Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 544
Peng Bin stood on the bow of a Spike warship, looking at the mountains in the distance with his hands behind his back, his mind full of thoughts.

He is already a third-rank Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and he has also been granted the title of second-class earl. This status can be regarded as a leader among civil servants.

It is generally difficult for civil servants in the Ming Dynasty to enter the ranks, because the ancestor Hongwu Emperor stipulated that those who are not outstanding in military merits are not allowed to enter the ranks.

The current emperor just broke the stereotypes and made him an earl.

To be honest, he felt quite a lot of pressure.

It's not that he doesn't want to become an earl, who doesn't want to be an official.

The problem is that the emperor made an exception and granted him a seal alone, which is a bit enviable.

This kind of thing is human nature.

He was envious or even jealous at the beginning, so he naturally understood this truth.

Back then, when he and Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan, Du Linzheng and other close friends were high-spirited and pointed out the country, they were just passionate young people who purely wanted to serve the country. At that time, everyone had nothing to be jealous of.

Who would have thought that suddenly they would be supported by their mentors, appreciated by the emperor, and step into the officialdom.

At the beginning, everyone was just the head of the six departments, and there was nothing to be jealous of.

But with the passage of time, Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan and Du Linzheng have been promoted to doctor and even servant, but he is only a sixth-rank chief.

At that time, his heart was full of envy and jealousy, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as burning with jealousy.

He even almost cut off contact with a few close friends because of this!

On the surface, he said that he could not afford to climb high, but in fact he was just jealous.

Fortunately, he was promoted to a doctor later on, and he was responsible for more things. The envy and jealousy in his heart gradually dissipated, and his relationship with a few close friends gradually returned to the original state.

Who knows, he just came out with the emperor this time, built a canal, and then added a third-rank servant, and even became a second-class earl!
At that time, he was so happy that he couldn't die, but when he thought about it later, he was a little worried.

Alas, this is how he faces a few close friends.

He felt a little embarrassed when he saw Chen Zilong.

And their benefactor, he felt even more ashamed.

He knew very well that his close friends did no worse than him, and his mentors devoted themselves to Daming.

Alas, he was lucky enough to be an earl.

This is really embarrassing!
He was sighing in secret, when Qin Yiming suddenly stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Master Peng, we are almost there, what arrangements do you have?"

This is also an earl, and he was awarded the title based on his real military achievements, so he dare not let others think that he is arrogant because of his success.

He quickly bowed his hands and said: "General Qin, you are polite. This coal mine is quite easy to explore if it is said to be easy to explore, and it is also quite difficult to explore if it is not good. I don't have any clues now. Otherwise, let's get off the boat and have a look. talk later."

Soon, the fleet approached the temporary pier, and Cao Wenzhao left a team of Shenwu Battalion soldiers and a team of Apache tribe soldiers to greet them respectfully.

Peng Bin stepped forward and asked a few words carefully, then took Qin Yiming and several officials to the place where the army camped.

This is indeed a large open-pit coal mine, because the pits dug out of the ground are full of coal, and the coal seam is less than half a foot above the ground.

Question, how big is this open pit mine?

To be honest, this coal mine is really easy to explore and not easy to explore.

Why do you say that?
Coal mines are easy to explore, because unlike other mines, coal mines need to be smelted to produce finished products.

Coal is coal, and it is coal when it is dug out. Anyone who has used it basically knows it.

Because coal is easy to identify, coal mines are easy to explore, and those who are not specialized in prospecting can recognize them when they see them.

Many open-pit coal mines are discovered in this way. Occasionally, someone picks up coal on the ground, or digs a few hoes, and when they dig out all coal, the open-pit coal mine is discovered. It's as simple as that.

Then why do you say that coal mines are not easy to explore?
This is because there are no images or seedlings where the coal mines are located.

The so-called imaging is a significant external feature, and the so-called ore seedlings are associated mines or associated vegetation.

For example, "Guanzi. Dishu Pian" says: Dansha on top, there is gold on the bottom; Cishi on the top, copper and gold on the bottom; Mausoleum stone on the top, lead, tin and red copper on the bottom; Zhe , there is iron under it, and the glory of this mountain is also seen.

These are images or mine seedlings.

Another example is the cloud in "Earth Mirror Map": In February, if the vegetation is drooping, there is beautiful jade under it; Plants with drooping branches and leaves must have beautiful jade; there is a cloud, after August, the dead plants will also have jade; in mid-December, plants with drooping branches and leaves will have beautiful jade.

Also, there are green onions on the mountain and silver on the bottom; onions on the mountain and gold on the bottom; ginger on the mountain and copper and tin on the bottom.

These are all so-called mine seedlings.

The problem is that there are no ore seedlings where the coal mines are located, and there are no images.

Moreover, coal mines are not metal mines, and special compass cannot be found.

If you want to say what are the characteristics of the location of the coal mine, it is one, the location of the coal mine is basically barren hills or wasteland!
Because there is coal underground, vegetation is not easy to grow.

The problem is that many mineral deposits have this image. Moreover, it does not mean that there must be mines under the barren mountains and wastelands. Most of the barren mountains and wastelands are pure barren mountains and wastelands, and there is nothing underneath.

Therefore, this cannot be regarded as a real image.

So, how to detect this coal mine?
Fortunately, they don't need to detect now, because they have dug out the coal, and this is an open-pit coal mine. They just need to determine how big the open-pit coal mine is.

This is a little easier than aimlessly prospecting.

Peng Bin and a few officials squatted down on the ground to look carefully, discussed for a while, and then got up and said to Qin Yiming: "General Qin, we have to go up the mountain to see, please choose a hundred strong men, and bring a hoe and a shovel Wait for the tools to accompany you."

This is simple.

It wasn't the first time they had protected officials from the Ministry of Industry to check the terrain, and this time they had brought a full [-] soldiers from the Shenji Battalion to help.

Qin Yiming immediately confessed a few words to the guards, and soon, more than a hundred strong men came in an orderly queue carrying hoes and shovels.

When Peng Bin saw this, he stopped talking and led a group of people to a nearby barren hill.

There is no need to open a road on this barren mountain, because there is basically no vegetation on it, even if there is a little grass, it will not grow high.

If there is any danger, it is reptiles and the like, for example, poisonous snakes, scorpions, centipedes, spiders and so on.

Qin Yiming led a group of personal guards to constantly observe the surrounding ground, not daring to relax for a moment.

Peng Bin and several officials from the Ministry of Industry were also carefully observing the surrounding ground. Of course, what they were looking for was not any reptiles.

They were looking for coal on the ground.

Sometimes it is as simple as exploring an open-pit coal mine, just look at the ground or at your feet.

Since this open-pit coal mine is called an open-pit coal mine, there will naturally be coal exposed outside, otherwise it is called an open-pit coal mine.

Of course, it cannot be generalized. Some open-pit coal mines still have soil or rock layers on them, and you have to dig a few hoes to get down. It is also possible that you have to dig one to two feet or even three to four feet to find the coal seam. These are all possible. .

In short, this coal mine is not so easy to explore.

(End of this chapter)