Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 302: All for the People of Tang Dynasty
The first snow of winter finally blew over from Mobei.

Crystal snowflakes slowly fall from the gloomy sky.

On the trees, on the eaves...

Su Chen stood in the courtyard, looking at the snowflakes slowly melting between his palms. Winter was coming.

Jiang Wuyang and Du He came to Taiziju together.

"Brother Su."

"We need urgent orders for cotton clothes. We are too busy to handle it!"

Du He couldn't wait to tell the current predicament. When he looked at Jiang Wuyang, Jiang Wuyang sighed, "Our situation is similar, especially honeycomb coal, which is in short supply."

Although they had prepared a lot of stoves and honeycomb coal in advance, when the temperature suddenly dropped and snowflakes fell, their little stock was not enough to fill the huge market.

"The weather in the south should be pretty good."

Su Chen smiled and said, "Let's focus on the north first. The orders from the south can be postponed and not accepted."

Du He and the other man looked at each other and thought this was a good idea.

However, the number of orders from the north has made their subordinates too busy to cope with the workload.

"Brother Su, although we can temporarily turn down some orders from the south, we still have a lot of orders from the north."

"Especially for the order from Longyou Road, our people are already rushing to make it, and I'm afraid we'll need to add some more manpower."

Longyou Road borders the Turks. When the weather gets cold, the temperature in Longyou Road drops much faster than in Chang'an.

"This is easy to handle."

Su Chen smiled and said, "As for the matter of increasing manpower, I will naturally have a detailed discussion with Mr. Dai from the Ministry of Revenue."

As the Minister of Revenue, Dai Zhou not only controlled the country's land and population, but also had special officials responsible for statistics on what kind of work these people did.

As long as we get these personnel lists from Dai Zhou, we can look for skilled workers in a targeted manner.

"Have you posted any notices recruiting people?"

"We had already told Xu Qizhuang before we came here, and he said he would arrange this matter urgently."

"That's fine."

Su Chen smiled and said, "I'll take care of the Ministry of Revenue. When you go back, write another recruitment notice outside your respective shops."

"Only skilled workers are needed, and those with experience will be given priority."

"it is good!"

……

After seeing off Du He and the other two, Su Chen asked Sun Qiang to arrange a carriage, prepare some gifts, and head towards Dai Zhou's mansion.

"Master, would you like to see the visiting card sent by Master Su Chen?"

"Su Chen?"

Dai Zhou put down the teacup in his hand, took the visiting card with some surprise, and muttered: "Why did this guy think of visiting my house?"

"Invite him in."

"Yes."

After a while.

Su Chen and Sun Qiang walked in from outside.

"Drinking tea and appreciating the snow, Lord Dai is really elegant."

"Mr. Su, please take a seat."

Dai Zhou waved his hand cheerfully, motioning Su Chen to sit down and talk.

Su Chen thanked him and took a seat, and the maid beside him served him hot tea.

Dai Zhou smiled and asked, "Why did Master Su think of coming to my house to sit down?"

Su Chen put down his teacup and said straight to the point: "Master Dai, as the saying goes, no one comes to visit you for no reason. I came here this time because I need your help with something."

"Oh?"

Dai Zhou became interested. "What's the matter?"

Su Chen frankly told the story about the shortage of staff at Cotton Clothes.

Dai Zhou looked surprised: "The cotton-padded jacket business is so good?"

"nature."

Su Chen smiled and said, "Didn't I send a batch of silver to Master Dai some time ago?"

Dai Zhou waved his hands repeatedly, "Master Su, you are wrong. The silver was not given to me, but to the national treasury!"

Su Chen smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I made a mistake and sent it to the national treasury."

"This time, the first snow came a little too quickly. The temperature in Longyou Road dropped too quickly, so many people who were still wearing shorts two days ago put on thick cotton clothes today."

"The situation in Longyou Road, Guannei Road, Hebei Road and other places is not much better."

"So, the orders for cotton-padded clothes are increasing. But you also know that the cotton-padded clothes workshop over there in Du He is only so big. Even with hundreds of people busy, they simply can't handle it."

"So I was thinking, didn't you arrange some manpower for them before? Can you be more flexible this time?"

"After all, once the cotton-padded clothes are sold, it will not only help comfort the people of our Tang Dynasty, but also bring a lot of profits to the national treasury."

Dai Zhou nodded, "It is my responsibility to do this."

"However, the more than 100 people we gave you last time were all women with superb skills. This time they may not be as good as before."

Su Chen: "I understand."

"No more, just give me another 500 men."

"five hundred?"

Dai Zhou raised his eyebrows and shook his head repeatedly, "No, no, Mr. Su, although these people's skills are a little poor, they are mostly smart and skillful. How can we just send them over? Many of them still have jobs."

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Su Chen felt something was wrong.

How can a group of needlework women have jobs?

Could it be...

"Master Dai, the group of female workers you sent over earlier, could they be from the palace?"

"Ahem, no, no."

Dai Zhou waved his hand. "It's just that relatively speaking, their craftsmanship is more sophisticated, but compared to the people in the palace, it's still far behind."

Su Chen smiled and did not dwell on this matter. "I want 500 people, not all of them are female workers. I only need 200 female workers. The remaining 300 people will be sent to Jiang Wuyang to make coal."

Hearing this, Dai Zhou breathed a sigh of relief. If there were only two hundred female workers, he could still think of a way to get them together.

As for the three hundred laborers, that is even less of a problem.

"Didn't you go to Duan Lun's place?"

"I am just a candidate for making honeycomb coal, not a blacksmith who makes furnaces. I don't need to have smelting technology, so I came to visit Master Dai on purpose."

"This is easy to handle."

Dai Zhou smiled and asked, "When do you need it?"

"Of course the sooner the better."

Su Chen said in a deep voice, "The newspaper is also promoting this matter, and Du He and others have also posted notices outside the store. We should be able to gather a group of available labor this time." Wow.

Is the business so big now?
Dai Zhou was a little surprised, but more of happy.

The bigger the cotton-padded clothing workshop's business is, the more commission their Ministry of Revenue will get!
All he needs to do is arrange some staff and then wait quietly for the payment!
Why not?
"Okay, I'll enter the palace now."

"Thank you, Master Dai."

"Alas, it's all for the people of the Tang Dynasty!"

……

When Su Chen brought Sun Qiang back to the Prince's Residence, he found that Wang Xuance actually appeared in the Prince's Residence!
"Son!"

Wang Xuance smiled, "We are back!"

"Good good."

Su Chen nodded repeatedly, "Why didn't you send someone to tell me when you're coming back?"

Wang Xuance smiled and said, "After the army of the Arab Empire was defeated, we rested in Persia for two days and then returned without stopping."

"Did A Luohan come back with you?"

"That's not true."

Wang Xuance shook his head. "When we were dealing with the 30,000-strong army of the Arab Empire, we used firearms and bombs."

"A Luohan knows that this kind of thing is very hidden, at least it shouldn't be exposed in our hands."

"The news of the defeat of the Arab Empire will surely reach Chang'an City, so he arranged for us to rest as soon as possible and rush back early."

"If there are any problems, they can be arranged as soon as possible. I thought so too, so I rushed back with my brothers."

"This matter has not been exposed yet?"

"It has been exposed a long time ago..."

Sun Qiang smiled and said, "After Xie Lisi came back, the people from the Kingdom of Daqin came back, and the King of Wei got the news."

Wang Xuance's face changed, and Su Chen smiled and waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, what can they do if they know?"

"The prince has already reported this to the Dali Temple, so let's just leave it at that."

"never mind?"

Wang Xuance looked doubtful.

How could the King of Wei remain indifferent after hearing the news?
"What are they waiting for?"

"good."

Su Chen nodded, "They are waiting for His Majesty to return to the palace."

Wang Xuance suddenly came to his senses. Now it was the crown prince who was acting as regent, and the crown prince had done an excellent job during this period of time.

Even if Li Tai wanted to take action against the prince and Su Chen, he didn't have much chance of winning.

It would be better to wait until Your Majesty returns from Jiucheng Palace, and then take all the evidence and severely impeach the Crown Prince in front of Your Majesty.

"What about us?"

"Go back and rest."

Su Chen smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work this time."

"Don't dare."

"Xue Li."

"exist."

"Take them to get two thousand taels of silver, take everyone to have a good meal, and then go back to rest."

"Yes."

"Thank you, sir."

Wang Xuance nodded.

Seeing Su Chen's expression, he understood that Su Chen already had a plan in mind.

When you need them, you will naturally tell them.

……

The snow had been falling for a whole day and there was no sign of stopping.

The next morning, a cavalryman braved the wind and snow, shouting the victory news of Songzhou all the way, and galloped towards the direction of the imperial palace.

It seems that the rebellion in Songzhou is over.

Su Chen smiled and brought Sun Qiang to Jiang Wuyang's Huowang shop.

There are a lot of customers in the shop, and most of them come for the honeycomb briquettes in the shop.

"Son."

"Business is good."

"Okay."

Jiang Wuyang smiled and brought Su Chen to the inner room.

"I just saw quite a few customers, most of them bought honeycomb briquettes?"

"Exactly."

Jiang Wuyang nodded and said, "Compared to the more expensive stoves, honeycomb coal is undoubtedly more advantageous."

It has a long burning time, produces no thick smoke, and is inexpensive. For many people from poor families, it is undoubtedly the best way to keep warm.

"Then we need to remind them."

Su Chen pondered and spoke slowly, "We can't let these people die at the hands of honeycomb coal."

"Ok?"

Jiang Wuyang raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean, sir?"

Su Chen: "What is the purpose of us building the furnace?"

Jiang Wuyang: "It is to facilitate the exhaust of smoke from burning honeycomb coal outdoors."

Su Chen nodded, "Because these honeycomb coals contain some toxic gases when they burn, so these gases need to be sent out."

"Now, the number of people buying honeycomb coal is constantly increasing, but the sales of stoves have not increased much. So when they use them, they are very likely to be affected by toxic gases. If they die from poisoning, it will be a big blow to the business of the store."

Jiang Wuyang nodded, "I understand. I'll arrange for someone to write this down right away."

After saying that, Jiang Wuyang arranged for someone to write down the precautions for using honeycomb coal. He also indicated that if the stove was not used in conjunction with the stove, any unexpected consequences would be at the individual's own risk.

It is written that there is no problem, but whether those people will care about these things when the problem really occurs is another matter.

"Has the Ministry of Revenue sent it over?"

"They were delivered this morning. There are three hundred strong laborers. I feel like they don't come from a poor family."

"It doesn't matter, as long as they do their job."

Su Chen smiled and said, "You stay here and keep an eye on it. Do more publicity about the harm of not using honeycomb coal in the stove. I'll go to Du He's cotton-padded clothes workshop."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)