The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Jiang Fan took a look at the hundreds of kilograms of refined salt he had brought over and nodded with satisfaction. After all, it was only the first day, and he was still a novice, as he was able to build a shack and make refining tools in just one day.

It's already great to be able to extract so much salt.

According to the current progress, in about two days, the daily productivity of this poisonous salt mountain may reach more than 10,000 catties. It may even reach more. It is possible to even reach 100,000 catties.

Jiang Fan encouraged Fang Hua a few words, then took the Chu brothers and more than twenty white-robed guards to the coal mine again.

Similar to the situation at the Poison Salt Mountain, a row of shacks were built next to the coal mine, filled with people. Workers, craftsmen and their families settled here.

Dai Yunzong was leading his men to dig coal at the coal mine, and there were a lot of coal briquettes piled nearby.

Jiang Fan looked at the pile of coal briquettes and was very satisfied. The coal mine had also entered production. Once the coal briquettes were transported to the capital, it would be a steady source of income.

Not only in the capital, he also wants to sell coal briquettes to the entire Dayan. When everyone knows the use of coal, the coal mine in front of them will be a huge treasure.

When Dai Yunzong saw Jiang Fan coming, he ran over quickly with an excited expression on his face.

"Your Highness, you are amazing. I never thought that this thing could be used as charcoal. Moreover, the temperature is higher than that of charcoal. It can be used to make fire for cooking, for forging iron and smelting copper. It's a pity that there are no metal veins in Huaining, otherwise..."

He spoke quickly, as if he wanted to say everything he wanted to say in one breath.

The Chu brothers behind him were stunned again. They had not yet completely digested the information about the poisonous salt mine, and Dai Yunzong gave him another explosive news.

This black stone is actually better than charcoal. This must be fake. You know, charcoal is not cheap. Charcoal is used to smelt metal ores such as iron and copper.

If this black stone could be used as charcoal, they couldn't imagine what kind of treasure the black stone mine before them would become.

"Well, good, work hard, this will be our treasure land in the future!" Jiang Fan patted Dai Yunzong on the shoulder and nodded with satisfaction. Dai Yunzong's face was full of joy, and his eyes were bright.

Like everyone else, he initially thought that Jiang Fan just wanted to supply the people, but after what happened yesterday, he realized he was wrong.

Others thought that Jiang Fan was just messing around, but only he, who had personally experienced Jiang Fan's methods, knew that the prince he followed was extremely resourceful.

This coal mine alone is enough to make His Highness incredibly wealthy.

With money, why would Jiang Fan be worried about not being able to win the battle for the throne? At that time, he would also soar to the sky. He was excited just thinking about it.

After leaving the coal mine, Jiang Fan went to the sulfur mine again. The person in charge here, Wu Shen, was similar to Fang Hua, in his twenties and very capable. He was selected by Jiang Fan from the White Robe Army.

When he saw Jiang Fan, he was not as excited as Fang Hua and Dai Yunzong. After all, after the sulfur was purified, he didn't know what the use of this thing was. Anyway, it had a pungent smell.

Jiang Fan was very satisfied when he saw the purified sulfur. Wu Shen was indeed the person he had chosen, and he did things without making any concessions.

The victims were also well accommodated. After encouraging Wu Shen for a few words, he took the sulfur and rushed to the next place, which was the limestone mine.

The person in charge here was Yang Yexu. When Jiang Fan arrived, he had already settled the victims. A number of brick kilns and cement kilns were built around him according to Jiang Fan's requirements.

When Yang Yexu saw Jiang Fan coming, he hurried over and reported to Jiang Fan the progress on his side.

Yang Yexu couldn't understand what Jiang Fan had arranged, but he had a strong execution ability and didn't make any concessions.

Jiang Fan was very satisfied with this. Looking at the cement and bricks that had been produced, he encouraged Yang Yexu with a few words.

Cement is a groundbreaking product. It will be a huge money-making project in the future. Besides, we can't let the workers live in shacks forever.

With bricks, stones and cement, the housing problem of workers can be solved, and these people can have a sense of belonging, so that they can work wholeheartedly for him.

Of course, Jiang Fan has another plan, which is to build the entire Huainan Prefecture into his own commercial base, and cement is the key to it.

The construction of various workshops requires cement and bricks, and he has plenty of funds to invest.

After inspecting the conditions of the four mineral veins, Jiang Fan rushed back to the county government office. Xia Qianxing delivered another batch of saltpeter powder and the charcoal that Jiang Fan needed.

"Your Highness, the young men and workers who stayed behind have already made many bamboo cylinders according to the dimensions of your drawings. The other fifty elm cylinders will be completed before evening."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan nodded and sent Xia Qianxing away.

Several recorders who had just found Jiang Fan looked at him with resentment on their faces, as if they were abandoned women.

When they got up in the morning, they couldn't find Jiang Fan. They were angry and annoyed. They came here to take notes, but who could have thought that Jiang Fan disappeared so early in the morning.

This meant that they had no idea what Jiang Fan had done that morning. Jiang Fan obviously didn't want them to know.

Although they were a little annoyed, they did not dare to offend Jiang Fan and could only protest with their eyes.

However, what they were curious about at this time was what Jiang Fan wanted to do by asking those young and strong craftsmen to make bamboo tubes and elm round tubes.

They wanted to ask Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan glanced at them indifferently, which made them swallow back the words they wanted to ask. They could only watch obediently from the side.

At this time, Chu Chengrui looked at Jiang Fan with a hint of worry in his eyes and said, "Old Eight, isn't it time to solve the bandit problem? We only have more than 20 days left... We can't waste it!"

The livelihood issues of the disaster victims have been resolved, but the biggest problems in Huaining County are banditry and food prices.

The bandit problem is the most important one. Without it, grain merchants would dare to come and the grain price problem might be alleviated.

But Jiang Fan didn't even mention the bandit problem, which really made him anxious.

Chu Chengxiong also nodded, looked at Jiang Fan and said: "Old Eight, why don't you send me a team of troops, and I will help you put down the banditry!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Chengrui rolled his eyes at his seventh brother and knocked him on the head.

"You are dreaming. There are two major bandits in Huaining Prefecture. They occupy a strategic location. You can't defeat them even if we send you ten or a hundred teams, let alone one. We should think of a countermeasure first."

Chu Chengxiong touched his head and curled his lips when he heard this. He also felt that he was arrogant, but wasn't he anxious?

Seeing that Jiang Fan didn't take the bandit problem seriously, he was worried that Jiang Fan would lose.

Now, he really hopes that Jiang Fan will become his brother-in-law and become a family with him.