Chapter 68: Glass

Nangong Yi has won the battle!

This news made Cai Wei's heart instantly bloom with flowers, although she expected it, but it still made her feel a burst of irrepressible joy.

"Go, and bring the messenger to me."

"Yes!"

The guard went down with a happy face, and after a while he brought with him a post man who was also happy, and as soon as the post guard saw Cai Wei, he knelt down respectfully.

"The subordinates see the princess, His Royal Highness the King of Qin won a great victory in Qinlun, captured Qinlun City, and specially ordered his subordinates to report the good news to the princess!"

"King Qin is good, but there are heavy casualties in this battle?"

"Back to the princess, His Royal Highness the King of Qin is well, our soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty only have dozens of casualties, and only the Mengnu people who stubbornly resisted were ordered to be executed by the King of Qin, and the rest who surrendered were pardoned by the King of Qin!"

Capture a city, casualties are inevitable, I can hear that Nangong Yi is already trying to reduce the number of deaths on both sides, this is not his style, it must be to make her feel at ease, he acted like this.

Cai Wei is very pleased that he can care so much about his thoughts, she knows that the killing is too strong, it is against the heavens, since she crossed here, many of the habitual thinking patterns of her previous life have been overthrown, she is no longer an atheist, and has begun to believe in the cycle of life and death, karma, so she doesn't want him to get too much karma and incur retribution, but even if he suffers retribution, it doesn't matter, she is willing to bear it with him and share it together!

The postman said: "The king of Qin said, after the army rested for three days, he will attack Kashgar, which is close to Qinlun, and His Royal Highness will let the princess wait for him here, at most a month, at least 20 days, he will definitely fight Lingbei back!" ”

Cai Wei smiled happily, it doesn't take a month to defeat Mengnu, it doesn't take twenty days, and there are eight more days, she has her own way to make Tuoba Kui surrender!

After receiving a reward of ten taels of silver, the postman left happily.

After getting the news of the man's victory, Cai Wei was in a good mood, and after breakfast, she walked out of the camp tent, asked for a horse from Chasing Feng, and went to the grassland outside the camp to ride the horse.

The boundless grassland, a piece of emerald green, is illuminated by the sun, like a layer of gold dust, with the gust of morning wind, setting off blue waves and golden waves. Wildflowers of all colors in full bloom, one bush here, one there, bathed in the sun, competing in the vast grassland, exuding a rich fragrance, as far as the eye can see, wildflowers are like colorful clouds, falling on the green grassland.

She didn't know how far she had gone, she stopped, attracted by a shining crystal light in the green carpet, what was this?

Cai Wei jumped off the horse, walked over, and found a piece of crystalline 'natural soda' in the blue waves. ’

There's natural soda here!

Cai Wei stood up and looked around at the endless prairie, revealing a look of amazement!

She remembered that when she was in the camp, she had seen the minerals of quartz under the stakes of a tent, and at that time she thought that this was a volcano tens of thousands of years ago, and now, she saw natural soda again, and she suddenly thought that hundreds of thousands of years ago, this place should have been a vast sea, and then the volcano in the sea erupted... After hundreds of thousands of years of crustal changes, this vast prairie has finally been formed!

Cai Wei reverently saluted nature for a few minutes, and then picked up the piece of natural soda and went back to the camp.

As soon as she returned to the camp, she immediately ordered Chasing Wind to help her find more natural soda and quartz. Chasing the wind didn't know what this woman wanted these broken stones for, but seeing her irrepressible excitement, she still went obediently.

At this moment, Cai Wei was really excited, and a road to fortune that could make her rich quickly had been unfolded in front of her.

She remembers that in her previous life, she had seen about the origin of glass, and it is said that more than 3,000 years ago, a European Phoenician merchant ship, loaded with crystal mineral "natural soda", sailed on the Belus River on the Mediterranean coast. Due to the low tide of the sea, the merchant ship ran aground.

So the crew took to the beach. Some crew members also brought cauldrons, firewood, and used a few pieces of "natural soda" as a support for the cauldron to cook on the beach.

After the crew finished eating, the tide began to rise. They were about to pack up and board the ship to continue sailing, when suddenly someone shouted, "Come and see, everyone, there is something bright and shining in the sand under the pot!" ”

The crew brought these glittering things to the ship and studied them carefully. They found that there was some quartz sand and melted natural soda stuck to these shiny things. It turned out that these glittering things were the natural soda that they used to make the stand for the pot when cooking, and under the action of the flame, the crystals produced by chemical reaction with the quartz sand on the beach, this is the earliest glass. Later, the Phoenicians made a fortune by mixing quartz sand with natural soda and melting it in a special furnace to make glass balls.

About the 4th century, the Romans began to apply glass to the doors and windows, now in this world, there is no such thing as glass, even the windows of the palace hall, pasted are all vague Korean paper, not to mention the light is not good, the warmth effect in winter is also poor, if the glass window comes out, it will be a blockbuster, and cause a strong sensation, if large-scale production and sales, will be able to make a windfall, and quickly replace the Huo family, become the richest man in the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty!

Moreover, if the Mengnu people can cooperate with her, Lingbei will soon become a rich land, and at that time, the people will be rich and prosperous, and they will not have to live such a nomadic life, who will care who the leader of the tribe is? What is your nationality?

Soon, Chasing Wind recovered two bags of quartz and a bag of natural soda, and it seems that there are still a lot of reserves of these two minerals here!

Cai Wei happily put these two things into the space and began to carry out the long firing of glass......

Capital

In the back house of Huo's mansion full of flowers and magnificent, Huo Yuan walked into the Fushou Hall where his mother, Mrs. Huo, lived, bypassed the carved lacquer inlaid red and green rosewood four-season flower screen, and arrived at the hall where his mother lived on weekdays.

The hall is surrounded by red willows and green, surrounded by pearls and greens, and is full of concubines and concubines given to him by Mrs. Huo, although he has not been pampered by any of these women, but after they saw Huo Yuan, they all showed their shy appearances, and they all bowed down: "Son!" ”

Huo Yuan waved his hand and motioned for them to get up, without even looking at them, he looked directly at the Luohan bed opposite.

On the other side, Mrs. Huo was sickly crooked on the rosewood Arhat bed, leaning on the big pillow with ink-colored gold wire and engraved with large begonia flowers, she was wearing a rusty ink blue two-color gold makeup flower through the sleeve gown, a dark embroidered treasure flower horse-faced skirt, and a neat ingot bun on her head, because she was sick, she did not bring accessories such as hairpin rings, but only wore a dark purple embroidered rich bamboo with a bright and moist big eastern pearl inlaid in the middle, but she also looked graceful and dignified.

On both sides of the Luohan bed, Mrs. Huo's four henchmen and her dowry mother Gao stood like goose wings, and when she saw Huo Yuan coming in, a little girl came over and put a brocade suede embroidered bamboo pattern cushion in front of Huo Yuan.

Huo Yuan knelt down in front of the Luohan bed, and arched his hand: "Greetings to my mother!" ”

Mrs. Huo said with a calm face: "What else can you ask for?" For the daughter of the Mu family, Concubine Xian Niangniang is still grounded, you are also in prison, and you have offended the elders in the group, I am already a big life if I don't worry about dying, how can I 'settle' down? ”

When Huo Yuan heard this, he smiled and said: "My son has already said that if you are unwilling to do the family's business, don't pull people indiscriminately." Besides, isn't my son already fine? Concubine Xian's son has also been paying attention to it, presumably the ban will be lifted in a few days, and the mother doesn't have to worry about it; As for offending the elders, heh, my son is now the head of the family, and it is inevitable that some people in the clan will not be convinced by their seniority, and they always want to pick something out to sharpen me. ”

After that, she got up and walked to Mrs. Huo's Luohan bedside, took off her robe, and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Huo Yuan picked up the tea, and as soon as he brought it to his mouth, he heard Mrs. Huo sneer and said, "You don't have to talk to me skillfully, I don't know anything in the deep house, I just ask you, what do you have to do with the girl of the Mu family?" ”

Huo Yuan gently blew the tea leaves in the teacup, took a sip, put down the teacup, looked at his mother with a clear smile, and said with a smile: "My son has said a long time ago that there is nothing between us, why doesn't my mother believe it?" ”

Mrs. Huo knocked on the table angrily and said, "Are you old and confused?" Still fooling me, I have inquired about it, for the daughter of the Mu family, you invited the grandmother who embroidered the phoenix robe for the queen to teach her embroidery, and also made a blood capital to open a 'Mu Ji Participating Bank', since this participating line is marked with the word 'Mu Ji', you plan to use it to please the girl of the Mu family, right? ”

Mother's words made Huo Yuan's smile fade, and he said with a slightly cold face: "Mother is investigating me?" ”

Mrs. Huo said: "It's not for my mother to investigate you, but the matter between you and the girl of the Mu family has been spread all over the city, if my mother doesn't care anymore, the good reputation of our Huo family, as well as your reputation, will be ruined!" ”

Huo Yuan let out an 'oh', and his voice became cold: "Since the city is full of wind and rain, why hasn't my son heard about it at all?" Also, what is my mother going to do with this stormy city? ”

Mrs. Huo said: "Since you are happy with her, this is not worth anything, my mother is in charge, you can marry her back and be a good concubine, so as to save yourself from being sneaky and ruining your reputation." ”

When Aunt Bi, who was standing on the side, heard that she was going to carry the girl of the Mu family into the door as a concubine, her heart shrank suddenly, and the tears in her eyes almost burst out, she looked at Huo Yuan nervously, lest he say "OK" or "OK".

The other concubines also pinched their handkerchiefs tightly, and peeked at Huo Yuan nervously, lest he agree to the old lady's request.

At the moment, although they are not favored, everyone is not favored, so they can maintain a peaceful mentality, but if the son marries back a woman who is in love, let them watch the son and the woman be kind**, like lacquer, how can they be embarrassed?

Fortunately, Childe's answer made them very satisfied.

"Mother, my son won't marry a girl from the Mu family as a concubine, you don't have to this child!"

In a word, the concubines and servants were overjoyed, but only Aunt Bi heard the mystery inside.

He was clear about the Mu family's thoughts, but he said that he would not marry the Mu family girl as a concubine, so does it mean that he wants to marry the Mu family girl as a wife?

This thought startled her, and she couldn't help but raise her head sharply and look at Mrs. Huo on Luohan's bed.

However, Mrs. Huo didn't seem to notice the word game her son was playing, and she was still a little puzzled by her son's refusal to marry the Mu family's girl.

"You refuse to marry her, and you are entangled with her, you rebel, do you think that the reputation of our Huo family is too good, and you must be corrupted before you are willing to take a break?"

While he was cursing, a red-billed green parrot suddenly flew in outside the window, and the parrot went around the house, quacked twice, and flew out again.

"Where did this parrot come from, he is not afraid of people."

Mrs. Huo was attracted by this colorful parrot, so she forgot to scold her son, and only stared at the parrot flying around the yard.

"Quick, someone will come and catch him, and keep it for Mrs. to relieve her boredom..."

Mrs. Huo's mother Gao saw that Mrs. Huo was interested in this bird, and hurriedly beckoned the maids and women who were waiting in the yard, and asked them to find bamboo poles and brooms or something, and beat down this good-looking parrot brother and kept it for Mrs. to play with.

Huo Yuan looked at the naughty parrot flying around, and laughed beautifully, he stood up and strode out.

"I'll catch it, it's a pity if such a beautiful bird is broken by you!"

Huo Yuan and his party spoke, and the group looked in the direction of Brother Parrot and left his mother's yard......

Cai Wei's letter shocked him, he didn't expect that Concubine Jin would stretch her hand to King Jing's body, and she also came up with a ruthless plan to kill her mother and take her son. King Jing Nangong Qi is her sister's only bloodline, and her only hope for the rest of her life, he, as a younger brother, will never allow his sister to be killed, nor will he allow his nephew to be taken away......

In the next few days, Cai Wei stayed in the barracks, to be exact, in the space, carefully studying the firing method of glass, from the proportion of the two ores, to the mastery of the heat during firing, every point can not be neglected, she has been doing it for three days, although she has burned a lot of glass, but she still has not burned the glass that makes her think it is perfect.

Originally, she wanted to keep experimenting and burn the glass before going to see Tuoba Kui, but tomorrow is Cai Fei's eleventh birthday, and she wants to celebrate her sister's birthday in person, and Brother Parrot and Changmei have not returned to the space for a long time, they rely on the aura in the space to be immortal and become divine beasts, and leaving the space for a long time is very unfavorable to their cultivation, so she must go back to the capital to celebrate her sister's birthday; The second is to take the parrot and the long eyebrows back into the space.

At night, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, when everything was silent, she quietly rode the white-haired tiger and left the camp.

Cai Wei still arrived at the outskirts of Beijing at dawn, and the first thing she did when she arrived at the outskirts of Beijing was to summon Changmei and Brother Parrot back, put them into the space with the white-haired tiger, and released the horse she raised in the space, rode it, and Shi Shiran entered the city.

Today is a rare good weather, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and not even a trace of clouds can be found, pure and transparent like the exquisite production of zuò, the craftsmanship of the blue satin, a shop is boundless, occasionally skipping the silhouette of a few birds, making people look at the mood comfortably.

Entering the city, Cai Wei found a secluded alley, put the horse into the space, and quietly walked out along the other side of the alley, planning to go to the street first, and go to get the diamond head face customized for Fei'er, Fei'er is eleven years old, her temperament is much quieter than her, and she is also a beauty-loving person, if she gets such a good set of heads, she will be very happy!

The capital is worthy of being the imperial capital, its prosperity is not comparable to other places, only the streets are more than twice as wide as that of Qingxian, the shops on both sides are lined up, the pedestrians on the road are like shuttles, noisy and noisy, a group of lively.

All kinds of pedestrians on the road talked and laughed, some wore silk and satin, some wore coarse linen clothes, and occasionally you could see one or two strangely dressed aliens, staggering down the street. The shouts and shouts came one after another, which shows that the national strength of the Great Jin Dynasty is still okay, at least the people of the capital live and work in peace and contentment, and there is peace.

Cai Wei found the 'Treasure Pavilion', and when the shopkeeper saw her, she walked out of the counter in fear and wanted to bow down, but was stopped by Cai Wei.

"Shopkeeper, I don't want to be known by anyone, you just need to quickly bring the jewelry I ordered."

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly trotted upstairs, and took down a few well-made brocade boxes.

"Princess, are you satisfied?"

The shopkeeper opened a round brocade box, where there was a beautiful diamond necklace, the shape of the necklace is different from the necklace of this era, it is a thin gold chain, and the bottom is decorated with a rose-shaped pendant, the rose pendant is made of gold, dozens of small diamonds inlaid together, it is really brilliant and dazzling!

The workmanship of the necklace is very good, the craftsmanship is exquisite, exactly the same as the requirements on the drawings, without any flaws, at first sight, you can know that it is from the hands of the master, that is, the era of picking rose, it can also be called a fine piece of jewelry.

Cai Wei was very satisfied, and opened a few other boxes, and the bracelets, earrings, and hairpin rings in them were all equally delicate and meticulous, all of which were exquisite. After collecting a few pieces of jewelry and walking out of the 'Treasure Pavilion', she walked for a while and found the 'Yao Ji Joiner', planning to order the pieces of furniture she designed here.

Yao Ji's buddy saw that a guest was coming, and warmly invited Cai Wei inside, and after Cai Wei sat down, he asked the guy to invite their shopkeeper to come.

She wants to use the golden silk nanmu and sandalwood in the space to make the furniture in her boudoir, these woods are more expensive than gold, she naturally has to be careful, so she plans to make a set of sour branches according to the drawings to test their craftsmanship, if their craftsmanship is really good, and then give them their precious wood!

After the shopkeeper came over, he saw Caiwei's drawings and was amazed by several pieces of furniture designed by Caiwei, and took it down.

Cai Wei paid a deposit of 100 taels of silver in advance, made an appointment to pick up the goods after a month, and left.

It was almost noon, Cai Wei was almost done, so she hired a car and went to her own cloth village to find Cai Fei, today, she planned to invite her sister to the restaurant alone to have a meal, in order to relive the scene of going out with her girlfriends in her previous life.

Cai Fei was naturally very happy when she saw her sister, and said to her grandmother, and walked out with Zhao Qiu and Cai Wei excitedly.

Fei'er was dressed up very beautifully today, wearing a very festive pomegranate red floral gold silk brocade gown, mopping the floor of the smoke cage plum blossom phoenix tail group, combing a hundred flower buns on her head, and wearing only a pale pink bead flower made of dozens of pink pearls on her hair bun, layered on top of each other, it was really beautiful.

Seeing that her sister was so good-looking, Cai Wei couldn't help but praise a few words happily, Cai Fei lowered her head shyly, and a thin blush appeared on her face.

In order to celebrate Fei'er's birthday, when she was shopping just now, Cai Wei specially booked the best private room in the 'Jufu' restaurant, intending to surprise Cai Fei!

Jufu Restaurant is the most famous restaurant in the capital, the first choice for dignitaries to eat out, although the wine and food in this ear are more expensive than others, but the chef's cooking skills are exquisite, and the food made is far better than others, so even if it is expensive, every noon meal, it is often full. ()