"Huang Dongzhu, walk slowly, I won't send you off." Tian Shenglan stood on the steps outside her house, clasping her fists.
"No, no need." Huang Yunfa said with a flattering look on his face, "Don't forget, Mr. Tian, could you help me ask about that?"
Tian Shenglan cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Dongzhu Huang, Tian will definitely bring the message to you. As for whether things can be done, it's not Tian who has the final say."
"Mr. Tian, please bring me the message. Everything will be done." Huang Yunfa clasped his fists, then turned and walked towards his carriage outside the door.
As soon as he left, another carriage arrived outside the door of the farm house.
At this time, Tian Shenglan had not gone back. When he saw the people coming out of the carriage, he said with a smile: "Dr. Chen, please come inside. The weather is so cold. Come inside and warm up by the fire. The Tiger Flag sent a coal stove a few days ago. It’s much warmer with the charcoal brazier.”
"That carriage looked familiar just now, who was it?" Chen Liyun looked at the carriage disappearing from the street and asked Tian Shenglan.
Tian Shenglan said: "The carriage that just passed by was the Huang family's carriage. Huang Yunfa had just left before you came."
"What is he here for? Boss Tian, please don't do anything stupid." Chen Liyun frowned.
Huang Yunfa is the director of Fanji Chamber of Commerce, and they are a new chamber of commerce established together with Tiger Flag. The two chambers of commerce were already fighting endlessly on the grassland. At this time, Huang Yunfa found Tian Shenglan, which made him unable to help but think too much.
"Haha, Boss Chen misunderstood." Tian Shenglan said with a smile on his face, "This Huang Yun came to me because he asked me, Mr. Tian, to come."
Chen Liyun frowned and asked curiously: "What? Did something happen to him that fell into the hands of Boss Tian?"
"Let's go into the room and talk." Tian Shenglan raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation toward the door, and then said, "Actually, the reason why he came to beg me has something to do with me inviting you, Boss Chen, this time."
Hearing this, Chen Liyun became more and more puzzled.
However, he didn't rush to ask, believing that Tian Shenglan would tell him what was going on after entering the house.
The two people came to the door of the study. As soon as they pushed the door open, a wave of heat hit their faces.
Chen Liyun glanced into the room curiously, but did not see the charcoal brazier. There was only a strange-looking iron lump in the middle of the room, with an iron rod about the same thickness as the front end of a killing stick attached to it.
I guessed that this thing should be the coal stove Tian Shenglan just mentioned.
Sure enough, Tian Shenglan pointed at the iron lump in the room and said with a smile: "This is the coal stove that Tiger Character Banner sent not long ago. It cost me a full thirty taels, but this thing is really easy to use. After lighting the fire, In less than an hour, the whole room will be warm, without the dust from the brazier and the choking smoke."
"No wonder it's so warm in the house. Not to mention, this coal stove from Huziqi is really nice. I'll get one and put it in the house later."
Chen Liyun looked at it for a few times, then curiously touched the iron rod attached to the coal stove.
"Don't touch it!"
Unfortunately, Tian Shenglan's reminder was a little late. Chen Liyun's hand had already touched the top of the iron rod.
"hiss!"
Chen Liyun took a breath and hurriedly took his hand back. Even so, the pads of his fingers were all red and hot.
"Boss Chen, are you okay?" Tian Shenglan asked with concern.
Chen Liyun waved his hand and said: "It's okay, but this thing is quite hot. Fortunately, you reminded me just now, otherwise it would have been very hot."
"This thing is called a chimney, and it is hollow inside." Tian Shenglan introduced, "It is the same as a coal stove. The smoke from the coal stove is discharged out of the house along the chimney."
Chen Liyun said: "This is a good thing. With this chimney, every household does not have to worry about burning coal."
Every winter, some poor people are no better than rich people, so they can only burn coal to keep warm in their houses. This kind of coal has many impurities, and if you are not careful, it will poison the whole family and kill them all. In the house.
Tian Shenglan said with a smile: "Since I got this coal stove, I have slept in the study for several nights. I sealed the coal stove at night and it was not extinguished early the next morning."
"Master Tian, you are not very funny! You didn't tell me about such a good thing, so you can enjoy it all by yourself." Chen Liyun complained angrily.
"You can't blame me for this." Tian Shenglan exclaimed, "I only got this coal stove recently. I heard that the Tiger Flag has just started to be sold to the outside world. The quantity is not large. There is not enough to sell it in Datong, let alone our Xuanfu."
Chen Liyun shook his head and said: "I don't care, your land owner has a coal stove, and I am also a director of the Chamber of Commerce. No matter what, you have to get one for me. We don't want it to be too good. This is fine for you. If it really doesn't work, you can't use yours." You can give it to me, I don’t mind if you use it.”
"Okay, okay, I'll have someone deliver the coal stove to your home later, but the money won't be less, thirty taels." Tian Shenglan gestured twice with his fingers.
Chen Liyun turned his head and stared at Tian Shenglan, complaining: "Mr. Tian, this is a very smart calculation. You still want me thirty taels of silver for the used coal stove."
"The one I gave you, Mr. Chen, must be a new coal stove." Tian Shenglan said, "Yesterday the Tiger Flag convoy delivered twenty coal stoves. Even Huang Yunfa asked to buy them and I didn't agree."
Woo woo woo
At this moment, the water in the kettle on the coal stove boiled.
"I personally made tea for you, Mr. Chen, as an apology." Tian Shenglan apologized and hugged Chen Liyun.
Then he walked to the coal stove, picked up the kettle, and poured water into two tea cups with tea leaves.
After the water was seven-tenths full, Tian Shenglan handed the kettle to the servant on the side.
The tea leaves floating in the water gave off a faint aroma of tea. Chen Liyun put the lid on the tea cup and then said: "You are so anxious to get someone to come to me. Is something wrong?"
"It's a good thing." Tian Shenglan said with a smile, "The things on the grassland have come to an end."
"So the Tiger Flag won?"
Even though it was a good thing to hear what Tian Shenglan said, Chen Liyun still couldn't help but ask.
Tian Shenglan nodded and said, "We won. Fan Yongdou has returned to Zhangjiakou. This matter will spread throughout the Xuanfu in a few days."
"Haha, this is indeed a good thing. I believe that in less than two days, those who have rejected us will beg to join our chamber of commerce." Chen Liyun smiled broadly.
"The Tiger Flag actually won the business war on the grassland. To be honest, I still can't believe it." Tian Shenglan sighed with emotion.
Chen Liyun said with a smile: "This shows that Liu Dongzhu of Tiger Character Banner is a capable person. If it were you and me, we would have been suppressed by the Fanji Chamber of Commerce long ago and we would not be able to hold our heads up."
"Who says it's not the case!" Tian Shenglan said, "Otherwise Huang Yunfa wouldn't beg me."
"What? He wants to join the Chamber of Commerce?" Chen Liyun frowned.
The chamber of commerce he was talking about was no longer the Fanji Chamber of Commerce of Fan Yongdou, but the new chamber of commerce established by Hu Ziqi and the two of them.
