Eastern Jin Invincible Iron Army

Chapter 242 Magic Seed
The Beifu army faced many problems, and the most difficult problem was to keep warm from the cold.There was a huge gap in the winter clothes. Gao Jingzong also wanted to build a batch of fire walls and heated kangs, but this was destined to be wishful thinking.Because Gao Jingzong didn't notice the lack of fuel.

Due to the heavy snow cover, the work of collecting firewood has almost come to a standstill, not to mention nearly a million soldiers and civilians, the daily fuel consumption will be an astronomical figure.Chen Ying told Gao Jingzong that the fuel stored by the Beifu army, including dry firewood and weeds, can last for half a month when only three meals a day are guaranteed. If according to Gao Jingzong's idea, use the fire wall and fire pit Heating, in this way, the fuel can last up to thirty hours.In other words, less than three days.

Although there is no thermometer, Gao Jingzong feels that the outdoor temperature should be more than ten degrees below zero at this time. If the fuel is cut off, a large number of soldiers and civilians in Beifu will freeze to death.

With Gao Jingzong's broad-minded way of thinking, it is not difficult to think of a solution. He naturally thought of coal, but at this time, there is no way to get coal.In the area where Gao Jingzong is located, it is not that there is no coal. For example, Feng County, which is also known as Yongcheng in later generations, is one of the six major anthracite coal foundations in China. The coal produced is not only enough to keep millions of people warm, but it may be used by people all over the country to keep warm. All enough.However, there are no outcropped coal mines in Fengxian County, and they are all deep-seated ore belts, which need to be excavated for 1000 to [-] meters. For Gao Jingzong of this era, there is no solution at all.

Just when Gao Jingzong was about to despair, an old blacksmith told Gao Jingzong an important news.There is a black soil mountain in Shouzhang County, and there is a kind of stone that can be burned.Gao Jingzong immediately realized that this should be an open pit coal mine.Immediately, Gao Jingzong ordered people to collect some burning stones.

Gao Jingzong squatted in front of the ten baskets, Gao Jingzong rubbed his hands back and forth like stroking a baby, and kept making clicking sounds, as if a greedy miser was looking at the gold he had treasured for many years.Gao Jingzong was glad that he came to the North China Plain, not the Northwest Xinjiang.There are many exposed coal mines in Xinjiang, and due to climate reasons, spontaneous combustion occurred.There are almost no exposed coal mines that can be directly mined anymore.

Because this black soil mountain has abundant water sources and is covered with lush bushes, it avoids direct sunlight and does not form an environment that can allow spontaneous combustion of exposed coal mines.

These collected coals are of very high quality, high in heat and rich in reserves.Gao Jingzong immediately ordered to organize manpower for mining.However, the transportation capacity in this era is extremely inefficient. Shouzhang County is only more than 150 miles away from Linqiu, but it is more than 500 miles away from Sui County, where the army and civilians of the Beifu army are concentrated. An hour's drive, the high-speed rail only takes an hour at most.However, in this era, it is a very long distance, since it takes five days for the army to advance lightly.It may take ten and a half months for the common people to walk on foot.

Faced with the complaints from his staff, Gao Jingzong was furious at the time: "It's too difficult to do? This is a matter of life and death. Without this coal, we would have at least one-third of our soldiers and 70 million people. Frozen to death. How can you bear it?"

Seeing Gao Jingzong get angry, Da Sima Chen Ying patted his chest and said to Gao Jingzong: "I will do my best!"

"It's not trying our best." Gao Jingzong reiterated again: "It must be done well. If you can't do it, the governor will ask someone to turn your fat into fat and burn it to keep the people warm!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ying was frightened into a cold sweat.

Suddenly, Gao Jingzong grabbed Chen Ying's arm and asked, "What did I just say?"

Chen Yingdao: "The governor and minister... must handle this matter well!"

"No, not this sentence!" Gao Jingzong said: "You repeat the sentence that the governor just said in full!"

Chen Ying said timidly: "It's not about doing your best...it's about doing it well. If you can't do it, the governor will order someone to turn your fat into fat and burn it to keep the people warm!" "

"By the way, oil refining!" Gao Jingzong said: "We Han people are almost all skinny and skinny from hunger. The human body is not much oil and water except bones. But those Xianbei people are different. They have a good living standard and eat meat every day. There is a lot of fat, which can help people dig out the buried corpses, refine the corpse oil, and burn them to save their lives at critical times. They have committed countless crimes in their lives, and they can't be cheap when they die, let them make the last contribution!"

As soon as Chen Ying heard this, he said anxiously: "You can't do it, Dudu, death is the most important thing. If the Dudu gives this order, the reputation of the Dudu will be ruined!"

"British name?" Gao Jingzong said with a disapproving smile: "No matter how good the reputation is, can it be eaten as food? Or can it be worn as clothes?"

After a pause, Gao Jingzong thought for a while and said, "You can't make a big fuss about this matter, otherwise it will frighten the people. Alright, alright, leave this matter alone!"

"Come on!"

Gao Jingzong yelled outside the big tent: "Go and invite General Xu Jingxuan!"

Not long after, Xu Jingxuan strode forward.

Xu Jingxuan laughed with joy on his face and said, "The governor is overjoyed!"

"Great joy? Where does joy come from?"

Xu Jingxuan said mysteriously: "Deputy Marshal Feng has already taken out that batch of treasures. It should be able to be transported to Sui County in half a month at most!"

Gao Jingzong said, "But Ran Wei's treasure?"

"Exactly!" Xu Jingxuan said, "You don't know, Dudu, but this time, Deputy Marshal Feng stalked the grass and beat the rabbit. Not only did he take out the treasure worth more than 130 million gold for the Dudu, but he also brought an unexpected joy to the Dudu by the way." !"

"130 million gold? There's so much?" Gao Jingzong said, "It's too unexpected!"

"Who says it's not?" Xu Jingxuan said, "With this treasure, we can breathe a sigh of relief!"

Gao Jingzong nodded and said: "It's a pity, this is the property left by Emperor Ran to Shiro, the governor is ashamed to do it to Shiro!"

Xu Jingxuan was silent, but his mind was running fast.At this time, the Beifu Army did not only have the voice of Gao Jingzong, Ran Yu was the fourth prince of Ranwei State, King Wuxing.In the army, it was supported by a large number of generals who were descendants of Emperor Ranwei. This faction is very powerful and may threaten Gao Jingzong's status at any time.

Xu Jingxuan suddenly had an idea in his head, and an accident made Ran Yu disappear completely.As long as Ran Yu died, the generals of Ran Wei State would have no one to pledge allegiance to, and they could only be loyal to Gao Jingzong.This idea is like a magic seed in Xu Jingxuan's head, it takes root and sprouts quickly, and grows rapidly...

Gao Jingzong suddenly said: "Jingxuan, what unexpected joy are you talking about?"

Xu Jingxuan came back to his senses, and said with a leisurely smile: "Two months ago, more than [-] iron ore miners in Shuiye Town of Yan State staged an uprising. They fled south and met Deputy Marshal Feng. They were short of food and clothing, and died a lot. Now there are still more than [-] people who have taken refuge in the governor. The deputy commander of the miners did not directly organize them into an army, but ordered a light cavalry to escort them to the camp in Sui County. !"

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