In Dongjiawan, 20 miles north of Bozhou City, a miner covered in black stumbled out of the mine shaft, holding a large piece of black coal and ran to Yang Chaodong, who was watching from the side, and knelt down on the ground.
The coal was lifted high for Yang Chaodong to see.
"We actually found coal!" Yang Chaodong looked at the staff around him with incredible eyes, with surprise and joy that could not be concealed on his face.
"Congratulations to the Empress, may you be blessed!" All the staff bowed and congratulated Yang Chaodong.
You must know that this coal mine was dedicated to Yang Chaodong by Su Hao, and the output of the coal mine is Yang Chaodong's income. Bozhou is surrounded by forests, and there is no shortage of fuel. However, in neighboring Chongqing and Guiyang, there is always a shortage of fuel due to their dense population. If
If coal can be mined in Banshu and transported to these places for sale, the profits will be very considerable.
As the heir to the chieftain of Bozhou, Yang Chaodong is also very strapped for money. There are only a few hundred thousand people in Bozhou, and the money and grain that can be produced in a year is not much. What's more, in order to maintain the local rule of the Yang family, the chieftain's government cannot control the local people.
Excessive demands were made, so the total income was very limited. Among these limited incomes, Yang Yinglong also spent a considerable part on raising troops and giving gifts to powerful officials in the court. In the end, there was less money left.
Yang Chaodong's ordinary life is a hundred times better than that of ordinary people in Banzhou, but compared with wealthy people in wealthy places, it can only be described as shabby. It is not that he has never thought of ways to make money, but he is in such a traffic
In the inconvenient mountains, what clever tricks can he come up with?
Now, Su Hao fell from the sky and gave him a large coal mine while talking and laughing. If it is according to what Su Hao said, the annual output of this coal mine will be no less than 3,000 taels of silver.
For Yang Chaodong, it was like giving help in the nick of time.
What surprised Yang Chaodong the most was that various signs showed that Su Hao had indeed never been to Bozhou before. He spent a long time in Bozhou City with a compass, then pointed in a direction, and finally found this place in Dong's house.
Yang Chaodong and his staff had never heard of this kind of ability.
"Send Master Su Tianshi to come over." Yang Chaodong said to the leader of the soldiers, Kong Gui. When he saw Kong Gui move, Yang Chaodong quickly added: "I'm inviting him over, so don't be rude."
"Uh... yes!" Kong Gui reluctantly agreed and walked towards Su Hao and Chen Guanyu, who were isolated dozens of steps away by the soldiers.
"Master Su Tianshi, my queen has invited me." Kong Gui came to Su Hao, bowed slightly and said.
Su Hao nodded reservedly, raised his legs and walked towards Yang Chaodong, followed closely by Chen Guanyu. Kong Gui raised his head and looked at Yang Chaodong to ask for permission. Seeing that Yang Chaodong did not object, he let Chen Guanyu and Su
Hao went there together.
"Student Su Hao, please see General Yang."
Su Hao walked up to Yang Chaodong and bowed respectfully. Yang Chaodong quickly stepped forward to greet him, held each other's hands, and laughed and said: "Master Su is too polite, Yang cannot bear the gift from Master Su."
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Su Hao said: "General Yang Shen is young and promising. He unites the elite troops of the whole country and ensures peace in the four realms. Su Hao has admired him for a long time. It is truly a blessing to see General Yang Shen today."
Yang Chaodong also complimented: "Su Tianshi is overly praised. Su Tianshi knows everything about heaven and earth, and he knows the unknown. He found such a large coal mine for me. I am really grateful."
"This is all as it should be. Su's servants accidentally collided with General Yang, so Su should come here to apologize. He offered a small coal mine as a token of apology. Please accept it after General Yang accepts it, sir.
A lot, I have forgiven my servants for their unintentional mistakes." Su Hao said.
"It's easy to talk." Yang Chaodong said, he turned to Wang Qifeng and said: "Mr. Wang, take my command talisman, go to the General's Mansion immediately, bring all Su Tianshi's servants over, and hand them over to Su Tian
division."
"Thank you, General Yang." Su Hao said, "By the way, General Yang, if possible, the survey tools brought by my servants and the paper they used to record the immortal talismans would also be returned to the students. I don't know.
Is this request too abrupt?"
"Mr. Wang, you will bring the belongings brought by Su Tianshi's people later." Yang Chaodong ordered. Seeing Wang Qifeng mount his horse and leave, Yang Chaodong turned back to Su Hao and said: "Su Tianshi,
Those survey tools can be returned to you, but the things written on those papers...you said they are immortal talismans?"
Su Hao nodded and said: "Exactly, that is our sect's secret that is not passed down."
He emphasized that the secret of not telling was to stop Yang Chaodong's mouth in advance, so that Yang Chaodong would not have to ask clearly about the meaning of these "immortal symbols". In fact, each Taoist sect has its own set of special symbols, and outsiders also know that this is not allowed to ask.
. People who believe in ghosts and gods will think that these symbols really record heavenly secrets and cannot be leaked. For people who do not believe in ghosts and gods, these symbols are just a cover for Taoist priests to pretend to be gods and ghosts, so there is no need to investigate their essence.
content.
Yang Chaodong originally belonged to the latter category and disdained the Taoist magic. But after seeing Su Hao's wonderful ability to prospect for minerals, his attitude changed. Thinking back to those tadpole-like symbols, the more he thought about it, the more he understood it.
Feeling that there must be a deep meaning in it. He looked at Su Hao and said: "It is not impossible to return those papers to Master Su. But can Master Su tell me what these immortal talismans are used for?"
"Uh-huh, these immortal talismans are used to record the earth's energy. If we want to find minerals, we rely on guessing the earth's energy." Su Hao said.
Yang Chaodong smiled and said: "So, Su Tianshi was able to find this coal mine only by the guidance of these immortal talismans? However, these immortal talismans are still in my hands, so what did Su Tianshi rely on to determine the mine?
What about?"
Su Hao pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Ashamed, in fact, before the student arrived in Bozhou, his servants had already sent some immortal talisman papers to Chongqing, so the student knew that there was a coal mine outside the city of Bozhou."
Yang Chaodong has also heard about the situation Su Hao mentioned in the past few days. Although he only captured He Benzheng, a soldier from the Kanyu Camp of a small banner, news from other places showed that there were other people who were also in Bozhou.
He had done a similar survey, but it was not discovered by the chieftain soldiers. Su Hao was able to speak out about this matter, which made Yang Chaodong feel more at ease.
"Since these immortal talismans are used for prospecting, and now Master Su Tianshi has dedicated the found coal mine to me, then these immortal talismans are probably of no use, right? Otherwise, I will have all these things burned.
So as not to fall into the hands of others and reveal the secrets of Su Tianshi's sect." Yang Chaodong asked tentatively.
"This..." Su Hao pretended to be embarrassed and said, "The student has received the order from Eunuch Hu and came to Bozhou to explore for minerals. If he doesn't bring anything back, wouldn't it be impossible to explain? Please show your respect to General Yang Shen.
, return these things to the students.”
Yang Chaodong laughed and waved to everyone. Kong Gui and others were already very familiar with Yang Chaodong's gestures. Seeing the situation, they quickly stepped back and pulled Chen Guanyu aside, leaving only Su Hao and Yang Chaodong standing together.
.Yang Chaodong walked to Su Hao and said in a low voice: "Master Su, we Ming people don't talk secretly. Can you tell Yang what other secrets are hidden in these immortal talismans?"
"Well, actually there is no secret..." Su Hao faltered, but the expression on his face clearly said: Of course there is a secret in this, but I won't tell you.
Yang Chaodong said: "Master Su, I appreciate your talents very much and hope that we can have more in-depth cooperation. However, if Master Su wants to hide something from me, it will be difficult for everyone to talk.
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Su Hao said: "How about, General Yang, I don't need these immortal talismans anymore. You just need to hand over my people to me. I will take them out of Bozhou right now. What will General Yang think?"
The more Su Hao behaves like this, the more Yang Chaodong believes that Su Hao must have something unsaid. According to Yang Chaodong's analysis, Su Hao can easily hand over a coal mine, and it is very likely that he has other resources in his hand, but he has not said anything.
Just come out. Previously, Su Hao asked Yang Chaodong for the survey data of He Benzheng and his team, which was obviously not related to the discovered coal mine. This meant that Su Hao knew something more valuable than this coal mine.
Now that he has thought of this, how could Yang Chaodong let Su Hao leave in vain?
"Is Su Tianshi really unwilling to cooperate with me?" Yang Chaodong asked with a half-smile, a hint of threat in his tone.
"It's not that the students don't want to cooperate with General Yang, it's actually Eunuch Hu..." Su Hao showed a depressed expression.
"Eunuch Hu, you just received the decree. As for whether you can find the mine, it depends on God's will. However, if Su Tianshi discovers other mines in Bozhou Prefecture, without the approval of the Tusi Mansion, I am afraid that the mine will
You can’t pick it out, right?” Yang Chaodong said.
"I definitely can't mine it myself, but with Eunuch Hu..." Su Hao seriously debated the feasibility with Yang Chaodong, and his words clearly revealed that he did have better mineral resources.
Yang Chaodong said: "Master Su, you are looking for ore for Eunuch Hu. If you find it, you will just get a compliment. If you expect Eunuch Hu to support you, you don't know how to do it. If you are willing to cooperate with me, I will
I guarantee that you will be rewarded immediately. Which of the two results is better or worse, I think with Su Tianshi's intelligence, I can tell it, right?"
"General Yang, what do you mean by saying that Su will be rewarded immediately?" Su Hao asked.
Yang Chaodong said: "If you can hand over the mine you found to me, I will promise that we will split 30-70 of the proceeds from the mining. You will get three and I will get seven. What do you think?"
"Is this true?" Su Hao's eyes were shining, and he stared straight at Yang Chaodong and asked. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)