Early this morning, Zhao Xuefei came to Jidu Temple early, greeted everyone who entered the hall, and asked for warmth. Whether this person is a treasurer or a yaman.

When everyone was done with the noise, Li Feibai, Qian Zijun, Tang Xin'an and others came to the hall. Zhao Xuefei stepped forward and made a lot of noise, Li Feibai invited him to sit at the same table, he was not polite, he sat with Qian Zijun, Li Feibai, Tang Xin'an and others sat beside him.

Tang Xin'an looked at Zhao Xuefei and Qian Zijun gossiping there, and smiled knowingly. He was not like Zhao Xuefei yesterday, and he kept getting close to Qian Zijun. After yesterday's day, the set is almost finished, and what he is most concerned about now is what will be filmed today? If there is a good thing like yesterday, and the price is acceptable, he doesn't mind auctioning one or two.

Mao Qing has stepped onto the stage and is directing the people to move things to the stage. Tang Xin'an couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at that thing, wasn't that the coal fire he saw in the ear room? How much can a coal fire be auctioned? If he wants to do it, he will do the business of coal fire, buy in large quantities, sell at a high price, what is the point of shooting a coal fire at a high price.

He lost interest in the first lot of the day and turned his head to look at the scenery around him. The number of people standing on the left and right of the auction table is two or three times as much as yesterday, and it seems that yesterday's auction scene was really hot, attracting people to see the excitement, but today's auction is only afraid of disappointing these people, and the auction money is estimated to be less than a fraction of yesterday's.

The coal fire was finally moved to the stage, and even the smoke exhaust pipes were connected, and there was a briquette machine for briquettes and tongs for changing coal fires standing next to it.

Zhao Xuefei didn't go to the ear room, he didn't know the magic of this thing, so he pointed and asked, "Feibai, what is this?" ”

Li Feibai said: "This is a coal fire, which is used for heating." ”

Zhao Xuefei let out an "oh", and Li Feibai continued: "The coal fire and the smoke pipes are all cast from the iron smelted in the iron factory. ”

Zhao Xuefei looked puzzled and said, "In addition to being able to smelt iron, the iron factory can also make coal fire?" Isn't that what the blacksmith does? ”

Li Feibai said with a smile: "Why should you let others earn the money you can earn?" Besides, the scale of the blacksmith shop is too small, and even those two or three people can't cast a few in a month, which is not as large as the number of people in the ironworks, and can produce in large quantities. ”

Zhao Xuefei said secretly: "In vain, I am still from a Jinshi, I just think about selling iron ingots every day, why haven't I thought about casting something to sell out!" But he also doubted that the quality of the iron smelted in the iron smelting institute could really be sold to create some daily necessities or farm tools, and that quality would not be scolded behind his back? He asked, "Can the iron ingots smelted by iron smelting be sold as coal?" ”

Li Feibai smiled: "You will know the result in a while!" ”

Zhao Xuefei wanted to ask something, but Mao Qing on the stage had already sung loudly: "Today's first lot is coal fire!" The use of coal fire, everyone who has been to the ear room must know, is definitely a must-have heating artifact for every household in winter. ”

The people in the audience laughed, and someone asked, "I just want to know, how much does a coal fire sell?" ”

Mao Qingdao: "I don't know how much it sells, it depends on who the person who gets the hand is, and the heart is not black." ”

Everyone who said this was puzzled, and they didn't know what it meant. Without waiting for others to say anything, Mao Qing had already said: "This thing is a set of coal fire, ventilation iron pipes, briquette machines, fire tongs, and four things." At present, there are 6,000 sets in the iron works, and in the next three months, 3,000 sets will be produced every month, which is 15,000 sets. Those who participate in the auction should be careful that you are not bidding for a set of coal fires, but 15,000 sets. ”

People who want to know how much a coal fire costs suddenly understand why Mao Qing said that the hearts of the people who see the clapping hands are not black. Looking at the whole Ming Dynasty, there are only 15,000 coal fires at present, if you want not to freeze in winter, you need to buy a coal fire for heating, except for the people who clap their hands, you can't buy them anywhere. Scarcity is expensive, people say how much is how much is how much, love to buy or not, people who buy are.

What ordinary people can understand, the people sitting in the hall can't understand, and besides, there are many shopkeepers here, all of whom are veterans of business, and their accounts are extremely clear.

Someone immediately asked: "If you shoot 15,000 coal fires together, the amount of silver taels required must be very large, if we don't have enough money on us, but we want to do this business, what should we do?" ”

Mao Qingdao: "Fifteen thousand coal fires were not handed over to you all at once, but were handed over to you in several batches. Therefore, after you take the photo, pay a deposit of 10% first, and the balance should be paid within 10 days before you can pull the first batch of coal fire. If the balance is not paid within 10 days, we will use our power to confiscate the deposit, and then hand over the coal fire to the next family who can afford to pay off 90% of the arrears. ”

The questioner nodded, "I see." If you don't buy it, you pay 10% for others. ”

Mao Qingdao: "That's the reason!" After a pause, he added, "The reserve price of 15,000 coal fires is 150,000 taels, and the price is increased by 2,000 taels each time." ”

Zhao Xuefei was taken aback! The iron smelting place is losing money every year in his hands, and it has only been a few months in Li Feibai's hands, so it is difficult to earn 150,000 taels of silver at once! Wouldn't it be too stupid if someone really made a bid! It's not that it's too stupid to sell the iron-smelting institute to Li Feibai, but Li Feibai wants to give him dry shares, and then dividends every year, he actually feels that the iron-smelting institute is a loss-making deal no matter who it is, so he generously refused.

At that time, it would be nice to say yes. Although Li Feibai didn't say how many dry shares he would give him, according to Li Feibai's urine, at least one percent of the dry shares, wouldn't he be able to earn at least 15,000 taels on this transaction alone? That's 15,000 taels of silver for nothing, and if you don't say it, it's gone!

But regret to regret, he didn't show it. He is a county magistrate, big and small, a spit and a nail, and he still wants to be faced, how can he do something that goes back on his word. However, he also made up his mind in his heart that if Li Feibai had any business in the future, he would definitely join the company. Even if you can't lose money, you can make huge profits from the iron smelting institute, what else is impossible!

In addition to Zhao Xuefei and Tang Xin'an, he was surprised, not that the reserve price of a coal fire auction was as much as ten taels, but that Li Feibai sold coal fire like this, which completely disrupted his abacus.

Is it expensive to sell a coal fire for ten taels of silver? It may be expensive in the eyes of others, how can a pile of rotten iron be sold for so many ten taels. But in his eyes, it is not expensive to sell a coal fire for ten taels at all, not only is it not expensive, but it is too cheap!

Maybe in the future, there will be more people making coal fires, and the price will drop, and it is possible to drop to one or two or only sell for a few hundred yuan. But that was many years later, maybe more than ten or twenty years later, and now such a new thing, and the effect of heating, and it is winter, so people can't imitate it, and when the imitation comes out, the winter has passed, so who will sell it at a high price? Therefore, there are only fifteen thousand coal fires, which are so rare that someone can buy one hundred taels of them.

After so many years in business, he still has a good grasp of the thoughts of rich people. When a rich person meets another rich person, they will unconsciously compare with each other to see who is richer. Buy a coal fire and put it at home, invite other rich people to be guests at home, when other rich people see this strange thing of coal fire, just look at the envy, jealousy and hatred in their eyes, the kind of satisfaction in their hearts is not a hundred taels can be exchanged! I can't get a thousand taels!