A large urn stands in the downtown of Pingyang, and the people who come to watch are crowded with people, vying to see the performance of "please enter the urn".
In the catastrophe in Qingzhou, including Mengyin, Feixian, Wuyang and other places, more than 20,000 people died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Tang army.
"Escort Tang Kou Lik up" Wearing a flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist, Lai Junchen put his hands behind his back and waved his hand to the messenger to command.
A moment later, with the sound of shackles hitting the ground, Li Keyong, who was ragged and unkempt, was pushed out of the yamen by a dozen wolf-like servants.
The crowd suddenly boiled, countless debris fell from the sky like a shower, and the angry condemnation was like a monstrous wave, "Kill him, kill him, Ling Chi executed, a thousand knives" Li Keyong is also a man, and he stands straight with his backbone: "If you want to kill the king, you have to listen to the respect, but I hate not being able to slaughter the entire Qingzhou" Lai Junchen sneered: "Hmph, don't say it too early, I'll let you taste what it means to survive and not die and not come, put the butcher Li Keyong into the big urn" "No" More than a dozen wolf-like servants agreed, lifted Li Keyong up with all hands and feet, and threw it into the large urn that was supported.
Lai Junchen personally lit the firewood and poured pine oil, the raging fire burned when it landed, and the firewood made a "crackling" sound, and the flames rushed straight up to more than one person, and the sound was terrifying.
Li Keyong endured it at first, but in just a minute, he began to let out a heart-rending wail, as the fire burned more and more, Li Keyong's screams became more and more miserable, and emitted a stronger and stronger smell of burnt flesh, so that the onlookers couldn't help frowning, as if such a punishment was simply unheard of.
After the fire lasted for about three or four minutes, Li Keyong's screams became weaker and weaker, and gradually turned into a moan of "hum chirp", his head tilted, and he fainted in the big urn.
Half an hour later, the whole person was roasted, giving off a burnt yellow color, like a roasted suckling pig.
"Extinguish the firewood, wait for the big urn to cool down a little, fish out Li Keyong, and discard it on the street for the people to dissect their own corpses and pay tribute to the souls of the dead at home" Lai Junchen waved his hand and gave the order ruthlessly.
But the people were already frightened, and the timid even turned pale, trembling with their hands and feet, and some peed their pants and still didn't realize it.
After seeing the suckling pig-like Li Keyong being fished out of the big urn, no one dared to step forward again, they turned around and dispersed, and the street was empty after a while.
After pacifying the people of Pingyang, Liu Wei once again embarked on the journey back to Jinling.
When passing through Fei County, looking at the map, it was only one hundred and twenty or thirty miles away from Fan County, where Wang Mang was digging coal, and Liu Wei decided to change the route to Fan County to see what was going on now after Wang Mang had been digging coal for two years The group hurried up, left Fei County early in the morning, and arrived in Fan County at noon.
Fan County is Tengzhou before Liu Wei crossed, and there are high-quality coal mines everywhere underneath, which was an important coal base in China before Liu Wei crossed, with large reserves, shallow burial, and easy to excavate.
As soon as Liu Wei and his entourage entered the territory of Fan County, they saw that the ground was gradually turning black and brown, and there was coal dust everywhere, which was re-exposed after the snow melted.
After the Han and Wei wars, Cao generals Xiahou Yuan and Chen Ziyun sent small teams to invade Fan County many times, but they were all repelled by Wang Mang, and reorganized craftsmen to dig coal out of the city, without delaying coal mining.
And Cao Wei fell, Zhuge Liang and Yue Fei were surrounded by two armies, and Cao Cao had no time to invade Fan County, so this golden treasure land has always been under the control of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In the wilderness, from time to time, you can see craftsmen carrying coal in bamboo baskets, pouring baskets of coal mined from the ground into horse-drawn carts.
Fearing that the Wei army would come to plunder the coal at any time, Wang Mang ordered that the coal mined every day be transported into the city of Fanxian County, and that it should not be piled up outside the city overnight, so as not to be enjoyed by the Wei army.
There was an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages galloping back and forth on the post road, and the horsemen who drove the carriages and the horses pulling the carts were almost all contaminated by coal, and there were crushed cinders everywhere.
Although everyone is busy, but the smile on their faces is from the heart, it turns out that only the powerful and wealthy businessmen can afford to use the "black gold stone" into thousands of households, greatly improving people's livelihood, this is their credit.
It wasn't until Liu Wei and his entourage arrived outside the city of Fan County that Wang Mang, who got the news, returned quickly from behind a coal mine in the west of the city with the county order, and fell to the ground in a hurry: "I don't know that Your Majesty is coming to Fan County, and the ministers and others have missed the distance, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me."
"Hehe, I am going to return to Jinling, and I have come to inspect through Fan County, and I have not sent anyone to inform you, and those who do not know are not guilty" Liu Wei turned over and dismounted, and helped Wang Mang up with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding," Wang Mang bowed deeply and stood aside respectfully.
At the moment, the county order led the way in front, and the group went straight to the county office, and after coming to the conference hall to watch the seats, the next person served tea.
The red clay stove in the house is as warm as spring, and everyone who is frozen with stiff fingers on the road can finally warm up.
Liu Wei picked up the tea bowl and moistened his throat, and went straight to the point: "Wang Aiqing, it has been about two years since you came to Fan County to mine coal, so report your achievements in the past two years to me."
"Obey Your Majesty's Sacred Message" Wang Mang cautiously took a step forward and truthfully reported his achievements: "Since the minister came to Fan County, he has recruited craftsmen and opened more mines, and the Qingzhou Mining Bureau that His Majesty allowed the minister to open has more than 50,000 coal diggers.
More than 10,000 stones of coal can be excavated every day, with an output of more than 300,000 stones in a month, and a total of more than 5 million stones of coal mined in the past two years."
"Tut-tsk, Lord Wang is really amazing" Zhang Liang couldn't help but give Wang Mang a thumbs up when he heard this, "If I'm not mistaken, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the annual output of Wujin stone in the country was only about 100,000 stones, but I didn't expect Lord Wang to increase the output to more than 30 times that of the country, it's really amazing."
The county order next to him helped Wang Mang invite credit: "Isn't it, the coal mined by Wang Jucheng was shipped to all parts of the country, which not only improved people's livelihood, but also greatly improved the smelting level of the imperial court, which greatly increased the output of various weapons factories and improved the quality a lot." ” Liu Weiqian agreed: "Zhang County's order is right, in the past two years, my Han Xiongshi has been fighting in the south and north, and the strength has been rising, but the armor and weapons have been supplied on time, which is inseparable from the improvement of our Han forging process.
The improvement of our Dahan smelting technology is inseparable from the improvement of coal quality and sufficient supply.
Although Wang Qing did not go to the battlefield, he must be given a heavy note in the credit book."
Listening to the praise of the Son of Heaven, Wang Mang's heart was surging, and he immediately knelt down on the ground and bowed: "Thank you Your Majesty for your compliment, this is a matter within the scope of the Wechen, Your Majesty has so vigorously supported the Wechen, asking for money for money, asking for people to give people, asking for things to give things, if the minister can't make some achievements, he is really ashamed of his trust."
Liu Wei said solemnly: "Wang Mang has made meritorious contributions to coal mining, and I have decided to change the Qingzhou Mining Bureau to the Dahan Coal Department, and Wang Mang will continue to serve as the minister, plan the future national coal mining work, and upgrade the level to the second grade, and give the title of Marquis of Guannei." ” Wang Mang, who had just stopped kowtowing, bowed again, hit the ground with his forehead, and made a "bang" sound: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live, your majesty is so important to Wang Mang, how dare Wei Chen not do his best, do his best to serve His Majesty, although the ministers can't gallop on the battlefield like the soldiers, fight to the death for the country, and shroud the body of the horse leather, but the minister vows to work hard, even if he dies in the mine, he can't repay His Majesty's heavy grace."
Liu Wei bent down to support Wang Mang: "Wang Aiqing, please get up quickly, I believe that under your leadership, Dahan's industry will go one step further." ” Wang Mang's face hesitated slightly, gritted his teeth and said, "The minister has good news for Your Majesty."
"Oh, Wang Aiqing, what other good news do you have, come and hear it."
Liu Wenden was overjoyed and asked Wang Mang expectantly.
Wang Mang knelt on the ground and said: "In the first half of the year, the minister took some craftsmen to a trip to Tatecheng County, north of Linzi, where he lingered for more than two months, and found traces of stone paint from the ground.
After the Qingzhou War is over, the minister will organize a large-scale craftsman to go to Tateshito to mine, and maybe he will be able to dig up amazing stone lacquer."
"Stone paint" Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and almost lost his voice and asked what it was Zhang Liang was the best at figuring out the holy will, and hurriedly said: "Stone paint is fierce fire oil, a liquid that can burn, which is only recorded in some strange books. ” Liu Wei frowned slightly, looked at the map hanging on the wall quietly, and suddenly found that this city was not Dongying before he crossed it, and it was the location of the Shengli Oilfield, and the "stone paint" and "fierce fire oil" that Wang Mang and Zhang Liang said were oil extracted from the ground "Damn, this Wang Mang has actually found oil" Liu Wei was more surprised than excited at this time, and the first thought that bred in his heart was who this Wang Mang was Seeing Liu Wei's eyes fluctuating and changing rapidly, Wang Mang's eyes showed a look of chagrin, which was fleeting, and he coughed and said: "Ahem, I think it is possible to dig up the stone paint in Tatecheng, and I will definitely do my best, if I can't dig it, please don't blame Your Majesty." ” Recommend a Three Kingdoms type of travel novel, I play live broadcast in the Three Kingdoms, interested brothers can search for it t1706231537: