A charcoal farm outside the western suburbs of the city.

As soon as Zhao Xu got off the carriage, he couldn't help frowning.

The charcoal farm is full of black carbonite piles.

The ground was covered with black gray, and even the snow on the roadside that had not melted, was dyed black, and even the trees were black. Most of the people walking on the road were covered with coal ash.

It can be said that everything here looks dirty.

"Almost all the carbides used in the capital are transferred here, so the carbides here are in and out, so they will naturally become dirty."

Tong Guan explained to Zhao Xu in a low voice.

"It's okay!"

Zhao Xu waved his hand and stepped onto this road full of coal ash.

The honeycomb coal workshop is located at the westmost point of the charcoal farm.

When Zhao Xu came here, he found that the workshop was full of people, and they were all dressed in rags. At first glance, he knew that they were victims who fled to the capital.

"Everyone has a queue, everyone has it. You can't eat more and eat more!"

The people dressed up in the house are maintaining order, and in front of these people is a steaming porridge shed.

Tong Guan came up to inquire and came back soon to report: "Young Master, the workshop is filled with porridge every day. As long as the victims who come to register, they can drink porridge for free regardless of whether they are qualified. If they are qualified, they will do a day of work and finish a day.

Wage, and food is better.”

"I just said that Ning Fu is definitely not trying to make money, this is just doing good deeds!"

Zhao Xu praised with great satisfaction.

"What the young master said is that Qingping Bo is definitely not a greedy person, but this workshop seems to be not allowed to enter."

Tong Guan also showed a worried look at the end of his speech.

He definitely cannot be called an official outside, so he can only call Zhao Xu a prince.

Zhao Xu finally left the palace, but he couldn't enter the workshop. How can he look at the situation inside?

"It seems that there are a lot of people there, let's go and have a look!"

Zhao Xu looked at the location next to the workshop, then stepped up.

Tong Guan only realized that there were many simple shacks built on an open space next to the workshop.

There are many victims living in the shack, and there are children playing outside. Although these people are victims, they all have rosy faces. Some people are even wearing new cotton clothes, and there are stoves in the shack, so they look at least worry-free.

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"The officials, the people here are all old and young women and I haven't seen a single man!"

Tong Guan discovered it very keenly.

Zhao Xu nodded when he heard this, and then came to an old man basking in the sun and asked with a smile: "Brother-in-law, are you here to escape?"

The old man looked at Zhao Xu and felt that the other party was very demeanor, so he said politely: "Yes, the house in my hometown has been crushed by snow. The old man and his family have nowhere to go, so they can only escape to the capital."

"Then why do you live here?"

Zhao Xu asked curiously again.

"My son works in the workshop next to him. The workshop not only pays wages, but also manages food. Of course we are willing to live here."

The old man also looked satisfied when he said this.

During such a famine, he was already very content to survive.

"So, the men around these people are working in the workshop?"

Zhao Xu asked again.

"That's right, there are people working in the workshop here. Speaking of which, Manager Wang is really a charitable person. If it weren't for him, we would probably have died of cold and hunger!"

When the old man mentioned Wang Gui, his tone became very excited.

At this moment, a few carriages suddenly drove into the camp, and someone shouted, "Shopkeeper Wang is here to deliver cotton clothes!"

The shout immediately made the entire camp boil, and all men, women, young and old gathered.

Wang Gui and a few friends brought a set of cotton clothes from the car and distributed them according to the head.

The elderly were laughing from ear to ear with their cotton clothes, the women were crying with joy, while the children were excited to put on warm clothes on the spot, running and jumping in the snow excitedly.

"The official family, Qingping Bo is here too!"

Tong Guan whispered to Zhao Xu at this time.

Behind Wang Gui and others, Ning Fu also helped distribute cotton clothes together, but did not see Zhao Xu and Tong Guan here.

"Let's go and ask him what he's doing?"

Zhao Xu stepped forward and said.

He became more and more curious about this so-called workshop. Carboniferous profits are already very limited. How could he use so many people? Could it be that he is really just doing good deeds?

With curiosity in his heart, Zhao Xu squeezed through the crowd and came behind Ning Fu.

Ning Fu handed down the cotton coats in his hand one by one, but did not notice Zhao Xu at this time, and even stuffed a cotton coat into the other party's hand.

"cough!"

Zhao Xu was holding a cotton jacket in his hand, and he looked helpless, so he had to speak out to remind him.

Ning Fu looked up and was shocked when he saw Zhao Xu and Tong Guan.

“See…”

Ning Fu was about to salute, but Zhao Xu waved his hand and stopped him: "There are many people here, let's find a place to talk!"

"Please follow me!"

Ning Fu immediately understood and replied in a low voice, then took Zhao Xu and the others out of the camp and entered the workshop next to him.

The workshop set up a circle of sheds. When Zhao Xu entered it, he found that the shed was filled with a kind of black round cake.

In the open space in the middle of the workshop, a group of men were wearing single clothes, holding an iron guy in their hands, shouting horns and making fun of them. The ground was full of black round cakes stored in the shed.

“What are these black round cakes?”

It was the first time that Zhao Xu saw Fengwo Coal and asked curiously.

"It is a kind of fuel for officials, this is honeycomb coal, it is a kind of fuel..."

Ning Fu briefly explained the use of honeycomb coal to Zhao Xu.

"Qingpingbo, this kind of honeycomb coal is so troublesome, why don't you sell blocks of coal directly?"

Tong Guan asked in confusion at this time.

"Blocks of coal are much more expensive than crushed coal. No one wants this crushed coal before. It's a pity to throw it away. It can only be piled up by charcoal merchants in the charcoal yard. I came up with a way to use the crushed coal waste.

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Ning Fu explained with a smile.

"I understand that if you buy crushed coal at an extremely low price, even if the labor cost of the workshop is added, it should be cheaper than block of coal!"

Although Zhao Xu knew the difference between block coal and crushed coal for the first time, he still pointed out the key point very cleverly.

"The official is wise. This honeycomb coal workshop can not only turn broken coal into waste, but also allow victims to have a place to work and eat. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone!"

Ning Fu nodded again.

"Okay! Great!"

Zhao Xu was also excited and slapped his face. He was still worried about the disaster victims, but he didn't expect that Ning Fu would place a large number of disaster victims in silence.

"Ning Fu, I will personally promote this kind of honeycomb coal!"

Zhao Xu made the final decision.
Chapter completed!