Facing the rolling mountains, Du He sighed in his heart: "From now on, a new era is about to begin. With coal, steam engines, trains, cars, ships... it seems that it is not impossible."
Later, Du He directed everyone to conduct another survey around the area.
He could then confirm that this was the largest open-pit coal mine near Lantian County recorded in history books.
In later generations, this coal mine began to be mined in the Song Dynasty and was not mined until the 20th century. The reserves are astonishing.
Du He couldn't wait to say: "This place is a barren mountain. It seems to be an ownerless land. Zhengdao, you and your people will be stationed here. After I return, I will send someone to take over soon."
"Okay!" Xu Zhengdao agreed.
Then, Du He turned around and said to Mu Zongsi and others: "You have completed the task. According to the previous contract, each person's daily salary is two dollars. You can follow me back and get the money from Dream Group."
The craftsmen all looked happy.
Mu Zongsi asked curiously: "Uncle Yi County, it seems that you plan to exploit this black soil on a large scale?"
Du He nodded: "Yes, but from now on, this is not called black soil, this is coal."
Mu Zongsi suddenly bowed and said: "Mou is not talented and comes from a humble background. He only has the ability of prospecting and mining, but due to some combination of circumstances, he has no use for it. Now he lives in anonymity and isolating himself from the world at a young age. Every time
Thinking of this, I feel ashamed of my ancestors. Now, thanks to the uncle of Yi County, I have taken part in the coal search. If the uncle of Yi County is going to mine coal, Mu can help me a little. If nothing else, I can pass on my ancestors.
It’s better to use all the skills you have learned so as not to be buried.”
In just over a day of contact, Mu Zongsi admired Du He more and more.
Hearing that Du He's goal was to build a huge coal mine here, he couldn't restrain his excitement and wanted to participate in this matter.
Du He asked: "Have you thought clearly?"
"Mou has thought very clearly. From now on, he is willing to ride for the young master. He does not seek to be rich and unparalleled, but only wants to learn a skill from the young master." Mu Zongsi said solemnly.
What he admired was not Du He's money or Du He's identity, but Du He's ability.
Rotating wooden chairs, mahjong, and popsicles, these three things are very famous in Chang'an City. Among them, mahjong machines and popsicles are the most technical. Mu Zongsi also tried it before, but found that he could not make it no matter what.
When I came out, I heard that these things were all invented by Du He, and I immediately felt a little admiration for Du He.
It wasn't until yesterday and today that he made up his mind to join Du He.
Hearing this, Du He turned around and patted Mu Zongsi on the shoulder: "In that case, I am going to build a coal mine here. Let's call it Lantian Coal Mine. When the time comes, you will be in charge of all matters. You will be Lantian."
Director of the coal mine, I hope you won’t disappoint me.”
Mu Zongsi said excitedly: "Master, I won't let you down, but there is something I don't understand."
"explain!"
Mu Zongsi said curiously: "This black soil... no, although this coal can be burned, it is not as convenient as firewood. What's the use of this?"
Du He laughed and said: "There is no comparison between firewood and coal. The role of coal is definitely beyond your imagination, and the prospects are broad. Not to mention the distant future, just recently, with coal, I can bake hard
Incomparable bricks, when winter comes, I can promote coal stoves and let every household in Chang'an use coal instead of firewood. Then, it will be time for you, the mine manager, to shine!"
When other craftsmen saw this, they also stepped forward and expressed that they did not want to leave and were willing to stay and work in the Lantian coal mine.
Du He immediately took out the paper, drafted a contract, and signed a three-year contract with everyone.
These craftsmen are not only good at prospecting, they are also good at mining.
Afterwards, Du He handed over all the dozen prisoners to Xu Zhengdao, made arrangements for Mu Zongsi, and then took Lu Bu towards Chang'an City.
The next day, Du He asked Zhang Du to stop what he was doing and recruit a thousand victims. After eating in the canteen of Dream Group, they all took their tools and rushed to the Lantian Coal Mine.
Later, Du He took Yuan Tiangang and removed 300 workers from the furniture factory. They built six brick kilns day and night in the mountains not far from Dream Group and established the Red Star Brick Factory. Du He
He personally served as the director of the brick factory.
After the brick factory was established, it immediately recruited a thousand victims and began to make bricks according to Du He's method. All the bricks made of clay were neatly sent to the brick kiln to wait for firing.
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Five days later.
The first batch of coal was transported from Lantian Coal Mine to Dream Group.
There were a total of twelve carriages carrying more than 5,000 kilograms of coal.
The coal was then sent to the Red Star Brick Factory.
In the evening of that day, six brick kilns were ignited and began to bake bricks. For a while, thick smoke billowed in the mountain col, which was full of industrial atmosphere.
With the continuous supply of coal from Lantian Coal Mine, the first batch of red bricks from the Red Star Brick Factory were quickly delivered to the construction site of Yonghefang in Chang'an City, and Lu Yuan started to work.
The cart that transports bricks is not an ordinary carriage, but a carriage with twelve carriages designed by Du He himself. It can transport tens of thousands of bricks at a time. It needs ten horses to pull it at the same time. The ten horses are divided into two rows side by side, plus
There are twelve carriages, and the length is very scary.
Therefore, when this strange carriage arrived in Chang'an City on the first day, it immediately caused a sensation, and half of the people in Chang'an City took to the streets to watch. As time went by, everyone became accustomed to it.
A few days later.
Du He launched the Renmin Avenue renovation project. At the same time, the resettlement housing project for victims outside Yanxing Gate was also launched.
All the victims have been resettled.
At this time, people suddenly discovered that all the victims who had fled to Chang'an City had disappeared.
The Imperial College, Yonghe Liufang, Renmin Avenue, Resettlement Houses for Disaster Victims, and Dream Group, just these few places, absorbed more than 20,000 people.
People suddenly discovered that Du He's Dream Group had turned into a behemoth without even realizing it.
In the past, when people talked about any big family in Chang'an City, they would say that this family hired hundreds of people to work, which was very impressive.
Nowadays, compared with Du He, these big businesses are just scum. Because Du He now has tens of thousands of people working under him.
All the victims' problems were solved, marking the great success of the work-for-relief program.
For a time, congratulations to Li Er continued from both inside and outside the court.
As everyone knows, Li Er had a headache at this time.
It turned out that on this day, Princess Li Lizhi of Changle suddenly returned to the palace. When Li Er heard the news, he hurriedly put down what he was doing and went to the harem to see if his precious daughter was being bullied by Du He.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the palace where Li Lizhi lived, he saw huge boxes placed at the gate. The boxes were all opened, and they were filled with Kaiyuan Tongbao.
Li Er couldn't help being surprised and hurriedly called Zuo Zuo over and asked: "What's going on? Why is there so much money?"
The eunuchs around him said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Princess brought this back."
"Um?"
Li Er was stunned.
He has always been frugal, and he is very harsh on his children and will not reward them easily.