Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

Except for the seven village heads, every villager present also learned from the village heads that this winter will be very cold.

From now on, the villagers of the seven villages, in addition to making money by repairing reservoirs and digging canals, must also prepare enough firewood.

But a new problem would arise at this time. Even though there were many trees on the mountain and a lot of grasses that could be used as firewood, it would still not be enough if every household in the seven villages went up the mountain to chop firewood.

It would undoubtedly be great news if there were other alternative combustible materials.

So the more than 300 people present turned their eyes to Li Mengyue.

Li Mengyue looked at everyone's eager eyes, and patiently repeated what she had said to the village leaders before.

After everyone heard it, they all cheered.

Seeing everyone so happy, Li Mengyue put her hands down and continued speaking.

"The hill is mine. All three hundred and fifty of you are working for my family. Your wages are ten cents, and two cents for food."

After Li Mengyue said this, no one objected. They came to work not only to help make more honeycomb coal, but also to make money.

Before they came, the village chief had told them that their wages would be the same as those who repaired the reservoir.

But even so, everyone rushed over, because they all knew that Li Mengyue would not treat those who worked for her unfairly.

Even though the wages are the same, Li Mengyue might be in a good mood someday and cook a meal for everyone, which would make the villagers envious.

You know, Wang Erniu, Li Nian, and Li Yan often brag about how delicious the food cooked by Li Mengyue is.

After talking so much, everyone in the seven villages now knows that Li Mengyue is a good cook and the food she prepares is even better than that prepared by restaurant chefs.

Li Mengyue talked about the wages, but she didn't notice that everyone came to work and came for her cooking skills.

She went on to say, "Before winter comes, we must make enough honeycomb briquettes. You guys are definitely not enough, so we will continue to recruit people. But we will wait until you all get started and I recruit more people to repair the reservoir."

"The honeycomb briquettes must be air-dried, but the air-dried briquettes must be protected from rain. We also need to continue storing firewood. We can't treat firewood lightly just because we have honeycomb briquettes."

"Besides, honeycomb briquettes are not given to everyone for free. I want to sell them for money, two cents per coin."

When they heard the price of two cents per coin, many villagers frowned subconsciously and some even whispered to each other.

Li Mengyue has good hearing and could hear clearly what the villagers whispered, except that they complained that the food was too expensive.

But one thing that made her feel relieved was that no one thought she should give it away for free.

She has always wanted the villagers not to develop a grudge against each other.

That’s right, she not only has food but also money. Even if the villagers of the seven villages do nothing, the food in the space will be enough for everyone to eat for many years.

It doesn’t matter even if you have finished eating. You can exchange two pieces of jewelry for a lot of food. You don’t have to worry about food at all.

But if that's the case, then what does it mean? Does she have to support him alone? Absolutely not.

Even if she had the mission of helping the poor people, she would not do it like this.

She believed that if she did so, she would not get any gratitude points in the end. Everyone would think that whatever she did was her duty and there was no need for gratitude. Instead, it would make everyone develop a take-it-all mentality, which was not what she wanted.

Some people discussed it quietly, but some people asked it in front of Li Mengyue.

"Miss Li, two cents per coin, isn't that too expensive? A bundle of firewood is only two cents. How can a small piece of coal be compared to a bundle of firewood?" said a man from Lianhua Village.

After this person finished speaking, several other people agreed, but they were not from Lotus Village, but from several other villages. They all agreed that it was too expensive.

In their eyes, a small coal ball can never be compared with a bundle of firewood.

Some villagers raised questions, but the seven village heads said nothing. Li Mengyue knew that in the eyes of the village heads, coal briquettes were also too expensive.

In fact, she could completely understand it. After all, anyone present had never used coal briquettes, let alone knew what coal blocks were. It was normal for them to have doubts.

Faced with everyone's questions, Li Mengyue shook her head slightly.

"Two cents a coin is not expensive. I didn't set this price randomly. You have to know that the coal mine is mine. I hired you to mine it. I have to pay you every day. I also have to pay you to make honeycomb coal. Not to mention other things, the cost of these alone is more than two cents."

"Another point is that in winter, even if it is not to drive away the severe cold, every household needs to cook, boil water and keep warm. I believe everyone knows how much firewood is used every day."

After Li Mengyue answered the villagers' questions, everyone present fell silent.

They knew that one bundle of firewood was not enough for the whole day, especially during the coldest time of winter, when the amount of firewood consumed every day would be much greater.

"Yue girl, don't beat around the bush. Tell me the truth, is this coal ball better than firewood and burns longer?"

Li Mengyue was still very grateful for the support of Village Chief Li, and then said: "Yes, this honeycomb coal I made can burn longer. Put three pieces of coal in the stove, excluding the time for cooking, it can still be used for about three hours."

Village Chief Wang calculated in his mind and said immediately: "In this way, six to eight coal briquettes will be used in a day, and one piece costs two cents, which is sixteen cents. It is indeed more cost-effective than using firewood."

What Li Mengyue said was only theoretical. In fact, there are hidden benefits to burning coal in a stove. For example, the coal blocks at the bottom of the stove burn faster than those at the top.

In actual use, simply using tongs to change the position of the coal balls can increase the burning time to a certain extent.

However, without the physical object now, even if Li Mengyue said it, many people would not understand and would not believe it.

It doesn’t matter, you’ll know once you use it.

The key point is that the price of two cents per coin she offered was only for Qingshan Prefecture. If there were conditions to transport it to other places, the price would definitely go up.

Unlike others, Village Chief Wang was appointed by Li Mengyue as an accountant to manage the finances and is quite good at accounting.

Just like at this time, he was obviously thinking more deeply and unconsciously raised the questions in his mind.

"Since the cost of honeycomb briquettes is so high, why do you set the price so low, Miss Li?"

Before Li Mengyue could answer Village Chief Wang's question, someone spoke up for her.

"I know, I know, Miss Li did this to save people."