Princess of the auxiliary country

After leaving Da'an Palace, Emperor Zhaowu was in deep thought all the way.

The Supreme Emperor just now told him a lot. Although it made him very ashamed and felt very shameless, it was undeniable that there were many flowers in it and it still made him think deeply.

Especially the change in mentality before and after he became emperor shocked his heart.

Back in the imperial study room, he kept sitting and thinking about recent events in the past.

I have to say that his own changes have been really big.

If nothing else, let’s talk about the prince. When he was still a prince, the prince often caused trouble for him. What did he do at that time?

He went to apologize in person, severely punished the prince, and asked the prince to go over and admit his mistakes and apologize again and again.

But now?

He went to apologize to Huo Junyao in person, but it lacked some of the original sincerity.

"Hey, it seems that I was indeed wrong."

After a period of time, when he discussed with the ministers, he never mentioned the homemade bombs again, as if he had never known about these things.

At the same time, his attitude towards Huo Jingzhi became much more friendly.

As for Huo Junyao's side, the progress is not bad. The outer city wall is nearing its peak after continuous layers of pouring.

Internally, she also arranged for several wide cement roads to be built. With these flat cement roads, the speed of transporting materials by small vehicles was much faster.

Winter is coming, and Huo Junyao begins to prepare for the farmers in the two villages to keep out the cold.

Now her small iron smelting factory produces about 200 kilograms of iron every day. After all, there are few people and not many raw materials, and the method of smelting iron is also relatively primitive. Naturally, it cannot be compared with the large factories of later generations.

But even so, it is barely enough for her current consumption. Winter is coming, so she can build some fireplaces first, and then coal mines.

She had people distribute it to every household.

"Miss, are we going to build that greenhouse again this year?"

"Do it, why don't you do it? Go see if those things from last year can still be used."

Hearing this, Xiao Chan quickly smiled and said, "Sister Wang Xia went to check a few days ago, and found everything and sorted it out. They are all still usable."

"If it works, let's arrange it first."

"Also, it's almost winter, and a lot of work can't be done. Go and notify Manager Zhao and Hongxiu to see if some hard-working workers can be assigned to the workshop."

"Some outdoor work cannot be done, but some work in the workshop can still be done."

"By the way, I'm asking Hong Xiu to select some people to build a few brick and tile factories. We will need a lot of materials here next year. We can take advantage of this winter to bake more and prepare them."

Now that she has a coal mine, firing these things is more convenient and easier than using wood before.

When Xiaochan went down to give instructions, Huo Junyao also came to the study.

Recently, a lot of money has been consumed, and some of the output is not directly proportional to the income. It will definitely not work if it continues like this.

You have to seize the time to make a fortune.

Naturally, her first choice is the coal mine. As winter approaches, heating is a big problem and charcoal is expensive. It is time for the coal mine to make its debut.

Her thoughts were naturally about the return air furnace she had seen in the Yunnan-Guizhou area in her previous life.

This is an all-in-one device for heating, boiling water and cooking. She quickly drew the drawings from her memory. This thing is not complicated, but it also requires iron to make.

Now that she has a certain source of iron, she doesn't have to ask people for it as hard as before.

And she has also planned to increase iron smelting after next spring. After all, there will be more places where iron will be used in some subsequent things.

After Xiaochan came back, she gave the drawings directly to Xiaochan and asked her to give them to the blacksmith and get one out first for her to take a look at.

In addition to the return air furnace, she also thought of briquettes, which was also a good thing.

Although the return air furnace is very good, it is made of iron, so the price will naturally not be low. Ordinary people will definitely not be able to afford it. This briquette is prepared for ordinary people.

The method of making briquettes was also very simple. She directly ordered a lot of grinding tools and started preparations for production on the same day.

As winter gets closer, the people arranged by Huo Junyao are ready on the streets of the capital.

The return air furnace and briquettes are displayed one by one.

She set the price for the return air furnace at ten guan each, and the briquettes for one penny and two yuan. After the display, both the return air furnace and the briquettes attracted a frantic rush.

Not only were the inventories sold out, but a lot of orders were also signed.

With the emergence of briquettes and return air furnaces, the original charcoal price has suffered an unprecedented impact.

Especially the gentry, these guys have always gathered there where there is money to be made. In the past few years, they have basically monopolized the big markets such as charcoal.

With the emergence of briquettes, they are so cheap and so practical, who would buy their charcoal that costs only five cents a pound?

This is still the lowest level of charcoal, and there are ten, twenty, or even fifty cents above.

Before they could react, the Fang family, Ji Guogong's Mansion, Yongning Marquis' Mansion, and Ning Guogong's Mansion also started selling briquettes and coal blocks.

They all worked in coal mines with Huo Junyao. As soon as Huo Junyao came up with the idea of ​​briquettes, she arranged for someone to send a mold to each of them.

Let them arrange for people to build it themselves, so each of them has a lot of inventory. Now that the sales have opened, they have taken action together and quickly seized most of the low-end market.

As for charcoal, there is still a market, but it is in the high-end market.

Although briquettes are good, some people think they are unstylish. Some people are still willing to buy charcoal, but most of them are relatively high-priced items that only rich people can afford.

But even so, those in the charcoal business were still severely impacted.

After all, the bulk is still the low-end market, and there are not many rich people after all. Although the low-end market is cheap, the base is relatively large.

As for the low-end charcoal in the charcoal business, the price/performance ratio is not as high as that of briquettes, so no one buys it, and those rich people don't even bother to buy such low-quality charcoal.

This time, these people in the charcoal business lost a lot of blood.

They have prepared a lot of low-end goods. These are all money, and none of them can be sold now. The production of high-end charcoal is cumbersome and requires a lot of expenses. The money they can earn is not much, and there is no way to stop the loss. .

The nobles were so angry that they almost vomited blood, but they didn't dare to make trouble.

Why?

Don't even look at who are selling briquettes at this time, they are all top dignitaries.

Especially Ning Guogong, this is a ruthless man, if you make him angry, he can really chop your head off with a knife.