Chapter 1228 Come to Changning Prefecture by yourself, not just for that Changning
Chapter 1228 I came to Changning Prefecture just for the Changning Coal Mine (please subscribe and vote)
What does this mean? After I entered Shu, I was greeted by officials all the way.
What we eat is almost the same as what we ate in Chang'an.
It took a lot of effort to get here. In Luzhou, I still ate northern tastes. I wanted to go to Changning Prefecture by myself.
You can try some hometown dishes. As a result, this kind of treatment that made you feel like you were back in Chang'an really made Cheng Chubi feel bad.
After Mo Dan heard that General Cheng's third son was coming.
He hurriedly sent out manpower to search for a long time in Changning Prefecture, and finally found the only chef in Changning Prefecture who could cook Guanzhong cuisine, and spent a lot of money to invite him to come and cook the food.
Seeing the accompanying officials from the Ministry of Industry swallowing hard, Mo Dan couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It seemed that all the effort he had put in to hire the great chef was in vain.
But when Mo Dan's eyes fell on Cheng Sanlang, he felt that Cheng Sanlang's expression seemed very unhappy.
I couldn't help but beat a drum in my heart, and stepped forward to salute tremblingly.
"Cheng Changshi, but the food doesn't suit your taste?"
Cheng Chubi smacked his mouth. Seeing Mo Dan's cautious look, he still remembered his father's analysis of the leader of the Qianlu people.
This Mo Dan had a relatively friendly attitude towards the Tang Dynasty, and Mo Dan had a cautious personality and liked to use his brains like the Han people.
However, Changning's 3,000 wolf soldiers can be regarded as the strongest among the wolf soldiers in Luzhou.
One of the reasons why I came to Changning Prefecture is because I am very familiar with it. The second reason is because of my father's guidance.
Of course, Cheng Chubi couldn't fall out because of the other party's painstaking hospitality. The other party was also worried that he wouldn't be used to the delicacies of Southwest China.
Cheng Chubi controlled his emotions, nodded at Mo Dan and said with a smile.
"It seems that Governor Mo has worked hard and is determined."
While eating his rice, Cheng Chubi took the grape wine to drink with Mo Dan, and asked about the mountains and landscapes of Changning Prefecture.
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"By the way, Governor Mo, I see that many of the buildings in Changning Prefecture are made of bamboo. I guess there must be a lot of bamboo in Changning Prefecture, right?"
Mo Dan stroked the short beard on his face and nodded with a smile. "In our Changning Prefecture, you can see bamboo everywhere, and bamboo grows very fast."
"It is also light and easy to use, whether it is used to build houses or make utensils."
Cheng Chubi nodded in agreement. The mat under his buttocks was made of bamboo.
It's just that the craftsmanship of this era is really a bit rough. Unlike later generations, bamboo has not only entered thousands of households, but has even entered the palace of art.
Nowadays, the use of bamboo is still in its most primitive application stage.
Fortunately, I'm here... Cheng Chubi couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart. No one knows bamboo products better than me.
Although I don’t know much about making, I have only seen old men repairing bamboo utensils and weaving chairs and baskets on the roadside on market days.
Of course, I also saw people making paper and making bamboo wreaths.
Cheng Chubi remembered that he had visited the Bamboo Museum, where he had admired numerous household utensils and bamboo artworks made from bamboo.
"That's true. There is an old saying that relies on the mountain to eat the mountain, and the sea to eat the sea. The ancients do not deceive me."
"By the way, Governor Mo, I don't know which direction in Changning Prefecture has the most and densest bamboos."
Modan wiped the grease from the corner of his mouth, raised his hand and waved.
"Yes, if you go about ten miles to the south, you can see a very large area. It stretches for almost a hundred miles, and is covered with dense bamboo forests."
After receiving such an answer, Cheng Chubi felt happy. Oops... I didn't expect that the Bamboo Sea in Southern Shu would have existed more than 1,400 years ago.
But this is normal. In most areas of Sichuan, there are countless bamboos. There is no artificial cultivation in this era, and they are completely self-sustaining.
"Then I would like to ask Governor Mo, is there anything different south of the Bamboo Sea?"
Modan thought for a while, shook his head and smiled.
"The large bamboo forest continues southward for dozens of miles, and that is the territory of the Chuizhou Rong people. If it goes to the southwest, it is the territory of the Si'e Rong people. There is nothing different."
After Cheng Chubi asked repeatedly without giving up, Mo Dan finally thought of something.
"When you asked Cheng Changshi, I really remembered something. Deep in the bamboo forest in the south.
There is a black valley over there, and the black stones there are very smelly. I remember that some people said that those stones can be used to make fires."
"But, when that thing burns, the smoke that comes out can choke people to death, so no one is willing to burn that thing."
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Cheng Chubi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Isn't it just for the Changning Coal Mine that he came to Changning Prefecture?
Seeing Cheng Changshi's relieved expression, Mo Dan couldn't help but be curious.
"What's going on with Cheng Changshi? Could it be that those black stones are good things?"
Cheng Chubi took a nap, put down the chopsticks in his hand, shook his head slowly and said.
"It's not a good thing, but it's exactly what Governor Mo said. It's fuel."
"Black Valley, right? I wonder if anyone has been to Changning Prefecture. Is there a road leading there?"
"Yes, you can first go south along the road leading to Juzhou for about twenty miles, and then walk east. Could it be that Cheng Changshi wants to go and have a look? Mo Kun!"
"Brother, what's the matter?" A middle-aged, stocky man who looked similar to Mo Dan strode in from outside and saluted Mo Kun.
"I remember that you know where the Black Valley is. You bring two hundred people with you, and I will personally accompany Cheng Changshi to have a look at the Black Valley."
Mo Kun nodded and strode away.
Cheng Chubi and others finished their meal, and after waiting for the Ministry of Works officials to take a break, they left Changning Prefecture with Mo Dan and headed south.
It's just that although this road is quite rugged, it is extremely busy because there are salt wells in Cuizhou.
This salt well was controlled by the court. In the Tang Dynasty, the well salt production areas were Shannan Road, Longyou Road, Jiangnan Road and Jiannan Road.
Among these four roads, there are nearly a hundred salt wells, and Shanjian South Road has the most, with more than sixty.
The Taijing Salt began to produce salt during the Three Kingdoms period. The Shu Han general Li Hui led his army to conquer the south just for the Taijing Salt.
Moreover, the output of salt in Taijing is extremely large. There were historical records that the road to Taijing in Yun'an was blocked and the people were short of salt.
This is also the reason why Li Shimin sent Cheng Yaojin, the famous founding general, to take charge here. Salt is indispensable to all people.
However, Cheng Chubi came here, of course, not for salt, but for coal.
I just didn't expect that the road for transporting salt from such an important well would be so bumpy, which made Cheng Chubi feel extremely pained.
This further strengthened his determination to rebuild the Luzhou Cement Factory to build roads.