It is said that Bai Sheng kicked Wu Dalang, kicked the fat servant woman with his legs, and then punched Zhang Yuanwai without knowing whether he was alive or dead, and all of them did not add up to any achievements, because the opponent was too weak, and it was not as good as those who were beaten down by Guo Sheng's brothers, so even Guo Sheng and others did not think that Bai Sheng's martial arts were anything unusual.

But a lawsuit could not be avoided after all, and someone arrived and brought the lady with a meaty face, Wu Dalang, Bai Sheng and others to the Qinghe County Ya and handed them over to the county magistrate for trial.

There are two plaintiffs in this case, one is Zhang Yuanwai, the other is Wu Dalang, and the defendant is only Bai Sheng.

Li Qingzhao smiled coldly, so the scene of meeting officials in the Yamen of Yuncheng County was staged again......

After a trial, the county magistrate rejected Zhang Dahu and Wu Dalang's claims, sentenced Pan Jinlian to Bai Sheng, and ordered Zhang Dahu's family to compensate Bai Sheng for the injury and medicine expenses of 100 taels.

The truth is Bai Sheng's truth -- regarding the brawl incident, it was Wu Dalang and Zhang Yuanwai and the rest of the family who did the first thing, and they deserved to be beaten, but they couldn't beat people, as long as Zhang Yuanwai was still alive, he could not accuse Bai Sheng of fighting and killing people; and on the issue of marriage, because Pan Jinlian and Wu Dalang really did not have the order of their parents, they did not support Wu Da's appeal.

After all, this is not a slave society but a feudal society, Zhang Yuanwai bought back the young Pan Jinlian and raised it, with only one purpose, that is, he wanted the old cow to eat tender grass, so he never established the relationship between his adoptive father and daughter with Pan Jinlian. In this case, Pan Jinlian is neither the adopted daughter of the Zhang family nor a slave of the Zhang family, and her marriage cannot be decided by the Zhang family.

It is true that this truth is only Bai Sheng's unique will, which is incompatible with the concept of the people in the world, but how can there be a great god Li Qingzhao in charge, don't say that Bai Sheng's argument has three points of truth, that is, there is no point, how can the county official offend Li Qingzhao because of this?

So the Zhang family and Wu Dalang could only end up being dumb and eat coptis, watching Bai Sheng and others with their bride Pan Jinlian being sent out of the house by the magistrate Gong, the housewife of the Zhang family and Wu Dalang were so angry that they could only dare to be angry but did not dare to speak.

At this moment, Wu Dalang's plan was to wait for his brother Wu Erlang to come back and cry, while the housewife of the Zhang family had already sent her family to Tangyin County to find her husband's cousin Zhang Yong, who had become the leader of the foot archers in the Tangyin County City Army, and would avenge this deep revenge no matter what!

That night, Bai Sheng and his entourage stayed at an inn under the county government.

Li Qingzhao thought that Bai Shengqiang robbed Pan Jinlian in order to marry a wife and concubine for himself, so he suggested that Pan Jinlian should live with Bai Sheng, and was ready to buy a simple wedding for Bai Sheng on the spot and arrange a temporary cave room.

Compared with Li Qingzhao's enthusiasm, Yan Poxi looked very unhappy, because Pan Jinlian had already unveiled the red hijab when she was in the county government, and she found that Pan Jinlian's appearance was not inferior to her, and she was a yellow flower girl who had never **, and the possibility of her wanting to marry Bai Sheng suddenly became smaller.

Pan Jinlian's attitude is of course very willing, she also saw Bai Sheng's appearance when she lifted her hijab, such a handsome and upright man is really the only one she has seen in her life, in her opinion, marrying such a man should be the desire of all women in the world, and it is a fool not to marry.

Guo Sheng and others were also busy congratulating Bai Sheng, congratulating him on gaining another beautiful wife.

However, Bai Sheng's reaction was unexpected by everyone, he made it clear that he had no intention of marrying Pan Jinlian, but when it came to the specific question of why he wanted to save Pan Jinlian, he was vague, and only said that he wanted to find a maid for Li Qingzhao so that he could serve along the way. It's just that this statement is difficult to convince everyone, and it is obviously not normal to look for a maid so aggressively.

Bai Sheng naturally couldn't say what he really thought, because everyone, including Pan Jinlian herself, would not have expected that Pan Jinlian would later fall into a disgraceful situation. As for marrying Pan Jinlian as his wife, he really doesn't dare for the time being, what if this Pan Jinlian's nature is debauched? So how can she be embarrassed to be made a green hat by her in the future? Even if the person who killed her at that time would have his own brain too green, wouldn't it?

So he felt that he needed to observe Pan Jinlian for a period of time first, and then talk about whether he would marry or not.

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Four days later, at noon, Bai Sheng and his entourage came to the outside of Tangyin County, which is not far from Bianliang.

How to choose? The group only Bai Sheng is the first to look forward, but Bai Sheng has to consult Li Qingzhao's opinion, the journey is bumpy and tiring, the first thing to consider is whether a woman can hold on, Bai Sheng has always been a character who takes into account the feelings of others, whether to go or stop, and never act arbitrarily.

When he stopped to discuss, he suddenly saw a team of ox carts merging in from the fork in the road, and the carts were filled with black lump coal, shining in the sun, Bai Sheng couldn't help but be amazed, stared at the coal cart and admired a few times, and then asked left and right: "Do any of you know what this is?"

Yan Po cherished Pan Jinlian, Guo Sheng and others were all at a loss, only Li Qingzhao was knowledgeable, and immediately explained to Bai Sheng, "This is charcoal, it can be used to smelt gold and iron, and it can also be used to bake fire for heating, this is a good thing......"

Li Qingzhao spoke in great detail, roughly saying that the economy of this dynasty is prosperous, and the population has skyrocketed to 10,000,000, but the opposite of the increase in population is a sharp decrease in timber resources, and there are almost no trees to be cut down in the land north of the Yangtze River. This is sad for the princes and nobles who are accustomed to heating in winter, as well as the wealthy and wealthy people, because the winter of these years is not generally cold, there used to be charcoal, but now there is no wood, what should I do? Fortunately, people discovered the heating use of charcoal in time, and now the major cities and towns have a great demand for charcoal, and Tokyo Bianliang is naturally the most in demand, and there is no one.

What Li Qingzhao didn't know was that Bai Sheng certainly knew the primary use of coal, and he was surprised that the Northern Song Dynasty had already used coal, and he asked the name of coal in this era. He didn't explain his original intention to Li Qingzhao, but nodded thoughtfully: "Well, this charcoal is indeed a good thing!"

At that moment, he ordered someone to ask the driver of an ox cart with the usual money, "Where did this coal come from, and where did it go, and what price?"

The coachman got the copper money, he was very happy, and he said it locally, it turned out that there was a coal mine outside Tangyin County, which belonged to the royal property, and the coal produced was specially supplied to Bianliang City, even if Tangyin County was authorized to be responsible for management, he did not dare to intercept a little. As for the price, the coal of this ox cart is worth five taels of silver, that is, five copper coins, the key is that this thing is not bought casually, only the residents of Bianliang City have the right to buy it.

Bai Sheng looked at the load of the ox cart, estimated that this cart of coal was no more than one ton at most, patted the coachman's shoulder and motioned for him to leave, turned to Guo Sheng and said, "Haven't you kept asking me what way to make a fortune?

Li Qingzhao was puzzled: "This business is the sole monopoly of the royal family, how can others profit from it?"

Bai Sheng smiled: "Of course I have my way, let's go, let's go to this coal mine in Tangyin first, and learn how they mine." ”

The group turned to the fork in the road according to the coachman's instructions, and after a short walk, they saw a black mine, the mine was not high, and a military camp was set up at the foot of the mountain. Bai Sheng and others all knew that these were soldiers and horses from Tangyin County, and the purpose of being stationed here was to prevent civilians from stealing coal.

(Note: The coal mine in the text is today's Hebi Coal Mine, according to historical records, the Hebi Coal Mine has been mined since the Northern Song Dynasty, and the main use of the mined coal is to supply Kaifeng people for heating.) Therefore, the content herein is not fictional. ）