"Give me a three-core coal stove and 50 honeycomb coals, so that you don't have to buy firewood in the future, and you can also save a lot of expenses."

Someone started, and someone immediately spoke.

"I'll also have a three-core coal stove and 50 honeycomb coals."

"I also want a single-core coal stove and 20 honeycomb coal!"

When the others saw it, they immediately began to shout one by one, scrambling for fear that if they missed it, they would not be able to take advantage.

"Don't worry, don't worry, our store has sufficient supply, everyone line up, everyone has it!"

When the shopkeeper saw this posture, he also hurriedly said.

As the words of the shopkeeper fell, the people around slowly lined up, and at the same time, more people came to consult, and after the consultation, there were more people in line, and a long queue was soon formed.

"You find someone to buy some back, I want to see if it really works."

Zhang Shijie looked at this scene, thought about it, and commanded the housekeeper beside him.

"Yes!"

The butler replied respectfully, and then gave an order to one of the guards beside him, and soon the guard also went to line up.

"What are you doing here, old man?"

Here, Zhang Shijie also came to Changlong's side, and when he saw an old man with gray hair, he also asked gently.

The old man looked at Zhang Shijie, and then looked at the few people around Zhang Shijie, knowing that the person in front of him was either rich or expensive, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he said respectfully: "If you go back to your nobles, we are buying honeycomb coal." ”

"What's so special about this honeycomb coal that it's worth waiting in a long queue?"

Zhang Shijie smiled and asked.

"What's special, I don't know very well, I just know, this honeycomb coal is cheap, the nobles may not know, this charcoal, it has risen to almost 600 Wen, even with this firewood is also rising in price, we little people really can't bear it."

The old man said very sincerely, for them, the people at the bottom, cheap and practical are the best.

"If this honeycomb coal is really good, we will have a better winter, otherwise we don't know how many people will freeze to death."

"Old man, someone around you is freezing to death?"

Although Zhang Shijie already knew that there were freezing to death every day in Liaodong County, he still pretended to be surprised and said.

"How can anyone not freeze to death this winter, some people will inevitably freeze to death every year, just yesterday, my next-door neighbor and my one-year-old Li Tou froze to death."

"This firewood and charcoal are too expensive, the colder the weather, the more expensive it is, our little people's, winter is the hardest, buy heating firewood and don't have much money to buy food, buy grain and have no money to buy firewood and charcoal for heating."

"It's a difficult day!"

"I hope that if the honeycomb coal from the Kyushu coal industry is really as good as they say, this winter will be better."

The old man saw that Zhang Shijie, a noble man, was willing to listen to himself, and he was also very talkative, and he chattered about it, and the hardships of the life of the people at the bottom were also shown at once in front of Zhang Shijie, Su Shuang and others.

I heard this old man say that if you buy firewood, you have no money and no food, and you have no money to buy firewood, as for the charcoal for heating, for the people at the bottom, it is an unimaginable luxury, and this charcoal is too expensive.

Zhang Shijie looked in the direction of Luoyang, his face was a little ugly. Now the one in the palace probably thinks that the world is peaceful and prosperous!

If he could, he really wanted the courtiers to listen to the old man's words, and saw with his own eyes the difficult life of ordinary people in the real estate.

There are people like the old man, the conditions are extremely limited, and every penny is eager to be turned into two cents to spend, and every time this firewood rises, the food in their mouths will be a little less, and the winter is the most difficult.

"Time has changed, and if it doesn't change, how long can this world last?"

A question suddenly popped up in Zhang Shijie's mind, and then he shook his head and laughed at himself, what is he doing as a businessman to these.

"Shijie, it's not something you and I can stop." Su Shuang said lightly that he wanted the family to last forever, not to worry about the country and the people.

Zhang Shijie didn't speak, the eldest brother and his ambitions were different. What he wants is to serve the court, and the country is in front of his family.

Su Shuang, on the other hand, believes that the family and the country are all in the world, and everything is based on the interests of the family.

"However, I'm curious about what Su Yu thinks of the current big man?" Su Shuang said to himself, as if he was saying to himself, as if he was asking someone for an answer.

"Big brother wants to know the answer, you can go to the Drunken Wind Building, which is the favorite place for strangers, where does Su Gongzi often go to talk to people!" Zhang Shijie smiled.

Su Shuang also chuckled and said, "Yiren is indeed a capable person, the city lord of Yancheng and the people around him have several great talents, and they have a clear analysis of the situation of the Great Han, which is admirable. ”

Su Shuang nodded, quite agreeing, and said: "I have done business with the people of Yancheng, and I have to say that they are talented, and the army under their command is strong in combat and disciplined, and hundreds of thousands of inhumans are invincible. ”

"If it weren't for God's restrictions, the southern kingdoms would have been in ruins under their iron hooves."

Zhang Shijie said: "Listening to Su Gongzi, the Yancheng force is the power of the Inhuman country, and every time I hear about the life of the Inhuman, as well as those policies and laws, I can't help but yearn for it. ”

"Hey, I don't know when I'll reach that level."

"Soon!"

A familiar voice sounded behind him, Zhang Shijie turned around and saluted with a smile, and so did Su Shuang.

"Master Su, long time no see."

The two exchanged polite words, Su Yu turned his head to look at Su Shuang, and said, "Mr. Zhang, don't you plan to introduce this person?" ”

"Look at my brain, I almost forgot, don't blame!" Zhang Shijie pretended to be annoyed and said: "This is the sworn brother Su Shuangdi!" ”

"Su Shuang has seen the son, and he has heard the name of the son for a long time, and when he sees it today, the name is well deserved." Su Shuang said.

"You're welcome!" Su Yu glanced at it meaningfully, and then immediately withdrew his gaze.

"Why did Su Gongzi have Yaxing here today?" Zhang Shijie didn't want him to talk deeply about Su Shuang's identity, so he put aside the topic.

"Naturally, it's to see how this coal is sold, after all, Yu has no money in his hands!" Su Yu smiled bitterly, a few days ago, Zhang Shijie funded him with 50,000 gold coins, which had not been covered yet, and he filled in the bottomless pit of the Kyushu Fortress.

"Haha, what big deal do I do, if Su Gongzi is short of money, Zhang can also fund some more money."

"No need, no merit will not be punished, Su accepts Mr. Zhang's kindness, and the money is still settled." Su Yu shook his head.

Then he continued: "Well, the previous 50,000 gold should be borrowed from Yu, and when the Kyushu coal industry dividends, the money will be returned to Mr. with interest." ”

Zhang Shijie was shocked in his heart, and he was a little at a loss and hurriedly said nervously: "Master Su, why is this?" Is Zhang doing badly? ”

Su Yu shook his head with a chuckle and said: "Mr. Zhang, don't get excited, I'm just not used to owing things to others, and I like to be self-sufficient, but in my heart for your kindness, 50,000 gold coins have solved the urgent need, and I Su Yu remembered this kindness." ”

"This ...... Alas, okay, since Su Gongzi insists on this, then do as you say. ”

Zhang Shijie got Su Shuang's eyes and signaled, so he didn't force it anymore.

"Thank you Mr. Zhang for your understanding." Su Yu said with a smile.

At this time, Su Shuang, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke: "I have a question I want to ask Su Gongzi, can you answer it?" ”

Su Yu's eyes lit up and said, "But it's okay to say?" ”

"To what extent has the Han reached now?"

"Terminally ill!"

Su's eyes shrank slightly, and she made a gesture of please.

Su Yu sorted out his thoughts, and then explained: "Population and land! ”

These days, he had two things carefully investigated, one was the population and the other was the land.

After an in-depth investigation, the population of the Han Dynasty had actually skyrocketed a lot, a lot.

However, according to official statistics, the population not only did not increase, but decreased, and a large number of them were raised and concealed by the wealthy gentry, and the concealed population was almost the same as the official statistics.

This is a terrible fact, the total amount of land is inconvenient, and the output of food is limited, but the population is constantly growing, and eventually some people will go hungry, and eventually the contradictions of the whole society will continue to sharpen.

Concealment of the population is not the most worrying thing, and this population is at most related to forced labor.

The real thing that worries people is the problem of land, which is becoming more and more concentrated in the hands of a few, and ordinary people have less and less land, while the taxes they bear are getting heavier and heavier.

All this land was slowly concentrated in the hands of the gentry, wealthy families, and royal families who did not need to pay taxes, and the land occupied by the nobles everywhere was extremely amazing.

These people use their status to monopolize the most profitable industries in the local area, such as land, forests, mines, etc., as long as it is profitable, these people will seize their own hands by tricks and grabbing.

Wealthy families everywhere gradually occupied the best land to feed the few, and the wealth was concentrated in the hands of a few.

Many families own tens of thousands of acres of land, and all of these lands are the best and most fertile land, and I don't know how many people have been ruined and separated by these people.