When Yang Chong returned to the mansion, he got the news that Perth Limi had made glass; Happiness came so suddenly, looking at the glittering glass in the wooden box in Jiang Fei's hand, which was only the size of half an A4 paper, Yang Chong was still so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. Jiang Fei glanced at Yang Chong angrily and said, "This is not your surprise, what is there to be happy about, what can such a small glass do?" ”

Yang Chong smiled mysteriously and said, "You can make a mirror, how big a glass is, how big a mirror is." ”

Yang Chong designed overnight in the study, diamond-shaped, round, square mirrors, behind which are poplar or elm frames and back panels, although Yang Chong thought that bronze and brass were more beautiful to make the frame, but the copper material was too difficult to get, so he could only wait for later. Early the next morning, Yang Chong and Jiang Fei went to the other courtyard, Perth Limi was obviously still in the exploration stage, there were too many waste products, in addition to a dozen pieces of flat glass, most of them were strange-shaped glass crystals, and some could even see obvious impurities.

Yang Chong didn't think it was strange, science is all moving forward in the tortuous road, Yang Chong asked Yang Lei to build a wooden box, pick out some large glass blocks, and put the rest of the glass in the box. Yang Chong's main task today is to make a mirror, Yu Jianzi and Qiao Hu have mercury, according to Yang Chong's words, stick the tin foil on the glass surface, and then pour mercury, and immediately find that the mercury dissolves the tin, turning into a viscous silvery-white liquid, which is tightly attached to the glass plate.

When the carpenter matches the wooden frame according to the size of the glass, a glass mirror that is 100 times clearer than the bronze mirror is ready; Yu Jianzi and the others seemed to have discovered a new type of toy, and they suddenly became energetic, and when Yang Chong stayed overnight and left, he had already made five mirrors, all of which were equipped with exquisite wooden boxes. Jiang Fei was unceremonious, and took them all away at once, Yang Chongcai discussed with Yu Jianzi, and polished those glass blocks into teacups, wine glasses, small bowls, pairs or sets of four.

Yu Jianzi took the initiative to leave Louguandao, in order to be interested in jade, and said with a smile: "No problem, this is similar to polishing natural glass, but it takes some time." ”

Back in Chang'an, Yang Chong didn't have a chance to rest at all, and when he heard that Yang Gongren came to discuss something with him yesterday, he hurried to Zongzheng Mansion; As soon as Yang Gongren said this, Yang Chong understood that Yang Guang wanted to save face and give these gifts to people from various countries in the Western Regions, so he only asked: "Do you want to give money?" ”

Yang Gongren laughed and said: "I must give money, I don't care about the others, how can the clansmen suffer." ”

Yang Gongren knew that Yang Chong was in the imperial court and was in trouble in taking care of Yang Xiaoshi's brothers, so he specially dispelled Yang Chong's concerns, Yang Chong sighed and said: "It's a pity that you are not in the Western Regions now, otherwise I can make a lot of money in the soybean sauce Qing." The salt in the salt lake does not cost money, and all ethnic groups in Tuyuhun have a lot of wasted meat, and the manpower of the reclamation camp is also given in vain, and they can produce as much as they want, and there is still no cost. ”

Yang Gongren was stunned when he heard this, who said that this was not the case, Yang Chong took the opportunity to say: "How about you say that the royal family will build a soybean paste workshop in Xihai, Heyuan, Shanshan, and the last four counties, and let Ma Zhong send salt and animals out to produce soybean paste and sell it to the countries of the Western Regions and Saibei, but it is a steady stream of money." ”

Yang Gongren looked at Yang Chong, shook his head and said: "You still dug a pit for me, this is the economic war you used to say, but I know that it is a pit, and I have to jump, this move is too reasonable for the army." ”

Yang Gongren dragged Yang Chong and found his father Yang Xiong, Yang Xiong went into the palace alone to find Emperor Yang Guang of Sui after listening, and came out in less than half an hour and said: "The saint agreed, it will be run by the royal family, and the first workshop will be built in Heyuan County first, Yang Fan will be in charge, and the craftsman will be sent by the royal family workshop to send two masters to be responsible." "The profits can be imagined, the establishment of the workshop has all the things of the royal family, and there is nothing Yang Chong does; Yang Xiong and Yang Guang discussed just now, and Yang Chong's suggestion may be to solve the cost for the army of the Western Regions.

Yang Chonggong respectfully saluted and said, "King Guan, I don't know where the Menxia Province has arranged for me to go?" ”

Yang Xiong smiled: "I really haven't heard that there is an arrangement, the Son of Heaven said, you can take a leave for a while, you go to Yang Da." ”

There are three Nayan in Menxia Province, namely Gao Gong, Yang Da, and Yang Wensi, Yang Da is Yang Xiong's younger brother and Yang Gongren's uncle, Yang Xiong's words are equivalent to opening the back door for Yang Chong, and Yang Chong left happily. Yang Gongren looked at Yang Chong's back and said with some melancholy: "Father, Yang Chong specially asked just now and will give money, it seems that he is aware of it." ”

Yang Xiong said calmly: "There is a relationship between Yuwenshu and Yuwenkai, it would be strange if Yang Chong didn't know about it. It's just that Shengshang's mouth is very tight this time, and he doesn't show his tone at all, if his guess is correct, the Cui family, Yang Chong, and Yuwen family will all have to break some money. ”

Yang Gongren snorted and said: "The great victory of the Hanchuan War, the Chijin Turks were punished by heaven, it was originally a sign of the prosperity of my Great Sui, and some people have to pull Yang Chong's body, if Yang Chong really has the destiny they say, how can it be defeated by a small frame." ”

Yang Xiong said approvingly: "I'm afraid the Son of Heaven thinks the same way, so I encircle these people to see what the final result is, who told the lie." ”

Yang Xiong still didn't dare to say something to Yang Gongren, those people said in front of Yang Guang that Yang Chong had a mandate of heaven, this trick can't be said to be ruthless, it seems to ruin Yang Chong's future, but Yang Guang is also a human being, and now is a critical period of reform, but it will be even more taboo. is afraid of being fooled and killing good people by mistake and being ridiculed by political opponents; I am even more afraid that the fake will come true, if there is such a heavenly curse in the territory of the Great Sui, even if Yang Chong dies, the gossip will make Yang Guang lose the hearts of his followers, who doesn't know, Yang Chong is a fan of his holy son Yang Guang.

The strings of the imperial court are too tight, so that everything may be considered a political conspiracy, just like this time to ask for tea and other things, in the past, as long as the imperial court gave an order, it was a secondary issue to pay or not. Now the people from Yang Guang to the people below are a little worried about the attitude of Yuwenshu and Cui Hongdu, Yang Chong's question seems to be his own, and it may not mean that Yuwen's and Cui's family have no meaning.

Yang Gongren retracted his gaze and said: "I have seen Pei Ju's plan, this is to show strength with wealth, it is purely a farce, those people in the Western Regions are full of food and drink, and go back with money and things, how can they surrender willingly." There is so much money wasted, it is better to use it as military salary, according to Yang Chong, and directly take Gaochang and other places. ”

Yang Xiong smiled bitterly and shook his head, Yang Chong's strategy was filed in the Ministry of War, and it was determined to be Gao Changce, which was inevitably leaked out, but on the bright side, it was just a proposal that would not be implemented, even Yang Xiong couldn't tell Yang Gongren, everything had to wait until the place where Yang Guang and the countries of the Western Regions met was decided.