What!

If you use it, Zhu Yijun almost asked why.

How can a business worth millions of taels of silver be reduced to a business worth thousands of taels of money?

"The emperor doesn't know that the capital is mainly coal, no matter how rich or poor the capital, it is because all the mountains and forests within a radius of hundreds of miles have been cut. Fortunately, the west mountain of Wanping produces coal, and it is the best smokeless white coal, so it is considered that the military and civilians in the capital will not cook food without wages to keep warm. However, Your Majesty does not know that this coal mining seems to be a huge profit. When the orthodox period was orthodox, the British Duke Zhang Fu ignored the "ban on remembering the stone cutting". Even though the slaves opened a coal mine in the east of Lugou Bridge, the Censorate asked for punishment at that time, and Emperor Yingzong granted it. But later, when it was opened, everyone realized that opening a coal mine was not a huge profit, but it was a lot of trouble. Gradually, the powerful and wealthy people in the capital no longer touched this thing. Nowadays, most of the coal mines in Wanping Dayu Mountain, Taohuagou, and Zhaitang are opened by merchants from all over the country, which means they earn some hard money..."

He glanced at Shi Yiwen, but did not speak for him as usual, but took the initiative to solve the emperor's confusion.

"As for this coal ball, I guess we just made coal balls here. I can't see that the coal balls that can be made in the coal shops in the capital for half a month..."

He glanced at the coal ball machine and said with a smile.

"This coal briquette machine is not difficult. You can find a craftsman to take a look at it. When someone does it, what else can we do?"

First, he just looked at him with a different eye, and because of the guest words, Shi Yiwen looked at him with a high glance. There were indeed not many people who could see this truth clearly in an instant.

Not to mention now, even in future generations, I'm afraid few people can see the key point in an instant - something that is too simple in technology, making money is just a time difference.

However, the coal ball cannot even be used in time because the technology is too simple and there is no huge profit. Relying on this thing to make money... is like a fool.

"It will take even half a month. To put it bluntly, this thing is just a round iron shell as a mold, twelve iron rods as the core, and an iron piece is attached to the core. The iron piece is connected to the pole. The pole is on the iron pipe, and the iron piece is pressed on, and it will come out after pushing it again, which is the way to take a look..."

Zhu Yijun, who had lost interest, smiled and looked at Shi Yiwen with some things.

"Zhiyuan, after working for a long time, you want to earn money for others."

Because the two of them had been friends for a long time, Shi Yiwen just smiled disregardlessly at the emperor's joke.

"Hey, you can see at a glance that the coal ball machine and coal ball stove I made are indeed intended for others to use. I guess if I sell it, I can probably sell it for a thousand handfuls or hundreds of taels of silver. After all, there are hundreds of coal shops in the capital, and a few of them can always earn some money."

With a smile on his face, Shi Yiwen said directly. Even as they were talking, the iron factory had already started to make coal bulb machines and were about to sell them to the coal shops.

"Actually, sometimes buying and selling is like this. If you make something, you may not necessarily make a lot of money, but this thing has one benefit..."

Shi Yiwen said seriously after taking a look at the coal balls on the ground.

"I have inquired everywhere in the past two days. In the past, hundreds of miles of mountains were stretched for thousands of miles around the capital. In the past, the forests were dense, but after a hundred years of public and private deforestation, the trees were gone and the trees were sparse. Fortunately, the coal mines in the Xishan area were rich and easy to mine, which could make up for the insufficient firewood and firewood. Whether it was the people cooking for heating, or minting money, they all rely on Xishan coal."

Although he lost interest, Zhu Yijun still patiently listened to Shi Yiwen continue to talk.

"In Xishan and other places, there are no less than a hundred coal mines. Large coal mines produce 4 ooo kilograms of coal every day, and the small ones are one or two thousand kilograms, which is no less than 2.3 million kilograms a day."

"It shouldn't be enough for Beijing, right?"

Zhu Yijun said in confusion.

"It's a bit short of it."

As for the difference, Shi Yiwen is not clear about it, but what is certain is that there is still some difference, which is exactly why he wants to run a modern coal mine.

"The coal used in the capital is one of Mentougou, Tianqiaofu and other places in Wanping, and the other is Cheerying and Yingshui Village in Nanshan, Fangshan, from all over the place to Beijing. Mentougou is only forty or fifty miles away from the capital, and eight or ninety miles away. After the coal is out of the kiln, it must be transported to sell. To be able to be transported, the coal produced in Xishan is mainly transported out by livestock. Locals use mules and horses to carry coal out of the mountain and then sent to the coal stack at the foot of the mountain. After these coal stack merchants buy coal, they have to transport their camels to their own coal factory. These coal plants are mostly located in major transportation roads, and the purchased coal is accumulated in the coal factory. They transport the screened coal to the city and grant it to coal shops inside and outside the city, and then sold it to Beijing buyers. Most of the coal in Beijing is repeated."

Looking at Zhu Yijun and seeing that he was still not interested, Shi Yiwen got to the point.

"Look at the coal from the pit entrance to the coal stack, then to the coal factory, and then the coal shop. The price continues to rise. The coal block at the pit entrance is 500 kilograms, and the coal crushed 30 kilograms. The coal stack collects coal at the foot of the mountain and adds 100 kilograms, and the coal stack collects coal at the foot of the mountain. The coal pile must have 30% of the coal crushed coal. The coal factory has added 20 to 30 kilograms..."

After carefully explaining the roads in the coal, Shi Yiwen said again.

"Because honeycomb coal is convenient, the people are willing to use it, and the coal used in the capital will only increase. So, I bought dozens of small coal mines in Mentougou a few days ago. I plan to open a large coal mine with a daily output of more than one million kilograms to supply coal for the capital and the surrounding people."

After Yiyu expressed his plans, Shi Yiwen continued to say something.

"But I want to transport so much coal from Mentougou, and rely on the past to transport it by mules and horses, it will definitely not work. I want to build a road before starting a mine, so I plan to build a road between Mentougou and Beijing to transport coal."

"Oh, mines are mined, road construction, Zhiyuan, this will cost a lot of money!"

Zhu Yijun glanced at the coal balls on the ground again and said.

"This million kilograms of coal... is only one thousand taels of silver a day, and the profit is only a few hundred taels of silver."

Seeing that Zhu Yijun didn't seem to see the key, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"As long as you count, it's only a few hundred thousand taels per year, but it's better than a hundred thousand taels per year. But as long as the capital is there, the money will be a steady stream of inputs. Moreover, the more people in the capital, the more coal it will be used, and the profit will naturally be richer, even..."

Looking at Zhu Yijun who was thinking, Shi Yiwen smiled again.
Chapter completed!