"Wan'er, you can sit down and eat too!" Seeing Wan'er standing beside him, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly asked Wan'er to sit down as well. Although Wan'er is a maidservant, sooner or later she will have to give her a name, and besides, Zhu Youzhen is also used to Wan'er's service.

"Your Highness and the princess will eat first, Wan'er is not hungry yet." Wan'er glanced at Zhu Youzhen and lowered her head again. She blushed and glanced at Zhou Yufeng secretly.

"Wan'er, sit down. This is our common home. Zhu Youzhen knew that he couldn't be a comfortable prince, and he had to bear the responsibility of history. But he doesn't want his home decoration to be a group of women. He likes Zhou Yufeng, not only because of Zhou Yufeng's beautiful face, but also because of her demure personality, who can understand the general situation, take the overall situation into account, and have no quarrel with the world. Only when the back garden is stable, can I fight to change history.

Zhou Yufeng got up and pressed Wan'er on the chair on the side: "Sister Wan'er, just sit down!" Her voice was like a spring breeze.

She has long known the relationship between Wan'er and Zhu Youzhen, her personnel was taught by the queen mother herself, Zhu Youzhen's personnel is probably practiced on Wan'er's body, right? Zhu Youzhen is the prince, it is normal to have three wives and four concubines, even the emperor can't control it, and there will be more people in the family in the future!

She is already a princess, the highest status among all wives and concubines, if the queen chooses Wan'er to be the princess, does she have the power to oppose it? Zhou Yufeng was born in a small family, and her status in Kunning Palace is not high, and she is very satisfied with the title of Princess Xin.

"That Wan'er thanked His Royal Highness and the princess." Wan'er blushed, and only half of her plump # buttocks landed on the chair.

"Sister Wan'er, don't always be the princess and princess. They are all sisters, and in the future, we will be sisters! Zhou Yufeng didn't know where she got the courage, she actually regarded herself as the mistress of the Xinwang Mansion, and she also won over Wan'er by the way, not knowing who she was going to deal with.

"Wan'er, look, how good your sister Feng'er is! From now on, whether I am at home or not, you will all live in harmony. My own sisters, what can't I say? Zhu Youzhen also followed Zhou Yufeng's words, and his heart was happy.

"Your Highness." Wan'er heard what Zhu Youzhen meant, and her voice suddenly raised an octave. Zhou Yufeng also found that his words were not thoughtful, and he also glanced at Zhu Youzhen.

Sure enough, they are their own sisters, and this is the first meal, so they advance and retreat together, fortunately, the common goal is this king, and it is not a big deal, Zhu Youzhen slandered in his heart. "I mean, we're going to be unanimous. Don't fight at home, if you have the energy, let's earn other people's money and live our own lives. ”

"Your Highness is saying that we can also earn money?" For Zhu Youzhen's cunning, Wan'er is the best at forgetting. Speaking of making money, the little miser's eyes lit up.

"Of course, don't you want to make money?" As soon as Zhu Youzhen flickered, he dissolved the sisterhood alliance and shifted their attention to making money.

"Of course we do." Wan'er directly made the decision for Zhou Yufeng, and after thinking about it, she felt that it was wrong, so she turned her face away, "Sister Feng'er, isn't it?" ”

Zhou Yufeng is familiar with the scriptures, and he inevitably has a little resistance to doing business in his heart, but who will refuse the silver of white flowers? "Your Highness, but we live in the palace, how can we make money?"

"Well, not yet. But be prepared not to wait for the opportunity to come and let it slip away. Zhu Youzhen continued to fool, he didn't think about how to make the two sisters make money, Zhou Yufeng said very reasonably, they live in the Qingong Palace, they can't show their heads, how can they earn other people's money? Unless it's to earn your own money.

"Your Highness, what are we going to prepare?" Wan'er is very concerned about money, and it seems that she didn't suffer from her in the Qingong Palace.

"It's nothing. As long as you are mentally prepared, don't lose your face when the time comes. If they asked again, Zhu Youzhen didn't know how to answer.

Fortunately, they didn't continue to ask the question. "Your Highness, what is the glass you just talked about?" Zhou Yufeng's interest in making money is far less than Wan'er's, and her understanding of Zhu Youzhen is where her interest lies.

"Feng'er, Wan'er, have you ever seen crystal? What would you think if you used crystal instead of white paper and white cloth and pressed it on the window? "None of them have ever seen glass, and Zhu Youzhen had a hard time explaining, so he had to find a similar one first, so that he could make a comparison.

"Crystals? How many crystals do you need? Wan'er whispered, and she marveled at how much it would cost.

"Maybe glass and crystal are similar, right?" Zhou Yufeng is much smarter, her big eyes are flickering, her fair face is slightly pink, her eyebrows and eyes are smiling, and the beauty has to add a talented girl.

"Feng'er is really right, glass is more transparent than crystal. If it is installed in the window, you can see the swaying treetops and light birds outside the window from the window, it will not affect the bright sunlight to warm your smiling face, but it can block the cold wind of February and wrinkle your brows. Zhu Youzhen chuckled, his gaze swept over the second daughter's face.

The second daughter was full of joy and directly ignored Zhu Youzhen's lightness. "Your Highness, does this glass really have such benefits?" Zhou Yufeng first wrote to the palace, she seemed more reserved, her understanding of Zhu Youzhen was mainly Zhang Yan's indoctrination, and she had not seen Zhu Youzhen's ability with her own eyes. Wan'er was convinced of Zhu Youzhen, "Catch Ming'er to install such glass in the windows of the palace, and you don't need to light candles at home during the day, how much money do you have to save in a year." ”

Yes, will be a housekeeper. But do you know how much this glass is worth? Zhu Youzhen couldn't cry or laugh: "You say, should I go to the glass factory to have a look?" ”

Seeing that the second daughter couldn't stop nodding, Zhu Youzhen stripped the last grain of rice in the bowl, wiped his face, and took Wang Mujiu straight to the glass factory.

The glass factory is located in the small col of the remaining veins of Yanshan, two hills, one south and one north, completely separating the glass factory from the surrounding mountains. to the east is another high ground that blocks all exits; Only the west side has a narrow exit, which can only accommodate two people side by side, and there are two more turns when leading to the outside. If you don't deliberately look for it, even if you are a nearby villager, you will not be able to find the entrance to the glass factory.

The sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of the glassworks. Zhu Youzhen, Wang Mujiu, and several soldiers, under the leadership of the guide, slowly entered the curve.

Li Shen already knew that Zhu Youzhen was coming, and he didn't have time to change his clothes, so he wore a dark blue gray cloth coat and greeted him at the gate of the factory: "I've seen Your Highness." ”

"Li Shen, you're welcome. Did the glass burn out? Zhu Youzhen came to the glass, and he didn't care much about Li Shen's salute.

"Your Highness, the glass has been burned. It's just that there are too many defective products. Li Shen was both excited and frustrated, in order to burn glass, he ate and lived with the craftsmen, and even Zhu Youzhen was not able to go back to drink a glass of wine on the day of his great joy, and Xinyuan also spent it in this remote mountain col. But there were so many defective pieces of glass that he was a little disappointed, and he didn't know where the mistake had occurred.

"Take me to see it." Zhu Youzhen only knows the principle of producing glass, and he doesn't know the specific production details and operation points, so he can only rely on the craftsmen to explore it themselves.

"Yes, Your Highness." Li Shen led the way in front, Zhu Youzhen and Wang Mujiu followed, and the soldiers guarding did not enter the factory, so they guarded outside the gate of the factory.

Because of the need for secrecy, the exit of the glass factory is tortuous, but the inside is quite wide. They traveled east for a while before stopping at the production cell. A large number of craftsmen were busy, and they didn't react when they saw the visitors, as if they didn't see them, they didn't know Zhu Youzhen at all. Li Shen was about to ask these craftsmen to come to see it, but Zhu Youzhen waved his hand to stop it, so don't disturb their normal work.

"Your Highness, this is the finished product." Li Shen pointed to the large pile of glass piled up in his left hand, because there was a large amount of substandard glass, his mood was a little low.

There are indeed a lot of glasses piled up here, Zhu Youzhen squatted down, carefully observed, and found that there are a lot of glass, but the finish is not enough, most of the glass has bubbles, the rejection rate is extremely high, and there are not many finished products that can really be used.

The finish can be polished, but the bubbles not only seriously affect the quality of the glass, but also affect the beauty of the glass, and at the same time, change the refraction angle of light, this kind of glass must not be put on the market. However, Zhu Youjian is not in a hurry, since there is qualified glass in the product, it means that there is no problem with the production process, as for the emergence of a large number of unqualified glass, it must be that some conditions are not up to standard.

Later generations of Zhu Youzhen did not study the production process of glass, the most primitive commodity, but he only vaguely remembered that if the calcination temperature was not enough, or the pressure during forging was not enough, bubbles would be produced in the glass. Dead horses are live horse doctors, try it first!

"Li Shen, how many craftsmen are here?" Zhu Youzhen was not shocked on the surface, but he was quite excited in his heart. Glass is basically a new thing in the Ming Dynasty, only a small number of imported products from the West, the price is extremely high, often there is no market, and the rich cannot buy it with silver. There is no shortage of wealthy businessmen who spend a lot of money in the Ming Dynasty, what is lacking is production capacity.

"Back to Your Highness, there are a total of fourteen craftsmen." Li Shen was uneasy, and he didn't know if Zhu Youzhen was afraid that there were more craftsmen or less.

"Give each of them ten taels of silver as a reward for the production of glass."

"Your Highness, this ......" Li Shen was quite surprised, ten taels of silver, for businessmen and celebrities, it may not be enough to buy a hairpin for a woman, but for a poor craftsman, it is an astronomical amount. According to the price of the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver can buy two stones of rice, and ten taels of silver is twenty stones, which is more than two thousand catties, enough for four people to eat for a year, and if you save a little, it is enough for five people to eat for a year.

"Don't worry, fa. All the craftsmen who follow me, as long as they work hard, I want them to live a better life. "Zhu Youzhen ignored Li Shen's surprise, the value created by industry cannot be compared with the income from agriculture." Li Shen, you didn't even drink my wedding wine, did you? ”

"Your Highness, does the slave know that he is wrong?" Li Shen was so frightened that his legs suddenly softened, and he knelt in front of Zhu Youzhen and trembled.

"Wrongdoing? What's wrong with you? Li Shen, you get up first. Zhu Youzhen stretched out his hand and pulled hard, and Li Shen stood up. If there is time, who in the Xinwang Mansion is not willing to drink my free wedding wine? In order to burn the glass as soon as possible, you don't have time to go home after the new dollar. How can I be unkind to those who contribute to the firing of glass? Reward 100 taels of silver. ”

"Your Highness......" Li Shen knelt down again, but he was afraid, not grateful. This is the third time that Li Shen has knelt down to Zhu Youzhen today.

"Get up, Li Shen." Zhu Youzhen helped him again, and Li Shencai got up with Zhu Youzhen's strength. But he was in tears, speechless.

"All the money is paid on the books." Zhu Youzhen didn't bring a handkerchief, otherwise he handed over the handkerchief at this time, and Li Shen didn't know how moved he was. "If you can't give the full amount of these rewards, including your own, it's your fault."

Before leaving, Zhu Youzhen cut two small pieces of finished glass, wrapped them up and took them home, so that the two ladies could take a look at them first, lest they think they were fooling them.