The glass workshop studied for a period of time, and finally succeeded in firing the first samples of glass study utensils designed by Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian a few years ago.

There are only three kinds of paperweight, pen mountain and water bowl, and there is no pen licking. Although this little thing is not difficult to burn, there are few people who use it in the northwest, and Haixiya feels that it is a little redundant, thinking that the current time is limited, and there is no need to waste it on it, so it is dismissed.

This batch of newly made samples are thick and strong, but the shape is still very good-looking, but unfortunately it can't be made of patterns, all of them are glossy styles.

Before trying to burn glass stationery, several big glassmakers knew that they would be sent to Ganzhou to open a new workshop to teach more apprentices, and they would have the opportunity to go to more prosperous big cities to develop their careers in the future, so they naturally didn't have to worry about their own lives. They still want to save the real skills for the future, if they teach those high-level glassware making skills to the Suzhou apprentices who are about to say goodbye now, how will they impress the apprentices in the big city in the future?

Therefore, several great food craftsmen made excuses and refused to teach the apprentices in the Suzhou workshop the skills of carving and carving on the surface of glassware, and only promised to teach more shapes. Haixiya immediately agreed to their conditions, and took the opportunity to expand the product range of the glass workshop.

Now, most of the apprentices in the glass workshop are said to have learned to make wine vessels, tea utensils and eating utensils independently, including the newly learned stationery, and the variety of products is quite rich, enough to feed the entire workshop and bring a considerable wealth to Suzhou Wei.

One of the rather clever apprentices also won the favor of the master who taught him his skills, and successfully persuaded the other party to start studying glassware with the characteristics of Dachu instead of sticking to the traditional shapes of utensils in the Western Regions. The master of the Great Cuisine presided over the firing of samples of the study utensils, and has recently been studying the traditional decorative patterns of Dachu.

Inspired by this, Haixiya sent two clever apprentices to Ganzhou together with the great food craftsmen and several truckloads of new grain maize when Ganzhou sent another letter urging him. The apprentices will accompany the masters as followers, and when the masters have settled down in Ganzhou and have a well-behaved and clever new apprentice to serve, they will come back.

Anyway, the person in charge of the capital division is the son of the Zhou family, and he has always cared for his brothers, and it is impossible to rob the people under General Wednesday. These two apprentices have always been quite clever, and if they can stay with the big food craftsmen for a few more months, they will definitely be able to learn more glass firing skills, and if they can also learn the technology of firing Da Chu style decorative patterns on glassware, the glass workshop in Suzhou will be more confident.

Haixiya is not worried that these two people will climb another branch from now on, they are all old households in Suzhou City, and their parents, wives and children, family properties are all local, and they can't run.

Now that the year is nearing the end of the year, the newly built glass and wine workshops have been temporarily suspended, leaving only a few people on duty, and the others have gone home for the holidays. It's just that everyone is forbidden to go out of the city, even if they are relatives, lest the workshop has not yet produced fruit, and the seedlings of craftsmen who have been trained with great difficulty will be poached by outsiders.

Because the newly brewed wine opened the altar, the newly burned glassware was also given to several decent civil and military generals in the city for appreciation, and the news gradually spread, and the military and people of Suzhou knew that Suzhou Wei now has a new industry to make money, and there were many discussions in private. The little people just joined in the fun, and by the way, discussed whether the children and nephews in the family had the possibility of entering the workshop to learn the craft, and those rich people who had a certain family background began to consider whether they could also get a piece of the pie.

The adults in the guard are all on guard in private, for fear that someone will dig into the corners of their houses.

As the dual principal of the glass workshop and the wine workshop, Haixi Cliff has been visited by guests from time to time since the beginning of the lunar month. When he was busy with official business, guests would come at night, and Xie Wenzai had to be a guest every time, so as not to let his cousin accidentally be tricked. Later, Haixi Cliff took annual leave, and guests began to appear during the day, Xie Wenzai was not enough to accompany the guests, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian had to help with shifts.

After a small year, the reef was also called to the living room to accompany him. Although he was just listening, he also gained a lot of knowledge, at least he now knows that some people in the world are really thick-skinned unexpectedly.

Haijiao complained to his sister in private: "These rich men are all good at calculations, but they treat others as fools." When my grandfather built a workshop before, so many people were not optimistic, and there were jokes in the open and secret, but now that the wine has been brewed and the glass has been burned, they are anxious to come and get a piece of the pie. If they are willing to contribute money and effort, that's it. There was nothing, and when they opened their mouths, they said that they were willing to help sell glassware, and they were willing to sell the grapes from their own vineyards to the workshop to make wine, but they wanted to collect the glassware at a low price, saying that the villagers' guards should not make their money, but they wanted to sell grapes at a high price, and at this time they did not mention the love of neighbors. Really greedy and stupid, who would want to deal with such a person?! ”

Haitang asked him: "Does everyone who comes to see grandpa think like this?" If they were really stupid people, why would grandpa waste his time on them? I've been busy for more than half a year, and I go out early and return late every day, and now I'm finally on annual vacation, isn't it good to take a little more rest? ”

Haijiao sighed: "Grandpa just wants to find a few more people to help the guard house." The health office is also a little tight on money now. Two workshops were built in one go, collecting materials, pondering recipes, and feeding people, all of which cost money! Although the wine was brewed and the glass was burned, the things were not sold for money for a day, and the workshop was losing money for a day. Grandpa is also looking forward to finding a person who is really sincere and capable, and is willing to sincerely cooperate with the health center, at least to help sell things to the Central Plains. We can't always count on passing caravans. ”

It's almost the New Year, and at this time, where are there any caravans passing by in the northwest? Most of the caravans had returned home a month or two earlier. At present, there is a depression outside the city of Suzhou, except for snow and dust on the wilderness, and occasionally there is a living creature, and there are mostly wild wolves and mice. If the weather is a little better, there may be scattered Hu Riders. They will not come to Suzhou City, nor will they harass Guancheng, but will only go to the surrounding villages and towns to grab some livestock and grain. It is rumored that the Hu people have not had a good time lately.

Haijiao has to spend half a day at the yamen of the guard every day, and now he often listens to the conversations between the elders and the guests in the family, and is quite well-informed. After complaining about the greedy businessmen and rich people, he turned the conversation to the Hu people. He is still resentful of the three years of manu life in his previous life, and now that he hears that the Hu people are not doing well, he doesn't want to mention how happy he is. Anyway, my sister is an insider, so he doesn't have to shy away from anything, he can speak freely.

He told Haitang that the time for the peace talks had been set, and it would be arranged to be held at the Gaotaisu between Gansu and Suzhou after the spring flowers bloomed in April next year. There was a local garrison of Da Chu, but there were no heavy troops, and the Hu people's representatives of the peace talks came, so they could camp on the spot and not have to worry about falling into the encirclement of the army. The Hu side refused to hold peace talks in Ganzhou and hoped that it would take place in Suzhou, because they were afraid that their personal safety would not be guaranteed. After back-and-forth discussions, the two sides decided on the location of the Gaotai Institute.

However, Gaotaisuo is nearly two hundred miles away from Suzhou City, which is already quite deep into the border of Dachu. The Hu people must first pass through Suzhou before they can go to Gaotai. Suzhou will also have to step up its patrols next year, so as not to make trouble secretly by the Hu people.

On the other hand, on the side of the imperial court, I heard that some high-ranking officials who were expected to participate in the negotiations disliked the poor construction of the Gaotai Institute, far from the big city, and not safe enough.

When Haitang heard this, he hurriedly asked his brother: "Who does the imperial court plan to send to negotiate?" Is this man reliable? ”