Liu Changqing, the president of the Luoyang Guild in Nanshi City, held another secret meeting at home, Qin Mu intervened in the drought fight this time, and several people in the guild more or less gathered a lot of rice and noodles.

Nowadays, the crops are very good, and the rice bought at a high price can only be sold at the original price, and a lot of money has been lost back and forth.

"This Qin Mu! Bad brain, right? He has no worries about food and clothing, and he cares about what those people do! Shopkeeper Wang slapped the table angrily.

Shopkeeper Lu of Wanmin Rice Shop laughed, "Shopkeeper Wang, who let you put so much rice, thank you for sharing a part of it for me."

I still have a lot of rice, I'm not afraid of what are you afraid of? If you can't sell it, I can take it back. ”

"How much can you give me?"

Shopkeeper Lu stretched out a hand, "One bucket and five texts." ”

"Wuwen! Shopkeeper Lu, you're too boring! We've known each other for more than ten years, and I've invited you to dinner many times! ”

Shopkeeper Lu turned his face and didn't recognize anyone, "Do you like to sell or not, I can recycle it and give you enough face, and when the new noodles are on the market in the second half of the year, your old rice with heavy noodles will be moldy early!" ”

Chairman Liu knocked on the table directly, "Don't quarrel, it's okay, let's think about dealing with Qin Mu together is the most important thing." ”

"This Qin Mu is also weird! In order to shoot the queen mother's ass, he did not hesitate to lose money, and he also built a drilling machine to drill wells, don't say it, that thing is very fast to drill wells! ”

"How fast?" Shopkeeper Wang asked.

"It usually takes a day to drill a well, but with that one, you can drill ten wells a day!"

"Oh, that's a good thing! If there is this, a well-drilling team will be set up, and thousands of households in Luoyang will be counted, how can you earn tens of thousands of taels! ”

Liu Changqing went to the scene to see the operation of the drilling machine, which was an item that he could not imitate at all, and the strange machine that kept smoking, and he couldn't understand why boiling water could make the machine work.

"This thing was created from Qin Mu's steel factory, I believe there will be more machines in the back, and then there will be a weaving machine, and a machine for making ceramics, and then you won't even have a place to cry!" Liu Changqing analyzed.

"Then this Qin Mu has to be removed?"

A few people, you glanced at each other, and their eyes focused on Liu Changqing.

"If we don't make a good move, it's better to let the people of the court fix him."

"Then this matter will trouble you, President Liu."

They all know that Liu Changqing has someone in the court and has a very strong relationship, otherwise how could he let him do the spice business.

Qin Mu tried his gun in the woods for an afternoon, practicing how to quickly reload and shoot.

The only bad thing about flintlock pistols is that they can only shoot one shot at a time, which can easily cause an output vacuum.

Qin Mu decided that it would be better to make a pot that could add gunpowder, so as to save the time of filling gunpowder every time, and the steel ball could not be improved.

At this time, a familiar carriage stopped on the road not far from Qin Mu.

The person who came down above was Shangguan Wan'er in silver men's clothes.

"Talented, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Shangguan Wan'er looked around and asked, "What are you doing here?" Did the sound come from you? ”

"yes, I'm practicing my marksmanship."

"Guns?" She looked at the gun in Qin Mu's hand, "So small?" ”

"Small?" Qin Mu loaded gunpowder and bullets and fired a shot in the back.

"Bang!"

Then he turned the muzzle of the gun to Shangguan Wan'er, "Is it powerful enough?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er walked to the edge of the tree and looked at the deep black hole, "I didn't expect this gun to be so powerful, but why is it so small."

By the way, that's what you're thinking about setting up a patent office for, right? ”

"No, I use this thing for self-defense, and the reason why I propose to protect patents is to give more choices to many people, but in the final analysis, it is for myself.

I will have all kinds of patents to apply for in the future, because it is a new law, and it is not so easy for the queen to backtrack, which means little to me, but it is a great benefit to the whole Datang. ”

At the beginning, if the four major inventions had been charged patent fees, China would have become the world's first.

Patents are not only to protect inventors, but also to restrict the development of others.

"Qin Mu, you are a profiteer." Shangguan Wan'er complained.

"Whatever you say, do you have something to explain to me this time?"

"I just want to remind you that although you have made great contributions to the drought relief this time, ah, the people of the Luoyang Guild will definitely not let you go."

"They won't let me go? I won't let them go yet! ”

Nowadays, the steam engine has been so successful that it only needs to be applied to individual machines.

"Although the Tang Dynasty explicitly prohibits collusion between officials and businessmen, business is destined to be inseparable from the imperial court, and the connections are inextricably linked, and there are countless of them, Qin Mu, I want to know the real purpose of your drought relief efforts."

"Actually, I just want the queen to be happy, as long as I coax her well, the people can suffer less losses, why not?"

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Qin Mu, "You are really special enough, Qin Mu, I advise you to still hold a certain official and a half-position, otherwise it will be difficult to protect you in the end." ”

"Thank you for the reminder, but I won't change my mind."

Shangguan Wan'er saw that the persuasion was fruitless, so she changed the topic: "If you cooperate with Tianlei, then my Datang army will be invincible." ”

"Talent has good eyesight, this thing is called a thermal weapon, it can take people's lives within 100 meters, and the thunder you said was also made by me for others."

"As far as I know, thousands of Heavenly Thunder have been made so far, and the next time the Turks commit another offense, let them taste the taste of Heavenly Thunder."

Qin Mu suddenly regretted that he had put the Heavenly Thunder in the hands of the Empress Wu, once this thing leaked out to create a method, the world would be in chaos faster.

He looked at the flintlock pistol in his hand and then looked at Shangguan Wan'er, "Cairen, please keep this thing secret, this thing is too powerful, and it is not easy to put it into use now..."

"I know what you're thinking, don't worry, I promise you won't let the queen know."

Shangguan Wan'er naturally knew what this meant, once the Queen of Heaven mastered these two weapons of great destruction, she would fall into a state of invincibility, and she would not be restricted from doing anything, and whoever wanted to rebel could quickly put down the chaos.

"Sometimes it's not a good thing to progress too fast, talented, thank you."

"Well, you're quite right. By the way, next month, Luoyang will hold a Mid-Autumn Festival, and at the same time, the Queen of Heaven is ready to hold a ceremony to worship the heavens and bestow holy pictures, and then the barbarian leaders of all parties will also come to Luoyang. ”

"Barbarian leader? You are talking about the envoys of various countries, right? ”

Shangguan Wan'er nodded, "Yes, all countries will come to the court to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival together." ”

When Qin Mu heard the news, the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose.

Although he knew a little about the history of the Tang Dynasty, he knew very little about other countries, and it would take a lot of letters to do business with them in the future, and the most important thing was their language and what they were.

In this way, these days, I have to do more Yelan rumors and prepare for export.

"What are you laughing at? Do you want to take advantage of the opportunity to make some money? ”

"Haha, talented, or do you know me best, when the time comes, please introduce the talent, how about I give you three percent of the profit?"

"Do you think I'm short of money?"

"Oh, Shangguan Wan'er, I've helped you so much, you can help me once, and this is foreigners' money, if you don't make it for nothing, right?"

"Okay, if I need you somewhere, you must be on call."

Qin Mu nodded excitedly, and after thinking about it, some of them seemed to have said it, "Cairen, don't worry, even if you ask me to go to the Sword Mountain and the Sea of Fire, I am willing to go." ”

"Less poor mouth." Hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er didn't know that her heart was warm.

"Cairen, have you eaten, do you want to go to my house for dinner?"

Shangguan Wan'er hesitated for a moment and refused: "Forget it, let's wait for this meal to wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival." I'll go first. ”

"Okay! Talent walks slowly! ”

Qin Mu waved his hand and sent Shangguan Wan'er away.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the biggest opportunity to get in touch with foreign businessmen.

This month is a critical period, not only to sell the night rumors, but also to sell some things that are not available in the market.

Qin Mu returned to the steel factory non-stop and mobilized everyone to find something like quartz sand.

Qin Mu didn't know what the name of this thing was in Datang, but this thing was not a valuable item.

The steps to make glass are not very difficult.

First of all, quartz sand needs to be prepared as the main raw material. Quartz sand should be washed and sieved to remove impurities and ensure the right particle size.

Batching and mixing: Prepare quartz sand is mixed with other auxiliary raw materials, such as alkali, lime and boron, according to specific recipes. These auxiliary raw materials help to reduce the melting temperature and improve the properties of the glass.

Melting: The mixed raw materials are put into a glass furnace for melting. Glass furnaces are usually heated at high temperatures to melt the raw materials into a molten state in the furnace.

Physicochemical treatment: In the molten state, some physicochemical treatments can be carried out, such as adjusting the composition, temperature and viscosity of the glass to meet the desired glass properties and uses.

Molding: Molten glass can be molded into the desired shape through different molding methods. Common molding methods include float molding, blow molding, calendering, etc. These methods can turn molten glass into products of different shapes, such as flat glass, containers, optical lenses, etc.

Cooling and annealing: The formed glass needs to go through a cooling and annealing process to stabilize the structure and properties of the glass. The cooling process can affect the strength and quality of the glass by controlling the cooling rate.

Surface treatment: Depending on the need, the glass surface can be treated, such as frosted, polished, coated, etc., to improve appearance, light transmittance, and functionality.

After looking for a day, the craftsmen found that the sand used to make the ceramic glaze was the raw material that Qin Mu needed to make glass.

This thing is easy to obtain in Datang.