Three tiled houses on the outskirts of Beiping City.

The father and son each pulled a donkey cart and brought back two carts full of coal from the coal yard and unloaded it into the room on the far right.

The whole house was dyed black.

The crushed coals were piled up like a hill, with a quick groove in the middle, and the women of the house poured buckets of water into it.

Then add clay ash, stir with a spatula, stir and let stand for half an hour.

While waiting, the father and son returned home to haul coal from a nearby mine for tomorrow's use.

The father and son picked up a shovel and smashed the larger coal, which gradually became slime-shaped.

The woman went to cook on the fire.

Coal stoves and honeycomb coal are used.

"You try." The old father suddenly spoke, and it was also the first thing the father and son said today.

Let his son do the technical work, and keep an eye on it himself, so as not to let his son not control it well and waste raw materials.

The latter was not convinced, and only his father found it difficult to do simple things.

The old father looked at the energy of the next life, although his face was serious, but he felt comforted in his heart.

It's really not hard to live.

But if you are careless and the quality of the honeycomb coal produced is not good, you will smash the signboard, and the whole family is counting on this livelihood.

I also have to save money to marry my son.

The son is not small, and he will marry a daughter-in-law next year, and there will be many big fat boys in the family the year after tomorrow.

Thinking of his future grandson, the old father couldn't help but sigh, two more pairs of chopsticks are nothing.

However, the grandson is going to be sent to study, and the cost of reading is too large, so in order to earn more money, do you want to hire someone.

If you hire a long-term worker, learn this business, and run out to do it alone, wouldn't there be one more competitor?

But if only two fathers and sons do it, they are so tired every day and don't mention it, and they can't expand their business.

The old father looked at his working son.

If only this job were more difficult, I would not be afraid to hire someone.

Pity.

The old father was dissatisfied with honeycomb coal, disgusted that it was too easy to make honeycomb coal, and completely forgot the excitement when he first got this craft.

"Alright." The old father stopped the son.

I don't dislike dirty hands, so I stepped forward and grabbed a handful of slime, which can already be taken out of shape.

The father and son brought a set of wood molds, one poured slime into the mold by hand, which would deliberately spill out, and the other held a thick board to flatten it.

When the son saw his father panting, he said, "I'll come." ”

The old father hesitated, but got out of the way.

The son did it faster and more steadily than the old father.

"If I had been younger, I would have done it faster than you." The old father was not convinced.

"It's time to eat."

The woman's cry came from the house next door.

"Eat when you're done." The old father turned around and shouted.

It didn't take long.

Even the skillful cooperation of father and son, and the effort of half a day, made all the coal mines as high as a hill just now into honeycomb coal.

"Let's eat."

The old father led his son next door.

"Ever since I had this business at home, I haven't been clean." When the woman saw that the father and son did not wash their hands, she could not help complaining.

"You used to be poor, you complained, but now that you can make money, you still complain." The old father and the woman quarreled.

My son buried himself in eating.

Eaten.

A family of three went into battle together, and the pressed honeycomb coal was neatly stacked layer by layer, and it happened to be a sunny day today, and it could be dried in the sun for most of the day.

Then the honeycomb coal that was dried yesterday was loaded onto the donkey cart piece by piece.

The two fathers and sons continued one after the other, but this time instead of going to the coal yard in the west, they went to Beiping City in the east.

According to the regulations of the Yanwang Mansion, it is not allowed to block the small farmers who sell honeycomb coal, let alone collect taxes, and it is elevated to a tax-free industry like selling firewood.

When they entered the city, the father and son were separated.

The old father advised, "Don't cause trouble. ”

"Got it." After Hou Sheng agreed, he quickly drove the donkey cart away.

The donkey has dung on the back of its buttocks, and if the feces of an animal falls to the ground, it will be fined if it is found.

"Selling coal...... Phew. ”

The old father walked slowly, and every street would shout, and the old man who pulled the sound of coal let people know that the coal seller was coming.

"Eh, come here." A woman beckoned at the door of her house.

Facing the woman's disgusted eyes, the old father not only did not get angry, but smiled.

It opened as soon as it entered the city, which is a good sign.

……

Restaurants.

Private room on the second floor.

Looking at the coal seller who appeared on the street, the three long shirts watched with relish from the railing.

Human nature is like this, happy to see others toiling.

"This thing is extremely dirty, and it is not as clean as firewood, which costs people and money, which can be described as a redundant move." A scholar said in disgust.

In the past, firewood was sold, but now honeycomb coal is sold, and honeycomb coal has black marks on it.

"No, no." One of the companions is not recognized.

"Firewood is not easy to take, and it is easy to dry up, and this thing is very profitable."

Several readers expressed their opinions on the emergence of honeycomb coal.

With the advent of honeycomb coal, and gradually began to spread all over the streets and alleys, it caused more and more topics.

There are people who are worried about the chaifu who has lost their livelihood, some are worried about the abuse of power in the Yan Wangfu, and some people think that the Yan Wangfu is competing with the people for profit.

"The business of honeycomb coal is not involved in Yanwangfu." Someone retorted.

Zhu Di has been in Peking for many years.

not only won a lot of military hearts, but also attracted a lot of readers.

Otherwise, he will be forced to rebel in the future, and when his strength is the weakest, where will he get the support of many forces in Beiping Prefecture.

Not only did the local guards immediately follow him to pull the flag, but also many officials helped King Yan and traveled all over the country for him.

A person's success must have his own reason.

Honeycomb coal too.

The steam engine made it cheaper, and compared to the convenience and usage rate of firewood, it could be used as a fuel to replace firewood.

It is the iron law of the development of things, so the primary era of industry is also called the coal age.

The debate among several scholars did not arouse Zhu Gaochi's concern.

However, Zhang Quan, the chief next to him, showed dissatisfaction, but seeing that the eldest prince did not express his position, he could only endure it.

Zhu Gaochi was also looking at the coal truck on the street, counting what he saw in an hour.

Some carry burdens, some drag their own two-wheeled carts, and they also have to do donkey carts and mule carts.

"That's nice."

Zhu Gaochi's heart was full of excitement.

Britain relied on the Industrial Revolution to lead the coal era and become a global hegemon, known as the empire on which the sun never sets.

Then the earth entered the oil age, controlled by the United States, known as the greatest country.

It's time for electricity.

China wants to harness electricity and claim to achieve great national rejuvenation.

What is revival?

Because in the eighteenth century, China did not join the industrial revolution, was eliminated in the coal age, and lagged behind the world civilization.

And now it is about to enter the fifteenth century.

The great nation does not need to be revived, because it is already the most powerful country, and what Zhu Gaochi needs to do is to let the coal age come to China in advance.

Contrary to the sun and the moon, the rivers and rivers, all are Han land!

The slogans of the ancestors, whenever I think of them, will make people's pores feel comfortable.

"Let's go."

There is nothing to see, Zhu Gaochi is going to China Heavy Industry.

The success of honeycomb coal has made the road to industrial development a little smoother.