Zuo Shun: Chen Ze basically went in his left ear and went out in his right ear.

He didn't believe that the person in front of him was a bureaucrat who was honest and loved the people, and the gift he gave him was worth a lot of money, at least a few thousand taels of silver, and as for where the money came from, he could figure it out with his toes.

However, according to what Chen Ze has learned so far, Zuo Shun is indeed a relatively honest bureaucrat compared to Song Zhizhang.

Song Zhizhang's kind of corruption is simply described as frenzied, Zuo Shun must be greedy, but the amount of greed is not large.

The main reason is that the situation in Anzhou is too special, and Zuo Shun doesn't dare to be greedy if he wants to.

That can't be helped, there are more than 100,000 Zhennan troops stationed in Anzhou in the whole Anzhou, which also leads to a large number of royal nobles having their own spokespersons or collaborators in Anzhou.

The real greed is those royal nobles.

Most of these inns, restaurants, green buildings, etc., in Anzhou City, must be the property of the royal nobles, including those underworld forces, which are more or less related, and the eight southern states are within the sphere of influence of the royal government, which also leads to Zuo Shun, the Anzhou government order, to look at the eyes of these royal nobles in order to act.

Most of the benefits that can be greedy in this have been divided among the nobles of the royal palace, and it would be good for Zuo Shun to drink a mouthful of soup.

Looking at Zuo Shun's appearance, he should want to take advantage of his own connections, after all, with the prince of Zhennan as his backer in the future, Zuo Shun, the Anzhou government order, can be more comfortable, otherwise anyone can bully him.

After thinking about this, Chen Ze had already made a decision in his heart, and he definitely couldn't give Zuo Shun a platform.

Now Chen Ze doesn't want to stand on the opposite side of the nobles of the palace, let alone break out into any conflict.

It's okay to eat, but Chen Ze won't agree to other things.

After coming back to his senses, Chen Ze had already come to the banquet, and it could only be said that this banquet was really a little simple, the dishes were not sumptuous, and there were no dancing girls, so a geisha was waiting with a pipa on the side, and after Chen Ze sat down, Zuo Shun let the geisha play a small song.

"Your Royal Highness, these are all local delicacies that I specially invited the chef to come to the mansion to make, you can try them."

Chen Ze moved his chopsticks, thinking that Zuo Shun invited him to dinner alone, and he didn't even call his counselor, he should be ready to give a big gift.

If you want to build a relationship this year, it's unrealistic to have no gifts.

As for whether this gift is a gold and silver treasure or a beauty, Chen Ze can't guess, but anyway, as long as he sends it, he will definitely want it, and it's a big deal to write a blank check.

Seeing that Chen Ze didn't seem to be very interested, Zuo Shun knew that he had to bet, so he hurriedly waved his hand to let the geisha go down first, and then moved a very delicate wooden box.

"Your Highness, this is my Zuo family's heirloom, a priceless treasure!"

Chen Ze raised his eyebrows: "What is it?" ”

"Your Highness, please!"

Zuo Shun hurriedly opened the wooden box, only to see a small cup wrapped in silk inside, and when Zuo Shun lifted the silk, Chen Ze was stunned for a moment.

"Your Highness, this thing is a translucent glass cup, the whole body is extremely transparent, and there is no trace of sundries......"

However, this thing has no attraction to Chen Ze at all, because it is just a glass, but it is more characteristic in shape.

Chen Ze directly picked up the glass and checked it, in terms of material, there are still some differences with the glass he touched, and there are still some flaws in some places, but in terms of transparency, there is not much difference from the glass he knows.

"Is this your family heirloom?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"How long has it been?"

"From my grandfather."

"Where did your grandfather find this?"

"Don't hide it from Your Highness, my grandfather is actually a glass craftsman, this thing is made by my grandfather, but someone paid 120,000 taels to buy my grandfather's translucent glass cup, and even almost made my grandfather incur a murder!"

"Later, my grandfather hurriedly took this translucent glass cup to hide in Tibet, ran all the way from the north to the south, and settled in Luzhou."

"Is your grandfather still alive?"

Zuo Shun was stunned: "It's still alive." ”

Chen Ze played with the cup in his hand: "I'm not interested in the cup, I'm more interested in the secret recipe for making this thing, if you can ask your grandfather to get the secret recipe, you can open it." ”

Zuo Shun looked bitter, and hurriedly explained: "If there is really a secret recipe, I will definitely give it to His Highness, but my grandfather can't remember things at all when he is old, not to mention that he was scared out of his heart because of this when he was young, and he forgot about it when he was scared." ”

In fact, when it comes to this matter, the Zuo family is extremely regretful.

When the old man arrived in Luzhou, he was also tinkering, trying to burn this translucent glass cup again, because once this thing can be made into a business, the Zuo family's money is simply inexhaustible.

But the problem is that the old man still remembers the production method when he disagrees and never mentions it.

As the saying goes, the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty.

Once you want to use this thing to do business, you will immediately incur the disaster of killing, and the Zuo family will definitely not leave any survivors at that time.

Finally, Zuo Shun took the exam to become an official, and now he doesn't have to be afraid of being bullied by others, but the old man has forgotten it, and he can't remember how to do it at all.

finally told Chen Ze the truth of the matter, for fear that Chen Ze would think that he was hiding it and not saying it.

After listening to Zuo Shun's explanation, Chen Ze hurriedly asked, "Where is your ancestral hometown?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, the ancestral home of Xia Guan is from Wuzhou."

"Wuzhou ......" Chen Ze frowned: "You tell me about the situation in Wuzhou." ”

Chen Ze didn't know anything about Wuzhou at all, only that it was probably in the northwest.

Zuo Shun couldn't help but be a little embarrassed: "Your Highness, I, I actually don't know the situation in Wuzhou, I was born in Luzhou, I only heard my grandfather talk about some things, and the most he talked about is that we must cherish food and water, and the place where he lives can't drink water at all,"

"Why can't you drink it?"

"The water is salty, people get sick when they drink it, livestock die when they drink it, and they die when they water the fields and even the crops."

Chen Ze suddenly had a sudden moment: "Saline-alkali lake? ”

"Huh? What saline lakes? ”

"Is this translucent glass cup made in winter?"

Zuo Shun was stunned: "Yes, it was indeed burned in winter." ”

"Remember, soda ash!"

Chen Ze was awakened to part of his memory.

Once I went to the northwest with the company to do a public welfare project, and the local tour guide took me to some saline-alkali lakes.

At that time, it was introduced that the salt-alkali lake would crystallize on the shore in winter, and that thing was soda ash, which was the main chemical raw material in the Ming and Qing dynasties and modern times, and could be used to refine glass!