In the middle of the Song Dynasty, the rise of the coal mining industry and the popularization of coal iron smelting made China's iron smelting and casting industry carry out a major reform, which not only alleviated the shortage and inconvenience of firewood fuel, but also increased the output of iron ore.

The invention of science and technology is linked to a link, the change of fuel makes the furnace temperature in the iron-making furnace increase, and then accelerates the smelting efficiency of iron ore, and then promotes the progress of casting technology and the improvement of various tools, and the improvement of tools makes the social productivity have been rapidly improved, and then cast the prosperous Great Song Dynasty.

But there is a limit to human cognition, and some people burn coal and die of soot poisoning, and then the coal says goodbye to the hearth of the people.

The dog didn't believe in the world he saw in his dream, but after thinking about it, the poisonous smoke from the coal was easily guided out of the house by a tin cylinder, so the people sleeping in the house were naturally safe.

Although dreams are "illusory", they are logical, so the effect of this thing should be real.

Therefore, the dog carefully explained the Sutong sentence, especially in the aspect of "firewood to coal".

While earning a lot of money, he can also do some good things for the country and the people, beautify his official reputation, such a good thing, the shrewd Su Da Fat Man naturally agrees.

So with a wave of his hand, the dog became the chief officer of the newly established briquette department of the Longzhou General Judgment Department, the official name was "Lifting the Coal Mining Affairs of Youchuan County", and the official rank remained unchanged from the nine products, but the dispatch added several items, mainly "briquettes", "briquette stoves" and "iron chimneys", the purpose is to comprehensively promote the "firewood to coal" plan throughout Longzhou, so that thousands of households can use safe, clean and convenient good fuel, that is, "briquettes".

Of course, this is only a plan at present, because as a responsible and good official, Su Tongju will first check the actual effect of these three things.

One month for the dogs to make things.

The dog, who was beaten with chicken blood, patted his chest and promised that it would only take ten days to complete things.

Happy Su Fatty's pair of small eyeballs can't be found soon.

"Tell me dog, what do you want?"

The dog said shyly: "Enxiang, the kid wants to go to Lin'an Dadu to have a look!" ”

"It's that simple? When you go back to the court to escort the tax, you can go with it. ”

The dog shook his head.

Su Fatzi frowned and said, "When you finish the matter of this briquette and the matter of flower tea, I will grant you a March vacation, and you can go to Lin'an to play." ”

The dog sighed, knelt on the ground in a proper manner, and arched his hand:

"Enxiang, the boy's father has studied all his life, and has also entered the field several times, but unfortunately he has never been successful, so he had to be aggrieved and seek perfection in any pedant in the village, since I was a child, he expected me to help him realize this dream, but unfortunately, the world is unpredictable, and the fate is unlucky!! His last wish before he died was to let me 'be named on the gold list', so I thought, I want to ......"

Su Fatzi looked at the dog and said unhurriedly: "Dog, this, although the eldest husband should be named on the gold list, isn't it easy to be on the list?" It's not ten years of hard study to be able to pass the exam! ”

The dog sighed and said, "It's always a pity not to try it!" ”

Su Fatzi looked at the little baby in front of him, and he was very admiring in his heart, recalling that he was whipped by his uncle to study when he was young, and he took several exams before he got the Zhongjin Shi, and the sad history made him have a deep empathy for the dog in front of him.

"Go, when I'm done with my errands, I'll find you a learned gentleman!" And I will also recommend you to enter Longzhou State School, and I will also help you with the lock hall test! ”

This time, the dog sincerely kowtowed to the big fat man in front of him.

The dog who hurriedly walked out of Su Mansion and ran directly to the nearest stall, no matter what it was selling, first served a big bowl and then said, gobbling it up, and the hungry cramps went straight to the convulsive stomach, which could be regarded as stretching.

Wipe the corners of his mouth and shout to the stall owner who is busy behind the stall: "Uncle, have another cup of sweet soup with Sumei!" ”

"Okay Xiaolang, it's a total of twelve dollars!"

After another cup of sweet soup, the smart and clever Zhao Dagou came back to life, the sun shone on his body, and it was the time when he was neither cold nor hot.

Under the tip of the nose, with the fresh breeze of the unique fragrance of flowers and plants in spring, it blows in front of me from time to time, and listening to the various noisy shouts on the road, the dog's thoughts slowly fall into deep thought.

The tea business is easy to say, after all, it is still nothing, go back to Wu Lan to write a letter and say that he broke his leg to help him find the financial route, it is estimated that he should agree.

Next is the matter of the charcoal, first of all, the Su firm undertakes the business of digging charcoal, the charcoal is mined, and then sold, if it is sold for 100,000 yuan a year, according to the four companies of Youchuan County, Longzhou Yamen, Lizhou West Road, and the firm, dividends will be distributed according to each family's share.

If Wu Lan used the sales method of "selling briquettes" to buy shares and help Su's firm increase sales, how much does Wu Lan occupy? It's a nuisance, and we have to sit down and talk.

Or, Wu Lan and Su's firm started a new business, purchased coal from the coal mine, and then made briquettes for sale, so that after that, with many people, it became one, and the shares were much simpler, but the risks were much greater.

First, how much is the price of the coal bought, less, the other few don't do it, more, the cost of briquettes increases, the people don't buy it, then they have to lose money, Wu Dashuai on the left, Su Tongju on the right is estimated to divide the dog into two, dismembered to be discouraged.

Therefore, getting the people to accept briquettes is the most important job of Gou'er, the freshly baked "briquette ambassador".

Looking at the men and women coming and going on the street, the dog took a sip of the Meisu sweet soup in the cup, and after meeting the account with the stall owner, he shook his hands and slowly swayed on the street.

The people in this world are divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the first-class Shi Shen is naturally not short of money, and the smokeless bamboo charcoal is used for heating, and the house is lit with a variety of fragrant incense burners, so they are interested in safety and comfort rather than price, for briquettes, which are made of charcoal, if the safety problem is not eliminated, they will naturally not choose, as for the servants and maids in the house, there is firewood to burn, and they are enough to freeze to death, and what briquettes are needed, so the rich people in the upper class, unless everyone accepts it, When it is determined that it is safe and secure, it will choose to switch to briquettes.

Then the people at the bottom of the class, they, forget it, even cut the dry firewood at home by themselves, and it is estimated that they will not be willing to buy briquettes, so they don't think about it.

The remaining middle-class people are the target of the dogs, these people, who have houses and fields and have money to spare, are naturally the cheaper ones and the ones that are easy to use, but how to make these people abandon the dry firewood and choose to use briquettes, this is a headache.

Again, how to open your own business is also a problem.

The dogs walked down the street with their hands behind their backs, and the time was already the end of the morning market, and those who carried the burdens, carts, and even donkey carts pulled pots and pans back, and the people were crowded and pushed.

The one who can be a peddler is not a hard-working and thrifty person, so he is reluctant to throw away the leftover dry firewood or charcoal fire, and picks it up one by one and puts it away for the next time, and on a wheelbarrow, one end carries the cutlery, and the other end is full of firewood.

This kind of collocation, the dog saw several along the way, especially the obviously old grandmother in front of her, who was pushing the squeaky wheelbarrow with her back stiff, and just walked fifty or sixty steps, there was a loud noise, and the rope that tied the dry firewood suddenly broke, and a large hug of dry firewood was scattered on the road.

The road was already crowded, and suddenly came out like this, and the pedestrians who were blocked immediately became unwilling, and those who owed their mouths stretched out their fingers and shouted at Grandma:

"You old woman, what kind of car are you pushing, blocking our way!"

The small traders and hawkers are all coolies, except for a very small number of short-tempered people who will scold at the visitors, most of them are still gentle, not to mention the elderly grandmothers.

"Don't be angry with this big official, the old woman will clean it up immediately!"

"Hurry up, hurry up! If you delay your errand, be careful to whip you! The brocade-clothed man on the horse clasped his nostrils and urged her impatiently.

Grandma laughed twice, quickly parked the wheelbarrow aside, ran forward to collect dry firewood, dragged the corner of her clothes and looked at the little grandson of passers-by timidly, and she didn't care about being shy, and hurriedly stepped forward to help.

This little baby looks like a tiger, with a pair of big eyes on her white cheeks, anyone who sees it will praise her cuteness and sensibility, and the dog naturally likes it, so she stepped forward to help clean it up, and there was a lot of dry firewood, and it was suddenly scattered, so this five-step wide official road accounted for more than half.

Helpfulness is rare in the ancient people who pay attention to morality, faithfulness, and kindness, after all, the big guys have their own things to be busy, and they are not familiar with you, why should they help you, so the people who started to help collect dry firewood, except for the dog and a few hawkers who are familiar with this grandmother, there are no other passers-by who are willing to help.

A few people picked it up in one meal, and the dry firewood scattered on the ground was finished, and the brocade-clothed man and five or six blocked carriages on the horse hurried away while cursing foul language.

"Thank you little official, if you hadn't helped, the old woman would have to eat the big official's beating today!"

The dog smiled and waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's just a gesture!" ”

"Big brother, you are so powerful, you became an official at such a young age! I envy you! ”

The little baby who was hiding behind the grandmother, seeing that the dog was kind, was not afraid, and while shaking her fingers, she stared at the green robe on the dog with big eyes.

"Hehehe, little brother, you study hard, you can take the imperial examination when you grow up, and then become a big official!"

"Really, big brother?" The little doll grinned and said to the grandmother next to her: "Grandmother, I also want to study and be a big official!" ”

"Good, good!" Grandma smiled awkwardly and coaxed her little grandson to say, "When grandmother saves enough money, I will send you to study and read." ”

"Uh-huh, save enough money and go!"

Reading and taking the imperial examination and reading literacy, the money is not a star and a half, poor families have to accumulate three generations of money, in order to support a scholar, where does the little baby who is only five or six years old know so much, seeing that his grandmother agreed to go to study by himself, his heart blossomed, and he raised his hands and jumped to run.

After saying goodbye to the dog, the old grandmother pushed the wheelbarrow with dry firewood and pots and pans again, and hurriedly chased after her little grandson.

"Good grandson, run slowly, don't fall!"

The dog looked at the grandfather and grandson, disappeared from sight, and suddenly had some small thoughts in his heart, and then turned to look at the other vendors who were also pushing dry firewood, and completely had a way in his heart.