Two days later, on September Gengchen (25), Zhang Heng, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, came to Funing Hall to report that the officials of Lingjinyuan had all returned the stolen goods and compensation.

These guys honestly returned all the silk cloths they had obtained from deducting, greedy and exploiting from the eighth year of Yuanfeng to the present.

The total was more than 36,000 pieces of silk, all handed over to Zuozang and included in the Ministry of Revenue.

Then, all of these silk cloths were sold by Zhang Heng in exchange for life-saving money to maintain national use.

no way!

The Ministry of Revenue really has no money.

The two million stakes of piles that had just been allocated from the pile seal warehouse, costing 70 to 80 in a few days - military expenses, official salaries, and expenses of various ministries, each of which was a big money-making household!

Therefore, Zhang Heng came to Funing Palace and called him poor again.

He has no choice!

The magistrates of the capital, along the border, all the prefectures and counties, and even Lin Xi, who had just visited Hebei to patrol the river, was asking him for money.

However, this year's national revenue has dropped significantly compared with previous years.

Especially the salt tax revenue is almost cut off in half!

Although Zhang Heng knew the reason, he dared not say it.

In other places, the taxes that should have been paid on the central government will not be available this year.

For example, if Fujian Road should have paid the central business tax, exemption from business, exemption from labor, and tea tax, there was no money to go to Beijing.

The question is - Fujian Observation envoy was ordered to carry out national affairs.

Zhang Heng dared not ask too much, let alone promote it.

I can only silently digest these things in my stomach.

At most, when the capital is urging them in a hurry, I will tell them a secret.

After listening to his report, the chief officials of the capital looked strange and did not dare to say it, let alone ask.

Especially written by the right prime minister Lu Gong!

He is the clearest thing about Fujian.

Because many of the procedures that Cai Que couldn't handle were actually the prime minister who ran down.

But the problem is that the priests knew that his family, the Minister of Revenue, was not easy to be a member of the Ministry of Revenue.

The officials also know it.

However, understanding cannot be spent as money.

If the Ministry of Revenue has no money, it means it has no money!

And don’t think about doing things if you don’t have money!

Especially as winter is coming again, the water level of the Bian River is about to drop again.

The carbohydrate reserves in the carbohydrate yard are only 80% of the previous year.

This is absolutely not enough, far from enough.

Not to mention that according to the Ministry of Revenue estimates, this year, the demand for carbohydrate in Bianjing will definitely be higher than last year.

If you don’t want to see the cold and summer in Bianjing City.

He had to fill up the carbon stones immediately before the Bian River was cut off.

So, after reporting the return of the stolen goods and compensation, Zhang Heng crawled and said, "Your Majesty, there is still a shortage of at least 800,000 stones of carbohydrate in and outside Bianjing. Otherwise, if this winter is in the cold, I may have someone who is frozen..."

If a large number of people are frozen to death in Bianjing City.

The Tai students in the Imperial Academy might have to mock the court by saying "there are wine and meat, and there are frozen bones on the road" - in the fifth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Chai Zongqing, the son-in-law of the eldest princess of Lu, set his sights on the huge profits of carbonite, and used power to monopolize the supply of carbonite in Bianjing, resulting in a large number of civilians dying from frozen and dead. More times, there were tragic situations in which civilians trampled on each other in order to buy carbonite.

At that time, a Confucian scholar publicly took the lead in reciting the poem to express his dissatisfaction.

The official carboniferous farm was built to supply the carboniferous people in Bianjing at a fair price, which was precisely because of this disaster.

For 800,000 stones of carbohydrate, each carbohydrate can transport an average of 1,000 stones, and at least 800 grain ships are required.

But the problem is that the main carbide-producing area of ​​Bianjing is in Huaizhou on Hebei Road.

The area is 300 miles away from Bianjing. It has to be transported for a long distance, so it is necessary to send it to Bianjing before the Bian River is cut off.

I can only rely on my money ability to reward the canal ships for transporting charcoal.

This expenditure is a considerable burden to the Ministry of Revenue even in normal times, let alone now?

After listening to Zhang Heng's report, Zhao Xu pondered for a moment and asked, "Are you sure it's an 800,000 stone gap?"

"I have calculated..." Zhang Heng reported: "Eighty hundred thousand stones are just the minimum demand."

The population of Bianjing is one million. If we include the shanty towns, workshops, military camps, and farmers in the outer city, the population will definitely be more than one.2 million!

The main thing for so many people to keep warm and cook in winter is charcoal.

The folk straw can only be considered a supplement.

As for charcoal?

Last year in the winter of Bianjing, the price of charcoal was above 125 cents per kilogram, and at least 15 cents per kilogram.

Who can afford it except officials?

"Are you eight hundred thousand stones?" Zhao Xu thought for a moment, and then said to Zhang Heng: "I will issue an edict to give Li Xianggong, who was sentenced to the third sect, and order him to transport charcoal into the capital as much as possible before the Bian River is cut off!"

"I have to go to Huaizhou to add fortunes!"

The Ministry of Revenue has no money, but the Sanmen Baibo Trailer Department has a lot of money.

There is even less shortage of shipping resources and canal ships.

Just so happens that Bianjing has been transporting supplies to Shaanxi, and even though the canal ship can bring some cargo when it returns.

But it cannot be fully loaded after all, and it is somewhat a waste of transportation capacity.

In this way, resources can be maximized.

Zhang Heng raised his head in surprise. When will Sanmen produce carbonite?

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "You don't know anything. Last year, I sent Song Yongchen to inspect the coast of the Qing Bian Department. During the inspection, Song Yongchen went to Hongqing Temple in Mianchi to get incense. On the way back, he found that there was a large carbide site in the area. I ordered Henan Prefecture to set up a supervisor and allow civilian mining to be provided for Henan Prefecture and Shangluo Prefecture."

Hongqing Temple is a famous temple in Henan that was first built in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Its grotto remains were preserved in modern times after wars and storms.

Zhao Xu visited in modern times.

During the visit, he naturally knew that there was a Yima coal mine in the local Yima County.

At its peak, 30 to 40 million tons of coal were produced, and Yima County was also established for coal.

During the visit, Zhao Xu knew that there were many veins in this coal mine that were open-pit coal mines and were easy to mine.

Moreover, coal mines are of high quality and can produce high-quality coal including anthracite.

The most important thing is that this coal mine is located in Mianchi, not far from Sanmenxia, ​​only four or five hundred miles away from the Bianjing waterway, and it is a waterway that flows along the way!

This is so critical!

Because of the cost of logistics in the Song Dynasty, the land and water routes are huge, while the downstream and countercurrent are very different!

The cost of the canal department was calculated based on the "Qingli Edict" of the Renmiao era.

For every 100 kilograms of goods, the cost per 100 miles of land is 100 yuan, and for every 100 miles of water, the cost is 30 yuan, and for the downstream, it is only 11 yuan!

Therefore, after Zhao Xu ascended the throne, after confirming his own safety, he immediately began to explore and build.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the pumai dike and banking yard, he ordered him to go to Hongqing Temple in Mianchi to incense with the excuse of sending Song Yongchen to inspect the Qing Biansi.

By the way, in Song Yongchen's accompanying team, several private officials who were good at exploration of minerals were stuffed, and they hinted that they would carefully explore local minerals.

As soon as these people went, they discovered several large open-pit coal mines in the local area.

The kind that can be developed as long as someone else is.

At that time, Feng Jing stayed in Henan Prefecture, and this braided rat had always followed his orders.

As soon as Zhao Xu's edict arrived, he immediately organized a manpower to set up a supervisory authority and reported it to the court.

In this way, a large carboniferous mine was established in more than a year.

The reason why Henan Prefecture did not order the local carbonite to transport it into Beijing to provide people's livelihood is that it only allows it to supply the needs of local prefectures and counties nearby.

It is because Zhao Xu knew that it takes time to form a scale of local coal mining.

Once the coal from Mianchi enters Beijing, it will inevitably have an overwhelming advantage over Huaizhou coal in terms of price.

If Huaizhou coal does not compete, it may go bankrupt.

By then, the scale of coal mining in Mianchi has not increased and the coal in Huaizhou will not come again. What should I do if the Bianjing is doing?

Therefore, before the Mianchi coal mine has formed a scale, Huaizhou coal must be used.

Now, facing a fuel crisis, I can only drive the ducks to put them on the shelves and let Sanmen transport coal into Beijing as much as possible.

Of course, Huaizhou Coal cannot give up.
To be continued...