble party Chongyong explained the "difficulty" of the location of the mine.

There is only a small road to take a shortcut, but not to take the wrong road. If you take the official road, you have to go to the county town of Sanshui further north, and then take the dirt road to the pit. After all, the pit is a mountain field, not a market town, and the reason why there is a road to it is only because there is a local village!

Hearing this, Fang Chongyong's heart was cold. However, he could still keep his face calm, and only pointed in the direction of the other side of the river with his horsewhip and said, "Then without further ado, let's cross the river now." ”

The two rode on the ice of Jingshui, and Fang Chongyong's eyes were fixed on the horse's hooves, for fear that this person would be too heavy and the ice would not be able to bear it and fall into the glacier. If you really want to fall into the river, then it will be a lot of fun!

Fortunately, the ice surface of Jingshui is strong enough and there are no problems at all. After the two of them crossed the river without danger, they both breathed a sigh of relief. If he hadn't been in a hurry, Fang Chongyong wouldn't have done such a dangerous and unpretentious thing.

"Fang Yushi, go this way, and the lower official will lead the way in front."

Gao Shang saluted Fang Chongyong and said.

"Well, lead the way."

Looking at the white gas he exhaled in the air, Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and said.

In the past few days, the temperature around Chang'an has plummeted, and this winter came exceptionally early, I don't know how many poor people can't afford to burn firewood and charcoal in such a climate.

Riding along Jingshui all the way north, two hours later, the two came to a small hill, where they could faintly see a mountain path trodden out with their feet.

"Fang Yushi, this is it."

Gao Shang turned over and dismounted, and saluted Fang Chongyong, who was riding on the horse.

That's it?

Fang Chongyong looked at the hillside in front of him with a stunned expression, why didn't he see a "road"?

"Where is the road?"

"Right here, over the hillside, through the woods, it's not very far, maybe a few miles."

Noble and serious, I don't think there's anything strange about it.

"Uh...... It seems that the road in someone's mind and the road in Gao Senjun's heart are indeed not the same thing. ”

Fang Chongyong said with a pun, he wasn't sure if Gao Shang had heard the meaning of the words.

"What is the path that Fang Yushi is looking for?"

Gao Shang asked suspiciously.

"That's the way to carry the charcoal to the river."

Fang Chongyong said.

The coal mine was found, and then it had to make a big detour to be transported to the ferry port by the Jingshui River, and then it could be loaded from this ferry port and transported to the ferry port on the outskirts of Chang'an...... If it's so neat, it's really better to go to the coal mine in Yongzhou!

"Okay, let's go over the mountain."

Fang Chongyong sighed lightly and said, at this moment, he found that it was really not easy to do something practical, but it was not difficult for officialdom to rectify people.

It's just that everyone has gone to rectify each other, so who will really do things?

It's not a good question to answer, or even impossible to answer.

Gao Shang tied his horse to a tree by the river, and in the public here, no one would steal horses, they were all official horses, and they were all marked with an official iron on their bodies, and they could not steal them.

Fang Chongyong followed the noble footsteps and walked on the mountain path. In all fairness, the mountain can only be considered a "hillside", the road is very smooth, and it is not high, and it is not difficult to climb. There is only one problem, and that is that the length of this road seems to be much farther than the distance Gao Gao said!

Sure enough, after opening up the terrain, it entered a gap between the two mountains, only the width of an adult's outstretched arms. No wonder Gao Shang didn't choose to ride a horse, it turned out that there was such a place to pass, and it was really very inconvenient to ride a horse.

Fang Chongyong silently followed behind Gao Shang, and I have to say that the person in front of him was really attentive and took everything into account. The ability to handle government affairs is much stronger than that of ordinary officials.

For example, now Gao Shang carries a wooden box with hemp rope for the mines.

The two of them walked no less than five or six miles of mountain roads, and finally opened up in front of them.

Although the autumn harvest has long passed, there is nothing to be seen in the fields. But Fang Chongyong can still easily see that this is the farmland on the outskirts of the village, and the key to the livelihood of the locals.

The mountain road they walked before was the shortcut for the villagers here to go to the Jingshui side. In other words, if there were no shortcuts, the villages would not be located here.

Entering a grove in the field, Gao Shang pointed to a deep pit fenced in front of him and said, "This is it." ”

Fang Chongyong thought about the copy of the Ministry of Engineering, which clearly said "All around is open and grassy", but why is there a forest in front of him!

"Is there really no wrong place?"

Fang Chongyong looked puzzled and continued to ask: "The document of the Ministry of Industry clearly states that the place where the mine pit was found is grassland. ”

"That copy is something from Zhenguan more than a hundred years ago. At that time, it was a wasteland, and it was not uncommon for it to be surrounded by openness. After the water conservancy was built later, there were more water sources, so mulberry trees were planted, which is the vicissitudes of the sea. ”

Gao Shang said with a sigh.

Those pieces of waste in the Ministry of Industry, they know a fart. More than 100 years have passed, and the documentation has not been updated. This is the case with officials, if there is nothing good for promotion, then no one will do it.

It used to be like this when it was Zhenguan, and now it's still like this with Tianbao!

The cynical nobility thinks that these people are the waste of the corpse vegetarian meal.

"Okay, do you want to go down and have a look? You can help me pull the rope up there. ”

Fang Chongyong asked.

As soon as he heard this, Gao Shang immediately said excitedly:

"The pit has always been dangerous, how can you let Fang Yushi go to the pit!

Let the lower officials come down to the pit to explore the way, and wait to find out the situation inside! ”

The noble other party bowed with his hands crossed.

"Since you're so insistent, let's arrange it like this."

Fang Chongyong nodded slightly and said.

The gentleman does not stand under the wall, and he and Gao Shang are not familiar enough to give each other's backs. The temptation just now is also to test the attitude of the noble person.

I have to say that Gao Shang is really a dog licker.

The two of them worked together to tie the hemp rope to the root of a thick mulberry tree near the mine, and Fang Chongyong tied the hemp rope to Gao Shang's body again, and advised: "There may be water in the pit, if it really doesn't work, just shout, I'll pull you up." ”

"Xia Guan understands."

Gao Shang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, suppressed the panic in his heart, and slowly walked towards the pit, then turned around and grabbed the ground, slowly exploring the way.

He knew very well that this jump was a watershed in whether he could be recommended by Fang Chongyong. The thing is done, and it is not difficult to think about it; But if things go wrong, then the rest of the matter, ask for more blessings.

The noble man from Kuhaha is also very clear that in his life, there may not be many opportunities, and it is even likely that God will only give him one chance.

If you catch it, then you will soar.

can't catch it, in this life, eat vegetables and gnaw grass until you get old.

Every casual adventure is likely to be the last chance to change your fate.

He had to catch it, even if it was very risky.

Watching the noble and bold descend into the pit, Fang Chongyong couldn't help but nod slightly, sincerely admiring this kind of ruthless person who can go out in his heart.

Grassroots people like Gao Shang do not have good fathers, good grandfathers and good uncles, in order to get ahead, they must be more ruthless than others.

In a world without the halo of the protagonist, everyone is the protagonist, and they can also seize the opportunity to change their fate, or they can seize the favor of God.

Only by fighting hard can they become masters!

Although Fang Chongyong does not agree with this kind of "progress", he can still understand what similar struggles are for.

In his previous life, many people liked to say what "poverty and happiness" they said. At that time, I didn't evaluate it, but in this cannibalistic Tang Dynasty, as long as someone is poor, he will definitely suffer, and even suffer until death.

Even if it is happiness, it is just joy in suffering.

When a person has worked in the fields for a year, but in the end he can only have enough food and clothing, that person will feel disgusted and even hated by such poverty, and how can he be happy?

Wang Tu's hegemony is nothing but a pie drawn by the ruling class; The hardship of the people and the suffering of the people is the truth of the world.

Fang Chongyong sighed softly, fantasizing in his heart that it would be good if he could light a cigarette and smoke it now, and relieve a thousand sorrows.

Suddenly, he found that the rope he was holding with both hands was still tight before, but now it was actually soft!

Either the rope broke and Gao Shang fell into the pit, or it was ...... Noble has stepped to the bottom of the pit!

"Fang Yushi, I've reached the bottom of the pit, it's a little waterlogged, but it's not deep!"

Gao Shang, who had already descended to the deepest part of the pit, shouted at the top of his voice.

"Is there any coal, grab a little and come up!"

Fang Chongyong also shouted at the top of his voice.

After a while, Gao Shang shouted below: "Fang Yushi, pull me up, I have already mined the coal!" ”

Hearing this, Fang Chongyong hurriedly pulled it to the top of the pit. Gao Shang untied the wooden box on his back, which contained a lot of water-stained coal.

"Xia Guan doesn't know much about this, but this thing should be charcoal, and there can't be charcoal in the mine."

Gao Shang said, pointing to the contents of the wooden box.

This pit will slowly seep water into the ground, otherwise, this mine has existed for a hundred years, and it would have become a deep pool. It is precisely because of the rapid seepage of water that the coal can be collected. Of course, if you want to open a mine, that's another story.

The so-called mine shaft is to erect a wooden support structure around the mine, and leave a passage for people to go up and down.

Then, when the coal is mined, holes are made in certain sections around the perimeter of the pit, and the digging is kept deep, and the support structure is made as it is dug. Similar technology, in fact, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Yu have a very mature plan, although they open iron mines.

Of course, this is only about the discovery of coal and the means of extraction.

However, in order to really mine it and then transport it to Chang'an, it still needs to invest a lot of manpower and material resources, and a lot of infrastructure construction needs to be done in the early stage.

Otherwise, it can't be rectified.

Therefore, Fang Chongyong is taking a small step now, and it is indeed of great significance to say that it is meaningful. It doesn't make sense to say it's like not doing all the fitness plans.

Looking at the surrounding environment, Fang Chongyong said with some joy: "The surroundings are flat, and there are no mountains and rivers blocking it, so it's finally good news." ”

That's good news, but it's one of the few pieces of good news.

On the way back to the capital city of Pizhou, Fang Chongyong was thinking of a solution. However, when they came to the edge of Jingshui, they found that the horse had been stolen!

The two ropes hung alone on the trunk of the tree, as if mocking Fang Chongyong. As a Beijing official, he went to the local government on business, but he had to report to the official because he lost his horse, this matter is so shameful!

"The security in Pizhou is really bad, it seems that it can't be rectified."

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Fang Yushi, in fact, the security in Pizhou is not bad, but Sanshui County is just bad.

In this matter, the county order of Sanshui County must give an explanation, otherwise, where will Fang Yushi's face go.

Please Fang Yushi go back to the palace to rest, and then go to the county government of Sanshui County to negotiate with the county order. ”

The noble other party bowed bravely.

"By the way, what is the crime of stealing horses?"

Fang Chongyong suddenly asked curiously, because he had never encountered this kind of bird incident before, so he didn't pay much attention to the punishment in this regard.

"Cattle thieves are in a yoke, and horse thieves are dead."

Gao Shang Senran said.

"Understood, you can go to the county government of Sanshui County, and the official will go back to the government of Pizhou by himself."

Fang Chongyong said weakly, looking for a coal mine and encountering this kind of bird thing, doesn't the history book say that the Tang Dynasty does not close the door at night, how can he be stolen from the government's horse during the day?

His heart broke down slightly.

(End of chapter)