The big man has a living father

Chapter 39 Full Start
Early in the morning, Liu Che got up.

That sleep is so refreshing.

"This kang is quite interesting."

Huo Hai smiled and said, "Heat beds are used by ordinary people. Your Majesty, if you give me one thousand strings of cash, I will upgrade all the palaces in the imperial palace to a set of constant temperature floor heating."

"Of course I'm talking about the floor heating fee. The floor and labor costs are separate."

Originally, the palaces were all made of wooden boards, so it was difficult to install floor heating, but... that was talking about floor heating in later generations.

Even if Huo Hai wanted to do it now, he didn’t have the ability to make the copper tube that thin.

So that's just right.

One thousand strings of five-zhu coins would be three thousand five hundred kilograms, or three and a half tons, enough for several palaces in the imperial palace.

Liu Che turned his head and said, "You have brought your business to me?"

Huo Hai: "Your Majesty, think about it. If you take the lead in burning charcoal and using floor heating, then will the princes and nobles also want to use it?"

Wang, the eunuch who was serving beside him, wanted to speak many times, but finally held back.

Liu Che looked at Wang Nei Shi and smiled: "If you have something to say, just say it."

Wang Nei Shi lowered his head very low and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Huo, according to the rules, the things that Your Majesty uses can only be used by princes and ministers at a lower standard."

Huo Hai: “Bullshit.”

“This rule needs to be changed in the future.”

Although usurpation of power has been a common practice by almost everyone since the reign of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, no one has yet called for changing the rules in front of the emperor. Liu Che looked at Huo Hai.

Huo Hai: "Your Majesty, think about it, to what extent does the Han Dynasty have to develop to be considered prosperous?"

"The Han Dynasty needs to develop new and exciting gadgets that Your Majesty may not be able to try out in his entire life. In fact, the more you try out new gadgets, the more new gadgets you will find. That is great development, and the Han Dynasty will be prosperous."

"It's just like the vegetables in the fields, the deer and sheep in Shanglin Garden, your majesty can never eat them all by yourself. No matter how much you eat, it's not as much as the new ones. That's how the Han Dynasty thrives."

"Since Your Majesty cannot even try them all out, how can you restrict the public from using them?"

"Could it be that if something is invented by the people, they have to wait until Your Majesty tries it out before it can be promoted at a lower standard? Wouldn't that mean that things invented this year won't be in the queue a hundred years later?"

Liu Che nodded when he heard it: "That makes sense!"

Liu Che was not interested in prosperity. He just knew that the more types of goods there were, the more goods there were in total, which meant more taxes would be collected.

There are so many products that I can’t use them all, which means I can’t spend all my money.

Eunuch Wang was dumbfounded.

When did the world change? Could there really be so many new gadgets that even Your Majesty can’t try them all out?
Thinking of taking action to advertise, Liu Che thought carefully: "This first set of... floor heating can be used in the Beigong Prince's Palace. The prince is not living in the Beigong now, so it's a good time for you to break ground."

"How long will it take to complete?"

Huo Hai calculated: "Your Majesty asked the court workers to cooperate with my workers to do it for a few weeks."

"Zhou?" Liu Che: "A week is 800 years. How many weeks? How many thousands of years will it take to complete it?"

Huo Hai laughed: "Not that week, I use the seven days of the week that I use to calculate time. Three weeks will be enough."

Anyway, the copper tube is made thick and there is no need to connect it too finely. You can directly burn the copper and then use the pouring welding method, which does not take much time. The only problem is that you have to make the steel tools first to make the copper tube, and it will take at least one or two weeks to make the steel tools. If you are more relaxed, three weeks is about the right time.

Liu Che thought for a moment and said, "Winter is coming soon. If you say three weeks, that means 21 days, or 20 days. OK?"

"What about the promotion of the heated kang?"

Huo Hai shook his head and said, "The heated kang can only be promoted next year. To make a heated kang, you need special bricks and cement. This year, I guess only the princes and nobles can use it in time. But next year... they will all have to line up to get floor heating."

"If we push it to the people, the main choice now is a stove with a chimney."

Brick Liu Che knew, but cement Liu Che did not: "I will give you an order, you go and supervise the construction and find people yourself, and make sure to promote the new stove as soon as possible."

In fact, stoves have existed since ancient times, but they were not used much later.

It was mainly because of the pot. After Huo Hai started to mine coal, he could produce steel on a large scale. Although it was far inferior to later generations, it should be no problem to manufacture tools in large quantities.

It's time for the tripod pot, which was not produced until some time ago, and the iron pot, which was not produced until more than a thousand years later, to be produced.

With a tripod pot and an iron pot, the big stove is very suitable for promotion.

The reason is very simple. People's homes are really not big. If this stove can only be used for heating, many people probably will not accept it.

Watching Liu Che leave, Huo Hai sighed: "There are so many things to do. If I want to promote a product, I have to keep up with the supporting things. I am so busy."

"Xiang Xu, pass a note to the Crown Prince's Palace, saying that I have to upgrade the floor heating system of the Crown Prince's Palace to avoid the cold weather according to the order of His Majesty, and I will be absent for ten days to supervise the construction work."

Xiang Xu immediately went to write the note.

Sima Xiangru, who had been living next door, was also awakened by the noise and came out dressed: "Is His Majesty gone?"

Huo Hai yawned: "I'm going to sleep."

Sima Xiangru: "Your Majesty is about to go to court, why don't you take a nap?"

Huo Hai tilted his head: "What does your Majesty's attendance have to do with me? I am not the king's eunuch."

Sima Xiangru: "Don't sleep, let's calculate the investment cost quickly."

Huo Hai and Sima Xiangru squatted in front of a stone in the courtyard and started calculating.

Huo Hai: "First of all, we need the start-up capital. I have asked His Majesty. All 14,000 Xiongnu men will belong to us."

"Among them, 10,000 will be digging coal, 3,000 will be washing and transporting coal, 1,000 will be responsible for building houses in the early stage, and I will put the remaining several hundred people at the cattle and sheep farm."

"We have to pay for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of these 10,000 people every month."

Sima Xiangru counted on his fingers: "One good meal a day for each person, one meal..."

Huo Hai interrupted directly: "Don't think about it, coal mining is hard physical work, they have to eat according to the standard of sergeants."

This shocked Sima Xiangru: "That's a lot to pay!"

Huo Hai: "It's not that simple. We need to produce at least 300 new small carts and 100 new large carriages to ensure smooth transportation. If we want to transport at full capacity, we need twice as many."

Sima Xiangru: "How much is the small cart, and how much is the large carriage?"

"A small cart is equivalent to a sheep, and a large carriage is equivalent to a cow. I'm talking about the cost of production, not including the cost of labor. If I were to sell it, I would sell it for at least five to ten times the price."

Sima Xiangru wrote it down: "There is also the need for houses. There are more than 10,000 Xiongnu people. Even if five people live in one house, we will need 2,400 houses. The building materials alone will cost more than 10 million yuan."

Huo Hai: "You are not quoting a selling price, are you?"

Sima Xiangru blew his beard and glared: "Although my father-in-law is in the building materials industry, this coal mine is ours. Am I going to ruin myself?"

"Originally, I paid the most for this mine, but got the least dividends. After all this calculation, the price still falls on me."

Huo Hai: "Why not give me the money for buying building materials? This money will be considered as advance payment for building materials."

Sima Xiangru →. →:?
Let me think about it. My father-in-law is in the building materials industry. He gave you money and asked you to buy building materials?

Huo Hai: "My new building materials are used to build houses that will last for decades without decay or breakdown. I will not invest in this anymore."

Upon hearing that it would not decay, Sima Xiangru raised his eyebrows: "Are you sure?"

"But this is too much money. You know, we have already spent a lot of money to buy the land where the mine is located. Now we have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars..."

A voice came from behind the two men: "We have the money."

In the dark night before dawn, in the quiet courtyard, there was a sudden sound.

These factors combined were enough to scare Huo Hai and Sima Xiangru half to death!
Turning around, Huo Hai found that it was pitch black behind him. Because there were lanterns hanging in the distance, he could see the reflection of the lanterns in their eyes.

Hundreds of pairs of eyes! A large group of people stood behind them!
Someone brought a torch, and Huo Hai could see clearly that there were hundreds of strong men with serious faces!

No wonder the Xiongnu royal court was taken over by them. A battalion of people came quietly and stood behind them, and Huo Hai and Sima Xiangru didn’t hear anything at all!
"You guys are ghosts! Why is there no sound when I knock?!"

(End of this chapter)