"Your Highness, what is this briquette?" Wang Shijie was puzzled. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xiao Ming showed a mysterious smile and gestured to Chen Wenlong with his eyes.

Chen Wenlong understood, and sent the craftsman to go outside to bring the briquettes made.

This briquette is also called honeycomb coal, ten centimeters of cylindrical, full of round holes distributed through, in the world where Xiao Ming lived before, this briquette stove was very popular before the seventies and eighties, almost every family has it.

Boil water, cook, heat, it can be said that it is versatile, very practical, and quite simple to manufacture.

Faced with this kind of thing that had never appeared, Wang Shijie and the four of them fell into confusion at the same time, just waiting for Qin Le's next explanation.

"You take a closer look, this is a briquette furnace is actually a cylinder, separated into two parts by an iron pestle, the upper is the furnace, the lower is the air inlet, there is a damper outside, when the gas is more, the fire is prosperous, the gas is less when the gas is small, the fire is small, this briquette is made of briquettes grinding and casting, and the combination of the two will have a magical effect."

Xiao Ming said that he took matters into his own hands, took charcoal and wheat straw to start the fire, then put a briquette at the bottom, and held a clay sculpture tube as a chimney to stand on it.

Wang Shijie and the four of them stood together and whispered, watching Qin Le's movements intently.

After a while, the fire was blazing, and the briquettes were ignited, and then Xiao Ming stuffed the second briquette into the furnace and took down the small chimney at the same time.

At this time, the blue flame in the furnace burned vigorously.

"Your Highness, this is not much different from a charcoal basin." Sun Dong has always been straightforward among the four, and said first.

Qin Mu rolled his eyes, knocked the fan in the palm of his hand, and said dissatisfiedly to Sun Dong: "Brother Sun's words are wrong, since he can make His Highness so attentive, it must be a great thing." ”

"Brother Qin's kung fu is really getting better and better, which is breathtaking, I think Brother Sun's words have some truth." Wei Qing Zhengse said.

If Sun Dong is straightforward and fast-talking, then Wei Qing has some shafts in his head, as far as Xiao Ming knows, Wei Qing's township test can pass or his father spent a lot of money to buy it.

As for him, he likes sticks more than poetry books.

Wang Shijie pondered for a while, showing a look of disdain to the three of them, "If you say that Your Highness has this briquette stove, you three can't beat the horse as well as me, this kind of briquette furnace Your Highness said this, it is really practical, and it is much more convenient than a charcoal basin." ”

"Brother Wang still has insights, and he deserves to be in the coal and iron business." Xiao Ming praised.

Wang Shijie has always been a person who lays eggs when the basket is broken, he is triumphant, like a winning rooster, "Your Highness, this thing is really good, I don't know where Your Highness learned this thing?" ”

Xiao Ming said lightly: "Speaking of this, it's a long time, it was a few days ago that the housekeeper of the palace bought a book from a foreign merchant, and I saw that there were a lot of novelties in it, so I studied it carefully." ”

At this time, Xiao Ming's identity as a prince is a manifestation of the advantages of the prince, and he only needs to make up an excuse to shirk the equipment to be developed in the future.

If it is an ordinary person, it is estimated that these wealthy families will have to find out about killing people and destroying their mouths.

Wang Shijie was skeptical, but when Xiao Ming said so, he didn't dare to ask in detail, after all, it was one thing for them to get along well with Xiao Ming, and this humility was another matter.

"Your Highness is really a noble man with his own heavenly help, this briquette stove is indeed good, can Your Highness ask the Instrument Division to also create a use for me and others?"

Wang Shijie exchanged glances with Qin Mu and the others, this briquette stove was a novelty, and they really wanted to buy it back and try it.

Xiao Ming is waiting for the fish to take the bait, and it is impossible for this briquette stove to be popularized to the people's homes now, because ordinary people can't afford to burn coal, so they can only burn some firewood and the like.

But the big family is different, and the psychology of any wealthy family is the same, that is, they like to hunt for curiosity.

"It's not that it's impossible, it's just that this briquette furnace consumes iron and coal, and my Qi Wangfu has always been ......very poor."

Wang Shijie, a person-like character, immediately understood, "Your Highness, it's easy to say, you said that this briquette stove is two silver, and we will come out." ”

Qin Mu and the three of them nodded one after another, they didn't dare to do anything to take advantage of Xiao Ming, no matter how they said that Xiao Ming was also a vassal king.

"In this way, a briquette stove has fifty taels of silver." Xiao Ming opened his mouth.

Wang Shijie was shocked, this King of Qi really dared to ask for it.

In his opinion, although this briquette stove is much more convenient than the charcoal basin, it is not irreplaceable, at most it is a lot more convenient, it is not worth so much money, and at most it is only three taels of silver.

He said: "Your Highness, fifty taels is really a lot, think about it, who doesn't raise a servant in a big family, it's a little troublesome to boil water for cooking and warm wine, but after all, you don't need to do it yourself, fifty taels buy this back, it's better to buy a maid, don't make it difficult for me." ”

Qin Mu and the three nodded at the same time, and Sun Dong said: "But Brother Wang reminded me that this briquette stove is a business, and I can sell it to some rich families who have some money in their hands and can't afford to support their maids." ”

Xiao Ming glanced at the four of them, thinking to himself that the ancients were not stupid, and they were careful in their calculations, and they couldn't just make a fool and make a lot of money.

After failing in the first round, Xiao Ming called Chen Wenlong and asked about the cost of the briquette furnace.

Wang Shijie's estimate was very accurate, and the cost was basically about two taels of silver, after all, coal and iron were still very expensive.

The wronged boss can't be found, but Sun Dong's proposal is feasible, and his briquette stove is made to make money.

Otherwise, where did he get the money to build up the industrial base, and he couldn't take all the rich households in Qingzhou, right?

"It's still Brother Sun's master." Xiao Ming praised.

At this time, Qin Mu had a move and said: "Your Highness, my family is doing a cao luck business, and this Dayu country is going everywhere, why don't you hand over the business of this briquette stove to my family and let my family sell it?" ”

"This matter is indeed the most suitable for Brother Qin." Wei Qing said.

"Brother Qin's words are exactly what I want, you also understand that the taxes in Qingzhou are not as good as a year, and if this continues, the Qi Wangfu will soon be sucked in wind and drink dew, although you often help the Wangfu, but it is not a long-term plan after all." Xiao Ming said with a long sigh.

At this time, the four of them all showed embarrassed looks, and they naturally knew what the crux of the problem was in their hearts.

It's just that now the wealthy families of the Great Chongqing Kingdom are not holding the silver in their own hands.

Now the king of Qi wants to do his own business to supplement the palace, which is understandable, let me ask who among the princes does not have a group of businessmen under his command.

These merchants offered silver taels every year in exchange for business convenience, and some lucrative businesses were even directly operated by the prince's cronies.

Similarly, they also worship the King of Qi some silver taels every year, but the King of Qi is really stupid and incompetent, and these silver taels are just used for pleasure.

Even the mines that other princes clung to in their hands, Cao Yun didn't care.