Chapter 117

It is impossible for Zhang Xiaobao to let Li Xun go and kill people, in that case, before Li Xun is killed, he will be finished, but he thought of another good way, that is, to use some things in the 100,000 mountains to wait for the weather to be warmer.

In fact, it is very simple, it is to cultivate Li Xun's courage, such as drifting, etc., as long as the technology is reached, then Li Xun's safety can be guaranteed, first cultivate Li Xun from these things of play, and then catch some beasts to tie up, let Li Xun kill with his own hands, as long as he kills more.

In fact, if anyone is sentenced to death, it would be better to let Li Xun take the knife, this thing is impossible, Li Xun's identity is there, and then let Li Xun go to the tomb, and then scare and scare him at night.

Zhang Xiaobao believes that Li Xun's nerves are tough enough, and under normal circumstances, he will not be scared out of trouble, little by little, after experiencing more things, he will slowly cultivate a temperament.

Now is to ask Li Xun to exercise, with a strong body to deal with all kinds of dangers, Li Xun heard Zhang Xiaobao promise that he would start training with a special method when the summer came, and immediately went to exercise.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan began to let people burn glass, this temperature is not easy to control, and they can only rely on the experience of the kiln burners, so Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have made more ingredients for each ingredient, so that they can be used for experiments at different temperatures.

Let people do it according to this method, Zhang Xiaobao and Xiang Juan finally settled down again, and they don't have to worry about other things.

Now I'm waiting for good news from the people who went to Hainan Island, and at the same time there is the fleet that came over, so let's see what the people here like to buy? If you like it directly, you can get more luck in the future, and if you don't like it, find a way to train others to like it.

"Xiaobao, do you want to kill two of those crocodiles, and then make the skin into something to see the market's reaction?" Wang Juan washed his hands and asked Zhang Xiaobao while wiping them with a hand towel.

"Let's not do what others do, do something that a few people can't think of, and don't know what's new." Zhang Xiaobao also decided to kill a few, it is best to get a few more swamps, catch some small crocodiles and send them over, in the absence of natural enemies, the little crocodiles will slowly grow up, as for artificial breeding Zhang Xiaobao has no such idea.

I heard that when others tried to raise it, they failed many times with the assistance of those instruments, and artificial breeding should not be as simple as raising poultry, but you can feed some meat or something appropriately, so that those small crocodiles do not have to risk their lives when hunting.

Zhang Xiaobao doesn't care if there is wildness, one place in Luzhou can't include all the crocodiles, as long as you get the skin of the crocodile, it's fine, but I think that the wildness of those crocodiles is not easy to feed something.

As soon as Zhang Xiaobao mentioned it, Wang Juan pondered, there is now leather armor made of crocodile skin, and there are also handles of some weapons made of crocodile skin, which are wrapped in a layer of skin, and there is also a decorative belt that is also made of crocodile skin.

Crocodiles are not the only ones here, there are some lakes and rivers that are also there, as long as they see it, the people will find a way to kill it, and then exchange it for money, mainly if one is not careful, people will be hurt, just like tigers, people here do not have the idea of protecting wild animals.

Anything that can eat people must be killed as much as possible, and it is best to kill it, and the killing is extinct, since this is the case, it is impossible for two people to propose to pull a protection or something.

Wang Juan is trying to think about making some things that are not available here with crocodile skin, such as leather bags, which have now begun to be sold, mainly to the rich people in the capital, who can make this, but this is a bit too monotonous, Wang Juan believes that as long as someone sees those beautiful leather bags made of other skins, they will think of making them with crocodile skin.

Merchants are inherently smart, and sometimes it only takes a hint to make them see a business opportunity, so that they don't have to think about making crocodile skins.

Gloves, boots? These two seem to be a bit wasteful to make crocodile skin, if anyone could be willing to do it, they would have done it a long time ago, so why wait until they think about it.

After thinking about it for several times, Wang Juan felt dissatisfied, and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "I can't think of it, I don't know what to do, and it is too difficult to reflect the value of crocodile skin, and what people here can't imagine." ”

Zhang Xiaobao smiled and said: "I know that I can make something, that is, buttons, people don't use buttons now, there are no clothes on them, we can make some clothes with buttons, and then use wood or iron and copper to make them, and then put a little crocodile skin on the bread."

In this way, even if other people want to learn, they have to get some crocodile skins first, and decorative things are usually more expensive than practical things, and the cost is correspondingly much less, believe me to do it. ”

"Then try it, but you can't destroy the whole skin, get some leftovers or something, and you won't need that big for a button." Wang Juan also agreed.

Two people choose something that can be done, and start to let people kill crocodiles, if a single person wants to kill, it is very difficult, and even usually eaten by crocodiles, but there are many people, this trouble is small.

Some individuals are responsible for killing crocodiles, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan put their energy on making glass, and they failed continuously, and the two of them have long had such considerations, and they are not worried that they will not be able to do it, others can do it, they can do it.

The mercury and tin foil over there were also ready, just waiting for the glass to be made, then cut into thin slices, and then make tin foil on top, and cover it with a layer of mercury, so that it could be used as a mirror, and the price of this thing had been set by the two of them, and the cheapest small mirror the size of a palm would cost fifty yuan.

This is still the price that will often be sold in the future, and it will not be sold at all when it is first made, but it will be given to some people who the two of them can't provoke now, such as Li Longji, as well as those princes and ministers, especially some very powerful families.

"It's done, it's done, little boy, little lady, this glass thing has burned out, it's here, hurry up, carry it over."

Just when Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were about to go to the dock to see if the boat was coming, the person in charge of the inner courtyard of the glass burned happily ran here, and said to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan excitedly, and beckoned as if they were behind in the process of talking, and the two people behind used wood and rope to resist the large piece of glass and came to Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan's approach.

"Little boy, little lady, this is this thing, it's so beautiful, it looks green." The visitor was still talking, and touched the large piece of glass with his hand.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan leaned over to take a look, what is green, it is too thick, and the whole glass is like a big stone, which is why the glass looks green, which belongs to the light.

I touched the glass with my hand, and indeed this thing, the two of them were also happy, don't look at it is not a flat plate, but for the two of them, it is nothing more than to let the craftsman spend some more effort, to be able to have such a large piece, that can make more small mirrors, and that eye and other things.

"Okay, yes, remember that recipe, and then burn according to that, and the temperature in the kiln must be controlled." Zhang Xiaobao acknowledged the efforts of the people in the inner courtyard during this time, and nodded in praise.

Wang Juan also said beside him: "Don't keep it a secret, don't let others see it in the near future, and don't talk about it, I will definitely send you more red envelopes when the time comes." ”

Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao have their own considerations, this place is too remote, in case it is known by too many people, the two of them have no doubt that some people will take risks for this thing, and they are the target of that kind of person.

The person who came nodded violently and agreed, and after Zhang Xiaobao ordered someone to send this thing to the craftsman in the inner courtyard, the person who came took the person who carried the thing back, and prepared to burn it out, and the opponent knew it.

"Don't go to the dock first, go back and wait, the craftsman should be able to get a small piece soon, this glass is a good thing, it can be used when planting greenhouses in the future, and it can also be used to grow watermelons of various shapes, I am going to plant a square watermelon to see the market, if it is good, I will do it in the future."

Zhang Xiaobao was not in a hurry to get to the dock now, and pulled Wang Juan into the house to rest, and when the glass pieces were sent over, the two of them were going to try to make mirrors.

As Zhang Xiaobao said, the two of them didn't wait too long, the craftsman got the glass piece, if it weren't for the fact that the craftsmen would not use the float method to make flat glass, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan looked at the flat glass in front of them and were very suspicious of which craftsman knew how to make flat glass.

"How can it be so thin and flat, it's really unimaginable, it seems that those craftsmen are really very powerful."

Wang Juan gently touched the glass with his hand and said to himself.

Zhang Xiaobao also heard Wang Juan's words next to him, and continued: "It's a very common thing, so many jade and other stones, they can make very fine carvings, and can make a lot of shapes, it's not difficult to get a glass, come on, wipe the glass first, otherwise, really get the tin foil and mercury up, and the traces left on the hands will never be removed." ”

"Okay, let's wipe it, and when the time comes, I'll get two pieces out of the mirror first, and give it to our mother, I'm not in a hurry first." Wang Juan also wants to have a mirror very much now, even if the bronze mirror is clear, it is not as good as the glass mirror, just think about it, when the time comes, take the exquisite leather bag, and take out a mirror from it when some personal gatherings take a look, and this time the identity is lifted.

The two of them were busy, and they waited until the evening to get this mirror out, and some places on the tin foil on it still accidentally got a little wrinkle, this is fine, it would be good to practice more in the future, maybe if you hand it over to the craftsman to make, the first time it can be better than the two of them.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan asked the craftsman to get rid of the wrinkled places, leaving only a few large mirrors with two palms, and then found a craftsman to make a frame, which is actually a wooden box that can be opened and closed back and forth, and the box is carved with patterns, which is also very thin.

When it was time for dinner, the two of them appeared with three mirrors, a large piece of glass, which can be cut into several small pieces, and the two of them were going to send a mirror to Xin'er and Liu'er and Weiwei in addition to their mother, and the remaining one was naturally kept by Wang Juan herself, which was very memorable for her, and she decided to keep this mirror as much as possible for a while.

The food was served, and today Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not immediately serve the food to everyone as before, but sat there motionless, their eyes looking back and forth on their family members, and they did not make a sound.

"Xiaobao, is there something difficult to do? Speak up and help you figure it out. Zhang Wangshi looked at the appearance of his son and daughter-in-law, thinking that the two of them had also encountered a problem, so he asked, but he didn't expect himself and others to help in his heart, but just told his son and daughter-in-law not to worry about the family, they can do whatever they want, after all, they can even do things against the sky, and they don't have such an expression as now, so it will be more difficult to think about things.

Zhang Xiaobao shook his head, took out the mirror from his arms, pushed the wooden box in front of his mother, and said, "Mother, I made something for you and gave it to you as a gift." ”

Wang Juan also learned to send a mirror in her arms to her mother, this time she didn't say anything, just waited for her mother to open it and look at it.

Wang Juan's mother is not as steady as Zhang Xiaobao's mother, as soon as she heard Zhang Xiaobao say that it was a gift, she immediately couldn't wait to open the box, and as soon as she opened it, she was surprised, and said in a trembling voice: "Juan Juan, tell my mother, how did my mother get into the box, quickly get my mother out, is this box used to lock people up?" ”

As soon as she said this, Zhang Wang also opened the box and looked inside, and was also taken aback, and then showed a happy look, and said to Zhang Xiaobao: "Xiaobao, this is a mirror?" Oops, it's really more real than the bronze mirror, how did you get this thing? It can't be that you and Juan Juan went to Heaven and snatched it from above, right? ”

Zhang Wang's is not bad, he reacted immediately, he didn't think he was locked in the box like Wang Juan's mother, Wang Juan's mother heard that it was a mirror, and made a few movements, and sure enough, the people inside also made a few movements, just like the copper mirror they usually use.

It's just that this mirror is too clear, as if a person has gotten in, thinking of Zhang Wang's words just now, he looked at Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao a little nervously, and said:

"Xiaobao, juanjuan, my mother knows that you are for the good of my mother, but you must not take risks, quickly, send it back to heaven, otherwise people will find that the mirror is gone, and they will not chase it down, my mother will be content at a glance, knowing that there are such things in this world, better than others, don't want it, send it back, ah, mother, as long as you grow up safely, there is no other wish."

"Mother, what kind of heavenly court, this is what Xiaobao and I made ourselves, and Heavenly Court doesn't have it now, I really sent it up, in case they know, it will be really troublesome, now this is a little small, put it in the leather bag sent last time, and make a big one in the future, stand in the room, stand in the front, and you can see it all."

Wang Juan was moved when she heard her mother's words, this kind of thing that made people laugh when she heard it, but her eyes turned red, and she hurriedly explained, and at the same time said something about Heaven, since the family thinks so, then let them think so.

"Okay, it's good if it's not something from heaven, don't worry, my mother won't take it out casually outside, but if you want to take it inside the house, don't let the people in heaven see it, and avoid them."

When Wang Juan's mother heard that she didn't need to send it, she was even happier, and she looked back and forth in the mirror like a baby, with a smile on her face.

Zhang Wang's family was also a little worried just now, and pushed the mirror to Zhang Xiaobao's approach, at this time, knowing that this was made by his son and daughter-in-law themselves, and had nothing to do with Heavenly Court, he took the mirror back, carefully looked in the mirror and picked up a strand of hair on his sideburns, and nodded with satisfaction.

Seeing that their mother was satisfied, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also relieved their hearts, they were really afraid that their mother would worry.

"Xiaobao, is this thing troublesome to make?" As soon as Zhang Zhong saw the mirror, he thought of making money, and now he is used to the new things that appear in the house from time to time, it seems that every thing can bring enough benefits to the family, and this mirror should be the same, looking at Qiao'er's happy appearance, it is impossible for other women not to like it.

"It's not troublesome, but you have to keep it secret, the cost of this thing is very small, and it will be sold for a lot of money in the future, Dad, I have to trouble you, that is, write a few letters, give it away with such a mirror, the kind that can't ask for a penny, you must send it over, so that we can be stable here."

Zhang Xiaobao explained to his father again, and at the same time said what he thought in his heart.

Zhang Zhong nodded and agreed, "I know, I know, our family doesn't give things to others, and those who take things always help when they need it, otherwise how can we be so carefree here?" The emperor wants to send more there, after all, there are many women there, and there are really one or two who don't get it, maybe they will be bad behind their backs. ”

Zhang Zhong is no longer the Zhang Zhong who deceived his daughter-in-law at the beginning, nor is he the person who doesn't understand anything when he won the title for the first time, now he gradually understands and adapts to the things in the officialdom, what should be done and what should not be done, and he can still distinguish clearly.

"Dad, don't worry, there will be a lot of mirrors coming out in a few days, and when the time comes, send them together, wrap them in cotton, and be careful on the road, otherwise it will be very easy to break."

Zhang Xiaobao is also very happy about his father's change, so he will suffer a little more if he does a thorn history outside, and he will not be afraid of being deceived when he enters the court in the future.

The meal was different from before, the old man in the family was happy, and the two people who got the mirror were also happy, and while eating, they carefully passed it back and forth, and said the price of the mirror, and the results were lower than Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.

In this way, the time for eating was much longer, twice as long as usual, and the family did not go back to their respective rooms after eating, but continued to look at the mirror there, while Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan left, and the two of them wanted to send mirrors to the other three people.

When the two of them found the old man, Li Xun and the others were there, the old man was the referee according to the rules of the game, and the others were divided into four, playing the business monopoly game there.

"Sister Xin'er, Sister Liu'er, and Weiwei, give you this." Wang Juan ran from place to place, divided the mirror in his hand, and took out the one that belonged to her and fiddled with it, not that she had not seen a mirror, but that there was a mirror in this place, which meant that the meaning was not simple.

When the three girls saw the wooden box in their hands, they thought it was good, and opened it curiously to watch, and all of a sudden they all screamed in surprise just like Wang Juan's mother and Zhang Xiaobao's mother.

The person in the mirror also opened his mouth wide, looking surprised, and blinked his eyes, and the person in the mirror learned to blink his eyes, and he learned very quickly, as if he moved, the person in the mirror moved.

"I know, this is a mirror, wow~! Can you still make such a mirror? It's gone, it's sent now, and there's something to eat in the future, and there's money to be used up, so let me sell it. ”

Xin'er was stunned for a moment, and finally reacted, with her business talent, she immediately knew the value of mirrors, not only can they be sold directly for money, if they are done well,. You can also exchange some benefits with others.

"What mirror, what mirror? Is it really that good? I'll see, let me see. Li Xun didn't care about it, but when she heard Xin'er's words, she also leaned over curiously, but Xin'er closed the mirror at once, saying that she wouldn't let Li Xun see anything.

Li Xun had no choice but to find Wang Juan here, took the mirror from Wang Juan's hand, opened it, and his eyes were also wide open, and he said to Zhang Xiaobao:

"You made this thing too? I want as many as I want, first give me a hundred, no, five hundred, I want to give it away, no, it's still a hundred, just send the key people, if the others give them away, they won't be able to sell at a price, and they still expect them to buy it. ”

"There are only ten, love or not." As soon as Wang Juan heard that Li Xun opened his mouth, there were one hundred, and he twisted his head without any discussion.

The old man also came over at this time, and after looking at the mirror, he sighed and said, "Ingenious, once this thing comes out, I don't know if it's good or bad?" ”