When Huang Lao heard this, his face showed bitterness.
"What? Are there any difficulties?" Han Du asked confused.
"My lord, please forgive me, it is indeed a bit difficult," Mr. Huang first apologized, and then explained: "My lord, there are only dozens of craftsmen in our banknote bureau. Even if they are all assigned to dig coal mines, they will not be dug that day. Not much? The main reason is that you still need manpower here, sir, and it is impossible for me to arrange all the people to mine..."
Seeing Han Du frowning, Mr. Huang's voice became softer and quieter, but no matter how quiet he was, he had to make it clear to Han Du, "This man only digs three hundred kilograms of pebbles a day... ."
"Wait a minute?" Han Du's eyes widened and he asked doubtfully, "Does this person only dig three hundred kilograms a day? I remember that the coal there is all on the surface. You can dig it by cleaning up the floating soil. It should be very easy." It’s easy to dig, why do you only dig so much in one day?”
"Sir, it's not that the craftsmen are not trying their best." Seeing Han Du's confusion, Mr. Huang quickly explained, "It's really easy to dig coal. If you just dig out the coal, it's not a problem for one person to dig thousands of kilograms a day. But sir, the excavated coal cannot just be piled up on the mountainside. It must be moved to the roadside and transported away. This is the problem. The place where the coal is dug is more than three miles away from the nearest trail. Earth, this doesn’t even count the climb to the middle of the mountain. Everyone has to climb to the mountainside every day to dig out the coal and pack it, then carry the coal down the mountain and carry it to the nearest road. Only in this way can the journey be considered complete. One excavation of coal can only take three or four trips back and forth every day."
Han Du slapped his forehead and forgot about the transportation problem. Han Du had been to that place personally, and it was indeed quite far away from the road. It seems that the craftsmen are not lazy, they are working hard to carry out the coal every day.
He reached out and rubbed his temples a few times. "It's definitely not possible to maintain this efficiency. One person only digs three hundred kilograms a day. How can this meet the living needs of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital? Where can he make big money? Where can he go?" Are you saving a dowry for your girl?"
Since transportation is not possible, then we should simply build roads.
Isn’t there just enough cement? Then simply build a cement road directly to the capital.
Han Du had a good idea. This would naturally greatly facilitate his coal transportation, and he would be able to make a lot of money soon. But this road construction is different from the two lime kilns he used to dig in the Banknote Bureau. Digging two lime kilns is so simple, just ask the craftsmen of the Banknote Bureau to do it, and it doesn't cost a penny more.
But now he wants to build a cement road from the coal mines to the capital. This cost of money is not something he can afford as a banknote lifter.
But that's okay.
If you have any difficulty, go to Lao Zhu.
Who wants him to occupy the majority of the coal mine? If he doesn’t pay, who will?
"Let's dig at the current speed first. I'll figure out a solution for the transportation issue." Han Du temporarily retracted his idea of letting Huang Lao increase the output of the coal mine.
If transportation is inconvenient, if we still have to increase production, it will be a waste of time and money, and it is completely unnecessary.
Han Mansion.
As soon as Han Du returned home, he told his mother that his father would be pardoned by the emperor tomorrow.
"Are you telling the truth?" Mrs. Liu looked at Han Du in disbelief. Although she knew that the lives of the master and the youngest son were saved after the Han family offered 90% of the coal mine's stock, she did not expect that the master and the youngest son would be released so soon.
"Of course it's true." Han Du nodded and said with certainty.
"Wow." Mrs. Liu first covered her chest with her hands, and after her breath calmed down, she clasped her hands together, "God bless, Bodhisattva bless, this calamity for the Han family is finally over."
"Mom, it's all over." Han Jingyun comforted Ms. Liu softly from the side.
"Yes, it's all over, it's all over." Ms. Liu took out a silk handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, looking at Han Du with red eyes.
"Son, thank you for your hard work. If it hadn't been for you, I'm afraid, I'm afraid..." Ms. Liu choked with sobs and couldn't speak anymore. She didn't want to mention her experience in the prison at all now. And the pain.
"This is what a son should do," Han Du saw that his mother was immersed in sadness, so he stopped talking and changed the subject, "Mom, when dad comes out tomorrow, we should pick him up."
"Yes, yes, it's time to pick him up." Mrs. Liu came back to her senses and arranged things, "In this way, Du'er, you take a day off tomorrow and rent a carriage early in the morning. Let's go and pick up the master in a glorious way. . In addition, Jingyun, you ask Lao Mu to prepare some things tomorrow so that he can get rid of bad luck when he comes home."
"Come on, come on, let's all eat, and go to bed early after eating, so that we can take the master home tomorrow."
"Yes, mother." Han Du and Jing Yun replied with a smile.
The arrival of this day is really not easy.
From the time when Han Du was trying to survive in prison, he has been struggling to this day. Finally, he has earned the words "settle down and live in peace" for the Han family and himself. Although he still doesn't know what the future will bring, Han Du vowed, "From now on, Finally, I will never let anyone put me in jail to die."
"Okay, let's eat. Mom, Jingyun, let's eat together." Han Du smiled, with tears flashing in his eyes. "I will go find a carriage early tomorrow morning. Let's go and pick up my father and brother together." When he is brought back, it will be nice for the whole family to be reunited."
"Okay, everything is fine."
The next day, Han Du took Liu and Jing Yun and drove the carriage to the outside of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.
When Han Du arrived, the sun was just rising above the horizon. Thousands of red lights were seen instantly piercing everything in the world. Although even the clouds did not move at all, from this moment on, everything in the world was shrouded in red light.
The sun shines over the eaves of the capital and onto the streets. The street was already full of pedestrians coming and going, but in the wide street outside the Penal Department Prison, not even a single person could be seen except Han Du and his party. Even pedestrians on both ends of the street would deliberately stay away when passing these two intersections, as if they were avoiding something invisible.
The street Han Du was standing on was obviously the same as any other street, but now it seemed strange and gloomy.
Crunch…
The large door opened, and two figures, one tall and one short, wearing prison uniforms, staggered out.
Han Du and the others rushed forward to greet him.
"Dad, thank you for your hard work."
"Master, suffer..."
Han Du was fine. He greeted his father, nodded to each other, and then stopped talking.
When Mrs. Liu saw this, her eyes filled with tears, she was happy and excited.
Taking advantage of this moment, Han Du raised his fist and saluted the prison head next to his father, "Han Du thanks Liu Tou for taking care of my father these days."
When Liu LaoTou saw that Han Du respected him so much, he immediately smiled and turned sideways and said, "I don't dare, I don't dare. I can't afford the courtesy of an adult. I already know that the elder can't stay there." "Sir, I didn't expect you to be so capable. Only a few days ago, the emperor issued an order to release you."
The prison head smiled and complimented Han Du.
This is when Han De turned to Han Du and said, "As a father, I have received a lot of care from the prison boss these days. Remember to sincerely thank him."
As a scholar, Hande was once a high-ranking Minister of Household Affairs. Originally, he did not understand why his son was so polite to the prison chief after he became an official. But after these days, he really gained a deeper understanding of what earth-shaking changes mean. This was his experience. When his family was in prison, the place they lived in was dirty and smelly, the food they ate was rotten, and the water they drank was turbid. But ever since his son became an official and had a good chat with the prison boss, all the original treatment had changed.
It turned out that when the emperor did not let him go, he thought he would continue to suffer, but it turned out that was not the case at all.
It didn't matter that the place he lived in was dirty and smelly. The cell leader directly changed him to a clean cell and asked the jailer to clean it deliberately. It was countless times better than the previous one. The food and drinks he ate and drank were also different. Not only was the food fresh, but there was also meat occasionally. Every day, the cell leader prepared a pot of hot tea for him. Although the quality of the tea was far worse than what he drank before, Now that he was drinking it in his mouth, it was more satisfying than the better tea he had drunk before.
The prison boss even prepared a small jug of wine for him on two occasions.
Hande had to sigh, "Not all the knowledge in this world can be found in books." '
Han Du saw that although his father was faltering, his face was rosy and his energy was much better than when he left, so he knew that his father had not endured hardship under the care of the prison boss during this period.
"I'm sorry, Liu Tou, but Han has a lot of family affairs now. When he's done with this, Han will be the host and treat Liu Tou to a drink."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Your affairs are important, sir. You are busy with your work." Seeing this, Liu Laotou smiled happily. Isn't it just for the arrival of this moment that he tried so hard to help Han Du?
However, Liu Tou didn't want anything from Han Du. As long as Han Du could remember his help, his work would not be in vain.
Han Du nodded goodbye to Liu Laotou, held his father's arm, and helped his father and younger brother into the carriage.
Mrs. Liu took Jingyun up with her.
"Master, come and change your clothes." Mrs. Liu took the brocade robe from Jing Yun.
The linen prison clothes that Hande wore were already dark after being worn for so many days. He quickly took them off and put on clean clothes.
Han Jingyun took the clothes in his hand and helped his brother change into the prison uniform.
Mrs. Liu looked at Han De who had changed his clothes, but the tears in her eyes could no longer be held back, "Master, wuwuwu, master, our family is finally safe?"
Han De stretched out his hand to hold Liu's back and comforted him: "It's safe. Don't worry, it's really safe this time."
