It took only 5 days for the patient to be cured, and Huang Deliang was very happy, and this was a cure for malaria. The recovery of these people also allowed the people of the village to go out of the door again and start working.

The cleaning storm in the capital is also coming to an end, and there are more than 10,000 people involved in the dredging and cleaning, and according to the minimum wage of 3 taels, Zhu Fu spent a total of 50,000 taels of silver.

The renovation of Xiaolizhuang is also proceeding rapidly, the animals raised in the village are also thriving, and various fruit trees have been planted on the two mountains. This time the reservoir was built quite large, and there was a large area of low-lying saline-alkali land 10 miles east of Da Li Zhuang, where there was no food to grow, so Zhu Houwei paid money to Shuntianfu to buy this land, even if Shuntianfu gave a low price, it would cost 30,000 taels of silver. The land is about 3,000 meters long and 1,000 meters wide, and the scale of the reservoir built around this area can be imagined.

On this day, the two Zhu Houzhao brothers were still in Zhu's mansion, and they were going to Zhuangzi after a while, and Zhu Houzhao still had a lot of martial arts to discuss with his senior sister. Liu Jin came over with the account book and said a little anxiously, "Master, Second Highness, there is not much money left in the house." Zhu Houzhao was a little surprised, but Zhu Houwei took the account book and looked at it roughly. The ledger is completed by several people in the first semester, using double-entry accounting and numbers, which looks simple and clear and is not prone to errors.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Why did this money go so fast? Isn't there a million taels? Liu Jin said carefully, "It has been sent to Huangzhuang 500,000 taels, this time the capital is cleaned, in the name of the master issued 50,000 taels of reward, the house also needs 5,000 taels of expenses per month, and it cost 30,000 taels to buy land. It is estimated that at the end of the year, I will come to the old slave to ask for the silver of the Zhu Mansion, and it will be difficult in the house. ”

Zhu Houwei closed the account book and said, "If you can reach the end of the year, I will find a way, and you don't have to be too anxious." Liu Jin immediately replied with a smile: "With the words of the Second Highness, the master and the old slave don't have to worry." Zhu Houzhao nodded with a smile on the side, "That is, the little God of Wealth said that if you want to make money, then the money will definitely come in large quantities." Zhu Houwei looked at this master and servant and smiled helplessly.

On the second day, Tan Laoqi, who was in charge of firing the glass, followed Steward Dou to stand at the gate of Zhu's mansion, and when he saw the carriage of Zhu Houzhao's brothers, he ran to the carriage excitedly. The guards stepped forward and shouted "Stop", and several guards next to them also put their hands on the handle of the knife, although these people have been following the two brothers and know Tan Laoqi, but it is always right to be careful.

At this time, the two Zhu Houzhao brothers jumped out of the carriage, and Zhu Houzhao frowned, "Old Tan, why are you so reckless today?" Zhu Houwei thought of something, and asked Lao Tan a little excitedly, "It's done?" Lao Tan was excited at this time, with a slight cry, "It's done, Your Highness, it's finally done." Zhu Houzhao also reacted, and asked Zhu Houwei, "Glass?" Zhu Houwei smiled and nodded. Zhu Houzhao became interested and said to Lao Tan, "Quick, take us to see." Lao Tan hurriedly nodded, "Yes, yes." Saying that, a few people were about to go to the house, and then the little girl spoke, "Big brother, second brother, wait for me, believe it or not, I went to Sister Bai to say bad things about you." Obviously, the last sentence was said to Zhu Houzhao. The two brothers were so excited, they forgot their sister, usually the little girl who got off the carriage was to let her brother hug her and hug her, and everyone else didn't want it, and it had become a habit in a few years.

After listening to his sister's threat, Zhu Houzhao immediately changed his smiling face, "Haha, it's not good for the eldest brother, didn't I pick you up." Zhu Houwei stood aside and tapped his thumb at the little girl, who was already perfect in how to subdue the eldest brother. The little girl was lying on the shoulders of the eldest brother, facing Zhu Houwei behind Zhu Houzhao, and seeing the thumb of the second brother, the little girl smiled very happily.

Under the leadership of Lao Tan, the three of them walked to the place where the craftsman fired the glass. Soon, the three of them were led into a room with a long table containing about 20 glass-made objects, wine jugs, and various small animals. Zhu Houzhao and the little girl were particularly excited, after all, it was the first time to see so many crystal clear items. The transparent thing in this era is natural crystal, but even in the palace, there are not too many. Zhu Houwei picked up a wine glass, between which the wine glass was about 5 cm long and about 3 cm high, and there was a beautiful pattern on the belly of the glass, which was a clump of bamboo. Such a wine glass is fresh and elegant, and should be popular with the upper class.

The little girl held a little white rabbit in her hand, only about 10 cm, the shape was vivid and lively, the little girl held the wine and refused to let go, turned back to Zhu Houwei and said, "Second brother, I want this." Zhu Houwei smiled and nodded. The more than 20 items here are all exquisite, and Zhu Houwei is ready to take them all, his parents will give them, and Lao Li and Bai Xiaode will also send them.

Zhu Houwei turned his head and said to Lao Tan, "Yes, you have done a good job, Lao Tan, I will reward you with 100 taels of silver, and the monthly salary will be 30 taels in the future, and the others will be 50 taels per person, and the monthly salary will be 15 taels, but the practice of this thing must be kept secret." Lao Tan said excitedly, "Young Master Xie, Second Young Master, the villain must take away the secret recipe, if there is a difference, the villain will pay for it with his life." Zhu Houwei smiled when he heard this, "I'll take it here first." Then he had some of them, and the other three brothers and sisters took them in their hands and walked out the door.

Now there are a total of 50 people who fire glass in Zhufu, and the amount of transparent glass produced is not very large, but this thing is not suitable for selling in large quantities. Now that transparent glass has been made, it is estimated that large pieces of flat glass and mirrors will be almost successful, and as for microscopes, magnifying glasses, telescopes, and scopes, it is estimated that they will have to be studied slowly.

The three of them won't go to Huangzhuang today, anyway, there is a first-term student and Lao Li, and Gu Dayong will not have any problems staring at it. The three unanimously decided to go back to the palace to offer treasures first, the little girl left a rabbit, and handed over the rest to Queen Zhang.

Empress Zhang was very surprised to see so many glass crafts, looking at this for a while, looking at that for a while, her eyes were a little insufficient. Zhu Houwei said at this time, "Mother, don't look at this glass crystal clear, in fact, the cost is very low, and the material is sand and the like." Empress Zhang was even more surprised when she heard it, she didn't expect that such an inconspicuous thing could make such beautiful glass, although she knew that this thing was cheap, but it still didn't hit Empress Zhang's affection. Women are always unresistant to shiny things.

The three of them stayed in Kunning Palace for a day, and Empress Zhang was very happy to see the three of them, and asked the imperial dining room to add a few more dishes tonight. Empress Zhang suddenly discovered at this time that in the past year, since there was the Zhu Mansion, the three brothers and sisters had not been in the palace most of the time. Hongzhi has to deal with the government every day, and he has no time to accompany her, and he is the only queen in the harem, and there are no other concubines, and there are some eunuchs and palace maids in front of him, and sometimes he feels very bored. This afternoon, just watching my three children play, I felt a lot more satisfied.

In the evening, Hongji came from the imperial study, and before he could sit down and drink tea, the three brothers and sisters took glass crafts and handed them to Hongji to see. Hongji picked up a piece of glass paperweight and looked at it carefully, then asked, "This is what the craftsmen of the Zhu Mansion burned out?" Zhu Houzhao replied proudly, "Exactly, Daddy, this is the first batch of fired, we have taken all of them, and they can also be used as decorations in the harem." Hongji frowned, "How much does this glass cost." Zhu Houwei replied, "In the case of this paperweight, it is only three coins of silver." Hongji was also surprised when he heard this, and then asked, "You must sell these glasses when you make them, how much are you going to sell?" Zhu Houzhao also looked at Zhu Houwei at this time, and Zhu Houwei said calmly, "10 taels". The two were startled at first, but when they saw the color of the paperweight, they nodded again. If someone takes something like this and sells it to them, they will definitely accept it.

Hongji said with some doubts, "Will this hurt the people?" Zhu Houwei said with a smile, "Daddy is too worried, glass is not sold to ordinary people, it is mainly bought by high-ranking officials, wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen, and I don't plan to sell it in large quantities, it will not have any impact on the court and the people." Hongzhi nodded, and before he could say anything, Empress Zhang came over at this time and said, "Okay, eat first, and then you can talk after eating." The father and son all smiled and walked to the table.