It was another morning, and Dinah looked back at her, and as expected, she was the only one left in bed.

These days, Winston is like crazy, trying to fire qualified glass day and night, fortunately the quality has indeed improved, but it is far from the transparency of the teacher's crystal ball.

Dinah got dressed and walked to the window, and when she opened the window and looked at the crowd coming and going on the street, she felt a little strange.

It's been a few months, and she's learned a lot here in addition to what she learned about the human world at the academy.

Human houses, food, living habits, daily tools, these things brought Dinah the impact is no less than the teacher who lit a candle with a snap of his fingers.

But there are some things that also bore her, such as the poor who can't even afford to eat, the poor people who can only get enough food and clothing for a day despite their hard work, and the nobles who can be seen on the streets from time to time.

In the elven clan, even if they are elders, it is because they are leading the life of the clan and dedicating their hearts and souls to the tribe, so they are respected by everyone.

Dinah didn't understand what these fat-headed, big-eared nobles were capable of being so different from ordinary people, let alone the recent war.

"The human world is amazing and strange. ”

Dinah pursed her lips and walked out of the room, where she saw Winston's father in the hall on the first floor, and hurriedly said hello, "Uncle." ”

Winston's father has been at home for a long time lately, and he hasn't been running around for business, but he also wants to see more of his son, who has been missing for seven or eight years.

Besides, this Dinah girl has already brought back, so there should be some things that should be done, right?

"Dinah, come on, come on, have breakfast, eat breakfast, that ...... Don't worry, I've been urging that stinky boy for the past two days, and I'll get you both ...... as soon as possible."

"Father!"

Before Winston's father could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Winston, who had rushed back from outside, and he suddenly sank his face and did not look at Winston.

"Father, I need a gold coin. Winston sat down and took a sip of tea, and Annaju said excitedly.

"What? Do you want to open that hot pot restaurant, and then disappear again the night before?"

"It's not a hot pot restaurant anymore, there is a big business to do this time. ”

"What business?" said Winston's father, who was at once interested, and secretly rejoiced that the boy was finally going to do something serious.

"Secret. ”

“...... Get it yourself, come back and report it to me!" Winston's father slammed down his teacup and left the hall angrily.

The corners of Winston's mouth curled, and Dinah sat down on the side, "Success?"

"No, but ......"

Winston smiled mysteriously, took a small glass from his cuff, and gently placed it on the table.

This glass is only a little transparent, without the slightest purity to speak of, completely crumpled with various colors, like various dyes dripping in clear water, but under the sunlight, it has a brilliant beauty.

"You see, although I can't burn pure glass, I can completely discard purity, and such a glass is already very beautiful, can you imagine how beautiful it would be if you put it on the window and see the colorful sunlight for the first time every morning?"

Dinah thought about it carefully and nodded, quite agreeing with the idea, but changed her words: "But have you ever considered the cost?"

"Of course, I have already made a batch of them with magic in the past few days, so I want to borrow some gold coins from my father to see how the effect is, and if the reaction is strong, use the alchemy method taught by the teacher to burn in large quantities, and the cost can be pressed to a very low level. ”

In the days that followed, Dinah accompanied Winston to select the store and design the decoration together, because Dinah was close to nature and the two were deeply influenced by the style of the Academy of Magic, and the interior of the store was mostly plant-based.

On the shelves, through the candlelight, the glass objects hidden in the green reflect a different kind of light, and even the windows of the store are the first to be used by Winston.

In the days that followed...... Even though Winston had pushed the prices to the lowest possible level, no one patronized the inexplicable shop.

Except for people pointing on the street, and the owner of the hot pot restaurant next door watching Novelty buy a cup, Winston's income these days is zero.

But he wasn't in a hurry, because he knew what the future of this new thing was.

The hot pot restaurant next door belongs to the franchise store, although the boss doesn't know what it means to join, but the ratio of those materials is bought by him from the head office for gold coins.

Of course, he didn't dare to teach the secret recipe privately, after all, he heard that the owner of the head office had a deep relationship with a certain big person in the church.

On this afternoon, Winston and Dinah were playing backgammon in their shop, a simple but brain-testing form of entertainment taught to them by their teacher.

And the hot pot restaurant next door walked into a middle-aged man who looked very young, and opened his mouth to order a mushroom pot.

The middle-aged man sat alone in his seat, waiting for the hot pot, while carefully observing the customers in the restaurant, nodding from time to time and saying something to himself.

Then when the hot pot soup was served, the middle-aged man's eyes happened to sweep over the counter and saw the glass on the boss's table.

He raised his eyebrows, feeling a little curious, is it pottery?

Then he held back his curiosity, first ate the hot pot, and when it was time to check out, he deliberately approached the counter, observed the colorful glass, and asked the boss:

"Where did you find this cup?"

The boss picked his teeth: "Oh, it's sold next door, it's not expensive, I looked very beautiful and bought one." ”

"Thank you. ”

......

"Dinah, you've lost. ”

"Why did I lose?"

"I've connected five diagonally. ”

"You're cheating!"

"I'm only a fourth-level magician, you're a fifth-level, how can I cheat......"

"Hello, excuse me...... What kind of shop is this?"

The sound of inquiry interrupted the production of dog food for the two, and Winston turned his head to look at the door, a middle-aged man dressed plainly.

"Hello, we are a glass shop here, the products on the shelves are for sale, if you have a need, we can use the same material, come to your door to remodel your windows. ”

The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows again, looked back at the window of the store, browsed the glass products on the shelves, and took them in his hands from time to time to observe them carefully, but completely ignored Dinah's beauty.

Winston is also very patient, which he developed while studying at the academy.

After a long time, the middle-aged man asked, "Excuse me, you just said that this is ......?"

"Glass. ”

"Oh yes, glass, what is glass?"

"You're holding glass, which is a little harder than pottery, but it's just as fragile, but it's transparent, and it's just as beautiful. Dinah replied first.

"It's a beautiful thing, can I know how it was made?"

"Sorry, it's a trade secret. ”

"Maybe you need a partner. The middle-aged man continued.

"I'm sorry, that might be later, but ...... now"

Before Winston could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a middle-aged man: "My name is Ferranche, Ferranche of the eastern district of Tria. ”

Winston frowned, Ferranche, even though he had been away from here for seven years, he had still heard of this name, the son of the Imperial Minister of Finance, the deputy head of the Holy Knights, the elder brother of the Light Saints, and the nobleman of the Empire who had always worked for the benefit of the poor.

His name is because of those deeds, as long as you live in Tria, no one will ever hear of him.

At the same time, Winston's mind turned, and he quickly understood Ferranche's intentions, he wanted to rely on the rise of glass, so as to increase the influence of the poor.

"What? Are you interested? Or is it because of my status that you have some scruples?"

"It's a real headache. ”

"You can think about it, it's okay if you don't agree, but if I'm not mistaken, this kind of thing should be more transparent, right? I mean...... Like crystals. ”

"Are you pulling me in, fighting for the interests of the poor?"

"You can understand that this kind of thing has a lot of promise, but it must be quite laborious to make, right?"

"You're threatening me?" Winston narrowed.

The middle-aged man shook his head helplessly: "Don't compare me with those dirty nobles, although I also bear this title now, I am sincerely preparing to talk about business." ”

"Glass...... If the process of making glass really requires a lot of manpower, the poor will be the best choice, if you are not so black-hearted, this will solve part of their food and clothing problems, after all, except for a small number of lazy people, most ordinary people still want to use their ability in exchange for the stability of life. ”

Winston was silent for a moment, until Dinah tugged at his sleeve, and then he came back to his senses and replied, "It's not a random choice, I need to think about it." ”

"Okay, I'll come back in a few days. ”

Ferranche smiled, then bought a glass and left the shop.

In fact, there is one thing he does not make clear, most of the industries with sufficient scale are now almost completely monopolized by the big nobles and big merchants, and the poor are hired by them, but passively let them suck their blood.

Ferranch has always had the idea of creating an industry on his own, but there is no superfluous way, among the imperial nobles, his popularity can be described as extremely poor, but this glass ...... It was like a gift from the gods.

Of course, if Cassia is here, he will definitely sigh and say: rejuvenate the country through industry.

Moreover, there is no concept of a 'worker' in the Atlanta world.