Just when Qin Ming's ten coal houses began to sell coal and stoves, the emperor was still worried about how to make the people resist the cold in winter.

This is something to consider every winter, especially in some places where there is heavy snowfall, and there will be snow disasters, and the number of deaths will increase exponentially.

Even if the snow is too big and too long, many people's thatched huts will collapse, so that they will not be frozen to death, but will also be crushed to death.

Therefore, in winter, it is very serious to solve the problem of cold buildings and snow disasters.

One morning, in the palace hall, the emperor looked at the latest death statistics presented by the household department, and his face became more and more ugly.

"After three days of snowfall, thousands of people died in the capital of Emperor Guang. The imperial capital is still like this, but what about other places? The Emperor snapped and slammed the fold on the table.

Below, the ministers bowed their heads.

The emperor glanced at the hall and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, who has the means to resolutely issue the cold winter?" ”

The ministers lowered their heads and did not speak one by one.

Every year they have to face this problem, if they have a way, they will wait until this year to say it?

It's just that they are going to be scolded by the emperor again, anyway, it's like this every year, and these ministers can't freeze to death, what's the hurry?

The emperor took a deep breath, feeling helpless.

After a long time, he spoke: "Whoever can solve the problem of the people not being exposed to the cold in winter, the commoners will make them officials, and the officials will be added to the ranks." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers below suddenly boiled.

You must know that it is rare to be promoted to a knighthood, and some people have been in one position all their lives, and it is difficult to go further.

Who wouldn't want to go further?

Suddenly, these people began to make up their minds in their hearts, no matter what, they should also think of a way to give it a try, in case there is a way to solve the problem, wouldn't it be cool to add an official to the knight?

Thinking of this, many ministers were overjoyed.

……

After retreating, these people hurriedly left, and they all went back separately, and began to gather their officials and began to think of a way.

Among them, among the five temples, the Taifu Siqing of the Taifu Temple returned home after discussing with his subordinates in the Taifu Temple.

This Taifu Temple is in charge of horses, and the state of Chu attaches great importance to horses, after all, whether it is used in peacetime or war, it is very important.

Therefore, the status of Taifu Siqing can be regarded as okay, after all, he is a third-grade official.

Taifu Siqing also wanted to be promoted again, so after Taifu Temple instructed his subordinates to think of a way to resist the cold, he went home and said to his family that they should also find a way.

This guy has a son, and he is also clever on weekdays, and he was also excited when he heard that his father asked him to find a way, maybe he could be added to the ranks.

If his father goes further, won't his status be much higher?

So, he began to think of a way.

Of course, he couldn't think of a way himself, so he found his fox friends and his followers, and asked them what they could do.

At this time, there was a follower who spoke:

"Childe, I just heard about something in the past two days, it is said that in our imperial capital, a new carbon has appeared, called coal. That thing is only five copper plates per catty, and it can be burned for a day, which is more than ten times cheaper than charcoal. ”

When the son of this servant Siqing heard it, there was still this thing?

So I couldn't wait to see it, and said: "If there is really such a thing, it is a good thing, such a good thing can not only help my father become an official and become a knight, but also make a lot of money." ”

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was an opportunity, so this guy took his fox friends and his followers and went to the coal house to have a look.

……

At this moment, Qin Ming asked the people in the coal mine to dig coal hard, and at the same time advertised everywhere to let more people know about coal and come to buy it.

The coal in the coal mine is placed there, as long as it is dug manually.

In other words, the cost is labor and store money.

On average, a person produces more than 1,000 catties of coal a day. More than 200 people produced nearly 300,000 catties of coal.

One catty is five copper plates, and one thousand catties of coal is five thousand copper plates, that is, five taels of silver.

100,000 catties of coal is 500 taels, and 300,000 catties is 1,500 taels.

Therefore, coal can be sold for 1,500 taels of silver for a day, and 45,000 taels of silver for a month.

One year, more than 500,000 taels of silver.

In addition to the 100,000 taels of silver given to more than 200 bandits, as well as the cost, Qin Ming can also earn 400,000 taels of silver.

This is only a profit of more than 200 people making 300,000 catties a day, thinking about so many people in the entire imperial capital, so many people in the entire Chu State, if other coal mines are developed, Qin Ming will do the coal mining business in various places alone, this is simply a cornucopia.

Of course, you can't eat so much in one bite, and Qin Ming can't sell all of them now with 300,000 catties a day.

After all, many people don't know about coal, let alone buy it.

But these people sold it back and used it, if it was good, without Qin Ming's advertising, it would also be known by others, and the coal would not be sold.

In the cold winter, people want not to freeze to death.

Just a few dozen copper plates, buy a few catties of coal back, and it will not be impossible to take it out.

After all, five copper plates are just a bowl of noodles, as long as the family can get 500 copper plates and buy 100 catties, then these three months of winter, relying on coal fire, can be spent safely.

In addition to the money from coal, Qin Ming can also make some money from the stove.

The cost of a furnace is ten copper plates, Qin Ming sells twenty copper plates, earns ten copper plates, and hides the quantity, and he can also make a fortune.

In the coal house, Qin Ming had a smile on his face after carefully calculating these accounts.

It's really fun to make money, and it's happier than spending money.

Thinking of this, he got up, put his hands behind him, stood on the second floor, and looked down at the people below who kept selling coal, and he smiled again.

However, at this moment, suddenly a boy walked in with more than a dozen people.

He looked first at the coal around him, then at the coal burning in the stove next to him, and a smile appeared on his face.

"This thing, the fire is so big, the temperature is so high, it's really warm, and the room is warm."

This is the son of Taifu Siqing, he looked at the coal in the stove, and asked the clerk who came to entertain him:

"How long can you burn this thing?"

The clerk said, "Childe, this small piece can be burned for a few hours, and one pound is enough to burn for a day." ”

"How much is a pound?"

"Five copper plates!"

"So cheap? Where did it come from? ”

"This ...... This is mined by our boss, and the small ones are not clear. ”

The son of Taifu Siqing sneered, and beside him, a dog-legged man spoke:

"Call your boss out, just say that the son of Taifu Siqing, Li Sanxia's son, is here, let him come out and kneel to greet him!"

Qin Ming on the second floor smiled and said, "If you come to buy coal, I can welcome it." But let me kneel to greet you, I'm afraid you don't have the qualifications! ”

Li Sanxia looked up at Qin Ming: "Boy, you are the boss?" ”。

"That's right, it's Lao Tzu!" Qin Ming said lightly.

Li Sanxia's eyes narrowed: "I'll give you three numbers, come down and kneel in front of this young master, otherwise you ......"