Chapter 314 Everyone yearns for a better life!
Come out of the palace.
Xia Zhibai returned to the salt shop.
Today's salt shop business is very sluggish, but the coal shop next to it is doing booming business.
Xia Zhibai stayed at the salt shop for a while, and then walked towards the coal store nearby, seeming to be very interested in the coal trade.
This coal shop is managed by Fan Xin.
Fan Xin was one of the four civil servants sent by Zhu Biao.
When Xia Zhibai entered the store, not many people noticed it, and no one recognized it. Everyone was busy weighing coal. Fan Xin even practiced it. He saw an old man holding a basket on his back. It contains coal, but my eyes occasionally glance at the loose coal placed aside.
After dawdling for a while, he suddenly reached out and grabbed a handful.
Fan Xin immediately noticed and said dissatisfied: "What's wrong with you? I've already told you that you can buy as much as you want, how can you still steal it? Do you know that with your actions, if I retaliate? The officer is enough to convict you.”
Fan Xin was quite tall, and his father-in-law was shocked by his words.
On the other side, several young men hurriedly stepped forward and dug out a few pieces of coal that the father-in-law held in his hand.
Rules cannot be broken.
No more, no more.
If I let you a little today and let him a little tomorrow, in time, after everyone passes it on to each other, I'm afraid the coal shop will be renamed Shantang.
They opened this coal shop to make money.
It’s not charity.
The old man's face turned red and he said dissatisfied: "Didn't I just take some coal? As for scaring people like this? If you say you can't have it, I won't hesitate to take it and give it to you." After saying this, the old man will give it to you. He threw all the coal aside and then ran away as if running away.
Fan Xin shook his head.
Since the coal store opened in winter, there have been many people like my father-in-law who take advantage of it.
Some of them are very fast, and if you don't pay attention, a lot will be stolen. Today's coal prices are actually not high. Although it is not a good coal in itself, you must know that this is in Yingtian Mansion, or in In winter, it is not easy to move coal.
They actually don’t make much money.
What’s more, it’s a small profit but quick turnover.
I want to find another way to make money for coal, otherwise it will be difficult to blame the salt factory. Moreover, for more than a year, they have been holding back a breath in their hearts when working with coal. I feel inferior, especially when facing people from the salt factory, who are always told behind my back that they are being supported by the salt factory.
They felt equally aggrieved.
I worked day and night to mine, but it turned out that I was thought to have been raised by salt workers, which made me feel uncomfortable.
So when he knew that it was snowing heavily and that it would be a cold winter this year, Fan Xin decided to find a new way out for the coal plant, at least to show it to the people in the salt plant. They are not raised by the salt factory. Even if they leave the salt factory, they still have the ability to make money.
People in the coal plant are very motivated during this period.
Everyone is working hard to achieve some results and prove themselves.
I also want to prove to Xia Zhibai that they can not only rely on others to deliver money and food, but also rely on their own hands to support themselves.
"Give me ten kilograms of coal."
"Give me five kilograms too."
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There was another shout in the hall, and Fan Xin smiled quickly. Say hello.
Xia Zhibai stood at the door of the store, looking at the situation inside the hall, and smiled with satisfaction.
Of course he knew the potential of the coal plant.
It's just that the 'machine-related' industry has just begun. To a certain extent, coal is not well accepted and understood by the public. Most people still prefer to use firewood instinctively, but this time the trend The snow was really heavy, and Fan Xin took the initiative to offer profits, which led to a boom in coal sales.
Lv Cang stood aside, looking at the people going in and out, with a bit of a smile on his lips.
"Brother Xia, you have always said that the prospect of coal is very good. Is this the prospect you said, but why don't I feel like it? This can only be sold in winter, and there will be no one at all other times. Sell." Lu Cang said.
Xia Zhibai said: "The prospects of coal are naturally more than this." "With the promotion of the machine industry, the uses of coal will become wider and wider."
"And if the price of coal really comes down in the future, and it is even cheaper than buying firewood, do you think people will be more willing to use coal or buy firewood?"
Lu Cang blinked, really to think about it.
Eventually.
Lv Cang said with certainty: "It's still firewood."
"Firewood doesn't cost money, you just need to spend some time and go to the mountains to cut some."
"Coal is not good, it's too expensive."
"Even for firewood, only those with money buy it. , this is still the livelihood of many firemen."
Xia Zhibai laughed and said: "You are right, habits become natural, even if there is more convenient coal, people will be more willing. Prefer the firewood you are more familiar with, but you must not forget that the world is developing."
"When the people gradually become rich, the benefits of spending time on other things are far greater than when cutting firewood. , cutting firewood gradually became a small stream.”
Lu Cang was thoughtful.
He still thought it was impossible.
Xia Zhibai said: "Do you think the world's population will increase?"
"Yes." Lu Cang affirmed.
“Will the Ming Dynasty’s city become bigger?”
Lu Cang hesitated for a moment and nodded uncertainly.
Xia Zhibai added: "Now the population of Yingtian Mansion is hundreds of thousands. In ten or twenty years, the population will probably exceed one million. By then, the entire city will be much larger, and of course it will be There will be a lot of prosperity and prosperity, and then many people will weigh the efficiency of coal and wood."
"Besides,"
"People want to live a good life."
“Firewood is considered by many dignitaries to be used by the poor to a certain extent. Therefore, if some people’s families have improved and they are greedy for vanity, I am afraid that coal sales will become more and more prosperous. Fan Xin did something extraordinary.”
"It arouses people's desires."
"It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality!"
"That's the truth."
"And in the future, the direction of the world will change drastically, moving towards development. By then, the amount of money flowing in society will increase significantly, and people's lives will get better and better. Now we are just practicing it step by step."
Lu Cang was stunned for a moment.
I didn't quite understand Xia Zhibai's words.
He also doesn’t know how social development will help the world.
He can't see it.
Xia Zhibai did not explain.
The Ming Dynasty is now an inefficient and conservative environment. Once the great reform begins, the Ming Dynasty itself will transform into a huge gold-swallowing cave, requiring a large amount of money to fill it every year. Therefore, the court will do some economic work Make great changes and stimulate the economy, which will naturally take into account people's livelihood.
I just want to really implement it, but I’m afraid there’s still a way to go.
But once it gets started and some people get a taste of the benefits, it will be difficult to turn around easily.
What he is worried about now is the helmsman who will be at the helm in the future.
Xia Zhibai did not stay at the coal store for long.
After standing outside for a while, I returned to the salt shop.
(End of this chapter)