Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 90 Mirror Manufacture Success

"I said you, I just like to worry about it. That's fine, let's not talk about this. You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Come have breakfast with me first." Zhao Wen took Li Xiaoying's hand and walked to the hall.

Although Li Xiaoying has long been used to Zhao Wen's appearance, whenever Zhao Wen took her hand, her face would always turn red.

Zhao Wen pulled Li Xiaoying to sit on the table in the hall, and said to Xiaohuan who was following Li Xiaoying, "Go and tell the kitchen to bring the food to the hall. Today I will eat in the hall."

"Yes!"

Xiaohuan gave a salute, then headed towards the kitchen.

Zhao Xiaoni was wearing a small red dress, cloth shoes on her feet, kicking her calves non-stop, followed behind Xiaohuan, and headed for the kitchen.

Half an hour later, Zhao Wen wiped his mouth and pulled Li Xiaoying up mysteriously.

"Xiao Ni, give me these two rosters." Zhao Wen handed the two rosters to Zhao Xiaoni, who was full of rice grains, and he picked up Li Xiaoying and walked towards the backyard.

"What's the matter? Do you insist on pulling me?" Li Xiaoying blushed, looked at the mysterious Zhao Wen shyly, and asked coquettishly.

Zhao Wen smiled mysteriously and said, "You will know when the time comes."

After a while, Zhao Wen dragged Li Xiaoying to the backyard.

I saw Liu Wu sitting in front of the stone table, staring at the mirror on the stone table intently, like a wooden man.

"Liu Wu, you have nothing to do now, you can go eat." Zhao Wen looked at the sleepy Liu Wu and said in a low voice.

"Yes!"

As soon as Liu Wu clasped his fists, he ran out of the backyard like flying.

Zhao Wen pointed to the palm-sized mirror on the stone table, and said to Li Xiaoying, "This is what I want to show you."

Li Xiaoying looked at the mirror reflecting the silver light, and asked curiously, "Is this silver?"

Zhao Wen chuckled, then picked up the mirror.

At this time, the raw lacquer on the mirror has completely dried, and the thin silver film is also tightly fixed to the back of the mirror by the raw varnish.

Zhao Wen picked up the mirror, smiled mysteriously, and said, "This is a glass mirror. It is a hundred times brighter than a copper mirror. It is precious."

Zhao Wen pointed the mirror at Li Xiaoying's face, and said with a smile, "Do you think so?"

"what!"

Li Xiaoying looked at her clear face in the mirror and screamed.

I saw a face with faint dark circles clearly appearing in the mirror, and the face in the mirror was full of disbelief.

"So clear? Is it me in this mirror? I've never seen myself so clearly." Li Xiaoying blinked at the mirror and asked curiously.

Although there were already glass mirrors in this era, they were basically concentrated in the southeast coast, and there were very few inland areas.

This glass mirror is in the inland, and basically only some rich or noble families can own it.Not to mention the homes of ordinary people, even rich men with a small fortune can't get in touch with them at all.

And Li Xiaoying's home is not a wealthy family, so Li Xiaoying has never seen a glass mirror.

Standing at Zhao Wen's feet, holding the roster, Zhao Xiaoni stretched her neck, tiptoed, and looked curiously at the mirror in Zhao Wen's hand.Unfortunately, she is too small to see at all.

"Don't look at this palm-sized mirror, this mirror will cost at least 50 taels of silver."

"What?! Just such a small piece of mirror will cost 50 taels of silver?" Li Xiaoying opened her mouth wide and looked at the mirror in Zhao Wen's hand in disbelief.

Zhao Wen looked at Li Xiaoying's surprised face, smiled and said, "The cost of such a big mirror is less than a penny. Think about it, how much profit is there?"

"My God, this..." Li Xiaoying was so surprised that she couldn't speak.

The profit among them really surprised Li Xiaoying.

Things that cost less than a penny can be sold for 50 taels.This is simply profiteering.

"But, can such an expensive thing be sold?" Li Xiaoying was shocked, but also a little worried.

Zhao Wen smiled mysteriously and said, "You can watch it when the time comes, I'll take care of your jaw."

"I'll give you this mirror." Zhao Wen took Li Xiaoying's right hand and put the palm-sized mirror into Li Xiaoying's hand.

"Is this not appropriate?"

"What's inappropriate? A small gadget is not worth much." Zhao Wen waved his hand and said boldly.

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Zhao Wen put the roster on the bookshelf in the study, and sat at the desk by himself.

Holding a charcoal pencil in his hand, he writes and draws on a piece of rice paper.

There is almost no Chinese character on this rice paper, basically some simple pictures and arrows.

This is the specific production flow chart of the glass mirror made by Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen put down the charcoal pencil in his hand, slumped on the chair, and let out a long breath, "Oh, these people don't know a single word, it's too difficult for me."

If it weren't for Wang Liuqi's ignorance of big characters, Zhao Wen wouldn't need to draw so hard.

The pictures drawn had to be simple and clear, otherwise Wang Liuqi would not be able to understand them at all.

Zhao Wen picked up the teacup on the desk, took a sip, then rolled up the rice paper and walked outside.

Half an hour later, Zhao Wen found Wang Liuqi who was working at the glass kiln.

Zhao Wen handed the drawings to Wang Liuqi and told Wang Liuqi that the glass mirror must be made before tomorrow afternoon, and then he left the glass kiln.

According to calculations, including the time Fan Zheng spent on the road, they should arrive the day after tomorrow.It is impossible for Fan Zheng and the gang to come galloping from Zhangjiakou Fort on fast horses.So it will take a little longer on the road.

Although Fan Zheng told Zhao Wen that he would go there in four days.But the real time is estimated to be seven or eight days later.

The reason why Zhao Wen asked Wang Liuqi to make it before Fan Zheng arrived was to tell Fan Zheng that I, Zhao Wen, did not lie to you, that I am capable of making mirrors, and that the quality is much better than dioramas.

Now there are only two glass kilns in Longmenbao.

Around the two glass kilns, there are several tall walls.The wall completely separates the glass kiln from the outside world. In this Longmen Fort, it is like a city within a city.

There were soldiers patrolling around the glass kilns all the time. For Zhao Wen, these glass kilns could not tolerate any mistakes.

Inside the enclosure, Zhao Wen built dormitories and canteens for the glass kiln workers.

Even if the food, vegetables or raw materials are transported every day, the food, vegetables or raw materials must be placed outside the gate of the factory area, and the Longmen Army will escort them in.

The workers in the glass kiln live and eat in the glass kiln on weekdays, and cannot enter and leave the glass kiln at will. If anyone wants to go out, they must ask Wang Liuqi for leave.

After asking for leave, you have to report to the soldiers patrolling outside.Only after all this is done can we go out.

Zhao Wen did this to ensure that the secrets in the glass kiln would not be leaked.

Currently, Zhao Wen does not want to expand the glass kiln.

Things are rare and expensive, and so is glass.The number of glass kilns is small, and the output of glass is also small.

The less glass is produced, the less mirrors are produced.The less output of mirrors, the higher the value.

Therefore, if the number of glass kilns built is too much, it is a waste.

After Zhao Wen left the glass kiln, he had nothing to do, so he walked to the discussion field outside Longmen Fort.

With his hands behind his back, he walked around in the arena outside Longmen Fort.

At this time, the shopping mall became more and more prosperous, and basically all the shops in the shopping mall had been rented out.

Those boys stood at the door of the shop, yelling hard at the pedestrians coming and going.

Zhao Wen was wearing a gray linen crew neck today, and a rope was casually tied around his waist.

The already long hair was casually tied behind the head with a hemp rope.

If it weren't for the eyeballs that were looking around blindly, gurgling and turning straight.Pedestrians really didn't recognize Zhao Wen who was dressed like this for a while, they just thought he was a down-and-out poor scholar.

Zhao Wen was wandering on the street, and suddenly saw a middle-aged Confucian scholar wearing a round neck shirt, a goatee, and a square scarf walking slowly on the street.

From time to time, he raised his head and commented on the surrounding buildings or the pedestrians coming and going.

A person dressed like this is really awkward in this field.Zhao Wen became interested for a while, so he followed closely behind the middle-aged Confucian scholar.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that the defense of Longmen Fort has some skills. It can rebuild the ruined Longmen Fort so prosperously. Tsk tsk tsk, this ability alone is much better than those so-called honest men in the court. few."

The middle-aged man stroked his beard and said slowly.

Zhao Wen walked behind him, listened to the middle-aged man's words, and said with a smile in his heart: "You little old man, you do have some eyesight."

"It's just that no matter how powerful he is, he's still just a warrior. He's not a saint's disciple after all. It's a pity."

The Confucian scholar changed the subject, his tone was full of regret, and he kept shaking his head.

When Zhao Wen heard this, he was unhappy at the time.What does it mean to be just a warrior?What do you mean it's a pity not to be a saint's disciple?Who are you scolding in a roundabout way for what you said?
Could it be that you mean that I, Zhao Wen, are not worthy of such abilities?

Zhao Wen became more and more angry when he heard it, and immediately stretched out his right hand, directly grabbing the Confucian scholar's sleeve.

"What do you mean by what you just said?" Zhao Wen looked at the Confucian scholar angrily.

The Confucian scholar looked at Zhao Wen and asked in surprise, "Who are you? Why did you stop me in the street?"

The Confucian scholar broke free from Zhao Wen's right hand, supported his beard, and asked in a low voice.

"Who am I? What are you talking about, who am I? I am this Longmen Fort..." Zhao Wenwen wanted to tell the man his name directly, but after thinking about it, he dismissed the idea.

If he directly told that person his name, the Confucian scholar might directly deny what he just said.

In addition, Zhao Wen also wanted to know what else the Confucian scholar could say next, so he didn't say his name.

"Ahem, I'm just an idler in this Dragon Gate Castle. Just now I heard you say that the defense of the Dragon Gate Castle is not good, so I want to ask you, why is the defense of the Dragon Gate Castle not good? It's a pity that you are not a saint's disciple. ?" Zhao Wen hastily held back the word "defense", coughed twice, and continued.

(End of this chapter)