After drinking for three rounds, everyone was already feeling a little excited.

Yue Kaishan put down his chopsticks and said with emotion: "In recent years, I have been in Cenzhou and think I have done a good job. The Grand Canal has been opened. On both sides of the canal, the irrigated land can be reclaimed for millions of acres of good land. Next year, even if the yield per mu is only 100 kilograms, it will be millions of stones of grain, which is far beyond the needs of Cenzhou itself. Cenzhou has changed from a place where imported grain is needed to be a place where exported grain. To be honest, I was still very proud before I came to Beijing."

"This is indeed a proud man." Zeng Lin has been a local people-friendly official for a long time. Naturally, he knew that if you want to be stable, enough food is the primary premise. At this moment, when he heard Yue Kaishan's feelings, he couldn't help but smile: "If you have this one alone, Kaishan can rank first in the future Cenzhou Chronicle."

Yue Kaishan smiled and said, "Old Zeng has pleaded high. He is just doing his job and planning the matter. But this time, he went to Yuejing City, walked around the various yamen, met and talked with some old friends, and then realized that the outside world has changed a lot. Not to mention anything else, Fuyuan County alone has a much higher annual income than our Cenzhou. I am afraid that we will not be able to surpass it in many years to come. Fuyuan County can be regarded as a remote place."

Everyone in the room laughed: "In the past, Fuyuan County was really a remote countryside. Although there was a gold mine in the deep mountains, it could not benefit the local people, but it is different now." Jin Jingnan said: "There were found high-quality coal mines. The quality of coal produced was even far greater than that of Xintong and other places. The storage volume was even more amazing. They are now sitting on the gold mountain. With the popularity of steam engines in our Ming Dynasty, the demand for coal has increased significantly. The price can be said to have three changes a day. Wang Ping will wake up laughing when he falls asleep."

Yue Kaishan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "This is really something that will happen sometimes in your destiny. Don't force it if you don't have time. The people of Fuyuan County are so lucky."

"Not nor is it!" Xiao Hua stroked a handful of white beards and said disapprovingly: "No matter how many mines there are, there will be times when they are dug. You can't rely on this for all generations to make a living. You can build the canal and irrigate the land. This is the result of all ages. Even if the children and grandchildren are in endless, as long as the land is still there and the river is still there, you will not be hungry. The last time Wang Ping met me when he came to Beijing, I saw him being proud of him, so that he could not forget that when he was injured, he should consider more for the future and not make his descendants lose food. Seeing his reluctance, I didn't know if he had heard it."

"Old Xiao is the old saying of the country!" Qin Feng said with a smile: "After Wang Ping returned, he still thought of some solutions. He is your old registered disciple. Do you dare not listen to the teacher?"

"It's just a name-taking, but I haven't been serious about studying under my disciples." Xiao Hua said proudly.

Seeing Xiao Hua attaching so much importance to what he did in Cenzhou, Yue Kaishan was excited again: "This time I came back, I saw the telegram. This thing is really magical. Although it is thousands of miles away, the message came in a flash. Your Majesty, the railway has closely linked the vast territory of our Ming Dynasty, and the telegram has the same effect. It can be said that with these things, the central government can master the local situation as much as possible. Similarly, counties and prefectures can do this for counties and towns. This is extremely important for the country of our Ming Dynasty for generations. Cenzhou is large, with few people and very scattered. Next, I will promote large-scale migration to both sides of the canal. This time I come to Beijing, I still have to ask for some support. Of course, this time we will not ask for food. Next year, I will use food to pay the bill. And since there are things like telegrams, I also beg Your Majesty to allocate funds to set up in Cenzhou."

"The court can allocate some funds to you at its discretion to migrate the people to both sides of the canal, but to set up telegrams, Cenzhou should be slowed down for the time being." Qin Feng waved his hand: "It is very necessary to set up telegrams. Now the court is only erecting along the main railway roads, which can save a considerable amount of funds. If you want to set up the county and local governments, you need to pay for it yourself. I think Cenzhou cannot get it out now. The court's main energy now is to focus on aligning wars, and these things must first meet the needs of the battlefield. In fact, even if you have money, you are afraid you will have no goods."

Hearing this, Yue Kaishan had to give up. He pushed the people of Cenzhou to migrate to the two sides of the canal, and it has begun to be implemented this winter. Countless work is complicated and the cost is also huge. He really can't afford it. Since the emperor will not give him money if he bites him to death, he can only wait honestly.

"When it comes to the EQ war, I wonder how it is going now?" Yue Kaishan asked. What he wanted to know was not the news of the main road, but the real information that only the upper class had.

Qin Feng smiled and smeared a piece of mutton while chewing it, saying, "Although war has been declared, if you really want to use troops on a large scale, you still have to wait until the spring of the next year. However, Taoyuan has already started to take action. A few days ago, there was news that the wild dog is launching an attack on Lincheng. Before the general attack, we will remove these small nails. Wherever we found some interesting things."

"I don't know what makes Your Majesty interesting?" Yue Kaishan is not an ordinary scholar. He has been with Zhou Jiyun in Kunling County for many years and is very familiar with military affairs.

"We should know that the power of our artillery in the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Style 1, which is also a powerful weapon to kill the enemy. Xian Bisong invented a new tactic based on the characteristics of our weapons. Well, I will call him the fortress tactic. We use steel and cement to build large blocks of bunkers. This kind of bunker is quite effective in resisting our artillery. At least in Lincheng, we found that the cannons pose little threat to them, and their soldiers hid in these bunkers and used crossbow machines, strong crossbows, etc. to attack our soldiers against us." Qin Fengdao.

Speaking of this, Qin Feng couldn't help but feel a little regretful. It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty has created armor-piercing bombs and wants to create such a powerful weapon. I'm afraid he won't expect it in his lifetime, otherwise, if a bunker is shot, it will be completely eliminated for you.

"The Western Army was the first to attack, and their fierce tinder oil was still very effective in attacking this fortress. The Ming Academy of Sciences developed a more powerful fire attack weapon based on the fierce tinder oil of the Western Continent, specifically targeting such guys who were huddled in the turtle shell. Unfortunately, our Ming Dynasty still cannot find the raw materials to make this thing for the time being. Everything needs to be imported from the Western Continent, and it will be too late." Jin Jingnan said: "Once the Qi people see a method that can effectively reduce the power of our weapons, they will naturally follow the example."

Qin Feng waved his hand: "It's just taking more time. This won't make me worry, nor will it leave Wu Ling helpless. However, I'm really interested in the gasoline developed by the Academy of Sciences. That thing is much more powerful than coal. Now the Ming Academy of Sciences has set up a research team to see if it can effectively use gasoline to develop new machinery."

"What kind of machinery does Your Majesty want?" Zeng Lin asked.

"Or it can be called an internal combustion engine!" Qin Feng spread his hands, "Now our steam is a boiler, right? I hope that our machines can be made smaller and more powerful in the future. Then gasoline is essential. Moreover, this crude oil can not only extract gasoline, but also many other things. As for these, I don't know much about it anyway, so naturally the people from the Academy of Sciences will do it."

Yue Kaishan said in confusion: "Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty is so vast, how could it be that there is no such thing? I just didn't find it!"

"It should be some, but this thing is basically hidden deep underground, and it is difficult to find them." Qin Feng smiled: "With our current level of detecting minerals, it is difficult to find them, not to mention that this is new for us, which is even more difficult. Some of the things that can overflow on the surface and make people discover are very few."

"I don't know what kind of thing it is?" Yue Kaishan said with interest.

"It's an extremely unpleasant and sticky thing." Qin Feng spread his hands and said, "Some of the things we have now obtained from the people of the Western Mainland. The things they have refined, and the original appearance of this thing was also known through them."

Yue Kaishan blinked his eyes a few times, tilted his head and thought for a while, but stood up: "Your Majesty, the smell is extremely bad. Where there is his place, there is almost no grass growing. Birds and beasts can get rid of them. Is that true?"

"Yes!" Qin Fengdao.

"We have this thing in Cenzhou." Yue Kaishan's words alarmed everyone in the house.

"There is crude oil in Cenzhou?" Qin Feng asked in surprise.

"Your Majesty, Cenzhou goes west, and it is Hanhai. When I first took office, I read the local chronicles of Cenzhou. However, it was recorded in the local chronicles. However, it was in the vast sea, and no one lived in it. The county clan only recorded it as an anecdote. At the same time, people were warned not to get close, thinking that it was God's punishment for people, and that there would be disasters when approaching. I did not say that the strange powers and gods were in chaos. After seeing it, I just laughed at it and didn't pay attention to it, because it was not suitable for human survival in the vast sea, and naturally it was not among the considerations of me. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would never remember it."

The people in the room looked at each other for a moment and then laughed.

"Your Majesty, the old minister said that our Ming Dynasty is vast and rich in resources, so we don't want anything. Look, isn't this coming?" Xiao Hua said happily.

"Mr. Yue County Master, if you really have this thing in Cenzhou, I will tell you that you are going to make a fortune. Don't envy Wang Ming from Fuyuan. In the future, when the Academy of Sciences makes the internal combustion engine, he will only look up to you."
Chapter completed!