The onlookers, you and I said one sentence at a time.

There was a fat-headed and big-eared merchant in the crowd, who witnessed the whole process and sent a servant to follow Wang Chengen.

Originally, he thought that Wang Chengen was a trust, just like a liar on the rivers and lakes, selling things and cheating money by acting in double reeds.

However, the results of the tracking surprised him.

He never expected that the people he followed went to Kuixing Tower, and took a group of brocade guards to receive briquettes, and then went in the direction of the capital.

At this moment, when he saw the tools and methods for making briquettes, he couldn't help but be a little moved.

The onlookers just looked strange, but he saw the business opportunities.

So, he stepped forward and asked, "Dare to ask, how can this tool be sold?"

"Buy tools, send skills, teach and learn, learn will not be free for life, until you learn.

The price is clearly marked, and there is no deception, and a pair of tools is one hundred taels. ”

The young man shouted loudly.

"Wow, that's expensive."

"It's a money grab."

Before the merchant could speak, the onlookers were embarrassed.

"You don't know the truth that you are expensive, that person is a eunuch in the palace."

"Really?"

"Really, I don't believe you ask second-rate people."

The second-rate son is the head snake in Datong Mansion, and there is nothing he doesn't know about things in Datong Mansion.

The second-rate man put his hand in his sleeve, sniffed, and said, "That's not an ordinary eunuch, that's the red man next to the emperor, Wang Chengen."

I'm afraid you haven't seen it, his family is wearing embroidered spring knives, and only Jinyi Wei can wear embroidered spring knives. ”

People are humane, and ghosts have ghosts.

This second-rate son is not simple, he can actually recognize Wang Chengen.

"That's amazing, doesn't this mean that the nobles in the palace are really using this thing."

"I can't run, the queen just gave birth to a son, and it was the time of confinement, when Wang Chengen came here to ask for briquettes.

Nine times out of ten, this briquette is for the queen. ”

The second-rate man dug out his nose and said angrily.

"I see."

"What is the use of this thing?" The merchant was even more moved when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth and continued to ask.

"Look, put it in the stove and burn it." The young man in charge of shouting put the finished briquettes in a small barrel iron stove and burned them.

Since this batch of briquettes is made of high-quality anthracite, it is easy to ignite, and there is no smoke after ignition.

After the briquettes were lit, the merchant took out a thousand taels without saying a word, bought ten sets of tools, and called his servants to come here to learn how to make briquettes.

The people didn't know the value of briquettes, but he knew as a businessman.

So, as soon as he saw the role of briquettes, he knew that this was an amazing business opportunity.

As for the single-barrel coal stove, he only had to look at it and know how to do it, and all he had to learn was how to make briquettes.

That is, from this day on, the news of the use of briquettes in the palace spread.

More and more vendors came to Datong Mansion to buy tools for making briquettes, but fortunately, Wang Zezhi ordered the Foundry Bureau to prepare enough tools, so there was no need to worry about not enough to sell.

Ma Huai took a few apprentices from the Foundry Bureau, and his hands were soft when he collected the money here.

Later, not only the merchants in Datong Mansion came here to buy tools, but also merchants from Taiyuan Mansion, Pingyang Mansion, and even Xuanfu Town.

In the end, Ma Huai had to send people back to the Fangshan Foundry Bureau to create some more tools. 168 Books

Ma Huai has been casting these tools for a long time, and he used to complain that Wang Zezhi wasted iron tools, but now he collects money here, and he doesn't want to go back to the Foundry Bureau to preside over the work.

In the end, it was under Wang Zezhi's order that he reluctantly returned to the Foundry Bureau to preside over the overall situation.

As for the people who sold things in Datong Mansion, they were replaced by people from the Finance and Accounting Department.

The tools for making briquettes were sold well, which was completely unexpected by Wang Zezhi.

Originally, he thought it would be good to be able to sell some of it, but he didn't expect it to reach a point where supply exceeds demand.

By the end of February, even the merchants of Beizhili came to Datong Mansion to buy tools.

However, the businessmen in the back are more cautious, they only buy one set of tools, and there is no such thing as buying ten sets of tools in one go.

At the beginning of March, there were many imitations in Datong Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion, Pingyang Mansion, Xuanfu and Beizhili.

These men learned how to make briquettes, and they hired the best blacksmiths to copy the tools used to make briquettes.

All of a sudden, counterfeits sprung up in an endless stream.

And they also engaged in malicious competition, reducing the price of this set of tools again and again, and only stopped when it came to the cost price.

After Ma Huai of the Foundry Bureau heard about this, he was anxious to sleep.

After Wang Zezhi knew, he just smiled faintly.

He sent a message to Ma Huai, telling him that he wanted to let the people of the world learn how to make briquettes.

In this way, when it is winter, the people can make their own briquettes to keep warm.

You must know that during the Chongzhen period, there was an extremely cold climate disaster in the Ming Dynasty, which is known as the Xiaoice River period of the Ming Dynasty.

The Xiaoice period will lead to a significant drop in the earth's temperature, which will greatly reduce global food production, causing severe social unrest and population decline.

During this period, the average annual temperature was very low, with severe droughts and floods occurring in summer, and extremely cold winters, even in Guangdong and other places.

Wang Zezhi's period was only the beginning of the Xiaoice River period, not yet the middle and late periods.

The coldest period of the entire Xiaoice time was between 1630 and 1650 AD.

During the Xiaoice River period of the Ming Dynasty, the extreme cold suddenly intensified, and grain production plummeted.

The extreme cold in the north caused the rainfall area to generally move southward, which led to almost consecutive disasters throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Due to the drop in temperature and the continuation of dry and cold weather, not only did the agricultural economy of the Ming Dynasty experience a severe test, but even a large number of people would freeze to death every winter.

For Wang Zezhi, the more people learn how to make briquettes, the happier he is.

This means that fewer people will die in the winter.

There is another important reason, that is, if you have a little brain, you will start to do the briquette business.

The process of making briquettes is simple and easy to learn, and as long as you have tools, it is not troublesome to make.

Briquettes are only made by adding water and loess with coal powder in a certain proportion and mixing them thoroughly.

After it is made, it is then dried and can be stored for a long time.

It is a good fuel for both cooking and heating.

At that time, countless people will be able to survive on this business alone, and Wang Zezhi is very happy to see this kind of thing happen.

Wang Zezhi explained the stakes to Ma Huai in detail, and Ma Huai suddenly opened his mouth after listening to it.

Only then did he realize that he was far behind Wang Zezhi.

Before, he didn't understand why Wang Zezhi wasted iron tools to make such tools.

When he made money, he thought that Wang Zezhi wanted to make money with this kind of tool.

It wasn't until this moment that he understood that Wang Zezhi didn't want to make money from this from the beginning.

He wanted to benefit the people of the world.

Ma Huai was convinced by Wang Zezhi's heart and accepted Wang Zezhi's letter.

After being hungry for a few days, he called someone to make him a big table to eat, and let go of his appetite and ate it fiercely.