The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 676 Pressure
Li Muyun silently glanced at the two brothers: "Have you discussed it?"

Xiong Da and Xiong Er looked at each other, and they both knelt down on one knee: "Please take care of me, my lord."

Seeing the appearance of the two, Li Muyun nodded secretly in his heart, waited for a while before nodding and said: "Okay, since that's the case, you will follow Mu Yu for the time being."

"No!" Xiong Er agreed, and the little girl who caught Xiong Dayi yesterday flashed in his mind. Although in terms of age, the little girl seemed not as old as his younger sister, but he didn't dare to have the slightest hint. disrespectful meaning.

Li Muyun watched from the sidelines coldly, thinking that Xiong Da and Xiong Er are bigger than the bears in cartoons, and Xiong Er is much more reliable. Although these two guys are just running around, but aside from the value of force, it is only from the point of view of scheming , this guy is definitely one of the best around him.

There are two reasons for this judgment. One is that the two of them know what they want very well; the other is that they know how to give up.

As the saying goes, you can’t have both. Power and money are not separate, but you can only choose one when choosing. The Xiong brothers in front of Li Muyun obviously chose power, so they decisively gave up money. The temptation, although the sum of the money is likely to exceed Wanguan.

In addition, the two brothers chose to take Hu Shang out of the city when they tied him up, and they didn't blindly want to bring the money out to claim credit. This is also where they are smart. After all, it is easy to carry a lot of things. Being suspected, and Liuli is very fragile, it will break if you are not careful, so it is the most correct choice not to bring it out.

It was precisely because of this that Li Muyun agreed to the request of the two of them and took them into his subordinates.

Mu Xin came back very quickly. After washing and washing, the Hu businessman seemed much more energetic, but when he saw the Xiong brothers standing behind Li Muyun, his wrinkled face immediately tightened.

Li Muyun gave Hu Shang a funny look, and asked unhurriedly, "What's your name?"

Hu Shang had already come to his senses at this time, he lay down on the ground with a 'plop', followed Li Muyun's shoes with a 'slap', and said sincerely, "Master, I, my name is Ai Ze."

If Li Muyun didn't know the etiquette of some people in the Western Regions, Li Muyun almost kicked her out, but even so, he was still taken aback. He waved his hand to signal Hu Shang to get up, and said, "Ai Ze, there is no need to do anything here in the future." This kind of gift, do you understand?"

"Understood, the master is magnanimous, your mind is comparable to that of a god..."

Seeing that Ai Ze was quite eager to show off his talent as a bard, Li Muyun quickly interrupted him: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, let me ask you, do you burn all the glass in your shop?"

Ai Ze felt a 'thump' in his heart, the thing he was most worried about before happened, Liuli, it really was because of those Liuli.

Xiong Da and Xiong Er dutifully stood behind Li Muyun, seeing the barbarian Ai Ze's eyes rolling wildly but not saying a word, they immediately shouted: "Hey, the lord is asking you something, are you stupid?!"

"Ah, yes, it was burned by the villain, but, but the villain is only responsible for controlling the temperature of the fire, and the others only know some processes. If you want to burn glazed products, you need some skilled workers." In order to save his life, Ai Ze Can only answer truthfully.

He knew that he had to be useful, otherwise he would never be given the chance to speak again under the hands of these nobles who regarded human life as nothing.

And what Li Muyun wanted was his words, and when he heard that he could control the temperature, he immediately said happily: "Good job, as long as you can control the temperature of the fire, you will be in charge of the glass factory in the palace from now on. "

"Ah?! Wang, Wang's Mansion?" Ai Ze naturally would not think that Wang's Mansion is a mansion surnamed Wang, because in the Tang Dynasty, except for the prince who is the county king, the rest of the people would not have such a title.

So Ai Ze was really frightened this time, he never thought that the person in front of him was actually a prince.

At this moment, Li Muyun pointed to Mu Xin next to him: "If you need anything, you can find her. Her name is Mu Xin. Anyway, within ten days, the first batch of colorless glass must be fired. The shape and style are not important. , as long as it’s glass.”

"Master, master." Ai Ze called out tentatively, seeing that Li Muyun had no special reaction, he continued: "Master, you really don't know what the glass figurine is, no, I don't know how to burn it. "

Li Muyun did remember the chemical composition of glass, but considering that it didn't seem to have much effect with a person more than 300 years ago, and he was a nonsense person, so Li Muyun gave up decisively and said directly: "Liu Li is a kind of glass." , so you just burn it according to your previous method, don’t add any dyes, remember, I only want colorless ones, do you understand?”

Ai Ze was dizzy from what he said, and asked blankly: "Then, there is no fuel, and there is no craftsmanship. If you burn it, what you burn will be waste. This, this is useless."

"You don't have to worry about whether it's useful or not, just go if you want it." Li Muyun gradually lost his patience, and after thinking about it, he said: "You will go back to the city in a while, and temporarily close the shops in the city. The side affairs are almost done, and I don’t care about you if you open again.”

Ai Ze couldn't believe his ears, and murmured, "Master, what do you mean, I can continue to open the shop? My things are still there?"

Standing behind Li Muyun, Xiong Da saw Ai Ze asking endlessly, and shouted in a rough voice: "Why are you talking so much nonsense, you can tell you that you can do it, why don't you hurry up and do things."

In fairness, if the things in Liulidian were not because the Xiong brothers gave up on their own initiative, they should already belong to them at this time. The more Ai Ze is here, the more the Xiong brothers' heart hurts. There is nothing unreasonable.

Because Ai Ze didn't know what the relationship between the Xiong family brothers and Li Muyun was, he didn't dare to answer back when he was scolded, he just shrank his neck and said yes, and finally left with the housekeeper Lao Xia.

After all, it's still early in the day, and if you walk faster, you should be able to go back before the city gate is closed. Thinking of the way the door was wide open when he came out, Ai Ze's heart has already flown back to the city.

That's it, Li Muyun recruited three subordinates for nothing, Xiong Da and Xiong Er became Mu Yu's followers, and that Hu merchant Ai Ze became a cash cow for some time to come.

And what I have to say is that this guy is really good. Li Muyun gave him ten days, but in less than a day and a half, a strangely shaped glass ball was sent to the palace and placed in front of Li Muyun. .

Looking at the flat object in front of him, Li Muyun picked it up and weighed it in his hand a few times, then asked suspiciously: "What is this object?"

"It's the glass you want." Ai Ze said poking his head.

"Is this glass?" Li Muyun squinted at Ai Ze: "Why does it look like a broken stone to me?"

Aize felt a little wronged, and said with a bitter face: "You said don't add anything, just burn it out, so, so it became like this."

Li Muyun sighed, and put the strangely shaped thing in his hand on the table: "But where is the light transmittance I said? What's the difference between your thing on the ground and a stone? Besides, I said you don't need to process it if you don't process it. Well, at least you should polish it for me too, right?"

Ai Ze looked at the disappointed Li Muyun and felt a little apprehensive. He was afraid that someone who was unhappy would take him out and cut off his head. Two days was enough for him to figure out who he was loyal to. It's like a nightmare.

Li Muyun doesn't know what his new subordinate is thinking, but the rumors about him are true, he really doesn't look good to foreigners, and Ai Ze is actually taken under his subordinates to burn glass. He doesn't have the ability at all, and he doesn't mind sharing his property with the Xiong family brothers. Anyway, the fat and water will not flow to outsiders.

After a while, Ai Ze seemed to have figured it out, and said with a groan, "Master, please give me some more time. This time, the villain will definitely do his best to burn the glass well, and make a glass that satisfies the master."

"Yeah!" Li Muyun hummed casually: "Remember, if the light transmittance can't reach the level of transparent crystal, you can pack up and go back to your hometown by yourself, don't let me send someone to send you on the road."

Ai Ze trembled in fright, nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, the villain understands, and the villain will definitely do his best."

Next, the Liulifang in an unknown village outside the city began rushing to work day and night, and Ai Ze was stationed in the village without sleep, firing a large amount of colorless glaze every day.

No matter how Li Muyun called it, Ai Ze firmly believed that what he fired was colored glaze. The difference was that his new owner had some eccentricities, as long as it was transparent.

But having said that, in the past, no one asked for transparency in the firing of colored glaze. This really made Ai Ze a little embarrassed. Batch after batch of colored glaze was fired, but none of them could meet Li Muyun's requirements.

As a last resort, Ai Ze began to try to improve the formula for his own life, removing all necessary materials to see if he could make the colored glaze transparent. Anyway, what his new owner wanted was light transmittance. The requirements for the rest of the shapes are not high, and it doesn't even matter if there are cracks.

That's it, Ai Ze stayed by the stove non-stop for ten days, as if he was about to burn himself. When the deadline came, the businessman from the Western Regions was already haggard. Lost human form, all relying on a desire to survive, ordered someone to open the furnace, and took out the last furnace of colored glaze from inside.

(End of this chapter)