Volume 2 Chapter 8 A word wakes up the dreamer

"Ah Da, what are you waiting for, let everyone go." He Qiaoxin saw that Ah Da did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and couldn't help but question.

Ah Da looked at He Qiaoxin angrily, returned the sword to the scabbard, and said a little depressed: "I just didn't react, but you, why didn't you remind me?" ”

I didn't react, I was shocked by the blackness. I'm still a kid, and I've never seen this before. ”

As he spoke, He Qiaoxin couldn't help but think of the scene he had seen in He Sanfang before, and he secretly contrasted in his heart, and muttered in a low voice:

"It's still the third aunt's strong, but this one is whiter..."

"What do you say? I didn't hear you. ”

"It's nothing, Ah Da, hurry up and clean up, you have to deal with these corpses, don't invite the government, it's hard to explain this matter at that time."

After He Qiaoxin finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Shang Xiangling with a happy look on his face, and said regretfully:

"Look at it, it's a shame that it's tight, I'm still a little lonely now, I don't know what to say... Well! It's just a sentence, she can hide from the first year of junior high school, but she can't hide from the fifteenth, and when you go back, you see him and tell her what I mean. ”

After speaking, He Qiaoxin made a gesture of invitation, Shang Xiangling glanced at He Qiaoxin, his eyes glared at He Qiaoxin, and seeing that He Qiaoxin and Ah Da were not stopping, he simply turned around and walked towards the door of the laboratory.

After she left, Ah Da began to clean up the messy battlefield, He Qiaoxin walked out of the laboratory, turned back to his room to rest, and had to get up early tomorrow to run errands.

Early the next morning, He Qiaoxin took He San and Wang Fugui, the nominal housekeeper of He Mansion, and got into a carriage to go to the purchased glazed workshop.

Yesterday afternoon, it snowed heavily in the capital, and it was snow-white. The ruts on the street were very chaotic, and the carriage of He Qiaoxin and the three of them was driving along the established route.

Perhaps it was cold after the snow, and because of the Chinese New Year, there were few people on the street except for the scattered carriages.

There is no need to deliberately slow down along the way, let alone be afraid of bumping into people or the like, and soon arrived at the glass workshop. The front of the Liuli workshop was full of craftsmen and guys from the workshop, and they were notified the day before Chinese New Year's Eve that the new owner was coming over today, so they greeted them early.

After getting out of the carriage, He Qiaoxin stretched out his arm from the fat cotton coat and waved hello, and the craftsmen who greeted him bent down to welcome He Qiaoxin's arrival.

The people in the glaze workshop surrounded He Qiaoxin and entered the workshop, which was the first time He Qiaoxin came here. Including the transformation of the workshop and the manufacture of the mirror, He Qiaoxin was fully responsible for He San, but fortunately, He San and the glass workshop lived up to expectations, improved the process, and successfully produced the glass mirror.

After passing through the narrow and slender corridor, a wide room came into He Qiaoxin's eyes, and the heat surrounded the room, which could not be dispersed for a long time.

Looking at the place where glass and glass were made in front of him, He Qiaoxin was silent. The production of glass is completely manual, and even the tools and instruments for making glass mirrors after the improved process only play an auxiliary role.

No wonder it failed many times, and spent a lot of money and materials to make a mirror or two. It's not that the craftsmen can't do their craft, they are all masters, and they don't have to pick their skills.

After pondering for a moment, He Qiaoxin said to a man wearing a vest next to him: "The shopkeeper, the workshop still has to be expanded, and the tools for making glass have to be improved and updated. ”

The person who is called the shopkeeper Zhang is the shopkeeper of the original glaze workshop, and after He Qiaoxin acquired the glaze workshop, he did not let him leave, but left him behind and continued to be the shopkeeper of the glaze workshop.

Shopkeeper Zhang's expression was complicated, he smiled bitterly, pointed to a hammer in the workshop and said:

"I don't know what the owner said, but the cost of our glass production is high, and it can't be used by ordinary people, and the process of making glass, I have participated in the whole process these days, and the production cost is much higher than that of glass, in this case, I am afraid that the expansion of the workshop will be on the verge of collapse."

He Qiaoxin's small face showed a look of emotion, and in the shocked eyes of everyone, he picked up a finished glass cup and shattered it.

"This business is a profitable business, how can it be cost, can the shopkeeper Zhang hear about the battle between Qiao Xin Printing Factory and the printing workshop alliance a few days ago?"

Shopkeeper Zhang's expression did not change, and he replied without thinking: "Of course I heard about it, but I still haven't figured out how the owner won." ”

"As I said just now, the profit is very low at the current cost of making money in the workshop, so you need to reduce the cost.

Others make a finished glass product to 500 Wen, our finished product only needs 100 Wen, or even less, and finally reduce the price, small profits but quick turnover, this profit will naturally increase.

In the previous stage, the reason why Qiaoxin Printing Factory won a big victory was not by relying on the help of the publishing house, but because the cost was controlled, and with the addition of quantity, it would naturally win.

All of these are necessary to improve the process, and all of them are nothing more than advanced technology and first-class tools.

Expansion is very necessary, in the future, the production cost will be reduced, the production volume will be increased, and the affordable and affordable glass will be born, and there will naturally be a market. ”

"I see."

Shopkeeper Zhang suddenly realized, smiled, bowed his hands and said:

"The owner really woke up the dreamer with a word, and Zhang Cheng was taught."

After chatting for a while, let the craftsmen and the guys continue to work, He Qiaoxin took He San, Wang Fugui and the shopkeeper Zhang Cheng into the rest room that was temporarily used as an office.

After a few people summed up for a while, He Qiaoxin took Wang Fugui out of the glass workshop. He San was left behind to cooperate with the shopkeeper Zhang Cheng to make preparations for the expansion of the glazed workshop.

At the beginning of April of the third year of orthodoxy, He Qiaoxin sent people to send the newly made ten mirrors into the palace, and the Empress Dowager Sun was very happy and rewarded He Qiaoxin with a water-sleeved green shirt.

At the same time, four new shops specializing in selling glass were unconsciously opened in the capital, and the owner of the store was none other than He Qiaoxin.

In front of the store in Xincheng Hutong, two talented people looked at the word glass on the name of the store, quite curious.

"Brother Zhang, this is a new shop, glass? What is it? Let's go in and see. ”

"Then Brother Liu, please first!"

The two of them entered the store, and less than a moment after entering, the two of them froze in place, looking at the decoration inside.

I saw that the decoration of the shop was completely different from other shops, and the four walls were covered with boxy mirrors, which were not bronze mirrors, but they clearly reflected the figures of the two people.

The shelves in front of us are also made of a transparent and thick glass that is suspected to be a glass baffle. The shelves are stocked with a variety of glass ornaments, as well as glass figurines.

The scholar known as Brother Zhang summoned a guy next to him, and curiously pointed to the statue on the shelf and asked:

"What is this? Like glass... But it's not glass, it looks much better than glass. ”

The guy smiled professionally, pointed to the mirrors pasted on the walls around him, and the small glass mirrors on the shelves, and then pointed to various glass ornaments, and said:

"This son, the ones around here are called glass mirrors, and the rest of the jewelry is also made of glass, which is indeed much better than glass."

Brother Zhang was just about to speak, and continued to ask the guy questions, when Brother Liu, who was looking at the small mirror on the shelf, interjected:

"Brother Zhang, I remembered, isn't this glass mirror the mirror given to Your Majesty by He Wenyuan, the third son of He Wenyuan, the servant of the Criminal Department, and our talented son He Qiaoxin?"

At this time, Brother Zhang also reacted and asked, "Dare to ask this brother, what is the surname of the owner of your store?" ”

The guy smiled professionally again, and replied politely: "The owner is He Sangongzi, Young Master Qiao Xin, this mirror is indeed the same as the mirror, it is a glass mirror, but the size is much smaller than the mirror." ”

Brother Zhang looked excited, and so did Brother Liu next to him, and the people who came in because of curiosity were also a little excited.

"I'll have one!"

"How many silver taels, this is only available in the palace, I'll have one too."

"Scholars are so stupid, where is there enough for one, I want ten."

"I want three, the same size as the wall."

……

As soon as the first day opened, the business was booming, coupled with the effect of one to ten, ten to hundred, many people to buy, the mirror inventory prepared was a little bottomed out, and even other glass jewelry was sold a lot.

Not only the shops in Xincheng Hutong are sold out, but also the other three glass shops in the capital, which are so popular and popular, a large part of the reason is that this glass mirror is used by the nobles in the palace, and many people also want to have it, plus the price is several percent cheaper than the glass, which leads to a particularly hot sale for a while.

Opposite the glass shop in Xincheng Hutong, He Qiaoxin had a sword at his waist, wearing a water-sleeved green shirt, shaking a feather fan and smiling at the people and nobles who came in and out.

Qian Fu, Qian Gui frowned and looked at Qian Yuan, who was applying yellow to the mirror, after someone sent this special makeup mirror early in the morning, Qian Yuanyuan has been researching.

Qian Gui inquired and learned that this was sent by the third prince of He Mansion, reminiscent of the scene on Chinese New Year's Eve, when Qian Yuan ignored his safety and begged the emperor for forgiveness during the night banquet in the palace. Qian Gui was a little worried that he would not be taken away by such a broken mirror if he had raised a good daughter for more than ten years, and he was melancholy for a while.

The Qian Mansion is happy here, the money is melancholy, and Zhu Qizhen in the palace is also sullen. Before noon, a report from Jin Yiwei was delivered to his case, and when he opened it, Zhu Qizhen was a little depressed.

Zhu Qizhen arranged for the Jinyi guard spies to be protected outside the Qian Mansion, and said that He Qiaoxin, the son of He Wenyuan, the servant of the Criminal Department, gave Qian Yuanyuan a special glass makeup mirror at sunrise in the early morning, and Qian Yuanyuan was very happy after receiving it.

When he saw this, Zhu Qizhen's heart sank, and he was suddenly a little depressed. Thinking of the last Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, Qian Yuan stood up to protect He Qiaoxin, and he was even more angry.

"Companions! Companions! ”

"The minions are here, what does Your Majesty command?" Wang Zhen was waiting outside the door, and when he heard Zhu Qizhen calling him, he hurriedly walked in.

"Come here with your ears, I have something to tell you to do."

……