HLnovel Chapter 312: Coal Cake Price Negotiated
Chapter 312: Coal Cake Price Negotiated
The man from the village told Li Biao everything that had happened in the village, which made Li Biao even more furious.
"Good, very good. The head of this village is also a good guy. He knows that they are my Third Master Biao's men, but he still helps outsiders. He really doesn't take me, Third Master Biao, seriously."
There was murderous intent in Li Biao's eyes.
Although his tone was calm and gentle, it made people feel terrified.
"Someone, go and find out where they are now?"
As soon as Li Biao gave an order, someone went downstairs immediately, while he grabbed a pot of flowers beside the bed and crushed them hard.
Shen Yuan and his group did not hide their whereabouts, and someone soon reported it. Li Biao was also a brave man, so without saying a word, he led his men straight to the inn.
Unfortunately, they were destined to fail.
It was natural that Shen Yuan brought people to this inn as a deception. When someone went to check, he immediately took everyone to check out and asked Shen Songqing and his aunt to leave first.
Only three brothers, Shen Su, Shen Hua and Wang Baolin, were left. Shen Liang and Shen Heng were asked to protect the others and quickly head towards Daliushu Village.
Su Wanwan didn't follow them. She wanted to go to the coal mine to take a look. After all, she still needed to haul coal.
Shen Yuan didn't want to let her stay, but when he thought that she had a space and could hide in the space if she encountered danger, he let her go.
But she also changed her makeup, wearing men's clothes and putting on men's makeup.
Shen Yuan took Shen Hua and Wang Baolin directly to the coal mine, but let Shen Su leave quietly and go to a restaurant.
Li Biao was so angry when he saw the empty inn that he smashed a table.
When they sent people to inquire again, several people had already met the manager of the coal mine.
The manager's surname is Liu. He is a middle-aged man in his forties with a mustache and looks very shrewd.
After checking their coal usage documents, they were led to the coal warehouse.
The environment here is not very good, with black ash everywhere. Especially when going to the warehouse, Su Wanwan happened to pass by the place where coal briquettes were made, and she secretly observed it.
The coal refining technology at that time was still very simple. It was just a simple crushing and adding of stone mud, then pouring water on it to make coal cakes, and finally air-drying it.
Therefore, this type of coal cake produces more smoke.
Although she had "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" in her space, which recorded a slightly more advanced method of coal refining, as a liberal arts student, she really couldn't read it, couldn't understand it, and couldn't draw it.
The ancient book "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" is known as the "Chinese Encyclopedia of the 17th Century" and was compiled by Ming Dynasty scientist Song Yingxing.
Forget it, as long as the coal briquettes work, it’s fine.
If she were to reform the coal-refining technology, it would be too amazing and it would definitely attract other people's attention.
It's better not to meddle in other people's business. She is here today just to discuss the price of coal briquettes.
Su Wanwan reminded herself not to meddle in her own thoughts. She had always had good self-control, so she didn't even look at him any more and followed him to the warehouse.
The warehouse was very large and filled with coal cakes. The person in charge even took out a coal cake and asked someone to burn it for them to watch.
"Our coal refining technology here is ahead of the entire Great Xia Dynasty. If you go to other coal mines, you will see that their coal briquettes produce more toxic smoke, so the price is naturally higher."
Manager Liu was not polite and quoted a price.
Shen Yuan also asked someone to inquire about the price of coal briquettes, which were half the price of charcoal. However, the price quoted by Manager Liu was still a little high.
"Since Manager Liu is so sincere, I won't waste any more words. I will reduce the price by another 10%, and you will deliver the goods once every five days."
Shen Yuan is also very tough.
Su Wanwan agreed with his attitude.
Although coal briquettes require official documents, it is indeed a buyer's market. I just saw so many coal briquettes piled up in their warehouse, and I believe it is the same in other coal mines.
If there are too many goods to sell, the buyer has the final say.
However, Shen Hua and Wang Baolin were dumbfounded by Shen Yuan's toughness.
Brother Yuan, you are here to buy coal briquettes. Aren’t you afraid of being kicked out for being so tough?
This is run by the government. They would rather not sell it than sell it to you.
What they didn't know was that the imperial court was now poor and in urgent need of silver and money. It would be a waste to pile up these coal cakes. It would be better to exchange them for silver and money as soon as possible to support the victims in various places.
Of course, the price given by Shen Yuan was also the market price, which was naturally within their acceptable range.
Sure enough, Manager Liu was not angry, he was just stunned. He never expected to meet someone who knew the business this time.
Looking at the young man opposite him, although he was wearing ordinary clothes, it still couldn't conceal the aura and indescribable feeling he had. He even doubted whether he was an ordinary farmer.
This price is acceptable, and the other party wants a large quantity, so it is a good deal.
Manager Liu has been in charge of the coal mine for many years. Apart from selling the coal cakes to blacksmiths and kilns, as well as the government's exclusive weapons workshop, they have few other uses.
The blacksmith shops and kilns used very little, and the weapons workshops were run by the government, so the prices were even lower than this. The most important thing was that they were often in debt. Of course, the silver they earned was given to the court, so they could not be considered to be in debt.
So in fact, the capital operation of this huge coal mine is extremely tight, and Manager Liu wants to make friends with such a big client.
After testing the waters with a high price, Manager Liu realized that the other party was not easy to fool, so he hesitated for a moment and then agreed.
The two parties then signed a cooperation agreement.
Shen Hua and Wang Baolin on the side didn't know what was going on. Brother Yuan was too awesome. The other party agreed so readily after all the bargaining.
Shen Yuan also wanted to make friends with Manager Liu, so after signing the agreement, he invited Manager Liu to have dinner together.
Since both parties had this intention, the dinner was naturally a success.
So not long after, the group arrived at Fengxianlou, the most luxurious restaurant in the county.
Shen Su suddenly came out from the kitchen and gestured to them. Shen Yuan nodded, then took Manager Liu to the top floor.
Su Wanwan also noticed Shen Su. She naturally knew Shen Yuan’s plan and nodded to Shen Su.
After completing his task, Shen Su sat calmly in a seat in the lobby downstairs, ordered a dish, and ate while looking at the door.
After everyone sat down in the private room, Manager Liu became curious about Shen Yuan's workshop and began to ask what the coal cakes were used for.
Shen Hua used to be a waiter in a restaurant. He was the most active one. He was pouring tea and water on the side. His eyes were shining as he listened to the conversation between the two.
It’s really worth it to follow Brother Yuan this time!
He learned a lot of rhetoric.
It was Wang Baolin's first time to come to such a fine restaurant, and he felt a little uncomfortable, but he quickly adjusted himself and listened with great interest.
Only Su Wanwan was busy eating.
The food in this restaurant tasted pretty good and she enjoyed it very much.
At this time, it was completely dark.
Looking down from their window, the night market was bustling once again.
Su Wanwan ignored them and stuck her head out of the window. Looking at the excitement below, she couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips.
Just looking at this night market, it seems to be thriving.
Unfortunately, she soon saw those thugs again, and they started collecting protection fees at each stall.
"We just set up the stall and haven't made any money yet. Can you please be kind and pay us after we make some money?"
An old lady below was begging desperately.
Su Wanwan felt sad when she saw this. At this moment, she heard the sound of a teacup breaking by the window next door, and then a pleasant voice came:
"If I hadn't come out today, I'm afraid they wouldn't know that this market I created has become a tool for them to make money!"