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    Hearing Li Min mention the reward, Wang Xijun frowned and said hesitantly: "Your Highness, we have found someone who can make glass, but something went wrong/./"

    "Oh, what's the problem?" As soon as she heard that someone who could make glass had been found, Li Min immediately became excited. The perfume bottles and mirrors she gave to her mother-in-law before were all made of polished crystal. Not only did the output  It is extremely low, and the cost is extremely expensive. The perfume he produces now can only be held in opaque porcelain bottles, and mirrors cannot be mass-produced at all.  That¡¯s why Li Min is very eager to make glass. You must know that glass products are a good thing. Not only can they be made into daily necessities such as mirrors and bottles, but they can also be made into chemical instruments and various optical instruments. For example, Li Min wants to make the most.  telescopes, glass windows, etc.

    Hearing Li Min¡¯s question, Wang Xijun sighed and told the story of the man who could make glass.  No one in the Tang Dynasty knew how to make glass. Although the firing process of locally produced colored glaze is very similar to that of glass, if you want the colored glaze craftsmen to make glass, it is not something that can be completed in a short time.  It doesn't matter that no one in the Tang Dynasty knew it. There were many barbarians in Chang'an. Many of these barbarians came from Persia and other places in Central Asia, which is one of the producing areas of glass, so Li Min believed that some of these barbarians must know the glass-making technology.  , so the targets of the reward are mainly these barbarians.

    Sure enough, not long after the reward was issued, a Hu businessman came to apply for the job. What was unexpected was that this Hu businessman himself did not know how to make glass, but he had a slave who had worked in a local glass workshop in Persia.  In the past ten years, I have become very proficient in the materials and firing of glass.

    Wang Xijun didn't care whether he was a slave or not, as long as he could burn glass, so he generously wanted to exchange the reward of thousands of dollars for Hu Shang's slave, but he didn't expect that the other party was not only greedy, but also very smart. He said that the reward of thousands of dollars was offered  Just ask for the technology for firing glass.  If he was only given a thousand guan, he could ask the slave to provide the glass technology, but the slave would still be his.  If you want both technology and slaves, you will have to pay another thousand guan, which is the price of the slave itself.

    Wang Xijun became angry when he heard this. Although what this Hu Shang said sounded very reasonable, a mere slave cost a thousand guan. This was obviously blackmail. There were people who specialized in selling slaves in Chang'an City.  The average slave only costs a few guan, and the most expensive Kunlun slave only costs a few dozen guan. I have never heard of a slave being sold for more than a hundred guan, but now this Hu merchant is really talking.  A slave actually asked for a thousand guan. Isn't this blackmail?  Of course Wang Xijun could not agree, but Hu Shang's attitude was also very firm, so the matter was now at a stalemate.

    After listening to Wang Xijun's account, Li Min weighed it in his mind. Although he could definitely make glass as long as he had the glass-making technology and left it to the craftsmen to study, it would definitely cost more than one manpower and material resources.  Qian Guan.  Coupled with the time wasted, the cost is even higher. Therefore, from a cost perspective, it is definitely worth spending thousands of dollars to buy a slave who is proficient in glass making. After all, as long as this person is around, as long as the materials are suitable.  The glass can be removed in the shortest possible time.  But thinking about spending a thousand guan to buy a slave, Li Min also felt a little depressed. It wasn't that he was heartbroken about the thousand guan, but that he saw it was a trap and still had to jump into it.  This feeling of being cheated is really unpleasant.

    Li Min was not a person who was willing to suffer losses. He thought of a good idea as soon as he rolled his eyes. He smiled evilly and asked Wang Xijun to tell Li Yong about it.  Then let Li Yong 'talk' with that Hu Shang.  When Wang Xijun heard this, he immediately understood what Li Min meant and snickered at Li Min's shamelessness. Who doesn't know that Li Yong's brat has such a temper?  If that Hu businessman dares to ask him for a random price, Li Yong will definitely let him know, what does it mean to be a dandy of the Tang Dynasty?

    However, Li Min was still a little worried about Li Yong's ability to do things. He wrote a letter to him personally, telling him that it was okay to commit crimes and beat people, but he must get the slave intact. If he succeeded,  After hearing this, the glass factory he opened later gave him 10% of his shares for free.

    "Your Highness, forget about the fireworks last time, but this time you even want others to interfere with the glass. Do you know how much profit this 10% share is?" Seeing Li Min's letter, he wanted to give it to Li Yongyicheng.  Shares, Wang Xijun said with distress.

    "Haha~, you're such a money-crazy little guy, why haven't you forgotten about the fireworks yet?" Li Min looked at Xijun's distressed expression and reached out to scratch her nose affectionately.

    "How could I have forgotten? Those are fireworks. During the August Festival, didn't you see how many people rushed to buy the fireworks as soon as they came on the market? But you are lucky. Not only do you not produce them yourself, but you have not even registered a patent.  , he actually gave it to the general and supervisor in the palace for free, and he got a share of it.I don't want any money, you" Wang Xijun has long been used to Li Min's frivolity, but when he said this, his face was filled with pain and sorrow, and he almost pointed at Li Min's nose and called him a prodigal.

    "Hehe, why do you, girl, only think about money?" Li Min rubbed Xijun's head even more. Although he was smiling, he actually felt pain in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. Sooner or later, he would have to offer the gunpowder.  Go ahead, thermal weapons will be developed sooner or later, and the gunpowder formula must be kept secret. He doesn't want to spread the gunpowder formula to surrounding countries. If they come up with any new weapons, the Tang Dynasty will still be the same in the end.  The army suffered a loss?

    However, his father, the emperor, specified that the fireworks should be produced, and Li Min wanted to keep the formula of gunpowder secret. However, if the fireworks were produced in his house, it would definitely not be kept secret. After all, the craftsmen were recruited from outside.  There is no such thing as trust.  In addition, it was not safe. Li Min didn't want to fall asleep and suddenly fly into the sky with a roar.

    So Li Min thought about it for a long time, and finally he came up with a way, which was to find the chief craftsman Yu Wenhu and provide him with the gunpowder formula and the method of making fireworks. The chief craftsman already had craftsmen who produced fireworks.  and workshops, so manpower and space are not a problem. In addition, as a government agency in the palace, it is not very difficult to keep confidentiality, so giving them the production of fireworks solves Li Shimin's request and can also keep confidentiality.  The only drawback is that Li Min can't make a penny from fireworks.

    Everything has advantages and disadvantages. If you want to keep it secret while not delaying production, you always have to pay a price!  Li Min could only comfort himself and Wang Xijun with these words, although Xijun wanted to know why Li Min had to keep the gunpowder formula secret?  It's a pity that Li Min didn't say anything, so she had no choice but to give up.

    After reporting these things, Wang Xijun stopped staying. The follow-up plans for the Wang family in Taiyuan and the expansion of perfume production were enough to keep her busy for a while, and she could also use this busy time to make Li Min bigger.  Forget about the marriage, although Xijun had never had any extravagant hopes for the position of princess, but whenever he saw the lively scene of lights and colorful decorations in Prince Liang's palace, he couldn't help but feel a surge of sadness in his heart, and sometimes even his eyes felt astringent.

    As soon as Wang Xijun was sent away, Li Min picked up Three Kingdoms and was about to continue reading, but a servant came to report again that his uncle Duan Lun, who was the minister of the Ministry of Works, came again.  Li Min didn't dare to neglect and prepared to change his clothes and go to meet him in front of him, but he didn't expect that Duan Lun couldn't wait at all and actually asked his servants to take him to Li Min's study.

    "Haha~, Liulang, I'm so happy!" As soon as Duan Lun came in, he shouted to Li Min with a big smile, his old face flushed with excitement, and even his beard stood up.

    As soon as he saw the other party's appearance, Li Min immediately made a guess. He also smiled and said: "Haha, Liulang, congratulations to uncle, for finally developing the steel filling method. You have made such great political achievements in office, and you will definitely be admired."  My father, Longyan, is very happy, and coupled with the Quyuan plow presented by your hands a month ago, I think it will not be an exaggeration to make him a county king in the future."

    "Where is it? This is all thanks to Rokuro. The steel filling method is thanks to your theory. Not to mention the curved shaft plow. It was completely made by you. I also took advantage of you.  !" Duan Lun said hurriedly and humbly.  He is really convinced by Li Min now. Not to mention this newly developed steel filling method, only the invention of the curved shaft plow last time surprised him and all the officials of the Ministry of Industry.

    Last time, Duan Lun was very dissatisfied because the steel filling method provided by Li Min was just a theory. Finally, Li Min promised him that he would make a new thing and give it to Duan Lun as compensation. So after a few days, Li Min  Xin took the already prepared curved shaft plow to the Ministry of Industry and demonstrated to them the use of this new type of plow. As a result, this plow, which was flexible in operation and extremely economical in manpower and animal power, immediately aroused Duan Lun's interest.  Pay attention to.

    Duan Lun immediately ordered craftsmen to imitate the model and sent it to farms near Chang'an for trial use. People who used it unanimously responded that this new type of plow is much better than the previous straight-shaft plow. As long as it is operated properly, one person can even produce more than 100,000 ploughs.  After clearing out several acres of land, Duan Lun finally felt confident, so he presented the Quyuan Plow to Li Shimin and asked for vigorous promotion.  As an emperor who attached great importance to farming, Li Shimin was overjoyed when he saw the effectiveness of the Quyuan Plow. He decided not to promote it in the coming year, and also greatly rewarded Duan Lun, Li Min and other officials from the Ministry of Industry.

    "The curved shaft plow has just been presented, and now the steel filling method has been solved. When Datang's steel output increases several times in the future, I am afraid Duan Lun's name will also leave a strong mark in the history books.  Duan Lun also thought of this, so he was so enthusiastic about Li Min.

    Li Min saw that Duan Lun was so happy. He happened to have something to ask of him, so he came up to him with a smile and said, "Uncle, you see that my nephew has spared no effort to help you. Now my nephew happens to have something difficult to ask of you. Look,  ¡­¡±(this site.com Your support is my greatest motivation.??)

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