In fact, after Xia Yanqing talked to Xia Ke, he began to conduct a glazed tile formula test on a small scale in the kiln workshop.

On the basis of the existing glazed formula, several formulas are deployed, and strive to use the lowest cost to produce glazed tiles that ensure hardness and color.

After trying seven or eight kinds of raw material formulas, it was finally determined that even if the lowest cost raw materials were used, the glazed tiles produced would still be shiny and bright, which was essentially different from the so-called glazed tiles of this era.

"If my father wants to see a large number of glazed tiles come out, he can only go to the rented house to see the scene. But if you just want to see the quality of the glazed tiles, we have glazed tiles of different textures in the kiln now, and Yan Qing can take them back to my father tomorrow. Xia Yanqing said.

Xia Ke understood as soon as he heard it: "Oh, is it the result of your experiments these days?" Then take back the successful and unsuccessful ones, and see how much you have done for the father, and what quality the glazed tiles produced in the various test processes are. ”

He is an official of the imperial court, and he is suspected of helping his daughter support the scene when he goes to the business that his daughter is in charge of, and he also has to take a certain risk. If someone grabbed the pigtails, it really wasn't clear.

Xia Yanqing happily responded: "Okay, tomorrow Yan Qing will bring all the test samples to show his father." ”

Xia Ke nodded and asked again, "How about the price?" ”

"If it is produced in large quantities, I think that the price of each glazed tile should be controlled below two taels of silver."

"Is it so cheap?" Xia Yanqing's answer surprised the father and son.

The glass is twenty taels of silver a piece, not to mention the glass ornaments. But this glazed tile can be so low that the price of glazed ornaments will not be affected?

"Can you do it at such a low price?" Xia Zixi was a little worried.

He was very afraid that Xia Yanqing would not count the benefits just because this matter was proposed by the emperor. Although the world looks down on businessmen for profit, if they walk in this world and do not make profits, where do the world's food, clothing, shelter and transportation come from?

"Yes," Xia Yanqing's answer was very affirmative, "Ordinary bricks and tiles can make money for one or two pennies, although the production of glazed tiles is more complicated, but two taels of silver is enough to make it, at most it is an ordinary profit, not as violent as glass and glazed ornaments." ”

Glass? Violent? Xia Zixi glanced at his father and fourth brother.

No wonder the little sister will be so generous when she subsidizes the family, and she doesn't care at all, it turns out that the glass is really profitable.

Xia Yanqing was a little embarrassed by the father and son, laughed dryly, and explained: "This, the huge profit I am talking about, is actually only compared to its own price. Twenty taels of silver a piece, ordinary people really can't afford it. But if it is calculated according to the income of normal business, it is reduced to ten taels of silver a piece, and the people cannot afford it. ”

The emperor solemnly consulted with her father, hoping to lower the price of glass so that the people under the world could enjoy the sunshine.

And when his father came back, he talked to her solemnly, and when he learned that she couldn't help it for the time being, he told her to pay more attention to this.

As a result, she broke out: glass is a profiteering business.

If this is not explained clearly, there will be problems with her character. Don't tell the truth about her father and brothers, who are digging out her heart!

Xia Zitang smiled first: "What kind of energy do you have?" If glass is really the cost of one or two taels of silver, how can the two glass workshops in the capital be so difficult to operate? I'm afraid that the price of glass will be lowered a long time ago, and you Qingyun Glass will fight in the ring. ”

"That's it,", seeing that Xia Zitang immediately said the key, Xia Yanqing was a little more confident, "This is also your little sister, I know how to produce, otherwise, the glass is definitely more than twenty taels of silver." ”

To put it bluntly, it is her management experience and glass-making procedures that are relatively advanced in order to reduce the price of glass to 20 taels of silver.

If it was purely those two glass shops, and the price was only set according to normal business, the glass would never be more than twenty taels of silver.

The father and son were amused by Xia Yanqing's smugness, and they echoed it very perfunctorily.

"Well, there's another thing I want to discuss with my father." With this reason, Xia Yanqing remembered that she still had something to do.

"What?" Xia Ke motioned to her.

Xia Yanqing said: "Before, you didn't ask me to think about reducing the price of glass. I've been thinking about it these days, and I feel that with the strength and technical ability of Qingyun Zhai kiln, I'm afraid I can't do this thing. ”

"Mmmm, is there any difficulty? If there is a difficulty, just say it, let's find a way together. Xia Ke saw that she said solemnly, obviously after careful consideration, and hope was ignited in her heart.

"The craftsmen who will be the superintendents must be highly skilled and experienced. Yan Qing wants to work with the supervisor to study and see if there can be a breakthrough in glass technology. ”

These days, Xia Yanqing has really seriously thought about increasing glass production.

Naturally, there is a method, but she only knows that there is a method of melting glass called a regenerative continuous kiln. But how to use it, as well as the details of the kiln pool, she is not clear at all.

This thing is not like making a crucible, you can continuously add firewood and heat it, there are many contents and technologies involved, and a multi-type and multi-structure research team is required.

Looking at the world, probably only the Ministry of Supervision and Works has such human resources.

The workshops and craftsmen under the Ministry of Industry are relatively scattered, and the craftsmanship is not as top-notch as the craftsmen who will be supervised.

So, Xia Yanqing set his sights on the general prison. She didn't know much about the details of the operation of the imperial court, and she didn't know if it was feasible.

Sure enough, she saw Xia Ke frowning. Xia Zixi and Xia Zitang's expressions didn't seem to be optimistic about her proposal.

"What's wrong? Isn't it possible? Xia Yanqing asked, a little disappointed.

"If you use the person who will be the prisoner, you can make glass in large quantities when the new glass method you said is successful. So who controls the business? How should the money be distributed? ”

Obviously, Xia Ke immediately grasped Xia Yanqing's intentions, and she wanted to use the craftsman who would be the prisoner, so she decided to cooperate with the general supervisor to study.

Cooperating with such a huge force as the imperial court, I am afraid that Xia Yanqing will not be able to make decisions in the glass workshop in the future.

Even the glass workshop may belong directly to the imperial court.

Xia Yanqing was very disappointed just now, thinking that the institution that would be the prison could not cooperate with her. It turned out that it was just for the right to speak in the business and the distribution of benefits.

It's easy.

"This depends on whether the research has results, if it really happens," Xia Yanqing said with a smile, "Of course, Yan Qing is still in charge of the business, as for the distribution of the silver obtained?" Yan Qing felt that it was better to distinguish between the words of the imperial court. ”