My old husband who can read minds

Chapter 110 The divine object born out of nowhere

The changes in the Shen family are naturally unknown to outsiders.

People all over the capital are now attracted by the emergence of "briquettes and coal stoves". They line up outside the "Coal Works Department" every day, rushing to buy this "faithful" heating stove. food utensils.

The key is that it is cheap. Compared with various charcoal and firewood, it is almost free of charge.

A briquette stove can be used for several years and only costs one hundred cents; briquette briquettes are sold by the block, and each piece only costs one penny.

If you are boiling water for cooking, two briquettes can burn for three to six hours. If you just want to keep the coal stove burning, you can replace the briquettes once a day.

For ordinary people, this means that an ordinary family of four or five can solve the problem of using firewood throughout the day with only two or three pennies a day. Heating in winter only costs a few briquettes, which only costs a few pennies more.

People who are more frugal can't even spend so much. Especially when there is no firewood to chop on the freezing mountain and no money to buy charcoal, this item is simply a life-saving item.

The imperial court issued a decree to establish "Coal Engineering Departments" in all states, prefectures, counties and towns to benefit the people.

The law also stipulates that "honeycomb briquettes" must be purchased in a limited amount each month based on the number of people registered in the household registration. The government will register and keep records. Private reselling is not allowed. Once discovered upon investigation, all homes will be confiscated and beheaded.

This is also to prevent the powerful from using their power to "fake heads and resell them at high prices" to oppress the people.

As for the honeycomb briquette stove, the imperial court did not limit the quantity to the outside world. If there were craftsmen among the people who saw the secret, they could make and sell the stoves themselves, and the imperial court would not impose any restrictions on them.

In addition, the 'Coal Industry Department' also sells something called "coal", which is much more expensive than honeycomb briquettes, but cheaper than ordinary charcoal.

Rich families may not be able to afford dirty briquettes, but the coal is worth their money.

Not only is it more resistant to burning than charcoal, but the price is only more than half of ordinary black charcoal, not to mention the expensive red charcoal and silver gray charcoal. Anyone who doesn't grab it is a fool.

It's just that the imperial court still implemented the "limited purchase per household" strategy for this item, otherwise it would be snapped up by those wealthy and powerful families within a few days.

The "limited purchase" policy issued by the imperial court actually left a way for those charcoal merchants to survive.If they want to continue to survive, they will definitely have to lower their prices.Once the price of charcoal drops, more ordinary people will benefit.

Shen Yuan silently made a calculation for Emperor Qianyuan. In the short term, "honeycomb briquettes and coal stoves" will definitely not make money or even lose money.In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient and transportation costs were extremely high. Coupled with the costs of mining, labor, production, etc., it was difficult to make back the money even if the quantity was sold so cheaply.

Therefore, the imperial court could only make up for this loss by "selling coal at high prices," which can be regarded as another form of "robbing the rich and giving to the poor."

From this incident, it is not difficult to see that Emperor Qianyuan was a good emperor who loved the people as his own son. He issued so many decrees to prevent the government and powerful people from competing for profits with the people, so that the real benefits would fall on the people.

This wave of operations has indeed allowed Emperor Qianyuan to win countless hearts and prestige, and people are vaguely praising him as the "Eternal Mingjun".

The Qin family also benefited a lot from this matter, and their popularity increased.

Emperor Gein announced that "briquettes and coal stoves" were accidentally discovered by Qin He, the prince of Marquis Wenxin, and offered advice to the court. Naturally, the people were grateful to the Qin family.

Another beneficiary was Mr. Qin Que, the third master of Qin Dynasty. He was originally idle at home, but suddenly he became a sixth-grade minister of the Ministry of Industry, and was promoted by the emperor to the most coveted position in the 'Coal Engineering Department'.

I was so happy that my third aunt, Mrs. Guo, always praised Qin He every time she met, so she almost wanted to have him as an offering.

The Qin family is even more conspicuous now. There are "one marquis and three officials" in one family. Qin Yan and his son are the emperor's ministers. Although Qin Che and Qin Que have low official positions, they are all in good places. How can they not be envied by others? Jealousy and hate.

Faintly looking at some flowers and brocade, the fire is cooking the oil.

Mrs. Qin repeatedly told her children and grandchildren to be humble and keep a low profile. The female family members were also ordered to go out of the house less often and thank guests behind closed doors until the storm had passed.

Or say that a family has an old man, such as a treasure.

The old lady is the anchor of the Qin family. She is always wise and sober. After the death of the old master, she has supported the Qin family all the way and is still standing today.

(End of this chapter)