The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror

West Mountain Coal Mine.

"Weizhong, did you understand everything I mentioned?" Xu Qing originally planned to have Yan Shan specifically handle the resettlement of disaster victims, and now with Yan Shan's arrival, he took the opportunity to delegate the details.

Xu Qing, after all, is just one person, with limited time and energy. Once the general direction is set, what is tested is the execution ability of his subordinates, and then he can supervise and address any shortcomings, as well as take responsibility for any failures.

In the startup phase, if the leader does not take responsibility, people will definitely scatter.

Xu Qing knows this well and has never shirked his responsibilities.

This is also why people like Yan Shan feel comfortable working under Xu Qing; doing concrete work is the best way to please the boss, Xu Gongming.

No need to spend all day guessing riddles, trying to flatter in every possible way.

Effort pays off.

Moreover, the Emperor had only awarded Yan Shan the position of Hanlin Editor, but upon Xu Qing's arrival in the capital, he directly secured for Yan Shan a post as a Six Department Inspector, which is the ceiling for a Seventh Rank official in terms of authority and falls just below the Assistant Ministers of the Six Ministries in the hierachy.

It can be said that Mr. Xu never shortchanges his own people. If you ever feel that Mr. Xu has wronged you, then you really need to reflect on what heinous act you have committed and rush to confess your guilt!

So, under such leadership, who wouldn't be content?

Yan Shan, knowing the urgency, immediately gathered manpower and began to take action.

The development of the West Mountain Coal Mine had already matured, and the production of honeycomb coal was also relatively simple, especially since Gu Daoist had personally optimized the production process.

As long as there are people, work can begin.

And what the capital does not lack right now is manpower.

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Soon, the first porridge sheds appeared on the outskirts of the capital.

Many members of the Recovery Society came with their family servants to help.

Nowaday, the members of the capital branch of the society all have high education levels; at the very least, they are scholars who come from powerful family backgrounds and are visiting the capital for study purposes.

In fact, there are quite a few scholars among them.

Naturally, these people are not there to do the heavy lifting, but rather to help maintain order.

Scholars, standing before the poor populace of the Great Yu Dynasty, naturally assume the role of "Old Masters," merely issuing commands and maintaining order; the newly arrived disaster victims dare not make trouble and are easily managed like cattle and sheep.

This somewhat allows the scholarly members of the Recovery Society to experience the pleasure of being shepherds.

Of course, seeing the suffering faces of the disaster victims, they also feel compassion.

These two emotions appear together, and they do not conflict at all.

For them, there is no need to embezzle disaster relief food.

Of course, this food, which was shipped via sea through the port of Jinyang Prefecture, is old grain mixed with a lot of sand and mud, looking very unclean.

Many members of the Recovery Society have tenant farmers at home who eat much better than this.

It must be said that once the porridge sheds were set up, more and more disaster victims appeared, seemingly out of nowhere.

Yan Shan specifically instructed that as long as they line up honestly and do not cause trouble, after they receive their porridge, they are separately arranged to one side.

These people are all prime laborers.

Though skinny and bony, being honest and straightforward is the biggest plus. After all, once they start working, they will have food, and gradually they can build up their strength.

With the increasing number of disaster victims at the porridge sheds.

Many local citizens of the capital also came to watch the excitement.

Needless to say, in this era, people's entertainment is too poor. Any excitement attracts a large crowd of onlookers.

These local citizens, seeing the disaster victims lining up for food like pigs, dogs, cattle, and sheep, find it quite astonishing. Sometimes, if a disaster victim falls down, others immediately step over them to get ahead, and incidents of being trampled to death or injured occur right before their eyes, some people exclaim, covering their mouths, while others show excitement on their faces.

At this time, a sense of superiority as citizens under the feet of the Emperor naturally arises amongst the people of the capital.

Various emotions abound.

Of course, there are also locals who cannot stand by and come forward to maintain order.

Moreover, with the increasing number of disaster victims, the porridge sheds and manpower of the Recovery Society are not enough.

Gradually, constables from Shuntian Prefecture came to help maintain order.

Their attitude, of course, is much worse than that of the Recovery Society members, but because they wear the attire of government officers and are fierce enough, order is quickly restored.

And these officers are not there to drive away the disaster victims, which makes many disaster victims unable to help but thank them, tears of emotion welling in their eyes.

The court's Old Masters haven't forgotten them after all.

Currently, the Magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture is Xu Zhongyi, the former Magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, but this time, returning to the capital to take the position of Magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, he is truly the Capital Governor.

Although there are many powerful figures in the capital, making it necessary to act more cautiously, if he can get through this term stably and then be promoted, at the very least, he will be at the level of Assistant Minister of the Six Ministries, and his future will suddenly brighten.

He and Mr. Wu are old friends, and he has a generational friendship with Xu Qing, so this time he is definitely there to support his old friends.

Moreover, Xu Qing also specially sent him local specialties.

However, outsiders watch the excitement, while insiders look for opportunities.

In the capital, many noble officials and some wealthy merchants also dispatched people to watch the excitement, since the disaster victims are now flocking to Xu Gongming, everyone also wanted to see how Xu Qing would clean up the mess.

Soon, someone noticed that the charcoal briquettes used for cooking porridge at the porridge sheds were completely different from what they used daily.

Some savvy businessmen even smelled a huge business opportunity from this.

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The characteristics of the honeycomb coal used in the porridge sheds quickly spread.

The news simply couldn't be hidden, and Xu Qing didn't wish to hide it either.

The Shuntian Times and the New Citizen Newspaper published a new article discussing the benefits of honeycomb coal and recounted the origin of honeycomb coal.