"What, you said that this black stone is for heating?" Yang Biao looked at Cao Meng in surprise.

After the two saw Cao Meng, they couldn't help but ask Cao Meng what was going on.

Although Yang Biao and Yuan Kui are no longer in the court, they are both patriarchs of the imperial capital, and Cao Meng had to be led by the two of them before, so he was very polite to them.

He didn't hide it, in fact, he also wanted to bring the two major families of the Yang family and the Yuan family to his thief ship.

Coal mining, of course, has to be promoted to make money, and it is impossible for the court to go out and promote it in person.

The best way is to let these big clans promote it, so that while they can earn some money, the efficiency is definitely better than that of the court in person.

"Wait a minute, two adults. ”

Cao Meng nodded and beckoned to a Yu Lin Lang.

"Your Excellency. Yu Lin Lang stepped forward and saluted.

"Go and get a stove. Cao Meng said.

"Yes. Yu Linlang answered, and went to the tent to bring an empty stove out.

"Ignite the fire. Cao Meng commanded.

Yu Linlang was busy for about ten minutes, and then he ignited the small coal block.

Looking at the coal blocks gradually burning in the stove, Yang Biao and Yuan Kui both widened their eyes, and they couldn't believe it.

"The fire temperature is very high!" Yuan Kui stretched out his hand to roast on the stove, and looked at Yang Biao in shock.

Yang Biao also roasted, and his eyes also showed shock.

"This is just the beginning, and it will be hot until it burns up in a while. Cao Meng smiled, and said in his heart I will see that you two old guys will not be hooked for a while.

The two waited for another twenty minutes, and the coal in a furnace was finally ignited, and the fire temperature reached its peak.

"This ...... It's much warmer than firewood!" Yang Biao said in shock.

Yuan Kui nodded and turned to Cao Meng: "Lord Cao, how long can this furnace of black stone burn?"

"It's coal. Cao Meng reminded Yuan Kui and said with a faint smile, "This furnace of coal can burn for more than two hours (4 hours), and if the furnace mouth is closed with pulverized coal, it can burn for more than five hours, and the house can also be kept warm." ”

These common senses are Liu Hao's words, and in addition, he also used a stove to burn coal at home last night, and he also roughly understands some performance.

"This, this is really a treasure!" Yuan Kui's eyes couldn't hide the shock, they were not stupid, of course they understood the various functions of coal at once.

This is truly a treasure!

What they didn't expect was that the little emperor actually came up with a treasure like coal.

You look at me, I look at you, and there is shock in their eyes.

Especially Yuan Kui, thinking of Liu Hao's various miracles during this time, he suddenly became a little worried.

If Liu Hao becomes more and more popular with the people, and the royal strength becomes stronger and stronger, will the other warlords still dare to respond to their Yuan family uprising?

"Lord Cao, this coal, coal is really going to be sold to the people for the winter?" Yuan Kui asked Cao Meng, they had heard the news before, and he wanted to confirm it again.

"Yes, Your Majesty is compassionate and compassionate, and thinking that the people are having a hard time this winter, he is ready to sell coal to the people cheaply. Cao Meng said affirmatively.

Yuan Kui's eyes lit up and asked, "What price?"

"One hundred dollars and one thousand catties, it's cheap enough. Cao Meng said with a smile.

"A hundred dollars and a thousand catties?" Yuan Kui couldn't believe it, this wasn't cheap enough, it was cheap.

One hundred coins, that is, one hundred copper coins, in this era, only when there is a major transaction between the empire and various small countries, will use a hundred silver, gold these are still luxury goods, not used as a transaction currency, ordinary people, basically use copper coins or grain cloth as an exchange.

What is the level of 100 dollars?

In this era, ordinary people generally have five or six hundred yuan enough to spend a year, but for wealthy families like Yuan Kui, a hundred yuan is really nothing.

"Yes. Cao Meng said.

"Okay, how much can you mine, my Yuan family wants it all!" Yuan Kui said immediately.

He had already thought of using coal to smelt steel, and only with high-quality steel could he create high-quality weapons, which was also one of the keys to victory in war.

Cao Meng's eyebrows jumped, and he immediately guessed Yuan Kui's thoughts, but he didn't show it, but said with a smile: "Your Majesty has confessed, each household can only buy a thousand catties of charcoal per year." ”

Hearing Cao Meng's words, Yuan Kui and Yang Biao glanced at each other, and their brows couldn't help frowning.

That little emperor is not simple!

"Don't be discouraged, two adults, I know your thoughts, you want to sell coal on behalf of the court, right, Your Majesty has also mentioned this matter, he said that after meeting the needs of the imperial capital, he will consider takeout, and then you can talk about it again." Cao Meng smiled slightly.

"Really?" Yang Biao and Yuan Kui both stared at Cao Meng.

"That's for sure, Your Majesty has always said yes. It's just that I don't know how long it will take, after all, you know, the treasury doesn't have much money, and it can't recruit too many workers, so this mining volume is still very slow. Cao Meng said with some regret.

Yang Biao and Yuan Kui's eyes lit up, and after glancing at each other, they suddenly said: "My Yang family is willing to donate 10,000 yuan to recruit workers in the court." ”

"My Yuan family is also willing to donate 10,000 yuan to recruit workers for the court. Yuan Kui also hurriedly said.

Now that winter is coming, it is already cold in the northern region, so they can transport coal to the northern region, which can be bought at a sky-high price.

This is a small problem for them.

And what Yuan Kui thought was that the little emperor would definitely use coal to smelt steel, and their Yuan family couldn't fall behind, so they generously donated 10,000 yuan.

"Ah, that's really thanks to the two adults, the two adults can rest assured, let them go to Xicheng tomorrow to recruit a few more thousand workers, and strive to mine the coal that can meet the consumption of the entire imperial capital within three or five days. When Cao Meng heard this, he immediately said in surprise.

In fact, he himself planned to increase the number of jobs to the level of 1,000 people tomorrow, and it just so happened that Yang Yuan and the others were going to send money, so he would definitely accept it.

"Okay, then it's decided, we will have people send copper coins to Lord Cao after we go back today, I hope Lord Cao will not let us down. Yang Biao said.

"Don't worry, two adults, within three or five days, there will be your coal, so you can go back and get ready first." Cao Meng said firmly.

The two nodded, and then said goodbye to Cao Meng and left.

After sending the two away, Cao Meng was still a little happy in his heart.

It's so easy to get 20,000 yuan of money, and you can save a lot of money for the treasury.

Cao Meng was in a happy mood, so he asked Yu Linlang to put the onlookers over one by one to roast the fire, and he was going to take this opportunity to promote coal to the entire imperial capital today.