1061, glass (top)
In the next two days, Princess Changle came to Jingwen's house every day, obviously to find that Alice's bad luck. And Alice is not a little Lori who is bullied, she never listens to Princess Changle's "bullying". And Alice is not afraid of Princess Changle's identity as a princess of the Tang Dynasty, but can fight her to the end. And as for Princess Changle, it is impossible to use the power of the royal family to take revenge on a Western Lori, after all, if the emperor comes forward to retaliate for a trivial matter, this is too stingy, right? As a country where friends come from afar and are happy, how can it be possible to fall out with foreigners for some trivial things? Therefore, Princess Changle can't use the royal power, which means that there is no good way to take this Alice.
"Husband, it's okay to let the princess and Alice continue to mess around like this, right?" Cheng Lin asked.
"Afraid of what? The two Loli are just making a fuss, what are you afraid of? It won't be long before they get tired and they stop. Now, we should do our business. Is that porcelain kiln ready? Jingwen asked.
Cheng Lin immediately said: "Two days ago, I heard your arrangement, husband, and I have already notified people to prepare to renovate this porcelain kiln." But what this kiln is used for, they don't know. Husband, what are you going to fire? ”
Jingwen smiled and said, "I'm going to burn glass, which is the so-called colored glass." ”
"Ruri? That's a very expensive thing, and you want to fire it? It's a lot of money! Cheng Lin said.
Of course, Cheng Lin knows what glass is, and glass is actually a kind of gemstone, which was a very expensive gemstone in ancient times. The value of glass in ancient times is more precious than crystal, although glass is a kind of gemstone artificially fired, but its firing power is very low, almost ten times firing is not necessarily successful. Therefore, the price of glass is very expensive, and only the real rich and noble can afford it. And even if the glass is successfully fired, it wants to be big enough. And there are no flaws, which is not an easy thing to do. It is inevitable that there will be many other foreign objects in the process of firing glass, which will make all kinds of defects. Therefore, flawless glass is actually more expensive than jade.
At least in the Tang Dynasty, the price of glaze was not necessarily worse than that of the imperial history, and it was even more expensive. These are enough to show that the value of the glass is high, and Jingwen actually wants to fire the glass, which is unimaginable. Glass firing is not only costly, but also has a low success rate, and ten times may not be able to succeed once. So why do you have to do such a stupid thing? There are often times when the firing is successful. made a fortune, but then failed and immediately became bankrupt again. This is completely gambling, so of course Cheng Lin doesn't support it. And Jingwen also forbade his family to gamble, so of course Cheng Lin didn't want her husband to do this kind of thing.
"Lin'er, don't worry, I've got a way to increase the chances of success in firing. At that time, I dare not say that I can fire all of them successfully ten times, but I can also fire ten times and succeed seven or eight times. Jingwen said.
"Really?" Cheng Lin was also surprised.
Of course, Cheng Lin also knows the value of this glaze, because glaze is something that will be used in both the East and the West. In fact, China has long had records of the use of colored glass. The Tang Dynasty also had the firing of colored glass. But even in the palace now, there are no more than thirty pieces of glazed objects that can be owned, which is much less than the jade in the palace. So these are enough to show the preciousness of the glass, even if it is royal, it doesn't use much. This is completely in the stage of having no price in the market. As long as you can get it out and don't saturate the market, you can sell it. And with the recovery of the Tang Dynasty's private economy, some of the atmosphere of enjoyment has begun to glow, so I am not afraid that there is no market for glaze.
"Of course. I'm just going to burn the glass and cut off the wealth of Westerners! Jingwen snorted.
Jingwen certainly knows that Westerners rely on those luxury goods in exchange for various materials in the East. One of them in the West is a gem. And among the gemstones, the glass is the most valuable. It can be said that the glaze fired in the West is taken to the East, and it is also very valuable. Although the success rate of firing glaze in the West is not well known, at least their success rate is much higher than that of China. It can be seen from the fact that they can often take out the glass, that Alice actually held a fist-sized glass ball as the so-called apprenticeship, which is enough to show that although these glasses are precious in the West, they are not necessarily absolutely expensive, and many declining nobles can also use them.
They also took these things to Datang in exchange for a large amount of tea, and then reversed the trade deficit between the East and the West a lot. Oriental tea, silk and porcelain are all renewable products. The gemstones, gold and silver of the West are non-renewable. The East uses renewable things in exchange for large amounts of precious metals and non-renewable resources in the West, which means that the West is at a trade disadvantage. And the only renewable product they have is glass. Therefore, Jingwen of course wants to cut off their profit channels for glaze, so that the trade gap between the East and the West can reach its peak. By then, the West's trade deficit will be enough for them to drink a pot.
For what to exploit Westerners, Jingwen has no psychological pressure at all. After all, didn't the West often take a lot of things to exploit China in later generations? However, what China sells is low-tech stuff, and what the West makes is high-tech stuff. In this way, a large amount of China's resources have been taken away, and this Jingwen is certainly not satisfied. So Jingwen has now traveled back to ancient times, that is, it is natural to make a fortune, so that they can be exploited by Jingwen.
In the end, if the West does not have all kinds of precious metals to be exploited in the end, they will cause a lot of fiscal deficits. Once the huge fiscal deficit explodes, it will really be a big mess for Westerners! Of course, Jingwen will do this kind of thing that harms others and benefits himself, and he wants to make a special work.
"Okay, Lin'er, let's take a look at how to make this glass into a good thing. When the time comes, I will definitely show you that this glass production is not so difficult. Jingwen said.
"Let's start, follow my method, and give me as much as possible to produce glass!" Jingwen said. (Want to know more exciting news about "Tang Rigoletto"?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search for "Qidianzhongwenwang", follow the official account, and never miss every update! (To be continued......)