There was another heavy snow yesterday. Looking around, the entire Chang'an City was covered with white areas.

For literati and poets, at this time, find a restaurant, make a few friends, and cook a pot of rice wine, so that life should not be too moist.

But for ordinary people in Chang'an City, this is the most difficult time.

On this snowy day, whether you are a small business or a farm worker, you basically don’t expect to gain anything.

The long winter has basically consumed almost all the burning substances stored in the people's homes.

"Damn it, it's so cold. Look at the baby's lips are purple. If this continues, I'm worried that he won't be able to stand it."

In an ordinary house in Yongqingfang, a family of four was crowded on a wooden bed.

There is not much firewood left at home, and if you use it for heating, you won’t even have to cook.

"His father, there are only a few dozen cents left at home. Just go out to buy charcoal and come back to keep warm. How many days can I bear it? The price of charcoal in Xishi is now twice that of last winter, and it is not something that our family can use."

Looking at the couple in their arms, they were frowning.

"How about I go to my parents' house and borrow some charcoal from my brother. He works for big businesses in the western city, and how much is he still savings?"

"Forget it, didn't he just fired some time ago? I don't know what he is busy with recently, and I guess he is not much better than our family."

Just as the couple sighed, there was a knock on the door.

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

"It's the eldest brother, I'm here, go and open the door."

Wu Niang was shocked at first. Someone knocked on the door in such weather, so something happened.

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

"Brother, it's such a cold day, why did you run out if you don't stay at home?" his father said as he opened the door, "Hey, why are you carrying a load of things? What is this?"

"This is a honeycomb coal stove, and that is honeycomb coal. It is very useful. It is hard to find a furnace in Chang'an City these two days."

Although it was a cold weather, Wu Niang, who was carrying a load of things, was sweating profusely.

Whether it is a honeycomb coal stove or a honeycomb coal, it is all heavy objects, so it would be strange if you carry it over and don’t sweat.

"Brother, is this honeycomb coal used for heating?"

Although Wu Niang thought that coal was toxic and dared not use it, now the eldest brother brought it over again, and was a little confused whether to ask for it or not.

Don't, it's too cold and the child can't bear it.

Let's go, what if you get carbon poison?

"Wu Niang, weren't I fired by my boss a while ago? It just so happened that a new honeycomb coal shop was opened in Xicheng City, and a large number of recruiting staff were recruiting. I am quite experienced in Xicheng City, so my new boss asked me to help sell honeycomb coal."

Brother Wu Niang said excitedly, "At the beginning, I just paid enough money for this boss, and I didn't think anything else was wrong. But let me tell you, this honeycomb coal is different. Even the Chang'an County Government is helping promote it everywhere. I was worried that no one would want it for selling coal, but now I am rushing to buy it."

"This coal is toxic, aren't everyone afraid?"

Wu Niang and her family of four do some small business by themselves. They usually sell some Hu cakes at the street corner, and their lives are quite acceptable, so they have never used coal.

"Wu Niang, don't worry, can you still harm you? This honeycomb coal is different from ordinary coal stone. It is 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 poison. I heard that even Your Majesty is using it, can you be more precious than Your Majesty?"

"Brother, what are you saying? Is there such a metaphor for you?"

Wu Niang felt relieved when she heard her elder brother say this.

If honeycomb coal is easy to use, it will be like a timely help.

"This honeycomb coal costs five cents per cent, which is much cheaper than charcoal. The key is that it is very resistant to burning. For example, if you sell Hu cakes on the street and use honeycomb coal, you can have a lot of money left alone."

Brother Wu Niang is really considering Wu Niang’s family.

There are five brothers and sisters, and the first four are all male, and there is only Wu Niang and one girl, so their family does not have any feeling of favoring boys over girls.

"If this is true? If it is easy to use, we can set up a new stall today. A few days ago, because the charcoal was used up and the business was not very good, we all hid at home and didn't go out."

"I'll try it out for you."

...

The confinement period shines on Jiuzhou, and some families are happy and some are sad.

For most people in Chang'an City, the honeycomb coal that appears 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, so you don’t have to worry about the cold weather without firewood.

However, for some hoarding businesses, it is in trouble.

"Shopkeeper Cui, I have lowered the price of charcoal by 30% today, but I still haven't sold a few kilograms. If I wait any longer, it will probably be even harder to sell after the weather starts to warm up."

Nanshan Charcoal Shop is a shop in the West City. It is backed by the Cui family and almost monopolizes 50% of the charcoal sales in Chang'an City.

Some time ago, the Cui family had news to the shopkeeper, so the shop specially purchased a large amount of charcoal from other shops at a high price, so that the weather suddenly became cold and made a lot of money.

Everything is going according to the plan, the price of charcoal is simply one per day.

I can still buy two pounds in the morning, but in the evening, I may only buy one pound and eight pounds.

So it goes without saying how beautiful the shopkeeper Cui was. Even the concubine at home felt that his master seemed to have been a few years younger in those nights.

However, the situation has changed suddenly in recent days.

It is known to everyone that something called honeycomb coal is suddenly spread.

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

In addition, Chang'an County and Wannian County helped promote it, and the court seemed to be purchasing it in a large manner, and honeycomb coal was quickly accepted by ordinary people.

The Nanshan charcoal shop, which originally wanted to make a lot of money, was in trouble, and all the charcoal in the warehouse became unsold.

"If you can't sell it by 30%, you can't sell it, and if you can't sell it, you can't sell it for 50%. If you can't sell it for 50%, you can't let the goods be ruined."

After so many years of business, Manager Cui is still a little courageous, otherwise the Cui family would not have asked him to take charge of the Nanshan charcoal shop.

"Butler Cui, most of our charcoal was acquired at a high price some time ago. The price was reduced by 20% yesterday, and today the price was reduced by 30%. If it drops again, it will be a loss."

The guy has followed Butler Cui for many years and is naturally loyal to Butler Cui, for fear that he would not have thought of this.

"Of course I know I'm going to lose money. But in the situation of honeycomb coal, if you don't sell it at a lower price, you will only lose more. Now some nobles in aristocratic families still insist on using charcoal. When they also accept honeycomb coal, who is willing to buy charcoal that is several times more expensive?"

"I heard that this honeycomb coal was created by the King of Chu's Mansion. If the King of Chu is not good at being his playboy, why are you going to make trouble?"

The guy cursed and started shouting at the door of the shop, announcing that the price of charcoal was reduced again!
Chapter completed!