"The charcoal on Shaanxi Road is 60 Wen, if you go outside the city to intercept and buy, I am afraid that it will not be 50 Wen."

Since Zhu Bajin wanted to do a charcoal business, he naturally inquired about the market. Shaanxi Road charcoal is mostly used in Bianliang City, and because you have to pay taxes to enter the city gate, the price in the city will be quite different from the price outside the city.

"A scale is 15 catties, 4 wen per catty, 80 wen is required for a day and night, and it costs a lot to ......" The scale is a weight unit in the Song Dynasty, 15 catties per scale, so if you calculate it, Gao Cuifeng feels that he has found the fatal flaw of honeycomb carbon, expensive!

"You don't know, it's not all charcoal, two of which are yellow mud, and it's smaller than the smoke of burning charcoal directly. If this stove is built at the back of the house, the house will only enjoy warmth without being disturbed by smoke and dust, and it will not fall compared to charcoal, and there will be no open flame hazards, which is feasible. ”

The honeycomb charcoal was designed by Hong Tao, and in these days, he has listened to the opinions of Zhu Bajin and other low-level citizens, and he called Gao Cuifeng to learn more about the ideas of the middle class.

Slightly affluent people may not be too sensitive to price, but they have more requirements for safety, comfort and convenience. Since it is to be sold in large quantities, the wider the target customers, the brighter the profit prospects.

Honeycomb carbon is actually the honeycomb coal of later generations, and there is no difficulty in making it. First, the large coal blocks are crushed manually, or cheaper coal dust is simply purchased, and then ground with a stone mill, mixed with about 20% clay, and directly molded and dried with a simple mold.

But honeycomb coal alone is meaningless, without a suitable stove, this thing is not much better than coal, and the cost has increased, so it cannot be sold at all.

So Hong Tao tried to ask Hu Er to lead the craftsmen to make a few simple honeycomb coal stoves, and when the cast iron was too late, he used adobe to build it. In fact, as long as the seal is fine, the adobe stove has a better insulation and burning effect than cast iron, but the appearance is not very beautiful and convenient.

But in any case, honeycomb coal must be more expensive than coal, and it should be about the same as the cost of firewood, about 100 wen per scale. But its combustion heat is definitely higher than that of firewood, which does not need to be popularized by itself, and the Song people have realized it.

The use of charcoal in Bianliang City is still not small, but because there is no suitable stove, it cannot overcome the shortcomings of large and poisonous coal, and few residents use it, and it is mostly used in commercial and industrial fields.

However, as long as there is a suitable use, the Song people's concept changes quite quickly, and they are willing to accept new things, provided that they are profitable.

For example, in the case of the fire kang, now Hu Er and these craftsmen have begun to take apprentices, because there is too much work to be busy. Those who came to them for the pankang have never struggled with why they have to burn charcoal, as long as the house is warm and does not suffer from smoke, no matter what it burns, it is cheaper to burn charcoal directly than to burn firewood.

It was in view of this reaction that Hong Tao decided to partner with Zhu Bajin to run a charcoal business, not only for trafficking, but also for preliminary processing and peripheral support. It is not cost-effective to sell raw materials alone, and you must play with added value, which is common in ancient times and in later generations.

In fact, the real stove is still under development, but Hong Tao doesn't have so much energy and time to directly engage in cast iron stoves, and he doesn't want to invest too much at once. Use this primitive earthen stove to explore the market's reaction, and if it is really feasible, it is not too late to put on a cast iron stove.

And there are advantages to doing this, the family that originally bought the earthen stove saw that the new model came out again, and most of them will be replaced with the new generation, which is equivalent to making money twice.

More than twice, with Hong Tao's chicken thief character, the cast iron stove is definitely not in place at one time, and it is not often necessary to add a new function to get a new model, and he will be uncomfortable if he does not pit the dead.

"Don't talk to him, can I go back to my house to start work?" Zhu Bajin was already a little impatient, and the more Hong Tao explained, the more anxious he became, and he couldn't wait to let the Wujin Store open immediately, and then turn those black and dark stones into copper coins.

"You wait to go first, stay careful, don't have a trace of air leakage, otherwise I will smash your business with the forbidden army!"

Does Zhu Bajin want to take the craftsman to make honeycomb coal? Definitely not, this thing is too dirty, let alone entering the house, not even the city. The site of Wujin Bank has been selected, and it is more than half a mile road on the north side of Jinmingchi, where there is a small Zhuangzi, which is Zhu Bajin's apprentice's house.

Xiao Zhuangzi is located on the north bank of the Bianhe River, and also guards the main road into the city, and the water and land transportation are convenient. In the future, the dried honeycomb coal can be directly put on the ship from the West Water Gate into the city, and it can be sent wherever you want along the Bianhe River, and a few distribution centers or freight yards will be set up along the way, and the whole city can be radiated.

Now Zhu Bajin and these craftsmen are going to the Pankang base stove in the Horse Mansion, and Hong Tao does not plan to sleep on the kang before he gets honeycomb coal and stoves, because the coal blocks burned in the yard are too dirty, and the smoke is so big.

Now that these problems are solved, it is time to enjoy it. And Zhu Bajin and these craftsmen will definitely not care about asking for money, and take advantage of their enthusiasm to take advantage of their popularity.

No matter how careful and light you are, it is impossible for the work of pankang and stove to be silent. It needs to make a hole in the wall to connect the stove outside the house to the kang inside the house, and the chimney at the end of the kang must also be built against the wall. The location of the stove and chimney determines the location of the kang in the house, so the layout of the room has to be greatly changed.

"Madame can't help but come with horses, how can people sleep on the stove and still have their lives?" The princess didn't understand what the husband was talking about, since the husband said that it was good to think about it.

But Mama Wang couldn't bear it, people were more resistant to new things when they got old, and when they heard that the kang was going to go off, how did they think about it and feel that sleeping on it was going to be roasted. But she could not stop the pony's move, so she had to slander the princess.

"Mama Hugh has to worry, I think Dalang has already made up her mind...... Tomorrow, Mama will accompany me into the palace to visit my mother, and I will be in the palace for two days. The princess was still on her husband's side, but her stomach was not very calm. People are afraid of death, let alone being roasted alive, which is creepy to think about.

But it can't be said that the horse is deliberately trying to kill himself, once the kang is dried and the fire is made, he has to go to the kang if he doesn't want to. What to do? The princess deserves to be a princess, even if she is married, her mother's family is also a solid backing, I hid back to my mother's house to see who dares to say a word.

In this way, it is not against the will of the husband, and it can be watched and seen how things develop. If there is no problem after those concubines have slept on the fire, it is not too late to come back.

"So that the people in the house can't be quiet, and the old body will go into the palace to respond, leaving Lian'er to serve the officials, and there will be no mistake in thinking about it."

Mama Wang is also very good, and after listening to the princess's words, she immediately understood the core idea, and then perfected it, and deliberately left Lian'er as a microphone, so that the princess could also know the dynamics of the palace in the palace.

Hong Tao didn't think carefully about the princess's movements and psychological activities, he was busy dealing with Shen Kuo in the study. To say that the professional is powerful, this all-round genius has learned the rules of the use of Arabic numerals and some operation symbols, and has done all the problems that he has taken.

And then it's even more addictive.,A lot of problems that were previously unclear and didn't have a context have seen hope for solution.,This time in addition to handing in the homework and asking the teacher to correct it.,I also want to go a step further.,See if you can get some private goods from the horse back to study.。