Hua Shuyang did not lie, Zhao Hao was indeed not at home, and he was not even in the capital.

He ran to the western mountain of Beijing...

Zhao Hao didn't just want to hide from Hai Rui, but he felt that he was vigorously criticizing metaphysics during the debate with the other party, but stayed at home all day and relied on history books to understand the world. This seemed to have made a subjective dogmatic mistake, which is metaphysics itself.

So Zhao Hao decided to correct his mistakes and he wanted to conduct a full investigation of the current situation of the Ming Dynasty. After he had a clear and accurate understanding of the politics, economy and people's livelihood in this era, he would formulate his first five-year plan.

The so-called economic foundation determines the superstructure. Today, Zhao Hao asked Zhao Shizhen to take him to Xishan to investigate the science and technology and organizational level of the coal mining industry.

Eryang was originally going to follow him, but Zhao Hao estimated that this trip would see some dark side of society and was worried about affecting the two of them's positive and sunny mentality... The examination pays more attention to the candidates' integrity and peace than the provincial examination, and most of the people with extreme thoughts cannot escape the fate of being deposed.

Therefore, Zhao Hao asked them to stay at home obediently and study and prepare for the exam with peace of mind.

But he didn't know that Hai Rui had already pulled his two precious apprentices to his house and ravaged them...

Because Zhao Hao was going to have a mixed bag of dragons and snakes, in addition to Gao Wu and several men from Caijiaxiang protection, Zhao Jin also sent a recruitment ambassador named Hou of Guanglu Temple, and accompanied him with seven or eight soldiers.

According to the agreed time, everyone met at Fuchengmen early in the morning.

Zhao Hao naturally expressed deep gratitude to Ambassador Hou, but Ambassador Hou said with a polite and respectful smile: "Young master is so serious, and the officials are just here to go to the West Mountain to have businessmen. Let's be a companion."

He is just a misunderstanding official, so he naturally has to flatter Lord Xunqing's dear brother.

"Is that true?" Zhao Hao said in surprise when he heard this: "Is there any connection between Guanglu Temple and the coal mine in Xishan?"

"Of course. Our Guanglu Temple is a big coal user. The 100,000 kilograms of coal provided by the Taiji Factory every year is not enough, and the quality of the coal is not good." Ambassador Hou asked Zhao Hao to get on the horse first, and he replied in a word: "This temple also has to buy more than 100,000 kilograms of high-quality anthracite, especially high-quality anthracite, which can be at least 50,000 kilograms."

"It's all Ambassador Hou responsible for purchasing?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile.

"It's the officials who keep running errands back and forth." Ambassador Hou said with a smile.

Zhao Hao glanced at Ambassador Hou who was yellow and thin, like a monkey-like dry skin. He didn't expect that this gentleman was a little overwhelming official, but he was a rare fat man in Beijing.

He was about to speak, but heard a burst of rapid horse hooves coming from the inner street of Fuchengmen.

Then I saw a group of young men wearing sable furs galloping towards Fuchengmen surrounded by a large group of slaves.

The camel caravan carrying coal hurriedly dodged to the side of the road, and Gao Wu quickly took Zhao Hao's reins to avoid it.

Zhao Hao had sharp eyes. From the group of young men who were whizzing by, he found the little lord who had helped him talk that day, and he didn't know if the county lord was among them.

Unfortunately, he knew others, but they didn't. In a blink of an eye, the group of dandy playboys in the capital rolled up the snowmobi of the old man and left the city.

When these living bandits passed by, Zhao Hao and the others were on the way.

Zhao Hao also rode a horse this time.

The so-called "south ship, north horse" was in Nanjing in the last month. After he foresaw Beijing, he would probably have to ride a horse. In order to avoid being ugly, Gao Wu asked himself to practice for a while.

Now he can barely control the horse to move forward and backward, turn left and right, of course he has to slow down...

Fortunately, in this era, no one asked to label a 'novice' on horse's butt.

Zhao Hao and Ambassador Hou walked hand in hand and followed the official road dyed black with coal toward the vast mountains in the west of the capital.

Along the way, I saw camel caravans slowly walking from the direction of Mentougou. There were a pair of huge willow baskets carrying, all of which were filled with black coal.

"This is how the coal dug is transported into the capital?" Zhao Hao asked.

"This is the coal transported from Mentougou to the north city." Ambassador Hou was familiar with the situation and replied without thinking: "There is an old saying in Beijing that is 'There is an inexhaustible Xishan coal'. The entire Xishan area, like Hunhe, Dayu, Mentougou, and Juyongguan farther away, is full of coal mines. However, most of them are mined along the Yongding River, so that it is easy to ship out. Most of the coal is first loaded to Lugou Bridge, and then some are loaded into Fuchengmen and Guangningmen there, and some are transported out along the Yongding River. I heard that the farthest can be sold to Tianjin Wei."

"That's far enough." Zhao Hao couldn't help but say, "It's so cold that it's not good luck."

"It's good luck this season." Ambassador Hou smiled and kept it in a silence, "Walking forward Sanli is Sanlihe, you will know when you arrive."

Zhao Shizhen looked up curiously.

After walking three miles, you will see a winding river leading from the southwest to the capital.

At this time, the river surface was frozen, but it was much more lively than before. Everyone saw countless ice trucks loaded with coal, rushing over in front of their eyes.

"This ice car is also called ice steak. It is very simple to build. The top is covered with wood and steel strips are inlaid on the bottom. Only one person supports the pole to support it, so you can slide on the ice like flying. Even though you carry a thousand pounds of carriage, it is still much faster than a carriage." Ambassador Hou smiled and introduced: "The Sanli River directly leads to the moat, and can directly transport coal to all gates of the capital."

"No wonder every family burns coal, so it's so convenient." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "For the rest of the road, let's take this ice row to go there."

"These ice steaks are too dirty. If you want to try something fresh, there are ice chariots in Beijing that are more comfortable than sedan chairs." Ambassador Hou hurriedly advised.

"We are going to the coal mine, are there any more to think it's dirty? Besides, I'm not a precious person." Zhao Hao waved his hand. In fact, his hips were sore by the saddle that he was sore in his hips. He wanted to change his means of transportation, so he smiled at Ambassador Hou and said, "Why don't I take a car, you ride a horse, and we will meet in the dining hall?"

"It's better to be with the young master." Ambassador Hou said with a smile. How could he miss this good opportunity to get closer to Xunqing's younger brother?

So he asked someone to choose two clean ones from the ice steaks that were heading west.

The ice steaks that were shuttled across the river were all transporting coal.

A few moments.

"This lord and the young master are sitting firmly, let's drive!" The driver in a torn cotton jacket and a dog-skin hat struggled to hold the bamboo pole.

Bing Paizi carried them, Gao Wu and Zhao Shizhen slowly slid forward.

Several officials and guards sat on an ice steak in the back, while the rest were caring for the horses to the dining hall by land.

As the driver continued to increase his strength, the ice sheets were sliding faster and faster, and soon surpassed the people riding horses.

As the speed of sliding, the sound of wind roared in everyone's ears. Seeing the ice rows rushing towards each other, it seemed that they were about to bump into it at any time, which scared Ambassador Hou to his face.

Zhao Hao was so excited that he didn't expect that in this Ming Dynasty, he could still find the pleasure of driving rushing 400 years later. He could no longer suppress the young man's nature and made waves of pleasant screams, enjoying the acceleration that was rare in ordinary times.

Seeing this, Zhao Shizhen also shouted, but he was trying to relieve his inner tension...

The river is well-connected and the ice sheets are densely woven, making it more convenient for people in the capital to travel in winter.

As a result, we arrived at the dining hall at noon.

When I arrived at the dock, I got a icy boat, and Ambassador Hou couldn't wait to vomit...

Zhao Hao could only pat his back while comforting: "If you ride a horse, it won't be dark..."
Chapter completed!