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"Great kindness." Lin Bei was overjoyed.

It is useless for Wanghai City to ask for money now, so Lin Bei wanted to ask the Zhen family to find him some people, and only a big business family like the Zhen family can do it. If it is Sima or some Xun family, Although they are capable, this kind of aristocratic family is self-proclaimed and will not and cannot do population trading. The Zhen family is the best choice for Lin Bei. Fortunately, Zhen Ping agreed, and Lin Bei does not have to worry too much about the Zhen family not keeping his promise. .

There is a word in this era called Wujianbushang. Putting up a small group, they piled up a spire, so there was the saying that there is no business without a tip, which symbolizes the integrity of the rice merchants. At 30 gold, Lin Bei felt that the Zhen family could still be trusted. Even if he was fooled by the Zhen family this time, it would not be a big loss to Lin Bei. It was just a bicycle and some salt, it didn't matter.

But Lin Bei didn't know that Zhen Ping was not because of integrity. Honesty is just like moral integrity, which is used to throw away. If Lin Bei was a commoner, it would be strange for Zhen Ping to do these things. To put it bluntly , or because of Lin Bei's current power and Zhen Ping's optimism about Lin Bei's prospects, this is the reason why Zhen Ping is willing to associate with Lin Bei.

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Chapter 220 Everything is ready, only good steel is missing

It was the third day when Zhen Ping came to Wanghai City.

Zhen Ping has already negotiated with Lin Bei about bicycles and salt, including [-] catties of refined salt. When talking about salt, Lin Bei was taken aback by the price of salt, because the price of salt is really high, no wonder it is a huge profit Woolen cloth.

Zhen Ping also explained. He said that this year, the price of rice in the Central Plains has skyrocketed, and the price varies from place to place. Among them, Ji, Qing, and Bing, these three states have the highest rice prices, and now they have reached [-] yuan a bucket. A dou in the dynasty is twelve and a half catties, which means that the price of rice in these three states is [-] yuan a catty, and the price of rice in Yangzhou, Xuzhou and Jingzhou, which is less war-torn, is only [-] yuan a catty, while the price of salt and rice is [-] yuan per catty. The price fluctuations are consistent. The salt Zhen Ping buys is calculated at three gold per catty, which is six to fifteen times the price of rice.

Lin Bei also asked curiously, if Zhen Ping bought it back at this price, would the Zhen family still make money? Zhen Ping just smiled and didn't speak, the meaning was self-evident.

"It is estimated that refined salt can reach six to seven gold a catty, or the price will be even higher." Lin Bei forced Zhen Ping to say that he could only guess like this.

After Zhen Ping settled the business, he wanted to go back, but Lin Bei did something that made Zhen Ping dumbfounded. Lin Bei asked Zhen Ping to borrow boats, and he borrowed seven boats.

Can Zhen Ping not agree?Of course not, after Lin Bei borrowed the boat, he took some sailors who could handle the boat out to sea that day, and then returned four days later, the cargo ship was fully loaded.

Naturally, the cargo ship was loaded with coal. This time the ship went very smoothly. There were no whales or the like fighting at sea. It only took one day to arrive at Coal Island, and then to dig coal, because it was all exposed on the ground.So it took two days to fill the boat.

Zhen Ping looked at the dark ship and smiled wryly. His heart ached, but no matter how much he felt sorry, he could only smile. After carefully looking at the coal, Zhen Ping asked Lin Bei curiously, "My lord, are these black stones?"

"Have you seen it?" Lin Bei was startled, and immediately asked.

"I haven't seen it before, but the villain has heard people talk about this thing. It's called a black stone, and it smells very pungent. It makes people run around with their faces covered. It's somewhat similar to the thing in front of me. This kind of black stone is found in Bingzhou. There are many in the Yanmen area."

"Yanmen? Yanmen Pass?"

"There is indeed a pass there, named Yanmen Pass, does your lord know this place?"

"You said there are many there?"

"There are not many Yanmen Pass. There are many Yanmen counties. Yanmen County is a hundred miles north of Yanmen Pass. It is close to the border of Bingzhou." Zhen Ping really knows it like the palm of his hand.

Lin Bei thought for a while, Yanmen was closed in Shanxi Province in later generations, as far as Lin Bei knew.Datong should also be in the north direction of Yanmen Pass, so it seems that the black stone that Zhen Ping knows is indeed coal.

"Can you ship some over here?"

"How much does your lord need? This thing is useless there, you can have as much as you want, but it is very difficult to transport it here." Zhen Ping said with some embarrassment.

"Oh, forget it."

It seems that coal has been discovered in this era, but it has not been used on a large scale, so Zhen Ping said that it is useless. In this case, Lin Bei will not have the idea of ​​domestic coal, and let it be left to future generations, anyway. There must be a lot behind the sea and the long mountains, let's talk about the resources of these countries first.

It took half a day for the sergeant to unload the coal from the ship. Zhen Ping kept watching from the sidelines, looking at the coal for a while and then at Lin Bei. Intuitively, he felt that this kind of black stone deserved the attention of the dragon god. , so it is very likely that this Lord Dragon God knows the function of the black stone, but Lin Bei didn't say anything, and Zhen Ping didn't ask, but he was planning to wait for the business in Bingzhou to get some back after he went back, to see if there would be some found.

Lin Bei saw Zhen Ping's face but didn't mind. Even if he knew that coal could be burned, it was only used as a heating tool, but Lin Bei wanted to use these coals as the combustion power of the steam engine. Such a lofty thing, If Lin Bei didn't say anything, Zhen Ping couldn't figure it out.

Because the big boat was blackened by coal, it took another day to clean the big boat before Zhen Ping bid farewell.

"My lord, when I go back this time, I plan to move the business firm in Hepu County to the Man City. If my lord has any orders in the future, I just need to send someone into the Man City to inquire about it, and I'm sure I will be able to find out where my Zhen family is."

"Okay, but what happened to Hepu County? Why did you move to Mancheng?" Lin Bei was a little surprised.

Zhen Ping looked at Lin Bei: "Hepu County has fallen, and there are no people left. Originally, the villain wanted to move out of Hepu County a long time ago, but he was afraid that the adults would not find him, so he kept waiting." Zhen Ping swiped again in front of Lin Bei. Under the favorability degree.

"Oh, to trouble you, your Zhen family is going to move into the Man City, is the big Man willing?"

"You don't need to worry about this. Man Shuai posted a list a few days ago, saying that as long as merchants do business in Man City, the tax will be extremely low. Now most of the merchants in the South Vietnam border have entered Man City. , even from the Central Plains, merchants come here from time to time."

"Isn't the barbarian city getting more and more prosperous?"

"Exactly, Man City is full of vehicles and horses now, and the flow of people is like weaving. It is indeed extremely prosperous." After a pause, he continued: "From the perspective of a villain, Man Shuai really has the appearance of a hero." After finishing speaking, Zhen Ping glanced at Lin Bei's expression.

Lin Bei chuckled, "Shopkeeper Zhen, your Zhen family already knows how to make bicycles, so you should sell them to that barbarian, right?"

Zhen Ping nodded, expressing his understanding: "I know what my lord means, don't worry, my lord, the bicycles made by the Zhen family will never be sold to that handsome man."

Lin Bei shook his head: "No, I want you to sell him, and the more you sell, the better."

Uh... Zhen Ping was stunned. This kind of thing that can be used as armament is going to be sold to the enemy?

"Really, I'm not joking. You sell it. The more you sell, the better. It's best to let Mancheng have one." Lin Bei said very sincerely, because this is what he really thought.

As mentioned earlier, bicycles have very high requirements on the road surface. Once Mancheng has a bicycle, it will inevitably repair roads extensively. It's convenient, the steam carriage can also run, wouldn't it be much more convenient to fight?Lin Bei felt that he was too wise to build the road with his handsome hands.

"My lord, are you telling the truth?" Zhen Ping still didn't believe it.

"It's pure gold. There's no lie, sell more to Man Shuai." Lin Bei said again.

Zhen Ping could only nod his head, he didn't understand, but since this adult is not afraid of being handsome and has a bicycle, then he is even less afraid of being a businessman.

After finalizing the matter, Zhen Ping finally boarded the boat, and when the boat slowly moved away, Lin Bei yelled at the big boat: "Master Zhen, you must sell more cars to Man Shuai."

Wait until Zhen Ping leaves.Lin Bei asked the sergeant to get a few carts of coal.At the same time, they rushed to the gate of the city and summoned the craftsmen who were still working on the steam carriage.

Although Zhen Ping came to Wanghai City for several days, no one ever led Zhen Ping here, and Zhen Ping could sell his bicycles.The steam carriage is the core technology.Lin Bei will not let outsiders know in a short time.

"Didn't you wait too much. Did you say that the power of the steam is not enough? My lord has brought you something good. Take a look at this thing." Lin Bei pointed to the coal on the car: "This thing is coal, and it is ignited by fire. It can last forever, and the fire is extremely intense, several times hotter than the charcoal, you can use this coal instead of charcoal in the future, so that the steam power is enough to support the carriage."

The craftsmen all looked at Lin Bei, and a craftsman came out and said, "My lord, it's not that the steam power is insufficient, but that the boiler is not good enough. Once it is overheated, the boiler will explode."

"Huh? The problem of steam power has been solved? When did this happen?"

"My lord, I thought it was the lack of steam power at first, but then I realized that it was the boiler. If the boiler is not made of good iron, the water can only be released once it boils, otherwise the boiler will burst. Charcoal is enough."

"Doesn't that mean that the coal is useless?" Lin Bei got angry.

"My lord, if the boiler can be made of good iron, and this coal is really better than the charcoal as my lord said, then it will complement each other."

How can steam power be more sufficient?The hotter the fire, the more powerful it will be. The steam power produced by using charcoal and coal is definitely different, but the current situation is that using charcoal is enough to make the boiler burst, so it doesn't matter whether coal is used or not, as long as the boiler can withstand it in the end. It is best to switch to coal when coal is used.

"Good iron?" Lin Bei didn't move now. He knew that if there was steel, he could meet the requirements of these craftsmen, but he really couldn't make steel. "Where is Blind Li? Haven't made any progress yet?"

As the best blacksmith in Wanghai City, Lin Bei gave blind Li the right to use iron at will in order to make steel. How many days have passed, and there is no progress at all?

The craftsmen shook their heads.

Lin Bei was a little angry, and seeing some craftsmen who seemed to be doing nothing, Lin Bei was a little angry: "Then you mean that if Blind Li makes good iron, you can make a steam carriage later?"

A craftsman stood up and said: "Sir, if there is good iron now, I dare to assure you that the steam carriage will appear in front of you tomorrow."