Chapter 260： Affect the surrounding

Huainan, this place has undergone earth-shaking changes in the last two months.

One after another coal mines were built, and there were black coal miners everywhere, with only one pair of eyes left.

China has a long history of using coal, but the amount has always been small. Or in other words, the whole world is like this. Before the appearance of the steam engine, there was not much demand for coal.

However, after the emergence of the steam engine, the demand for coal has been increasing exponentially.

Last year, the annual coal consumption in Nanjing was about tens of tons. This year, in May alone, Nanjing's coal consumption reached several thousand tons.

This huge demand directly drove the surrounding coal mining industry.

In the past, few merchants were involved in coal mining. After all, they were not easy to sell, and there was a lack of market.

But now they don’t have to worry about market issues, as long as they are dug out and shipped to Nanjing, there are factories rushing to get them.

Therefore, Huainan, a place rich in coal, suddenly became prosperous and prosperous.

A large number of merchants purchased various mining tools and hired a large number of landless tenant farmers to mine coal.

And these tools are bought from Jiangnan Iron and Steel Plant.

On a large ship, those rectangular iron trolleys were continuously pushed down.

These are ore trucks produced by Jiangnan Iron and Steel Plant. They are all-steel construction and very durable. The size is moderate, convenient for one person to push and pull.

An iron bucket like this requires twenty taels of silver, but in terms of improving efficiency, it is more cost-effective to use this kind of car than to use a traditional wooden wheelbarrow.

Only this kind of iron bucket can withstand those high-intensity operations in the mine. A wooden car must be scrapped after two days of work.

In addition to the iron bucket truck, a large number of steel products such as two-headed hoes, hoes, and shovels were also removed from the ship and distributed to the miners.

These are all necessary tools to improve mining efficiency and are specially developed by Jiangnan Iron and Steel Plant.

The evacuated ship then began to load coal and shipped it to the south.

The prosperity of the world is profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is profit.

The changes in the south of the Yangtze River have a huge impact on the surrounding areas and have changed the lives of countless people.

Just like in Huainan, many tenant farmers have discovered that farming land for landlords is far inferior to mining in mines.

Since then, the landlords have to raise the price slightly when asking tenant farmers.

Not only tenant farmers, but also some landed farmers, after discovering that coal mining is more cost-effective than farming, they all switched to coal mining.

Since farming is not cost-effective, then what kind of farming is there. Some courageous farmers sold their fields directly, and the whole family went to dig coal.

The man digs coal, while the woman is responsible for boiling water and cooking at the mine.

Although the job of mining coal is very fortunate, farming is also fortunate, and farming is still very difficult to feed oneself. In contrast, mining coal is much better than farming.

Some big landlords saw that coal mining makes money, and they dug out the silver hidden in the cellar, invested in coal mining, purchased coal mines, and purchased coal mining tools.

There are also cloth merchants and salt merchants whose industries have been hit hard. The cheap products in the south have squeezed them out of existence, and a large number of cloth merchants and salt merchants went bankrupt.

In desperation, they can only change their careers and choose to invest in coal.

For a while, the coal industry in Huainan became explosive.

Various coal-related industries have also been driven.

In the face of this situation, the Huainan prefect not only did not stop it, but encouraged those businessmen to invest in the coal industry.

Although he knew that the coal was shipped to Nanjing, it was an act of the enemy.

However, in the process of acquiring enemies, they also got huge benefits in Huainan, and their tax revenue increased by 50%. This is hardly imagined in the farming society.

This is more than a hundred thousand taels of silver, and it is still a steady stream of taxes.

Which local official can resist this temptation?

Therefore, the prefect of Huainan didn't think about the consequences of selling coal to the south. He only cared about how much money he could make.

He has offered a large portion of filial piety to the people above, just to buy a piece of news.

Once he learned that the imperial court was going to take care of himself, he would flee to Nanjing directly with the money.

For this reason, he has quietly sent some family members to Nanjing, leaving behind.

Zhong's Coal Mine, a large coal mine excavated by Zhong Xueyan.

Zhong Xueyan looked at the scene of thousands of workers working at the same time, feeling quite proud.

"Unexpectedly, this little coal will become valuable. Fortunately, my father left me a few mountains, otherwise I will fall into the family in my generation."

Zhong Xueyan laughed and said, his ancestors had also been a senior official of the third-grade household department, and he had accumulated countless fortunes.

But being squandered by his grandfather and father, his generation is about to fall into the family.

And he really has no talent in studying the imperial examinations, so he can only eat and wait to die.

But the fate is so wonderful, the coal that no one cared about before suddenly became a hot commodity. And those mountains in his house happen to have a lot of easy-to-mine coal.

Ever since, Zhong Xueyan has developed again and has become a famous figure in Huainan. Even if the county magistrate sees it, he has to call the bell owner, the shopkeeper.

"Master, when I was in the south, I saw something called a steam engine, which can be used to pump water and transport coal. It is much more convenient than manpower. There are such machines in southern mines, which can save a lot of manpower costs."

The butler said.

"Then why don't you buy some back, are they expensive?"

Zhong Xueyan asked that the biggest expenditure in mining is labor. If machines can replace manpower, costs can be greatly reduced, while efficiency and output can be improved.

"It's a bit expensive, but it's not the main problem. The problem is that we are under the jurisdiction of the Qing court. People don't sell it to us at all, worrying that we will leak the technology to the Qing court."

The butler said helplessly.

"His mother's Man Qing Tartar is very harmful."

Zhong Xueyan cursed. He didn't have much opinion on Man Qing before, anyway, no matter who was the ruler, he had to pay taxes.

But now, because of the Qing Dynasty ruler, he can't use advanced machines, so he has opinions on the Manchu rulers.

He hoped that Wu Jun could call in quickly and take Huainan, so that he could use advanced machines and make more money.

"Yes, just call it. Those BMW cars and perfume soaps sold locally in Nanjing are extremely cheap. The price doubles as soon as we reach ours, because we are not their subjects.

I heard that Wu Guogong is very good to the people and merchants under his rule. After he calls, we can also enjoy that kind of treatment. "

The butler said.

Unconsciously, Wu Changqing had supporters in the north.

Moreover, there are quite a few of these people, mainly businessmen, and they are all powerful figures.

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