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Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian talked to each other, and pointed their finger at Chen Chu.

When Li Er heard this, he was even more shocked.

Immediately, he slapped the table: "That's unreasonable, Chen Chu is so courageous... two lovers, come out of the city with me, I'm going to see what Chen Chu wants to do!"

Li Er is most concerned about planting potatoes, because once the potatoes are popularized, there will be no shortage of food in the Tang Dynasty in the future.

In an era of extremely backward productivity, the food problem restricts the development of a country or dynasty.

Li Er's biggest headache every year is also the food problem.

That's why he entrusted Chen Chu with such a big responsibility.

But Chen Chu was lucky, instead of growing potatoes, he sold coal to make money?

Li Er couldn't stand this point.

Immediately, Li Er took his eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Shilian out of the palace in a horse-drawn carriage, heading straight for Meishan in the north of the city.

On the road to and from Meishan and Chang'an, you can see huge convoys everywhere, all transporting coal.

The original loess road has now become a black soil road.

The closer he got to Meishan, Li Er's face became more frighteningly gloomy.

A few miles away from Meishan, I can see from a distance that there are crowds of people and smoke flying everywhere on Meishan.

"Hmph, it looks like you're growing potatoes here, Chen Chu really disappointed me..."

Li Er said something coldly.

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Chapter 277 Rebuking Chen Chu

Seeing Li Er's angry face, Changsun Wuji immediately said: "Your Majesty, Chen Chu is really too bold..." The minister then asked someone to call him over and ask him to explain clearly what he did...

Gao Shilian said, "Yes, Chen Chu must have an explanation today, otherwise how could he live up to His Majesty's instructions."

Li Eryi raised his hand and said, "No, I want to visit this coal mine first..."

Hearing this, neither Changsun Wuji nor Gao Shilian dared to refute, so they could only lead the way.

The three of them, Li Er and others, went all the way unimpeded, and even arrived at the coal mining area.

The coal mining area is the core of the entire coal mine, and it is also the area with the most manpower and the most complicated personnel.

Looking around, there are workers with various tools and various machinery everywhere.

Many machines were first seen by Li Er and others, such as the conveyor belt.

Seeing this coal mining area for the first time, even Li Er, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was shocked.

"Auxiliary machine, in the second year of Wude, I presided over the repair of the Chang'an city wall. At that time, [-] migrant workers were used, and ox carts and horse carts came forward... But compared with the thousands of people, I think it was a small scene at that time. Why? " Li Er was a little puzzled, obviously there were not many people at the coal mining area, but it looked very shocking.

Both Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian shook their heads.

Li Er continued to walk forward.

Suddenly, Gao Shilian pointed to a figure on a coal pile in the distance, and said in surprise: "Oh, Your Majesty, look, that person is very familiar!"

Li Er and Changsun Wuji looked at it, and suddenly showed doubts.

Changsun Wuji said: "Yes, it looks very familiar, it seems to be His Royal Highness King Yue."

When Li Er heard this, he laughed immediately: "Hahaha, auxiliary machine, you really know how to joke. Look at that young man, although his back is somewhat similar to Qingque, but he is wearing old linen clothes and a hat. How could it be Qing Que that was stained with coal dust? I still know Qing Que’s temper. Qing Que loves to be clean since she was a child. When she was three years old, she would not step on the dirt on the ground..."

With that said, a few people left.

And the guy on the coal pile jumped down, took a sip of water, and said to the people around him: "Cheer up, my king. Before dark today, a hundred cars must be dug out, otherwise, no one will be able to do it." Don't even think about eating..."

It was Li Tai, king of Yue.

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Tour the coal mining area.

Li Er and the others returned to the office building of the coal mine.

I saw a line of hundreds of people in front of one of the buildings.

These people are all gorgeously dressed and bloated, and they look like rich people, more businessmen.

Li Er walked up to a middle-aged fat man and asked curiously, "Brother, why are you queuing up here?"

The middle-aged fat man took a look at Li Er, and then said: "You guys just came to Chang'an, right? You don't even know about coal. The coal that Mrs. Burning firewood is much cheaper. Now, coal is being burned everywhere. We are all businessmen from around Chang’an. We plan to buy coal directly from Meishan, transport it back and sell it... I am from Yunyang County , the brother next to me is from farther away, he is from Jinzhou, east of the river..."

Li Er was dumbfounded.

Unexpectedly, in a short period of time, coal has become popular in Datang.

On the other hand, Changsun Wuji directly held his heart, and almost lost his breath.

This coal business is really booming.

But these are all dug out from my house!

I feel like I missed out on tens of thousands of hits.

Li Er glanced at the long line, but didn't speak.

Changsun Wuji gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, you have also seen that you asked Chen Chu to come to Meishan to farm, but Chen Chu was lucky, and he ignored the matter of planting potatoes and came here to make money instead. What is more important?" Heavy, can't he figure it out, planting potatoes is for Datang and His Majesty, but digging coal is for himself..."

Li Er clenched his fists and said in a deep voice, "Go, go find Chen Chu!"

Several people walked in.

After inquiring about Chen Chu's location, Li Er led Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian straight into the courtyard.

boom.

The courtyard door opened.

Li Er and the others walked in, and saw people coming and going in the yard, all of them were wearing long gowns, walking around with abacus, paper and pens in their hands.

clap clap.

The sound of abacus calculation is endless.

Chen Chuduan sat behind one of the tables.

From time to time someone came forward and whispered something to him.

After a long while, Chen Chu suddenly stood up and said, "Okay, thank you for your hard work, yesterday's profit has been calculated, and yesterday's profit was a total of [-] guan, you should hurry up to eat and have a good rest. Work overtime late to calculate today's income..."

"Yes, boss!"

These accountants hurried out with their guys.

Li Er, Changsun Wuji and others who had just walked in were dumbfounded.

How many tens of thousands of coins a day?

That's nearly a million pennies a month!

How can a small coal mine make so much money?

Even Li Er felt incredible.

Changsun Wuji felt a pain in his heart, feeling that he was going to die again.

Chen Chu stretched, feeling very happy.

Oh, business is so good these days, it's all thanks to the prince.

It seems that the power of the prince is still good!

In such a short time, coal and stoves were promoted out of Jingzhaofu's territory.

Chen Chu is now racing against time to make money because coal does not actually have much technical content. After a while, someone will definitely find a new mine. At that time, this monopoly business will not be easy to do.So we must seize the initial bonus.

He yawned and was about to go back to bed.

Suddenly, a stern voice came from behind: "Chen Chu, you are so brave... Do you want to bully Jun Wang?"

When Chen Chu turned his head, he saw Changsun Wuji coming forward aggressively, followed by Li Er and Gao Shilian.

Chen Chu hurried forward: "I have seen the father and the two adults."

Changsun Wuji asked angrily: "Chen Chu, why don't you answer the old man's words? Are you trying to deceive the king?"

Chen Chu was taken aback: "Master Changsun, why did you say that? When did I, Chen Chu, deceive the emperor? Don't make false accusations, or I will sue you for slander!"

Changsun Wuji flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly: "It's this time, you are still pretending to be stupid, the old man asks you, what are you doing here at Meishan?"

Chen Chu scratched his head: "Come to Meishan? Digging coal!"

Coal digging?

As soon as the answer came out, Li Er's face immediately darkened.

Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian looked at each other, thinking, success, success.

This boy Chen Chu really came to dig coal.

He probably forgot about planting potatoes.

According to the speculation of the two, the next thing is that Li Erlong is furious and reprimands Chen Chu severely, maybe he will punish Chen Chu, and then Changsun Wuji can take the opportunity to take over the job of growing potatoes. Well, the coal from Meishan will belong to Changsun's family from now on.

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Chapter 278 This Fatty Looks Familiar

Changsun Wuji thought about it, turned around and said happily: "Your Majesty, did you hear that, Chen Chu has completely forgotten your original purpose, and now he only has money in mind."

Gao Shilian said in support: "Chen Chu, you have disappointed His Majesty too much. You were in the palace, and you were still in Lu Guogong's mansion. You patted your chest and promised that you would plant potatoes well. You will never neglect your duties like Huang Shiren, but Now look at the difference between you and Huang Shiren, even, you are not as good as Huang Shiren... Huang Shiren is still doing his best, but look at you, as a son-in-law, it is unreasonable to be a merchant..."

Although Li Er didn't speak, it could be seen from his gloomy face and angry eyes that he was very disappointed in Chen Chu.

Chen Chu looked at the three people in surprise, and finally fixed his eyes on Changsun Wuji's face, and asked in surprise, "Master Changsun, what are you talking about?"

Changsun Wuji sneered: "It's this time, you still don't admit your mistakes, Chen Chu, Chen Chu, the ancients said, knowing your mistakes can make a big difference, why are you so stubborn."

Chen Chu is a bit square: "No, why am I so stubborn?"

Changsun Wuji pointed at Chen Chu angrily: "You...you still pretend to be confused, don't you?"

Li Er couldn't stand it anymore, and said in a deep voice: "Chen Chu, I'm here to ask you, I asked you to plant potatoes in Meishan, what about the potatoes you planted? Of course it's not the time to sow, but at least the ground must be plowed, but Take a look, Meishan is such a large piece of land, all of which have been made into a miasma by you. Tell me, does it look like growing potatoes? If I don’t come here in person today, are you going to lie to me and wait for the next year? At the time of harvest, do you want to explain to me like Huang Shiren?"

The potato matter is related to the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty, and it is even more related to the achievements of Li Er.

Of course he takes it very seriously.

Chen Chu suddenly realized.

It turned out that the purpose of coming to Xingshi early in the morning to inquire about crimes was to plant potatoes.

He chuckled and said, "Father, my lords, don't be so busy admonishing me, I have always cared about these potatoes, and the plowing and fertilization of the land are all proceeding in an orderly manner."

Changsun Wuji continued to sneer: "Don't lie to the old man, Your Majesty has brought us around a few times around Meishan, but there is no sign of growing potatoes!"

Chen Chu pointed to the west and said, "Walking west from here is the potato base of Meishan Farm."

Gao Shilian was taken aback: "Is there really a potato base?"

Chen Chu said with certainty: "This must be there!"

Changsun Wuji and Gao Shilian looked at each other.

Looking at Chen Chu's appearance, it didn't look like he was lying.

Careless!

Didn't go to see the land to the west.

But Changsun Wuji is not reconciled.

He rolled his eyes and said, "Chen Chu, His Majesty asked you to plant potatoes because he wanted you to plant the potato seeds as soon as possible so that they could be promoted to the whole world in the future. He just wanted you to keep an eye on planting potatoes day and night." , how can you leave your post without authorization?"

Hey!

Chen Chu was suddenly unhappy.

This is finding fault!