In the Qianqing Palace where Emperor Hongzhi worked in the Imperial Palace of Beijing City, on this day, Emperor Hongzhi saw the three elders stay as usual to discuss national affairs together, and recently the signs of Tatar and Warat going south are becoming more and more obvious, which makes Emperor Hongzhi very worried, and he can't sleep well and eat well for several days.

"This Tatar and Warat have always been my Ming's henchmen, if they can't be eliminated, my Ming will never have peace, rob you today, bite you tomorrow, once there is a chance, even wait for the opportunity to try to occupy my Central Plains."

Emperor Hongzhi was very worried, the Ming to the nomads in the north, since ancient times, dynasties and dynasties are very passive, the nomads have horses, mobility is very strong.

You can attack, retreat to avoid the edge, or you can stick to the opponent like a bone gangrene, like a wolf pack hunting, slowly wear down the prey's energy, until the prey is finally eaten alive.

In the face of the nomadic civilization, the agricultural civilization naturally has too much disadvantage, and can only choose to build high-walled buildings to passively defend, even if there is a dynasty that is strong enough to subdue the nomadic people in the north, but when the Central Plains Dynasty weakens, they will soon invade again.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, I will bring a million armor, the Son of Heaven will guard the country, and the Tatars and Waraxiu in the north want to get involved in Middle-earth again."

Liu Jian looked at Emperor Hongzhi, the recent incident at the border has made Emperor Hongzhi a lot haggard, so he is also indispensable to comfort him.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"I am a great Ming and a strong man, your majesty is as virtuous as the Tang Dynasty and the Song Ancestors, the court is all sages, the monarchs and ministers are united, and all the people in the world want to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, and the northern Hulu is not to worry."

Xie Qian also followed along, which not only patted Emperor Hongzhi's sycophants, but also praised everyone exquisitely.

"Well, I hope so~"

Emperor Hongzhi said undeniably, if he heard such words in the past, he would still be very relieved, and he really felt that this day in the world is Qinghai Yan, and he is eloquent and prosperous.

But now, he is still thinking about the thing Liu Jin said, the story he told, and everything he saw and heard in the market.

He knew that what he had done was far from enough, that there were countless crises lurking under the seemingly peaceful surface of the Ming Dynasty, and that the external affairs of the northern Tatars and Warat were not the most worrying, and that the internal problems were the big problems.

Just when a few people were chatting, a little eunuch came in to replace the coal stove in the room with honeycomb coal, this Hongzhi Emperor has always been diligent and thrifty, since he found that this honeycomb coal is easy to use and save money, it began to use honeycomb coal, no longer use charcoal, and ordered the entire palace to use honeycomb coal, no longer use charcoal, it can be said to be very economical.

Seeing this honeycomb coal and coal stove, Emperor Hongzhi remembered that he hadn't asked about this honeycomb coal for several days, so he asked Xiao Jing: "How is this honeycomb coal sold?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the sales of honeycomb coal are very hot, and many people rush to buy honeycomb coal every day, and now the price of firewood and charcoal in the capital has begun to drop significantly."

Xiao Jing naturally pays attention to this matter every day, and when Emperor Hongzhi asks, he can answer it immediately.

"Now everyone likes to use honeycomb coal for cooking, boiling water, heating or something, cheap and very convenient, this capital has not heard of anyone freezing to death recently, and the life of the common people is better, all of this is thanks to His Majesty's blessing."

"I finally heard a good news, this credit is not on my head, the main thing is this Liu Jin."

Hearing Xiao Jing's answer, Emperor Hongzhi's face finally showed a long-lost smile, and then he thought about it and said, "Why don't we go and have a look together, I haven't been out of the palace for some days." ”

"Obey Your Majesty's will~"

Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang saw that Emperor Hongzhi's mood had improved, and they were naturally very happy, and hurriedly agreed.

Like last time, Emperor Hongzhi and his entourage came to the coal shop of Xishan Coal Industry in Chongnanfang, Langdong, Emperor Hongzhi looked at the long queue on the street, and then looked at the busy scene of the coal shop here, and the smile on his face was even bigger.

For him, Xishan Coal Industry didn't think about making money at all, what he hoped was to provide cheap heating and fire for the people.

Now that the sales are booming, the prices of firewood and charcoal have dropped, his goal has been achieved, and he also has a sense of accomplishment, and the smile on his face flows out unconsciously.

"Mr. Zhu, please inside, please inside~"

When he came to the coal store, Qian Youcai, who was busy, saw Emperor Hongzhi and his party, and naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly welcomed Emperor Hongzhi and his party to the back living room.

"Business is not bad~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Qian Youcai and said with a smile.

"Mr. Tuo's Hongfu, this business is okay, take the account book and show it to Mr. Zhu."

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Qian Youcai thought that Emperor Hongzhi was coming to see the accounts, so he also hurriedly asked people to take the account books, in this Xishan coal industry, the main person in charge is Liu Jin and Qian Youcai, Emperor Hongzhi is the largest shareholder, and Xiao Jing also sent a few eunuchs to participate in the management.

Emperor Hongzhi originally just came to take a look, and he didn't think about checking the accounts at all, but since he had brought the account book over with this money, he naturally took a look, and it was also his own industry, which was related to his own internal funds.

"How do you make money?"

After taking the account book, Emperor Hongzhi looked at it casually, and then quickly asked Qian Youcai in disbelief.

"Mr. Zhu, there will be no problem with this number, you also have someone in it, not to mention that this number will never dare to be fake, I can only say that this business is indeed okay."

Qian Youcai smiled and nodded and said.

"In just half a month, this adds up to almost 50,000 taels of silver, which..."

Emperor Hongzhi was a little dumbfounded, he earned 50,000 yuan in half a month, almost 100,000 yuan a month, and Emperor Hongzhi also knew that it was just the beginning, and many people had not used honeycomb coal, because the coal stove was not enough, and if it was fully rolled out, it would earn even more.

"50,000 taels of silver, this month is 100,000 taels, won't you be able to earn a million taels of silver this year?"

When Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang heard this, they were all dumbfounded, they originally thought that what money could be made by these 2 yuan and a honeycomb coal, and it would be good if they didn't lose money, but they didn't expect this to be a profiteering industry.