Chapter 173: Glass and Glass
"But if it's purely to promote glass, it's also debatable. Wu Feng said.
"Oh, what's debatable?" Song Shanuchi asked.
"Have you read the Book of Wei?" Wu Feng asked him.
"The history books are thick and heavy, and wherever I have time to read through, I just listen to the old man tell a few stories. What are you selling with me!" Song Shannei patted Wu Feng on the shoulder and said.
"Okay, it's not like you're showing off. There is such a passage in the "Book of Wei: The Legend of the Western Regions" - the Chinese merchants in Jingshi, since Yunneng cast stones into five-colored glass, so they mined the mountains and cast them in Beijing. It is established, and the luster is beautiful to those who come from the east...... Since then, Chinese glass has become cheap. This paragraph is about the Great Moon Clan in the Western Regions, a technician declared to the king that he had the skill of casting five-color glass, and after the successful mining and casting, it was more beautiful than the glass made in the Central Plains, so the glass in the Central Plains could not be sold in the Western Regions. The five-color glass mentioned here is actually glass. ”
Song Shannei listened to Wu Feng's words and said: "Glass is called five-color glass, which is really beautiful, in fact, this thing has no color, only when it is refracted can it be colorful, and the color may not be better than the glass." ”
Wu Feng sighed and said: "Although the glass is similar to the glass material, its production is extremely complicated, the investment of manpower and material resources is quite large, but the popularity is far less than that of gems and jade. Glass is too brittle, not as hard as crystal, and less tough and transparent than glass, so it is becoming less and less popular. When Western glass production technology is widely promoted in the Central Plains, I am afraid that it will ......"
Song Shannei couldn't help but be surprised, and said: "I just thought you were a person who likes Western culture very much, but I didn't expect you to care so much about tradition." ”
Wu Feng said: "Where the West is good, you should learn." But those visitors from the other world should not be noisy after all. In the event of dumping, it is not unavoidable to resist by violent means. ”
Song Shannei said: "Now you just want to create some income for the people through glass, and it is not up to you to decide when glass will flourish in the East......
Wu Feng smiled and said, "What if glass and glass are produced in the same place? Can I create more wealth? Although I don't have enough strength now, I have to do something after all. ”
He added: "The people of Middle-earth emphasize clarity and transparency, and there are no bubbles inside, and in this respect glass is very similar to pearl jade. Therefore, it is considered to be more beautiful than glass, but people often do not know that the cost of glass is not known to be many times higher than that of glass. However, the glaze is colorful and colorful, and the natural magnificence is like rainbow light, and the benefits of the inner color are as smooth as clouds, but glass does not have. At the time of sale. You can promote the cultural characteristics of the glaze, and then the price is far above the glass, as long as the word of mouth is up, it will gradually form a famous kiln like the Xuan kiln Ru kiln......"
Saying this, Wu Feng's eyes couldn't help but reveal a light of excitement, scorching like fire and shimmering like a star.
If this matter can be handled well, the people's livelihood will be improved, the income of the territory will be expanded, and the traditional culture will be revitalized. It can kill three birds with one stone, an ancient traditional art, which is about to be revitalized in its own hands.
Song Shannei muttered: "Of course it's easy to say, but glaze is not like ceramics and jade and so on with deep cultural accumulation, and unlike gold, silver and gemstones, which are naturally generated, if you want to hype up, I'm afraid it's not easy." ”
Wu Feng said with a smile: "If antiques are said to be in an old word, so they have become valuable and famous, then why can walnuts be called literary toys and worth thousands of gold? Maybe thousands of years later, even the wine bottle stopper can be solemnly collected, and the quality can be distinguished, and the rarity is more expensive. Create great cultural profits. ”
"I guess you have a good idea?" said Song Shanuchi.
"The reason why famous objects are precious is often related to celebrities. Many very ordinary utensils have become priceless because they have been used or praised by celebrities. Glass is just starting to become popular now, as long as we can make good ones in the Lingbao area, do a good job. Natural sales are not worried, and there is no need to deliberately advertise. And the glass that is made, you can find some well-known literati and ink writers, spend more money to polish the pen, let them tout it, say that the benefits of glass is far better than glass, write a few exquisite words, and form the effect of expensive paper in the world. ”
"The bubbles in the glass are not impossible to say. There are bugs in the amber, but the bugs have multiplied the value of the amber by I don't know how many times. The position of the bubbles, the arrangement, and even the cracks in the vessel, as long as you can make up a set of seemingly tall doorways, and discuss which of them are the best, make people look at it and feel very reasonable, and it will naturally sell for a good price. ”
When Song Shannei heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "You are a deep understanding of the way of famous things." ”
Wu Feng smiled: "Famous things, to put it bluntly, it's just like that, even if it's an antique, isn't it just an ordinary thing from thousands of years ago? But since this thing has formed a culture and is collected and appreciated, it cannot be called vassal elegance. ”
This is the difference between Wu Feng and his father. Wu Feng's father is really passionate and obsessed with the culture of famous things, but Wu Feng has a taste of seeing through, in his eyes, the greater effect of famous things is the use value, not the collection value.
In contrast, novelties from the West piqued his interest even more, such as glass, iron cannons, self-striking clocks, and alarm clocks that he had only heard of but had not seen with his own eyes.
It is said that Westerners have also combined the power of magic and technology to create airships filled with hot air, which can send ordinary people who are far less powerful than flying into the sky, which also fascinates Wu Feng.
But even so, if things from the West are going to rush in and completely overwhelm the traditional culture of the East, then he will not be able to bear it. His bloodline is closely connected with this land, and he also deeply understands that even the culture formed by hype and vassal elegance has formed a cultural system closely related to the nation after thousands of years of development and running-in, and must not be easily destroyed.
Moreover, the relationship between culture and economy is too great, and if the economic lifeline is in the hands of a foreign race, the consequences are unimaginable.
"Cultivators have all kinds of magic weapons, and they probably can't look down on glazed creations, but the number of martial artists in the world is ten times that of cultivators, if you can make glazed utensils popular among martial artists, the income will be very considerable, and you will naturally be able to revitalize this industry. It's just that the glass is too fragile to create any kind of weapon......" Song Shanuchi analyzed.
"Nope. There is one of them. ”
"How can there be?" Song Shannei wondered: "Don't talk about big swords and long swords, it's not good to dagger capitals." Even if you make a decoration on the scabbard, be careful not to break the sword when you draw it......"
"What if it's used to make a wrench?" Wu Feng smiled, "Speaking of which, you can always provide some brilliant ideas......
Wrench is used to protect the finger and improve the hit rate of archery, generally made of antlers, strong and elastic, if you kill the demon deer to take the horn to make a wrench, after refining, it can also increase the lethality of the bow and arrow.
However, the culture of Baume & Mercier prevailed, and the warriors were vassals and elegant, and the collection was generally made of jade, which could not really be used for archery.
"Glass wrench......" Song Shannei high-fived and praised: "It's really good, if it's just like a ring and occasionally worn for guests to see, how can it be broken?"
"Then, even if we go to Hedong, we have to come back once a month or two to take care of the industry here, and within two years, whether it is agriculture or handicrafts, we must make achievements and make a name for ourselves. Although my territory is small, with a population of 8,000, the owners, craftsmen and their families of those famous kilns add up to only a few hundred, but relying on the reputation of the years, the benefits obtained from ceramic production can be called a daily income of ten thousand gold...... "Wu Feng said more and more excited.
Song Shannei also smiled and said: "You don't have to thank me, sooner or later I will have a territory and become a lord." Discussing with you, I always come up with more brilliant ideas, and in the future, I can use these ideas to generate income in the territory, so I have gained from you. ”
Wu Feng snorted and said, "It's me Meng Lang, between friends, what is so clear?"
"Yes......" Song Shannei sighed: "Even if it's so clear, we are only thirteen years old now, even if it is so clear now, what will happen in another ten or twenty years?"
Hearing this, Wu Feng suddenly felt a chill all over his body.
Precocious maturity is not necessarily a good thing.
Now that this is the case, what about in the future? Now that I can uphold the heart of benevolence, how cold will I become in the future? This coldness is likely not only to unrelated people, but also to the people around you, to friends!
Wu Feng seemed to see such a picture, his eyes were blood-red, he was dressed in blood, standing against the wind, and under his feet was a surging sea of blood and endless corpses. The killing flames enveloped his body, dancing with the wind, and all the enemies who came close to him were burned to char.
Only the long sword in his hand, still dripping with blood in the fire, dripping, the bloody breath was in the nose, as if it would never flow endlessly.
In the sea of blood under his feet, there seemed to be many familiar faces, but he couldn't recognize who it was, or was he already crazy about killing at this time, and he didn't want to recognize it, but just laughed wildly and savored the pleasure of killing?
People are gradually changing, ten or twenty years later, can they still maintain their original intentions?
Wu Feng would not say this question to Song Shannei beside him, but he did not have an answer in his own heart.
The night clouds obscured the stars and moon under the wind of the sky, making the night even darker.
On the hill, the wind suddenly became colder. (To be continued.) )