Surprises always come inadvertently, when Chen Yue took Chen Ping and Chen Mo to play briquettes with the slime, Chen Yan ran over out of breath, bringing the good news that there were customers who needed honeycomb coal.

"You two go ahead and move the dried honeycomb coal to the warehouse in a moment." Looking at the briquettes in the yard, Chen Yue instructed Chen Ping and Chen Mo to be humane.

"Young master, I'll help you pull the car!" Chen Ping looked at Chen Yue with anticipation, and kept playing briquettes for two days in a row, this kind of work was too boring, and he really wanted to go out for a walk.

"With Chen Yan helping me pull the car, you should play briquettes." From tomorrow, more and more people will come to buy briquettes, and I am afraid that the briquettes we have played in the past two days will be sold out soon. ”

Chen Yue said, took Chen Yan to move briquettes to the board car, loaded a full board car, although only one customer asked for briquettes, but Chen Yue had a subconscious, as long as his car of briquettes was pulled to Xuanwumen Street, I am afraid that many people would come to ask, this car of briquettes may not be enough to sell!

Chen Yan is very energetic, he is pulling a car full of honeycomb coal alone, and he doesn't need Chen Yue to make a move, it seems that it is right to bring him without Chen Ping. When passing through the city gate of Xibianmen, Chen Yue smiled and greeted the two veterans guarding the gate, two days ago, Chen Jianghe invited the hundred households in charge of guarding the Xibianmen to have a big meal, and got the promise to pass from here. They are all Jingying brothers, and they still have to give this face.

The customer who wants briquettes is the shopkeeper of a bookstore on Xuanwumen Street, with the fame of Xiucai, he likes to read and drink tea on weekdays, and he dislikes the charcoal stove that used to cook tea is expensive and dirty, and he fell in love with this honeycomb coal at a glance, although the appearance is not very good, but it is very money-saving, not too much than burning incense and charcoal, and this is a new thing, and it can also be sold in front of acquaintances.

"Lee Sang-gong, what do you think?" Putting the stove in front of the bookcase of the bookstore keeper, personally lighting a fire for him, and putting down two honeycomb briquettes, Chen Yue asked with a grin.

"Not bad, not bad!" Shopkeeper Li carefully looked at the shape of the coal stove, looking at the orange-red flames from the briquettes burning inside, and was very satisfied.

The shape of the coal stove was designed by Chen Yue himself, and a total of three models were designed, one of which was more exquisite and beautiful than the other. The highest-grade shell is made of pure copper, with patterns of flowers, birds, fish and insects, which is delicate like a work of art, but this needs to be done by a coppersmith, and the price is too high to sell to the real rich, and it still only exists on drawings; The mid-range is sold to the shopkeeper Li, the shell is made of pig iron, the inside is a hearth made of mastic, the shell design is mainly cylindrical, very small and exquisite, the whole body is brushed with a layer of anti-rust red paint, and the color looks very beautiful; The low-grade shape is much simpler, and the outside is only brushed with a layer of rust-proof tung oil.

Chen Yue carried two low-end coal stoves in his car, and Shopkeeper Li fell in love with the mid-range one at a glance. However, the price of a mid-range coal stove is 100 yuan, and if it is a low-grade one, it only costs 50 yuan, and the first time you buy a hundred briquettes, you can give a stove. Low-grade stoves are just a layer of iron on the outside, and they are not worth much, and a hundred briquettes are given to a coal stove purely to solicit business.

Shopkeeper Li hesitated for a long time, but he gritted his teeth and bought this very good-looking mid-range stove, for a person with some status, it was still necessary to spend more money to pretend to be forced.

The first shot business, with an income of 300 copper coins, Chen Yue showed a happy smile with a heavy string of money.

"Silly...... Ah Yue, send some honeycomb coal to my house! As soon as he left Li Xiucai's bookstore, a neighbor blocked Chen Yue's way, and he had breakfast at Aunt Zhang's steamed bun shop yesterday, and he fell in love with this honeycomb coal at a glance.

"Okay Uncle Niu, I'll send you home." Chen Yue responded with a smile and instructed Chen Yan to pull up the coal car.

"Ah Yue, two pennies and a briquette are too expensive, can it be cheaper!"

"Uncle Niu, it's really not expensive, this kind of briquette is too difficult to make, and it's very troublesome. Although it looks a little expensive, it is more resistant to burning, and it is much more affordable than the coal you used to burn. And as long as you buy a hundred briquettes, I will give you a coal stove, no money, this coal stove can be bought for fifty yuan. ”

"Really? That's a good feeling! Niu Bo was overjoyed, he knew that his coal stove could not burn this kind of honeycomb coal, and he was worried that he would have to spend money to buy a coal stove, but he didn't expect such a good thing.

Business came quietly, and a cart full of briquettes was sold in less than a morning, and although there were only five or six customers, they only bought five or six hundred copper coins, which was a little more than half a tael of silver. But after all, there is a good start, and I believe that the business will get better and better in the future.

Seeing Chen Yue returning empty, Wu Wan'er was overjoyed and knew that the briquettes had finally been sold. Hurriedly poured a basin of water, mixed with some hot water, and asked Chen Yue to wash his face.

Chen Yue magically took out a string of rock sugar gourds from behind him and handed them to Wu Wan'er, making Wu Wan'er show a surprised face.

"There are no of us, there are no of us!" Chen Ping, who was already tired and half dead, threw down the briquette machine in his hand and rushed over screaming.

"The rock sugar gourd is gone, but there is a large piece of meat!" Chen Yue threw a large piece of pork wrapped in oiled paper weighing five or six catties into Chen Ping's arms.

"Dog, we've got meat to eat!" Tearing open the oil paper and looking at the fat pork belly inside, Chen Ping shouted at Chen Mo happily. In these years, the number of times ordinary people eat meat throughout the year is also limited.

Chen Mo turned his head to look at him, and continued to talk to the slime silently.

"Rest with Amo!" Looking at Chen Mo, who was working hard, Chen Yue nodded, this is an honest, diligent and capable child.

After eating a sugar gourd, giving the rest to Chen Ping, and instructing him to eat it separately with Chen Mo, Wu Wan'er picked up the braised pork and went into the kitchen, she is now very interested in cooking, and her cooking level is improving every day.

Chen Yue washed his hands and face, entered his bedroom, took out an account book from the cabinet and put it on the table, polished the ink, picked up the brush and began to keep accounts.

Since it's a business, and it's a big business, it's not okay if the accounts are not clear. Now that the business has just begun, I can still deal with bookkeeping, if the business is getting bigger and bigger in the future, I have to hire a special accounting room!

The shopkeeper of the bookstore Li bought 100 briquettes, 200 copper coins, a mid-range coal stove, 100 copper coins, and a total income of 300 yuan.

Hair Hutong Niu Er, buy 120 briquettes, and count 240 copper coins. (Gift a low-grade coal stove, principal 20 Wen)

He Datou of the blacksmith alley bought 80 briquettes and counted 160 copper coins. (Gift a low-grade coal stove, principal 20 Wen)

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The morning's business was recorded one by one, a total of six orders, six hundred and forty briquettes were sold, and a mid-range coal stove was sold. The income is 1,380 copper coins, including 1,280 for briquettes and 100 for coal stoves.

Profit, not counting labor, the gross profit of a briquette is 1.2 wen, which is about 768 wen, which is less than one tael of silver. It's not a lot of money, but that's just the beginning!