"It's out! It's out! Manager Fu, we have made colored glaze!"
In the Qiquge Workshop, a middle-aged man with dirty hair and a slightly yellow face from the smoke ran out of a porcelain kiln excitedly, and then shouted to Uncle Fu who was not far away.
Uncle Fu stayed up very late last night, and he couldn't stand the high temperature in the kiln during the day. After all, he was old. He stayed in the kiln for a while, then came out to catch up on his sleep in the room while waiting for news.
At this time, Uncle Fu, who was half asleep and in a daze, suddenly woke up when he heard the sound outside. He quickly opened the door and ran out.
"Chang Gui, did you really burn the glass?"
There was a hint of excitement and disbelief in Fu Bo's voice.
"It's true, we really turned sand into glass, Manager Fu, look at it, this is the glass we just made!"
After Changgui finished speaking, he handed over an irregular glass ball. His hands were dirty, but the glass ball was transparent and shiny, forming a very sharp contrast.
Uncle Fu took it, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully for a moment, and then said excitedly: "Great! Great! It's really colored glaze, even higher quality than the colored glaze sold by Hu people! Song Xiaosi ! Quick, quick, go and tell the young master the good news! "
Song Xiaosi, who was at the door, heard the sound and responded quickly: "Yes! Come on, little one!"
After saying that, he trotted and left the house in a hurry!
Uncle Fu looked at the glass ball in his hand again and sighed:
"I didn't expect that sand can really turn into colored glaze. It's a shame that those Hu merchants sell colored glaze so expensive! Changgui, quickly organize manpower to produce a batch of compass front covers. Now we can produce colored glaze ourselves. The cost of the compass should be It’s more than consistent, it’s really great!”
"Yes, Manager Fu, I'll arrange the manpower right away!"
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Li Mansion.
Li Zexuan is devouring food in the front hall. He has not eaten anything since he was busy in the morning!
However, he often encountered this situation in his previous life. As an engineering man, sometimes he had to rush on projects and work overtime without even taking care of food. Isn't this a common thing
"Master, the prince is here!"
At this time, Xiaohe trotted over to Fushen Road.
"Huh? What is he doing here? Well, please, please, please!"
Li Zexuan hadn't finished the food in his mouth, he puffed his cheeks and said with eyes wide open.
"Yes, Master!"
Xiao He took the order and left. Li Zexuan took the opportunity to take a few more bites of rice, and then asked his servants to take the food away.
"Haha, I haven't seen you for a long time. Sir Sir Li, how are you doing?"
As soon as the banquet was cleared, Wang Renbiao came in with his cold-faced girl smiling.
"Haha, okay, okay! Cousin Ren, come in and sit down!"
Li Zexuan wiped his mouth and returned the courtesy with his hands in hand.
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main hall.
"Renbiao, is everything going well when your father comes to Chang'an this time?"
After traveling through time for so long, Li Zexuan is not a fool. He has learned some basic courtesy greetings, which are nothing more than asking how the other person's family is doing, and how the other person is doing recently.
"Thank you for your concern, Sir! My father, Shang An, returned to Suizhou the day before yesterday. It is true that the state capital has accumulated too much official business."
Wang Renbiao cupped his hands and replied.
"So soon? Little brother, I was confined at home before and couldn't see your father off in person. It's a pity!"
Li Zexuan was surprised at first, and then said with regret. He still has a good impression of Wang Yu. He knows current affairs and is not as arrogant as those from aristocratic families. Of course, the most important thing is that he spends money generously. Those night pearls are still kept in Li Zexuan's room. Generally speaking, Wang Yu can be regarded as a person of good temper.
Leng Yuyao on the side rolled her eyes secretly. She didn't believe that Li Zexuan would be so attentive to her master. It must be the heavy gift from the Wang family last time that had an effect. He is really a guy who is blind to money. Leng Yuyao said with contempt in her heart. .
Wang Renbiao didn't think as Leng Yuyao did. He understood that since Li Zexuan said this, it also meant that the relationship between the two families had greatly eased. This was what he and his father both wanted to see.
"Thank you Sir for your kindness. Renbiao will definitely convey it to my father. I am here to bother you this time. Renbiao has one more thing to ask Sir for help."
Li Zexuan laughed and said: "Haha, if Renbiao needs something, just ask me, I will try my best to help you!"
Wang Renbiao said happily: "Thank you sir, sir. I must have known about the imperial court's recruitment of private merchant ships to go south. The Wang family also wants to participate in this vigorous maritime trade. From today's newspaper, I saw the story of sir sir. The workshop invented a small tool that can indicate the direction, which is extremely beneficial to navigation.
So at noon, I sent someone to Qiquge Pavilion to buy, but I was told that the first batch of compasses produced by the workshop had been given to the imperial court in priority. So I thought of paying a visit and shamelessly asking the Lord to buy some compasses! "
It turned out that this was the case. Li Zexuan was moved in his heart and asked curiously: "The Wang family also has a big ship?"
"Indeed, not only the Wang family, but also the other six aristocratic families have more or less merchant ships. To be honest, the 80,000 chickens purchased at the Duke's house last time were borrowed from my second uncle by my brother-in-law. The merchant ship transported it from the south of the Yangtze River through the Grand Canal. He probably earned the Lord Siren five thousand guan on this trip. I just learned about this recently. I hope the Lord will not blame me, and the Wang family is willing to return this money. Money!”
Wang Renbiao suddenly said solemnly.
Li Zexuan waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "Haha, no, no, it's only five thousand guan. Besides, that batch of chickens is worth that price. I really want to know what the Wang family plans to bring out in this sea trade." How many merchant ships?”
Wang Renbiao pondered for a moment, stretched out five fingers, and replied: "There are fifty compasses in total, so I would like to ask your lordship to be accommodating and give priority to the supply of fifty compasses to the Wang family."
Damn it, fifty ships are equivalent to one-tenth of the imperial fleet, and looking at Wang Renbiao's relaxed look, it is obvious that fifty ships are not all the merchant ships of the Wang family. Are these families so rich? Li Zexuan was really shocked. Firstly, he was shocked by the number of their merchant ships, and secondly, he was shocked that Wang Renbiao actually wanted to equip every merchant ship with a compass. Li Er was not so generous!
"The Wang family actually has so many merchant ships? But does Renbiao plan to equip each merchant ship with a compass? Isn't it necessary?"
Wang Renbiao shook his head and said: "That's not too much. Sir, you don't know something. More or less aristocratic families have been engaged in sea trade or river transportation, especially the Bolingcui family. As far as I know, their family There are at least two hundred merchant ships, which is much larger than our Wang family."
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I went to a job fair all day and didn’t have time to write. Even if there are three updates tonight, I guess the third update will be very late. You guys should read it tomorrow!
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