Not to mention others, even Han Che, a student of Tongwenguan who just joined Huayang half a month ago, couldn't figure out what Mr. was going to do, so he invited the owners of various coal banks to talk about it, why is this?

After sending a circle of invitations, after returning to Huayang, Han Che looked at the gentleman who was sitting there drinking tea and reading a book, and directly said his opinion, the reason why he came to Huayang was entirely because of Mr., since the two first met that day, whenever he was watching "SeaPowerTheory" when there was something incomprehensible, he would discuss it with Mr., and every time Tang Haoran could give him some inspiration, from the importance of sea power to the construction of the navy.

Whether it is worship or teacher affection, half a month ago, Mr. just asked casually, asking him if he was willing to come to the number to help, and he agreed, seeing that Mr. relied on a few seemingly simple methods, almost swallowed most of the capital's coal business, but he couldn't help but admire.

And now, in his opinion, the reason why he invited these people to the banquet was probably because of their business.

"Sir, the students think that the owners of the 27 coal stores invited by Mr. will never sell the coal stores to Huayang!"

"Oh?"

Looking at Han Che who was sitting down, Tang Haoran put down the book in his hand and smiled.

"Tell me about it?"

For Han Che to call himself a "student", he attaches great importance to this title, in this era of heaven and earth, what a noble term a teacher is, it has always been shameful for students to betray their teachers, and more importantly, this student is indeed different from others, maybe he can also become his "comrade" in the future.

"Sir, from the student's point of view, these 27 coal shops are all the best coal shops in the capital in the past, but they are also time-honored brands in the coal shops, and the worst ones have been doing business for more than 100 years.

Listening to Han Che's words, Tang Haoran just nodded slightly.

"Indeed, they won't sell!"

They will not sell the coal shop to themselves, and correspondingly, the corners of Tang Haoran's lips raised slightly, and he said with a smile.

"I won't buy it either!"

What the?

Han Che looked at Mr. puzzled, his eyes full of doubts,

"Why buy a coal shop?"

Tang Haoran asked rhetorically,

"First, we now have 16 coal stores inside and outside the city, the distribution is reasonable, and then expand, I am afraid there will be a waste of manpower, which increases the operating costs, although the shopping mall is like a battlefield, but on the battlefield, it is not that the more people, the better, otherwise there will be no soldiers and not expensive, this business is the same. What we have to do is to give full play to the power in our hands and make reasonable use of it,"

While the gentleman explained, Han Che sat there and listened attentively, as if he was in class.

"Second, it is the most important thing, outsiders see that we have spread the stall so big, I don't know how much money we have, but you know, the cash on the number is not more than 1,000 taels, just such a small amount of money, how can we buy those coal shops?"

"What do you mean, sir?"

Han Che asked puzzled.

"Handa, let me ask you, what is the worst thing we have right now?"

What's the worst?

When Han Che seemed a little puzzled, Tang Haoran had already picked up the book again, continued to look at the "Taixue" in his hand, and occasionally used a pencil to make some notes on the paper, but occasionally brought in a few "typos" in their mouths, which were actually "simplified characters".

Suddenly, Han Che said loudly as if he had an understanding.

"Sir, I see, you want to ...... But, sir, the student doesn't understand, why do you do this? ”

The banquet in Yumanlou is very lively, but it is just dark, there are four tables in the big private room of Yumanlou, each table is full of 27 coal owners, without exception, everyone has a sad face, even when greeting each other, they all seem to be angry, the big guys look at each other, can see the recent business from each other's eyebrows.

"Brothers, seniors, brother Huayang has recently ventured into the coal market, and I ask you to bear with me if it is inappropriate!"

It seems to be polite, but anyone can hear the faint smugness in Tang Haoran's words, and suddenly a few people are unhappy, Tang Haoran didn't notice the change in their expressions, and smiled slightly in his heart.

Li Tingyu, who was sitting on the side, looked at Tang Haoran a few more times, this person looked really different from others, not only was he much taller than others, but more importantly, he showed momentum when he spoke, it was not the official authority that the officials shook out in front of the people, yes, how to say it? Well, neither humble nor arrogant, yes, that's the momentum.

"The reason why this brother held a banquet in Yuman Building is to make amends to all the brothers and seniors in the industry, and secondly, he has a business that he wants to talk to you about!"

Talking about business?

Li Yuting and the others were all slightly stunned.

"Brother Li, what do you say this Tang Ziran sang today?"

Yang Shuren leaned over to Li Tingyu beside him and asked softly.

"Who knows, this is singing!"

Li Tingyu shook his head helplessly.

"What kind of business are you talking about, almost all of the briquette business in the capital has been robbed by Hua Yang, and the big guy can't even drink saliva now, what else is there to talk about!"

It was Wang Decai of Wang Ji who spoke, but he was in his twenties, and he had just taken over Wang Ji's business after his father died a few years ago.

"That's it, it's a big deal, your Huayang has eaten all the business, and we can all shut down!"

Another complaint sounded, but isn't it, in their opinion, this Hua Yang is not according to common sense at all, a few cards a dozen, are about to squeeze the big guy to death.

"Brother Liu, this is surprising!"

Turning around slightly, looking at Liu Dongjia, who was full of unwillingness, Tang Haoran smiled.

"With such a big capital, how can it use tens of thousands of catties of coal a year, and so much business, how can Huayang eat it? Even if the brothers have a gluttonous desire, I'm afraid they will die in the end! ”

Tang Haoran's joke did not resonate with everyone, and then he put away his smile and looked at everyone and said.

"Today, Haoran invited the big guy over, just to discuss with everyone what to do with this business in the future!"

"What else to do, with your honeycomb coal, the big guy's business can't be done!"

"Then if the brother passed on the method of making honeycomb coal?"

Before Tang Haoran's words fell, everyone in the room was shocked, and Li Tingyu stood up in surprise and asked.

"Is that true?"

"That's it, Tang Dongjia, this is not a joke, everyone here is a witness!"

Hearing him say this, there will be any complaints from the people, for fear that they will regret it.

"That honeycomb coal is the signboard of Huayang, why is Tang Dongjia willing to take out the recipe?"

Yang Shuren asked puzzled, as soon as he asked, everyone immediately thought of it, that honeycomb coal is the signature of Huayang, but how could he be so generous?

"Brother just said, the business in this capital is so big, it is not something that Hua Yanghao's family can eat, since he can't eat it, how can his brother eat alone?"

Laughing and clenching his fists, Tang Haoran continued to apologize.

"Brother came to the capital for the first time, and he dared to break into this business, and he had offended many things before, please forgive me!"

Tang Haoran's reparation made Li Tingyu a little unsuspicious that he had other intentions, so he tried to ask.

"Then I don't know how Brother Tang transferred this honeycomb coal, but what are the conditions?"

Li Tingyu's words happened to hit the point, and everyone hurriedly looked at Tang Haoran, wanting to hear him say the conditions.

"Hmmm! What Li Dongjia said is extremely true! ”

Looking at everyone with a smile, Tang Haoran stood up and said.

"Honeycomb coal is a new type of briquette developed by brothers who meditated for several months, the people use it to save coal, not to mention, the profits during the period, you are all coal experts, naturally do not need to explain to the brothers, when the brothers are in the West, they know that the West has a patent law, neither the inventor granted, others are not allowed to imitate its invention, otherwise a rate is illegal, not a brother philistine, since the brother transferred out of this honeycomb coal method, there is always a need for some returns! It is also a precedent for my coal industry, so that in the future, he will not produce new coal for others to gain! so that the inventor is deprived of his benefit. ”

Is it possible to ask for silver in return?

"Therefore, the brothers set two charters, one is the right to use, each line can directly buy coal machines from me to make honeycomb coal, but since then, each briquette brother will mention a penny of patent money!"

What the!

Everyone looked at Tang Haoran in surprise, he mentioned a penny for a briquette, which didn't seem to be much, but if it sells millions of catties of honeycomb coal a year, isn't it just a few thousand taels of silver, and if it goes on for so long, it can still be obtained, aren't these 27 coal stores just going to make money for him?

"Brother Tang, this seems to be wrong!"

"Since you don't want to, then there is another way, which is a one-time buyout, three thousand taels!"

Three thousand taels!

When Tang Haoran gave this offer, everyone was silent for a while, three thousand taels, not much, but definitely a lot, the profit of a coal bank in a year is only ten thousand taels, just when everyone was hesitating, Yang Shuren suddenly gritted his teeth and looked at Tang Haoran and said.

"Tang Dongjia, this is true!"

The reason why Yang Shuren is willing to spend these three thousand taels of silver is not because of anything else, but because Tang Haoran's words evoked the old things of the Yang family.

"If the Yang Dong family is interested, you and I can set up a note, and with the word as a basis, what else does the Yang Dong family have to worry about!"

"In that case, then count me as one!"

Li Tingyu also responded, three thousand taels is really not much, and it saves a lot of trouble, there are two people who take the lead, and others naturally follow suit, but it is only a moment of effort, 27 coal banks have promised to be willing to buy out the honeycomb coal recipe, as for the additional 20 taels of silver a briquette machine, naturally it is not a problem, an iron sieve will cost dozens of taels of silver, although it is said that a hundred units are bought at a time, you can do it yourself in the future, and you can buy it, once you buy it out and let yourself be the master, this business is not a loss.

After the business was negotiated, the sadness on everyone's faces suddenly disappeared, and all their faces showed joy.

(The second change, there is a change around 9 o'clock, ask for recommendation, ask for collection!) Thanks! ）