sent Cai Mao back to wait for news, and Xu Liang didn't have anything special for the rest of the day. Because he is a Hanzhong Dao is a painful idle position, if Xu Liang doesn't want to take care of things, he can basically retire. The premise is to be able to safely solve the source of hundreds of mouths of silver on Hanzhong Road.

Since Xu Liang took office, the money of the Hanzhong Dao Yamen has basically been paid out of his own pocket. Fortunately, the Hanzhong Dao Yamen is Xu Liang's own people inside and out, and he doesn't feel distressed when he spends this money.

Xu Liang rarely had time to spare, so he took Lou Xian'er to visit the scenic spots near Hanzhong all day long, not doing business.

The head of the Tsing Yi guard and a few Tsing Yi guards from the garrison were also happy, following Xu Liang all day long, happily stretching out.

And in the entire Hanzhong Dao Yamen, there are only 100 people from the officials to the men, and there are only two people in total, Xu Liang and Wang Qinian, and now Xu Liang is no longer doing his job, and Wang Qinian is left alone in the entire yamen.

There is a way that there are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkeys are the kings. It is said that Shangguan is not there, and Wang Qinian should have a good life. But the actual situation is that Wang Qinian has been extremely guilty for a while.

Wang Qinian is a person with great pursuits, and he has followed Xu Liang for nearly three months, but he has not played any special role. Xu Jiang's student registration case Wang Qinian did not make much effort, and the funding problem of the Hanzhong Provincial Yamen, although Wang Qinian vaguely guessed that Xu Liang wanted to fall on the honeycomb coal.

However, this kind of honeycomb coal, which has now replaced firewood in the back kitchen of the Hanzhong Dao Yamen, was still thought up by the wise and martial Xu Shenzheng. Wang Qinian followed Xu Liang to Dingjunshan Coal Mine and Cai Yuanwai's two factories throughout the whole process, but he didn't have any suggestions, and he became a repeat visitor.

Lord Wang, who has a strong sense of responsibility, sat at the entrance of the lobby of the Hanzhong Dao Yamen with his chin propped up. looked at the clear and quiet Hanzhong Dao Yamen, and racked his brains to think about how to behave in front of Xu Liang. It also reflects the value of his Wang Qinian.

At noon, Song Chaodu, the prefect of Hanzhong, came to the Yamen of Hanzhong Province. I saw Wang Qinian squatting on the steps at the entrance of the lobby, supporting his chin with both hands, his eyes fluttering, as if he was in a fugue.

Governor Song asked curiously, "Wang Experience, is Lord Xu in the mansion?" ”

Wang Qinian glanced at the Song Governor's Mansion, but he didn't have any special reaction, he pointed out and muttered, "Lord Xu and Mrs. Xu went out for an outing." ”

Song Zhifu followed Wang Qinian's gesture to look at the direction, and saw that the direction of Wang Qinian's right finger seemed to be the direction of the latrine. couldn't help but glance at Wang Qinian suspiciously, shook his head, and turned to leave.

Wang Qinian wandered for a while, suddenly shuddered, looked at the gate of the yamen suspiciously, and said, "It seems that the Song Governor's Mansion is here?" Why did you leave again? He shook his head again and rubbed his face with both hands to refresh himself. Wang Qinian stood up and patted the dust off his clothes with both hands. After looking at the sky, he raised his feet and walked in the direction of the back kitchen, shaking his head and sighing as he walked: "It's lunch time again, go and see if the food in the kitchen is ready...... Fuck. I'm like this whole rice bucket! ”

Wandering into the kitchen, Wang Qinian saw that the cook and men of the yamen were busy.

Wang Qinian looked east and west, and unconsciously stood beside the guy who was watching the fire. His eyes fell on the iron stove used to make the soup, and the three pieces of honeycomb coal in the furnace were burning red.

Wang Qinian stared at the iron stove in a daze.

The approachable Wang experience is also very good. Seeing Wang Qinian staring at the iron stove, the guy opened the conversation. Said: "Lord Wang, you said that our adults made this honeycomb coal, do you plan to use it to make a lot of money?" ”

Wang Qinian came back to his senses and said, "That's nature. I think the adults are going to do a big deal this time. That Cai Yuanwai had already promised to transfer the coal mine on Dingjun Mountain. With the size of the coal mine, I don't think your business will be small this time. ”

When the man heard this, he also said with honor: "This honeycomb coal made by adults is really a good thing, it is flammable, the fire is stable, and there is no black smoke." If you decide to do this business, you will definitely make money from the old nose. ”

Wang Qinian listened and chuckled: "What do you know about this young man." ”

At this time, the old cook cooked the last dish, put it on the plate, wiped his hands with the scarf on his body, and then nodded at the little man and smiled: "You little fellow, don't look at the honeycomb coal made by Lord Xu, if Lord Xu makes some doll mansions, it will be okay, if you make a lot of money with this honeycomb coal, it is not so easy." ”

The young man listened, but he was not convinced, and glared and argued: "The things made by adults are so good, they don't smoke when they burn, can't they make money?" I don't believe it. ”

The cook smiled and pouted, "Otherwise, you kid has been following me for so many years, but you're still a young man." It's too easy to think of as a problem. Let me ask you, if you want to sell these honeycomb coals in large quantities, you have to find someone to buy them, right? You see that this honeycomb coal is not easy to make, the key is that this kind of coal must be burned with this iron stove, with a small-caliber iron pot, just this set of guys, it has to spend a lot of money, right? In ordinary people's homes, whose backyard is not full of firewood, who bothered to buy these things and waste money! ”

"This ......" The young man was still unconvinced, his face turned red, and he wanted to argue a few words, but he didn't know how to refute it. It is true that this young man is also from a poor family, in his little experience, this mountain is full of trees, as long as he is not lazy to get home, he can cut a load of firewood back from the mountain, dry it, split it into small pieces, and throw it into the stove to make a fire, and no one will waste money to buy an iron stove and buy a small pot, just to be able to burn this kind of honeycomb coal that does not smoke! Besides, in order to make money, the honeycomb coal sold by Lord Xu is definitely not cheap.

The young man was at a loss for words, but he still held his breath and refused to admit defeat, so he turned to Wang Qinian for help: "Lord Wang, isn't it as he said?" Uh, Lord Wang? ”

The cook heard the young man's cry different, so he looked at Wang Qinian, and couldn't help but scream. I saw that Wang Qinian's face became pale and pale, his lips trembled, and his hands clenched under his long sleeves into fists. Pinched extremely tightly, the green tendons on the back of the hand protruded.

"Your Excellency?" The cook called Wang Qinian worriedly.

Wang Qinian slowly turned his head. Reluctantly gave the cook an ugly smile and waved his hand, "I'm fine." "Say it. Wang Qinian turned around and walked out of the kitchen, but his steps were floating when he left, as if he was drunk.

Out of the kitchen, Wang Qinian couldn't stop cheering for himself in his heart: I will never let the lord's things not sell, never!

Xu Liang and Lou Xian'er and others returned at night. After having dinner in the backyard, Xu Liang said: "Suqin and Luo Baiguan will arrive tomorrow, arrange someone to clean the yamen inside and out in the morning, be sure to give Suqin a good impression of neatness." ”

Lou Xian'er nodded with a smile and said, "This is not a matter of effort. As soon as I got back, I arranged for someone. ”

Xu Liang nodded, and suddenly remembered that his group had come back and hadn't seen Wang Qinian, so he couldn't help asking, "Hey, where did Qinian go?" Why didn't you come over for dinner? ”

The iron head pouted and said: "I went to Lord Wang's room to see, Lord Wang is hiding in the house alone, I don't know what he is studying, and the gods are chattering." ”

Xu Liang sighed, but he didn't care. He waved his hand and said, "I will order someone to bring dinner over in a moment." Qi Nian is a genius and will be of great use to me. ”

The next day, the entire Hanzhong Dao Yamen began to get busy, and Lou Xian'er commanded his subordinates to carefully clean the inside and outside of the Hanzhong Dao Yamen. The entire Hanzhong Dao Yamen has a new look.

Feng Suqin's carriage arrived at the Yamen of Hanzhong Province as scheduled. Xu Liang led Lou Xian'er and others out of the gate and welcomed Feng Suqin into the yamen. I haven't seen her for more than a month, and Feng Suqin has become more and more calm in Xu Liang's eyes. Elegant, generous. It really deserves the demeanor of Mrs. Xufu.

When Feng Suqin arrived, Xu Liang accompanied her to talk about the pain of missing. The day passed quickly. Of course, Xu Liang also told Feng Suqin again in the process that he wanted to vigorously promote honeycomb coal. Feng Suqin didn't say anything at the time, but said that she would check it out in person.

Feng Suqin became more and more characteristic of a strong woman in the shopping mall, which made Xu Liang appreciate it very much, and the next day, according to Feng Suqin's request, he informed Cai Yuanwai and personally accompanied him to visit the Dingjunshan Coal Mine, Pottery Factory and Brick Factory again.

Cai Yuanwai learned that this radiant woman was Xu Shenzheng's wife, and she was the person who would take over her own industry in the future, so she became more and more respectful and enthusiastic towards Feng Suqin, lowered her head, bent her waist, and carefully followed Feng Suqin's side, almost to the point of knowing everything and saying everything.

After returning to the Hanzhong Dao Yamen, Feng Suqin signed the transfer contract as he said, and paid off the silver taels on the spot. Seeing that the transfer was done so smoothly, Cai Yuan couldn't help but be overjoyed, and after receiving the silver ticket of 12,000 taels, Cai Mao turned to respectfully change his words and shouted: "Lord Xu, Mrs. Xu, now the three properties under Cai's name are Liang Ji's." In the future, the two owners will no longer have to call Cai from other places. If the two of you can afford it, you can call Cai a certain shopkeeper. ”

Feng Suqin listened, oh, and looked at Xu Liang suspiciously.

Xu Liang coughed lightly twice and explained: "Ahem, Suqin, when I negotiated with Cai Yuanwai that day, I promised Cai Yuanwai that even if we acquired the property under Cai Yuanwai's name, Cai Yuanwai could still stay in Liang Ji to do things." ”

Feng Suqin listened, pondered for a while, and still had a certain agreement with Cai Mao's business ability in her heart. At that moment, he smiled lightly at Cai Mao and said, "In this case, then I will call you Cai Shopkeeper." Shopkeeper Cai, for how to operate the three industries, my father-in-law and I have not made up our minds for the time being, and the operation of the three industries is still more troubled by Lao Cai. Saying that, he pointed to Luo Baiguan on the side and said: "This is Luo Baiguan, the chief manager of Liang Ji, if the shopkeeper Cai needs financial support, he can ask the general manager Luo to withdraw it." ”

Cai Mao listened, and after recognizing Luo Baiguan, he happily said goodbye.

After Cai Mao left, Feng Suqin looked at Xu Liang and said solemnly: "Xianggong, you decided to promote honeycomb coal, which is a bit reckless. ”

Xu Liang looked at Feng Suqin's serious expression, smiled slightly, and said, "What, Suqin thinks there is something wrong?" ”

Feng Suqin thought for a while and said, "I admit that the honeycomb coal produced by Xianggong has a lot of merits, and the price of Xianggong's acquisition of Cai Mao's three industries is indeed very low. It's just that if you want to promote your honeycomb coal, it's not an easy thing. And even if it is launched, it will not be possible to achieve it in the short term if it wants to reach the level that everyone recognizes. ”

Then, Feng Suqin also said some analyses similar to what Wang Qinian heard from the cook. It can be seen that Xu Liang, Lou Xian'er, Tietou and the others nodded again and again when they heard this, and their faces when they looked at Xu Liang also became worried.

Xu Liang listened with a smile, and was about to explain, Wang Qinian interjected and said: "My lord, in fact, the problem that the eldest lady said, Xia Guan has been thinking about how to properly solve it these days. ”

"Oh?" Xu Liang and the others all looked at Wang Qinian, and Xu Liang encouraged: "What do you think of Qinian, tell me about it." ”

The iron-headed monster shouted, "Wow, I'm still the king, what are you doing in the room alone for the past two days, I was thinking about things!" ”

Wang Qinian smiled awkwardly and said: "Lord, let's talk about the most important problem first, the cost of honeycomb coal, according to the demolition method of the lower officials, the cost of a piece of honeycomb coal is two to three cents, according to this price, compared with wood and charcoal, there is indeed no advantage." If the cost can be reduced to less than one penny, and that piece of coal can be sold for two pennies, then this kind of honeycomb coal is still very profitable. ”

At this time, Lou Xian'er said disappointedly: "A piece of honeycomb coal only makes a penny when it is sold, so what else is there to make?" Profit is one-third of Liang Kee's soap cream......"

Wang Qinian arched his hand and said: "In fact, if you add the transportation costs halfway, the profit of a piece of honeycomb coal is not even a penny." However, honeycomb coal is a consumable that every household has to use, and the consumption is amazing, if each household makes a fire to cook twice a day, and burns two pieces of honeycomb coal each time, then the consumption of honeycomb coal in a day will be 40,000 yuan, and 1.2 million yuan a month, and the average profit of each piece of coal is a penny, then the monthly profit of a place in Guanghan Zhongcheng will be about 1,200 taels. And Hanzhong Prefecture has 12 prefectures and counties, excluding those small towns with less than 10,000 households, so the monthly profit of Hanzhong Prefecture alone is at least 14,000 taels or more. Shaanxi has more than a dozen state capitals under its jurisdiction, so if you calculate it, the profit of Shaanxi Province alone in a month will be more than 140,000 taels, so a year's ......"

Wang Qinian didn't say the rest of the words, but the people in the room understood the implication. Lou Xian'er was already so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth, she never expected that a small piece of black coal could bring millions of taels of silver a year.

Xu Liang pursed his lips, pulled everyone back to reality from the shock, and said, "Don't be frightened by Qi Nian's analysis. Although the estimated profit is considerable, it is based on the fact that the people have approved the honeycomb coal, and we have opened up the market, and there is no one else to compete with us, this budget can be realized. ”

Xu Liang's words woke everyone up. Lou Xian'er immediately looked at Wang Qinian dissatisfiedly and said, "It turns out that Lord Wang said that he was polite and energetic, but he was just talking on paper, which made me happy in vain." ”

Wang Qinian looked at Lou Xian'er in a daze, and said, "So, next the next official is going to talk about the issue of honeycomb coal promotion that I thought of." (To be continued......)