With Pinxixi in hand, I have a supermarket in the Changzheng!

Gou Wa pointed to a very high mountain in the distance and said, "We are going to investigate on the mountain!"

They were planning to go to a hilltop far away from the town, from where it would be easier to observe from a high vantage point and they would be constantly alert to any approaching enemy forces.

Zhou Yue saw the highest hills and saw several teams heading towards them.

The distance is quite far, and it will probably take more than an hour to climb these hills.

An idea suddenly flashed through Zhou Yue's mind. If this was done, not only would the Red Army soldiers no longer have to suffer from the cold.

Moreover, the poor people in Zhaxi Town will not have such a hard time in winter.

They used the trees on this mountain to exchange for money and food, so the villagers were naturally reluctant to use them for burning.

Normally, we can only pick up some dead branches and leaves to cook, and it is really difficult to make a fire to keep warm.

This time she wants to keep everyone warm through the winter!

A team of about 10 to 20 soldiers from the Fifth Battalion climbed up a high mountain and prepared to begin investigating the situation.

A soldier squatted on the side of the mountain, holding a telescope in his hand, observing the distance.

These telescopes were captured from the enemy. Some of them were indeed the enemy's, while some were placed there intentionally by Zhou Yue.

A young soldier in his early 20s stood up and prepared to change location to continue reconnaissance.

As he was walking, he was suddenly tripped by something on the ground and fell onto the snow.

"Ah! Fortunately the telescope is not broken!"

The young soldier fell heavily on the snow. The first thing he did was not to check his injuries, but to check whether the telescope was broken.

For the Red Army, things like telescopes are also very valuable.

Seeing someone fall, a soldier hurried over.

"Xiao Hai, did you fall?"

"It's okay. I just tripped for some reason."

They looked towards the place where they had just fallen, and suddenly saw a black spot emerging from the white snow.

This black color is not the black of soil, nor the black of ordinary stone, but a shiny black that always feels weird to them.

"what is this?"

As Xiao Hai was talking, he had already dug through the snow with his hands and picked up a strange, shiny black stone.

"Why does this stone look so strange?"

It doesn't look like the stones in the mountains at all. It has an irregular shape, is shiny black, and has a glossy feel.

But he didn't take it seriously and just wanted to throw the stone away.

The older warrior next to him grabbed his wrist, took the stone, and stared at it.

The corners of his mouth began to rise uncontrollably, "Hey, do you know what this is?"

"What? It's just a broken stone."

"Broken rock? This is coal!"

Xiao Hai's eyes widened as he looked at the stone carefully. "Is this coal?"

In that era, coal production was very low and poor families could not afford it at all. There were many people in the villages who had never even seen what coal looked like.

"I used to work in a coal mine. I won't make a mistake!"

He had worked in a coal mine before, so of course he would not make a mistake. He also knew that the coal output in a mining area was very large.

So he guessed there should be a lot of them underneath. He didn't bring any tools, so he could only dig with his hands.

After digging away the thick snow and a layer of soil, his heart beat faster and faster, and his excitement was beyond words.

"Oh my god, there are so many! We won't have to suffer from the cold anymore!"

After he dug up the top layer of soil, he found black coal underneath. The yield was definitely going to be huge!

"Quick! Let's go inform the chief!"

Holding a piece of coal in their hands, they came to Chief Liu's camp and explained what they had discovered on the mountain.

When Chief Liu saw the black coal, he was very excited. The problem before him was solved just like that!

He knew that coal was a good thing, much more durable than wood, and was something the army urgently needed.

Then he sent three or four hundred people to the mountains to dig coal and gave orders.

Only the amount needed by the troops was taken, and the rest was left for the people of Zhaxi Town.

In fact, the hill where the coal was discovered is quite far away from the town of Zhaxi and is not within the scope of Zhaxi town.

I also asked the villagers, and they said that this is indeed an uninhabited deserted mountain. The discovery of coal on this mountain does not count as private property of Zhaxi Town.

Zhou Yue also deliberately arranged to go to this farthest hill in case coal was found on the hill within Zhaxi Town.

The Red Army would certainly adhere to the discipline of not taking a single needle or thread from the masses, so the coal could only be bought with money.

By choosing this deserted mountain where no one was, the Red Army would not face so many restrictions when mining coal.

The disadvantage is that the distance is a bit far, but fortunately there are many people in the Red Army and they can take turns working.

Commander Liu also arrived at the coal mining site in person. On the way, he was a little worried that there might be only a small amount of coal here and not enough for the troops to use.

He was completely relieved when the soldiers started digging.

After using a shovel to shovel away a large area of ​​snow and the layer of soil underneath, there was black coal underneath. The output was definitely going to be huge!

Zhou Yue came to Zhaxi Town and saw the difficulties these villagers faced in winter.

They were reluctant to burn wood from the mountains for heating in the winter, so the house was always as cold as an ice cellar.

Compared with the open air environment outside, there is only less biting cold wind.

The hands and feet of the children in the town were almost all covered with frostbite. Their fingers were swollen like thick carrots, and the wounds were ulcerated, revealing the red flesh inside.

Zhou Yue felt very distressed when she saw this, so this time she ordered a very large quantity of coal from the mall!

Not only is it enough for an army of 80,000 to 90,000 people, the remaining amount can also keep the people in the village warm through many cold winters.

In order not to arouse suspicion, she did not buy coal that had been processed into small pieces, but instead bought large pieces of unprocessed raw coal.

They are all in whole pieces, each piece weighing at least dozens or hundreds of pounds. The soldiers can use them after breaking them into pieces with tools.

The price of raw coal in the mall is very cheap, only 400 points per ton. (One ton is 2000 kilograms)

She has accumulated tens of millions of points in the mall, so she doesn't feel bad at all when buying things.

She bought a total of 320 tons of coal, or million kilograms, spending million points.

The soldiers digging coal in the mountains were full of energy because with the coal they could eat hot meals and wouldn't have to endure the cold at night.

All the broken coal pieces were put into large backpacks, and the soldiers carried them to the camp one by one.

The hardworking soldiers, each carrying more than 100 kilograms of coal on their backs, walked for more than an hour before finally transporting the coal back to Zhaxi Town and arriving at various camps.

As soon as the first batch of coal was transported back to the camp, some people in the village started to make trouble!