Lao Chen carried a stove like a barrel with a peculiar shape into the palace, and then there was "honeycomb coal".

Fukang Diji felt that Grandpa Chen's skills had declined, he was a sewing machine and liked to make holes, but the holes of this "honeycomb coal" were not dense at all.

Zhao Zhen's mouth was crooked. The child deceived me of the charcoal fee, and came out with these two ghost things, and I don't know what the use is?

However, Zhao Zhen was calm, so he had to calm down and continue to wait patiently.

At some point, the peerless master Lao Chen himself acted as a fireman, first put the easy-to-light firewood at the bottom in the courtyard of the back garden, lit it, and then put the honeycomb coal of the right size into it like a "piston" and opened the air intake under the stove.

The whirring cold wind blew, and after entering the mouth from the bottom of the stove, it was equivalent to adding oxygen, and then I saw the flames and smoke quickly emitting along the honeycomb of honeycomb coal.

Thinking that anything that ignites and smokes will explode, she raised her hand to cover her ears, very nervous.

Zhao Zhen was also startled by the influence of the emperor, and also raised his hand to cover his ears, but after thinking about it, he was still afraid that his baby daughter would be frightened, so he had to cover his daughter's ears with his big hand to give a second layer of protection, and Zhao Zhen himself twisted his head and half-closed his eyes, ready to meet the piercing firecrackers.

After waiting for a while but there was no movement, Lao Chen said that this thing would not explode, so Zhao Zhen slapped the back of the head of Emperor Fukang and said, "Little girl, scare me." ”

Fukang Diji didn't pull the calf, covered her head and continued to watch.

After a while, seeing that the black honeycomb coal was really burning, and there was no longer any need to rely on firewood, Di Ji clapped his hands and jumped and said, "Burn it, burn it, this thing is easier to ignite than ordinary coal." ”

Lao Chen, who sold Guanzi, smiled: "Yes, Emperor Ji is very smart. ”

Zhao Zhen observed it for a while, but his mouth was still crooked, and he pointed: "It's all coal, and the child is fooling me with this thing?" It seems that there is an extra process that consumes labor costs, do I understand correctly? ”

Manager Chen hurriedly said: "What Your Majesty said is reasonable, it's all coal. However, the child is considered a waste use this time. ”

"Waste utilization? Tell me more about it. Zhao Zhen became interested.

"In the past, the utilization rate of the traditional coal mined by our dynasty was limited, because it needed to be broken into lumps before it could be sold during the mining process, but at the same time, there were many cinders that could not be sold and could not be used. Because those sand-like coals are put into the furnace on the contrary, on the contrary, they extinguish the fire, and the child is because it blocks the entry of yang energy (oxygen), and the fire without yang cannot burn. As a result, the coal sand from several major coal yards around Kaifeng Mansion is waste, and it can only continue to be buried on the ground like sand. ”

Zhao Zhen was not confused, and said with a little excitement when he heard it: "You mean, Wang Yan thought of a way to bond the coal and sand together to form a form suitable for burning and heating?" And designed this kind of furnace for coal sand? ”

"Exactly." Lao Chen said with a smile, "This means that without affecting traditional coal, there will be more coal for heating." ”

"How to solve the tax problem?" Zhao Zhen twisted his beard again and asked curiously.

When Lao Chen wanted to answer, Zhang Fangping came. Zhang Fangping glared at Lao Chen, meaning that this is my Premier Zhang's business, eunuch, you quickly retreat.

So Lao Chen had to keep his mouth shut.

"Zhang Xianggong came just in time, talk to me." Zhao Zhen said.

Zhang Fangping twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Official, don't think about the carbon tax issue for the time being, Wang Yan is also negotiating and coordinating with the relevant departments of our three divisions." Now the tentative decision is to get past the cold first. It will be dealt with later according to the situation. At present, the Great Song Law only taxes coal blocks, and coal sand is not taxed for the time being. ”

Zhao Zhen was slightly stunned, thinking about other things.

Zhang Fangping said: "Maybe the official family is worried about the financial constraints, and will lose a tax source as a result? ”

"That's true." Zhao Zhen nodded.

Zhang Fangping said: "There is no need for officials to worry, it should not get worse for the time being, and the coal tax will indeed be reduced, but the overall impact should not be large." Those who should use coal will continue to use coal, such as craftsmen as supervisors, such as the productive coal of traditional workshops, which cannot be reduced, and honeycomb coal cannot be used. In the past, the lack of mining technology in our country led to insufficient coal supply, and the supply was insufficient, so the participation of the powerful in the rush to buy would inevitably lead to a sharp rise in coal prices, and the people could hardly enjoy it. In addition to this, His Majesty cares about the people, and after allocating charcoal every year, it will be used inappropriately and inefficiently. Because in the case of coal shortage, it has been speculated by businessmen from all walks of life to sky-high prices, and it has risen rapidly year by year, resulting in His Majesty speeding up the allocation of money every year, but the salary is not enough for heating. ”

After a pause, Zhang Fangping said: "That is to say, the court pulled hatred, and Your Majesty spent money, but the money mainly went into the pockets of the relevant coal merchants." They merge the coal in the summer by various means, causing a shortage of coal, and release it again during the peak coal consumption in the winter. This is the usual routine. ”

"Now, Lao Chen thinks that Wang Yan is witty enough, and when he does not move the original market and power, it is equivalent to increasing the amount of coal that my Great Song can use. The people have honeycomb coal, and they do not participate in the rush to buy traditional high-end coal, and the burden on the people is light. At the same time, because the number of people involved in buying has declined, and the customer base has declined, then the profiteers who hoard goods will not live in the strange goods, and will sell them at a reduced price, so that they are still in use, but the coal price will fall under this trend, although it will affect the carbon tax to a certain extent, but this is more conducive to the cost reduction of the handicraft workshops, and the reduction of the cost of the craftsman supervisor, so as to maintain the development of various handicraft technologies in the Great Song Dynasty. These are Wang's assumptions and strategies: to maintain the status quo and suppress their rebound, and after a transition period of three to five years, even the prices of many agricultural tools will fall in price, so as to feed back to the foundation of the country, agriculture. ”

This is the first time Zhao Zhen has seen the magical proposition of supernatural powers in the economic field, although he does not know the rights and wrongs of the child for the time being, but the emperor is still very excited, and he is worried: "Will it involve changes in the law and cause a serious backlash?" ”

Zhang Fangping shook his head and said: "No one said that the law was changed, the carbon law is still the same, only that little kid entered the coal industry as a 'garbage guy' and developed new projects, and that's it." The court did not change the law, Wang Yan did not break the law, and the Great Song Dynasty law that they jointly formulated is still there, so Bao Zheng will definitely endorse the child. If this kind of trouble is going to be made, then it should not be tolerated, without the official family coming forward, Wang Yan will use Bao Zheng, and will send all the faces of the group of giant businessmen who monopolize coal prices to the northwest to train Li Shen. ”

Ruthless enough.

But Zhao Zhen could only smile bitterly, feeling that it made sense. Because Bao Zheng really dared to do this, the last group judgment of the scholar was not fake, after Lao Bao found a reason, I could be chased by him endlessly, not to mention those coal bosses? And it's not that the emperor wants to change the law, and the conservatives, including the queen's family, can't find Bao Zheng's fault.

In short, Zhao Zhen feels that the current Great Song Dynasty is enough, and it is basically difficult to change the law, too many people dare not, and the first group to bear the brunt is my relatives. So in addition to the Qing officials, in fact, it is difficult for Ming Jun to cut off family affairs.

Because in the Great Song Dynasty, you can't take away what people already have, so you can only find a way to find new things so that more people can have something to eat. This is the Great Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan wanted to get the wine and meat of Zhumen out of the people's bowls, so he got into trouble.

The rule is that you can't take away Zhumen's wine and meat, you can only make the wine and meat cheaper, so that you can't sell it in Zhumen, this seems to be Wang Yan's change? It's still a stealing profit, but it kills people without blood, boils frogs in warm water, and can attract the support of a large group of conservatives and legalists.

"Haha...... Garbage guy, that's apt. Fukang Diji said happily: "Wang Yan's kid is not good at updating, Zhang Xianggong is right, he is a garbage guy." ”

Zhao Zhen suddenly said unhappily: "Nonsense, he is doing the right thing, he will naturally update when he is free, what to urge, he is now a court official, my courtier, and not your scholar." ”

"Oh." Focon Tei pouted.

After thinking about it immediately, Zhao Zhen said worriedly: "Although coal sand is now a waste utilization, these coal sand must go through a lot of manual participation, will it be too inefficient, and the price of coal will rise again?" ”

Zhang Fangping said: "No, Wang Yan personally came to the third division and discussed with the ministers. On the contrary, this can solve the employment problem of a large group of unemployed vagrants and reduce the pressure on law and order in the important areas of our division. Wang Yan has had successful experience in this regard, and many unemployed gangsters in Shuzhou were trained by him to participate in tax-paying production. Well, of course, his kid's methods of training and exploiting people are even more ruthless than profiteers, but the minister suggested that the court can only be regarded as invisible, as long as he can pass the pass of Bao Zheng and not be sued for buying and selling slaves, let him go. ”

Zhao Zhen thought for a moment and nodded frequently.