In the second year of Chongzhen, February 15.

It has been four or five days since Wang Chengen came to Datong Mansion, although he is here, living in the best room in Kuixinglou, eating the best meals in Kuixinglou, but he is getting more and more irritable.

Without him, Wang Zezhi's bounty has been posted in Datong Mansion for four or five days, and no one has offered briquettes every day, except for some charlatans who are abducted and deceived and want to cheat the bounty.

On this day, at the city wall where Wang Zezhi posted the reward, Wang Chengen came over in disguise to see the situation.

Wang Chengen has lost patience, just yesterday, he ordered Jinyiwei in a fit of rage to kill several charlatans who came over to cheat money.

Wang Chengen is in a hurry.

"I don't know what this briquette is, but if only I could have a picture."

"Don't talk about pictures, even if you have a detailed explanation, just write a briquette, who knows what it is?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense, if it's an easy thing, there will be a reward of a hundred taels of silver?"

"That's it, that's it."

"I don't know what this chief soldier is doing with a bounty for briquettes? I don't know what this briquette is for? ”

The people gathered around the bounty notice, you and I chatted one by one.

When Wang Chengen heard this, he scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, he stomped his feet, stepped forward and said, "Everyone, everyone, you don't know anything."

Our emperor, happy prince, this queen, is the briquette used for heating in winter, and this briquette is dedicated to the queen by the Shanxi general soldiers.

This queen mother, it is with this briquette that she gave birth to a big fat boy, so this thing is extraordinary, if anyone knows this thing, I tell you, I am willing to give two hundred taels of silver. ”

Wang Chengen was anxious, stood in the crowd and began to brag, he hoped that in this way, he could attract people with briquettes.

"Hey, is this guy serious?"

The people gathered here were ordinary people, and they knew that he was extraordinary when they looked at Wang Chengen, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, so they called him an outsider.

"I have a word outside the staff, these Japanese members will carry silver, sit on the tea stall here, as long as someone can send briquettes, I will give two hundred taels of silver with both hands."

Wang Chengen said affirmatively.

"What are you trying to do? There's nowhere to spend the money. ”

"Hahaha..."There were people in the crowd who coaxed, and everyone gathered here laughed.

"What do you know, the emperor is happy with his son today, and he will be the prince in the future, and if he goes a little further, he will be the emperor in the future.

Now that the Shanxi General Army is seeking this thing, let's find this thing and offer it, and we will definitely be able to ask for a benefit. ”

Wang Chengen was like a pious stick, standing in the crowd and talking, and then took out two hundred taels of silver and sat down on the tea stall at the bounty list.

Not far from here, a few people with black hands gathered together and muttered for a while, and then turned around and disappeared into an alley.

In the alley, there is a large courtyard, and in the courtyard there are several large carts of beautifully packed boxes.

There are several gilded characters outside each box, and Qian's briquettes are written on them, and the boxes are filled with briquettes.

Waiting here is Qian Guigang, a master of iron smelting.

After Wang Chengen left, Yu Zhong contacted Qian Guigang as soon as possible according to Wang Zezhi's plan and asked him to act according to the plan.

Now it's time to act.

After the two who went out to inquire about the news came back, Qian Guigang knew that it was time for Wang Zezhi to say.

He immediately began to greet the people in the courtyard.

"Get up, get up, let's go and get the money."

"It's coming, it's coming."

"Well, look."

The men in the courtyard were all workers of the Iron Smelting Bureau, and as soon as they heard the greeting of the money maker, they left the courtyard one by one and got into the carriages they were responsible for.

Then, a carriage full of briquettes went towards Wang Chengen's location.

Wang Chengen sat on the tea stall and took a sip of tea, only feeling that the taste was the same as chewing wax. Let's read a book

When Wang Chengen saw the first carriage, he suddenly stood up, and based on his intuition, he felt that this carriage might be what he wanted.

Not long after, Qian Guigang, who was dressed in coal color, jumped out of the carriage with a team of horses.

Without saying a word, he came to the bounty list and tore off the bounty notice.

"Bold, who is coming, do you know that this is a reward for the general soldiers of Shanxi? Do you know what this is? ”

Qian Guigang snorted disdainfully, ordered someone to carry down the box, opened the box, and inside was a neatly arranged briquette.

Wang Chengen looked at the briquettes and trembled with excitement.

"That's right, that's right, that's it, that's it."

He didn't expect that he could really offer a reward for briquettes, Wang Chengen was too excited and reached out to touch it.

"Hey, hey, what are you touching, I haven't given the silver yet." Qian Guigang slapped Wang Chengen's hand away.

Wang Chengen was slapped by Qian Guigang's calloused hand, and screamed in pain.

Seeing this, the Jinyi guards beside him drew their knives one after another, ready to dispose of Qian Guigang at any time.

"Yo, this outsider, you're going to break your promise and get fat."

"Hahaha..."

The people who were watching here were not afraid of big things, and they all laughed when they saw that Wang Chengen did not give money.

Wang Chengen smiled, he forgot about it.

He said no more, and handed over the two hundred taels of silver he had prepared to Qian Guigang.

The sergeant guarding the bounty list took out a scroll of paintings, stepped forward to confirm it, and also gave Qian Guigang silver.

Qian Guigang snorted coldly and took the silver with a big grin.

Then, a team of sergeants stepped forward to receive the briquettes he had brought, and escorted them towards Kuixing Tower.

They were to hand over to Wang Chengen's Jinyi Guard, who escorted them back to the capital.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen immediately led his subordinates to hide in the crowd and walked towards Kuixing Tower.

As he left, a few sharp-eyed people in the crowd quietly followed.

By the time the briquettes arrived at Kuixing Tower, Wang Chengen had already changed his outfit, took the brocade guards to receive the briquettes, and hurried towards the capital.

After they left, Qian Guigang came to the courtyard to hand over to Ma Huai from the Foundry Bureau, and then returned to the coal mine to continue smelting iron.

After he left, Ma Huai took a cart of tools for making briquettes, as well as raw materials and finished products for making briquettes, and ran to the place where the bounty was offered and began to sell.

"Don't miss it when you pass by, come and take a look.

The briquettes used by the nobles in the palace are made in this way, and they all come to take a look at it, and they can't suffer a loss if they look at it, and they can't be fooled if they look at it.

If you think it's good, then spend money to buy a set back, and if you think it's bad, then watch a trick. ”

A guy from the Iron Smelting Bureau opened his throat and shouted there, and Ma Huai rolled up his sleeves, stirred pulverized coal, and set out his tools to make briquettes at any time.

Among the onlookers, many of them were the ones who were watching the bounty list.

"Oh, that's how this thing came out.

Don't you know, this thing is made of gold, I heard that the queen mother in the palace used this thing, so she gave birth to a big fat boy. ”

"Really?"

"It's really true, just now, and there is a member who went out for two hundred taels of silver, let me tell you, not only I saw it, but many people saw it."

"Yes, yes, I saw it too, I saw with my own eyes that the officer went out for two hundred taels of silver."

"yes, yes, I saw it too."

Wang Chengen didn't know that his panicked actions actually helped Wang Zezhi.

In fact, what he didn't know was that if Wang Chengen didn't make this move, Wang Zezhi also had plans to arrange people to spread rumors and create momentum.

It's just that they thought that Wang Chengen said it for him.