The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 275 Black Gold

After entering Hamiwei, everyone's expressions became increasingly relaxed.

Also, because they have fresh mutton to eat every day, many people have gotten quite round faces.

I never imagined that General Gan's invention of stuffing lamb stomachs with hay and a handful of raisins, and then braising and roasting the lamb would result in such a wonderful flavor.

It has added grassy, ​​fruity, and sweet notes.

You'll never get tired of it.

I ate it for half a month straight and I didn't get tired of it!

Many people even wished the journey back would be slower.

They don't care at all about being exposed to the scorching sun every day, and their skin can peel off if they're not careful.

On the day they reached the Gobi Desert, a hundred miles from Hami City, just after lunch, the sky began to churn with wind and clouds.

In the blink of an eye, a torrential downpour began, drenching the ground.

The gravel and coarse sand on the Gobi Desert were violently scourted as if by a high-pressure water gun, constantly tumbling and rolling towards the low-lying areas.

There were also several wagons in the procession carrying staple foods and beans, and Gan Minglan would sleep in one of them every night.

However, she usually spends the first half of the night catching up on sleep in the Divine Tree Space, and the second half of the night going deep into the desert to create artificial grass.

She wasn't about to stand outside soaked to the bone, so she quickly ducked into the carriage.

How could a few horse-drawn carriages accommodate more than 3,200 people?

But the men of the vanguard battalion had no intention of hiding!
In the midst of the torrential rain, they actually started washing their hair, taking showers, and some even did laundry.

If it weren't for the fact that she was a woman in the carriage, many young men would have loved to strip naked and run naked in the rain.

It's rare for a place like the Seven Guards of Kansai, which is hot and dry all year round, to experience such a heavy rainstorm.

Even in this border town, it's been many years since we've seen such a spectacle!
Everyone was incredibly excited about it.

The cattle, horses, and sheep lay obediently on the ground, letting the rain wash their fur, and occasionally sticking out their tongues to slurp up a mouthful of rainwater.

Gan Minglan leaned against the carriage, closed her eyes, and listened to the sound of rain. Before she knew it, she had fallen asleep.

For half a month, they traveled during the day and used their supernatural abilities at night.

Although she also uses her supernatural abilities to heal her physical ailments, subconsciously she always feels that she hasn't slept enough.

Once the body and mind relax, a short nap turns into a deep sleep.

When I woke up, the downpour had already stopped.

Every now and then, exclamations of surprise could be heard from the vanguard battalion.

What happened?

As soon as she hurriedly jumped off the carriage, a sharp-eyed member of the vanguard spotted her and stood not far away, excitedly shouting:

"General, General, come quick! We've found a lot of coal!"

Gan Minglan was awake, but her mind was still a little confused: What is coal?
She walked in a daze to a group of people and saw a large crowd gathered around several large pots, where mutton soup was bubbling and bubbling.

Oh, another sheep being slaughtered!

No, everyone frantically pointed to the charcoal fire under the big pot to show her.

She looked at it carefully.

Huh?
These red-hot stones look like coal!
The centurion closest to her pointed excitedly to a small coal mountain that had just been piled up not far away:

"General, it's coal! This kind of coal is excellent; it burns much longer than wood charcoal!!"

"Oh, where did you find this?"

"Right here! The torrential rain washed away all the gravel and coarse sand from the coal! Now you can see coal everywhere, it's everywhere! The brothers only collected it for less than half an hour and it's already piled up into a mountain." Gan Minglan's shocked face (jpg):

Coal mines are buried many meters underground, right? Mine accidents, collapses! Those illegal coal mines owned by Shanxi coal bosses used to be frequently in the news.

Is Xinjiang Province also a major coal producer?
This involves a knowledge gap!

But it doesn't matter.

Come all come!

Then we'll sing the song of whichever mountain we're on.

After conducting an on-site investigation, during which she had King Atu help dig down more than ten meters, she finally came to the conclusion that this Gobi Desert was actually an open-pit coal mine!
It looks like it's quite large!

The surprise came too fast!

The gold that was dug up half a month ago is a real treasure.

Coal was later called "black gold".

Coal played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution.

Although, with her abilities, she couldn't possibly build a steam train.

Uh!
It's not difficult to make honeycomb briquettes and coal stoves!
think about it

Ignoring their superior's stunned expression, the four centurions began enthusiastically planning the uses of the coal:

"Coal is the best material for iron smelting! With hundreds of thousands of refugees coming to cultivate the land, we can't expect them to dig the soil by hand, can we? They need hoes and shovels, and each family needs a lot of iron pots, kitchen knives, and other tools to make a living!"

"An armory must be built in Kansai! As long as we equip each of the seven garrisons in Kansai with cannons, we can suppress those barbarians!"

"The porcelain workshop also needs a lot of coal."

Wow! So coal was already used so widely in the State of Bei!

Her honeycomb briquette plan has been put on hold for the time being.

Immediately, she ordered the ten men who first discovered the coal to ride back to Hami City to inform General Xiong.

"When you see General Xiong, tell him in detail how you discovered the coal! I will then submit an application to the General, and each of you will be rewarded with at least ten cows and one hundred sheep!"

Wow! So many cows and so many sheep!

"Thank you General!"

"Thank you General!"

The ten people almost shouted themselves hoarse.

Their general not only didn't take credit for his subordinates' work, but also always put their needs first.

The value of these nomadic peoples in the Seven Guards of Kansai is calculated based on the number of cattle and sheep they own.

Developed!
Developed!
The rest of the vanguard battalion were incredibly envious.

They had never seen coal before, so they had no idea that what they were standing on was so valuable!
After seeing off the messenger who had returned to the city to report the news, Gan Minglan addressed the crowd solemnly:

"First we unearthed a golden tomb in Huozhou, and now we've found coal so close to Hamiwei! We've had two incredible strokes of luck. If you still have any complaints, God might just take back this blessing."

A centurion jumped up and delivered a powerful blow to the back of his subordinate's head:

"Let them be jealous! The barbarians have occupied our homeland for over a hundred years, how come they never discovered these treasures hidden in this barren Gobi Desert? From now on, open your eyes wider, you might just stumble upon some incredible luck one day!"

The subordinate, who had been beaten, hung his head and mumbled:
“Ang isn’t being sarcastic. Ang and Pighead’s family are neighbors, and Pighead’s mother and Ang’s mother love to compete! If Ang’s mother came to Hamiwei and found out that Pighead earned so many cattle and sheep for the family because of his discovery of coal, she would definitely beat Ang up! Ang’s mother hits really hard!”

"Hahaha"

(End of this chapter)