Calmly accepting the compliments of the craftsmen around him, Li Kui seems to have sublimated his soul.

Of course, good news naturally has to be shared, and Li Kui immediately sent someone to summon Cai Jing and Zhang Zhu.

Anyway, there was no curfew in the Great Song Dynasty, except for the area around the imperial city, basically all places in the capital were unimpeded. The two people who got the news hurried to the workshop, and after Cai Jing saw the transparent glass, his mind was filled with the charming fairy sound of the rain of golden leaves.

"My lord, they are all made into glass cups and sold for a wave."

Cai Jing saw that Li Kui did not agree, so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears, what else is there to hesitate about, money is the king of the world. If the emperor has no money, it is not easy to do it.

Cai Jing pleaded: "My lord, the people who can be offended in this capital are almost offended anyway, and I don't care about offending them again." As for those who have not been offended, they can never be offended. ”

"yes, Renjie. If you offend someone like the Xiang brothers, you will be offended, and you will be offended, just a relative. Although there are many guys in the capital who have bought glass cups and even hoarded glass cups, these people are not very powerful characters. For example, Vice Minister Su, Cai's family, Zeng's family, which family can't afford it, but they didn't buy it. "Even Zhang Zhu is persuading Li Kui.

These few didn't buy it because they didn't have to spend money at all, and naturally someone sent it to the door.

Since Li Kui promised the emperor to hand over one million yuan to the household department every year, although this military command bureau has great power, it also has a military position, and it can even form an army with a battalion in the future. However, if there is no appropriation from the Ministry of Households, and the money has to be handed over, it is indeed a great pressure on the Military Command Bureau. This city full of leeks grows so well, it is a bit unreasonable not to cut a wave.

This kind of treasure is a glass cup, and when it is expensive, there are thousands of them.

When it's cheap, dozens of times are also needed.

When there are thousands of times, the restaurants in the capital will not use glass cups to serve wine at all, because they can't afford to use it. Nowadays, the glazed cup with luster and good light transmittance has become a special vessel for grape wine in high-end restaurants in Beijing. Even without the glazed jar, the value of the wine is much worse. But these wine vessels are all colored vessels, if they are replaced with colorless and transparent glass cups, wouldn't it raise the nobility of wine to a higher level?

Li Kui shook his head slowly and said, "No, cutting is to be cut, but it must not be so hateful." ”

Although transparent glass is novel, compared to colored glass, this material of glass is just a novelty. And not long ago, a wave of leeks was cut, and now even if the military command bureau goes all out, I am afraid it will not go well. Leeks are also literate and hyphenated, and they are not very stupid. It's not easy to get them to fall for it again in a short period of time.

Cai Jing disagreed, and insisted: "Bureau, let the subordinates do it, I, Cai Jing, can let them be fooled once, and I can let them be fooled again." ”

"This time, our technology will not be disclosed, and we will not sell it. Simply do a long-term business for a long time. Li Kui shook his head and said, just after the transparent colorless glass appeared, he had already calculated it.

Like before, relying on freshness, the method of inciting demagogy may still make some people fooled. But if you want to get the previous results, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult.

And now after the appearance of colorless glass, his glasses are also on the agenda.

Of course, it's not selling glasses, it's not a luxury, it's a military item. Even the most important munitions. People's eyesight can be increased several times, dozens of times, and if this is placed in the military, it is definitely a huge opportunity. Especially for the main general, with the goggles in hand, even the scout's detection range will be several times the original.

For Li Kui, glasses are the standard for firearms, especially artillery commanders. At the same time, navigation is also very useful. It is also useful for ordinary armies, but it is not as great as these two. In particular, the artillery commander, with the assistance of glasses, can make the landing point of the artillery more accurate.

Such a sharp weapon is tantamount to clairvoyance in the army.

If it is scattered among the people, it is estimated that it will not be long before this thing will fall into the hands of the party or the Khitan magnates. Moreover, there is a huge technical problem with teleglasses - grinding the mirror.

Concave lenses and convex lenses, how to set standards, how thick they should be, need to be pondered step by step.

But before that, craftsmen can be allowed to grind flat mirrors to practice their hands.

Thinking of this, Li Kui spoke: "You say, if there is a mirror on the market that is clearer than a copper mirror, what should be the valuation?" ”

"How clear is it?" Cai Jing always has high expectations for the miracles that Li Kui can create, mirrors are not valuable, and there are not 10,000 craftsmen who make mirrors in the Great Song Dynasty. Even more than that.

Bronze mirrors, the craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty like to be retro, and they can only be sold at a high price if they are made in the style of the Tang Dynasty or the style of the Han Dynasty. But this high price is also very limited.

But Li Kui said confidently: "It's the same as seeing people." ”

"How is this possible?" Cai Jing first exclaimed and retorted, and then was stunned, if he really did what Li Kui said, wouldn't such a mirror be a priceless treasure?

When the glass cup first appeared, it was the same, which would inevitably cause a sensation and crazy buying.

It's even more heartwarming than the glass cup, mainly to make a woman's heart move.

After all, looking in the mirror is the biggest role for men to dress properly. When you go out in the morning, you can also use a basin of water as a mirror.

But women can't, women need to use rouge, they have to use powder, and there are many times when they need mirrors. Even when you're out and about, look at your makeup in the mirror. The women in Li Kui's family were forbidden to use cosmetics, but Liu Qingqian was even more excessive, washing her hands and washing her face with wild ginseng soaked in water, and the effect was surprisingly good. Fortunately, the price is extremely cheap now, otherwise Li Kui, who has a big family, will also worry about bankruptcy.

If you talk about the previous glass cup, Li Kui has cracked down on the profiteers with ulterior motives in the capital. The appearance of the glass mirror has included all the women in the capital.

Ruthless, too ruthless.

This is bullying men and bullying women!

Li Kui did not intend to explain the principle of the mirror, but continued: "The workshop did not make colorless glass to sell glazed cups, and the reason why a lot of glazed cups were sold was that our Military Control Bureau was too poor. Nowadays, we are not short of money, but we lack craftsmen who can skillfully polish mirrors. If you can sell the mirrors you sell as goods, you can not only hone your craftsman's skills, but also increase your income. Of course, earning money is secondary, honing the skills of the craftsmen is the key. ”

"Yes, it's not important to make money." Cai Jing laughed, but he didn't believe it, and it wasn't important to make money. But the bureau said that it didn't matter, and he would never refute it. He understood Li Kui's original words as: It is not important to make money, but it is important to enjoy the process of making money.

"The most important thing these days is to develop the process." Zhang Zhu followed Li Kui for a while, and he was also the first to talk about it.

I also know that the craftsmanship of the craftsman is more important than the technique.

The technology has advanced, the technology is a little worse, and it is possible to make goods that are inseparable. But if the craftsmanship is not reliable, even if the craftsman is skilled, I am afraid that he will not be able to make qualified goods.

Li Kui bowed his head and said, "Let Han Jing come in." ”

"Villain Han Jing, meet the bureau, the second master, the third master." Han Jing is not an old craftsman in the glaze workshop, because of his young age and flexible brain, he was promoted to the head of the craftsmen by Li Kui.

But the head of the craftsman is just a craftsman, and in the face of the three Jinshi masters, Han Jing behaved a little restrained.

Li Kui asked: "If it is made into a flat colorless glass plate, can it be done in the workshop?" ”

"Yes, but ......" Han Jing looked at Li Kui hesitantly, and was embarrassed: "But it can't be made to the size of a wooden board, and it can only be made into a glass plate larger than a palm." The method is very simple, that is, use a wooden stick and roll it against the soft glass to get the glass plate. Unfortunately, this kind of board is easy to break, and at the same time, you have to do it when the glass is very hot, and when it is cold, you can't do it. ”

"Can it be the size of an ordinary bronze mirror?"

"Yes."

Since it has been decided that the Military Command Bureau will do mirror business, inevitable precautions are needed.

Li Kui had already decided to go to the front of the palace to find Han Deqin another day, and asked him to introduce a captain who could take care of the home and train the soldiers, and then select 500 people from the army to garrison the glaze workshop.

At the same time, even if the precautions are strict, if you have a heart, I am afraid that you will find loopholes.

Li Kui hesitated: "Do you know Master Lu?" ”

The legend among the craftsmen in the capital, as an official as a craftsman, is definitely a thunderous existence in the circle of craftsmen in the capital.

How could Han Jing not have heard of it, and immediately nodded and said, "The villain has heard of it." ”

"He sat in the iron-smelting workshop and controlled all the means of how to make 100 steels. In addition to the recipes hidden in the palace pavilion, only the iron prison library is stored. Even if outsiders dig up the craftsmen in the workshop, they can't do it. Do you know why? ”

Li Kui wants to keep it secret, but it is useless to use people who are close to him, there will always be people who will be corrupted, and even have to betray because of threats.

But the system won't.

Han Jing thought about it, didn't dare to pack the ticket, bowed down and said, "Lord Rong will give the villain three days, think about what to do." ”

"Okay, the official will give you three days, you have to do it, and the official will ensure that you will be an official like Master Lu." Li Kui immediately promised.

Throwing money, how much money can a craftsman head smash?

But if there is a complete system, the likelihood of technology being stolen will be greatly reduced.

When Han Jing heard the word "official", he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart when he said anything, bowed down and saluted, packed the ticket and said: "Please rest assured, the villain must be foolproof." ”

"Alright, let's go down."

After Li Kui finished instructing Han Jing, he felt that it was almost over, and instructed Cai Jing and Zhang Zhudao: "Once the mirror is on the market, it will take two people to contribute." ”

"Don't worry, we will do our best."

The three of them separated from the glazed workshop.

Cai Jing and Zhang Zhu went home one after another, not to mention Cai Jing. When Zhang Zhu went home, it was already two o'clock. At this time, Zhang Dian had already gotten up and was ready to go to the morning court.

Hearing someone's voice in the courtyard, he frowned slightly and asked the steward, "Who is making noise?" ”

After the steward goes out, he will be back soon. whispered to Zhang Dan: "Xiangye, it's the third master, he just came back." ”

"This rebel, forget to sleep, rotten wood can't be carved?"

Staying up all night?

Zhang Dian suddenly felt a kind of heartache that the old Zhang family's door was completely ruined by his precious son, and roared: "Go, let him roll back for me!" ”

"Get on your knees!"

It's enough to have such a dad at home. The dignified third master, can he be so undignified?

He looked left and right, touched a mat, and knelt in the doorway. It was still cold outside the house, and as soon as he knelt down, Zhang Zhu felt a chill.

But he didn't care, but tilted his head and pondered, his father's stinky temper, and he didn't know where to offend him.

"Do you know it's wrong?" After Zhang Dan finished washing, he looked at his son with a cold light in his eyes.

Zhang Zhi's mind was full of question marks, what did he do?

Seeing his son's stubborn appearance, Zhang Tang snorted angrily: "Stay in Flower Lane all night and never return all night." Are you worthy of the money that the court has given you? How do you deal with your colleagues when you corrupt the official system? ”

Zhang Zhu was not small in his heart, and said in his heart: Listen to my mother, you were even more excessive when you were young, and you brought it home...... Of course, Zhang Zhu didn't dare to say this, if he really said it, Zhang Duan would beat him when he picked up the guy, and he didn't even give him a chance to stand up and escape.

But if you think about it carefully, it's not right!

He hadn't drunk flower wine for a long time. The main reason is that no one invites him anymore, spending his own money, the cheap ones can't be looked down upon, and the expensive ones are reluctant.

Since Cai Jing offended almost all the magnates in the city, Zhang Zhu has also changed from the son of the prime minister who is loved by everyone to a plague god who is afraid to avoid.

He used to discuss official business with Li Kui and Cai Jing in the Liuli Workshop.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhu immediately cried out: "Daddy, my son is wronged." My son didn't go to the workshop, and now people all over the city refuse to invite my son to go, and my son can't go! ”

Zhang Dian turned his head to look at his aggrieved son in surprise, and then said disdainfully: "Just you, Renjie still needs to discuss official business with you?" ”

"My son is also from a Jinshi."

"The bottom one doesn't count!" Zhang Dian was as arrogant as ever, he didn't count this, and deprived Zhang of the Jinshi fame that he had obtained so easily.

Zhang Zhu was unhappy and said: "Dad, Shibei should be impressed in three days." The son was unbearable before, but now he has changed his ways. And the Bureau of Military Command is busy now......"

Speaking of busy business, Zhang Dian angrily pointed at Zhang Zhu's nose and said angrily: "You go and ask Renjie, what was the purpose of preparing for the establishment of the Military Command Bureau?" It is to strictly investigate the corruption of the forbidden army and clean up the silverfish of the forbidden army. But he got good and started a business with Cai Jing, and now the yamen is not a yamen, and the business name is not a business, what is he going to do? ”

"Dad, this is different, we also have spies in the yamen, and they have already penetrated the forbidden army. Maybe there will be news in the next two days. When he said this, even Zhang Zhu didn't feel very credible.

Zhang Dian scolded angrily: "There are not five hundred craftsmen recruited by the Military Command Bureau, but there are also four hundred, but what about spies? is a gangster named Zhu Gui, or a fellow villager of Renjie, do you say that he has the attitude of doing things? ”

"There is a way that there are not many people, but they are refined." Seeing that his father's face was getting more and more stinky, Zhang Zhu said in a low voice: "Dad, if you offend too many people, you will die." Our Military Command Bureau is just the yamen of the fourth-grade chief officer, and the same grade as the iron supervisor. It's not as good as having you in charge of the Dushitang, if it's really urgent, the forbidden army rebels, wouldn't it hurt the Great Song Dynasty? ”

The Great Song Dynasty forbidden army is 800,000, fifty or sixty military towns, and there is no problem with that military town?

Eating empty salaries, greedy for military salaries, and selling weapons in the army...... If it weren't for the strict control of artillery, the Hebei armies would not have been equipped. If there were more than 100,000 horses in Hebei, equipped with artillery, the Liao State might not be long after, and there would be a few more 'scrapped' artillery pieces of the Great Song Forbidden Army.

There are problems, and they are all problems of losing their heads. If the investigation is too severe, won't it force the generals to rebel?

If this were the case, the emperor would be scared to tears.

Zhang Dun stopped talking, and the truth is this truth. Now Cai Bian has initiated the Zhaowenguan case, poems, books and articles, as long as there are words that record slandering and changing the law, they are all listed as traitors. There is no problem with such thunderous means against civilian officials, anyway, there is no army to make trouble, and there is no trouble.

But the forbidden army is different, 800,000 forbidden troops, 100,000 forbidden troops are in rebellion, and the Great Song Dynasty is about to face the situation of losing the country.

After all, rebellion is like a plague, it spreads quickly, and there is no time to react.

After a long time, Zhang Dan calmed down and asked: "You said that you didn't return at night for official business, what kind of official business is it?" ”

"The Military Command Bureau may soon create a treasure that subverts the world......"

"Bastard, or business......"

Without waiting for Zhang Zhu to finish speaking, Zhang Dian angrily kicked his son away, and went out of the house angrily.