Chunhe Palace, that is, the East Palace.

At this time, the snow had stopped, and the palace people were busy cleaning the snow.

Zhu Xiongying got up early and sat in the main hall, looking at the snow scene in the courtyard.

Under Li Jinglong's operation, the anthracite mined in Fangshan was made into briquettes according to the method handed over by Zhu Xiongying.

It was already on the market for trial sale yesterday.

With the experience of salt and wine last time, this time the briquettes sold very well.

Li Jinglong first promoted briquettes in the upper class, and was deeply liked by the powerful.

Next, Li Jinglong asked the house slaves to take out a few hundred catties to sell in the market, and as expected, the anthracite briquettes were sold out in less than a day.

In particular, briquettes are priced very low.

On the first day, there was already a bit of a shortage of supply, and many rich people on the street were clamoring for Li Jinglong to start selling the next batch as soon as possible.

You can imagine how hot it will be when the anthracite briquettes are fermented.

Of course, Li Jinglong sent a batch to Zhu Xiongying as soon as possible, and Zhu Xiongying took it to the old man.

It didn't take long.

Zhu Yuanzhang came in a hurry.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw the brazier in the temple, which was steaming hot, and it was the briquettes that were burning.

"This, you know what it is?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the burning briquettes and asked Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying smiled and replied: "Anthracite." ”

"Sure enough, you know!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then said with fiery eyes: "According to what we just learned, this thing only appeared in Yingtian City in the past two days, it is very easy to use, not only that, it can be sold very tightly in the market, you gave it to us, we also tried it, the effect is very good, compared to charcoal, not only will it not be poisoned if it is warm, where did you buy it?" ”

Zhu Xiongying smiled and said, "Grandpa, do you think this thing is good?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Eldest grandson, don't you feel very warm now?" This thing is a good thing, the price is low, it benefits the people, well, it's warm and non-toxic, it's good! ”

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his thigh and said a little anxiously: "Hey! You stinky boy! , you haven't said where this anthracite was bought from? ”

Zhu Xiongying replied: "But this anthracite is what I sold." ”

"What?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's body was shocked.

Wrong.

Coal is from your brat?

"Big ...... Grandson, don't you want to bluff me? Zhu Yuanzhang snorted: "Let's not joke. ”

Zhu Xiongying said lightly: "What are you kidding, if it's not like this, how can I know what anthracite is?" How can I send you the first time? ”

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang shuddered as if he had been struck by lightning.

The old man's eyes were a little dull, he swallowed his saliva, was stunned for a moment, suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and shouted excitedly: "Hahahaha...... The ancestors were virtuous! Our eldest grandson benefits the people! Hahaha! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was excited!

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his hands and asked Zhu Xiongying excitedly: "Eldest grandson, tell us quickly, how did this thing come about?" ”

Zhu Xiongying smiled: "Do you remember Fang Shan? ”

Fang Shan?

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, how could he not remember.

At the beginning, Zhu Xiongying was deceived by Zhou Ji, the son of Jiang Xiahou.

So that's it!

No wonder this stinky boy was so obsessed with it in the first place.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked suspiciously: "This thing grows out of the mountain?" ”

Zhu Xiongying shook his head and replied: "It's not grown, it's buried in the ground, it's the same as a salt mine, this is called a coal mine!" ”

"Coal mines?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's brows furrowed.

In fact, coal mines have existed in China since ancient times. It's not that he doesn't know.

It's just that Zhu Xiongying's anthracite is different from ordinary coal.

General coal will produce a lot of smoke, and because there are too many impurities, the sulfur content is high, and when it is burned, it is equivalent to poisonous smoke, and in this era, it is mostly used for iron smelting.

According to Fang Yizhi's "Physics Knowledge" at the end of the Ming Dynasty, some places in the Ming Dynasty burned coal into coke under closed conditions and used it to make iron, and the effect was very good.

In later generations, the honeycomb coal and briquettes commonly used by people actually need to be refined, commonly known as coal washing, but in this era, if you want to wash coal, the process is too difficult, and there is almost no feasibility.

This is also the reason why in the cold winter, people cannot use coal for heating.

However, the anthracite made by Zhu Xiongying is different now.

Anthracite has a very low sulfur content, although the ignition point is high, but this is not a problem, the most important thing is that it burns colorless, smokeless, and burns for a long time, which is an excellent cold fuel.

However, anthracite will also volatilize some deadly gases such as sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide, fortunately, the content is not high, and the buildings of this era are not a sealed environment, so anthracite gas, in fact, is the same as burning charcoal, almost does not cause much harm to the human body.

Zhu Xiongying nodded and said: "It is made from coal mines, and the reason why our Daming charcoal is so expensive is mainly because it requires a lot of labor and manpower, unlike anthracite, as long as it can be mined, it can be continuously supplied to the entire Jingshi and even the entire Daming!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up terrifyingly: "Where else is this anthracite?" Let's go buy it! Buy it and sell it to the people! ”

If it is really as Zhu Xiongying said, as long as it is mined.

So, if you find these mountain ranges, does it mean that the people of Daming can survive this winter in peace?

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Zhu Xiongying and asked, "Eldest grandson, how many catties of anthracite can you produce in a day?" ”

Zhu Xiongying smiled and said: "Our China is a vast land, and we don't know how to hide thousands of catties of coal underground, as long as we have enough manpower, it will not be a problem to supply how much we supply every day!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's hands trembled slightly with some excitement.

Jiangshan Sheji, for Zhu Yuanzhang, is not a pleasure, but a thousand catties of burden, so many people, hungry and cold, he can not rest assured for a day, especially this long cold winter is coming, every person who freezes to death is enough to make him feel distressed.

Now with anthracite, the number of people who freeze to death in this year's cold disaster will be greatly reduced.

Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his hands: "Eldest grandson, you haven't said it just now, where is this anthracite?" ”

Zhu Xiongying replied: "Shanxi, once the coal mountain there is developed, it is enough for our Ming people to heat for more than a thousand years!" ”

Another millennium!

Zhu Yuanzhang moved his hands behind his back and paced back and forth: "Ancestors and ancestors bless you!" ”

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying and patted Zhu Xiongying's shoulder vigorously: "Good grandson!" Our eldest grandson is the one who saves the people of the world! Ha ha! ”

It's freezing outside, but the old man's heart has never been so warm.

The old man had a smile on his face, like a blooming begonia.

Zhu Xiongying knows why.

Because in the old man's opinion, with anthracite, the people and people of the Ming Dynasty will not suffer and freeze.

In fact, the situation is far worse than Zhu Xiongying thought.

With the arrival of the Xiaoice Age, all parts of Daming fell into absolute cold, and the news of the dead people in various places came one after another, all of which impacted the heart of this dying old man.

The old man is more worried and painful than anyone else!

Hundreds of officials always say that they can sacrifice their lives and forget death for the sake of the people, and they take it as their responsibility to benefit the people, nonsense!

Who can understand the people better than Zhu Yuanzhang? More distressed about the people?

This world belongs to him Zhu Yuanzhang, his old Zhu family, and he has guarded the country for 24 years, and Zhu Yuanzhang has adjusted the wind and rain of the world governance.

What does he rely on?

It depends on him to deeply understand and understand the people, and truly see the people as his own children!

The child suffers and is distressed.

Now, how can he not be happy to see that his "children" can finally not be frozen to death for no reason? How can you not be happy?

The history books all say that Zhu Yuanzhang has a brutal temperament and kills, yes, the literati said so about Zhu Yuanzhang, and what they said is not wrong at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang has killed many people in his life.

But who would have thought that Zhu Yuanzhang had killed the nine clans of the people?

Why is there no folk book that has been handed down to future generations, which is about the arrangement of Zhu Yuanzhang?

Why have the people never said anything bad about Zhu Yuanzhang in any wild history?

Zhu Xiongying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was as happy as an old child, and her eyes moistened unconsciously.

"I'll protect this smile!"

(End of chapter)