Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 165

Ying Zheng nodded when he heard it. The disaster was within the controllable range, so he could breathe a sigh of relief. He thought that this winter would be very difficult for Daqin, but he didn't expect it to be much better than before.

"It is thanks to His Royal Highness that the disaster situation was stabilized!" Feng Quji said at this time: "If His Royal Highness hadn't invented coal stoves and briquettes, otherwise this year's snowstorm, I really don't know how many people will freeze to death!"

"Yes, yes!" Feng Jie also laughed and said, "I heard that in Xianyang City, many people's homes have set up longevity tablets for His Royal Highness, and worship them day and night!"

What?Ying Zheng expressed his dissatisfaction. The tablet of longevity is set up for people with immeasurable merit. As an emperor, he has never seen the people set up a tablet of longevity for him. Zhao Yi, who is so good, made a stove and briquettes, and asked the people to set up a tablet for him. Immortality tablet, why!
Ying Zheng was very upset, and at this moment, Zhao Yi, Li Xin and others entered the imperial study.

Seeing the prince coming in, Li Si immediately cupped his hands to Zhao Yi, "His Royal Highness, I'm looking forward to you!"

"Now there are briquettes for sale in Xianyang City, but the disaster victims in Guanzhong and Longshang lack a lot of briquettes to keep out the cold. You can't ignore those people!"

"Now the people of the two places urgently need a large amount of briquettes. Your Majesty is very anxious. Your Highness the Crown Prince can't just sit idly by!"

Feng Quji also said: "Yes, Your Highness, Tai Shi Ling just said that there will be heavy snowfall recently. Whether the victims of the disaster can survive this winter depends on you, Your Highness!"

Zhao Yi nodded, "I have arranged for Zhang Cang to do this matter. He just wrote back to me and found a new coal mine in Shanxi, which will be put into production soon."

"At that time, a large number of briquettes will be transported to the disaster area. For up to seven days, disaster victims everywhere will have briquettes to use. This winter, as long as you save some briquettes, it should not be a problem to survive."

Upon hearing Zhao Yi's words, the eyes of all the civil and military officials present lit up. They did not expect Zhao Yi to be so responsible.

After all, in the eyes of everyone, Zhao Yi is either sleeping, or a transparent person, or getting into the eyes of money, but I didn't expect that when I mentioned the disaster to him, he would be so ambiguous, and he would immediately give a response Strategy.

Ying Zheng also nodded repeatedly, but at this moment, Li Si smiled and said to Zhao Yi: "With the promise of His Royal Highness, His Majesty and we can rest assured."

"But I just heard that the prince discovered coal mines in Shanxi. I wonder if we can participate in these coal mines?"

When Li Si opened his mouth, all the ministers present who had imitated the coal stove became uneasy and looked at Zhao Yi one after another. Even Ying Zheng also looked at Zhao Yi.

Coal mines are the only resource that can produce briquettes. In the past, everyone didn't know much about coal, but after using more briquettes recently, everyone has their own understanding of this dark, round lump.

All civil and military officials know that the future Great Qin will definitely be inseparable from coal, so if they can participate now and get a share of the pie, future generations will benefit immensely.

Looking at the eager eyes of civil and military officials and Ying Zheng, Zhao Yi rolled his eyes and sneered, "This, I'm afraid it won't work."

To seek welfare for the victims just now is to fulfill his duty as a prince, that's why Zhao Yi is so generous.

But now, facing a group of greedy vampires, Zhao Yi was naturally too lazy to talk nonsense with them.

[Why do one or two want to eat farts? Coal is now a national strategic resource, and it is absolutely impossible for ministers to get their hands on it! 】

[The current amount of coal is not enough to benefit the people of the whole country. It is a dream that these vampires want to get a piece of the pie! 】

[Everyone really thinks that only salt and iron are strategic resources and must be run by the government, but in front of coal, they are all farts! 】

Zhao Yi's complaints made Ying Zheng's eyes light up. Indeed, he also thought that coal was just a thing for heating. Why did it come to Zhao Yi, but it rose to an item that needed more control than salt and iron?
[Now everyone only uses coal as a heating material, but they don't know the versatility of coal! 】

[In addition to the characteristics of heating and making fire for cooking, the biggest characteristic of coal is that it is used to make steel! 】

【The current Daqin can only use charcoal to smelt pig iron, and the quality is poor. If coal is used as fuel to make steel, I can smelt [-] jin of steel a day! 】

Fifty thousand catties of steel can be smelted in one day?Ying Zheng almost breathed out when he heard Zhao Yi's heartfelt voice.

Ying Zheng was shocked when he knew that Zhao Yi's steelmaking plant could produce [-] catties of steel a day.

Unexpectedly, now that coal is available, the output of the steel mill can be directly doubled by five times. You must know that the entire Daqin can't produce steel, only pig iron that is less than [-] catties a year. This is really impossible. Comparison does no harm!
After the shock, there was ecstasy. Ying Zheng knew the role of steel very well, so he could better understand the importance of coal.

However, Yingzheng noticed that Wang Ben and Li Xin kept casting pleading looks at him, so Yingzheng could only say: "General, didn't you say that you want to discuss something important with the crown prince, so hurry up and talk about it."

Zhao Yi was speechless when he heard the words. When Wang Ben invited him to the imperial study just now, he said that Ying Zheng was looking for him.

As a result, now that he is here, Ying Zheng says that Wang Ben and the others have something to say to him, so who the hell has something to say to him?

Wang Ben didn't expect that His Majesty would not tell the prince directly, so he could only bite the bullet and say to Zhao Yi: "His Royal Highness, the officers and soldiers in the army are freezing in the barracks now, can you see if you can send a batch of cotton clothes and briquettes to the prince?" To keep out the cold in the army?"

What?When Wang Ben said a word, all the civil and military officials present widened their eyes. Everyone thought that Wang Ben would propose such shameless conditions to Zhao Yi.

Who doesn't know now that the cotton-padded clothes in Zhao Yi's hands are only a few thousand pieces. If they are all allocated to Wang Bi, what will they do?
Sure enough, Li Si quit as soon as he heard this, "General Wang's words are wrong. In Xianyang City, there are still countless victims without cotton-padded clothes to keep out the cold. Compared with the common people, who is more important than the generals in the army? I will tell you based on the truth." ?"

Feng Quji also echoed: "Yes, the number of cotton-padded clothes is limited now, and it is not enough to supply the people of Xianyang. The supply to the army is only a drop in the bucket. This must not be done!"

As soon as Ying Zheng heard that the civil servants were on one side, he knew that Wang Ben's proposal was considered yellow. He thought it was inappropriate when he heard Wang Ben mention it before, but that guy just didn't listen, so Ying Zheng simply let Wang Ben himself and Zhao Yi explain.

Anyway, the cotton-padded clothes are now controlled by Zhao Yi. He can give them to whomever he says, and he doesn’t have the right to decide on this matter!

"His Royal Highness, you are a chariot general, do you have the heart to freeze your soldiers to death in the ice and snow?" Li Xin and Wang Ben also went all out, knelt down in front of Zhao Yi, and cried.

(End of this chapter)