Two days later.
It was Ma Teng's first time leading an expedition.
Jia Xu also sent Zhu Wu to lead 500 troops to coordinate in case anything happened.
At the same time.
Yan Chuan brought Xun Yu and a dozen guards to the foot of Qilian Mountain.
"Yan Jiang!"
Xun Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry." Today is Ma Teng's first expedition. Instead of sending him off, we came to Qilian Mountain to hunt. Isn't there something wrong? It will make him lose his fighting spirit!"”
"I'm not hunting, I'm looking for charcoal!" Yan Chuan said lightly.”
"What's charcoal?"
Li Chunzhang asked doubtfully.
Yan Chuan rubbed his chin and said,"A black ore!"”
"Shi Mo?"
Li Chunzhang didn't know whether to laugh or cry." General Yan, you should have told us earlier if you were looking for lead. When the old general brought us to pacify the border, we passed by a mountain range in the Qilian Mountains. There was a large lead Kuangqu there. At that time, we thought it was something good!”
Yan Chuan's eyes were filled with helplessness,"Where is it?"”
"Then!"
Li Chunzhang pointed to the southwest and said in a deep voice,"We just need to go over that hill. At that time, we thought it was a treasure and hid it. In the end, the old general told us that it was lead, which could be used to write and draw on silk cloth.“
Not too long later.
Everyone crossed a hill.
Sure enough, an open-air coal mine appeared in Yan Chuan's eyes.
"Crack!"
Yan Chuan crushed a piece of charcoal and said in a deep voice,"It is very cold in the Northern Liang during winter. The coal has a lot of heat and can burn for a long time. Each of you carry some back to the city. We need to build a batch of stoves to prevent the people from freezing to death!”
"Here!"
Li Chun shouted.
"Stones can burn?"
Xun Yu felt that his brain was not enough.
Yan Chuan patted his shoulder and sighed,"Wen Ruo, you must have gone silly from studying so hard. This charcoal is just an underground plant. It's a mineral produced by physical and chemical changes. The heat it burns is much stronger than wood!”
"Physics, chemistry?"
Xun Yu was confused and fell into deep thought.
The sun hung high in the sky.
While Yan Chuan and the others were busy digging coal…
Two Confucian scholars in green robes around the age of twenty-five or twenty-six led a large horse to the Northern Liang Prefecture.
"Gongda?"
Jia Xu returned from the drill ground to see Ma Teng off. He looked at a Confucian scholar in green in front of the manor and asked in surprise,"Wen Ruo, that bastard, actually dragged you to a poor place like Northern Liang. He is really an elder in vain!”
"Wenhe?"
Xun You rubbed his eyes.
He did not quite dare to recognize the Jia Xu who had blackened a lot.
Jia Xu nodded." It's me. Who's this fellow who came with you?"”
Xun You bowed slightly and explained," Yingchuan, Dingling Du Family. Uncle wrote me a letter to ask me to find Zixu and come to Northern Liang!”
Jia Xu laughed and said,"I know, the four famous scholars of Yingchuan, Du Xi and Du Zixu!"”
"I wouldn't dare!"
Du Xi bowed and said,
"Enter the residence!"
Jia Xu waved his hand and looked at his dark and rough right hand. He smiled bitterly and said,"No wonder you didn't recognize me. What sin have I committed? I'm a filial and honest person, but I actually planted a farm in Beiliang!”
"Farming?"
Xun You and Du Xi looked at each other.
The Han Dynasty respected the way of filial piety and Confucianism, and the Confucian scholars went to farm?
In the hall.
Jia Xu poured tea for the two and said helplessly,""Beiliang is barren, but Guzang is still fine. If you go to Dunhuang, I'm afraid you won't even be able to drink tea in Jiuquan. It's not easy to serve people from the army, so there are no maids in the residence.”
"Yes!"
Xun You took a sip of tea and said doubtfully," Uncle's letter said that General Yan is a strange person. He was conferred the title of Marquis of the four prefectures at the age of 20. He also held the Western Region's protectorate and wielded the power of the military. Why do I feel that he is not as heroic and resourceful as I thought?!"”
"Beiliang is too poor, you will understand in the future!" Jia Xu smiled bitterly.”
"Is that so?"
Du Xi asked curiously.
Jia Xu smiled and said," Today, the Iron Blood Army of the Northern Liang is going out to battle. General Yan has brought Wen Ruo to Qilian Mountain. Moreover, he has brought us to farm for a month. Outside the city, you should have passed by a thousand acres of fertile farmland. It was General Yan who led the soldiers and the people to reclaim it!"”
Du Xi nodded and said," When I first entered Guzang, I was surprised that there were still seedlings that broke through the soil in autumn. It's really strange!"”
"It's almost cooked!"
Jia Xu counted the days and said with anticipation,""In another month, the first batch of potatoes will be ripe. At that time, there will be a plan to attract people to Beiliang.”
"Hmm…!"
Xun You and Du Xi felt a little strange.
It seemed that they had entered a strange atmosphere.
He had thought that the Northern Liang was a barren land with yellow sand, blood, and bones everywhere. He did not expect it to be so harmonious.
"Do as you please!"
Jia Xu stood up and patted his old waist.
"Are you going to deal with internal affairs?" Xun You frowned.”
"No!"
Jia Xu sighed and said," The soldiers who went to the Western Regions will be back in the next two days. They drove tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, and horses. I have to go to the outskirts of the western city to see how the farms built by the people are doing. General Yan is preparing to vigorously develop animal husbandry. I have to be careful!"”
"What the hell!"
Xun You's face darkened.
The trip to the Northern Liang was indeed out of his expectations.
Farming and raising livestock, was Yan Chuan trying to be the owner of the land or the Marquis of Beiliang?
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