First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 286 Banquet of the Imperial Envoy’s Wife

According to Su Jixiang's idea, she would first donate a batch of stoves to the Black Tiger Army's firemen.

As long as the fire chief of the Black Tiger Army finds it useful, he will naturally help recommend this thing to others. There are also many married people in the army, and many of them live in Mangcheng. As long as these people are willing to try this new stove that burns honeycomb coal, there will be no worries about sales.

Moreover, if the families of the Black Tiger Army used such a stove, their neighbors would probably ask about it gradually.

Doesn't this open up the situation?

Besides, as long as it’s a good thing, it’s not afraid of being promoted!

She will also give a few ovens to the widows of the Black Tiger Army who are currently training diligently to open the first bakery in Mangcheng.

They all live in Mangcheng. If they can take all these stoves back and use them, it will attract the curiosity of other people in the market to inquire about them.

When the time comes, Su Jixiang will find someone to package it and tell a story for this coal briquette stove, and then there will be no worries about its sales!

After all, people who love to listen to stories are those who like to watch the fun!

People who like to watch the fun also love to join in the fun!

As long as you are Chinese, from ancient times to the present, this is something that cannot be changed in your bones!

Su Jixiang agreed with this.

According to Su Jixiang's plan and calculations, the initial stoves only need to be sold at cost price, and for every stove sold, eighty coal briquettes will be given away every month until September. The earlier the stove is bought, the more coal briquettes you will get!

If you buy a stove after September, you will only get 100 briquettes for free! The overall discount is only until the end of this year, and no more briquettes will be given for future purchases.

There are also large coal-burning stoves that can be installed in the house. As long as anyone is willing to buy them, they will be installed for free! And if you buy them this year, you can get 100 kilograms of coal for free.

Su Jixiang also planned to find someone to help modify the appearance of the coal-burning stove to make it look better. After all, it is not modern, and the appearance needs to have some antique flavor that can match the furnishings in the home and appear beautiful and noble!

Because the consumer groups of coal-burning stoves and honeycomb briquette stoves are different.

Moreover, Su Jixiang also wanted to find someone to give coal a new name. After all, the word "coal" (coal) and the word "mold" (unlucky) are homophones, and he was afraid that some people would dislike it as unlucky.

Su Jixiang told Wei Ling about this idea on the way back to Mangcheng. Wei Ling smiled and said, "Since you want Jixiang, just call him Mo Jintan! Scholars and scholars will like him, and wealthy gentry will not reject him!"

"This is a good name! What about honeycomb briquettes?" Su Jixiang suddenly felt that Wei Ling's name was a good one, and she asked quickly.

"That's easy, just call it Honeycomb Black Gold Cake!" Wei Ling said, "Then the furnace can be changed to Honeycomb Black Gold Furnace and Gold Gathering Furnace accordingly!"

After Wei Ling finished speaking, he glanced at Su Jixiang. Su Jixiang was a little dumbfounded, "Gold-gathering furnace! You are so awesome!" Why not call it cornucopia?

But this name is indeed good, and dignitaries and wealthy families will like it!

Such a happy decision!

When Su Jixiang and Wei Ling returned to Mangcheng, Xie Yingfeng had received the news and was waiting for them in the general's mansion.

Seeing them coming back, Xie Yingfeng smiled and said, "Oh, you two are willing to come back?"

"Go away, go away, you are laughing so obscenely!" Wei Ling pushed Xie Yingfeng away and pulled Su Jixiang towards the courtyard. "Why are you waiting for me here? My wife and I went to the other courtyard to get a lot of things. I will tell you everything later."

Xie Yingfeng was stunned. Although Wei Ling did not say it explicitly, he understood what Wei Ling meant.

"Okay, okay! I'm all ears. But listen to me first before you listen to my words!" Xie Yingfeng followed the couple into the flower hall and said as they sat down.

"Is it about Cui Yushan?" Wei Ling looked at Xie Yingfeng and asked.

"Otherwise, why would I say you're smart!" Xie Yingfeng gave Wei Ling a thumbs up. "Cui Yushan has been really busy these past few days. He was running around. He first asked where you'd been, and when he found out you'd asked for leave, he got really angry and said you were ignoring the emperor's grace by not kneeling down to receive the emperor's order."

"If this gets out, will someone go to him overnight and report me?" Wei Ling said with a sneer.

"You guessed it again!" Xie Yingfeng said with a smile.

"Is there someone from the Nangong family?" Wei Ling asked again.

"Yes!" Xie Yingfeng clapped his hands. "But they didn't go to file a complaint overnight. Instead, the old woman from the Nangong family stopped the imperial envoy's sedan chair in the street to appeal for justice."

"Hehe." Wei Ling only replied with two words. "Did Cui Yushan pick up the phone?"

"Of course!" Xie Yingfeng said. "He has posted a notice these days saying that he is the inspector of the heavens, and that anyone can report any unjust, false or wrong cases involving Mangcheng to him."

"Is anyone going?" Wei Ling asked, "Except for Nangong's family."

"And General Xiong's wife." Xie Yingfeng said, "You have kept General Xiong in prison until now, and you have not allowed his wife to see him even when she went to the barracks. Now, she has reported you to Cui Yushan, and Cui Yushan is now accusing you of abusing your power."

"What can he do to me?" Wei Ling asked, with a hint of coldness on his face. "Do you really think that you can do whatever you want with the title of Imperial Envoy?"

"The problem is that he now thinks he is very powerful!" Xie Yingfeng said with a smile, "By the way, my wife has been away for the past few days, so Cui Yushan's wife set up a banquet to entertain the wives of the Black Tiger Army's sixth-rank and above generals. Quite a few people went! My wife also went."

"Did she gain anything?" Su Jixiang asked.

She had invited Cui Yushan’s wife before, but she refused to come. Now that she is not in Mangcheng, they have instead invited the wives of generals above the sixth rank to a banquet. Isn’t this clearly targeting her?

"She will be back from Caidiexuan soon, so you can ask her. Anyway, she vented her anger on me when she came back that day, so it seems she is very angry." Xie Yingfeng said with a smile.

"That's probably it!" Su Jixiang couldn't help but laugh.

As soon as I mentioned Cao Cao, he arrived. As soon as I finished speaking, Qu Wanning walked in from the yard.

As he walked, he asked if Su Jixiang had returned.

Su Jixiang stood up and went to the entrance of the flower hall to greet Qu Wanning.

When Qu Wanning saw Su Jixiang coming back, he quickly rushed over in two steps.

"Oh, you're back!" Qu Wanning said, "If you don't come back, I'll go find you!"

"What's the big deal? Caidiexuan went bankrupt?" Su Jixiang took Qu Wanning's arm and asked with a smile.

"Puh! Caidiexuan is doing great business! Stop talking nonsense." Qu Wanning simply waved his hand, "Xie Yingfeng should have told you! When you were away, Cui Yushan's wife was up to no good! She invited a bunch of people in the name of the imperial envoy's wife. She's even getting on very well with a few of them. Guess who they are?"