It was Jia Yun's suggestion to locate the Coal Administration Office in Huainan this time.

The coal mining factory jointly founded by Jia Yun and Cheng Huanian will also be located in Huainan.

Because Huainan is one of the places with relatively rich coal resources that has been discovered in the Qing Dynasty. It is not far from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which is convenient for transportation through the Grand Canal. Moreover, Huainan is located in the center of Anhui, and the Coal Administration Office is located here to facilitate supervision.

Coal mining issues in various parts of Anhui.

There is another reason that Jia Yun is not comfortable talking about.

As a time traveler, Jia Yun knows that Huainan is rich in coal resources, but the proportion discovered so far is still very small.

Jia Yun had read relevant news in her previous life and knew that Huainan's coal mine reserves were as high as 18 billion tons, accounting for 70% of the entire Anhui and more than 30% of the entire East China, and the coal mines in Huainan were of excellent quality.

Therefore, even if we just vigorously explore coal resources, mine coal, and manufacture briquettes in Huainan, a lot of wealth will be created...

What's more, Jia Yun's plan this time is not limited to Huainan, but will vigorously mine in Anhui in the early stage, and then expand to other provinces in the medium term.

You should know that Anhui is only the province with the most coal mines discovered in Qing Dynasty.

In fact, as far as Jia Yun knows, the places with the most coal mines in the Qing Dynasty are actually in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and other provinces. Compared with these provinces, Anhui's coal mine resources are less.

Coal resources in several provinces have only been explored so far.

Therefore, in today's Qing Dynasty, coal mines are booming, which is a huge and shocking wealth.

What's more, this is just a coal mine, and Jia Yun hasn't even thought about oil...

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The coal mine project was really urgent. After all, Emperor Tianzhi was eager for the money, and Jia Yun also signed a pledge.

Three days later, on October 6th, Qin Ye took Qin Keqing, Qin Zhong and a large group of people south to Huainan.

Two days later, on October 9, Cheng Huanian also led a group of people south to Huainan.

A month later, on November 9, Jia Yun received a secret letter from Cheng Huanian sent to Beijing from Huainan.

The secret letter stated that the matter in Huainan encountered great resistance because there were several private coal dealers with powerful backgrounds in Huainan.

Due to the ban on coal mining issued by the Supreme Emperor when he was in power, the Qing Dynasty only allowed officials to mine coal in an appropriate amount to supply demand.

However, there have always been private coal traders in Huainan. These private coal traders rely on the backing of their backers to illegally mine coal mines for profit.

In his secret letter, Cheng Huanian mentioned a private coal dealer named Lou Biao. He was the second largest private coal dealer in Huainan, the eldest son of Lou Shoufeng, the commander-in-chief of Shouchun Town, and he had close contacts with the Huainan magistrate.

Cheng Huanian mentioned that Lou Biao was very rampant and did not take Qin Ye, the censor of coal inspection, seriously.

Cheng Huanian finally pointed out that he hoped Jia Yun could find a solution, otherwise not only would the partnership between the two of them to establish a coal mine factory fall through, but even the coal administration yamen would become a decoration.

Jia Yun fell silent after reading the secret letter, thinking deeply in the silence...

In fact, he had long expected that things in Huainan would not be easy this time, and he even expected that there would be private coal dealers in the area, but the rampant private coal dealers were beyond his expectation.

Lou Biao, a private coal merchant, did not take Qin Ye, the censor of the coal patrol, seriously, which is really outrageous. Although Qin Ye, the censor of the coal patrol, was only a sixth-grade civil servant, he was appointed by the emperor himself, and this official position

The status is not low.

Lou Biao was actually the eldest son of Lou Shoufeng, the commander-in-chief of Shouchun Town, and he had close contacts with the Huainan magistrate.

It will be difficult to deal with this matter.

What's more, Cheng Huanian mentioned in the secret letter that Lou Biao was only the second largest private coal dealer in Huainan. Cheng Huanian, the largest private coal dealer, did not mention it, but Jia Yun could guess that the backstage of this private coal dealer was probably greater than Lou Biao's.

sharp……

However, although this matter is difficult to handle, it is not impossible to handle.

No matter how powerful those private coal dealers are, how can they be as powerful as Jia Yun's current background?

You must know that Jia Yun is now the imperial envoy to handle this matter on behalf of Emperor Tianzhi, not to mention that this matter has been approved by the Supreme Emperor.

After thinking deeply, Jia Yun sighed in her heart: It seems that I still need to go south in person!

And he will definitely need to mobilize troops to go south this time.

This matter was no different than the previous capture of Eunuch Pang. He could have done it by going down to the canal with six palace guards.

This matter involves the commander-in-chief of Shouchun Town and the prefect of Huainan, and may even involve a larger official background. Let alone six palace guards, even with sixty palace guards, it will be difficult to solve it.

Therefore, he did not plan to report it to Emperor Tianzhi immediately.

At present, he has only received a secret letter from Cheng Huanian. It would be ridiculous for Emperor Tianzhi to agree to his deployment of troops this time based on this secret letter alone.

He needs to wait for Qin Ye's paperwork...

What Jia Yun didn't expect was that instead of waiting for Qin Ye's documents, what he was waiting for was the news of Qin Ye's sudden death!

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Ten days later, November 19th.

This is the day when Jia Yun takes a rest.

In the afternoon, Jia Yun was in the Rongqing Hall of the residence, paying filial piety to Bu Wuniang and joking with several maids at the same time.

At this time, Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the palace, suddenly came to Jia Yun's house in person and said to Jia Yun: "Master Jia, the emperor has summoned you to come to the palace quickly. There is something urgent."

Jia Yun asked: "Does Eunuch Dai know what is going on?"

Dai Quan said: "I only know that the emperor just received an urgent document from the Huainan government office. After reading it, he asked me to summon Mr. Jia."

An urgent document from the Huainan government office? Not a document from the Coal Administration Office?

Jia Yun couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

He had already learned in advance from Cheng Huanian's secret letter that the Huainan prefect had colluded with local private coal dealers.

This time, the prefect of Huainan sent urgent documents directly to Emperor Tianzhi, which would probably not be a good thing.

Without thinking much, Jia Yun rode a black horse, escorted by Tong Dunxing and three other soldiers, and quickly rushed to the palace, walked into the Mingjian of Qianqing Palace, and met Emperor Tianzhi.

Jia Yun found that Emperor Tianzhi didn't have an angry look on his face when he saw him, and he immediately felt more relaxed.

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Emperor Tianzhi directly gave an urgent document to Jia Yun.

After reading the urgent document, Jia Yun could no longer remain calm and composed, and a serious look appeared on her face.

This urgent document was written by Chu Kaichun, the prefect of Huainan.

The content is that when Qin Ye, the censor of coal inspection, was inspecting a coal mine, a roof accident suddenly occurred. A clerk, four coal soldiers, and two miners were all killed in the accident.

The so-called roof accident refers to an accident in which the roof unexpectedly falls during underground coal mining, causing casualties, equipment damage, production interruption, etc.

Roof accidents are one of the major disasters in coal mining.

After Jia Yun finished reading, her expression became serious, and she was thinking about something in her seriousness. Emperor Tianzhi took the lead and asked: "Jia Yun, what do you think of this matter?"

Jia Yun responded solemnly: "Your Majesty, I think there is something fishy about this matter."

Emperor Tianzhi asked: "What's strange?"

Jia Yun said: "Your Majesty, I told you before that my friend Cheng Huanian and I jointly founded a coal mining factory in Huainan. I have a secret letter here that Cheng Huanian sent ten days ago. I beg the Emperor to read it."

With that said, Jia Yun took out Cheng Huanian's secret letter from her arms.

Emperor Tianzhi gave Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the palace, a look. Dai Quan understood, stepped forward and took the secret letter from Jia Yun's hand, checked it before handing it to Emperor Tianzhi.

Emperor Tianzhi read it carefully, and his brows furrowed as he read it. When he finished reading the entire secret letter, an angry look appeared on his face.

Emperor Tianzhi looked at Jia Yun again: "Is the content written in this secret letter true?"

Jia Yun said: "Your Majesty, although Cheng Huanian is a businessman, he is also a scholar and has passed the imperial examination. Moreover, based on my long-term friendship with him, I believe that he has the morals and intelligence of a Confucian scholar and is not well-educated."

Be humble, be honest, and pursue excellence while benefiting the world."

"Therefore, I believe that what is written in this secret letter is true."

Emperor Tianzhi paused and asked: "What do you think is strange about Qin Ye's death this time?"

Jia Yun said: "I boldly suspect that Qin Ye's death may not be due to the roof accident, but for other reasons. It may be related to the rampant private coal traders in Huainan, or even to the local government!"

Emperor Tianzhi became silent after hearing this.

In fact, he already had such suspicion in his heart after reading Cheng Huanian's secret letter. Now that he heard Jia Yun's suspicion, he was not surprised, but just angry.

If this suspicion is true, then the local private coal merchants and the government in Huainan are too bold to take Qin Ye, the censor of the coal patrol, seriously.

It seems that this behavior is contempt and offense to him as the emperor!

After a moment of silence, Emperor Tianzhi asked: "How do you think this matter should be handled?"

Jia Yun said: "I sincerely ask the emperor to send his ministers south to deal with this matter."

Emperor Tianzhi had no hesitation about this and nodded: "Yes!"

Jia Yun added: "Your Majesty, this matter may involve the rampant private coal merchants in the area, and may even involve the local government. Moreover, it may not only involve Huainan Magistrate Chu Kaichun, but may even involve Shouchun Town Commander-in-Chief Lou Shoufeng."

"If it is really related to Chu Kaichun, the magistrate of Huainan, or even Lou Shoufeng, the commander-in-chief of Shouchun Town, I wonder how the emperor plans to deal with these two people?"
To be continued...