One hundred and fifty-seven chapters briquettes present in the world
Just as the nobles of Chang'an City were frantically buying charcoal.
Yang Fan was happily building a snowman with Little Douding in his backyard.
The laughter between the two of them from time to time added a little warmth to the cold winter.
Wu Meiniang hurriedly walked into the backyard, and what she saw were three large and four small snowmen, all decorated lifelike.
The way they were holding hands was so naive that Wu Meiniang suddenly felt warm in her heart, but she was more at a loss of whether to laugh or cry.
Now that the mountain is almost overwhelming, why does my husband still have time to build a snowman? It's so ridiculous.
Don’t you know that the time agreed with His Majesty has almost expired?
Although her husband was extremely capable, Wu Meiniang was still worried until things became clear.
In the past few days, Wu Meiniang also sent some servants to buy charcoal, but with little success.
Many markets that specialize in selling charcoal have been taken over by aristocratic families and nobles.
It was obvious that someone was deliberately targeting her, and this was what worried Wu Meiniang secretly.
Seeing Wu Meiniang come in with a sad look on her pretty face, Yang Fan chuckled and took her back directly to the house: "What? Meiniang hit a wall again today!"
Seeing that Yang Fan was not joking heartlessly at this time, Wu Meiniang was so anxious that she almost cried. She pouted and complained: "My husband is still in the mood to tease Meiniang at this time? Do you know that the time limit agreed with His Majesty is only three days?"
Oh my god, the military order that your husband issued in Taiji Hall cannot be treated as a child's play. There were many courtiers present at that time. Even if Your Majesty wanted to favor your husband, he must have..."
"Meiniang, rest assured. Seeing your appearance makes me feel more relieved!" Yang Fan tenderly held Wu Meiniang into his arms to comfort her.
Wu Meiniang looked puzzled and said nothing, looking at Yang Fan quietly.
"Mei Niang has a sad face, which means that the servants sent out did not buy much charcoal at all. This is actually a good thing, because the price of charcoal will be reduced soon..." Yang Fan explained with a slight smile.
Saying this made Wu Meiniang even more confused.
That little brain couldn't figure out how the price of charcoal could drop in such a cold winter with heavy snowfall.
In the past few days, because many people are buying secretly and bidding against each other, the price of charcoal has been changing day by day, and it has almost gone crazy.
Wu Meiniang raised her head and asked: "Why are you so sure, husband?"
"Meiniang won't forget the Carboniferous Mountain she bought some time ago, right?" Yang Fan didn't hide it anymore.
However, Wu Meiniang's face turned pale and she said in horror: "Could it be that my husband asked Uncle Fu to go to the Carboniferous Mountains a few days ago just to mine coal?"
Seeing Yang Fan nodded affirmatively, Wu Meiniang said anxiously: "Husband, do you know that this coal is poisonous? Usually only the poor people who can't survive would pick it up and bring it back for warmth, but if you are not careful, you can easily be poisoned by carbon poisoning, so just use last year's coal
He said that many people were killed by burning charcoal!"
Although she knew that Yang Fan had already decided, Wu Meiniang still wanted to persuade him.
In her opinion, if stone carbon is really popularized, it is unknown how many people will die as a result.
After all, not all ordinary people's homes can be transformed into kang beds for their own homes, which costs a lot of money.
Seeing that Wu Meiniang could still maintain a pure heart at such a stage, Yang Fan was greatly relieved and said:
"Mei Niang, don't worry. My husband has his own plans. He is not the kind of person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. You will know it when Uncle Fu comes back."
Yang Fan believes that as long as the briquettes and coal stoves are sorted out, all problems will be solved.
After all, making briquettes and coal stoves has no technical content at all. I think Forbes will be back soon.
Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!
At this time, a servant came to report that Yang Laifu and a group of guards returned to the house.
Yang Fan was so excited that he waved his hand, patted Wu Meiniang's crotch, and said, "Go and have a look with your husband."
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Tai Chi Hall.
Li Shimin frowned while reviewing the memorial while listening to the report.
Although he was familiar with reviewing memorials, Li Shimin didn't know how to annotate the memorials on the desk.
Because most of these memorials reflect the same problem - snow disaster.
In the past few days, memorials from various places reporting on the snow disaster have drifted into Chang'an City like snowflakes, which gave Li Shimin a headache.
Although Li Shimin was somewhat arrogant and lacking in virtue, it is undeniable that His Majesty Li Er was a diligent and caring emperor with great abilities.
But now we are really helpless.
As soon as Changsun Wuji finished his report, Li Shimin raised his head and asked: "According to what you said, the court has nothing to do now?" After saying this, he frowned.
"At the moment, we can only consider that the court will provide some charcoal to let the people who are homeless or without charcoal fire centrally heat themselves, but this is not a long-term solution, and it is only a drop in the bucket!" Changsun Wuji wiped the sweat from his forehead.
, but couldn’t think of a good way.
Now that both Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling had nothing to do, Li Shimin couldn't believe this fact.
Fang Xuanling was known as Fang Gudujue, and few people could match his strategic level. Changsun Wuji, as the head of the civil servants, was also highly talented and learned, and had many strategies.
I didn't expect that the minister I relied on most would be so weak in the face of a natural disaster.
Fang Xuanling glanced at Li Shimin carefully. Although she didn't want to cause further trouble, she had to retaliate.
"Your Majesty, the price of charcoal in Chang'an has more than tripled. There has even been a rush to charcoal. Because the supply has been cut off, many people have no choice but to use charcoal. However, several poisoning accidents have occurred one after another. Last night, there were even five cases.
All six households were poisoned and died..."
Unexpectedly, the situation has deteriorated to such an extent. This was something Li Shimin had not expected. He couldn't help but wonder: "How could this happen? Even if the market is short again, according to my estimation, it can still last for ten and a half days. Why now?"
The supply was cut off.”
When Fang Xuanling revealed that aristocratic families and nobles were hoarding large amounts of charcoal, Li Shimin cursed loudly, but there was nothing he could do.
After all, these are aristocratic families whose honors and nobles were bought back with money, so what can he do?
However, I secretly remembered these guys who took advantage of the situation.
After pondering for a while, Li Shimin asked: "What is that boy doing these days? Didn't he issue a military order saying that the price of charcoal will be reduced within seven days? Why is the price of charcoal still rising so crazily now?"
Although Yang Fan vowed at the beginning that he would solve the heating problem for the people of Chang'an within seven days.
In fact, Li Shimin still didn't believe it in his heart.
I thought this was just an excuse for Yang Fan.
Nowadays, the snow disaster is getting worse. If there is no solution, something serious may happen.
Therefore, Li Shimin could only treat a dead horse as a living doctor, and pinned his hope on Yang Fan as a life-saving straw.
Because Li Shimin knew that the weather was getting colder and colder, and the heavy snow had no intention of stopping. If the people did not have any charcoal for heating, there might really be unrest.
Li Shimin was very aware of the power of the common people, otherwise he would not have said such philosophical words that water can both carry and capsize a boat.
As for what Yang Fan is doing?
Fang Xuanling, who was so busy, had no energy to care at all, and Changsun Wuji, who knew some of Yang Fan's developments, certainly couldn't tell him.
Suddenly the entire Tai Chi Hall became quiet!
Li Shimin was a resolute emperor. When he saw no one answered, he waved his hand and said: "You can't find a solution anyway. It's better for you two dear friends to go to that boy's house with me."