According to the memories in his mind, the world seems to be in the Little Ice Age at the moment.

Not only is the temperature lowering year by year, but even the grain output is gradually decreasing.

Although it is autumn now, the temperature has fallen below zero in the morning and evening.

The reason why charcoal prices remain high is that charcoal is difficult to burn.

Ordinary poor families cannot afford to burn charcoal at all, so they can only choose to burn firewood and have to go out of the city to log, which is really troublesome.

So...Is no one in this world using coal to keep warm?

Not without it, but most of them are very resistant.

The reason is that raw coal will produce a lot of smoke when burned and have a high sulfur content. If you are not careful, you will be poisoned.

In Xiao Zicheng's opinion, these are harmless. Since there is no refining technology, it's all over to find another way.

He thought of the chimney at the first moment.

First of all, it is not difficult to build a chimney, and it can lead most of the smoke from outside the house.

Moreover, the buildings of this era are not sealed environments, and the remaining harmful gases will almost cause any harm to the human body.

The most important thing is that there is a coal production place not far from Bianliang City...

Become rich!

Xiao Zicheng suddenly became excited and said quickly:

"Wangcai, whose family belongs to the barren mountain outside Bianliang City? Go and inquire tomorrow, how much money is required to transfer it."

Although Wangcai has become accustomed to Xiao Zicheng's whirring look, after thinking about it:

"Young Master...that land in the barren mountain...it should be from the Deng family..."

It's this one with the surname Deng again! Why does he have him everywhere...

Suddenly, Xiao Zicheng hesitated a little. The death of the original owner was closely related to Deng Jian.

Furthermore, based on Deng Jian's temper, if he wanted to buy the barren mountain, he would definitely obstruct him in every way.

But Xiao Zicheng immediately thought that the barren mountain was the place of the mineral veins. If he solved the smoke problem, the barren mountain would become a treasure pot.

No matter what, he must buy the barren mountain.

It is almost cold dew now, and it will be winter in another month. By then, hundreds of households inside and outside Kyoto need to keep warm.

As long as you take down the barren mountain, counting the money and counting your hand cramps is not a dream!

"It happened that tomorrow the Academy Poetry Club, let me meet Deng Jian."

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Jiangyuan Academy, located south of Kyoto, is the first academy established in the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

With a royal background, he has a transcendent status in Kyoto.

Therefore, many high-ranking officials and nobles in Kyoto rushed to send their children to the academy to gilt.

The Xiao family naturally cannot avoid the common people and sent Xiao Zicheng into it early.

It’s a pity that as a famous evil young man in Kyoto, Xiao Zicheng has done a lot of ridiculous things over the years.

The academy has long been resentful, but because of Yong Yibo's face, he just endured it and refused to let it go.

"Oh, isn't this Mr. Xiao? Tsk tsk... Do you dare to attend the poetry meeting?"

Just as Xiao Zicheng was out of sight, a teasing voice came.

Xiao Zicheng immediately recognized it.

The person who blocked the road in front of me was Deng Jian's tyrant, Li You, the son of the Minister of Justice.

In the gambling game on the night Xiao Zicheng was killed, this was Li You.

However, Xiao Zicheng had no intention of paying attention to this guy at this time. He was thinking about the barren mountains now. He hid sideways and continued to walk inward.

Unexpectedly, Li You became more and more arrogant, and once again blocked him, and said sarcastically:

"Today is a grand event for the academy, and Kyoto literati and Yake are gathered here. Young Master Xiao shouldn't join in the fun, right?"

"If you make another lewd and slutty sentence, wouldn't it be ridiculous? It insults the reputation of the academy?"

The academy is full of people in Japan today, and they are crowded with people watching the excitement.

When they saw that it was Xiao Zicheng, the students couldn't help but look contempt:

"This guy really dares to come! Could it be that he wants to make that obscene word again?"

"The reputation accumulated by Yongyi Bo's Mansion for several generations has been lost by this guy! Shameless!"

Facing the fingers and fingers of the people around him, Xiao Zicheng looked calm.

Compared with the great masters of Zuan in later generations, these sour scholars are simply nothing but worth mentioning.

Xiao Zicheng looked at Li You with a smile:

"Brother Li, isn't it just the top card in the Huafang accompanying me? Why do you hold grudges so much?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to Li You.

Although it is no longer strange to eat alcohol and prostitutes in the literary circle, it is another matter to say it in public.

If the dean knows that there is no need to participate in the competition, the impression points will be deducted first.

Li You's face turned red, "Xiao Zicheng! Don't slander me for this fictitious thing!"

Xiao Zicheng shrugged, looking innocent.

"Brother Li has a really bad memory. The prostitution money was still paid in advance on that day. Could it be that Brother Li wants to pay the debt?"

Everyone at the scene laughed loudly when they heard this.

Li You was so angry that his whole body was trembling, pointing at Xiao Zicheng and scolding:

"You are talking nonsense! My father is the Minister of Justice, and his family is Qingzheng, how could he act like this!"

Xiao Zicheng snorted coldly and stretched out his hand:

"What a clean and honest family, that's it. Why would Brother Li settle the prostitution funds for that day first?"

"It is natural to pay back debts, everyone, right?"

When everyone heard this, they all started to make a fuss.

"Hahaha, right, it's natural to pay back debts..."

"Hahaha, look at Brother Li, his face is green..."

"I really dare to say it, I'm so laughing..."

The laughter around him pierced Li You's ears like a knife. His face turned pale and he couldn't speak for a long time.

I planned to let Xiao Zicheng make a fool of himself in public, but who would have thought that this guy was so indifferent to his face?

He actually admitted to being accused of being a prostitute, which made him feel embarrassed and ugly.

Now, everyone's eyes stopped gathering on Xiao Zicheng.

After all... it is very common for a prostitute to be a common thing for Mr. Xiao.

Looking at Li You's back as he ran away in panic, Xiao Zicheng's mouth curled up with a sneer.

It must be Deng Jian’s intention to dare to appear here, but he just doesn’t know what medicine the other party is selling in the gourd.

At this time, the poetry meeting had already begun, and everyone lined up to the primary examination examiner:

"The snow falls and leaves the branches with a clear flowing light tells the sorrow of spring..."

The examiner looked cold and said, "I force myself to talk about spring sorrow, but I fail, next one!"

"Plum snow is not willing to surrender, the money is paid for the poem, and the plum is three-point white..."

The examiner shook his head, "It's too mediocre, go ahead."

Although it was just a first exam, it was still very strict. The hundreds of test gods were beaten half in a blink of an eye.

Soon, it was Xiao Zicheng's turn.

As a result, as soon as he walked to the examiner, he heard Li You screaming and sarcasticly:

"Everyone comes and listen, what kind of obscene words can our eldest son of Xiao family make?"

Xiao Zicheng opened the folding fan and chuckled as if nothing had happened:
Chapter completed!