After coming out of the palace, Liu Wenju did not go home, but directly instructed the coachman to go to the steel factory, he had not seen the coal stove mentioned by Wang Xuan, so he naturally wanted to inquire.

On the way, Liu Wenju inquired with the coachman who drove the car, and listened to the coachman say that it was a thing to cook on fire, but it was not firewood that was burned, but coal, and the main benefit was to save money.

Of course, if you want to burn wood, you can also do it, the difference is not much, and the stove is small and can be carried at any time.

The head of the Liu family didn't understand what he heard, but fortunately, he also arrived at the steel mill at this time, so he got out of the car and hurriedly walked over.

The steel mill has been divided into three branches, namely mining, smelting, and finishing, and the products sold to the outside world are all processed finished products, and individual iron ingots are not sold.

There is a special sales department in the steel mill to receive all kinds of businessmen who come to order, and under the guidance of others, the head of the Liu family came to the reception.

Under the leadership of the sales staff, Liu Jiazhu first visited all the products of the steel plant, from kitchen knives of various sizes to iron pots, all kinds of metal parts to farm tools, basically everything, as long as it is Ming, there is nothing that cannot be made here.

Of course, he also saw the coal stove, after all, it was Wang Xuan who mentioned it, and the sales staff heard that it was specially pointed out by Master Wang, so of course he paid more attention to it.

"Mr. Liu, you see, there are several models of coal stoves here, which can be tailored to the needs of different families and environments."

As he spoke, the salesman instructed the people to start lighting several models of coal stoves, and he pointed to one of the coal stoves with a silver-white flue and said, "If you want to sell it to the north, I recommend this flue." ”

"You see, if there is no flue, this smoke will be discharged casually, the main thing is that this smoke is toxic, smoking too much will suffocate people, with the flue, you see, now this flue is already very hot, put in the north, not only can be used for cooking, but also can be used to heat the house, than the traditional sense of the charcoal basin I don't know how many times better, the main thing is safety and saving, the charcoal basin is also toxic, if you don't often open the window for ventilation, the people in the house will suffocate."

"As far as I know, many people die every year because of the use of charcoal pots in winter, but most people don't know the specific cause of death."

This Liu family master has heard of it, after all, he has been in contact with it to some extent.

"Is there any coal in the north? How much do you save? ”

"Haha, this is definitely there, to save money, the north and the south are different, however, the north must save more, after all, the north carbon is more expensive, especially good carbon, and this furnace does not pick coal, anything can be burned, anyway, in our Fujian, it can save three times, if it is in the north, it is conservatively estimated that it can save more than ten times."

The head of the Liu family walked around this coal stove a few times, he felt that this must be easy to sell, and the profit is very large, after all, it is pure iron, I heard that now the whole Fujian is basically switching to this coal stove, if it is not because it is easy to use, how can everyone change it.

This is still Fujian, and it can still be heated in the north, and the sales will definitely be better.

It's just that he can't figure out how good it can be, but he doesn't delay him to get a batch to sell back, he still has channels in the north, whether it is the Jurchen side or the Liaodong Shanhaiguan generation, first sell a batch and try it.

"Remind Mr. Liu, this coal is a good thing, and there are more of them in the north, once the coal stove is popularized, this coal mine will be a big business at that time." Speaking of this, the sales person looked left and right, and then cautiously said in the ear of the head of the Liu family: "On our side, many people died because of the battle in the coal mine. ”

The head of the Liu family trembled fiercely when he heard this, he didn't think that this person was lying, the matter must be true, but it should be exaggerated.

This can only be said that the head of the Liu family has no knowledge, and he will only know in the future that tens of thousands of troops are counted?

When the coal stove was thoroughly promoted in the north, every coal mine was not dug with coal, it was simply gold, and tens of thousands of troops killed a river of blood flowed into the river!

After all, after so many years in the north, because of the heating problem, the mountains and forests are about to be cut down, the price of charcoal remains high, and cheap coal is simply an indispensable necessity for the people's life, and food and clothing are in the same position!

This time in Xincheng, the head of the Liu family stayed for seven days, especially in the trading center, where he stayed for three days, found a lot of things with trafficking value, and finally, he was satisfied to take a boat back to Ningbo, as for the coal stove, he also ordered 10,000, and the flue was 30,000 knots.

It's just that the output of the steel plant is still limited, and it is impossible to meet his needs at once, after all, 10,000 is not much, but the iron output it consumes is also one-fiftieth of the annual output of the Ming Dynasty.

If it is calculated according to the output of Daming Iron and Steel, it will take 40 years to meet the needs of 2000W households in the country...... Although the annual output of Wang Xuan's two steel mills is now the same as that of the entire Ming Dynasty, its various products are still in short supply, after all, there are too many places to use iron, even if the coal stove can't be used for 40 years.

Anyway, the salesperson told the Liu family master that this batch of goods could not be picked up in two months at the earliest, and it was almost winter at that time, but there was no way, just thinking about how many catties of iron Liu Wenju was a little staggering.

He was stunned when he listened to the introduction of the sales staff, just Wang Xuan's two steel plants, the annual iron output was the same as that of the entire Ming Dynasty, he didn't dare to think about how much it was!

Fortunately, when he returned, he also took a lot of things, when he came, it was a boat, 300 people, when he returned, it was 16 boats, 30,000 pieces of cloth, 200,000 catties of salted fish, this trip he spent 100,000 taels of silver just to buy goods, which is also fortunate that he brought more money for fear of accidents.

However, he calculated, just the batch of goods brought back can recover the cost and there is a certain balance, if he waits for two months to transport the coal stove to the north and sell it, it is not surprising that his 100,000 taels of principal can be doubled!

Although it seems that he doesn't make as much money as running the Japanese sea trade, but the risk of the Japanese country is small, at most two round-trips a year, and the profit of 200,000 yuan is only 200,000 yuan, but if he does the country, it is only the scope that he can handle, and in a year, he earns more than he goes to the Japanese country, how can this not make him ecstatic.

……

Shipyards, dry docks.

"Sir, the launching ceremony will begin in a moment, you see ......" The director of the shipyard bowed down and stood behind Wang Xuan and asked respectfully.

"Well, I'll get on the ship, go to sea with you to test the ship, this is the first batch of 2,000-ton displacement ships built by the shipyard, if the test results are satisfactory, then the future will be built according to this standard."

The one launched this time is also used as a transport ship, and Wang Xuan thinks that the displacement of 2,000 tons is enough, and as for whether it will be developed higher in the future, the ship with a displacement of three or four thousand tons will be talked about.

In addition, in the case of warships, Wang Xuan's stereotype is a displacement of 1,000 tons, the hull is narrow and long, and the speed is faster, and 2,000 tons is too clumsy.

After thinking about the sound of "crackling" firecrackers, Wang Xuan took the scissors to break the red rope, and then, a loud shout spread throughout the dock, "Open the gate and release the water!" ”

The thick iron chain slid through the pulley, "click, click", the gate slowly opened, the sea water began to pour in crazily, the entire dry dock, the sea water rose little by little, knowing more than five meters, the hull began to tremble slightly, and gradually, the whole big ship floated.

"Raise the sails! Set sail! ”

With the captain's command, a hundred or so skilled sailors began to operate together, the sails began to rise little by little, and gradually, the big ship began to slowly sail out of the dock.

On the sea, after a hundred days of continuous experimentation, it did not return to the port until evening, and when the great ship returned, the whole port began to cheer.

The successful construction of a large ship with a displacement of 2,000 tons represents the upgrading of the shipyard's technology and Wang Xuan's determination to develop maritime trade, which makes people who live by the port not excited and cheer.

After getting off the ship, Wang Xuan issued an order, inviting all the top families in Fujian Province and Jiufu to come to Fuzhou for a meeting.

At this meeting, Wang Xuan is going to use the strength of the whole of Fujian to make some big moves.

One by one, carrier pigeons flew out of Fuzhou Mansion, and on the third day, all the big families in Fujian Province received the news, and Wang Xuan invited everyone to Fuzhou Mansion to talk about it.

After receiving the news, each family behaved differently, and the family that was good friends with Wang Xuan had close business dealings, so they naturally gladly agreed to go to the appointment, but in the huge Fujian, there were also families that had no intersection with Wang Xuan were also invited.

Some of them still have some conflicts with Wang Xuan, especially in Xinghua, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou, where some top families were originally vassals of the Seven Great Families.

In addition, Wang Xuan is notorious, which makes these families a little uncertain.

Zhangzhou, Weijia, Council Hall.

"The head of the family, what is the matter with looking for the old man?" An old man in his 60s walked in tremblingly.

"Uncle Clan, don't worry, wait for everyone to come together and talk about it." The middle-aged man sitting in the position of the head of the family frowned and said.

After a stick of incense, the people arrived, and the head of the Wei family said in a deep voice: "Today, someone sent a message to our Wei family, Wang Xuan, let us go to Fuzhou Mansion to see him." ”

"What!"

This news scared everyone gasped, and the cold sweat on many people's bodies came down, after all, their family had been married to the Liu family, and to a certain extent, it was considered to be the front of the seven major families, and it had an antagonistic relationship with Wang Xuan.

Although Wang Xuan didn't trouble them after destroying the Seven Great Families, Wang Xuan never explicitly said that he would let them go, and these people had no bottom in their hearts.

This will suddenly hear that Wang Xuan asked the Wei family to go to Fuzhou to see him, and it is inevitable that his heart will be up and down.