Chapter 271 Furnace and Carbon
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, line up behind you!"
"Don't worry, everyone has prepared a lot of stoves in our store and everyone can buy them. Don't worry, line up!"
"Hey, who is that, don't think that if you are short, I can't see you. What line should I get in? Let me line up behind you!"
Chang'an City, in front of Jubao Building, located in various locations in the city, was crowded early in the morning before the door was opened.
Even though it was the lowest temperature in one day, the people squeezing at the entrance of Jubao Building were all trembling all over, and no one left!
Zhao Xiaoer also came out of his home very early today, but he did not come to Jubaolou, but wanted to stroll around the streets to see if he could buy some cheaper charcoal and go home.
The weather became sudden, and their family didn't have time to buy charcoal for winter in advance. After the snowfall some time ago, they were planning to buy some, but after asking, they found out that the price of charcoal had risen to fifty pounds!
You should know that when charcoal was the most expensive in previous years, it was only twenty coins per pound!
Fifty dollars per pound? What a joke? This is not selling charcoal, it’s just a robbery!
At that time, Zhao Xiaoer hesitated not to buy it, thinking that the price of charcoal would definitely drop in a few days, and it would not be too late to buy it at that time. Moreover, the remaining charcoal at home last winter could last longer last day.
But who would have thought that the price of charcoal has not only not decreased, but has risen three times a day, one price a day. In the past few days, the price of a pound of charcoal has exceeded 80 yuan!
Seeing that the remaining charcoal was decreasing last winter, and if you didn’t buy it, you would have to burn it. Zhao Xiaoer had to go out of the house and find out if there was a little cheaper charcoal to buy than 80 yuan!
Zhao Xiaoer was a little surprised to see that the entrance of Jubao Building was crowded with people early in the morning.
On weekdays, he often goes to this Jubao Building to buy things, especially Jubao Building, which often promotes certain products, such as eggs, radish, firewood, rice, oil and salt, etc. The prices are much cheaper than other shops and are very affordable. Therefore, many people will wait for Jubao Building to buy things when there are promotions.
But... even when there are promotions, there will not be so many people here, and it is so early and the weather is so cold!
In confusion, Zhao Xiaoer walked behind the crowd and asked a middle-aged man: "Brother, how dare you ask what items are being promoted today by Jubaolou?"
The man looked back at him and said lightly: "No promotion!"
"Then you guys are..."
"Have you heard of it? His Highness the Crown Prince invented a furnace that can eliminate the poison of stone carbon!"
"Stove? Stone Carbon? What does it mean?"
"I don't understand this? The weather is so cold and the price of charcoal is so high. If stone carbon is not poisonous, stone carbon can be used instead of charcoal!"
"Ah? Can stone carbon replace charcoal? Really or false?" Zhao Xiaoer said in horror. He knew that stone carbon was toxic and could not be used to keep warm at all.
The man waved his hand impatiently and said, "Forget it if you don't believe it, go there!"
Although the man's tone and attitude were very unfriendly, Zhao Xiaoer no longer cared about it.
He was thinking about the calculations at this time - charcoal is now 80 yuan per pound, and there is no market price. All his savings add up to the price and cannot buy enough charcoal for winter. You must know that it is just October now, and there are at least three months left before the weather can warm up!
If this elder brother said it was true, stone carbon could also be used for heating... As far as he knew, no one would buy stone carbon at all, and he could even buy a big cart for a penny! In this case, what are the problems with heating in my home this winter?
Thinking of this, Zhao Xiaoer suddenly became excited and thought to himself that he must buy a stove.
But... looking at the huge team of no less than a thousand people in front of us, and the crowds that were still rushing toward us on the streets everywhere, Zhao Xiaoer had a headache!
"When will you buy a stove after this? If I get it, I will be frozen after it is sold out? And... With a stove alone, no stone carbon is also a problem. This stone carbon... huh? Yes, stone carbon! The most important thing now is to buy stone carbon first. No one dared to use stone carbon in the past, so it is so cheap. Now the poison of stone carbon can be solved. Will the price soar like charcoal? No, you have to buy stone carbon quickly!"
I have to say that although Zhao Xiaoer is just an ordinary citizen, his mind is very flexible. Others only think about buying a stove, but he already thinks of Shi Carbon!
Since he thought of stone carbon, Zhao Xiaoer immediately turned around and walked quickly outside the city. He knew someone who specialized in transporting stone carbon. This is why he knew that he could buy a large cart of stone carbon for a cent!
He walked and ran to a village outside the city, stopped in front of a courtyard, shouted, "Brother Wang, Brother Wang, are you at home?"
"Who, what are you yelling at this early morning?"
"Brother Wang, it's me, it's me, waiter!"
"Oh, waiter, it's cold and cold, why did you come to me?"
"Brother Wang, I'm asking you for something."
"What's the matter?"
"Do you still have stone carbon here? I want to buy some stone carbon!"
"Stone Carbon?"
"Yes, last time I met you, I saw you pulling a truck of stone carbon and saying that stone carbon is not valuable. I think my brother should be selling stone carbon? Is there any more now?"
"Haha, waiter, you don't know that the stone carbon is not my brother, and I am not a man who sells stone carbon." The old man surnamed Wang smiled and said.
"Not brother's? Whose is that?"
The old man did not answer Zhao Xiaoer's words directly, but asked with a smile: "Brother, ask you, did you buy the kind of stove invented by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and then you thought of buying stone carbon?"
"Ah? Brother Wang also knows that His Highness the Crown Prince has invented a furnace that can eliminate the poison of stone carbon?"
"Haha, I just learned a few days ago that I was just responsible for transporting stone carbon to the farm, and transporting stone carbon from the mine in Lantian County to the farm. I don't know what the stone carbon is used for. I only learned a few days ago that every household on the farm was cooking and heating with stone carbon, and they used the kind of stove invented by His Royal Highness the Prince!"
"Then, do you know where to buy stone carbon?"
"You're asking the right person!" The old man smiled and said, "In addition to several newly opened shops in Chang'an City that specialize in selling stone carbon, there is a market five miles away from the west of the city. His Royal Highness just ordered the opening of a place for storing and selling bulk stone carbon two days ago. If you want to buy stone carbon, it's best to go there!"
"Western city? Okay, I'll go to the west of the city right away. Thank you brother!" Zhao Xiaoer got the place where the stone carbon was sold, stood up immediately, waved his hand and rushed out of the room.
Chapter completed!