Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 44

Chapter 57

After the briquettes are made, they need to be dried in the sun.

Including the 82 craftsmen sent in by Li Chengqian before, the Armament Department now has [-] staff.

Among them, 42 are used to make coal stoves, while the remaining [-] are used to make briquettes.

Now the honeycomb coal has almost exceeded [-]. Although it cannot supply the whole city, it should be used to open up the market.

The other is cement. At present, the construction capacity is limited, and Li Chengqian has no time to take care of it. He can only store all the cement that has been made, and start construction after the spring of the next year.

In addition to these two heavy industries, there is movable type printing.

After the movable type printing template was engraved, the first "Zhou Li" printed with movable type was published.

The printing effect was not bad. Li Chengqian checked it again, and found that the handwriting was clear and neat, definitely several times better than that of woodblock printing.

In addition to "Zhou Li", there are also eight books, "Yi Li", "Book of Rites", "Zuo Zhuan", "Gong Yang Zhuan", "Gu Liang Biography", "Book of Songs", "Book of Books", and "Book of Changes". scriptures.

It may not be finished in a while, but it doesn't matter, the school will not start until the spring of next year, and there are still nearly three months left, so it should be enough by then.

After inspecting several important places, Li Chengqian returned to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and when he returned, he asked someone to bring back the coal stove, briquettes and a four-meter-high chimney.

...

"Your Highness, what are these things?"

In the backyard of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Su Han looked at a few things on the ground with a very curious expression.

Li Chengqian explained to her: "This is the coal stove..."

After hearing this, Su Han looked shocked, "Your Highness, if this thing is as magical as you said, then we will be rich!"

A few days ago, when there were no maids in the house, she had to do all the hot water, cooking, etc. for Li Chengqian herself, so she knew very well how troublesome it was to do these things.

Especially in winter, it's so cold that people don't want to move at all, let alone work.

But as Li Chengqian said just now, if this heater is used, it will be very convenient to boil water, cook vegetables, warm wine, and keep warm in the future.

And the most important thing is that this briquette is very resistant to burning. Nowadays, the people of Tang Dynasty always go to bed early and get up early, and at most four briquettes a day are enough.

When people see such a good thing, they will definitely abandon coal and use this briquette instead.

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Who says it's not? From now on, you just wait until you count the silver until you get soft!"

After Su Han was overjoyed, he frowned, "Your Highness, how can you say that you are also the Duke of Qian, and even the governor of Qianzhou, with a high position and authority. If you mix businessmen's affairs, it will make people laugh."

Li Chengqian frowned, he didn't have any contempt for businessmen, but the current situation of Tang Dynasty society, if he got involved with these businessmen, he would definitely attract a lot of criticism.

Now that Qianzhou is still developing, Li Chengqian doesn't want others to notice it.

Seeing that Li Chengqian was deep in thought, Su Han's mouth curled up in a beautiful arc, "Your Highness, this concubine has an idea."

Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows, "Tell me about it."

"As for the briquettes, we definitely can't come forward, but we can find a middleman."

"Once those merchants know the usefulness of briquettes, they will definitely rush to snatch them, and they must buy briquettes from your highness."

"You don't need to tell them the price, just let the merchants write the price themselves and hand it over to you. Whoever pays the higher price will get the right to sell the briquettes."

This approach is actually a bidding process, the one with the highest price wins, and Li Chengqian is the biggest beneficiary.

But it also has a fatal flaw...

Li Chengqian pondered for a while, "But if this is the case, what if those merchants band together to deliberately lower the price?"

Businessmen value profits, and in order to make money, they will definitely try their best.

If they unite to lower the price, then Li Chengqian really can't help it.

Say no to them, he has no sales channels himself, if he doesn't rely on these merchants, no matter how good the honeycomb coal is, he can only stockpile it.

But if the price is too low, then Li Chengqian earns too little, and that's impossible.

"Oh, Your Highness, why are you so stupid?" Su Han rolled his eyes at him, "You can say that whoever obtains the right to sell briquettes can only sell the briquettes!"

"If other merchants hear what your Highness said, I'm afraid they won't be in the mood to unite and lower the price."

Li Chengqian's eyes lit up when he heard her words.

That's right, the merchants lowered the price because they wanted to sell it together in the future, but if Li Chengqian said that the briquette can only be sold by the one with the highest price, then they can only scramble to bid so as to grab the right to sell the briquette.

"Xiaohan, why didn't I think of this, you are so smart!"

As Li Chengqian said, he hugged her and kissed her tender face.

"ah!"

Su Han's face was flushed, and she couldn't help covering her face, "Your Highness, what are you doing in broad daylight?"

After that, she ran into the house.

Li Chengqian raised his head to look at the sky, and murmured: "It's getting late, it's daytime...it's daytime."

Then, with a sneaky laugh, he rushed into the room.

...

Early the next morning, Li Chengqian had people call all the businessmen with some background in Qianzhou to the Military Weapons Department.

A group of people rushed to the Armament Department under the leadership of the guards. When they saw Li Chengqian who was sitting leisurely on the chair, they all showed a trace of bitterness on their faces.

That's exactly what the governor is doing, don't keep catching people cheating on you...

The merchants headed by Yu Shui soon arrived in front of Li Chengqian.

"Governor Governor, do you have any orders for me?" Yu Shui said with a respectful expression.

Two days ago, Li Chengqian slashed and killed more than a dozen members of the Xie family. Even now, the downtown area still smells of blood.

Yu Shui and the others were really scared. Li Chengqian killed Red Eye now and killed them too.

Li Chengqian smiled slightly, and said to Guo Pu: "Guo Shaosi, let someone take out the things."

"Here!"

Guo Pu bowed his hands, and then went to order the craftsmen.

After a while, several craftsmen came over carrying coal stoves and briquettes.

"Governor, what is this?" Yu Shui asked puzzled.

Li Chengqian told them the role of the coal stove and briquettes with a smile.

And also personally, lit a briquette for them to see.

A group of businessmen gathered together, and when they saw that the black thing could really ignite, their faces suddenly showed surprise.

"Commander, this coal stove seems quite convenient?" Yu Shui asked.

"Not bad!"

Li Chengqian looked at him appreciatively, "This briquette can be burned for about two and a half hours, and you can feel the temperature. Burning indoors is as warm as spring!"

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Yu Shui breathed a lot faster, "Governor, this item is indeed more affordable than charcoal, but you don't know the cost?"

"Let's put it this way, now a kilogram of charcoal costs about [-] Wen, but if one kilogram of charcoal is burned for two and a half hours a day, it can be used for up to four days."

"But this briquette... Not to mention the labor cost, the cost is only three or four yuan."

"Just imagine, even if we sell one briquette for [-] yuan, then we can buy eighteen briquettes for the price of one kilogram of charcoal."

"One briquette can be burned for two and a half hours. If you burn one briquette a day, it will only be four in four days."

"Eighteen briquettes can burn for eighteen days..."

(End of this chapter)