My old husband who can read minds

Chapter 78 Please call me Shen DaDa
"Your Majesty, I wonder where your people found this coal?" Shen Yuan asked again.

"It was found on a hilltop in a town called Jiaolin in Hejian County in the northwest."

Emperor Qianyuan was in a good mood and answered all questions.

"Then I would like to congratulate Your Majesty. Since there is coal in that hilltop, there must be a whole coal mine. Your Majesty, why not send someone to take over that hilltop as soon as possible and try to open the mine as soon as possible."

Shen Yuan was happy but couldn't hide his worry, "It's just that mining is very dangerous. Water leakage and landslides may happen at any time. Once the miners are trapped, there is almost no chance of survival. But I don't know how to avoid it, so I can't share your worries for Your Majesty." ”

"It's okay, Mrs. Shen, you have done an excellent job. These matters should be taken care of by the Ministry of Industry, otherwise what is the use of raising them."

Emperor Qianyuan waved his hand and said pleasantly.

"In addition, Your Majesty can also expand the scope of the search for coal mines in the entire Hejian County. I think that there may be more than one coal mine in the northwest. If more coal mines can be found, this will be a mountain of gold and silver in the future." Shen Yuan smiled.

When he heard that he could make money, Emperor Qianyuan became even more interested, "How do you say this? Isn't this for iron smelting?"

Shen Yuan explained patiently: "According to the miscellaneous books that I have read before, coal has a wide range of uses. It can not only be used for the smelting of iron, copper, and goldware, but is also of great use to people's livelihood. If the output of the coal mine is large, the imperial court will Coal can be sold to the people at a low price, just like salt. If the people have coal to survive the winter, more people will probably be prevented from dying from the cold every year. Especially in the cold weather, if the border officers and soldiers With this thing for heating and cooking, many casualties can be reduced."

Emperor Qianyuan was greatly shocked. Originally, he only wanted to secretly take this "divine object" back to the court and use it for military training and weapon refining. He never thought of circulating it among the people.

But Shen Yuan's words suddenly enlightened him. He knew how high the court's annual salt tax was. If coal could be sold like salt, it would be a sacred achievement that would last forever, and he could do it every year. Add more tax money to the treasury.

Just thinking about this made Emperor Qianyuan's eyes light up with excitement. As long as the court took the coal business into its hands, wouldn't it be just like what Shen said, it would be a golden mountain that would continuously generate wealth.

"This is what this thing looks like when it comes out of the mine. Can it be used and sold directly without any further refinement?"

Emperor Qianyuan asked another core question.Shen Yuan nodded: "This is the convenience of coal. It can be used as soon as it is dug out. You don't have to worry about tinkering with it anymore. In addition to the cost of mining, it can be said to be a huge profit in other aspects."

At the same time, she reminded: "It's just that this thing is naturally raised in the earth. It is as much as there is in the vein. It will be gone after digging and cannot be regenerated. Therefore, my wife suggested that if Your Majesty wants to sell it to the people, it is better to set a unified price and Each household purchases a certain amount every quarter. After all, we still don’t know how many coal veins are hidden in our Great Yong Dynasty. Your Majesty might as well send people across the country to continue searching, and we will always find new ones."

"I will note down what you said, but you have no intention. It is said that a woman's lack of talent is a virtue, but it seems that this is not necessarily true now. If it weren't for Mr. Shen's studiousness and your occasional reading of those miscellaneous books, you wouldn't be as good as me in the future. Mountains of gold and silver.”

Emperor Qianyuan was rarely in a good mood to tease.

Although I feel a little regretful that the "god object" cannot be regenerated, I am also satisfied.

Shen Yuan's heart moved and she smiled calmly: "As the saying goes, there is a golden house in Taoism. The key lies in the book, not who reads it. Men can discover the golden house from books, and so can women. , Your Majesty, don’t you see that my wife is a living example! Women do not study for talent, but only for understanding, self-cultivation, and character cultivation. Reading more books will never go wrong."

Regarding her bold advice, Shen Yuan's heart was actually beating nervously.She was trying to instill in Emperor Qianyuan the concept that women could be equal to men in seeking knowledge and reading. It could be said to be a treasonous act that subverted the words of today's saints.

Qin He looked at his daughter-in-law with fear. She really dared to say anything. Without him stopping her, she "spoke arrogantly" in front of His Majesty. He hoped that His Majesty would not blame her.

Emperor Qianyuan's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at Shen Yuan, and after a while he said: "Shilang Shen has given birth to a good granddaughter. She is smart and knowledgeable, and she is as knowledgeable and broad-minded as a man."

The emperor felt a pity secretly in his heart. It would be great if he was a man, so that this dynasty would have one more useful talent.

However, he would neither question nor take Shen Yuan's words to heart. He would just regard it as a small reluctance of a woman trapped in the back house.

(End of this chapter)