Liu Ze laughed, lowered his voice and said: "Our brothers are not outsiders, I am here today to talk to you from the bottom of my heart, not to mention tens of millions of assets or hundreds of millions of assets in my Liu Ze's heart, it is just a little floating cloud." Four years later, the world will be in turmoil, when the time is the heroes and heroes, in the troubled times, there is the stage for you and my brothers, galloping, chasing the world, actually showing the true character of heroes! The third brother asked what the dividend is, at that time it will be the crown marquis, sit and enjoy the world, and now one of the qiē is the foundation for the future domination of the world, if you have money, you can recruit more soldiers and horses, if you have money, you can buy better equipment, if you have money, you can hire more talents, in short, today's efforts are the steps of tomorrow's success. ”

Liu Ze said passionately, Guan Zhang Jian listened to it with a heartfelt heart, Jian Yong bowed deeply and said: "The ambition of the lord is the ambition of Honghao, today Yongshi learned that the lord is in the world, with the universe in mind, Yong is willing to do his best in life to help the lord achieve great things." ”

"The future is farther away, the top priority is that we need to run this stall well, Xianhe Fang just mentioned the national price problem, this is a new chain business model, no matter where you are, the goods and services you enjoy are the same, you can make people trust and rely on this commodity, the popularization and promotion of goods has great benefits. Xianhe, you must do a good job in this work, strictly examine the qualifications of agents, and all those who do not meet the qualifications of agents and violate the agreement will be disqualified, and the branches in each state must appoint competent personnel to manage. I admit that under the current conditions, the transportation cost of coal and stone exported to Qingzhou and Xuzhou is under great pressure, and we have to have the intention of not making money or losing money, but in the long run, this business model has great prospects, and it is also the most effective way for us to cover all the states and counties in the north in the shortest possible time. Next year, I have planned to open a number of new coal mines in Pingdingshan, Yuzhou, Zaozhuang, Qingzhou, and many places in Bingzhou, so that all branches will be able to get coal and stone nearby, and the profits of various places will also tend to be balanced. ”

While he was talking, the person sent by Yangquan to inquire about the news came back to report.

The situation on Yangquan's side was something that Liu Ze was eager to understand. Since Zuo Feng and others took over the coal mine, they sent a large number of migrant workers to mine, and the initial mining was relatively smooth, but not long after, there was an unexplained explosion in the mine, igniting a raging fire, and billowing smoke came out from the wellhead, which did not stop for several days, and none of the migrant workers who entered the cave came out alive.

A series of explosions followed, causing more and more casualties among migrant workers, and many people did not want to go down to the mine again. However, Zuo Feng and others ignored the lives of the migrant workers and forcibly ordered the migrant workers to go into the cave for production.

It wasn't until later, for some reason, that many of the mine caves were flooded with water, and they couldn't go in at all, so Zuo Feng and others gave up.

"Without ventilation ducts, the gas in the mine will accumulate more and more, and sooner or later it will cause a big explosion. It's just that I didn't expect that Zuo Feng and those people were so careless about their lives, and the frequent accidents in the mine forced the migrant workers to go down the mine, which was really inhumane. "Liu Ze has long been determined not to have their good fruits to eat.

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "Well drowned, those bastards robbed our coal mine, this time it can be regarded as retribution." Well, now they're dumbfounded when they look at the mine that came out of the water, right? ”

The spy shook his head and said, "No." ”

Zhang Fei was stunned and said, "Could it be that they have other ways?" ”

"They brought in something like a cart and pumped water from the mine through a guò pipe."

Liu Ze was stunned, and immediately thought: "Waterwheel? Know how they got the waterwheel? ”

"I heard that it was made by Zhang Rang, the great eunuch in the palace."

Liu Ze said in his heart, why did I forget this stubble, when Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the eunuch Zhang Rang invented the waterwheel, and later after Zhuge Liang's transformation was widely used in Shu, I dare to love Zhang Rang to invent the waterwheel is not for agricultural production.

Zhang Fei was happy to see Bai, and couldn't help but be a little depressed. "Big brother, it looks like your plan is going to fall through."

"It doesn't hurt, even if the waterwheel can pump out some of the water in the mine, but a large amount of groundwater continues to grow, and they have no effective way to solve the problem of gas explosions, the amount of coal mining must be limited, the cost of coal mining is too high and the road is long, and they will be dumbfounded when they transport the coal and stone to Luoyang."

When Zuo Feng rushed to Luoyang to ask Zhang Rang for credit, Zhang Rang calculated the cost, and almost didn't go back, not to mention the selling price, that is, the cost is much higher than the coal and stone sold in the Luoyang market today.

Zuo Feng came up with the idea of snatching Liu Ze from Jingcheng and Shangdang's coal mine again, Zhang Rang slapped him hard and scolded him, what kind of bad idea did he come up with, he was happy to snatch back Yangquan Mountain to lose money, and it was useless to grab a few more and come back. Zhang Rang's mind was long gone, and he had already thought of an easier way to make money - to encourage the emperor to openly sell his official position.

The end of the year, in the blink of an eye is the New Year. Liu Ze and the others were roasting the hot stove in Fuyuanzhuang, and Jian Yong's abacus crackled non-stop. In general, business was booming this year, and after the price adjustment of coal and stone, sales continued to be hot, and news of out-of-stock came from branches around the country from time to time, and coal and stone were no longer a luxury exclusively for the rich.

Because the price is almost the same as charcoal, but the combustion value is many times higher than charcoal, more and more ordinary people have accepted this new way of heating, and coal and stone have gradually entered thousands of households, and it has replaced firewood as the first of the seven things to open the door. Although the selling price is only half of last year's, and the wholesale price is three to four percent less, due to the wide market coverage and large number of users, the profit has increased tenfold compared with last year.

The sales of Shu brocade were sold out in the summer, but the sales of porcelain greatly surprised Liu Ze. Originally, Liu Ze listed porcelain as an export commodity, and handed over a large amount of porcelain to Lukaz to do, but he just instructed Jian Yong to find a store near Fuyuanzhuang to display porcelain.

But the consumption power of the rich people in Luoyang is indeed good, although the price of porcelain is not expensive, but the buyers are endless, now the nobles of Luoyang do not have some blue and white porcelain plates, plates and cups, they are really embarrassed to invite guests to dinner, and the complete set of blue and white tableware has gradually become the special product of the wealthy family in Luoyang City. Many blue and white porcelain ornaments are sought after by literati because of the blue and blue, elegant, verdant and deep. Even the procurement eunuchs in the palace ran to the porcelain shop every now and then to see if there were any new goods on the market.

At the beginning, when Jian Yong told Liu Ze the good news, Liu Ze did not show joy, but shook his head and sighed. Jian Yong was puzzled and asked why.

Liu Ze replied: "Porcelain is precious, those who can afford it can't afford it, and those who can use it don't have to buy it." ”

Jian Yong was even more puzzled, and Liu Ze asked him: "Xianhe, have you read it carefully, who are all the people who come to buy porcelain?" Is there a prince and grandson, high-ranking officials and dignitaries? ”

"Most of the people who buy porcelain are petty officials and officials, businessmen and wealthy people, and there are no princes and grandchildren, high-ranking officials and dignitaries."

"Will these petty officials, these businessmen, drink tea and eat with blue and white porcelain tea utensils worth hundreds or thousands of taels?"

Jian Yong suddenly realized and said, "The meaning of the lord is that these people did not buy porcelain for their own use, but for gifts. ”

Liu Ze nodded and said: "In order to be promoted, and businessmen will naturally buy these exquisite and rare things at a high cost in order to buy and sell, and give gifts and bribes to high-ranking officials and dignitaries. ”

"The lord is too worried, even if there is no blue and white porcelain, the gift should not be the same, and the bribe should not be the same, what is the matter with the blue and white porcelain?"

"Today's Luoyang, everyone is proud of a set of blue and white porcelain, bribes and gifts of money and gold are not as good as sending blue and white porcelain, in the long run, the world is gradually falling, sigh."

Not long after, Jian Yong had already handed over the calculated account books to Liu Ze's hands, and with a spring breeze on his face, it was obvious that this year's revenue was unexpectedly good.

Liu Ze looked a little excited, looked at it slightly, returned the account book to Jian Yong, and said: "Let's still give everyone a red envelope as usual, which is three percent higher than last year, so that everyone can be happy and happy for the New Year." ”

Jian Yong promised, put away the account books, and went down to prepare.

Liu Ze stood at the window, looking at the snowflakes falling outside the window, thinking in his heart, the four years of light and harmony are coming, there are only three years left before the troubled times, and the time left for himself is only three years, how many things should be done and how many things can be done in these short three years? There are thousands of things, but Liu Ze doesn't know where to start first.

I don't know when, Guan Yu was already standing silently behind him, Liu Ze sighed, and said, "Yun Chang, you're here." ”

"Big brother, do you have something on your mind?" Guan Yu saw Liu Ze's preoccupied appearance, so he asked.

Liu Ze shook his head and said, "I can't talk about my heart, it's just a little sad." Yun Chang, what's the matter? ”

"The wine and food have been set up in the lobby, everyone is waiting for the eldest brother, and the big guy wants to get drunk with the eldest brother."

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is an annual practice in Fuyuanzhuang, and this year many new people have joined, and this meal is even bigger.

Liu Ze swept away the gloom on his face and laughed: "Okay, let's get drunk!" ”

After the Chinese New Year, Liu Ze immediately got busy, and set off to live in Zaozhuang in Qingzhou, Pingdingshan in Yuzhou and Jinyang in Bingzhou, to explore the terrain, find the source of minerals, recruit workers, and open mines to dig coal.

Fortunately, mining and digging coal is already a familiar road, and after traveling to several states one after another, and after the coal mines in various places have produced coal and stone, they arranged effective manpower to organize production, and Liu Ze, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and his party returned to Luoyang, when it was the end of spring.