Inside the Shouchun Palace.

Recently, Yuan Shu also heard people below talk about the changes in Shouchun City.

Although he was not particularly concerned about these things in Shouchun City, he spent all day drinking and having fun in the palace.

But every morning at court, there are always some ministers who will talk about the recent situation in various places and the surrounding conditions.

Even if Yuan Shu didn't want to know about Shouchun's changes, he would passively know something about it.

When he heard that all the refugees in Shouchun City had disappeared, he showed a confused look.

At the same time, he recalled the time when his son came to him to ask for food to help the victims.

"My dear friends, you said that someone has been selling briquettes in the city recently. I think I should know something about it."

"It seems that my incompetent son asked me for 30,000 stones of food and grass half a month ago, saying that he wanted to help the victims. Could it be that this kid is behind it?"

"Your Majesty, please go to the palace and ask, young master, and you will know."

Someone hurriedly said something more.

Yuan Shu nodded. It has been half a month, and Yuan Yao has not come to report the situation to him.

It would be reasonable to send someone to find him and question him.

Anyway, Yuan Shu also wanted to know whether the recent briquette incident that had been circulating was the fault of his son.

"Okay, send someone to notify Yuan Yao and ask him to come to the main hall immediately."

The two small Huangmen quickly conveyed Yuan Shu's order and hurried to summon Yuan Yao.

At this time, Yuan Yao was in the city directing his men to transport the briquettes in batches to every household.

He was not angry at being disturbed by the sudden arrival of the Xiaohuangmen. After all, these Xiaohuangmen were just messengers.

Knowing that it was his cheap father Yuan Shu who was looking for him, he immediately put down what he was doing and quickly followed the small yellow gate to the palace.

Fortunately, his location is not far from the palace.

In less than half an hour, he arrived at the main hall of the palace.

As soon as he came in, he saluted Yuan Shu first. Yuan Yuan waved his hand, indicating that he didn't need to be polite and asked him questions.

"How is my son doing lately?"

"As for returning to my father, I have been busy relieving the victims recently, but I haven't been here for a few days. I want to pay my respects to my father."

"Well, I also saw that you haven't come over recently, so I sent someone to find you and want to have a few words with you."

"I heard from the ministers that someone has been selling briquettes in Shouchun City recently, and all the refugees have disappeared. Is it you?"

Yuan Shu didn't talk nonsense to him, and directly asked the question he wanted to know.

Not only did Yuan Shu want to know these things, but the ministers below also wanted to know.

Although some people have already known through their own channels that Yuan Yao made the briquettes, they also want to hear Yuan Yao's own confirmation.

In particular, they wanted to know whether the briquettes were profitable through Yuan Shu's inquiry.

Making money is certain, because judging from the recent boom in briquette sales, they must have sold a lot of this stuff.

As long as the quantity increases, it’s just a matter of how much money you make.

They are just curious about how much money this thing can make.

How could Yuan Yao not know what the people in the court were thinking?

They just saw the booming sales of briquettes in recent days and wanted to get in on the action.

It's just that the relationship with Yuan Yao is not that good, so I want to put this matter into Yuan Shu's hands and use Yuan Shu's hand to intervene.

After being asked this question by Yuan Shu, Yuan Yao pondered for a moment, and then opened his mouth to explain to Yuan Shu and many ministers present.

"If I go back to my father, this matter was indeed done by my son. When I returned to Shouchun, I saw that the area near Shouchun had been disturbed by refugees. If things go on like this, this will not be a good thing for Shouchun and our Dazhong country.

A good thing."

"That's why I proposed to my father last time that I want to use part of the food and grass to help the victims, and at the same time let them dig in the mountains to make briquettes and sell them, and use this to make money to feed the surrounding refugees for my own use."

The fact that Shouchun City was trapped by refugees was actually no small matter. Many ministers knew about this matter and even mentioned it to Yuan Shu in the court.

It's just that Yuan Shu didn't take this matter too seriously. In the eyes of a superior like him, it was just a matter of driving away some refugees.

There is no need to spend a lot of time to arrange for treatment.

If you do that, you will only waste your food and grass and cause yourself trouble.

But Yuan Shu never expected that his son not only perfectly solved the problem of refugees with only 30,000 stones of food and grass, but also invented some kind of briquettes. He heard that he made a lot of money, which made him quite curious.

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"My son's wonderful idea helped my father solve the refugee problem in just a few days. It really impressed my father. I heard that the briquettes you made were selling well in Shouchun City recently. Now,

Half a month has passed. How are sales? Are you making money?"

The first few sentences were just polite remarks, but Yuan Shu quickly passed them by in a few sentences and asked the question he really wanted to ask.

Is honeycomb briquette profitable?

In the silence just now, Yuan Yao had already thought about how to answer this question.

At this moment, there was no hesitation and he answered directly to Yuan Shu.

"Father, in the past half month, I have indeed made some money from selling the prepared briquettes. The total income is 780,000."

In the main hall, people who were originally very interested in the briquettes immediately calmed down after hearing this number.

I only made 780,000 yuan in half a month. After deducting costs, the profit is probably not much.

It's only twenty to thirty thousand a day. This amount of money may be a lot for an ordinary family, but for the princes and nobles present, it is not worth mentioning.

Even Yuan Shu was not surprised when he heard this answer. He really didn't take this small amount of money seriously.

However, he quickly gave Yuan Yao a few words of encouragement.

"Not bad, not bad. My son has really grown up and is actually able to make money on his own. He has made hundreds of thousands of dollars in half a month. After one year, he has become a considerable asset."

Hearing Yuan Shu's encouragement, Yuan Yao immediately smiled and said modestly.

"What my father said is absolutely true. It's a pity that a lot of time was wasted in the early stage of this time, rescuing the victims and exploring coal mines. After making the briquettes, it took a few more days. It took only seven days to actually take the briquettes to the market for sale.

Eight days.”

The ministers who originally looked down upon these briquettes suddenly became pale when they heard Yuan Yao's words.
Chapter completed!