Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 64, it's cheap

At the entrance of the Xishan Coal Store, more and more people gathered. Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang just arrived, and they stood quietly and watched silently.

"Is this coal stove durable?"

Someone picked up a honeycomb coal stove and looked at it carefully, as if he was quite moved.

"Why is it not durable? Didn't you see that the outside is covered with iron sheets?"

"You can buy one and use it for ten or eight years without any problem, and it occupies a small area, which can save money on the stove; in terms of movement, you can put it down anywhere you want."

"It doesn't matter what materials are used. To be honest, we didn't make any money from this coal stove."

The waiter in the shop was not happy when he heard it, so he quickly picked up a coal stove and beat the iron sheet on it vigorously.

When everyone heard this, they all nodded their heads. In the era of salt and iron monopoly, the price of this iron has never been cheap. How can a coal stove made of iron sheets be of poor quality?

"Cheap is quite cheap. Is this briquette really as useful as you say?"

Someone spoke up again.

"Of course it's easy to use. It's very convenient. Come on, I'll demonstrate it to everyone. You can understand it at a glance."

The waiter in the shop nodded repeatedly when he heard it, and then began to demonstrate it himself like when Liu Jin taught it to them.

"For the first time use, we need to burn the briquettes red first, just burn one or two pieces."

"Then put this red-hot briquette at the bottom, and add briquettes to the top."

"When we want to use the fire, we open the lid of this small opening to fan the air inside, so that the briquettes in the stove can be burned quickly."

"This briquette is very resistant to burning. After it burns white, it means that the briquette inside has been burned. We will take out the bottom briquette, and then put it back layer by layer, and add new briquette to the top. That's it."

Liu Jin, a handsome scholar in the waiter of the shop, demonstrated and explained at the same time, it is very simple, and the people around will naturally understand it at a glance, and there is no difficulty at all.

"Our briquette furnace of Xishan Coal Industry has another advantage, that is, if we don't need to use fire, we can cover the small opening here, so that the briquette inside will quickly and slowly go out , just a little bit burning."

"When we need it, we open the lid, fan the air, and it will burn again soon, so that we don't need to rekindle the fire every time we use it, which is very convenient."

The waiter in the shop did not forget to keep selling and boasting while demonstrating.

"It's really good. Not to mention anything else, just because it can catch fire quickly is very rare."

Some people couldn't help but keep nodding their heads after watching it. It couldn't be easier to start a fire in later generations, but in ancient times, it was definitely not an easy task.

It is better to have a firebook, and you can start a fire soon. If you don’t have a firebook, it will be difficult to start a fire, especially in rainy days, when the purchased firewood is wet and damp, it will be even more difficult to start a fire.

The price of this fire pack is not cheap, and most people are reluctant to buy fire packs, so cooking, boiling water, and heating have not always been very convenient.

"It's really not bad, Xiao Er, do you really get five briquettes for buying a coal stove today?"

Someone nodded and began to discuss with the waiter.

"Of course, this activity of buying coal stoves and giving briquettes is only available today, so hurry up."

The waiter nodded repeatedly.

"Boss, bring me a single-core coal stove, and bring me 5 briquettes."

Some people immediately started to spend money, ready to buy it back and try it out.

"Okay~"

Finally, the account was opened, and the waiter in the shop also shouted happily: "One single-core coal stove, five briquettes, counting the 5 gifts, a total of 5 briquettes, always 10 Wen~"

"Give me a three-core coal stove and 20 briquettes, so I don't need to buy firewood in the future, and it can save a lot of expenses."

Someone started, and someone immediately continued to speak.

"I also want a three-core coal stove, 20 briquettes~"

"I also want a single-core coal stove and 5 briquettes~"

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

"Everyone, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, our store has sufficient supply, everyone is lined up, everyone has it~"

The shop clerk saw this posture, and said hurriedly.

As the waiter's words fell, the people around slowly lined up, and at the same time, more people came to consult. After the consultation, there were even more people queuing up, and a long queue soon formed.

"You find someone to buy some back, I want to see if it's really easy to use."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at this scene, thought for a while and told Xiao Jing who was beside him.

"Yes~"

Xiao Jing replied respectfully, and then gave instructions to a guard beside him, and soon the guard also went to line up.

"Old man, what are you doing here?"

Here, Emperor Hongzhi also came to Changlong, and when he saw an old man with gray hair, he also asked in a warm voice.

The old man looked at Emperor Hongzhi, and then at the people around Emperor Hongzhi. Knowing that the man in front of him was either rich or noble, he didn't dare to neglect him, and said respectfully, "If you come back to the nobleman, we are buying briquettes."

"What's so special about this briquette that it's worth the long queue?"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and asked again.

"What's so special, I don't know very well yet, I just know that this briquette is cheap, and the nobles may not know it. This charcoal, it has already risen to nearly 600 yuan a load, and even the firewood is expensive. The price is constantly rising, and we ordinary people really can't bear it."

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

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

"Old man, someone beside you froze to death?"

Even though Emperor Hongzhi already knew that people in the capital would freeze to death every day, he still pretended to be surprised and said.

"How can people not freeze to death in this winter? Every year, some people will freeze to death. Just yesterday, my neighbor next door and my old Li Tou froze to death. The firewood and charcoal are too expensive. The weather The colder it is, the more expensive it is, for us ordinary people, winter is the hardest, if you buy firewood for heating, you don’t have much money to buy food, and if you buy food, you don’t have money to buy firewood and charcoal for heating.”

"This day is difficult~"

"I hope that if the honeycomb briquettes from Xishan Coal Industry are as useful as they say, this winter will be better."

The old man saw that Emperor Hongzhi, a noble man, was willing to listen to him, and he was also very talkative. He started to talk about it, and the hardships of the life of the bottom people were also suddenly displayed in front of Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang and others.

　Alas, I didn't pass the first round of PK, I guess I won't recommend it in the future, my heart is cool~
　　


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