In Lao Zhu's view, since Han Du gave up part of his profits to the people to make a living, he could only earn tens of thousands of dollars.
But in Han Du's opinion, this is not the case at all. Han Du didn't dare to swallow hundreds of thousands of profits a year by himself, and he still swallowed it in front of Lao Zhu. If he had continued like this today, when Lao Zhu realized what he was doing, Han Du would be in danger of losing his life.
"emperor......"
Han Du wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Lao Zhu, who frowned and waved his hand.
"Needless to say, it's settled. Whatever kind of place you need, I will arrange for someone to get it for you as soon as possible. But you must promise me that firstly, the people in the capital cannot be left without briquettes to burn, and secondly, they cannot be left without briquettes to burn. People can’t even make a living.”
Seeing that Lao Zhu was resolute, Han Du knew that it would be useless to talk more, so he had to agree first. "Your Majesty, if you let go, I will definitely live up to your Majesty's wishes."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand for Han Du to exit.
Han Du had no choice but to resign.
After leaving the gate of Fengtian Palace, Han Du couldn't help but look back. Now that things have come to this, we can only take one step at a time. Fortunately, the people in the capital had purchased a large amount of charcoal and pebbles before. Even if the briquettes are the best, the current demand is only slowly increasing.
It hasn't reached the point where people are rushing to buy it all, and Han Du still has enough time.
The common people are always thrifty and thrifty. They would not say that briquettes are better than charcoal and pebbles, so they just throw away the charcoal and pebbles they just bought at home. Although when I bought charcoal and coal, the price was very low and it was no different from picking it up for free. But no one will throw away charcoal and pebbles. Instead, they will use them carefully and cleanly before buying briquettes.
Therefore, Handu still has one or two months to turn things around.
Although there was plenty of time, Lao Zhu made it clear that he wanted to push all the briquette making business to Han Du. This actually made Han Du feel worried.
"Handu."
The worried Han Du had just left the imperial city when he heard someone calling him.
Han Du followed the sound and saw Lao Zhu wearing casual clothes waving to him.
How is this going?
Han Du was surprised and quickly stepped forward to bow down, "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
Lao Zhu didn't wait for Han Du to bow down, then stretched out his hand to support him and said, "Don't worry."
Han Du didn't insist and stood up immediately, looking at Lao Zhu with eyes filled with confusion.
Lao Zhu coughed dryly, greeted Han Du, and said, "Let's talk about it after we get in the car."
Han Du saw the car driving beside him. The old eunuch was sitting in the driving seat and looking at him with a smile.
Han Du quickly lowered his head and replied softly: "Your Majesty, I dare not..."
Lao Zhu looked back at Han Du, with an impatient look on his face, and waved his hand and said, "If we ask you to go up, just go up. What are you afraid of?"
After saying that, he stared at Han Du.
Han Du had no choice but to bite the bullet and replied: "Yes."
When Lao Zhu heard this, he gave a slight disdain, turned around and got into the car.
Han Du hesitated for a moment and had no choice but to follow.
As the old eunuch waved the reins, the chariot began to move.
Han Du was on pins and needles in the car, feeling uncomfortable all over. Even when sitting on the Jindun, I only dared to touch my buttocks a little bit to the edge of the Jindun.
The atmosphere in the car became more and more solemn, and Han Du couldn't bear it anymore, so he simply asked: "Where is the emperor taking Wei Chen?"
Lao Zhu did not look at Han Du. He looked straight ahead and said calmly: "After thinking about it, I think it is better to see the briquettes with my own eyes. After all, this thing is related to the cost of the people in the capital and must not be ignored. It just so happened that today I If you have some free time, go over and take a look."
Han Du's heart suddenly tightened after hearing this. Did he really just want to take a look, or did he want to find out his true identity? Han Du was not sure what Lao Zhu was thinking.
The scene fell into an even more embarrassing situation, and Han Du remained silent.
It wasn't until the old eunuch opened the door and asked Lao Zhu to come down, and Han Du followed, that he let out a long sigh of relief.
Shopkeeper Gao originally saw an old man with an extraordinary bearing walking towards the workshop. He was about to get up to see what was going on when he saw Han Du also get out of the car, huddled behind the old man and winked at him repeatedly.
Shopkeeper Gao immediately understood that this old man's status might be a little complicated.
His expression quickly returned to normal. Shopkeeper Gao watched Lao Zhu enter the workshop and stepped forward and asked, "Does this guest want to buy briquettes?"
Hearing that he was called a guest officer, Lao Zhu was obviously stunned for a moment.
Fortunately, Lao Zhu responded very quickly and took advantage of the situation. He nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, I... really want to buy some briquettes. I wonder if the shopkeeper can let us take a look?"
Lao Zhu also pretended to be someone who came to buy briquettes and talked to shopkeeper Gao.
Shopkeeper Gao gestured to Lao Zhu to look at the briquettes piled aside and said with a smile: "My lord, please take a look at it. These are all briquettes. If you want to see how these briquettes are used, please go inside." , just find someone to use it and show it to the guest officer."
Lao Zhu stood there without moving, smiling and stroking his beard, and asked: "What if I want to see how this briquette is made?"
Shopkeeper Gao was stunned when he heard this. Lao Zhu's words were really too abrupt.
In this era where a skill is regarded as a secret skill passed down from family to family, and is "passed down from male to female, from within to outside", if you openly ask to see someone else's production process, isn't this blatant attempt to learn something secretly?
Is there such a person?
If this briquette belonged to Shopkeeper Gao, he would definitely call for this person to be beaten out without saying a word. But this thing belongs to Mr. Han after all. How to deal with it depends on what Mr. Han says.
Shopkeeper Gao looked up at Han Du, only to see Han Du tilting his head and looking up at the empty wall. It's as if the dust on the wall is a masterpiece, attracting attention. He seemed to turn a deaf ear to the rude request just now.
have to!
This old man is not a gentleman, he is a great uncle! He is so big that even Mr. Han cannot afford to offend him at all.
Seeing Han Du's attitude, what else does Shopkeeper Gao not understand?
He immediately smiled, bowed and said, "If you want to see it, of course you can." After saying that, he stretched out his hand and motioned for everyone to follow him in.
Before Lao Zhu took a step forward, he glanced back and snorted coldly.
Han Du saw Lao Zhu looking over and quickly smiled with his face.
When Shopkeeper Gao saw this, his heart suddenly tightened and he couldn't help but be careful.
"My guest, please!"
Shopkeeper Gao didn't dare to go ahead when leading the way, but followed Lao Zhu.
