More and more people gathered in front of the Xishan Coal Store. Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang also just came over and stood aside quietly, watching silently.
"Is this coal stove durable?"
Someone picked up a briquette stove and looked at it carefully, seeming to be quite moved.
"Why isn't it 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 in keeping it. Moreover, it occupies a small space and can save money on starting a stove. In terms of moving it, you can put it down anywhere you want."
"It doesn't matter how much material it uses. To be honest, we didn't make a penny from this coal stove."
The waiter in the shop was not happy when he heard this. He quickly picked up a coal stove and banged the iron sheet on it hard.
When everyone heard this, they all nodded. In the era of salt and iron monopoly, the price of iron was never cheap. How could a coal stove made of sheet iron be of such poor quality?
"It's quite cheap. Is this briquette really as useful as you say?"
Someone else spoke up.
"Of course it's easy to use. It's very convenient. Come on, I'll demonstrate it to you personally. You'll understand it at a glance."
When the waiter heard this, he nodded repeatedly, and then began to demonstrate it himself just like when Liu Jin taught it to them.
"For the first time, we need to burn the briquettes red. Just burn one or two pieces."
"Then put the red-hot briquettes at the bottom, and then add coals on top."
"When we need to use the fire, we open the lid of this small opening and fan the 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 briquettes inside have been burned out. We will take out the bottom briquettes and put them back layer by layer, adding new briquettes on top.
That’s it.”
The waiter Liu Jin, a well-rounded scholar, demonstrated and explained at the same time. It was very simple, and people around him could understand it at a glance, and there was no difficulty at all.
"Another advantage of our Xishan Coal Industry's briquette stove is that if we don't need to use fire, we can cover the small opening here, so that the briquettes inside will quickly and slowly extinguish.
, only a little bit is burning.”
"When we need it, we open the lid and fan it, and it will start burning again soon, so that we don't have to start the fire again every time. It's very convenient."
While the waiter was demonstrating, he also kept boasting about himself.
"It's really good. Not to mention anything else, just the fact that it can catch fire quickly is very rare."
Some people couldn't help but nod their heads after reading it. Making a fire was simple in later generations, but in ancient times, it was definitely not an easy task.
It's better to have a fire breaker, and you can light a fire quickly. If you don't have a fire breaker, it will be difficult to make a fire. Especially on rainy days, when the purchased firewood gets wet or damp, it will be even more difficult to start a fire.
The price of these fire dumplings is not cheap, and most people are reluctant to buy them, so cooking, boiling water, and heating have always been inconvenient.
"It's indeed not bad, waiter, are you really going to get five briquettes for free if you buy a coal stove today?"
Someone nodded and started discussing with the waiter.
"Of course. This activity of giving away briquettes when you buy a coal stove is only available today, so hurry up if you want it."
The waiter nodded repeatedly.
"Boss, give me a single-core coal stove and five briquettes."
Some people immediately started to pay for it, ready to buy it back and give it a try.
"Okay~"
The bill was finally opened, and the waiter in the store also shouted happily: "One single-core coal stove, 5 briquettes, including the 5 complimentary briquettes, a total of 10 briquettes, always 60 yuan~"
"Give me a three-core coal stove and 20 briquettes. I won't have to buy firewood in the future, and I can save a lot of money."
Someone started, and someone else immediately followed.
"I also want a three-core coal stove and 20 briquettes~"
"I want it too, a single-core coal stove and 5 briquettes~"
When other people saw it, they immediately started shouting and scrambling for the first place, fearing that if they missed it, they would not be able to take advantage.
"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Our store has plenty of supplies. Please line up, everyone has it~"
The waiter in the shop saw this posture and said quickly.
As the waiter finished speaking, the people around him slowly formed a queue. At the same time, more people came to consult. After the consultation, more people lined up, and soon a long queue formed.
"Find someone to buy some and take it back. I want to see if it's really useful."
Emperor Hongzhi looked at this scene, thought for a while and gave instructions to Xiao Jing beside him.
"Yes~"
Xiao Jing replied respectfully, and then gave an order to a guard next to him, and soon the guard also went to line up.
"Old man, what are you doing?"
Here, Emperor Hongzhi also came to Changlong. When he saw an old man with gray hair, he also asked warmly.
The old man looked at Emperor Hongzhi, and then at the people around Emperor Hongzhi. He knew that the man in front of him was either rich or noble, so he did not dare to neglect him. He said respectfully: "To your honor, we are buying briquettes."
“What’s so special about this briquette that it’s worth queuing up for?”
Emperor Hongzhi smiled and asked again.
"I don't know what's special about it. I just know that this briquette is cheap. The nobles may not know that this charcoal has already reached nearly 600 yuan per load, and the firewood is also in it."
The prices keep rising, and we ordinary people really can’t bear it.”
The old man said very honestly that for people at the bottom like them, cheap and practical are the best.
"If this briquette is really useful, we will have an easier time this winter, otherwise we don't know how many people will freeze to death."
"Old man, someone around you froze to death?"
Even though Emperor Hongzhi already knew that people in the capital were freezing to death every day, he still pretended to be surprised.
"There is no one who doesn't freeze to death this winter. Some people freeze to death every year. Just yesterday, my next door neighbor, Lao Li, who is about the same age as me, froze to death. The firewood and charcoal are too expensive, and the weather
The colder it is, the more expensive it is. Winter is the most difficult for us ordinary people. If we buy firewood for heating, we don’t have much money to buy food. If we buy food, we don’t have money to buy firewood and charcoal for heating.”
"These days are so difficult~"
"I hope that if the briquettes from Xishan Coal Industry are as useful as they say, this winter will be easier."
When the old man saw that Emperor Hongzhi, a noble man, was willing to listen to him, he was also very talkative, so he began to chatter. The hardships of life of the lower class people were suddenly displayed in front of Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang and others.
