surprise!

When the old and young men in the capital were still surprised that a train transported 120,000 kilograms of coal to the capital, before they could come back to their senses, another train came, and then another train came.

In the next day and night, ten trains transported up to 1.2 million kilograms of coal into the capital.

For a moment, the entire capital was shocked.

Even the next day, from Lugou River to the capital, along the sides of the fast road, there were crowds of people watching the onlookers. When people watched the "train" pulled by the twelve horses coming, they would be amazed by its spectacular scene.

Look at that appearance, it seems that there is no difference from what people see when they witnessed steam locomotives hundreds of years later, but it is different from when people regarded foreign things like trains and railways as monsters. Now, when people are watching the train, their expressions are full of curiosity.

"I don't know what it feels like to sit in this car."

I don’t know how many people thought that at least in a short time, this fast road attracted everyone’s interest. In the Morning News, we used consecutive news to introduce the “coal fast road” to people. For a time, this fast road could transport millions or even tens of millions of kilograms a day, attracting everyone’s attention.

Correspondingly, the coal price, which had been rising for more than half a year, finally fell with the arrival of millions of kilograms of coal. This made the people in the capital breathe a sigh of relief. After all, for them, this is a real benefit.

When the people were affordable, Zhu Yijun, who was in the deep palace, also learned the news from the newspaper. Looking at the reports in the newspaper, he was even more happy and thought about how much money he had earned on this day.

When Zhu Yijun thought of selling thousands of taels of silver for coal on this day, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep. In the end, he even asked specifically what to do in the palace to burn fire and keep warm. When he learned that charcoal was still being used in the palace, he thought for a while and said to Feng Bao.

"Feng Daban, charcoal firewood is really too expensive. I read the newspaper and said that the cheapest load of charcoal costs three and a half cents of silver. How much charcoal should be used in the palace a year? In short, it would have to be tens of thousands of tons, or even tens of thousands of tons. Mr. Zhang kept saying that the palace should be frugal. Since that is the case, I think it would be better to use coal balls in this palace. If it is calculated as 100,000 tons per year, the palace can save 20,000 taels of silver if it is charcoal per year. What do you think?"

The emperor's sudden question made Feng Bao stunned. For a moment, he didn't even know how to answer. As the eunuch in charge, he naturally didn't have to care about such trivial matters, but he knew that the charcoal firewood in the palace was the wealth of many eunuchs. If it was cut off like this... I don't know how many people would hate him at that time.

Thinking about it, Feng Bao immediately spoke.

"Your Majesty, it's better not to bother you with such a small matter."

What does it mean to not have to worry? It is obvious that he doesn’t agree. He listens to Zhu Yijun’s unpleasant words.

"What does it mean to not be bothered? Could it be that I can't even ask about the use of burning in the palace? Mr. Zhang said he wanted to be frugal. I did things according to Mr. Zhang's intention, so why did it become unnecessary? I thought that this matter was done like this. Feng Daban, you can do this matter."

Although he was unhappy, when he said this, Zhu Yijun was still worried. He even forced himself not to see Feng Bao. God knew that he was frightened and worried. He had even thought about it that if Feng Daban opposed it, he would... not persist.

But unexpectedly, the next moment, Zhu Yijun heard Feng Bao say.

"The old slave obeys the order."

Faced with the emperor's displeasure, even though he had always been the same in the palace, Feng Bao still had to choose to follow. After all, he still knew the magnanimity, but he was extremely dissatisfied. He felt that the emperor was deliberately making things difficult for him, and even deliberately expelled Zhang Juzheng to make things difficult for him. However, even if he was dissatisfied, Feng Bao could only follow His Majesty's order.

Feng Bao's concession made Zhu Yijun's mood immediately become better. Even in the next two days, he was still happy, so he still said proudly until he saw Shi Yiwen.

"Zhiyuan, look, how did I do this? This is a big business of millions of kilograms of coal. As soon as I came forward, the Feng surnamed only followed the order."

Looking at Zhu Yijun's proud look, Shi Yiwen sighed secretly in his heart.

It seems that Zhu Yijun's dissatisfaction with Feng Bao has been around for a long time, and it is not surprising that he is not willing to have an eyeliner around him to tell others about his every move, especially Feng Bao also informed Zhang Juzheng, which made Zhu Yijun, who was repeatedly scolded by Zhang Juzheng for some of his actions, would naturally become hostile to him.

"Hey, this matter has troubled you. In fact, you don't have to come forward for such a small matter."

Shi Yiwen's answer made Zhu Yijun, who was originally eating ice cream, stunned. He asked in confusion.

"It seems you are not very happy. Why are you unhappy if I have brought such a big business for the company?"

"It's not a displeasure, but I was thinking that such a small matter is not something you should worry about."

Shi Yiwen's casual answer made Zhu Yijun immediately defend himself.

"How can this be a trivial matter? Zhiyuan, I am also a partner in the company, so of course I have to think about the interests of the company."

"That's true, but as a superior, one must focus on the overall situation rather than trivial matters. This million kilograms of coal seems to be a big business, but in fact it is only a few thousand or tens of thousands of taels of taels. You can't do this. Just like now, we can run iron factories, yarn mills, iron factories, newspapers, books, banks, carriages, road mines, and even this restaurant. If we keep everything in our hands in every detail, wouldn't we be exhausted?"

Looking at Zhu Yijun, Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"So, I always only ask about the overall situation. As for how they operate and how they compete, I rarely ask about it."

Shi Yiwen's answer made Zhu Yijun purse his lips helplessly and said casually.

"I know what you said, but I... am also for the company."

"I know,"

Nodding, seeing that Zhu Yijun was a little unhappy and was "fighting" with ice cream in a dull way, Shi Yiwen said with a smile.
Chapter completed!