probably thought that Xia Yanqing was a woman, so He Shouli did not look for the answer from her, but looked at Qiao Chensheng.

Nowadays, people no longer have the original sense of mystery about glass, and the most purchased thing from the glass workshop is quartz sand, which is used to make glass, and there are few other ingredients.

It's just sand and gravel, and it's not worth a lot of money to transport a truck?

Even if you add wood or black gold, that's not much.

The ability to produce glass efficiently is all due to the miraculous skills of the pond kiln. However, the pond kiln was developed with all the strength of the supervising craftsmen, and it had been agreed that the technology of this development belonged to the imperial court.

Therefore, He Shouli believes that the profit of glass should indeed be carefully calculated, so as not to be taken by mercenary businessmen.

When Xia Yanqing heard this, he complained fiercely in his heart. Sure enough, discussing technology and management with people who don't understand industry is to play the piano to the cow and find yourself uncomfortable.

Accompanying the bigwigs along the way, Xia Yanqing already knew the identities of these people from their conversations with each other.

He Shouli, that was the first assistant of the dynasty, although he said very plain words, but his status is high. Xia Yanqing is the owner of Qingyun Zhai, and He Shouli's questioning is naturally not good for Fang Chaosheng or Qiao Chensheng to come forward to explain, and to touch the moldy head of the first assistant of the dynasty.

She had to answer this question.

The emperor did not suspect that Qingyunzhai and the Guan family would hide traitors, but he also wanted to hear what expenses would be incurred during the operation of the pond kiln.

Without waiting for Xia Yanqing to answer, Qu Jiang spoke very forcefully: "Melting glass is not just as simple as melting the original and then taking out the liquid glass. Just like this pond kiln, although it can produce efficiently, the internal structure is complex, and the first feeding is to go through multiple internal processes in order to have such a smooth discharge.

The corresponding loss is quite a lot, every period of operation, the refractory bricks inside the pool kiln will be damaged due to the continuous high-temperature melting of the glass liquid, and need to be repaired regularly. There are also repairs such as flue cleaning and air induction mechanism, which not only consume time and labor, but also cost a lot of money for materials and accessories......"

It is about that Qu Jiang's official position is not much different from He Shouli's, plus the evaluation and appointment of the eunuch, it is not very much controlled by a few auxiliary ministers of the cabinet department.

Therefore, Qu Jiang's explanation, He Shouli was able to accept it very calmly, and nodded quite instructively: "Oh, no wonder all glass workshops are interested in continuous feeding technology, but none of them have successfully developed it, there is really something unusual." ”

After Qu Jiang's explanation, everyone probably knew that there was nothing to see from the outside of the pond kiln, but the internal structure was exquisite.

Then, everyone expressed their admiration for the pond kiln. This behemoth, which swallows a few sand and gravel in one bite and then can smoothly send out semi-finished glass products, is really magically tight if you don't know the inside and only look at the surface.

The emperor slowly looked around the kiln twice, and stopped at the structure of the fan, which is said to operate automatically only by alternating hot and cold. Listening to the rumbling sound, he suddenly felt that a new era was about to begin.

The emperor, who knew the inside story of the pool kiln technology, had a few more admiration for Xia Yanqing.

If ordinary people have the ability to make glass, the next step is to manage it properly and earn enough silver. But Xia's woman, in the already extremely rich glass income, can still find another breakthrough and push the glass production to the extreme.

Before, the emperor also had a vague understanding of this, but when he really saw Xia Yanqing, who created all kinds of extremes, it was a different feeling.

With such a feeling, the emperor also visited the rest of the workshops in the Qingyun Zhai kiln. He originally wanted to focus on the production of glass, but after many exclamations, he lost a lot of interest, just took a cursory look, praised the excellent craftsmanship, and meticulous thinking, and then skipped it.

Qingyun Zhai's glazed ornaments are exquisite, and the craftsmanship is so unique that it is difficult to achieve, but it is just a plaything, and no dynasty of the monarch will be famous for a long time because of the exquisite and rare playthings of a certain plaything during the reign.

Through this inspection, the emperor strengthened his determination to go down in history. With such a great talent and opportunity, if he can still miss the opportunity to rise, not only will he not be able to explain to himself, but he will not be able to face his ancestors and ancestors a hundred years later.

After inspecting all the workshops of Qingyun Zhai, it was already past noon, and the emperor returned to the living room to rest for a while, and then boarded the car and returned to the palace.

The emperor was in a hurry to travel this time, and Liu Xietian had not yet dawned, so he arranged for someone to take a telescope and choose a favorable observation location in the planned route to observe the situation along the road and control it.

Originally, there was no plan to lure the snake out of the hole, and Liu Xie's arrangement was also very cautious, and the whole process was observed without dead ends and guarded without dead ends.

Under the full assistance and control of the telescope, the emperor completed the inspection of Qingyun Zhai without any danger.

After returning to the palace, having a brief lunch, and resting for a while, the emperor announced that Liu Xie had an audience and asked about the interrogation of people related to the fire on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The two had a secret conversation, and in the evening of the same day, Sun Yat-sen personally left the palace and went to the Jingwang Mansion with a letter of accountability and several files written by the emperor himself.

King Jing was coldly glanced at by the emperor this morning, and he had been worried for a day, but he couldn't think of a solution. He did have ambitions to inherit the throne, but that was only an inheritance, and it was not a seizure after he had an absolute advantage among the possible heirs.

Before today, he hadn't thought about what he would do if he lost the opportunity to inherit.

Or, he should change his plans and spend the rest of his life in obscurity, gradually turning his adherents into his diehards. When the opportunity comes, these diehards can fight to the death with him.

Just when he had just come up with this idea and knew that he was not able to do it, a steward hurriedly came in to report: The chief steward of the palace Sun is here.

At this time, King Jing was alone in the inner room, leaning back on a rocking chair with his eyes closed, combing through all kinds of complicated thoughts in his mind. Even if he let the steward of the report in, he didn't open his eyes.

However, when he heard Sun coming from the mountain, he immediately sat up straight in shock. Who and what can labor the father's most trusted eunuch come forward?

Could it be that his father was going to deprive him of the qualifications to inherit the throne? Just because a fire broke out in a folk workshop and caused a stampede that injured several lives, should he be punished in such a harsh way?

The father is really eccentric, even if there is no prince, he still doesn't like him as the eldest son.

King Jing was inexplicably sad and indignant.

After the palace steward sent someone to report to King Jing, he had already welcomed Sun Congshan to the living room to sit down.

King Jing came quickly, and when he heard the footsteps outside the door and the sound of his subordinates saluting, Sun Congshan hurriedly got up to greet him.

"The old slave has seen His Royal Highness King Jing." Sun Congshan saluted.

King Jing hurriedly took two steps to support him, and said, "Grandpa Sun is exempt." ”

Sun Congshan still put the etiquette in place, then straightened up, thanked King Jing for the seat, but did not sit down, stood aside, thinking about how to open his mouth to make things easier.