Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 164

"Okay, okay, don't cry, just a few coal stoves, don't make a fuss, it's not a valuable thing!"

Wang Wanting listened to Zhao Yi's understatement, and instantly exploded, "Your Highness, that is a coal stove, which costs hundreds of coins. With it, we can feel the warmth in the room. How can you say that?"

Looking at Wang Wanting's serious expression, Zhao Yi couldn't help but laugh. But seeing the little girl's eyebrows raised, he quickly changed his words and said: "Yes, yes, you are right, Your Majesty has gone too far. I will go into the palace right now." Get the coal stove back, how can this be!"

"That's right, Your Majesty can't take people's things casually, you have to give money!" Wang Wanting looked serious, and told Zhao Yi to ask for the coal stove back before leaving.

Just as Zhao Yi breathed a sigh of relief, Wang Chi hurried over and said, "Your Highness, we are in trouble. The coal stoves in our shop are now scheduled to be shipped out in three months."

"What kind of trouble is this?" Zhao Yi immediately became happy when he heard this, "Just hurry up and finish the order. You all know the structure of the coal stove. I believe that after this wave, someone will soon imitate it. By then, it will be imitated." You can’t make any money.”

"But the workers..." Wang Chi just wanted to say that there were not enough workers, but Zhao Yi waved his hand directly.

"Old Wang, don't be reluctant to spend money to hire people. Although the slaves are useful, they will lose everything if they are used up. If there are fewer slaves, just buy a few more. If they are not enough, then spend money to hire people. Be generous when you should be generous!"

Zhao Yi educated Wang Chi, "Any trouble that can be solved by money is not a trouble. You can do it freely, and there will be an orphan behind you to support you. As long as you don't rebel, you can do whatever you want!"

When Wang Chi heard Zhao Yi's words, he benefited a lot instantly, so he said goodbye to Zhao Yi, and then left in a big stride.

Looking at the back of Wang Chi leaving in a hurry, and hearing Wang Wanting yelling in the mansion when he turned his head, Zhao Yi couldn't help but smile, the father and daughter under him are really good tools.

[Oh, the old guy is so unreasonable that he actually went to the Cavalry General’s Mansion to steal coal stoves and briquettes. What’s the matter? 】

[Fortunately, he didn't know that I sent a lot of coal stoves and briquettes to Concubine Mu, otherwise Concubine Mu would be in trouble. 】

[Wang Chi is also stupid. He is a poinsettia businessman after all. How could he get into the eyes of money? Coal stoves are nothing! 】

[It is not coal stoves that make money, but coal. As long as you control the coal, this prince will be the first and only coal boss in Daqin! 】

[The coal resources in Guanzhong are still too small, it seems that we need to find an opportunity to let the people below go to Shanxi to have a look. 】

As Zhao Yi expected, when coal stoves entered thousands of households in large numbers, especially those of civil and military officials, people soon started to imitate coal stoves.

The ability of the people is immeasurable. The craftsmen of this period also have the wisdom of later generations. When they dismantle a coal stove and carefully understand the internal structure of the coal stove, they can easily imitate it directly.

So soon, ministers who had craftsmen in their houses began to imitate coal stoves. When their own homes were enough, they began to sell them to others.

In order to be able to sell coal stoves, the coal stoves in the shops of these ministers are really getting cheaper and cheaper. If you sell them for [-] yuan, I will sell them for [-] yuan. Later, coal stoves of [-] yuan a piece appeared. up.

The people in Xianyang City are naturally happy to see such a scene. After all, they can use coal stoves in winter, and they are cheap and of similar quality. Why not do it?

However, Wangji Department Store did not lower the price of coal stoves, even if a coal stove could not be sold in a day, it would not lower it.

This is the result of Zhao Yi's instructions. After all, all the coal stoves on the market are imitated from those in the Prince's Mansion, so the coal stoves in the Prince's Mansion have absolute quality assurance.

In addition, from Zhao Yi, Wang Chi has already figured out that the more coal stoves are sold, the better, because now in the entire Xianyang City, only Wangji Department Store sells coal pellets.

No matter how powerful those civil and military ministers are, they don't have their own coal mines, and now all coal mines are monopolized by the Prince's Mansion.

So no matter where people buy coal stoves, they end up buying coal pellets from Wangji Department Store, which is the big deal!
Soon, this situation was discovered by the ministers, and even Ying Zheng was aware of it.

Because not only civil and military officials are imitating coal stoves, but Ying Zheng also ordered his generals to copy coal stoves. Now basically every palace in the palace has coal stoves, but with only coal stoves and no coal pellets, they can only go to the king Remember to buy in department stores.

"Oh, what the hell are these briquettes made of? It's not Shi Nie. The general supervisor in the palace hasn't developed a famous one for a long time, so I can only go to Wang Ji to buy it!" Shake your head.

Feng Jing was also deeply convinced, "Yes, Your Majesty, there are hundreds of thousands of coal stoves in Xianyang City today, but the only one selling coal pellets is Wangji Department Store."

"Now the weather is getting colder and there are more and more coal stoves. The Wangji Department Store has raised prices several times in a row. I heard it was the prince's idea. Now he is making a fortune just by selling the coal balls. Look, Your Majesty..."

Zhao Yi was being invited outside the Imperial Study Room at this time. He was begged by Wang Ben and Li Xin, several generals in the army, but he didn't expect to hear such a bunch of people outside the Imperial Study Room before he entered the Imperial Study Room. Complain about your own words.

【Hehe, I didn't ask you for money to imitate my coal stove, yet you are thinking about my coal briquettes! 】

[It's really not enough people's hearts to swallow elephants, what the hell is too greedy, if you have the ability to do it yourself! 】

[Don't look at your own weight, is this a business you can do?Are you invited to be officials or are you invited to make money?One or two put the cart before the horse, what do you want to do?Heaven-shattering! 】

Hearing Zhao Yi's complaints, Ying Zheng blushed for a while, and hurriedly asked all the officials about the recent disaster situation, "My lords, be careful, report the latest disaster situation!"

Hearing Ying Zheng's question about the disaster, Li Si hurried forward to report, "Your Majesty Qizuo, the snow disaster in Guanzhong and Longshang has been basically investigated and cleared. Now it has been controlled within the controllable range, and the relief is being stepped up."

"In addition, the army has also assembled and is on standby at any time. If there is a disaster that cannot be solved by ourselves, the army will be sent to provide relief."

"It's just that the disaster in the direction of Hebei is more serious. Zhili Neishi has already gone to investigate in person, and there should be an update on the disaster situation in Xianyang in a few days."

"Generally speaking, the disaster has been brought under control, especially after the emergence of coal stoves and briquettes. Basically, no one has frozen to death. All localities have seized the time to make coal stoves and supply them to the affected people first."

(End of this chapter)