The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son

Thinking of this little ice age, Fang Jifan felt emotionally. Such extreme weather, not to mention the chill brought by the extreme weather, and the subsequent reduction in food production were all the incentives for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, it seemed that he was afraid of Fang Jifan's fear of cold, and Deng Jian hurriedly brought over a hand stove. The hand stove was made of copper with charcoal burning inside. Deng Jian said with a smile: "This is the carbon that Yang Guanshi bought this morning. Recently, this The price of carbon has skyrocketed, and there is no market for it. Master, you do n’t know, this pound of carbon is now sold for more than forty dollars, but even so, the carbon in the capital is not meant to be bought. Yang Guanshi also returned Commanded, this carbon should only be burned to the young master, don't let the young master get cold. "

"Forty money!" Fang Jifan was startled: "It's just a pound, they might as well grab it!"

But immediately, Fang Jifan's eyes flashed a look.

The price of charcoal is high. This is for a reason. On the one hand, it is not easy to burn charcoal. In this era, the average person wants to heat. The rich people burn charcoal, while the poor and cheap people can only burn wood; It takes time and effort, but because it burns more fully, it does not produce too much smoke, so it is very popular with the rich. The firewood is different. It only burns, it is smoky, and the poor need to go out to the city for logging. It seems to be cheap. In fact, there are a lot of fees.

So ... nobody in this era uses anthracite for heating?

Fang Jifan thought of anthracite.

Anthracite coal is different from ordinary coal. Normal coal produces a lot of smoke, and because of too many impurities and high sulfur content, it burns like poisonous smoke. In later generations, honeycomb coal and briquettes commonly used by people are actually both Need to be refined, commonly known as coal washing. It is just in this era, if you want to wash coal, the process is too difficult, and there is almost no feasibility.

The ancients did not use raw coal on a large scale precisely because of this reason.

However, different from anthracite, the sulfur content of anthracite is extremely low. Although the ignition point is high, this is not a problem. The most important thing is that it burns colorless and smokeless and burns for a long time. It is an excellent cold fuel.

However, anthracite can also evaporate some deadly gases such as sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide. Fortunately, the content is not high, and the buildings in this era are not a sealed environment. Therefore, the gas of anthracite is almost the same as charcoal burning. Not much harm.

The high price of charcoal is mainly due to the large amount of labor and manpower required. Unlike anthracite, as long as it can be mined, it can continuously supply the entire capital.

Of course, this is not important. What is important is that Fang Jifan remembers that the main place of production of anthracite is in Shanxi, and here in Jingshi ... there seems to be only one place of production, this place ...

Is rich!

Fang Jifan suddenly became excited and quickly said: "Deng Jian, Xishan, Xishan, do you know where? Go and find out who is there, hurry!"

Deng Jian was already accustomed to the young master's shouting, but he just thought about it and said, "Xishan? Xishan knows this little, it is the land of Shouninghou and Jianchangbo. The brothers sealed the knighthood, and there was no land near this suburb of Beijing. Your majesty gave the Xishan area to Shouning Hou and Jian Changbo. For this reason, Shouning Hou and Jian Changbo went to the palace to cry, saying that everyone else To Liang Tian, ​​the Zhang family only gave a barren mountain. The days could not be passed. They had to hang and die cleanly. In fact, His Majesty was really reluctant to reward them with the best Huangzhuang, but fortunately, the Xishan Mountain covered a huge area. , Within ten miles of the square ... "

Is the two surnames Zhang!

All of a sudden, Fang Jifan was a bit embarrassed. According to the temper of these two people, if they wanted to buy Naxi Mountain, they had to make a lion's mouth, mother, these two guys also cheated our Fang family 30,000 Two silvers!

Fang Jifan immediately thought, Xishan is where the veins are located, and on this point, Fang Jifan's memory can never be wrong. This anthracite is a treasure. In any case, the mountain must be bought.

After all, inside and outside Gyeonggi, but millions of people need heating. In such extreme weather, who can control the fuel is equivalent to having a cornucopia.

"Go!" Fang Jifan greeted Deng Jianyi.

Deng Jianxing said vigorously: "Master, Master, what are you doing here?"

"Go to the account room!" Fang Jifan said without hesitation, time is money, it's la la la money.

Fang Jifan rushed to the account room, and Fang Jifan collected all the treasures in the account room. Now he must complete the transaction as soon as possible. It is not convenient to drag a cart of cash to the market. Therefore, Fang Jifan still didn't think the treasure was enough. He looked at several titles of land deeds and collected them together. He said that Fei rushed out of Fang's house.

Deng Jian was terrified, and when he saw that Fang Jifan was like this, he was too late to call people, but he was chased out like crazy.

Actually, Shouninghoufu is not far from Nanhebofu, but compared with Nanhebofu, Shouninghoufu is more impressive. Shouninghou and Jianchangbo, the Zhang family brothers, are brothers of the empress. And the relationship between Queen Zhang and Emperor Hongzhi was extremely harmonious. Naturally, the brother of the family also rose.

Fang Jifan arrived at the door of the Houfu, and did not let Deng Jian to report, so he went forward.

This was stopped by the door, and Fang Jifan said directly: "I want to see Uncle Zhang, please report it."

The good brothers of the Zhang family, they got up very early today. They are brothers and brothers. They are usually tired together, but everyone in the capital knows that this brother is notoriously miserly. They are not only right Others are stingy, but they are also stingy with themselves. For example, today's breakfast is just a bowl of gruel, and the two gasped sighlessly and drank it in one sip.

Zhang Heling eats and feels his belly happily: "Look, Yanling, drinking porridge is good for your body. I feel more and more that this porridge water is really a longevity. Come, do you want to drink half a bowl ? "

Zhang Yanling thought about it and shook his head: "Forget it, it's too bad, save one province, and eat at noon."

Zhang Heling smiled and said, "Also, be diligent and frugal ..."

The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, but at this moment, the door came in and said: "Two masters, Nan Hebo ..."

"I don't see you!" Zhang Heling suddenly heard a lot of trouble when she heard Nan Hebo. The old guy came to the house several times, every time he asked for money. Huh, his brother cheated on the money, he wanted to go back? Mo said that it was Nan Hebo. Even if the emperor came, the thirty-two thousand dollars wouldn't even be taken away.

Want to make trouble?

Hum, don't ask about it, what is the status of Queen Zhang in the palace today, and what is our brother who is Queen Zhang.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry ..." Zhang Yanling persuaded: "Brother, save a little energy, or you'll be hungry later."

Zhang Heling felt reasonable, so he twisted his beard under his jaw and squinted at the door ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ None of the people in this house were familiar to Zhang Heling. Anyway, no matter which one he felt, he felt Spoil his food.

Menzi's expectation was that Ai Ai said: "It's not Nan Hebo, but the son of Nan Hebo. That Fang Jifan is a famous prodigal son."

As soon as he heard the three characters of the prodigal son, Zhang Heling aimed at Zhang Yanling, who was thoughtful.

"See you soon?" Zhang Yanling asked tentatively.

Zhang Heling's old plan was silent for a moment, only to say: "I heard that this kid got a brain disease. If he didn't see him, he kicked the door and he broke the door. This is bad practice, then ... see you." Chao Menzi said: "Go, Call him in, and, withdraw the tea in front of him, don't let people see that we are drinking tea, so that he still wants to drink tea. "

So the door quickly withdrew the tea, and then led Fang Jifan into.

Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling looked at Fang Liang each, shaking their legs as if they didn't see Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan came in with a smile and said, "Little nephew Fang Jifan, who has heard the names of the two uncles for a long time, came to see you."

"Oh." Zhang Heling only glanced at Fang Jifan: "Want to drink tea?"

Fang Jifan said: "No, no."

Zhang Heling breathed a sigh of relief: "It's right not to drink. Drinking too much tea will hurt your kidneys."

"..." Fang Jifan took a deep breath and opened the door to see: "My nephew did not go to the Three Treasure Halls, he came to buy land, Xishan ... I wonder if the two uncles have an impression?"

Originally thought that Fang Jifan came to justice, anyway, the two brothers also thought about it, asking for no money, killing two, who knows that they came to buy ... land ...

Zhang Heling looked at Fang Jifan suspiciously: "This ... this Xishan ... Xishan is a good place, there are mountains and water, um ... yes, this ..."