Yesterday there was another heavy snowfall, and as far as the eye could see, the entire Chang'an City was white.

For literati, find a restaurant at this time, make an appointment with a few friends, and cook a pot of rice wine, so that the days are not too moisturizing.

But for the ordinary people of Chang'an City, this is the most difficult day.

On this kind of snowy day, whether you are doing small business or farm work, you basically don't expect to get anything.

And the long winter has basically consumed almost the burning materials stored in the homes of ordinary people.

"child, it's so cold, you see the dog's lips are purple, I'm afraid he won't be able to stand it if it goes on like this."

In an ordinary house in Yongqing Fang, a family of four is huddled on a wooden bed.

There is not much firewood left in the house, and if you use it for heating, you won't even have to cook.

"His father, there are only a few dozen dollars left in the family, just go out to buy charcoal and come back for heating, and how many days can he last? Now the price of charcoal in the West Market is twice as high as last winter, and it is not at all what our family can use. ”

Looking at the pair of children in their arms who were in a poor mental state, the husband and wife frowned.

"Why don't I go to my mother's house and ask my brother to borrow some charcoal. He works for big businesses in the West Market, and how much does he have some savings? ”

"Forget it, didn't he just get fired some time ago? I don't know what he's been busy with lately, and it's probably not much better than our family. ”

Just as the husband and wife sighed, there was a knock on the door.

"Wu Niang, open the door quickly, I will bring you good things."

"It's big brother, big brother is here, go open the door."

Wu Niang was startled at first, someone knocked on the door in such weather, but nothing happened.

But when I heard that it was my eldest brother, I was relieved.

"Big brother, on such a cold day, why did you run out when you weren't at home?" His father opened the door and said, "Hey, why are you carrying a load of things?" What is it? ”

"This is a honeycomb coal stove, and that is honeycomb coal. It's very easy to use, and it's hard to find it in Chang'an City in the past two days. ”

Although it was a cold day, Brother Wuniang, who came over with a load of things, was sweating profusely.

Whether it is a honeycomb coal stove or honeycomb coal, it is a heavy object, and it is strange not to sweat when you pick it up.

"Big brother, isn't this honeycomb coal used for heating?"

Although Wu Niang thought that coal was poisonous and didn't dare to use it before, now that the eldest brother brought it over again, she was a little entangled in whether she wanted it or not.

Don't, it's too cold for the child to bear.

Do you want to, in case you get carbon poison?

"Wu Niang, wasn't I fired by the owner a while ago. It just so happened that a new honeycomb coal shop was opened in the West Market, and a large number of people were recruited, and I was relatively experienced in the West Market, so the new owner asked me to be responsible for helping sell the honeycomb coal. ”

Brother Wu Niang said excitedly, "At the beginning, I was paid enough by the owner of this family, and I didn't think anything else. But let me tell you, this honeycomb coal is different, even the county government of Chang'an County is helping to promote it everywhere, originally I was worried that no one wanted to sell coal, but now I am rushing to buy it. ”

"This coal has coal poison, aren't you afraid of it?"

Wu Niang's family of four started a small business on their own, and usually sold some hu cakes on the street, and their lives were quite passable, so coal was never used.

"Wu Niang, don't worry, can the eldest brother still harm you? This honeycomb coal is different from ordinary coal, and when used with this honeycomb coal stove, as long as you don't put it in a completely closed room, you don't have to worry about carbon poisoning. I heard that even His Majesty is using it, can you be more valuable than Your Majesty? ”

"Big brother, what do you say, there is such a metaphor for you."

Hearing her eldest brother say this, Wu Niang breathed a sigh of relief.

If honeycomb coal is easy to use, it is really equivalent to charcoal in the snow.

"This honeycomb coal costs five yuan a penny, the price is much cheaper than charcoal, and the key is that it is very resistant to burning. For example, if you sell cakes on the street and use honeycomb coal, you can have a lot of charcoal money left. ”

Brother Wu Niang is also really thinking about Wu Niang's family.

There are five brothers and sisters, the first four are all men, and only Wuniang is a girl, so there is no patriarchal feeling in their family.

"Really? If it works, then we can reopen today. A few days ago, because the charcoal ran out and the business was not very good, we all hid at home and did not go out. ”

"Whether it's good or not, I'll give you a try."

……

The confinement bends to Kyushu, and a few families are happy and a few are sad.

For most of the people in Chang'an City, the honeycomb coal that has appeared on the market in recent days can be said to be a life-saving treasure, solving the heating problem that everyone is most concerned about.

It is no exaggeration to say that with honeycomb coal, there is no need to worry about the winter in the future.

Just store a few hundred pieces of honeycomb coal at home, and you don't have to worry about no firewood in the cold.

However, for some hoarders, it is a blood mold.

"Shopkeeper Cui, I have lowered the price of charcoal by 30% today, and I still haven't sold a few catties. If you wait any longer, after the weather starts to get warmer, it is estimated that it will be even more difficult to sell. ”

Nanshan Charcoal Shop is one of the few shops in the West Market, backed by the Cui family, and almost monopolizes fifty percent of charcoal sales in Chang'an City.

Some time ago, the Cui family had news for the shopkeeper, so the shop deliberately bought a large amount of charcoal from other shops at a high price, in order to make a lot of money when the weather suddenly became cold.

Everything is going according to plan, and the price of charcoal is literally one price a day.

In the morning, you can buy two catties of money, but in the evening, you may only be able to buy one catty and eight taels.

So it goes without saying how beautiful the mood of the shopkeeper Cui is, even the concubines in the family feel that their master seems to be a few years younger in those nights.

However, in recent days, the situation has changed abruptly.

Something called honeycomb coal was suddenly known to everyone.

The cheap price alone has impacted the sales of Nanshan charcoal shops.

In addition, with the help of yamen such as Chang'an County and Wannian County, the imperial court seems to be procuring it on a large scale, and honeycomb coal was quickly accepted by ordinary people.

The Nanshan charcoal shop, which originally wanted to make a lot of money, fell into bad luck, and all the charcoal in the warehouse became unsalable.

"If the price is reduced by 30%, the price will be reduced by 50%, and if it can't be sold, it will be 80%, in short, the goods cannot be rotten in your hands."

After so many years in business, the shopkeeper Cui is still a little courageous, otherwise the Cui family would not let him be in charge of the Nanshan charcoal shop.

"Steward Cui, most of our charcoal was purchased at a high price some time ago, and the price was reduced by 20% yesterday, and the price was reduced by 30% today, and if it goes down, it will be a loss."

The guy has also been with Steward Cui for many years, and he is naturally loyal to Steward Cui, for fear that he will not think of this.

"Of course I knew I was going to lose money. However, with the situation of honeycomb coal, if you don't sell it at a lower price, you will only lose more. Now some noble families still insist on using charcoal, and when they also accept honeycomb coal, who wants to buy charcoal that is several times more expensive? ”

"I heard that this honeycomb coal was made by the Chu Wangfu, this Chu King is not good to be his son, come out and make trouble."

The guy scolded and went to the door of the shop and began to shout, announcing that the price of charcoal had been reduced again!