The next day.
"Datang Daily" dropped two "heavy bombs", blowing up the city of Chang'an again!
"Qiquge starts today to launch a honeycomb-shaped briquettes and a matching coal stove! Using honeycomb briquettes to boil water and cook rice, you only need to consume up to four briquettes a day! Each piece of briquettes only costs one penny! A coal stove only costs two hundred cents! And a coal stove can last at least five years!"
(Coal stoves sold to rich people will definitely not be at cost price. So many workers in the workshop also need to eat!)
First, there was an advertisement at the beginning of the newspaper, which aroused people's curiosity.
In the layout of "Datang Daily", in addition to the headlines in the center of the first page, another important position is the position of the first news article at the beginning!
Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to place advertisements here, and Li Zexuan is pretending to be a public servant this time.
"briquet? Coal stove? What is this? Is it really as amazing as mentioned above?"
After people saw this advertisement, their first reaction was questions.
"Hey! Things from other stores may be fake, but things from Qiquge definitely cannot be fake! It says four briquettes cost four cents and can boil water and cook for a whole day, so it must be true! "
"That's right! Things in Qiquge Pavilion are always genuine! I never brag about them!"
"Hey! If that's the case, then burning briquettes is much more cost-effective than burning charcoal!"
"That's right! When the Dongshi opens later, I will go to Qiquge to buy a coal stove and some briquettes!"
"Although this briquette is cheap, this coal stove is not cheap! Each one costs two hundred cents!"
"Ha! Didn't you read in the newspaper that a coal stove can be used for at least five years? On average, it only costs forty cents per year! Why is this expensive? It's still cheaper than burning charcoal!"
"Hey, that's right! I just don't know if the briquettes are easy to burn with charcoal. I'll go take a look later! If it's really easy to use, my family will only burn coal instead of charcoal this year!"
"Haha! Let's go together! Let's go together!"
After the people of Chang'an who got up early saw this new advertisement in the newspaper, soon there were people meeting in groups to buy coal stoves and briquettes.
This is the current position of Qiquge in people's minds. People always believe that no matter what product Qiquge sells or what the price is, it must be the best!
This is a bit similar to a modern Apple! No matter what new product Apple launches and how expensive it is, there are countless fans rushing to buy it!
The slightly different thing is that the items in Qiquge are often worth the money. Compared to the product itself, the price is not expensive!
However, no one would have predicted that the introduction of briquettes would completely change the energy structure after the Tang Dynasty. The old era of using charcoal as the main energy source would soon be gone forever, and the changes in the energy structure , will provide the most solid foundation for the transformation of social production methods!
The reason why the British Empire in the previous life was able to launch the first industrial revolution in the 18th century was mainly because of the power revolution brought by the steam engine, and the energy consumed by the steam engine to generate power was coal!
"Yo~! Look at today's headlines!"
When people went to Qiquge to buy briquettes and coal stoves, someone discovered the second "bombshell" from the "Datang Daily"!
"What's going on? What's up with the headlines? Oops! From today on, the imperial court will officially establish the Nuan Tang Charity Foundation. The Empress will serve as the president of the foundation, and Mrs. Yong'an will serve as the vice president of the foundation. In the near future, the Nuan Tang Foundation will launch During the two-month warm winter operation, every time the foundation receives a donation, Yong'anhou will give four coal stoves and 200 briquettes to poor people who are from poor families and cannot afford firewood for free, so that they can survive in this In winter, cook and keep warm!
The Nuantang Foundation is headquartered in the original workshop of Qiquge. It will accept donations from wealthy private individuals from now on. All donations will be used to help people in need. The Nuantang Foundation is willing to accept the supervision of all people and promises that every donation in the future will be All charitable expenditures are well documented!
In addition, His Majesty and the Queen are unparalleled in their benevolence and have donated 5,000 guan to Nuantang Fund to help poor people! Marquis Yong'an donated 20,000 yuan to Nuantang Fund! Mrs. Yong'an Hou donated 2,000 yuan! The mother of Marquis Yongan donated 2,000 yuan! Nanyang Ye Family donated 2,000 yuan~!
One kindness stains the heart, and it will be immortal for all eternity! The Nuantang Foundation calls on all qualified people of Tang Dynasty to donate a portion of your love, no matter how small a penny is, it is usually not much. Every penny you donate will be sent to those in need. In hand! Let us work together to warm the city of Chang'an with love! "
Someone read out the headlines from the "Datang Daily", and those who were lucky enough to hear the news were stunned immediately!
Charitable funds, charity, donations, these words that have never appeared or rarely appeared before, all appeared at once, which caught people off guard! And the news that Li Er and Empress Changsun donated 5,000 yuan to charity shocked the people even more!
From ancient times to the present, dynasties in the Central Plains have changed every few hundred years, but no emperor has ever used his own money to help the poor. Many emperors were so aloof that they never even left the palace in their lives. They had no idea what the sufferings of the people were, so much so that there was even an Emperor Hui of Jin in history who said, "Why don't you eat minced meat?"
But since Li Er came to power, not only has he applied benevolent policies and neglected corvee, but now he has to use his own money to support poor people. In this era of supremacy of imperial power, how rare it is!
Many old people who had experienced the war-torn times involuntarily knelt down facing the palace and chanted: "Your Majesty is benevolent! Long live the Tang Dynasty!"
After a long time, some people couldn't help but comment: "Marquis Yong'an is also very kind and righteous! He actually donated 20,000 yuan!"
"Hey! Is that necessary? Marquis Yong'an has always been kind and righteous to the people. Didn't you see that Marquis Yong'an's wife and mother donated money? That means that Marquis Yong'an's family alone donated 24,000 guan!"
"Wow! Marquis Yong'an is really a kind man!"
"Hey! You still said it was missing! Don't you know what the relationship between the Nanyang Ye family and Yong'an Marquis is? The previous head of the Ye family was the Yong'an Marquis's grandfather, and he now lives in the Yong'an Marquis' mansion!"
"Ah~? According to this, wouldn't Yong'an Hou's family donate 26,000 yuan in total~?"
"of course!"
"By the way, haven't you noticed that what the newspaper said is that every time a donation of one thousand dollars is received, Marquis Yong'an will take out four coal stoves and two hundred pieces of briquettes and give them to poor people? According to the briquettes and coal stoves Calculating the price, this is something worth a thousand cash! In other words, every time the foundation receives a donation from now on, Marquis Yong'an will have to pay two hundred cash back!"
(Again, the usual money at that time was equal to 800 Wen)
"Ss~! I didn't say anything, I will definitely support the Yong'an Hou family's business in the future!"
"Why wait until later? I'll go to Qiquge soon to buy a coal stove and briquettes! It happens to be cold recently, so I can use them!"
"I'll go too!"
"I'm going to donate money to the Nuantang Foundation. I don't have much. I can still afford to donate three to five hundred yuan!"
"I'll also donate three to five hundred yuan!"
"I'm going to donate ten guan!"
"Hey! Boss Liu is so awesome! I'll eat noodles at your noodle shop from now on!"
"Yes, I didn't tell you, I will definitely come here often in the future!"
A storm of national charity is about to sweep across!
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