There are good and bad things in coal. The good thing is that it can burn, and the firepower is very strong. A piece of coal and the same piece of firewood will burn longer. The disadvantages are also obvious. The smoke is too heavy and contains toxins. Once
It is filled with enough energy in a closed space, killing people is invisible, and even if you die, you won't feel the pain.
The discovery of coal happened by chance. A Hun merchant's friend drank too much and froze to death. According to the custom of the Huns, he should be buried in the sky, but this guy accidentally wanted to dig a hole and bury him. Unexpectedly, he died before digging a few meters.
Large tracts of black stones were left, and they remained the same after changing several places. The Xiongnu merchant thought that this was a punishment from the gods that his brother should not imitate the Han people for burial and angered the gods from the Changsheng Heaven. Su Ren was overjoyed after receiving the news.
mad.
What should I do if the gas is too heavy? Chimneys have become a must for the Mayi army. If a person is willing to wait until a clear afternoon and stand on the top of a distant mountain, just count the black smoke coming out of the city of Mayi.
It is estimated that the number of troops stationed in Mayi is only three thousand.
Naturally, with coal, he could not continue to lie quietly underground. All the merchants in Mayi City were mobilized, because President Cui of the Shuzhong Chamber of Commerce said that he wanted this thing, ten pounds a piece, as much as he wanted.
.The merchants were instantly attracted to this kind of black stone that only required effort and did not produce it themselves, whether it was a fat one wearing silk and satin, a thin one with a hairpin, a gray-haired concierge, or a handful of snot.
The young man, who was in tears, all rushed towards the place where the Huns were going to bury their companions.
In ten days, Mayi City turned into a coal city. Even if Cui Jiuming mobilized all the oxen and carts in Yanmen and Daijun, so many stones would not be able to be transported in a while. Watching Shan Yu's army
Cui Jiuming was very anxious when the fire was coming. He knew that these black stones could make fire, but in ancient times when there were woods all over the place, why were they needed?
"Mr. Cui, General Cui, shall we stop? I only have thousands of dollars a day. This is all a trivial matter. If you go to my house, you will almost be buried by those black stones!"
Su Ren drank tea while warming himself by the fire: "Then you should be happy. Again, this is not called black stone, it is called coal! It is called black gold, do you know its value?"
"Black gold? It's ten pounds for one dollar. How can gold be worth anything?"
"You don't understand! Just ask the blacksmith in the barracks and you will understand."
"Isn't it just that the firepower is sufficient? What's the big deal? It's just a matter of adding a few more firewood!"
Su Ren was really speechless. He was talking to an ancient man about the importance of coal. Before the emergence of iron smelting, power generation and other industries, coal was indeed just a fuel for burning fires. Su Ren was a little impatient: "I can use this money to travel."
!You are responsible for the acquisition, as much as you want, and don’t worry about the rest!”
Cui Jiuming left one after another. When Han Qing came in from the door, he happened to see Cui Jiuming's ugly face. He smiled and said to Su Ren: "President Cui is talking about those coal things again?"
Su Ren sighed and said: "You are short-sighted! If you don't talk about him anymore, have you finished your affairs?"
Han Qing nodded and said: "Everything is going according to plan. General Han's troops are divided into two groups, one in the west and one in the east. There are also scouts in the north. Generals Li and Cheng are also in place. Yesterday, Feige transmitted, they
The scouts had already discovered Chan Yu, who was still about two hundred miles away from Mayi. The generals praised the snow houses designed by Mr. Chan Yu, saying that they could not only conceal their whereabouts but also keep warm, and were much better than military tents.
"
"Gongsun Ao, did that guy go to Wulipu?"
Han Qing nodded: "General Gongsun said he would start the first battle against the Huns!"
Su Ren smiled helplessly: "This guy didn't go to Lingnan. He has always been angry. Since he wants to fight, let him fight, but make it clear to him that he can only lose but not win!"
Han Qing nodded: "There won't be any problems if you join the army and keep an eye on me."
Su Ren nodded: "Is there anything Yu Shan can do?"
Han Qing smiled: "Yes, and it was a big move. Yu Shan and King Youxian mobilized soldiers and horses and placed them on the border between him and Yizhixie. Yizhixie also sent out 20,000 soldiers and horses to fight. The two sides were in a stalemate, although it was not a war.
, probably waiting for Shan Yu’s battle situation here.”
"How can this be done? If they don't kill them first, hatred can't be gathered. Without hatred, even if Shan Yu is defeated, Yu Shan can only watch Yi Zhixie clean up the mess. In the end, he can do nothing."
"Should we send Tiangang Disha over?"
Su Ren nodded: "Xiao Yang Youji, Gu Shang Sao, and the Sun Rats can do it secretly, don't let anyone find out!"
"promise!"
Han Qing left, and Su Ren was free. Almost everything that needs to be done has been done, and the rest depends on God's will. War is completely a collection of accidents and suddenness. The trigger of World War I was
A Serbian young man assassinated Archduke Andinan. The trigger of World War II was the Germans' crazy thinking and their army marching into Poland. Therefore, the war was purely a child's play, and it was just a child's play.
Su Ren was very full, tired of staying in Chang'an, and wanted to have some fun outside the Great Wall. After several months of instigation, he got hundreds of thousands of Huns and Han people to surround a small city of Mayi and prepare to kill him.
The few dancers from the Western Regions who had been left with Su Ren by King Youxian before he left knelt beside Su Ren and flattered Su Ren with all kinds of delicacies they held in their hands. Su Ren leaned on the bunk.
He was enjoying himself comfortably on the chair covered with thick bearskin. Speaking of which, he didn't like this kind of Western women very much. Although those women had good figures, no matter how clean they were washed, Su Ren always felt that they smelled like that.
He raised his hand to stop a dancer from holding the wine glass to his lips, and stretched his body: "We can't relax anymore. Go and ask Shi Bao to bring the official documents for the past few days. They are about to hit the door.
, if His Majesty finds out about this, he will fuck her to the end."
Shi Bao came in holding two pieces of paper. The paper was made of fine Shu paper. It was neither big nor small. There were only fifty characters on it. Su Ren took it in his hand and looked at it. He looked up at Shi Bao and put the paper in his hand.
The two pieces of paper in his hand shook.
Shi Bao chuckled: "That's all. Mr. Han, Mr. Sang, General Gongsun, Lei Fei, and Liu Jian are all busy, and these are the rest."
Su Ren casually threw the paper in his hand at Shi Bao's face: "Damn it, the general who is marching all the way, does he care about the two boys who drank too much last night?"
"This is no nonsense!" Shi Bao quickly corrected: "Mr. Han said that one of the two is the nephew of Dr. Guanglu, and the other is the distant nephew of Shangshu Ling. It is difficult for anyone to deal with them!"
"Go away! Stop fooling me with these bullshit things! Who told you to do this behind the scenes?"
Shi Bao lowered his head and stopped talking. When Su Ren raised his head, Dong Zhongshu's black face appeared in front of Su Ren. Su Ren was startled. He quickly rubbed his eyes to confirm again, quickly put his clothes in order, and came to salute Dong Zhongshu.
.Dong Zhongshu snorted coldly, glared at Su Ren fiercely, and went straight into the house.
There was an old man beside Dong Zhongshu. The old man was very polite and raised his hand to Su Ren before following Dong Zhongshu into the house.
"Why is my father-in-law here? Beyond the Great Wall...!"
Before Su Ren could finish what he said, Dong Zhongshu said coldly: "If I didn't come, I wouldn't have known you were working so hard on state affairs!" Looking around, the scantily clad dancers knelt on the ground in fright, sifting through the chaff from their bodies.
Su Ren bowed his fighting strength and did not dare to speak. Dong Zhongshu took a deep breath and said to the old man beside him: "Mr. Li, I made you laugh!"
Mr. Li smiled slightly: "Although General Dangkou is playing with these dancing girls, he has already made a plan. There is a large army in front and a fortified city behind. No matter how many Huns come, General Dangkou will sit here firmly and become an old man.
I would like to congratulate Mr. Dong on having a son-in-law who is a rare talent in the world! What’s more, General Dangkou not only knows military affairs, but also knows everything about business, lectures, arithmetic, astronomy, and etiquette. With such a son-in-law, what else could Mr. Dong not be satisfied with?
"
Su Ren kept looking at Mr. Li, who was younger than Dong Zhongshu, but Dong Zhongshu just gave him a junior gift, which almost made Su Ren vomit blood. There is no emperor in the world who can make a person like Dong Zhongshu
Now that he's gone, Su Ren becomes more and more curious about Mr. Li in front of him.
Su Rendao: "Thank you for your praise, sir. I am just a businessman, and the rest is just superficial."
Mr. Li shook his head: "I have never misjudged anyone in the past hundred years. When I saw Fan Zeng, I knew that this man would not die well. What happened next? He died alone and alone! I watched the general Kou who was so heroic and powerful at that time.
I am a minister, but I want to persuade General Kou, and I must not be domineering and arrogant, which will ruin my good fortune!"
Dong Zhongshu nodded repeatedly after hearing this. Su Ren's jaw dropped. What does it mean to be a hundred years? What does Fan Zeng mean? If you calculate it this way, the little old man in front of you who looks at least fifty years old is almost as old as two hundred years old.
Could it be that he is the same as himself...
Seeing that Su Ren was still standing, Dong Zhongshu snorted coldly: "Mr. Li, why don't you kneel down to meet you?"
Su Ren really didn't want to kneel down and kowtow to this guy who talked about running a train, but because of Dong Zhongshu's face, he had to kowtow. That Mr. Li laughed loudly: "If General Dang Kou kneels down, I will drive tomorrow."
It’s not a waste of time for Hexi to go to the west. We, the great Han, have talents like General Dang Kou, so why worry about the Huns being immortal and their fame lasting forever?”
Dong Zhongshu also saluted Mr. Li: "Sir is a god, so he can naturally see clearly. I thank Mr. Li on my behalf!"
Su Ren became increasingly dissatisfied and his eyes were on fire. He lied to others and deceived himself. Such lies would be ruined in future generations. He didn't expect that there was such a market in the Han Dynasty. He stood up.
He said: "I don't know that sir is the god of that fairy mountain. Please forgive me for my clumsy eyesight."
Dong Zhongshu said angrily: "Mr. Li is a deity from Penglai Immortal Mountain who has descended to earth. You must not be rude!"
Mr. Li smiled and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. It's natural that General Dangqi has never been to Penglai and doesn't know him. Li Shaojun, an old man, has been traveling around the world for hundreds of years. When he arrived in Chang'an after the autumn, Mr. Dong wanted to come to the Great Wall, so he followed him to have a look.
It didn’t affect General Dang Kou’s military and national plans, right?”
Su Ren quickly shook his head: "It's too late for me to be happy that Li Shenxian is here! With Li Shenxian here, the Xiongnu army will be destroyed soon! But there is something unclear to me, can Li Shenxian clarify it?"
Li Shaojun chuckled: "As for when Shan Yu's army will arrive in Mayi, I apologize for the inconvenience of telling you, but the secret must not be leaked!" (To be continued)