Chapter 20 The First Snow of Crossing

"Your Highness."

Qin Mu entered the main hall first, followed by Sun Dong and Wei Qing.

Seeing Wang Shijie's arrival, Qin Mu said in surprise, "Brother Wang was always late in the past, why is he here so early today?"

"Last night because of the gas stove, I didn't sleep all night, I was anxious, and I came earlier today."

Wang Shijie was guilty of being a thief and did not dare to look at Qin Mu.

"Hmph." Qin Mu sneered, he believed that Wang Shijie was a ghost, but just by looking at Wang Shijie's thief-eyed appearance, he knew that his purpose in coming so early was not simple.

Sun Dong looked at Wang Shijie, then glanced at Qin Mu, and said, "His Royal Highness is busy with official business, so let's not disturb His Highness here, or hand over our secret letters to His Highness."

Wei Qing said in a loud voice, "That's right, now each takes out the secret letter and asks His Highness to tear it down in public. I believe His Highness is fair."

Xiao Ming smiled secretly, this Wei Qing put a high hat on himself first, because he was afraid that Xiao Ming would be biased, he said: "I have to go to the equipment department later, in that case, please give me the secret letter."

Wang Shijie immediately submitted his letter to Xiao Ming, and the other three also submitted it in turn.

After sorting out the secret letters, Xiao Ming opened them one by one. Wang Shijie's price was five taels, Sun Dong's was three taels, Wei Qing's was three taels, and Qin Mu's was sixty taels.

"His Royal Highness, what's the result?" Qin Mu asked worriedly, this time the Qin family paid a lot of money.

Xiao Ming spread out all the four letters, "This king didn't cheat, it seems that the management of this coal ball furnace is Qin Mu's."

Wang Shijie looked unhappy. He didn't expect the Qin family to spend such a large amount of money, but for him, the briquettes were the most important thing, and the briquettes were not important.

"I'll give it up, I'll give it up." Qin Mu stood up and bowed his hands to the three of them with a triumphant look.

The expressions of Sun Dong and Wei Qing did not change much. They knew that they couldn't compare to the Qin family and the Wang family in this matter.

The Wang family controls coal, and the Qin family controls water transportation. These are the advantages they don't have.

"Since Qin Mu has come out on top, then this matter is settled like this. This king will order the equipment department to produce it, and Brother Qin will come to pick up the goods every day." Xiao Ming said.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Qin Mu was overjoyed.

The matter of the coal pellet stove was settled, the four of them went separately, and they still needed to report the matter to their families.

Counting the bank notes in his hand, Xiao Ming happily said, "Technology monopoly is the most profitable."

As an engineering major, Xiao Ming is very aware of what it means to be backward in technology. In his era, if there was no technology, he would have to spend money to buy it from others.

In this case, you have to give as much money as others say you need. Technological monopoly is definitely a huge profit.

What he has in his mind now is unlimited technology, and when he gets all these technologies out, he will establish his own technology monopoly system.

At that time, he can sit and wait to collect the money.

On Qian Dafu's round face, his eyes were about to die. Since they came to Qingzhou, their palace has never been so rich.

"Da Fu, this is one thousand taels. It's very difficult to find mines. It's the fee for you." Xiao Ming slapped the two silver notes in Qian Dafu's hand.

Qian Dafu smiled even happier, "His Royal Highness earned this money, and this old slave took it."

Xiao Ming shook his head helplessly, there was no way, the palace used to be too poor.

After accepting the bank note, Qian Dafu asked, "His Royal Highness, when I go out to look for mines, what about the affairs of the palace?"

Xiao Ming glanced at him, and said lightly, "Don't you have an idea in your mind to protect Aster so much?"

"Your Highness is still smart, the old slave can't hide his thoughts from His Highness. This Luluo and Ziwan are the people around the empress and will not be detrimental to Your Highness. Luluo is a timid girl and will definitely not be able to control the servants in the house. This Ziwan has a fiery personality. , and smart, it is more than enough to manage the palace." Qian Dafu said.

"Then let her take care of it. You are my confidant. There may be a lot of things for you to deal with in the future. You can't always stick to the trivial matters of the palace."

The word "confidant" made Qian Dafu excited for a while. Xiao Ming trusted him so much, and he was willing to go through fire and water.

The matter of finding the mine is imminent, Xiao Ming explained some details to Qian Dafu. Today he is going to prepare, and he is going to go out tomorrow.

For the safety of Qian Dafu, Xiao Ming specially asked Lu Fei to draw ten loyal cavalry soldiers to accompany him to protect him.

With silver in hand, Xiao Ming's first thing is naturally the hydraulic lathe workshop.

Because the dignified vassal king enjoyed the ultimate privilege in his fief, Xiao Ming easily encircled a piece of land in the place where the Mi River was the most urgent, and no one dared to say anything.

Then, he asked Chen Wenlong to post a notice to recruit craftsmen. This hydraulic workshop is 100 meters long and 15 meters wide, which is not a small project.

This winter is coming soon, and he hopes to put the workshop into use within one winter.

At the same time, the craftsmen in the equipment department worked overtime to produce lathes, and when the workshop was established, the equipment could be moved there.

The production of coal ball stoves is also in progress. Because of the simplicity of manufacture, the Equipment Division can produce thirty gas stoves a day.

After winning the management right of the coal pellet stove, the Qin family came to pick up the goods the next day, but despite spending a lot of money, the Qin family did not dare to buy too much at one time, they were still worried about the sales of the coal pellet stove.

In such busyness, the weather is getting colder day by day.

At the end of the first month of Xiao Ming's journey, a heavy snowfall from the north covered Qingzhou City.

The snow was heavy and swaying, and when I woke up the next day, Qingzhou seemed to be buried in the snow.

"His Royal Highness, look at how much snow is here." In the snow, Luluo's little face was flushed red with cold, one foot deep and the other shallow, she smiled sweetly at him,

Xiao Ming sat at the door of the dormitory, guarding a briquettes stove to bake his hands. The weather today is at least minus seventeen or eighteen degrees below zero.

In previous times, he was a southerner, and he had never experienced such cold weather. Now he just wanted to hold the stove and not move his nest.

However, Luluo and Aster seemed to have long been accustomed to such weather, and they enjoyed playing in the snow.

Aster also smiled at Xiao Ming and said, "His Royal Highness, come on, you will be warm with every move."

"Let's play, this king won't go." Xiao Ming said, it is also a pleasure to appreciate beautiful women playing.

Aster and Luluo looked at each other, and suddenly one of them picked up a snowball and threw it at Xiao Ming.

"Bold!" Xiao Ming pretended to be angry, and at the same time dodged left and right, the two snowballs fell into the air.

Aster and Luluo smiled when they saw it, but suddenly they stopped their smiles because they saw Pang Changshi walking over from the front hall.

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