Yao Yu asked Chen Zhong to add a few more briquettes to it, and soon, the hall of the yamen was warm.

Everyone showed a comfortable look on their faces, rubbing their hands that were a little frozen: "Don't talk about the lord (lord), this is really warm."

Yao Yu looked proud: "That's necessary, don't look at who made it."

Everyone looked at each other and praised each other.

Among the praises, only the class schedule hesitated for a few seconds and asked Yao Yu, "Lord, you just said that this thing is made of cinder, yellow mud, and water?"

Yao Yu nodded: "Well, why don't you believe it?"

The class watch hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, no, of course I believe, of course I believe. But there's a doubt below."

"You want to ask how much this thing costs, and whether it's convenient to make."

Ban Biao was stunned, and then smiled awkwardly: "I still can't hide it from you, my lord."

Yao Yu waved his hand casually, and then said with a serious expression: "The cost of this thing is almost free, and it doesn't cost any money at all. After all, the cinders of raw coal are all discarded at will. How much money can yellow mud and water have? Ten briquettes add up, that's about a penny."

Everyone was amazed: "So cheap!"

"Then what else. How expensive do you think it can be?"

Unlike the others, after thinking about it for a while, the class table asked Yao Yu, "In that case, is this thing easy to make?"

Yao Yu took out two pieces of parchment from his body and handed them to the class schedule.

The class schedule looked curious and asked what it was.

Yao Yu smiled: "The drawings of the coal brick machine, if there is this thing. Even an ordinary person can make a hundred coal bricks a day at the beginning. Once you're familiar with it, playing seven or eight hundred dollars is like playing."

The schedule was even more surprised: "So many?"

Yao Yu nodded: "So the class schedule, your supervisor will beat out this coal brick machine, and the more you build, the better."

Quan Yao smiled innocently: "Lord, do you want to make more briquettes so that the brothers in the barracks can keep warm?"

Yao Yu glanced at Quan Yao, who was now keeping his hands on the coal bricks to keep warm.

"You're right, but not entirely."

Quan Yao sighed.

"It's too brutal to supply this thing to the barracks. It is best to distribute them to the people as well."

"Divide and distribute to the people!"

Yao Yu snorted, "Although this thing is cheap and easy to make, it is a manual job. It's really hard to build alone. Therefore, what I want is to gather a group of workers and do more every day, and strive to produce tens of thousands of dollars per day. In this way, the problem of heating in the barracks has not only been solved. The people will not worry about the cold in winter. Of course, what is provided to the people is not free."

The class table frowned: "Lord, the charge is understandable, but the price of this coal brick can't be too high." Otherwise..."

Yao Yu stopped the class schedule's words: "If you don't say this, I know it. It's a worthless thing, so it can cost a lot of money. Don't worry, this coal brick costs two cents a piece, and if you want a family, three yuan a day is enough. Not only can it be used for heating, but it can also be used to boil water for cooking, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. This is also our lack of military spending, otherwise, these things that don't need money, I will give them to the people for nothing."

Hearing Yao Yu say this, the class schedule breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just a penny or two, it's not that expensive.

Although everyone has a little money in their hands, the problem is that the price of food is too high because of the war.

A bucket of rice can be worth a thousand gold, except for the family, who can afford it.

Now, Yao Yu has solved the food problem of the people and set out to solve the problem of everyone's warmth. Although coal bricks are charged, as Yao Yu said, now that the military budget is insufficient, we have to use some means to make money.

Thinking of this, the schedule nodded and did not refute anything.

"Okay, let's come, mainly for this briquette

things. Schedule, I'll leave this matter to you. You move the forge into the county, and by the way, set up a coal brick factory, and the workers in the factory give priority to recruiting those whose families are in difficulty, which can be regarded as giving them a livelihood."

The class table nodded, and asked Yao Yu again in hesitation: "Then the lord, how to calculate the treatment of these workers?"

"Piecework, for every twenty briquettes struck. Also, take care of the lunch at noon."

The class schedule was very surprised: "Lord, wouldn't this be too casual. Twenty dollars for a penny? It's a little less."

"Not a lot. Even if you are just getting started, you can make a hundred yuan a day by relying on the briquette machine. After getting acquainted with it, seven or eight hundred yuan is fine. At that time, it was thirty or forty dollars a day. How many ordinary jobs can earn more money than this?"

The class watch pondered it when he heard it.

Nowadays, if the people can earn 20 wen a day, they will be very rich, and 30 or 40 wen is unimaginable.

This is still a relatively wealthy county, and if it were other places, it would only be lower than this.

Thinking like this, the class schedule smiled: "It's a lot of worry, okay, in that case, I'll arrange it immediately."

Yao Yu snorted, "The briquette machine is built according to the drawing I just gave you. Remember, not a single part can be changed. Otherwise, the briquette machine will not be able to be used."

The coal brick machine in Yao Yu's mouth is the same as the modern round coal brick machine in principle.

The only difference is that this one is square. There are no springs.

The workmanship of all parties is too simple.

Otherwise, if it is the kind of coal brick machine made by modern fine technology, it is not a problem to make one or two thousand a day.

Of course, this is also the premise that the workers do not touch the fish.

That's why he pays his workers on a piecework basis.

You know, there is an old saying, "Heaven is shameless, contractors are not dead."

If the daily wage is fixed and the daily salary is paid, then the worker will be able to mix day by day, but he will not be allowed to work.

If it is a way of income for more work, then everyone can work hard and spare their lives.

It is for this reason that Yao Yufang adopted the contract labor model of more work and more reward.

What he said was a bit far away, and under Yao Yu's arrangement, the schedule went down and got busy.

At the same time that he recruited a blacksmith to start building a coal brick machine, he asked people to move the forge into the county seat, and at the same time personally set off to the coal mine in Runan County, find the person in charge of the imperial court, and buy cinders.

This thing was originally something that didn't cost money, and the class schedule also paid for it, and the person in charge was very happy.

After all, if you don't buy the schedule, it's all thrown away.

Nowadays, leftovers can also make money, or they are all in their own pockets, how can the person in charge be unhappy.