Because of coal, Li Yan's originally very happy mood suddenly became worse. As Yizhou's demand for coal increased, the output of Yizhou's coal mines could no longer meet the use of Yizhou. So Li Yan bought coal from Hedong Road, which has rich coal production. He thought that many of the coal mines there were open-pit coal mines and mining was very easy. Due to distance, Li Yan's coal mines bought by Jin Daqian before did not allow anyone to develop them, and he stayed there all the time, but he didn't expect it to be occupied.

Leaving the bedroom, Li Yan arrived at the Political Affairs Hall. After a while, Jin Daqian rushed over. Seeing Li Yan, Jin Daqian stood with his hands down and said, "Your Highness, you are back. Now I don't know what to do?"

"The princess has already mentioned the matter of coal to me. What exactly is going on?" Li Yan stood with his hands behind his back and paced back and forth in the Political Affairs Hall.

Jin Daqian wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Go back to Your Highness, the day you just left, the merchant ship we bought coal from Hedong Road came back. It was said that the coal from Hedong Road was sold to Yizhou was too ten times the price. There were also some unknown people on the plot we bought before, mined coal mines. The people from the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce went to stop it, but they were beaten instead. According to the people who came back, the one who beat the people reported the name of King Li Yuanchang of Han."

"King of Han Li Yuanchang?" Li Yan narrowed his eyes. Li Yuanchang was the emperor's uncle in his name, but Li Yuanchang and Li Ke and Li Yan were not in good relationship, but were very close to the crown prince Li Chengqian. It is said that when he was in Chang'an, Li Yuanchang was facing Li Ke, Jingzhaoyi everywhere. Therefore, Li Ke beat Li Yuanchang after a court meeting, and since then the two of them were even more incompatible.

After thinking for a while, Li Yan said, "I understand, you can go ahead and do it."

"Yes, Your Highness!" Jin Daqian withdrew from the Political Consultation Hall.

The coal imported by Yizhou is increasing, and the profits of this coal are naturally rising. In the past, coal was not favored, but became an egg-laying hen that made money from Li Yan. This naturally attracted the attention of many businessmen, so many people began to start a coal mining business. Li Yan also understood this. According to Jin Daqian's words, now the merchants in Hedongdao have unanimously put the price too ten times higher, so there must be someone behind this, and the Han King Li Yuanchang must have escaped.

In the next step, Li Yan also plans to produce coal balls and provide them with daily use for the people. This demand for coal will be greater. In addition, steam engines and steam boats, this coal will become the lifeblood of Yizhou's economic development in the short term. He has to deal with this matter carefully. After all, the Hedong Road is thousands of miles away, and his hands cannot be stretched so far.

Leaving the Political Affairs Hall, Li Yan went to find Su Mo'er, hoping that her intelligence agency could provide him with more information. But the information he received was basically the same as what he guessed. However, he confirmed one thing, that is, it was indeed the King of Han Li Yuanchang who was manipulating this matter. All those unwilling businessmen were bullied by Li Yuanchang through various means and had to agree to raise the coal price. Li Yan's occupied coal mines were also instructed by Li Yuanchang. Only then would someone take the risk to steal the mining.

"Your Highness, what are you going to do next? I don't think this matter is that simple. Li Yuanchang is probably just a clown who was pushed to the front. It is probably the ones behind the scenes that the aristocratic families are doing, because Hedongdao is their territory." Su Mo'er said.

Li Yan nodded, "We ignore them. Now the coal stored in Yizhou is enough to use in Yizhou for more than one year. I won't take their move. Let's see what other tricks they will play."

"It's just that they mine unscrupulously in our coal mines, won't we suffer heavy losses?" Su Moer said worriedly.

"How much can they mine in a year with manpower? And now 90% of the coal in Hedong Road is exported to Yizhou, so I don't believe it anymore. I bought it, but I'm afraid that he would sell it. Humph, after a while, I will make them lose all their money. I cried and begged to sell me the coal to lose money." Li Yan smiled evilly.

Chang'an City, Han Wang Mansion, Li Yuanchang was full of pride at this time. Sitting under him were all famous merchants from Hedong Road. They were holding a large amount of coal in their hands. These merchants looked different at this time, and many people whispered.

"Everyone, the King of Shu has made too much money to make us, and now it's time to spit it out. This coal is something that Yizhou urgently needs. As long as it is in our hands, the King of Shu will have no choice but to spend a lot of money to buy the coal back in the end. Listen to me, you must make a fortune. Now you just need to mine vigorously." Li Yuanchang looked confident.

"This is true, but everyone knows that the character of the King of Shu is definitely not a person who suffers a loss. If we offend him so blatantly, how can we do business in Yizhou in the future?" A businessman couldn't help but say.

"Shopkeeper Wang, no matter how you say it, it is from the Wang family in Taiyuan. Why is he so brave? His Highness the King of Han said that this coal is the lifeblood of Yizhou. As long as we join forces to control it, the King of Shu will have to listen to us obediently. Besides, this Yizhou is his territory of Li Yan, and this Hedong Road is not his territory. He can still lead the army to fight." Another businessman said.

"The Wang family has many businesses in Yizhou. Of course, they are afraid of the King of Shu. They are just the shopkeeper Wang. Now the five surnames and seven hopes jointly support the Prince of the Crown Prince. This is all discussed by everyone. Are you afraid of offending the King of Shu, so aren't you afraid of offending the Prince of the Crown Prince?"

The businessman named Manager Wang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I dare not, I dare not, our Wang family certainly supports His Highness."

The only strange voice was wiped out, and Li Yuanchang's face was even more joyful, saying, "Tomorrow, all your families will come out to mine the coal mine that Li Yan bought before. Humph, this Hedong Road is our territory. Li Yan dares to enclose land like this, this time it will embarrass him."

The information was confirmed from Su Moer, and Li Yan went to Taoyuan. The prospecting team had been preparing for a year, and it was time to come in handy now.

After finding Tong Yu, Li Yan began to ask him to arrange exploration tasks and explore all the minerals in Bashu on the map. When Jin Daqian found the lime mine, the prospecting team had already started training. Li Yan bought a lot of instruments from modern times to teach them to use, and also let them learn a lot of geography knowledge. The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while, and now they finally come in handy.

"First let them explore all the coal mines in Shu, and then they will explore mineral deposits such as iron ore in sequence according to the needs of Taoyuan." The research institute, Li Yan and Tong Yu were explaining the task to the prospecting team. In front of them was a huge mineral distribution map. Li Yan wrote and painted on the map and determined the task of each mineral for them.

Tong Yu looked at the densely packed mineral sites on the map, sighed and said, "Your Highness, aren't most of our coal coming in from the north? Why do you look for coal mines on a large scale in Yizhou now?"

Li Yan then told Tong Yu about what he encountered. Tong Yu said angrily: "These black-hearted businessmen are so hateful. The price we gave them is already high enough. They are not satisfied. Since this batch of coal mines are explored, we will mine them ourselves."

After a smile, Li Yan said: "This batch of coal mines must be explored, but it does not have to be mined."

"Why?" Tong Yu was confused.

Li Yan smiled sinisterly and said, "You just need to record the explored coal mines. When the coal mines on Hedong Road accumulate into mountains, I will give them a surprise and let them mine the coal mine for me for free."

Looking at Li Yan's appearance, Tong Yu shivered and thought that the Han King Li Yuanchang would probably not be able to afford it.

After arranging the prospecting mission, Li Yan returned to the royal palace. He had one thing he had not dealt with, that was the weapon he bought from Charles.

At the entrance of the Treasure Hall of the Prince's Mansion, wooden boxes of different sizes fell at the door. The servants tried hard to carry the wooden boxes into the Treasure Hall. Their loads were filled with weapons and ammunition, so the weight was no need to be said. Now, according to Li Yan's instructions, they put all these things into the basement of the Treasure Hall in different categories.

"Your Highness, this." Every box was carried into the basement, and Li Ying would ask Rongda to draw a weapon for him from the box.

This time, Rongda handed Li Yan the Barrett m82a1 sniper rifle, which is the existence of the cannon in the game.

As a result, Barrett played with it for a while, and Li Yan placed Barrett on the stand on the wall. On the wall, it was like hanging clothes, and there were more than 30 different sniper rifles. There were automatic rifles, submachine guns, various pistols, and even general machine guns on one side. At this time, the Baotang seemed to be even cooler than the gun store in M ​​Country.

Looking at the room full of weapons, Li Yan was satisfied. It was not for killing people, but for collecting them.

One by one, he took the weapons one by one, and finally hung the last Gru pistol on the wall. Li Yan went to the basement again, rummaged through the cabinet and found a few boxes of the Barrett sniper rifle bullets. According to his idea, he was going to conduct Barrett m82a1 shooting training first, so that he would become the only sniper of this era. By then, the matter of thousands of troops taking the enemy's head will not be a dream.

Everything was packed up, Rongda looked at the room with confusion and said, "Your Highness, these are all things, they look weird."

"Things used to kill people." Li Yan took Barrett off the gun stand, held it up and aimed at the outside. This sniper rifle with a range of more than 2,000 meters is definitely a nightmare existence in this era. "Li Yuanchang, just stop at it. Don't force me to use a sniper rifle to explode your head." Li Yan narrowed his eyes dangerously and muttered. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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