After settling the matter with the county magistrate Han Wen, Dai Qi then went to visit the county magistrate, chief secretary and dianshi respectively. They all ceded a small part of their equity to them in the name of lack of funds. Of course, according to the size of each person's official position,
Differently, the proportion of equity also decreases step by step. As for the funds for the shares, Dai Qi said that they will be deposited in each person's hands first, and he will ask for them when the money is needed in the future.
Giving away 20% of the shares, in exchange for the full support of Su Hao from all county officials. Han Wen said that he would give Su Hao full support on the land acquisition issue of the coal mine; County Prime Minister Wang Qi personally took charge of Su Hao
The class official called and instructed him to fully cooperate with Su Hao and Dai Qi's work. If any lawless person dared to cause trouble in coal mining, he would be severely punished.
Wang Fengshao, the chief bookkeeper, was in charge of industrial and commercial affairs. He helped Dai Qi get all the licenses for starting a trading company, so that Su's Science and Trade Trading Company had a legal status from then on; Dian Shi Wang Yixue worked the hardest, and he personally accompanied Dai Qi and Su Xiaohu
Go to Nanchang and go to the relevant departments of the Chief Minister's Department to handle the kiln license, registration and tax payment required for coal mining.
Let me briefly mention here that the case in which Deng Kui and Hao Tong violently beat up Wei Laohu was inexplicably dropped. Wei Laohu did not go to the county government to file a complaint, and Xiao An, the head of the fast class, seemed to have forgotten about it.
, but Su Hao's attitude was obviously much more enthusiastic when he saw it. As for who instigated Wei Laohu to trouble Lu Xiuer in the first place, it became an unsolved case, and Su Hao didn't bother to pursue it anymore.
Regarding the coal mine application procedures, Dai Qi was familiar with it, so Su Hao didn't have to intervene. He took Chen Guanyu, several government officials and college students, and took a boat across the Gan River to Xuanfeng Township in Hexi Province.
, to select the coal mine site.
Xuanfeng Township was called Qujiang Town in later generations. It is located in the northeast of the county seat and faces the county seat across the Gan River. This area is located in the remnants of the Jiuling Mountains, and the terrain is gentle hills. The highest point of Xiangu Ridge is only 150 meters above sea level.
about.
Because of digging a well, Su Hao once visited Xuanfeng Township and inspected the geological conditions here, confirming that it has the conditions to form coal and should be an area rich in coal resources. While digging the well, Su Hao
He mainly operates in densely populated places. This time, he went in the opposite direction and specifically chose sparsely populated places, because the more such places are, the more likely they are to be coal-producing areas.
Before setting off, Su Hao first drew a rough geographical map of Xuanfeng Township. During the inspection process, he continued to add to this map, marking the topography, vegetation distribution and other information. If he wants to go here in the future
When mining coal everywhere, a relatively accurate map is very necessary.
Everyone was conducting a dragnet investigation in Xuanfeng Township, and the progress was not very fast. On this day, the group came to a hilly area called Wangjiapo and walked along the valley between the low hills. Su Hao and Ma
As they walked, the two of them observed the landforms on both sides, marked on the map, and exchanged a few words with each other from time to time.
As they were walking, veteran Chen Guanyu suddenly pointed forward, turned his head and said to Su Hao: "Master, look at the mountains in front of you, it looks like a place where coal is produced."
Su Hao raised his eyes and looked at the hill in front of him, then looked at Chen Guanyu in surprise, and said with a smile: "Not bad, Old Chen, you actually know how to prospect coal?"
Su Hao said this unintentionally, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that he also meant to belittle Chen Guanyu. After all, the first time the two of them met was when they were prospecting for a well, and Chen Guanyu proved that he was just a god with his actual actions.
Stick, he doesn't know how to survey wells at all. Hearing Su Hao's comments, Chen Guanyu's face turned slightly red and he said quickly: "No, no, in front of the master, how dare Xiaodao do anything."
Su Hao shook his head: "Old Chen, don't be humble. What you just said makes sense. I'm just wondering how you can tell that this mountain seems to be a coal-producing place. By the way, if
If you try to fool me with that set of gossip, I’m not done with you.”
Chen Guanyu saw that Su Hao was not joking, so he said seriously: "Master is joking, even if I use my little Taoism to deceive you, Master. That's why I feel that the mountains in front of me are like coal-producing places.
It’s because the vegetation on this mountain is sparse. When Xiaodao was learning the art of surveying, he once heard his master say that if there is coal underneath, no vegetation will grow on it. As for what the truth is, Xiaodao can’t explain.”
Su Hao nodded and said: "It seems that your master is also a learned person. "Tiangong Kaiwu" said: Where coal does not grow in a land with lush grass and trees... If there is no vegetation in the bald mountains in the south, there will be coal underneath.
.These statements are completely consistent with what your master said."
"That's right, that's right, my master is a man of the Tao. It's a pity that he's not good at studying the minor ways and has embarrassed the master." Chen Guanyu said, half boasting and half blaming himself.
Ma Yu is a loyal fan of Su Hao. He must carefully understand every word Su Hao says. When Su Hao talks about the narrative in "Tiangong Kaiwu", he can't help but interject: "Tiangong Kaiwu"
Kaiwu? What kind of strange book is this? How come I have never heard of it?"
"Have you never heard of such a famous book?" Su Hao looked at Ma Yu and immediately realized that he was talking about the divine book "Tiangong Kaiwu" as a time traveler, and at the moment, writing about "Tiangong Kaiwu"
The friend from Gongkaiwu should still be staying at home in Fengxin, Jiangxi. Whether he is literate is still a question.
"This is a book that I read in the early years. I don't know who wrote it. It mentioned the principle of opening things to make things happen, which is quite insightful." Su Hao said covertly. The so-called opening things to make things happen is
There is a statement in "Yi-Xici", which means that success can be achieved by deciphering the principles of all things and acting according to these principles. Speaking of which, this can be regarded as an understanding of physics in ancient China. "Tiangong Kai"
The title of the book "Things" is a combination of the two words "ingenuity" and "creating things to achieve things".
"Brother Gai, do you have this book? Can you lend it to me to read?" Ma Yu asked.
Su Hao had no choice but to pretend to be annoyed and said: "When I was taking the boy examination, I accidentally read this book from a friend of the same age. I was not sensible at the time and did not borrow it to copy it. I just remembered some of it.
It’s just words. I can’t remember the surname of my brother who is the same year now. It seems that he is a candidate from Fengxin County and his surname is Song.”
"Fengxin County, surnamed Song..." Ma Yu quickly took out a pen and paper and wrote down the name, thinking about asking again when he had the opportunity.
Since they believed that there was coal on the hill in front of them, a few people left the road and walked up the mountain along the path that someone had stepped on, hoping to see if they could be lucky enough to find coal seedlings on the mountain, which were outcrops of coal deposits.
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As Chen Guanyu said, this mountain has sparse vegetation, with only a few pine trees and tea trees. The weeds on the ground also grow here and there, which is not large. After everyone walked for a while, Xu Zong, the yamen official, suddenly pointed ahead.
He shouted from the ground: "Master, look, there is really coal."
How could it be such a coincidence to find coal seedlings in the open air? Su Hao thought in surprise. He looked in the direction of Xu Zong's finger, and sure enough he saw some dark things not far away, with one or two shining pieces among them.
The small shiny black stones clearly look like coal.
Everyone walked up to the coal and couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that this was not an outcrop of coal, but just a small pile of raw coal dropped by someone unknown.
"So, someone is already mining coal in this mountain?" Su Hao said.
The land around here is barren and sparsely populated. I don't see any people living there. There is no place for burning lime or smelting iron on the hillside. Therefore, the coal cannot be transported in from outside. It is more likely to be transported from the mountains. I guess.
The man who was transporting coal out of the mountain accidentally bumped into it and spilled some coal. The sharp-eyed Xu Zong saw it.
"It's that direction." Chen Guanyu carefully identified several vague ruts on the ground, and then pointed in a direction. These ruts are the most common traces of wheelbarrows in rural areas. It can be guessed that they are used for coal mining.
People must have used this kind of cart to push coal out of the mountains for sale.
Everyone followed the tracks and walked another mile into the mountains. After crossing a small hill, a low-lying land appeared in front of them. In the center of the low-lying land, there were more than a dozen small shacks erected crookedly, and smoke was still rising from the cooking pots.
In the corner of the depression, there was a small pile of coal, which looked like it could weigh several thousand kilograms. Going to the side, Su Hao saw a windlass frame, and two craftsmen were shaking the windlass.
Lift baskets of black coal from the ground.
"It turns out that someone is already mining coal here." Xu Zong said in frustration.
Su Hao smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, since they are also mining coal, then we are all traveling together. Let's go and have a look."
According to Su Hao's opinion, since he had worked so hard here, there was no need to leave in a hurry. When he was still studying, he had read descriptions of ancient Chinese coal mining technology in literature. As for the actual situation of coal mining by the ancients,
, he really hasn’t seen it since time travel. Now that he has seen a living specimen, why not go and have a look.
Everyone walked from the hillside towards the depression. When they were about to reach it, the dogs in the shack discovered them first and started barking. Then, the craftsmen also discovered their whereabouts and seemed to be a little panicked. Following a commotion,
A man who looked like a foreman and several workers came out of the shacks and faced Su Hao and his party.