It's a diamond.

Not for decoration, but for scratching glass. The glass technique is much more complicated than the steelmaking technique, but now it doesn't seem to be, and faintly Song Jiu also feels that there are still some imperfections in the steelmaking technique he launched, and he doesn't know where there is something wrong with the road. Or iron ore, or temperature, or whatever.

Glass research and development does not need so much capital, the momentum is not large, and there are some foundations, the rest is only a matter of time, sooner or later it will come out. But without a glass knife, it's troublesome. Can blow all kinds of utensils, but not square glass windows.

Song Jiu's father Song De left a fortune, that is, his military identity, poor property, if it weren't for Song Jiu's timely arrival, he would rent the house, and he could manage his finances without spending money indiscriminately, it was the original Song Jiu, who spent more money and didn't know how to manage money, although he had the eldest sister to help, sooner or later he would sell the house to make a living. But it was Song Jiu, the original starting point couldn't be lower, and it couldn't be considered well-off, it could only be regarded as food and clothing. Therefore, there is little knowledge, especially luxury gemstones and the like.

In various stores, there are no glass counters, precious gems are collected, and guests need to take them out for display, and Song Jiu can't see them. So find Yuping and ask her to take out the jewelry to show him, for fear that Yuping will misunderstand, so she will explain first.

Yuping smiled and took it out, mostly gold, silver and jade, with gems and few gems, and then Yuping said: "The origin of these jewelry in the slave family is not very good, Jiulang doesn't need money now, and when the money is used, the slave family will sell it and hand it over to Jiulang to deal with." ”

Song Jiu looked through it and comforted him: "What you sell is art, what I sell is talent, there is nothing bad about it, don't use inferiority." ”

She is a Qing person, she only sells her art and will not sell her body, which is a little not very good, but relatively speaking, the money is not dirty.

In fact, Song Jiu did not disdain those prostitutes who sold themselves, except for a few who were lazy and lazy, and most of them were forced to live. Well, who wants to do this?

But no diamonds were seen.

Only then did the notice be posted, after a long time, there was no news, Song Jiu was worried about one thing, it was there, and the people of Tianzhu regarded it as a gem very early, but there may not be a market in China, and there will be no businessmen to bring it over without a market, so do you send someone to Tianzhu to look for it?

Just as the money in his hand was loose, Song Jiu changed another notice and asked the merchant for the same gem at twenty times the price. Without any more news, the situation will not be very optimistic.

There are only one and a half people who know the truth of the Dao, and half of Yuping.

Song Jiu immediately asked Zhao Kuangyi for someone, his twenty-one students could help the imperial court to do things, and the imperial court was not bad this time, not only sent a large number of pen, ink, paper and inkstones, but these students also gave some rewards, but they could not be transferred to other places. If you want to help you stay in the capital and assist in the manufacture of gunpowder, you can't teach it if you go to other places, and the students he selected Song Jiu are not bad, but he has only studied for a few months, and his foundation is still weak. Learning is their main task, and if not, the court can send some more officials to teach.

That's when education was restored. After leaving for such a long time, physics, arithmetic and accounting are all left behind for students to learn on their own, Dr. Zhang was still rushing to teach arithmetic, but after the most embarrassing, he finally felt ashamed and stopped teaching. I don't know how well the students are learning on their own in these classes, especially in self-study, the progress will be seriously inconsistent, and it will take at least three or four days to answer their questions to get them to be more or less consistent.

The four painters in the family are gone, and the three craftsmen are here again, anyway, the Song family is becoming more and more lively during this time.

In the evening, the eldest sister, the seventh sister, and Yuping arrived one after another.

Song Jiu is not at home, and with the money, he has to immediately compensate and pay off the rest of the people of Hezhou, and then take the title deed in his hands, so that he can be sure in his heart.

Fortunately, at this time, the demolition of the household's heart is not too dark, Song Jiu is also benevolent, hello, he is good, there will be no contradictions, the people take the cloth in their hands one by one, elated, and even some people ignore Song Jiu's promise that they will arrange jobs and houses for them in the future, and some people have more than 100 yuan in their hands, and they want to move into the city to live and leave this poor place. This Song Jiu will not object.

Back home, Song Jiu breathed a sigh of relief. Take your time with the glass, don't be in such a hurry, and finally be able to take a breath.

The eldest sister was very sorry and said: "If there is no Hezhou, you now want money and money, officials and officials, and fame." ”

Just the money silk, the court before and after the reward of more than 10,000 yuan, in the capital is not a particularly rich family, can be regarded as a rich family, and there are deed shares to dividends every month, there are official salaries to get, but because of this river, 10,000 horses of silk back home, immediately used up more than half, I don't know how much Lu Dao used, the eldest sister can't think about it.

Song Jiu Da smiled: "Eldest sister, if there is no Hezhou, do you think that His Majesty has too much money to use, can he reward me with so much money?" ”

"What can you do with this money?"

"Wrong eldest sister, what can you do with this money, if you don't have it, you can't do anything."

"With all this money, what can you do compared to the things in your drawings?"

"Don't worry, someone will send money soon."

"Who?"

"Don't talk nonsense outside, Shi family, Gao family."

"Shi Shouxin's family?" The eldest sister knows that the court of Lu Dao is in service, and the people will generally be used to give money, and even some heavy work can give two hundred and three hundred dollars a day. Not to mention a private person, not to mention a temple, and the temple is very large (later Sima Guang repaired books because of its large place, embezzled part of the temple to make a bookstore), I don't know how much money is used, do you care about this salary?

But Song Jiu suspected that Shi Shouxin deliberately defiled himself, greedy for money, and deducted the money of migrant workers, and his reputation would be stinky, so the threat to Zhao Kuangyin would not be great, although his reputation was damaged, the family was safe, which was the same nature as Xiao He's self-defilement. Is it not, only Shi Shouxin knows it in his heart.

"Eldest sister, it's just the two of them at the beginning, and there will be more people involved in the future."

"Why are they involved?"

"Make money, Your Majesty let me run it, and those construction management methods are inseparable from me, and the title deeds are all in my hands, so I have to buy shares."

"That'll do."

In fact, there are many people who are still not able to buy shares, and the entire input cost is too high, calculated in millions, and the money invested will far exceed the promised tax paid by the imperial court. However, I was afraid that the eldest sister would be worried, so Song Jiuwei said.

"And what about their money?"

"When people go to heaven, their families will send them."

"Talking nonsense again."

"This is fast, you will be able to see it in a few days, eldest sister, seventh sister, do you want to go to heaven?"

The eldest sister said bitterly: "I still want to go to the ground." ”

"Only one day, you don't want to go up, you can only wait a few years to go up."

The seventh sister asked, "Xiao Jiu, why do you have to wait a few years?" ”

"I'll tear that thing down, it's called hunger marketing, you don't understand it, it's a little more popular, it's an appetite."

Song Jiu said something to Yuping in detail, she will be an important housekeeper in the future, and she will not accept guests, she will eat her old book vigorously, Cui'er can't help but say some resentful words, Song Jiu has made it clear, and Yuping's master and servant will be more at ease.

Yuping wants to sell the jewelry, Song Jiu said that she is not in a hurry, she will sell it when the time is right, and she will sell it, this money is used to make deed shares, not only the proprietress but also the future shareholder, and she is very happy to listen to Cui'er. But as the store is up, Yuping's good days will definitely follow.

"Xiao Jiu, can that really go to heaven?"

"The matter of steel is more complicated than I thought, I didn't expect it to be delayed until the winter moon, otherwise you would have seen it very early."

"Will it fall?"

"Underneath it is a solid hanging blue, and you will know it in a few days, and you don't know what I said. When the time comes, you and the seventh brother-in-law will come together, and don't forget the fifth sister and the fifth brother-in-law, forget if the eldest sister doesn't go. ”

"Your wings are stiff!"

"Don't fight, Daddy eats with his strength, but I eat with my brain. If your brain is broken, you won't have anything to eat. ”

This sentence hit the eldest sister's heart, Song De has worked hard all his life, and after many bloody battles, he has gained some status, but this status has been too hard, so he let his son abandon martial arts and follow literature, and today the younger brother finally has a chance, which is the most gratifying place for the eldest sister.

Song Jiu sent a few people away and began to prepare.

First of all, cowhide, thanks to the real meaning of the five generations of the first Ming monarch Guo Wei, if there is no Guo Wei, at this time cowhide is still military materials, not allowed to buy and sell. I bought a lot of cowhide and compacted it thin. Other leathers are fine, but cowhide is the most elastic and the most suitable leather. In fact, some prohibitions in the Song Dynasty were not strictly enforced, otherwise the cowhide monopoly would be abolished, and the people would be forbidden to slaughter cattle, but they still could not buy cowhides. The imperial court forbade the killing of cattle, but as long as there was money, beef could be bought at the market at any time. God knows if these beefs were slaughtered from normal death cows, could it be that the cattle of the Song Dynasty were particularly easy to die?

This time is not long, less than ten days, Song Jiu has done the same.

There is still a need for someone, Boss Hu, who will shout at Boss Hu and say, "Hu Xingtou, you are not bold." ”

Boss Hu forgot his performance in the imperial city, straightened his waist again, and said, "Xiao Jiu, do you think I'm bold?" ”

"Not necessarily."

"Xiao Jiu, say it bluntly, don't beat around the bush, I'm a rough person."

"Please do one thing, you will be safe, but you need to be bold. And you are the first person, after this village, if you do it later, it will cost at least 500 yuan to let him do it. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Come with me to heaven."

"Oh my God, if you go up, I dare to go up."

"But there's one more thing to come, you have to jump down from the world."