Capital Datang

When Li Yin mentioned the reward, Wang Xijun frowned, and said hesitantly: "Your Highness, I found someone who can make glass, but something went wrong."

"Oh, what's the problem?" Upon hearing that someone who can make glass has been found, Li Yin was shocked immediately. The perfume bottle and mirror she gave to the mother and concubine before were all polished with crystal. The price is extremely low, and the cost is extremely expensive, so that the perfumes he produces can only be stored in opaque porcelain bottles, and there is no way to mass-produce mirrors.That's why Li Yin is very eager to make glass. You must know that glass products are good things. Not only can they be used as daily necessities such as mirrors and bottles, but they can also be made into chemical instruments and various optical instruments. For example, Li Yin most wants to make them. binoculars, glass windows, etc.

Hearing Li Yin's question, Wang Xijun sighed and told about the person who can make glass.No one in the Tang Dynasty knew how to make glass. Although the firing process of local colored glaze and glass is very similar, if you want colored glaze craftsmen to make glass, it is not something that can be done in a short time. It doesn’t matter if no one will be in Tang Dynasty. There are many Hu people in Chang’an City. Many of these Hu people come from Persia and other places in Central Asia, which is one of the places where glass is produced. Therefore, Li Yin believes that some of these Hu people must know how to make glass. , so the rewards are mainly for these barbarians.

Sure enough, shortly after the reward was issued, a Hu businessman came to apply for the job, but unexpectedly, the Hu businessman himself did not know how to make glass, but he had a slave who had worked in a local glass workshop in Persia before. In the past ten years, he has become very proficient in glass materials and firing.

Wang Xijun didn't care about slaves or not, as long as he could burn glass, so he generously wanted to exchange the reward of thousands of coins for the slaves of Hu merchants.But I didn't expect that the other party was not only greedy.And very smart, he said that the reward of a thousand guan is only for the technology of firing glass, if only one thousand guan is given to him.He can let the slaves provide the glass technology, but the slaves are still his.If you want both technology and slaves, you must pay another thousand guan.It is the price of the slave itself.Capital Datang 102

Wang Xijun became angry when he heard it. Although what the Hu businessman said sounded very reasonable, but a mere slave would cost one thousand pennies. This is obviously blackmail. It was only a few pennies, and the most expensive Kunlun slave was only a few tens of pennies. I had never heard of a slave that could be sold for more than a hundred pennies, but now this Hu businessman is actually talking loudly.A slave actually asked for a thousand guan, isn't this blackmail?Of course Wang Xijun couldn't agree, but that Hu businessman's attitude was also very firm.So the matter is now deadlocked.

After listening to Wang Xijun's narration.Li Yin weighed it in his heart, although it only needs the firing technology of glass.Give it to the craftsmen to study, and it will definitely be possible to make glass, but the manpower and material resources spent must be more than one thousand guan, plus the time delay, the cost will be even higher, so from the cost In terms of calculations, it is definitely worthwhile to spend thousands of dollars to buy a slave who is proficient in glass firing. After all, as long as there is such a person, as long as the material is suitable, the glass can be produced in the shortest time.But thinking of spending a thousand pennies to buy a slave, Li Yin also felt a little depressed, not because he felt sorry for the thousand pennies, but because he had to jump into a pit while watching helplessly. It feels really uncomfortable.

Li Yin is not a master who is willing to suffer a loss. He thought of a good way as soon as he rolled his eyes. With a smirk, he asked Wang Xijun to tell Li Yong about this matter, and then asked Li Yong to 'talk' with that Hu businessman.When Wang Xijun heard it, he immediately understood what Li Yin meant, and snickered that Li Yin was shameless. Who doesn't know that Li Yong's temper is full of bastards?If that Hu merchant dared to ask him for a price indiscriminately, Li Yong would definitely let the other party know, what is a Datang playboy?

However, Li Yin was still a little worried about Li Yong's ability to handle things, so he wrote a letter to him personally, telling him that it's okay to commit crimes, and it's okay to beat someone up, but the slave must be obtained intact. After this matter, the glass factory he opened in the future will give him [-]% of the shares for free.

"Your Highness, let's forget about the fireworks last time, but this time you even asked others to interfere with the glass. Do you know how much profit this [-]% of the shares are?" Shares, Wang Xijun said distressedly.

"Haha~, you little money fanatic, how come you still haven't forgotten about the fireworks?" Li Yin looked at Xijun's distressed face, and said affectionately, reaching out and scratching her nose.

"How could I have forgotten that they are fireworks. During the August Festival, didn't you see how many people rushed to buy the fireworks when they were launched? But you are lucky, not only do you not produce them yourself, but you have not even registered a patent , actually gave it to the general in the palace as a prisoner for nothing, and I didn't ask for a penny, you..." Wang Xijun has long been used to Li Yin's frivolity, but when he said this, his face was full of grief, and he almost pointed at Li Yin. The nose scolded him a prodigal.

"Hee hee, why do you only have money in your mind, girl?" Li Yin rubbed Xijun's head aggressively. Although his face was smiling, his heart hurts too, but there is no way. Yes, thermal weapons will be developed sooner or later, and the formula of gunpowder must be kept secret. He doesn't want to spread the formula of gunpowder to the surrounding countries. If they come up with some new weapons, it will still be Datang in the end. The army suffers?

However, the fireworks were specified by his father to be produced, and Li Yin wanted to keep the formula of the gunpowder secret, but if the fireworks were produced in his house, it would definitely not be possible to keep them secret. Not to mention the word trust.In addition, it is not safe. Li Yin does not want to fall asleep one day, and suddenly fly into the sky with a bang.

So Li Yin thought about it for a long time, and finally let him think of a way, that is to find Yu Wenhu, the master craftsman of the general supervisor, and provide him with the formula of gunpowder and the method of making fireworks. The general supervisor already has craftsmen who produce fireworks. and workshops, so manpower and venues are not a problem, and as a government agency in the palace, it is not very difficult to keep secrets, so entrusting them to produce fireworks will not only meet Li Shimin's request, but also keep it secret. The only downside is that Li Yin can't make any money from fireworks.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages. If you want to keep it secret and not delay production, you always have to pay a price!Li Yin can only use this sentence to comfort himself and Wang Xijun, although Xijun really wants to know why Li Yin has to keep the gunpowder formula secret?It's a pity that Li Yin just didn't say anything, but she had no choice but to give up.

After reporting these things, Wang Xijun didn't stay any longer. It was enough for her to be busy for a long time with Taiyuan Wang's follow-up plan and the expansion of perfume production. Forget about the marriage, although Xijun has never had extravagant hopes for the position of the princess, but whenever he sees the lively scene of the Liang Palace decorated with lights and festoons, there is always a burst of sourness in his heart, sometimes even his eyes are astringent.

As soon as Wang Xijun was sent away, Li Yin picked up the Three Kingdoms and was about to continue reading, but his servants came to report again that his uncle Duan Lun, who was the minister of the Ministry of Workmanship, had come again.Li Yin didn't dare to neglect, and was ready to change clothes and go to the front to greet him, but he didn't expect that Duan Lun couldn't wait at all, so he asked his servants to take him to Li Yin's study.

"Haha~, Liulang, what a joy!" Duan Lun shouted to Li Yin with a big laugh as soon as he came in, his old face was flushed with excitement, and even his beard was raised up.

Seeing the other party's appearance, Li Yin immediately guessed a general idea, and said with a smile at the moment: "Hehe, Liu Lang congratulates uncle, he has finally researched the method of pouring steel, and you have made such great achievements in office. Royal father, Longyan Dayue, plus Quyuanli, which was presented by you a month ago, I think it will not be an exaggeration to be named a county king in the future."

"Where is there? This is all the work of worshiping Liulang. Guangang method is thanks to the theory you put forward, not to mention Qu Yuanli. It was completely created by you. I also took advantage of you, old man." !” Duan Lun hurriedly said modestly.He is really convinced of Li Yin now, not to mention the newly developed steel filling method, but the invention of Qu Yuanli last time surprised him and all the officials of the Ministry of Industry.

Last time, Duan Lun was very dissatisfied because Li Yin’s method of pouring steel was just a theory. In the end, Li Yin promised him that he would make a new product and send it to Duan Lun as compensation. So after a few days, Li Yin Min took all the ready-made Quyuan plows to the Ministry of Industry, and showed them how to use this new type of plow. As a result, this kind of plow, which is flexible in operation and extremely saves manpower and animal power, immediately aroused Duan Lun's attention. Pay attention to.

Afterwards, Duan Lun immediately ordered the craftsmen to imitate it, and sent it to a farm near Chang'an for trial use. As a result, the people who used it unanimously responded that this new type of plow is much better than the previous straight-shaft plow. Several acres of land were opened up, and now Duan Lun finally had a solid mind, so he presented Qu Yuanli to Li Shimin and asked for vigorous promotion.As an emperor who attaches great importance to farming, Li Shimin was also overjoyed when he saw the effect of Qu Yuanli. Instead of promoting it in the next year, he also rewarded Duan Lun, Li Min and other officials from the Ministry of Industry.

He just presented Quyuanli, and now he has figured out the method of pouring steel. When Datang's steel production increases several times in the future, I am afraid that Duan Lun's name will also leave a strong mark in the history books.And Duan Lun also thought of this, so he was so enthusiastic about Li Yin.Capital Datang 102

Seeing that Duan Lun was so happy, Li Yin happened to have something to ask him, so he smiled and said, "Uncle, you see that my nephew has spared no effort to help you, and now my nephew just has a difficult thing to ask you, look ..."