Chapter 208: Glass Art and Mirrors
Liu Yuetian directly let the Shen family live in the Taishou Mansion, anyway, Liu Yuan's mansion is very large, and most of him usually lives in Wubao, and this mansion is for those cronies to live in.
Before the Shen family could settle down, Liu Yuetian pulled Shen Fu aside.
"Wansan, I have a batch of good things here, you can make a lot of money when you get Chang'an!"
"Lord, what is good?"
Liu Yuetian took Shen Fu to his glazed workshop, only to see that there were a lot of "works of art" in the workshop, all of which were glazed products, some were in the shape of birds and beasts, some were in the shape of mountains and rivers, there were about a dozen pieces, and several other craftsmen were still pouring red glass water into a mold, and after a while, a lifelike glazed tiger appeared in front of Shen Fu.
"Ahh
Shen Fu was completely dumbfounded, Liu Yuetian sold a glass ball for a thousand taels of gold in Jinling, these glass products are all lifelike, I don't know how much better than the glass ball, how much is a piece worth?
But looking at those craftsmen, they didn't take these "precious" glasses in their eyes at all, even if they accidentally broke one and threw it aside at will, like mud and sand.
Of course, the glaze is made of mud and sand, and when Liu Yuetian returned to Tianshui, he asked Meng Sheng to make a batch of molds, and with this batch of molds, the glaze was also fired into various graphics.
"Wansan, the original glaze is actually sediment, but people can't refine the substances inside, and if we master this technology, we will naturally be able to make those rich people pay obediently."
"It's amazing, these treasures...... No, these things add up to nearly 10,000 taels of gold! ”
Shen Fu touched those glass products with his hand and sighed again and again.
"These things are given to you, and we will divide the proceeds into three-seven, and you will share them with three-seven."
"No, no, your lord has given me too much, I only need half of it!"
The goods worth nearly 10,000 taels of gold are more than 3,000 taels, and the Shen family may not be able to earn such a huge amount of money in a lifetime.
"I can say as much as I want, these glasses are just the beginning, and this thing, you see how much it can be worth!"
Liu Yuetian took Shen Fu to a room, and as soon as he entered the room, Shen Fu saw a person walking towards him on the other side, and he just hurriedly dodged to the side to let the other party go first.
"Haha, Wansan, who do you see who that person is?"
Shen Fu fixed his eyes and found that the person was himself, a shiny thing that reflected his figure, clearly, even every hair could be seen clearly.
"What is this?"
"It's a mirror."
"Mirrors? What mirror can make a person look like this? ”
Shen Fu's face was pressed tightly against the mirror, and the small red mole in his eyebrows was the first time he had seen it.
"I used to look like this, too clear, too clear!"
It was the first time he had seen his face so clearly, and it even gave him a hint of unreality.
People in this era use copper mirrors, and a piece of red copper is constantly polished to make the surface smooth so as to reflect the shadow of people, but the effect, naturally needless to say, can only see the nose, eyes, mouth, these organs are only, a little farther can not tell whether the bronze mirror is male or female.
Liu Yuetian has glass, the first thing that comes to mind is to make a mirror, the production process is very simple, just a layer of mercury is coated on the back of a transparent glass, a little difficult is just how to make the glass smoother, but this kind of technical problem is not a problem at all in Meng Sheng's eyes, but a few hours Meng Sheng has already designed a smooth model, and then several blacksmiths cast it with pig iron according to the model, so soon a piece of glass that is still smooth is formed,
As for mercury, it is called mercury in this era, and there is a mineral called cinnabar, which can be obtained as long as it is heated, but this kind of cinnabar is only produced in Dashu, and Liu Yuetian is already ready to send someone to Dashu to buy it.
Mercury is carefully applied to one side of the glass, and this is a mirror that can make people "reveal their original form", and it can be said that the mirror in front of Shen Fu is the first mirror in the world.
"Wansan, how much do you think this mirror is worth?"
"How much? If there is only this one, it is a sky-high price, and it is possible to get it in front of those princes and kings. ”
"No, no, no, we can make this mirror in large quantities, and let the mirror spread all over the world."
Liu Yuetian told the other party clearly.
"The price can't be too low, this mirror is a treasure, although you can make it, but others can't, so I think a mirror should at least ......... One hundred taels of gold. ”
"Okay, one hundred taels of gold is not low, at this price, and if you want to buy a mirror, you can only buy it in my Tianshui, which can also enhance the popularity of our Tianshui, so that tomorrow I will gather the merchants of the entire Tianshui, and you will introduce this mirror to them, you are also the general distributor of the mirror, and the profit sharing is still three or seven open."
"No, no, my lord, this mirror was made by you alone, how can I take 30% of the income? Never, never! ”
Glass products need to be bought by the Shen family in other places, and there is some reason to charge 30% of the profit, but the mirror can only be bought in Tianshui, Shen Fu feels that he doesn't have much to pay, so he can't accept this 30% income.
"Wansan, don't shirk, this thirty percent of the income is given to you by me, in order to let you make the Shen family's shop bigger and stronger, as long as your Shen family becomes bigger, you can influence the market, and even monopolize the market, and then the price will be set by you, if you can achieve the level of Fan Li, the Shen family's tax on Tianshui a year is more than the price of a few mirrors, so this money is my expectation of your Shen family, what you need to do is to realize my expectations of you."
"Poof!"
Shen Fu knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.
"Lord, I, Shen Fu, will do my best, my Shen family will be your slave for the rest of my life, and I will follow you to the death!"
"Hurry up!"
Liu Yuetian helped Shen Fu, who was crying, up.
"Wansan, let me tell you, we must make a lot of money within a year, because after a year, I will send troops to recruit Liang Ji, and this battle will be won, so this year's time will be hard for you, you want people, I will give you people, if you want horses, I will give you horses, in short, you must make the most money in a year."
"Conquer Liang Ji!"
Shen Fu didn't have any fear when he heard it, but was very happy, who in the world didn't hate him?
"Don't worry, don't you just want to make money? With the two things of glass and glass, plus my operation, I will earn at least one million taels of silver in a year.
Shen Fu was full of confidence, and he had even begun to gear up and be eager to try.
"Wansan, these two things are expensive now, but after a long time, as long as others master the same, the price of the method will naturally go down, so we have to sell these things in the shortest possible time, it is best to buy Chang'an, those corrupt officials are the richest, these money are the people's money, and now we will get it back for the people."
"That's right, that fool Dorgon spent a thousand taels of gold, and now it seems that he bought nothing more than a pile of gravel......... But your lord's method of turning stones into gold is too powerful, and I am afraid that no one in the whole world has such a means as you. ”
"Line three, this is the problem of productivity, we have mastered the most advanced productivity, and the products produced will be far stronger than other stores, so in the future, your shop should also pay attention to this, you can learn more from Meng Sheng and Zu Chongzhi when you are fine, the value of the two of them is immeasurable."