Ming Zuo

Chapter 99 Branch [Fifth]

Time is the best weapon to heal wounds.

When the Chaoguan Wharf was bombed, many people's homes were destroyed.

However, a few months later, life in Linqing has returned to normal.

The biggest bustle of the people is the glass factory in the south of the city.

No one has ever seen such a large workshop, the scene of tens of thousands of people working together is really amazing.

Every day, many people run over to watch the fun, and after they come back, they have another talk.

However, as the factory built a wall and could not see what was inside, the people reluctantly dispersed.

"Brother Zuo has foresight, my little brother really admires it."

The factory is about to open, and Wang Weiran is here too.As soon as we met, the sourness in his tone could not be hidden.

After seeing the firing process of glass, this guy imitated it immediately after returning.

The addition of sand and limestone, even the ratio is correct.

But the stove couldn't hold up, and it burned out every time.

At this point, Wang Weiran realized that Zuo Menggeng hid his back.

"Brother Wang didn't want to invest because he saw this little brother."

Zuo Menggeng was thick-skinned and didn't care at all.

The Xu family also came.

"I'm Xu Erlu."

This time, it was the third child of the Xu family. While introducing himself, he looked at Zuo Menggeng with a strange expression.

"It turned out to be third brother Xu, I wonder why the elder brother didn't come?"

Xu Erlu looked at Cangyun with a faint tone.

"My big brother...I don't want to see you."

Zuo Menggeng smiled and didn't care.

It seems that Xu Er felt a little angry last time.

Xu Erlu came here, and there was another task.

"I have brought the heavy stone you asked for. It is difficult to mine, and due to the chaos in Nanjiang, there are not many."

Zuo Menggeng was overjoyed when he heard that the tungsten ore was delivered.

With tungsten ore, you can get tungsten steel, and you can rifling the steel barrel.

Soon, all the shareholders from all walks of life came together.

We first inspected the factory.

The grand scene made everyone very satisfied, watching each piece of glass products being made, in the eyes of these people, it has been transformed into sparkling silver.

"There has never been a workshop like this in the world. From now on, glass will be sold all over the world."

Zhang Zonghuan was very excited and suggested.

To name the factory...

Zuo Menggeng didn't think much, and said directly: "Just call Fuyao Glass."

Everyone o(╯□╰)o
Liu Yiyuan couldn't help baring his teeth.

"This name..."

Zhang Haogu is welcome.

"vulgar."

Although the rest of the people didn't speak, they could tell by looking at them that they agreed.

Zuo Menggeng was not happy.

"Glass is a crystal clear thing. It can be sold all over the world in exchange for countless money. Isn't this a blessing for me? What's wrong with the name of Fuyao?"

I make glass, what's wrong with Fuyao?
Do you understand the gold content in it?
When he said this, everyone was stunned and tasted it carefully, and found that there was nothing wrong with the name.

It may sound a bit vulgar at first, but the glass produced here is not a high-end route, and the selling price is not expensive.A name that is too elegant is not conducive to spreading.

So far, the factory has a name, Fuyao Glass.

The factory is divided into several areas, each performing its own duties.

Because they are all made by local methods, each factory area has a furnace, so as to ensure the supply of glass.

To make glass cups and glass bottles, you only need to pour the glass melt on the mold.For craftsmen with good craftsmanship, the scrap rate is even lower than [-]%, and the glass products they make are very beautiful.

And these glass products, the cost is only ten cents.If you get it on the market and sell it, you only need to sell it for fifteen cents to make a big profit.

Most of the products sold by major shareholders in various places are also of this type.

But there is another one that attracts everyone's attention.

"What's the use of this thing?"

Qu Shisi picked up a glass cover and could not see how to use it.

Zuo Menggeng smiled and said: "Mingfu, this is used to make lamps. You see, there are finished products here. Just put kerosene and wick in it, and after lighting it, it can provide light. This kind of lamp can be carried on foot. It can also be placed on the book desk. Because the cover is glass and the base is iron, it is not afraid of water. Moreover, with this cover, it also avoids the suffering of smoke and fire."

Qu Shiqi Daqi, under Zuo Menggeng's guidance, took a few steps with a kerosene lamp.

"This thing is better than a guard's lantern. Walking at night is like walking in the daytime. It is great."

Zuo Menggeng quickly seized the opportunity.

"Not only can it be used by watchmen, but it can also be placed at intervals in the streets and alleys. In this way, people travel much safer at night. Under the lights, those who do bad things must be timid."

Zhang Jimeng was a little worried.

"I'm afraid this thing will be stolen."

Many people have never seen the glass, and they are malicious to steal it. It is not easy to trace it in this era.

Zuo Menggeng laughed out loud, and only one sentence dispelled everyone's doubts.

"This thing is only [-] to [-] yuan. Wouldn't it be foolish to go to prison for stealing this thing? Besides, people would be surprised if it was rare. If it were everywhere, it would be commonplace."

Unfortunately, his sales did not go well.

Although this kind of glass lamp is not expensive, there are too many poor people these days.Many people live in the dark at night. If they stole a lamp and used it back, they would definitely be willing to do it.

But it's really good for watchmen and yamen.

Qu Shi Si thought silently and found that if all the lighting in the yamen were replaced with this kind of lamps, the candle money saved in a year would be considerable.

The most important thing is that you can continue to use candles for accounting and save the cost...

"This item is good, the yamen will order a batch, and the price will be twenty cents."

Just opened, the first business came to the door, and it was from a local yamen, and all the shareholders were very happy.

But when it came to the next department, no one could keep calm.

I saw that there was no paper pasted on the windows outside the factory, but all of them were embedded with transparent flat glass.For a time, the window is bright and clean, and the inside and outside are transparent, which is really refreshing.

In fact, Zuo Menggeng took out the flat glass when he was attracting investment, and told them that it could be used as a window.But many things are like this. If you haven't seen them on the spot, people's acceptance will not be too high.

Now that they have seen the real thing, a group of shareholders have been running back and forth in and out, and they all understand the value of this kind of glass.

"Brother Zuo, this thing is very good, but it can't be transported long distances, what can I do? For the current plan, it is the best way to set up factories in various places and sell the output."

Wang Weiran's eyes were red, and if Zuo Menggeng didn't agree, he would not give up.

Originally thought that glass cups, glass bottles, and glass lamps would be very popular, but after seeing the usage of flat glass, Wang Weiran understood that these people bought the casket and returned the beads.

With such glass windows, who would use the cloudy and stuffy window paper again?
The most important thing is that the price of glass is actually cheaper than window paper...

Even the finest window paper can't help being exposed to the wind, sun and rain, and needs to be repaired from time to time.More sophisticated people in the south will even use expensive yarn to make windows.

The most top-of-the-line people use Ming tiles as windows.

Mingwa is a translucent solid formed by mixing shells and mica in the sea.

The price of this thing...

As for ordinary people's homes, many of them can't even use paper, so they can only use straw mats to cover their windows.

But when there is a problem, the straw mats woven by the common people are more expensive than glass.

That is to say, once the glass windows are rolled out for sale, it will have an irresistible impact on the market.

I don't dare to say more, all people who can afford window paper will basically replace them with glass windows.

One of the fundamental reasons why glass is so cheap is that the glass products here are actually not pure.All the glass glowed with a severe green light, far from the colorless degree of later generations.

The reason is that the technology is not enough.

But to solve this problem, it will take some time to accumulate.

Of course, the price of colorless glass will definitely be more expensive.

All shareholders understand the value of flat glass, but there is a big problem.

That is transportation.

Flat glass is very fragile and can be damaged by a slight bump.In today's traffic conditions, long-distance transportation is simply not practical.

If a hundred pieces of flat glass are transported to Shanxi, it is a blessing to invite [-] pieces of glass to be intact.

Therefore, the only way is to produce locally and sell locally.

The value of flat glass has made shareholders support Wang Weiran's proposal.

Seeing that everyone was of the same opinion, Wang Weiran sneered inwardly.

Zuo, are you shooting yourself in the foot, thinking that the secret of refractory bricks can be kept?
At that time, as long as workshops are built in various places, the secret of refractory bricks will not be easily revealed by the methods of the Wang family?

Unless Zuo Menggeng can resist the pressure of shareholders, he will not agree to this method.

But if that's the case, it will block everyone's way of making money, and make everyone hate them all at once.

Wang Weiran was calm on the surface, proud on the inside, and quite content with his own calculations.

He wants to see, what can Zuo Menggeng do?
　Thanks to Mrs Xing and Wei Ai Qinger for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)