Sitting in the gorgeous carriage, Shen Hexi was in a pretty good mood. When he came out, he not only brought a group of guards, but also Da Hei and Xiao Hei, to let the wind out.The iron ore mine is located in the west of Dunliang City. When you leave the basin where Dunliang City is located and walk westward, you will find the first mountain you encounter.

This iron mine is not a new mine. The area outside the mine is not small, and several rows of houses have been built around it.Two teams of miners came out of the mine in a row, carrying some ores of different sizes in bamboo baskets behind them.The place where the ore is piled on one side has become a hill, and miners in ragged clothes are loading the ore to the downhill.

Shen Hexi's guard of honor was extremely conspicuous in front of the mine. As soon as he appeared, all the workers in the mine stopped their work at the same time.A middle-aged man with the appearance of a small boss trotted up to meet him.

"The villain Shifang Mine, Fang Ziyu, who is in charge, has met the prince." The man who called himself Fang Ziyu did not match his name at all. He was named because he was a scholar, but the man in front of him was shirtless, revealing his dark skin , an official uniform tied casually around his waist, Shen Hexi glanced at him but didn't recognize him as a senior official.

"You are in charge of all the iron mines here?" Shen Hexi asked while sitting in the carriage.

"Returning to the prince, it is the villain. The villain is the deputy envoy of the Miscellaneous Bureau. I am also in charge of the mine here." Fang Ziyu returned in a loud voice.

"How many miners do you have now?"

"Seven of 560 people, there are now 130 people in the mine, and the rest are all sent into the mountains to search for iron ore." Fang Ziyu saw that Lord Shen didn't tell him to get up, so she didn't dare to stand up, and knelt on the ground alone. When he replied, he was extremely respectful. Seeing him like this, Shen Hexi felt that this guy was not bad, at least he didn't underestimate him.

"Get up and take me to see how this iron ore was mined." Shen Hexi helped Li Baihan's hand to get off the carriage.Shen Hexi is probably the only one in Qingmu Kingdom who can use the prince as a servant.

"My lord, absolutely not. This mine is not safe. In case of an accident, even if a villain has a hundred heads, it's not enough to cut off." Fang Ziyu just stood up, and when he heard that Lord Shen was going to visit the mine, he was frightened. With a plop, he knelt down again.

Shen Hexi glanced at the huge mine, and saw that the originally sturdy and durable wooden frame was already a little rotten.There is really no guarantee of this security issue.

"Get up first, how much iron ore can be produced every year at the iron mine." Shen Hexi walked towards the mine. Although he didn't go in, he still wanted to take a closer look.

Fang Ziyu knew everything about Shen Hexi's questions, and as long as he explained everything he knew in detail, he would be as careful as a gentle scholar.

It turns out that the iron ore produced by this iron mine every year is negligible. Well, we can't have a group of people come and let no one manage them and let them fend for themselves.

Hearing Fang Ziyu's words, Shen Hexi's face was very bad, "Order down, everyone stop what they are doing, and those who are in the mine, come up, this iron mine will be closed from today. All miners have a two-day holiday , I will arrange work for you in two days."

Fang Ziyu was stunned by his words, stop working?Have a holiday?Did he hear correctly?

"Why are you standing there in a daze? Hurry up and give orders. Could it be that what I said is useless?" Shen Hexi asked with a dark face.

The whole Dunliang City is his Lord Shen, who dares to say that he is useless?

"The villain doesn't dare, the villain will tell you to go down." Fang Ziyu, who was relieved, took two of his subordinates and ran away with a huff.The coolie miners put down their tools when they heard that the iron mine was closed, and some young men with shallow eyes burst into tears.The work in this iron mine was extremely heavy. One-third of the people they exiled with died on the road, one-third died on the heavy work, and the rest were also injured all over their bodies.

When the workers heard the news, Wu Ya knelt down and kept shouting loudly to the prince.

This was the first time that so many people gave such a big gift to Shen Hexi, and he was a little embarrassed.

"Get up, everyone, go back to your residence first, and find the people you sent out first. After two days of rest, I will arrange work for you." Shen Hexi said to everyone.

Seeing so many workers, Shen Hexi felt more at ease.According to his plan, he wanted to build a vegetable greenhouse near the hot spring, use top-quality white crystal as the roof, and half of the walls are also made of white crystal, just like a modern greenhouse.As long as the vegetable greenhouses are covered, the palace will have nothing to worry about this winter.

It's just that this greenhouse is easy to say, but it is troublesome to build it. The white crystal alone requires a lot of labor, but now with these miners, the problem is easily solved.

Because he didn't have any green vegetables to eat in his house, he asked casually in the iron mine. It turned out that his family was better than him in the iron mine. The farmland they reclaimed by themselves planted tens of acres of cabbage.Although Aoki's cabbage is not delicious, it is better than nothing, and now the guards and maids in his palace are not easy to eat cabbage.

Knowing that the workers here have something to eat, he is relieved. He will grow vegetables and give wheat in the future. He can rely on these exiles.

Shen Hexi sealed the news of the iron mine, as if he had grown wings, and quickly flew to Liu Zhifu's ears. When he heard the news, he was so angry that he almost dropped his cherished teacup.This Prince Shen really can hold his breath, it's simply nothing but a blockbuster.He really didn't expect that a young prince who had just arrived would directly block his money. This was going against him.

"Bring me my official uniform. It seems that I, the magistrate, can go to pay a visit to Prince Shen." Liu Zhifu said harshly.

After Shen Hexi finished dealing with the iron mine, he went to the Baijing Mine to take another look.This white crystal mine is in a big valley, and because of mining needs, a lot of trees here have been cut down.The road to the Baijing Mine was difficult, so Shen Hexi abandoned his carriage and sat on the shoulders of Yan Nu instead.

The so-called white crystal mine is a big pit. Maybe the inside of this mountain is full of white crystals. The miners here only cut down the trees on the top, and after digging down more than three meters, they can see huge white crystals.

There are not many people in the mine, and there are only a dozen people working. Shen Hexi glanced at it from a distance, but did not go down. The afternoon was short, and he still had to go to see the hot spring. You can only go back to Dunliang City after wearing the stars and hanging the moon.

Without the guard of honor, Shen Hexi only brought his personal guards, and walked very fast, and arrived at the hot spring on the mountain behind Dunliang City in less than half an hour.

The terrain here is not flat, and there are hot springs of different sizes everywhere.A small waterwheel was set up beside the largest hot spring, and a canal led the hot spring water down the mountain.Needless to say, Shen Hexi also knew what it was for.Such a long canal was set up for the convenience of him taking a bath alone, which was a luxury just thinking about it.

It was the first time for a young man who was clean and white to enjoy the feeling of a local tyrant. Well, this taste is not very good.What a waste of resources.

Shen Hexi stood near the hot springs and looked out. Places with hot springs are usually related to volcanoes. He should not live under the volcano. If the volcano erupts one day, he will not be able to escape even if he wants to.

There are rolling mountains in the distance. The mountain where he is located is not high, nor does it look like a volcano, but there is a snow mountain faintly visible in the distance.The snow-capped mountain soared into the sky, and the snow on the top of the mountain merged with the white clouds in the sky. This feeling made him immediately think of Mount Everest.

"Brother Han, look there is a huge snow mountain over there." Shen Hexi had seen a snow mountain before he came to Dunliang City, but it was not as high, and he didn't know how many mountains were separated from the snow mountain, yet he could vaguely see it.

"Where are there snow mountains?" Li Bohan followed Shen Hexi's fingers, and saw only a piece of green, with lush mountains and rivers everywhere, and no snow mountains.

"Didn't you see it so big?" Shen Hexi asked suspiciously.How could he not see it? Could it be that his eyes were dazzled? He blinked, the snow mountain was still there.

"I didn't see it." Li Bohan touched Shen Hexi's small face, but fortunately it wasn't hot. "I've seen the hot springs too, so tell me what you think."

"Yeah." Interrupted by Li Bohan, Shen Hexi grinned without much entanglement, "I'm going to build a separate courtyard here, and I'm building a vegetable greenhouse." Shen Hexi pointed to a piece of rocks next to the hot spring, "Turn over there The rocky slope was flattened, and another courtyard was built on the spot, and the stones and soil dug out were just used to build vegetable greenhouses."

"What is a vegetable greenhouse?" He knew the other courtyard, and it was the first time Li Bohan had heard of the term vegetable greenhouse.

"It is to build a house, plant vegetables in it, and light a stove inside to keep the temperature in winter, so that the vegetables inside can grow well." Shen Hexi explained.

"Oh, I know this. In the past, the Prince's Mansion used fire houses to grow some small vegetables." As soon as Shen Hexi said to grow vegetables in the house, Li Baihan immediately understood what it meant, but this kind of planting technology is not mature, so it's okay to grow some small vegetables However, no one has tried large-scale planting.

Shen Hexi was planning his future by the hot spring. Liu Zhifu had already rode his horse to the iron mine, but he went in vain. Hearing that Lord Shen had already gone to the white crystal mine, he hurried over again. The result was empty again.Lord Shen took his personal guards out for a walk, and his guard of honor had already gone to Dunliang City.

After rushing to nothing in a row, Liu Zhifu and his horse were exhausted, but he didn't dare to rest, so he went to the palace again, but he didn't believe that he would not see Prince Shen when he was guarding the palace.

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