"His Royal Highness, tell us quickly, how can we reuse the coal mines in our hands?"
The veterans blinked one by one and put all their hopes on Ying Feiyu.
At this time, not only are they anxious, the entire Daqin, everyone who has coal mines is anxious for sales!
In this era, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and there were many trees on the mountains with dead branches. The people were accustomed to working in spring and summer, and went to the mountains to chop firewood when they had nothing to do in winter!
Of course, there are also some businessmen who do not have time to go to the mountains to cut firewood and can only spend money to buy it.
So a profession was born called woodcutter!
Cutting firewood is their job. They go up to the mountains to cut firewood day after day all year round, and then take it to the market to exchange for money to feed their family!
So even if the coal mine bosses lowered the price of coal again and again, no one would buy it.
Coal has returned to its original state of being ignored!
"Compared to steam engines, ordinary people are actually the largest consumer group!"
Ying Feiyu smiled leisurely.
"People?"
"Quickly pull it down, people won't buy coal at all!"
"Yes! There are many trees on the mountain, and people have always gone up the mountain to cut firewood for burning!"
"If we can sell it to the people, we won't have to worry!"
"The stoves used by the people now are not suitable for using coal at all. Even if they are sold at a low price, the people will not buy them...!"
The veterans shook their heads and waved their hands, immediately rejecting it.
If it can be solved so easily, why should the rich people sigh in worry?
Isn’t it just because no one is buying at the low price that coal mines are shutting down one by one?
"Humph! If you could make the business happen, wouldn't you have made it already?"
Ying Feiyu snorted twice and sneered.
If these old guys knew how to do business, they wouldn't have to live such a miserable life before!
"Your Highness, we are indeed inferior to you in business, but the people don't buy it at all, and there's nothing we can do about it!"
"We have tried all kinds of publicity and price reduction methods, but they just don't work. People still say that coal is not easy to burn!"
Zhang Han and Meng Yi said with bitter faces.
"That's because you haven't found the root cause of why people don't buy it!"
"source?"
The veterans looked at each other, confused.
"That's right! The most fundamental reason why people don't buy it is not the price of coal, but the fact that it is not easy to burn! That is, the stoves are not suitable for the stoves used by people today!"
Ying Feiyu explained with a smile.
"Huh? It seems to make sense!"
Several guys nodded as if they were enlightened.
"His Royal Highness, you mean...to change the stove?"
Feng Quji thought for a long time and said doubtfully: "But the people are used to using the previous stoves, will they be willing to change?"
"Whether you are willing to change or not depends on whether the thing is useful or not! In the past, people used oxen and two-carrying plows for dozens or hundreds of years, but when the curved shaft plow came out, didn't they still rush to change?"
“For generations, oxen have been used to plow the land, but when tractors came out, didn’t everyone switch to tractors?”
Ying Feiyu immediately refuted with an example.
He doesn't believe it anymore. As long as the things are good, can people still be conservative?
"His Royal Highness, what you said makes sense!"
"Yep!"
Wang Ben and Meng Tian nodded repeatedly.
"Your Highness, if you have any ideas, just tell us and we will listen to you!"
Zhang Han said with a flattering smile.
"Yes, Your Highness, as long as we can reopen the market for coal, we will listen to you no matter what you do!"
Several other old guys followed closely and expressed their attitudes.
"Come with me!"
Ying Feiyu smiled mysteriously and led them towards a corner of the garden.
Before getting closer, I heard a loud noise, accompanied by bursts of smoke.
"Your Highness, what are you doing in front?"
Wang Ben asked doubtfully.
"Make briquettes!"
Ying Feiyu didn't hide anything and said it straightforwardly.
"Coal briquettes? What is that?"
They have all heard of coal, but this briquette is definitely a new word to them.
"If we want to open up the coal market again, it's not enough to just change the stoves. We must also change the form of coal!"
"What? Change form?"
The old guys really never thought about this.
"Let's go, we'll see if we get to the front!"
Ying Feiyu didn't explain too much, but led them to move on.
When the internal combustion engine gradually developed and replaced the steam engine, he had already thought that the sales of coal would be affected, so he began to teach the craftsmen of Bieyuan to make briquettes, and found someone to make a suitable stove!
As the weather gets cooler, honeycomb briquettes can not only be used for cooking, but can also be used for heating, which is very convenient!
The only thing you need to pay attention to is safety issues to prevent soot poisoning!
"No, you have to grind it a little, otherwise it won't be compacted!"
"Add more water over there!"
"Yes, yes, start stirring!"
Ying Feiyu selected a few people from the Flying Eagle team to supervise these craftsmen in producing briquettes.
I don’t expect to sell it, just for the convenience of the government, and at the same time calculate the production cost to see if briquettes can be implemented in Daqin to solve the coal sales problem!
"See His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, see several ministers...!"
After a round of inspection, the soldiers of the Flying Eagles spotted Ying Feiyu and others and immediately bowed their hands.
"No gift!"
"How is the production of honeycomb briquettes?"
Ying Feiyu waved his hand and asked.
"Back to Your Highness, everything is going smoothly. Nearly 10,000 yuan has been produced. It's in the shed at the back!"
The soldiers handed over their hands and reported.
"Okay! Take us to see it!"
Ying Feiyu pursed his lips, and led the old guys to the location where the briquettes were stored.
In fact, the distance between the two is not far, and they have arrived in just a moment!
"This...are these all made of coal?"
Seeing the neatly stacked pieces of briquettes, the veterans were eye-opening.
"That's right!"
Ying Feiyu smiled and nodded.
"I really didn't expect that coal could be made like this?"
Feng Quji picked up a piece of briquettes, looked at the small holes that were penetrated, and said in amazement.
When I watched the craftsmen working in front, they were still confused. They didn't know why good coal had to be crushed, otherwise it would be even more impossible to ignite.
It wasn't until they saw these neat briquettes that they realized that this was to change the shape of the coal!
"Your Highness, I wonder what the benefits of this briquette are?"
Chunyu Yue carefully observed it for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.
Even if the shape of coal is changed, isn't it still coal? Why bother and increase costs?
Will people be willing to pay for coal because of the change in its shape?
"That's a good question!"
Ying Feiyu smiled, snapped his fingers, led the old guys back to the yard, and asked the guards to bring some pieces of briquettes.
Later, the soldiers also sent coal stoves and fire tongs, which are essential items for using briquettes.
They are all made by the blacksmiths in the mansion!
