webnovelvip Chapter 40
Chapter 40
Chapter 40
"My lord, it took two days to collect a total of three coal mines." Lin Ping said.
"Yes, three seats are enough, thanks for your hard work." Lin Xuan nodded with satisfaction.
Lin Xuan was not surprised at being able to buy three coal mines. At this time, no one knew the value of the coal mines. As long as the price was right, it would not be difficult to buy all the coal mines with time.
But he didn't intend to do that. In later generations, monopolies would make trouble for you, let alone in ancient times.
"Let's go, take me to see it." Lin Xuan wanted to go to see the coal mine, how could he be regarded as a person who owns mines at home now.
Led by Lin Ping, Lin Xuan came to a coal mine outside the city.
"Young master is here." Lin Ping pointed to a mine pit and said.
Lin Xuan took a look. This was an open-pit coal mine. He didn't know how much coal was in it, but it was just for burning the stove, and any amount of coal was enough.
Open-pit coal mines are easy to collect, otherwise, with the current technology, it would not be possible to get out the deep and low ones.
"Let's go, let's go to that village to see." Lin Xuan saw a village not far away, and was going to see if he could hire someone to produce briquettes.
Not long after, the two came to that village. Just looking at the houses, they knew that the village was not rich.
Although it is now the prosperous age of Zhenguan, the prosperous age has just begun after all, and the common people can barely make ends meet, and there is no such thing as a good life.
This is the case around Chang'an, and other places can be imagined.
After people inquired, Lin Xuan found this Lizheng family named Liujia Village.
The village name of Liujia Village has no special meaning, just because the whole village is named Liu.
Lizheng is actually the head of the village. Lizheng's family in Liujia Village is no different from other families in the village. You can tell that they are very poor at first glance.
Lin Ping stepped forward and knocked on the wooden door of Li Zheng's house.
squeak
The dilapidated wooden door opened, and a dark complexioned old man over five years old poked his head out, saw Lin Xuan and the two, and asked blankly, "Who are you?"
"Old man, we are from Chang'an, and we want to hire some people to work in your village. Is it convenient?" Lin Xuan said with a smile.
If he wants to hire someone, he can't go door-to-door to ask, and the best choice is to find someone in the village.
Li Zheng's name was Liu Laosan, and his face was full of smiles at Lin Xuan's words, and he said, "Why is it so inconvenient, come in and tell me."
Lin Xuan followed Liu Laosan into his house. After entering, he found that the inside was more dilapidated than the outside, but he didn't care.
After Liu Laosan asked Lin Xuan to sit down, he took a bowl and poured some boiled water for Lin Xuan, and said a little embarrassedly: "Young master, I'm sorry, the family is poor and has no tea, so I can only make do with it."
"It's okay, I just like drinking plain water." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Lin Xuan's approachability relieved Liu Laosan a lot, and asked with concern: "I wonder how many people you want to hire in our village, and how much will they pay?"
"Let's hire ten first, and the wages are ten cents a day, what do you think?" Lin Xuan said.
Liu Laosan was overwhelmed with surprises. Usually someone hired them to work, and they were basically paid three pennies a day. He didn't expect the young man in front of him to pay so much.
After the surprise, Liu Laosan couldn't believe it, and asked, "Is what the young master said true?"
"Of course it's true. If you don't believe it, you can finish it every day, but I want to be diligent. Don't find some sneaky people to fool me." Lin Xuan said.
Of course he knew that the wages he gave were a little too much, because digging coal and making briquettes was hard work, and he thought the village was too poor, so he paid a little more.
He doesn't care about this little money, it's just a small amount of money to him, as long as he works diligently.
Hearing that Lin Xuan said that he could settle daily, Liu Laosan felt relieved, even if Lin Xuan was a liar, at most it would be nothing more than a day, so why not be afraid.
"Young master, don't worry, you pay such a high salary, who would dare to be diligent and see if I don't deal with them." Liu Laosan hastily expressed his opinion.
Lizheng is usually held by the person with the highest seniority in the village, and he has great prestige in the village. Liu Laosan can guarantee this.
Lin Xuan nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, I'll go back first, you find the person, I'll be here tomorrow."
"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely take care of it for you." Liu Laosan smiled and sent Lin Xuan out.
After the human affairs were settled, Lin Xuan returned directly to Chang'an.
As for the other two coal mines, Lin Xuan didn't go to see them. Now this one is enough.
"Lin Ping, when you arrive at the room to receive ten guan rewards, just say I told you so." After arriving home, Lin Xuan said to Lin Ping.
Although he doesn't know how to employ people, he has watched so many TV shows, and he has seen pigs run away even if he has never eaten pork.
"Master, this is too much." Lin Ping said hesitantly.
"Just take it, I'm very satisfied with what you've done these days." Lin Xuan said.
Lin Ping said gratefully, "Thank you, my lord."
After dismissing Lin Ping, Lin Xuan returned to his yard, checked the heated kang carefully, and found that it was almost dry. He planned to try the effect of the heated kang tonight.
After having dinner with his parents and younger sister at night, Lin Xuan couldn't wait to go back to his yard. He wanted to try the kang to see if it worked.
The principle of the heated kang is very simple. The hot air generated by fuel combustion dissipates heat to the adobe when it passes through the flue of the heated kang. The adobe is a poor conductor of heat, so the temperature of the adobe will last for a long time after being heated.
The stove and chimney of the heated kang are built in another room in the yard.
After ordering Chunyue and the others to light the fire, Lin Xuan sat on the kang and waited.
About 10 minutes later, Lin Xuan felt that the kang under his buttocks began to warm up.
As the temperature on the kang was fully radiated, the temperature of the whole room became higher and higher.
It didn't take long for Lin Xuan to feel a burst of heat. He took off his coat and felt relaxed all over. Finally, he didn't have to wear so many clothes.
After about an hour, Yuhe walked in: "My lord, the water in the pot has already boiled, should we continue to boil it?"
Yuhe felt that the room was very warm and admired her young master very much.
"No need to burn it, bring the water here, I want to take a bath." Lin Xuan said.
"Yes, servant girl, let's go get ready." Yu He didn't know what to think of, and walked out blushing.
Lin Xuan was a little speechless, I didn't do anything to you, why are you blushing, it seems like I have done something to you.
……
"It's so comfortable." Lin Xuan moaned, feeling extremely comfortable all over.
Don't get me wrong, he didn't do anything inappropriate for children, he was just taking a bath.
"My lord, you are really amazing." Chunyue felt the heat in the room, and said with some admiration.
I am very powerful, but your words are easy to make people think about it, you know!
Seeing Chunyue and Yuhe rubbing his back vigorously in small clothes, Lin Xuan felt a little lost.
The ancients didn't know what to eat to grow up and develop so well.
"What's the matter, I'll ask someone to get you a kang tomorrow." Lin Xuan said indifferently.
(End of this chapter)