(Ask for collection and complain~)

The fog is heavy, the smell of smoke is strong, the charcoal smoke on the streets of Kaifeng is also big, the ink clothes, the stone smoke is like Luoyang dust.

Outside the gate, Sun Ruhai, the owner of Sun's charcoal shop in the east of the city, and a little girl of the same age as Zhao Dezhao came. As soon as Cao Cao came, Zhao Dezhao and the others saw Sun Ruhai coming, so they gave a salute and said: "Zhao Dezhao, the proprietor of Guangwei Building in the south of the city, asks to see the proprietor of the Sun family!" ”

Sun Ruhai saw the person in front of him, although he had never seen it, but he had also heard that on February 2 of the second year of Guangshun, Zhao Fu Xiaolangjun opened a new restaurant in the streets and alleys of the south of the city, called "Guangwei Building", Guangwei Building because of its peculiar cuisine, ingenious interior, unique wall, choose a place to govern life, can be called a must in Tokyo, and then this Guangwei Building invited other restaurants to jointly set up a Guangwei Group, he has never heard of the word group, but also knows that this folk also has a business gang.

Such a child has such ambitions, which is really unimaginable for a middle-aged person. Besides, Fan Lihu!

In the past 19 years, Fan Li made a fortune and was really famous all over the world, and the businessmen of the world all admired and praised when they heard the name of Tao Zhugong. Although Zhao Dezhao doesn't know what the future will be today, he has such a business acumen at a young age, and he doesn't know if he can become another Tao Zhugong in the future.

Sun Ruhai's shrewd eyes kept staring at Zhao Dezhao, but Zhao Dezhao's eyes also probed him. The four eyes are facing each other, as if they are competing against each other, and they seem to be full of affection, hehe. The two of them are now businessmen, and there is a common word between businessmen, although they are young, their talents are rare, and they are very worthy of Sun Ruhai's relationship.

Of course, Zhao Dezhao also looked at the people in front of him, people can't look good, and the sea can't fight. Although the person in front of him is fat and bloated, and he is not glamorous, but this person was poor in the past, and he relied on his connections to get through all levels of people and gain a firm foothold in Tokyo.

At the same time, Zhao Dezhao also thought of such a social situation and such a status quo in his heart. Now the national strength of the Great Zhou is thriving, under the rule of today's son Guo Wei, the economic development of the Great Zhou started rapidly, from the withering of all industries to the prosperity of all industries, such as bamboo shoots after the spring rain, and then with the development of the commodity economy, the industry is complex and the number increases, the merchant team is growing day by day, and the competition is becoming increasingly fierce.

I probably know the situation of economic development in the future, but now the society is still in the feudal society that the feudal rulers strive to maintain, and the rulers of the past dynasties have always implemented the policy of emphasizing the basic and suppressing the last in order to maintain the feudal landlord class.

What's more. For merchants, the state did not have explicit legal protection, and the gentry, officials, and officers discriminated against merchants as "profiteers". The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyizhi said frankly in "Pipa Xing": "Merchants value profit and light parting, and Fuliang buys tea in the month before." This shows the discrimination against businessmen in society at that time.

And the merchants, in that era, suffered a lot of white eyes, and could only take advantage of the township and clan relations to support each other and help each other in harmony, so the merchant gang came into being under this specific economic and social background.

Zhao Dezhao is thoughtful, throughout the ages, all kinds of business, still in front of him, vividly.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and at this time, the little girl on Sun Ruhai's side looked very anxious and said, "Grandpa, why are you two standing?" Are you tired or not, you see that the guests are in a hurry, I don't know if there is still hospitality in your eyes? ”

Sun Ruhai smirked at his granddaughter, then regained his calmness, and hurriedly apologized: "Zhao Dongjia, and the two little friends, I'm really sorry, my master has neglected you, please take a seat." Shopkeeper Wang, you go and greet the little maid to serve tea to the guests! ”

"Yes, owner!" The shopkeeper Wang stepped back and hurriedly beckoned the little servant to serve tea.

Zhao Dezhao and the others sat down, Sun Ruhai also sat down, and the few people began to chat.

Sun Ruhai took the lid on the cup with his hand and asked, "I don't know why Zhao Dong's family came to this small shop today?" ”

Zhao Dezhao made no secret of it, and said straight to the point: "Don't hide it from Sun Dongjia, I came here today for business." ”

The little girl next to her stuck out her tongue and said, "Grandpa, is this what you said about Zhao Dezhao, the chairman of Guangwei Group and the young owner of Guangwei Building?" How can it be business as soon as you open your mouth! ”

"Wan'er, don't be rude in front of the guests!" Sun Ruhai scolded his granddaughter.

The little girl named Wan'er closed her mouth, stuck out her tongue at Sun Ruhai, and then said: "Forgive me, Fang Wan'er is straightforward and fast-talking, and she is busy compensating you." ”

"The little lady doesn't have to mind. I'm just a businessman, and I've never been able to hide myself, I'm a very direct person. ”

The little girl named Wan'er didn't say anything anymore when she heard it, and sat next to Sun Ruhai.

Sun Ruhai smiled heartily and said: "Doing business is to be straightforward, Zhao Dongjia is worthy of being an open-minded person, and he is not pretentious to the old man, I like to be friends with straightforward people and talk about business." But today, Zhao Dongjia doesn't know what kind of business he wants to do with the old man? ”

Zhao Dezhao also went deeper and said: "Don't hide it from Sun Dongjia, I recently saw on the market that the charcoal of Sun's charcoal shop is very good, so I asked my subordinates to buy a batch of charcoal from it. I tried to burn it after I went back, and it was really good! It's just ...... This charcoal is still insufficient. “

Listening to Zhao Dezhao's praise for the Sun family's charcoal paving, Sun Ruhai was still very happy in his heart, but now he was talking about business, so naturally the other party could say anything, and then Sun Ruhai thought in his heart, "Do you want to do a charcoal business with me?" But when he heard that his charcoal was insufficient, his smiling eyes were full of anger.

Sun Ruhai chased, but said, "This ...... I don't know if what Zhao Dongjia said is true! Where are the shortcomings? “

"This ...... It's inconvenient to say, kid. Later, I'll show Sun Dongjia my improved coal, and Sun Dongjia will understand after reading it. ”

Zhao Kuangmei and He Lingtu naturally knew the shortcomings of the original coal, but the little girl named Wan'er next to her said: "This Zhao Dongjia, I don't know why you are not satisfied with the Sun family's coal?" Or do you have any good items for us to see? ”

"Juan'er, don't be rude!" Sun Ruhai reprimanded again.

"Sun Dongjia, Sun Xiaoniang, the one I said will be here soon." Zhao Dezhao said.

"Zhao Dongjia, my surname is Sun, my surname is Yan." The little girl named Wan'er grunched her mouth.

Zhao Dezhao smiled awkwardly, and then said, "I'm sorry, little lady Yan." ”

After a few seconds of embarrassment, Zhao Dezhao said again: "That's true! However, I did not come here today to do a charcoal business with the Sun Dongjia, I wanted to do another deal with the Dongjia. I don't know if Sun Dongjia can try my newly made charcoal. ”

Sun Ruhaihu was very suspicious, the charcoal is the charcoal, what is new, and asked: "I don't know where the charcoal mentioned by Zhao Dongjia is, what is the new law?" I'd like to take a look, old man. ”

Zhao Dezhao hurriedly said: "Sun Dongjia knew at a glance that I had already prepared some in the car when I came today, and let the little servants in the house bring them in later." ”

"Well, that's good. I also want to see what surprises Zhao Dongjia gives me! ”

"Of course, there are surprises. Li Yuanchang, you go and bring in my newly made charcoal with a few subordinates. ”

"Yes, Xiao Langjun." Li Yuanchang replied that in fact, it had already been transported to the coal.

After a while, the newly made charcoal that Zhao Dezhao said was brought in.

Sun Ruhai couldn't wait to lift the cloth covering it, and immediately revealed black cylinders, the size of a section like a locust tree planted on the mountain for several years. In addition, it was also stacked neatly, the middle of those pillars was hollow, Sun Ruhai felt very novel just by looking at these coals, he had never seen them, and the eyes of the little girl named Wan'er next to him were also staring straight away, completely like seeing alien creatures, and they didn't know what the things in front of them were used for, and the two blurted out at the same time: "What a strange design, is this charcoal, it turns out that charcoal can be made like this, but I don't know how it will be burned?" ”

Zhao Dezhao replied: "The surprise will continue later!" Let's wait and see! ”

Everyone waited quietly on the side, and after a while, Zhao Dezhao asked his subordinates to bring the briquette stove, and the subordinates took the honeycomb coal in turn according to Zhao Dezhao's instructions, and then took out the fire fold, ignited the honeycomb coal, and then put the ignited honeycomb coal in the furnace, the flames flickered, and the blue flame shone with the fire of hope, and then Zhao Dezhao called someone to fill the basin with water and put it on the stove to burn.

Sun Ruhai saw this novel stove, and praised it: "This furnace is very consistent with this charcoal, presumably Zhao Dongjia has spent a lot of thought, and this coal is hollow in the middle, it is very convenient to burn, and Mars is full of joy in it, if the original charcoal is very troublesome to do, often sparks are splashed, not to mention that the smell of this charcoal today has faded a lot, this furnace is very similar to the new charcoal made by Zhao Dongjia." The so-called good horse with a good saddle should be this reason. ”

And Yan Xiaoniang gave a thumbs up at this moment, and said praisefully: "Zhao Dongjia's whimsical ideas are really peculiar, the little woman admires it very much, and I hope to forgive me if I have offended!" ”

"Little lady Yan is too worried, I'm not a person who holds grudges." Zhao Dezhao waved his hand and said with a smile.

Yan Xiaoniang laughed out loud when she heard the "snort", and shouted: "Don't call the little girl like that, the little girl's name is Yan Mujuan, and the Zhao Dongjia still calls me 'Wan'er', you and I are the same age, then I'll call the Shaodong family Brother Zhao'er." ”

"Yes, Lady Juan'er." Zhao Dezhao was so-called, and his heart was very embarrassed, the women of this era still have the legacy of the Tang Dynasty, dare to be angry and dare to speak, laugh and chase, and the mountains are full of flowers.

"Brother Zhao, I'm just an uninformed woman, you and your grandfather have a chat in advance, I'll just watch from the sidelines, and I won't bother you." Yan Muwan shook her hand and stepped aside.

Zhao Dezhao nodded, turned his head suddenly, and continued: "What Sun Dongjia said is very true, this furnace and this charcoal are all figured out by the kid himself, I observed that the previous pieces of broken coal were one piece in the east and one in the west, and they were no longer heeded by stacking, so I figured out that it would be square, so I just got it." ”

"Oh? Is this broken, made? ”

"That's true."

As he spoke, before the half-pillar of incense arrived, the water in the basin boiled.

Sun Ruhai saw all this in front of him with his own eyes, and knew that everything Zhao Dezhao said today was true, and instantly understood that Zhao Dezhao's new production of charcoal has a higher utilization rate and cheaper price than in the past.

Sun Ruhai's heart surged with thoughts, and then asked, "I don't know what Zhao Dongjia's newly made charcoal and stove are called?" ”

Zhao Dezhao replied: "The middle of this coal is hollow, large and small more than a dozen holes, shaped like honeycomb, it is better to call it honeycomb coal, this furnace is called 'briquette furnace'!" The names of these two objects are very apt, and they are easy to remember, and people are very impressed when they hear it. ”

What's more, although there are coal bricks, fragrant briquettes and coke on the market today, the quality of the coal mined is still ordinary bituminous coal.

Of course, Sun Ruhai knew that the utilization rate of coal was not high now, and said without thinking: "Okay, yes, just rush these, old man, I will decide this business." ”

"Then how do you divide the honeycomb coal and the briquette stove in the opinion of the Sun family?"

"This is easy to do, since it was made up by your Zhao Dongjia, the old man will let a profit, how about it?"

"This is not good, the kid is just improving the charcoal, but I don't know much about this charcoal business, Sun Dongjia is a senior in this area, I still account for three to become good, after all, I am soft-spoken, not to mention that there is a Liu family charcoal shop as an opponent, it is indeed not appropriate to come forward, and I hope that the old-timers can understand my kindness."

"This ...... Isn't it that you have suffered? ”

"I don't suffer at all about this, I'm three and you are seven, not to mention that coal is not what I'm good at." Zhao Dezhao's words are considered from his own reality, now Guangwei Group is already a monopoly in Kaifeng, if it is not for the union of several restaurants in Kaifeng, his own business will not be able to do such a large scale, the original idea basically has a framework, but further modify and improve, the so-called open gun is easy to dodge, and the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent. Other restaurants are in alliance with themselves, and have eliminated a large part of the dark details for themselves, and they come out to do things to deal with people, people are particular about interests in the rivers and lakes, and the interests are good for themselves and everyone, why not do it, the money is endless, but the benefits of making connections to their prospects outweigh the disadvantages, not to mention that they also plan to hug their thighs.

"Alright then, we'll sign an agreement with each other and divide it according to what you say." Sun Ruhai was afraid that Zhao Dezhao would regret it, so he asked.

"Good!" The two hit it off.

Zhao Dezhao and Sun Ruhai entered the room, and then discussed the relevant matters of cooperation in detail, and the details were very pleasant, and after an hour, the two walked out of it with a smile. Then Zhao Dezhao, Sun Ruhai and others went to Kaifeng Mansion to register.

At this time, Zhao Dezhao and Sunjia Tanpu officially established a cooperative relationship. In the future, honeycomb coal and briquette stoves were sold in the Kaifeng market. Large families all went to Sun's coal shop to buy honeycomb coal and briquette stoves.

The business of Sun's charcoal shop is more prosperous than before, and the wealth is continuous, and then the family in Kaifeng is dominant, and Zhao Dezhao's wallet has also swelled a lot. During this period, the Liu family's charcoal shop business was a little stretched, and the number of people who came to buy it was decreasing every day, and such things began to arouse Liu Fang's vigilance.

……

At night, the north inn of Kaifeng Zhongcheng, who was called Lao Jiu by the lord, a man broke in excitedly, and before knocking on the door, he came in and said: "Big brother, there is news delivered." ”

The one-eyed old nine said: "What's the matter, so flustered." ”

The man said: "The eldest brother is worthy of the think tank military advisor around the lord, that Zhao Dezhao's line and every move are under our surveillance, recently I Changchun Hall wants to develop in Kaifeng, I secretly beckoned the gang leader on the Bianhe River, tracked him, and later found that he recently walked very close to Sun Ruhai of the Sun family's charcoal shop. Later, I found out that the business of Liujia's charcoal shop was not very good, which I thought was very problematic, and there were many articles in it. Later, I accidentally found these two items in Sun's charcoal shop, big brother, please take a look. ”

The one-eyed Lao Jiu's intact eyes suddenly opened, like an eagle falcon, shining brightly, and he said excitedly: "What are these two things?" “

The man remembered it for a long time, and still said in a hurry: "I heard that their merchant said that this is coal...... Cake oven, this is honeycomb...... Coal! ”

"Oh! The unheard, the unseen. Isn't this a charcoal, and what's new? ”

"Big brother, I'll do something for you, and you'll know."

Although the man is rough on the surface, clumsy, but his mind is extremely delicate, when the one-eyed Lao Jiu picked up such a small child on the road, he let him always be by his side, although he is older than him, but he doesn't like to call him master, like to call him big brother.

"You're observant and you're very detailed. The eldest brother is very satisfied with you, and the lord must be very happy to know it, but you continue to stare at Zhao Dezhao's every move, we are waiting for the news of the lord in Kaifeng, and in a few days, the lord will almost arrive in Kaifeng. ”

"Yes! Big brother" The man said goodbye to the one-eyed Lao Jiu, left the inn and went to the edge of the Bianhe River.

ps. At the invitation of an author, he deliberately fictionalized a character, [Yan Muwan, the granddaughter of the Sun family, appeared on the stage~]