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Chapter 76 Glass Mirror

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    The knocking ceremony in the first year of Taichang in the Ming Dynasty is over!

    And it ended very hastily, and the officials who participated in the knockout ceremony were also very shameless, and even the vast majority of officials who participated in the knockout ceremony will never talk about it in their entire lives!

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Although the officials at Knockque ran away in despair, the palace was in a state of chaos, because the Emperor of Heaven, Zhu Youxiao, came back with an ugly head of broken hair.

    When Lao Wang An saw Zhu Youxiao's appearance, he immediately burst into tears. He was kneeling on the ground and crying out of breath. Li Jinzhong was busy and busy like a monkey with his butt on fire, but he almost ran away.  I'm spinning my muscles, but I don't know what I'm going to do!

    Even Concubine Zheng of Renshou Palace knew about this incident and kept sending people to find out what happened!

    In the end, Zhu Youxiao had to send Li Jinzhong, who was already confused, to explain the ins and outs of the matter to Concubine Zheng. Only then did Concubine Zheng calm down!

    The people at Renshou Palace finally calmed down, but Wang An and Li Jinzhong looked at Zhu Youxiao's nondescript hair, and their tears couldn't stop flowing down again!

    In fact, after Zhu Youxiao looked in the mirror, he felt that his post-modernist artist hairstyle was really not suitable for his identity, so he ordered someone to get scissors and get hot water!

    However, based on the current historical conditions, there is no one who dares to use scissors on the emperor's head. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao can only ask someone to hold two mirrors, look at them one after another, and then cut his hair himself.  It has become a neat, yet mature and stable side part!

    What should be explained here is that the mirror Zhu Youxiao is using is not a bronze mirror, but a novel glass mirror, and it is also a large glass mirror one foot square. This can be regarded as a rare treasure in the Ming Dynasty and even in the world!

    Originally, Zhu Youxiao only found out about the birth of these glass mirrors today. He originally planned to show them off during the Spring Festival banquet, but because he wanted to have his hair cut, the visibility of the bronze mirrors was not enough to complete such a delicate work, so he had to  Don't take out this treasure in advance!

    He cut his hair, washed it, and then dried it by the heat by the stove. Zhu Youzheng was about to order some food to be brought, but he saw Wang An, Li Jinzhong, and a group of eunuchs and maids.  They all stared blankly at the two glass mirrors!

    It¡¯s hard for these old haters not to be in a daze. It was during the late Qing Dynasty when glass mirrors entered China. At present, the production technology of glass mirrors is still firmly in the hands of the Venetians, and the Venetians can make a lot of money with the help of glass mirrors.  The bowl is full!

    In later history, it was not until 1666 that the French got a few glass mirror craftsmen from Venice and spread the glass mirror making technology. However, due to process problems, the glass mirrors of this period were as big as a palm.  , it was not until 1687 that a large glass mirror was produced!

    However, the glass mirror production process that stumped the Europeans was not difficult for the time traveler Zhu Youxiao. When he made the drawings for Li Laohan's musket, he also handed over the production methods of pure colored glass and glass mirrors.  Him, and asked him to find someone as a supervisor to trial-produce it!

    The palace's general supervisor is definitely a place full of talents. Li Laohan directly handed over the formula and production method to Wang Ben, the general supervisor who made colored glaze. As a result, this great craftsman Wang followed the formula provided by Zhu Youxiao and used it.  Carefully selected quartz sand is used to produce solid-colored glass in one go!

    Then Wang Ben and his disciples continued their efforts and quickly produced flat glass. Through the annealing process, they solved the problem of large pieces of flat glass exploding for no reason. Then they pasted tin foil on the flat glass, poured mercury, and passed  After a month of placement, the first batch of glass mirrors in Ming Dynasty were finally produced!

    In fact, Zhu Youxiao originally wanted to make a better silver-coated glass mirror. Unfortunately, he knew that with the current technological level of the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible to produce silver nitrate, ammonia, and glucose. Therefore, the silver-coated glass mirror plan may require  Postponed indefinitely!

    However, there is no silver-plated glass mirror. This mercury-plated glass mirror is awesome enough. The reflectivity of the glass mirror is far higher than that of the copper mirror. Coupled with the carved sandalwood frame, both mirrors look so magical and beautiful.  Gorgeous!

    Moreover, in these first batch of samples, due to the poor craftsmanship of the craftsmen, many defects appeared in the large flat glass after mercury plating. Therefore, we were selective and made this kind of glass mirror that is one foot square or even smaller.  After the craftsmen mastered their craftsmanship, Zhu Youxiao believed that a three- to five-foot-long full-length mirror would not be a problem at all!

    "Okay, don't look at it. There will be a lot of this thing in the future. If you want it, I will reward each of you when the time comes!" Zhu Youxiao really couldn't bear to see his group of people being so absent-minded.?¡¯s virtue, I couldn¡¯t help but say it!

    "Thank you, Lord!" As a result, a whole room of people knelt down!

    "Everyone, get up! They all look ignorant!" Zhu Youxiao saw that he was here to attack the local tycoons, but he had already said the words, so naturally he couldn't take them back, so he could only make the mistake as it was!

    Zhu Youxiao sat on the sofa. Wang An immediately brought the tea and served it. At the same time, he smiled so hard that he couldn't see his teeth and said: "Master, you are really amazing. Such a precious thing was made as soon as you said it would be made. Look at this mirror."  The figure inside is so clear in the photo, this is the first time in this slave¡¯s life that he can clearly see his old face!¡±

    Zhu Youxiao took a sip of tea, pondered for a moment and asked: "Old Wang, do you have any relatives in your family who are smart and understand the rules?"

    Although Wang An didn't know why Zhu Youxiao asked this, he still thought about it and replied: "Master, I really have a nephew in my family named Wang Shitou. This child is the third child of my cousin's family. He has been smart since he was a child.  , I also went to school, but I was unlucky and only passed the boy's exam. Later, with the help of my slaves, I did some small business at home, and I was able to settle down!"

    Zhu Youxiao nodded, thought for a while, and then said: "Let's go and tell your cousin that Wang Shitou will be adopted as your son, and the glass mirror will be given to him to sell in the future.  what do you think?"

    Wang An was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out. After a while, he knelt down on the ground and cried: "I thank your majesty for your grace!"

    Zhu Youxiao motioned to Li Jinzhong to help Wang An up, and then said with a smile: "I once said that I would give you a share of the Wang family's wealth. This Wang Shitou has made you a son, and will be the shopkeeper of the Royal Commercial Bank in the future. Let him take the glass first."  Let¡¯s test the water in the mirror, if it¡¯s worthy of use, I will give him more good things!¡±

    Wang An wiped his tears and said: "Master, put it down. I will definitely tell him and I will never let you miss the master's business! It's just how to sell this glass mirror and how much money it will cost. I have to ask the master to set the rules. I can also call you Wang."  The stone has a spectrum!"

    Zhu Youxiao asked Wang An to find someone to sell glass mirrors on the spur of the moment. When it came to specific matters, he naturally had to think about it in his heart!

    After a long time, Zhu Youxiao said: "You first go to Luo Sigong to ask Wang Shitou for the identity of the Jinyiwei General Banner, and then ask Wang Shitou to open an East Asia Trading Company. As for the goods of the East Asia Trading Company, the first priority is this glass mirror. As for the price?  ?¡±

    Zhu Youxiao thought about it again and said: "One thousand taels in one foot size, and the smaller ones can't be less than five hundred taels!"

    Although Zhu Youxiao had set a very high price for the glass mirror, neither Wang An nor Li Jinzhong were surprised. In their opinion, this kind of magical treasure was simply priceless. It was too expensive to sell it for just one thousand taels.  Low!

    However, Zhu Youxiao didn't know what they were thinking, and continued: "In addition to this glass mirror, you ask Jingdezhen Guanyao and Suzhou Weaving to get a batch of exquisite but unmarked porcelain and silk. Wait until April or May next year.  Naturally, big buyers will come and give money!"

    Wang An remembered Zhu Youxiao's words clearly one by one. After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he bowed and said: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely finish the job well!"

    Principal Zhu You was naturally relieved about Wang An, but when it came to money, he still warned: "The profit from this transaction will be huge, so big that you can't imagine it, but I can't take it all for myself. Your Wang Shitou, as the big shopkeeper, will take over  10% of the shares will account for 20% of Zuojian, Guan Kiln, and Suzhou Weaving. However, the benefits must be distributed to the craftsmen and cannot be left to the managers. This must be kept in mind. If the craftsmen cannot share the benefits, I will  Do you remember that you have to deal with people?"

    Wang An quickly responded: "I remember this!"

    Zhu Youxiao then nodded with satisfaction and said: "That's the best. By the way, tomorrow you will pay 300,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of War. I will ask the Ministry of War to recruit troops. You can't use the court's money!"

    "My slave obeys the orderwhat? Another three hundred thousand taels?" Wang An was originally full of gratitude, but instantly turned into pain, looking at Zhu Youxiao with a bitter look on his face!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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