In the Zhengshi Hall, the meeting continued, and a map of Hedong area was hung. Yu Wen Wen stood in front of the picture, holding a long wooden stick in his hand, pointing to the Bingzhou area on the picture, describing a bright future to the officials of the Zhengshi Hall.

This beautiful future is built on one thing, and this thing is called coal.

Since ancient times, the use of coal and carbohydrate has been to replace wood as fuel. Because mining and mining is not convenient than cutting wood on the mountain, the cost of coal is higher, so overall, the use of coal is not very common among the people.

This situation has changed with the emergence of the steam engine.

First of all, the gradual promotion of steam pumps has greatly increased the demand for coal in various places, and mining and selling coal is profitable. Because people's pursuit of interests directly promotes the emergence of a large number of coal mines, causing coal output to increase year by year, while coal prices also fall year by year.

Where steam pumps are put into use in large quantities, the supply of coal is becoming more and more convenient and the prices are becoming cheaper. Coupled with the "invention" of honeycomb coal and corresponding small coal stoves, more and more people in these areas have begun to use coal as daily fuel.

However, this situation is limited to some areas with convenient transportation. If you want to further promote honeycomb coal instead of firewood, you must first stimulate the huge demand for coal from local industries and commerce. In this way, you can effectively provide a large amount of cheap coal to ordinary people.

Such demand is not enough with a steam pump alone.

Only when the steam engine is widely used can the demand for coal have a qualitative leap. Now, the best time has come.

The practicality of steamships is a breakthrough in shipping. To achieve its effectiveness, a large amount of food rations must be prepared for this machine, that is, coal.

It is conceivable that steamships will inevitably become the main force of shipping. With the rapid development of the steamship fleet, there must be coal-added stations and coal yards along the route. Then merchants can also use coal yards as warehouses to sell coal to surrounding areas for profit.

Therefore, with the widespread use of steamships, the profits of mining and selling coal will inevitably be considerable, and the annual income is much greater than that of the manor.

Yuwen Wen skipped other places and said nothing about Hedong.

Hedong belongs to the Shanxi region in later generations. It has been produced here since ancient times. It can be said that there are coal mountains everywhere. Bingzhou Prefecture is under Jinyang. There are a large number of coal mines outside the city. For thousands of years, people have been mining this black "carbide" sporadically to replace wood as fuel.

As a wood substitute, coal cannot be sold at a good price, but if it is sold as rations to steamships, the unit price is still low, but the sales volume is very different.

As the saying goes, small profits but quick turnover, and endless coal demand can ensure that miners who start mine have considerable income every year.

Yuwen Wen, as the current leader of Guanlong Group, pointed out a way for the old guys to make money, that is, to buy land and operate a manor, mining coal and mining to make money.

The so-called Guanlong Group is actually an academic term for later generations, referring to the basic foundation of the founding of the Zhou State, mainly consisting of the Wuchuan Group and the powerful households in the Guanlong area.

The priests present today are not all from this group of forces, but since Zhou State has established its capital in Chang'an, the influence of Guanlong Group is naturally not low. What Yuwen Wen said in the Political Affairs Hall will be known to officials of all sizes and big and small areas in Guanlong will soon be known.

The attitude Yuwen Wen wants to show is that the Yuwen family will not care about the grievances and grievances of the past, and will still lead the old guys to develop.

If we are unified today, there is nothing wrong with the Central Plains. We have worked hard to conquer the world. When we are at peace, the prices of grain and cloth have been falling year by year, which has led to the decline in our manor income. In this regard, the leader will make compensation for the old friends.

The way to compensate is to find a way of wealth. Everyone goes to Bingzhou to start mining together. The income from mining will inevitably be much higher than the income of the manor.

Yuwen Wen is not convenient for me to explain the profits of mining in detail in this lobby, otherwise the dignified emperor and the priests would become bargaining mercy in the market, which would make the families of Kanto even more despised.

So Yuwen Wen asked someone to distribute the prepared information to everyone and ask them to take it back and read it slowly.

These materials are nominally convenient for the slaughter to understand the mining business, but in fact they write down the mining process, cost control and how to operate clearly. Yuwen Wen's move is a magic weapon for making money and sharing it with everyone.

As the leader, Yuwen Wen's move is quite interesting for the old guys below.

In fact, Yuwen Wen's basic starting point was not in Guanzhong but in Shannan, to be precise, in Huangzhou. The so-called Guanlong Group, for him, the old guy was similar to passers-by.

If you really have to be petty, his magic weapon to make money can only give Shannan's loyal followers.

Not to mention that most of the members of Guanlong Group have had bad records. They changed their boss twenty years ago. When the elephant was in the second year, they were son-in-law, in-laws, and Yuan Congxun. At the critical moment, neither of them was reliable, so the relationship between the Yuwen family and these old friends became much weaker.

Yuwen himself actually does not need the support of Guanlong Group, nor does he care about the other party's opposition, because he has his own basic foundation, a strong army, and new weapons in his hands, and there is no shortage of people in the civil and military officials system.

If he really wants to break up and fight a civil war, he is very sure to win.

But politics emphasizes mutual compromise. As an emperor, Yuwen Wen cannot directly break up with an important regional force group because of his own preferences, let alone hurt his own people when he fights civil war. If he really wants to kill people, he might as well go and train the barbarians of foreign countries.

The basic foundation of the founding of the Zhou Kingdom was the Guanlong Group, and it was inherited here. Therefore, even if Yuwen Wen had ideas, he could not abandon his old friends. Therefore, he had to take the responsibility of taking the lead and continue to make a fortune with these old friends.

Let these people be rich, worry-free, and avoid being seized from the future of power and even being exposed to enjoyment after being undermined. That would be a tragic thing.

That's right, Yuwen Wen has made up his mind. He wants to give the old men of the Guanlong Group a disguised cup of wine, use his noble official positions to support the old men, go home to play with grandchildren, eat, drink and have fun, and don't always think about the power.

Yuwen Wen thought very clearly that the government belongs to the younger generation, and the old antiques slowly stood aside; the central secret belongs to the world Yingyan, not the private land of Guanlong Group.

He wanted to personally lead the "transformation" of Guanlong Group and transform into Guanlong Coal Group. The main source of economic income is coal mining. He wanted to lead everyone to be a coal boss and live a luxurious life with heating in winter and earthen air conditioning in summer.

This is true in Guanlong, Jingxiang, Hebei and Henan. Then everyone is addicted to mining coal, and like taking drugs, they cannot do without coal mining income, and become huge vested interest groups.

This is Yuwen Wen's layout, which was implemented in advance. He wanted to use the coal mining industry to cultivate a huge interest group. This interest group is not limited to a certain place, but is a national nature and has a strong demand for external expansion.

After he "collapsed", interest groups will continue to escort steam engines, steamships and maritime trade.
Chapter completed!