However, there are more things that shocked the people of Pingyue.

After the An family moved out of the Chen family, Chen Liqun's suspected murder case was also tried openly in Pingyue, when the governor Fan Wei came to Pingyue again to inspect the trial, and even brought many people to watch it that day, wanting to see how the yamen would sentence Chen Liqun.

Through the deliberate propaganda of some people, the people of Pingyue have learned that honeycomb coal is not a thing that kills people, and that they will only die when a certain amount of toxic gas is absorbed. In other words, Chen Liqun is innocent. The people of Pingyue, who knew the news, were also invisibly relieved.

That's it, the second young master Chen Liqun is knowledgeable and polite, how can he be a murderer.

The result of the trial was as expected, Chen Liqun was acquitted in court, but because he was also negligent, he did not remind Zhao Chang, causing Zhao Chang's death was also a fault, and the Zhao family also forgave the Chen family, so they sentenced the Chen family to compensate the Zhao family with 100 silver dollars as compensation for the Zhao family.

Of course, the Chen family did not have a trace of complaints, and the people of the Zhao family also accepted this compensation.

As a result, the turmoil of the death of honeycomb coal can be regarded as an end. However, Pingyue's honeycomb coal furnace business is still difficult to get up. People know that honeycomb coal is something that can kill people after all, and if they have the courage to use it, many people are still afraid.

But just when the weather is getting colder and colder, people hesitate to use or not use honeycomb coal. Liu Songren, a landlord from Fengshan, bought 300 honeycomb coal stoves from Chen's house in one go, and then the landlord from Luping Township also bought 100 honeycomb coal stoves. Then, the lord of the Song family also bought fifty for the servants in the family, and the county order family also used a honeycomb coal stove.

Honeycomb coal has once again entered the field of vision of Pingyue people!

Then, when people were shocked and wondered how this group of people was not afraid of death, Zhang Xianmo, general manager of Pingyue Company, came out to refute the rumors, saying that using a honeycomb coal stove would not necessarily kill people, and that this kind of thing would not happen if the honeycomb coal stove was used to maintain ventilation. If someone is still afraid of dying with it, he can buy an insurance policy when he buys a honeycomb coal stove for five cents. If you continue to use the honeycomb coal stove and die, Pingyue Company will compensate the family with 500 yuan with the insurance policy, and bear the legal responsibility in the future!

As soon as this measure came out, the people of Pingyue, who were still waiting, no longer hesitated, and in one day, Pingyue once again set off a boom in buying honeycomb coal.

After all, compared with traditional charcoal and wood roasting, honeycomb coal is not only clean, but also convenient and beautiful. If you are afraid of death, just don't bring honeycomb coal into your house at night. If you use charcoal fires for heating, if a fire comes, won't you kill people? Moreover, the Chen family also used it, and the Song family also used it, they are not afraid of death, what are we ordinary people afraid of death?

Moreover, even if he died, wouldn't there be five hundred more?

Thinking in this way, no one can refuse honeycomb coal, a new fuel, and Pingyue once again set off a boom in the use of honeycomb coal stoves. Even a few days later, the villages around Pingyue, Fengshan, Luping, Lishan and other places also began to use honeycomb coal.

This winter, the people of Pingyue finally experienced a different warmth from the usual winter.

However, Chen Liqing did not see this warm scene.

Guiyang.

This is one of the most lively streets in Guiyang, and although it is winter, there are still many people walking back and forth.

At this moment, in one part of the street, there was a sudden crackling sound of firecrackers.

People suddenly stopped to look over and saw that in the middle of a string of old street shops, there was a very red-decorated shop in front of firecrackers.

"Come on, come on, let's take a look, Chen's new catering buffet hot pot opened today, 5 cents a person, 5 cents a person, vegetables, fatty meat, rice, you can eat as you like! As long as five cents, everyone can enjoy the open hot pot buffet in winter! ”

"Come on, come on, take a look, take a look, Chen's new self-service hot pot is on the market!"

"The warm enjoyment of winter is in Chen's self-service hot pot, as long as five cents, you can eat as much as you want, and you can choose from a hundred dishes!"

In front of the restaurant, a line of neatly dressed people shouted into the street what people had heard for the first time.

"Self-service hot pot?"

"Five cents a piece, what is this?"

People were curious, and when they looked through the glass of the restaurant, they saw that the restaurant was full of neat and new tables and utensils.

People know that this is a restaurant that can serve hot pot?

What is this?

The people of this era were so curious about everything new that a crowd of people quickly gathered in front of the restaurant, but there were only those who watched the excitement, those who were tempted and suspicious, and no one went in to try it.

The price of five cents per person seems to be a bit expensive, and according to the exchange of one to fifty yuan with the later generations, it is equivalent to 20 yuan.

Twenty yuan These people can buy thirty-four large meat buns, and whoever eats them will die!

And now, what kind of self-service hot pot to eat for five cents, although the new things make people curious, but in order to try this unknown new thing, spend twenty yuan, and no one still has the courage!

"Little brother, is five cents really a bit expensive? Will these people come in and eat? ”

In the restaurant, Chen Liqun looked at the person standing outside the door who was only looking at him, and couldn't help but ask Chen Liqing again.

Self-service hot pot, of course, is something made by Chen Liqing.

Because of the super farm, his family's current all kinds of vegetables, as well as ducks, broiler chickens, etc., plus the vegetables that the farmers helped him plant, etc., have reached the time when the harvest is about to be, and the vegetables with high yield will come in large quantities. Therefore, Chen Liqing has long had the idea of dealing with so many unsalable vegetables, meat, chicken, and duck.

The self-service hot pot is a good idea.

I think when he was a student, he often went to eat buffet hot pot. Because you can eat meat in large pieces, you can eat it with an open stomach, and you don't care if you die. And now, in this era of extreme scarcity of materials, ordinary people may not be able to eat enough and eat meat.

And now that he is opening such a hot pot restaurant that eats casually, eats meat, eats vegetables, and eats white rice, people must have been a little hesitant and worried for the first time, but once someone starts, Chen Liqing can expect that this model of catering will definitely make people crazy!

Eating enough is still the pursuit of most people in this era, and opening such a restaurant that allows them to eat and even eat, Chen Liqing believes that no one can refuse.

As for the fear of losing money?

Do you have the capital?

To grow vegetables, Chen Liqing and his family have already contracted them to farmers in the form of a share, and they can harvest all kinds of vegetables without even paying a penny. Raising chickens and ducks? There is basically no cost to this, and Chen Liqing has already distributed chickens and ducks to various farmers according to the situation of growing vegetables.

Give them 100 to raise, 46 points, the Chen family wants 60%, and those chickens and ducks are raised with vegetable residues, and the cost is also very small.

Chickens and ducks, vegetables, this is a temporary kind.

When the spring of the next year comes, with the upgrading of Chen Liqing's farm, he will have more livestock and more vegetables, and when the time comes, the variety of dishes in their hot pot restaurant will only increase, and by that time, Chen Liqing will even open this kind of self-service hot pot situation to the whole country.

Haven't the people of the whole country not had enough to eat? What about giving them this surplus food to eat?

If Chen Liqing hadn't thought about making a little money to feed many workers, pay wages to workers, and earn some money to support the army and buy arms, he would have wanted to levy a dime just for his surname. After all, all over the country, it is compatriots who are starving, so what's the point of letting compatriots eat for free?

But this is just a beautiful idea, and Chen Liqing can do this far, which is already very good. They also need to transport vegetables from Pingyue to Guiyang, and they always have to charge some fees to pay wages, right? The consumption of honeycomb coal, stoves, tables and chopsticks in a hot pot restaurant always costs a little, right?

Free, small charges are doomed to be unlikely.

However, starting the self-service hot pot, Chen Liqing believes that he will soon be able to make people across the country eat and dress at will!

"Second brother, don't be afraid, didn't the eldest brother already go and call their classmates in the new military camp? I believe that as long as someone comes in, we don't have to worry about the next thing. Chen Liqing looked at the people, thinking about the future, and his face was full of confidence.

"Well, let's hope they'll accept the price." Looking at the little brother's self-confidence, Chen Liqun didn't feel too worried.

Sure enough, soon, when people were watching and watching outside, suddenly a group of uniformed soldiers came to the streets.

"Hehe, the eldest brother is here, the second brother, tell everyone to hurry up and prepare!" Through the glass, he saw Chen Lijun standing up among the soldiers, and Chen Liqing stood up with a smile.

"Well, Brother Yong, go and get ready!" Chen Liqun turned around decisively and commanded Zhao Yong.

"Okay, Second Young Master, let's go and prepare!" Although Zhao Yong's father's death has a lot to do with the Chen family, Zhao Yong has already put down the mustard and continued to work for the Chen family.

"Haha, second brother, little brother, I'm coming out to pick up guests, look who I'm bringing here!"

As soon as the arrangement was made, Chen Lijun's loud voice rang out outside the door.

The first guests of the self-service hot pot have arrived!

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