"Wait a minute, there is coal in Xishan. Of course I know this. But Xishan is not the only one who has coal near the capital. Yuzhou in the south sends coal to the capital every year, and the quality is better." I understand Leng Qianwu's picture.
In this industry, please don’t try to trick me. "Besides, coal is not cheap. Only the rich can afford it. People prefer to use firewood, which costs nothing, and the rich are used to it.
Even if coal from Yuzhou and Xishan are developed, will anyone want it?"
"This..." Chang Hong hesitated.
The answer is that he doesn't know. Originally, he came to acquire Xishan on orders. He only knew that there was coal in the mountains and could be developed, but he really didn't know what to do. When he was asked this question,
His face looked troubled, and he didn't know how to answer it.
"Huh." Seeing Chang Hong speechless, Leng Qianwu waved his hand, "You don't even know if this business can make money, so you have to cooperate with me. You really think I'm stupid.
Huh?"
"This... this..." Chang Hong was anxious. He was afraid that the business negotiation would not go forward. If this was the case, he might want to take advantage of the opportunity, and the Chang family would be unstoppable.
Seeing Chang Hong being so anxious, Leng Qianwu snorted, thinking that he had seen through the other party's tricks. He was not looking for cooperation. He was clearly trying to defraud the Leng family of their money. Fortunately, he had a sharp eye and could see
He made it clear. Even if the other party wanted to play tricks on him, of course he would not be polite, so he retorted: "It is better not to talk about cooperation anymore. If Brother Chang is really optimistic about Xishan, then this young master can consider selling Xishan
How about it for you?"
"Sell?" Chang Hong's eyes widened at this moment.
"Yes, just sell it. The price is just one million taels of silver as you just said." Seeing Chang Hong's completely shocked look, Leng Qianwu felt that he had made the right move. Don't think that he owns a country card.
Changlong's membership card can be used to deceive others' trust at will. He will give each other a free meal and make fun of them, so as to tell others that he, Master Wu, is not that easy to be deceived.
Chang Hong was indeed shocked.
The difference is that he did not expect that the Leng family would sell Xishan to him. This was something that was beyond his imagination. Before, he had also asked his master behind him if the Leng family wanted to sell Xishan, how much would it cost. But after his death,
The master shook his head directly and said that the Leng family would not do this and it was better not to have such thoughts. If the Leng family was willing to sell it, they would definitely make a profit by buying it for one million taels of silver.
At that time, Chang Hong just thought that he was wrong. After all, although the master behind him was young, he had already proven his talent through facts. So how could the master be wrong?
Now it seems that the master is really wrong, or he overestimates the importance of the Leng family to Xishan, and they really intend to sell it.
"Wu...Master Wu, are you serious about this?" Chang Hong decided to confirm again.
"Of course it's true. If you don't believe it, I can sign a mortgage with you now. To tell you the truth, the real estate contract about Xishan is in my room. You can send someone to get it at any time. As long as you can come up with a
Come with one million taels of silver, and we can trade right away." Leng Qianwu patted his chest and said, "I have something, do you have the silver? If not, don't lie to people here, and take advantage of this table."
It's over, get away as far as you can, and don't let this young master see you again."
At this moment, Leng Qianwu had already regarded Chang Hong as a liar, and he believed that he had exposed the other party's true identity.
"Okay." Unexpectedly, Chang Hong slapped the table directly next. The sound of this shout was slightly louder, which shocked Leng Qianwu.
"What are you going to do?" Although he was born as a general and had the word "Martial" in his name, Leng Qianwu actually didn't have much martial arts. When he was a child, he would feel dizzy when he stepped into a horse stance. Bai Shenghou Lengmu immediately gave up teaching him.
Thoughts: I thought I had exposed Chang Hong's true face, and I was going to fight myself desperately, and my whole body became nervous.
Xianwei Juzhong has a strict membership card system. If members want to invite people to dinner, there are not many guests they can bring in. Leng Qianwu's servants are all staying outside the restaurant, and no one is around. If someone wants to treat him at this time,
If it goes against my will, I'm afraid I will really suffer a loss.
Seeing Leng Qianwu's very nervous look, Chang Hong knew that he was too excited, so he hurriedly explained: "Master Wu, I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask you if you can count on what you just said?"
"Do the math. Why, can you really come up with one million taels of silver?" Leng Qianwu didn't feel so nervous after knowing that Chang Hong didn't mean any harm to him, and he said it like he was superior to others.
"Okay, even if Master Wu says something, I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman. In this way, we will sign and sign now, and I will send the money later. How about it?" Chang Hong originally thought that cooperation would be a long-term matter.
If it becomes obsolete, the task will not be completed. Who would have thought that another village would be bright and clear!
"Do you really have money?" Chang Qianwu saw it. Chang Hong didn't seem to want to lie to himself, but wanted to be serious.
"I don't have it now, but if you go out and get it together, you will definitely get enough. If you can't get one million taels of silver in two hours, how about you accept the punishment and admit it? All of this can be written in the receipt." Chang Hongyi
He had an excited face and spoke with certainty at the same time.
Of course he has no money, but the master behind him does, so one million taels is really nothing.
Leng Qianwu looked at Chang Hong's vow, and agreed after a slight hesitation. It was just a signature and a pledge, and he was not handing over the land deed now. There was no chance of being deceived. As long as the other party actually took it out.
Silver, a barren land in the Western Mountains can be sold for one million taels of silver, which is a huge profit. You are not losing money, so why not agree to it.
"Okay, I will sign and pledge the money with you. As long as Brother Chang can come up with one million taels of silver within two hours, Xishan will be sold to you."
Both parties were willing, and a document that satisfied both parties was soon written down. Then Chang Hong left to collect money, and Leng Qianwu also asked his servants to go back to Leng's house to get the title deed to Xishan.
Outside the workshop in the backyard of Guochanglong General Shop, Chang Hong, sweating profusely, appeared in front of Shen Ao.
He was really exhausted from running all the way. When he saw Shen Ao, the master behind him, he told the story of his conversation with Leng Qianwu with excitement.
Chang Hong was recommended to Shen Ao by his cousin Zhao Yuanji. He was originally from a southern business family and had some connections with the Zhao family. His family fell into decline and he had to sell everything to pay off his debts, so he came to the capital of Daliang City.
I wanted to try my luck here, so I was recommended to Shen Ao.
Seeing that winter was coming, Shen Ao started to think about Xishan. There were abundant coal resources there, which Shen Ao needed urgently in the next step. Considering that it was the Leng family's property, he decided to pay the price. Give Chang Hong a task and cooperate with the Leng family.
What is unexpected is that the result of the negotiation is far beyond his imagination. Leng Qianwu, a prodigal son, actually wants to pack up and sell Xishan. This is something Shen Ao has never thought of before. But now that a great opportunity has been presented to him, where can he go? There was no reason not to seize it. He immediately praised Chang Hong, and called the steward Shen Xing to spend one million taels from Guochanglong's treasury to buy Xishan.
Just over an hour later, Chang Hong reappeared in the backyard of Xianweiju. Shen Xing greeted him and said that an empty courtyard here was temporarily borrowed for trading. Large boxes filled with silver jewels were opened one by one and placed in the courtyard. At first glance, the silver is dazzling.
Leng Qianwu did not expect that Chang Hong was not a liar, but a real rich man. Ordinarily, what he should think about most at this time was that since the other party had taken out the money, Xishan should not sell it, but should cooperate. But How could Chang Qianwu, who was blinded by the money in front of him, care about this? He had never seen so much money at one time since he was a child, so he handed the Xishan contract into Chang Hong's hands without saying a word, and then Arrangements were made to bring one million taels of silver back to the Leng Mansion.
After returning to Leng Mansion, Leng Qianwu had not yet come out of his excitement. It was not until he touched each box one by one that he slowly calmed down after about half an hour. Bai Li also appeared in his mind. The graceful figure of the White Snake that Rina saw.
"Come here, take out one hundred thousand taels of silver to go to Guochanglong and get a senior membership card for the young master. The young master will go to Xianweiju for dinner in the evening." When you have money, you must enjoy it. This is in line with the nature of a playboy, haha Amid laughter, Leng Qianwu gave instructions to the servants around him.
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In the workshop of Guochanglong General Store.
After Lu's problem was solved, Shen Ao could start the next step with peace of mind. He drew the drawings and explained what he needed to the workers. It didn't take long for one to use iron sheets for the heart and the outside. It is wrapped, filled with mud near the inside, and sealed with grass and cement on the outside to create a honeycomb briquette stove.
Next came the briquette machine and the long briquette pliers. Considering the technology at that time, all the products were handmade. Fortunately, labor was very cheap in this era. Some slaves only needed to take care of the food and did not even need to pay wages, which could effectively save costs. After having the drawings, these were quickly made.
Finally, we started to make briquettes, coal (80%), yellow mud (20%), and a manual briquette machine. The proportions in the ignition layer were sodium nitrate 30% (oxidant), potassium nitrate 1.7% (oxidant), and potassium nitrate 0.9 % (catalyst), wood carbon powder 17.4% (low flash point carbon material), anthracite 30% (high carbon-based material) carbonized sawdust 13%, oxidized black 2% (purifier) yellow mud is about 3~5% (sticky Caking agent) Soon the briquettes with empty spots were placed in front of Shen Ao like handicrafts.
"Yes, everyone has worked hard. Let's have extra food tonight." Shen Ao looked at the results in front of him and was in a good mood. With these things, the winter will no longer be cold and the people can live a warm year.