bookrandom Chapter 333 Isn’t this bullying?
Chapter 333 Isn’t this bullying?
Xie Ying had no idea how cute she looked right now.
She was still trying to figure it out.
After the roads are built and the transport vehicles are improved, the tracks will be laid and the mining tools will be upgraded.
The mining efficiency and transportation efficiency of the mining farms will be greatly improved, further reducing their costs.
Although the initial investment is not small, you can earn more in the future. How can it be compared with the current profit?
By the way, once the steel is refined, we can also build a new type of carriage.
The rich people in the city will definitely like it!
Maybe their carriage will become the most popular wedding car in the future.
Xie Ying couldn't help laughing just thinking about that scene, so she asked Situ Yuan: "What do you think about us opening a horse and carriage business and a wedding planning company together in the future?"
Situ Yuan blinked in confusion: "How did your conscience pang and make you think of the horse and carriage business and the wedding company?"
Is it because your conscience hurts so much that you decide not to do it?
Xie Ying: “…”
She always felt that there was something wrong with the way Situ Yuan looked at her. He must be teasing her in his heart!
So she added, "Are you blaming me for leaving out the funeral industry? Then include the funeral industry too! It's a lucrative industry, we can't leave it out!"
Situ Yuan: “…”
So you really have completely lost your conscience?
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When honeycomb briquettes were first introduced, sales were not very high. After all, it was a new product and people had never used it before, so they were inevitably a little apprehensive.
However, after the mine gave employees the benefit of internal prices, many employees spontaneously started selling honeycomb coal.
Not only did he buy honeycomb coal and a coal stove to try out at home, he also invited his neighbors to come and see.
After the neighbors see it, it is inevitable that some of them will be tempted.
In addition, the price of honeycomb coal is cheaper than the coal blocks they usually use, so many people choose to buy it.
There were even some wealthy families who lamented that the mine owner was too kind and worried that the mine's business was not doing well, so they took the initiative to buy coal to support it.
So after a few days, the sales of honeycomb coal became higher and higher.
In order to get free home delivery and free coal stoves, many people have even learned to place orders in bulk.
Seeing that honeycomb coal is selling better and better, other coal merchants and charcoal merchants can't help but feel uneasy.
The price of charcoal is much higher than that of coal, especially as the surrounding trees have been continuously cut down for charcoal burning in recent years, the number of trees left is getting smaller and smaller, and the price of charcoal is also rising steadily.
Most people are reluctant to burn charcoal and can only burn firewood and coal.
Originally, the charcoal merchants did not make money from these poor people, but as many wealthy families followed suit and bought coal, it naturally affected the business of these charcoal merchants.
However, the ones most affected are the coal traders.
Seeing that honeycomb coal sales were getting better and better, they soon became restless.
Considering the eldest princess's status, these people did not dare to cause trouble directly. Instead, they asked someone to buy honeycomb coal and coal stoves to test them.
They soon discovered that the coal stove was actually very simple in design and not difficult to imitate.
It's that honeycomb coal, it's really weird.
It does burn better than ordinary coal, and most importantly, it doesn't produce much smoke.
This alone makes it comparable to the more expensive anthracite.
But its selling price is even lower than that of ordinary coal, not to mention anthracite!
Buy more and get free delivery to your door, or even a coal stove for free!
How can a mine make money if it operates like this?
Could it be that they are really opening a charity?
The princess must be sick!
Even if you want to open a charity, there is no need to steal the business from these coal merchants!
Isn’t this bullying?
The coal merchants were angry and annoyed, but unfortunately the other party had a too big background and they could not afford to offend him.
I can only try to imitate honeycomb coal first.
They were not stupid, and used the cheapest crushed coal slag to imitate it. However, they had no idea how to knead the crushed coal slag into a ball.
After many experiments, someone had a sudden idea and used yellow mud to make the appearance of honeycomb coal.
As soon as they lit a fire, they found that the honeycomb coal they made was not as easy to burn as the one from Taiping Coal Mine.
Even so, there are still unscrupulous businessmen who engage in the black-hearted business of counterfeiting and shoddy products.
They imitate honeycomb coal by using crushed coal slag and yellow mud, and sell it at a low price as honeycomb coal from Taiping Coal Mine.
They also said it was internal goods.
Their secret mine was unknown at first.
It was not until some people bought low-quality coal and ran to the mine's specialty store to return it that the mine realized that someone was selling counterfeit coal and reported it directly to the government.
Afterwards, a thorough internal investigation was immediately launched to prevent any workers from being bribed by unscrupulous businessmen and giving false testimony for them.
Not only that, a notice was issued throughout the mine that anyone who colluded with unscrupulous businessmen outside, committed fraud, and helped the unscrupulous businessmen to pass off counterfeit goods as those of Taiping Coal Mine would be immediately fired, announced to the entire mine, and would never be hired again!
This made some workers who were ready to make a move panic, and they quickly gave up their evil thoughts and dared not do anything wrong again.
Even those workers who wanted to sell coal to make a profit were scared and gave up the idea, fearing that they would lose their jobs in the mine.
With the arrest of these counterfeit and shoddy coal merchants, the rest of the coal merchants no longer dared to engage in counterfeit and shoddy activities. Even if they still made honeycomb coal for sale, they dared not use the Taiping Coal Mine name.
But they did not dare to give up and watch their business being taken away.
So they secretly asked someone to spread the news that the honeycomb coal from Taiping Coal Mine was made of cheap coal slag and yellow mud, and that selling it for fifteen cents was simply unscrupulous!
They want to use this to hit Taiping Coal Mine's business.
Taiping Coal Mine decisively released the news that only a small amount of yellow mud was added to the honeycomb coal as a binder. In addition, other ingredients were added to improve the quality of the honeycomb coal, promote combustion, and reduce smoke and toxic gases.
By the way, I also learned about the dangers of poison gas and how to prevent it, as well as first aid measures after poisoning.
Not only was the business not affected, but even more people bought coal, which dealt a heavy blow to the coal merchants.
Some coal merchants had no choice but to cut prices to promote sales. After all, crushed coal slag is cheap, so even if they cut prices, they will not lose money.
In order to sell the coal smoothly, these people also engaged in unscrupulous operations of selling dog meat under the guise of selling mutton, deliberately using honeycomb coal from Taiping Coal Mine as samples to deceive the people.
Many people bought their coal because they wanted to save money. When they went home and burned it, they found that it was difficult to burn and produced a lot of smoke. They wanted to return the coal, but they couldn't.
So some people deliberately went to Taiping Coal Mine's specialty store to return goods, hoping to use Taiping Coal Mine to deal with those unscrupulous businessmen.
However, these unscrupulous businessmen did not use the name of Taiping Coal Mine, so it was naturally difficult for Taiping Coal Mine to come forward and sue the authorities.
Later, this matter reached Xie Ying's ears, and Xie Ying came up with an idea. She asked her subordinates to pay lawyers to help these deceived people sue the officials for free.
A lawyer is an ancient lawyer who is very eloquent.
Now, the deceived people spread the news and went to find the lawyer one after another.
Although the amount of money defrauded from individual citizens is not much, the amount will naturally be large when the number of people increases.
The lawyer reported the case to the government, and the unscrupulous merchants had to return the goods to the deceived people. They were also fined by the government as a warning to others.
From then on, unscrupulous businessmen in the capital no longer dared to use honeycomb coal from Taiping Coal Mine to cheat people.
However, many poor people still cannot afford coal at 15 cents a piece, and can only spend money to buy cheap honeycomb coal produced by small workshops.
Xie Ying felt a little uncomfortable about this.
However, what made her even more uncomfortable was that Taiping Coal Mine was actually impeached!