The weather in the imperial capital is cold, and the Yang family manor and Beishan coal mine belong to Yang Xu's industry, but they are all in full swing.

The thousands of homeless people recruited by Yang Xu have devoted themselves to their work.

These hired workers, who now belong to the Yang family's manor, not only can be fed and clothed, but also have their own place to live, and they can get wages, so they are all full of energy.

In order to stimulate the enthusiasm and enthusiasm of these employees, Yang Xu also deliberately formulated a set of reward and punishment systems.

The part about rewards is particularly fascinating.

It is said that at the end of the year, after selection, some employees with good performance can not only be converted into regular employees of the Yang family manor, but also receive a year-end bonus equivalent to half a year's salary.

Such a year-end bonus is enough to make all employees feel excited.

What attracts those employees more is the official employee status of the Yang family manor.

It is said that the regular employees of the Yang family manor not only have the hope of entering the management, but also get all kinds of benefits, and when they are old in the future and can no longer work, they can also get a part of the pension.

Although the pension is not much, it is enough to provide for the elderly, and it can also subsidize some for the children.

For those hired workers, such treatment was unimaginable before.

The people of the imperial capital found that several new shops had recently opened in the city, and the names of the shops were called "Yang's Coal Industry".

At first, the people of the imperial capital didn't understand what this Yang's coal industry was doing, but later found out that it was related to Blackstone.

In the shop of Yang's Coal Industry, a peculiar stove called a briquette furnace was sold.

It is said that by using a briquette stove with something called briquettes, you can boil water for cooking, which is not only more convenient than firewood, but also more economical.

The people of the imperial capital like new things the most, so some people surrounded the shop of Yang's Coal Industry, trying to figure out what was going on with the briquettes and the briquette stove.

Soon, after the explanation and demonstration of the clerk in the Yang's coal store, the onlookers were pleasantly surprised to find that the briquette stove and briquette were really good and cheap, convenient and easy to use.

Some people in the imperial capital secretly calculated an account, a briquette stove costs 300 yuan, there is no problem with using it for three or five years, and it takes a few days to get a penny, and the cost is negligible.

And a briquette costs four cents, boiling water for cooking a day, and if you save some, you only need two briquettes, which is eight cents.

That is to say, ordinary people use briquette stoves and briquettes to boil water for cooking, and in a year, it is only about 3,000 yuan, which is equivalent to three taels of silver.

Ordinary people living in the imperial capital, the annual living expenses of each family are about twenty taels, and it is really not much to spend three taels of silver on boiling water and cooking, at least it is cheaper than buying firewood and charcoal, and it is much more convenient.

Yang Xu calculated that there were nearly 300,000 households inside and outside the imperial capital, and as long as half of them bought the briquettes produced by their Yang's coal industry, the annual income would be close to about 500,000 taels.

And some large households and inns and restaurants in the city will have a greater demand for briquettes, which is a considerable amount of income.

Anyway, Yang Xulin calculated that he felt that his annual income of Yang's coal industry was not 600,000 taels, and it was a failure.

Of course, 600,000 taels of silver is not a pure profit, excluding the 300,000 taels handed over to the imperial court every year and various expenses such as labor, the final amount is about 200,000 taels.

The net profit of 200,000 taels per year is already a lot of wealth.

The magnates of the Qin Dynasty knew that the Yang Coal Industry had a share of the Qin Palace, so after the briquette stove and briquette were launched, they rushed to buy them back for use, but they found that it was indescribably practical and convenient, so they simply gave up firewood and charcoal.

In just one month, the briquette furnace and briquette launched by Yang's Coal Industry swept the entire imperial capital, and seven or eight out of ten people began to use it, and the popularity was so wide that Yang Xu was unexpected.

There are more users, and the more money they earn, Yang Xu and others are all very happy.

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Throughout the cold winter season, Yang Xu stayed in his manor most of the time, and went to the imperial capital only a few times.

Now the Yang family restaurant and perfume shop have been handed over to other reliable people to take care of, and the thrush has been transferred back to the Yang family manor by Yang Xu to manage the increasing number of hired workers that are constantly recruited.

Today's thrush is no longer the shy girl she used to be, she seems to have the momentum of some superiors, just like the strong woman in the workplace in Yang Xu's previous world.

And Yang Hongyu and Yang Jing used to only fight and kill, but now after Yang Xu's training, they are managing a mess of things, and their temperament has also changed a lot.

This change made Yang Xu feel gratified, thinking that as long as he cultivated the villagers of Yangjiazhai and let them have the ability to be a single town, he would be able to be a shopkeeper with peace of mind.

As for Yang Xu's sworn to pursue Yang Hongyu in that assassination incident, Yang Hongyu never mentioned it afterwards, but devoted himself to his career.

Yang Hongyu didn't say anything, and Yang Xu didn't dare to pursue her, so as not to be bored and beaten in exchange, so the two of them returned to the delicate state before.

As for Su Yunzhu, who was sent by the Qin Palace, she originally planned to stay with Yang Xu as a maid and guard, but Yang Xu saw that she was quite unique in business, so he discussed it with Su Gui and handed over the perfume shop to her to take care of.

Facts have proved that Su Yunzhu is really talented in business management, and the perfume shop is under her care, the business is booming, and the profits are constantly improving, and at the end of the year, she was also rated as the "best excellent shopkeeper" and received bonuses and medals distributed by Yang Xu personally.

The cold winter day passed in a blink of an eye, the glacier froze, and the grass grew and the warbler flew.

On March 3, the sky cleared and the temperature was suitable.

The people of the imperial capital city have always had the habit of going out, so they went out of the city one after another on this day.

Some literati and writers also called friends to come outside the city, and when they saw the flowers and plants in the fields and the weeping willows by the river, they couldn't help but be excited, and ordered the scholars to spread out the rice paper, take out the pen and ink, and splash it on the spot.

Thrush was happy and lively, and when he saw other people going out to play, his heart was a little itchy, so he instigated Yang Xu and wanted him to take everyone out for a day.

Yang Xu was busy with cement and coal mines in this winter, and he hardly had much time to spare, and he was persuaded by the sweet and crisp voice of the thrush, and he also moved his mind.

So he found a free time, called Yang Hongyu, Yang Jing, Yang Fugui, Yang Dazhi and others, took a few carriages, left Yang's Manor, and went to play together.