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Chapter 111: Brother Wang, long time no see

"Please look, Master, this is the glass made by Wu Nu!" A guy dressed in Tang Dynasty but with a black skin, holding a crystal clear glass product, bowed to Li Yan standing in front of him with a flattering look. The two rows of yellow teeth shone brightly in the sun, looking very funny. A servant next to him immediately stepped forward, carefully took the glass product, and handed it over to Li Yan.

Li Yan took the glass product and looked at it. He found that it was a glass water cup with a strange shape, like a cow's horn, and there was a seat under it. It looked very simple, but the water cup had a very good permeability and did not look worse than the crystals made by Li Yan in the mirror.

Li Yan nodded with satisfaction, a smile appeared on his face, and said to the black man who claimed to be Wu Nu: "Well, you did a good job. Thank you for your hard work this month. Do it well. In a while, I will have someone to get you a Tang Dynasty household registration."

"Thank you, Master, Wu Nu will do your best and strive to build the glass workshop you have assigned as soon as possible." Hearing Li Yan's praise and promise, Wu Nu immediately knelt down gratefully and kowtowed and said loudly.

This black slave was named Wu Nu. He was a slave from a Persian glass factory since he was a child. He was very proficient in glass making. However, he didn't know why the owner of the glass factory suffered a disaster and his whole family was killed. The industry under his name was also auctioned. As a slave, he was of course part of the auction. He was bought by a merchant walking around and later was taken to the Tang Dynasty. He lived in Chang'an for nearly ten years. He spoke very well in Chinese, but when facing Li Yan, he insisted on calling him Master, because in his opinion, Master is the one who is used to call him the most respected person. As for His Highness, Prince, etc., no Master can reflect his respect.

Seeing the performance of this Wunu, Li Yan was very satisfied. The Hu Shang wanted to blackmail Wang Xijun. Unfortunately, Li Yan handed over this matter to Li Yong. As a result, the greedy businessman immediately brought a beating after he proposed his own conditions to Li Yong. Then Li Yong took people to Hu Shang's house, found the black slave, and took it out, without giving it to the other party.

However, afterwards, Li Yan still sent someone to send two thousand stagnant of money to the Hu Shang. He was not unwilling to pay the money, but he thought that the Hu Shang was too greedy. That was why Li Yong taught him a lesson. However, after the lesson, he would give the money as much as he should. He didn't want people to say that he was a dignified King of Liang bullying others.

After getting this Wunu, Li Yan immediately started to build the glass factory, and the location was next to the cement factory under the original Cement Supervisory Institute. There were people who refined glass, but due to geographical reasons, there were some slight differences in the materials used to make glass. Therefore, this Wunu has been comparing glass raw materials this month, and today he finally made glass that meets Li Yan's requirements.

Next, under the leadership of Wu Nu and the manager who was in charge of the glass factory, Li Yan visited the glass factory and found that the process of burning glass was a bit like steelmaking, and all kinds of raw materials were mixed and melted into liquid. The difference was that the steel could be forged multiple times after forming, while the glass had to blow it into various required shapes at one time while it was cooled.

After visiting the glass factory, Li Yan took a few glass products that were quite visible and prepared to go back and give them to Xiao Wenxin and Wen'er. At the same time, he also told Wu Nu that he would do his best to make flat glass for mirrors and glass with the highest transparency during this period, which would be of great use in a while.

Riding away from the glass factory, Li Yan looked at the scenery along the road, but was thinking about what had happened in the past month. After his wedding, he received a very definite news that during the Chinese New Year this year, the fiefs of these princes would have a major change. According to the inside information obtained by Li Yan, he was likely to be named King of Han, governor of Zhengzhou, and an official for one year.

From this fiefdom, we can see Li Shimin's preference for Li Yan. Zhengzhou is very close to Luoyang. Now the cement road from Chang'an to Luoyang is about to be repaired. It will take only a few days to go from Chang'an to Luoyang, so Li Yan can return to Chang'an at any time. After Yang Fei learned the news, she was very excited to call Li Yan into the palace and told him to come back to see it often after going to the fiefdom. Xiao Yu was also very happy and ran to Li Yan's place and was drunk before going back.

However, Li Yan himself was not satisfied with this fiefdom. Although Zhengzhou is a good place, the iron smelting industry is very prosperous and developed. If Li Yan got there, he would definitely be able to do something. However, this did not meet Li Yan's previous plans. He had been studying the map of the Tang Dynasty for a while, in order to find a good place for himself. As for the change of the fiefdom, Li Yan had already thought of a way, and he would definitely be able to persuade the emperor's father at that time.

Just as Li Yan was rushing towards the city gate, on the official road leading to Chang'an in Taiyuan, a convoy of more than a dozen carriages was slowly coming to Chang'an City. On the front of the manned carriage, there was a young man in his twenties, who looked handsome and beautiful, and was the Taiyuan king Kuang.

The Wang family invested a large amount of money in the coal mine. As soon as they had gained some profit, they were hit into the abyss by Li Yan's series of combined punches. If the cost of investing in the coal mine could not be recovered, it would be a fatal blow to the Taiyuan Wang family, who had long been unable to make ends meet. However, Wang Kuang suddenly discovered that the other party did not seem to intend to kill their Wang family, but had already hinted to them that a trace of vitality. However, whether they could seize this trace of vitality depends entirely on their Taiyuan Wang family's performance.

But everyone understood that if you want to seize this vitality, you must pay a very heavy price. In order to convince the uncles and uncles in the clan, Wang Kuang went to great lengths. In the end, he finally agreed that he would represent the Wang family in Taiyuan and handle the matter with full authority. So he decided to come to Li Yan to personally hold a sincere talk to see what price he had to pay, so that Li Yan would let them go?

He was about to arrive in Chang'an, but Wang Kuang's face was full of solemnity. After his first contact with Li Yan last time, he said in his heart that he admired Li Yan's knowledge very much. When he thought of the bizarre overseas world that Li Yan said, he couldn't help but yearn for it. Since he lost his path to the imperial examination, he has turned all his interests to doing business and exploring the customs and customs of various places. Now, the entire Tang Dynasty and even the surrounding countries have almost all his footprints, but he has never been out of the sea.

However, no matter how much he admires him, he thought of negotiating with the knowledgeable and almost evil King Liang, Wang Kuang had a headache. He had not even thought about how to visit Li Yan's mansion. It would be impossible to go directly to the door. It would be better to have someone familiar with both sides to take him there. After thinking about it, he only thought about Mrs. Wang at the Duke of Song's mansion, which is Li Yan's mother-in-law.

Mrs. Wang is Wang Kuang's cousin, so it would be best for her to take her to Li Yan's mansion, but Wang Kuang also knew that his cousin was not a good-for-nothing person. He was very dissatisfied with the Wang family in Taiyuan because of his neglect of his mother's family. It was definitely not an easy task to persuade her to do such a big favor.

Just as Wang Kuang was thinking about what kind of gift to Mrs. Wang and then when he arrived at her, he suddenly felt that the car was shocked and stopped. At the same time, there was a burst of shouting sound from outside.

Wang Kuang was surprised in his heart. He asked his servant to open the car door and jumped out of the car. Then he found that the gate of Chang'an City was right in front of him, but the gate was crowded with refugees. He suddenly remembered that it seemed that Jinzhou, south of Chang'an, had suffered a disaster this fall. Although the disaster was not serious, many victims escaped from their hometown because they had no food and clothing. It is estimated that these refugees came from Jinzhou.

"Young Master, something happened at the city gate. It seemed that a refugee bumped into a noble man and was scolded by the guards beside the noble man." The servant who Wang Kuang sent to inquire about the news came back soon and said with a tribute.

"Oh? Let's go and see!" Wang Kuang saw that the road was filled with refugees. They could not get through the dozens of big trucks. They were waiting and waiting. It would be better to go ahead and take a look. If they could persuade them, they would persuade them. After all, it was still early. If it was dark and the city gate was closed, they would have to sleep outside the city.

The servant agreed and opened the way with a few people in front of him, and soon protected Wang Kuang to the scene.

But beyond Wang Kuang's surprise, he thought he would see a scene of slaves from wealthy families beating refugees, but what he saw was a few refugees chewing dry food while thanking the team of horse riders. What surprised Wang Kuang even more was that he knew the person in the head of the horse team, Li Yan, the King of Liang who had teased him last time.

After Li Yan left the glass factory, he rode on the horse and kept thinking about his worries. When he arrived at the gate of the city, he was not careful for a moment. In addition, there were many refugees. As a result, the horse hit a thin teenage girl. The guard behind him didn't care who was right or wrong, and immediately shouted at the girl. When the girl and his family saw Li Yan's angry horse in a fresh clothes, they were carrying a team of guards behind him. They were frightened and knelt down and begged for mercy, asking Li Yan not to blame him. He was very depressed. It was obviously his fault, but why did the other party beg him first?

At that moment, Li Yan first scolded the guard a few words, and then asked someone to take out the dry food on his body and distribute it to the refugee. At the same time, he also learned enough of the leaders of later generations to be friendly to the people. He dismounted and held the girl's hand, comforted her and her family with kind words. Of course, he did not forget to tell the other party that he was King Liang Li Yan, so that the family could promote it for himself in the future and let others know how much he loved the people as his son.

Although it was a bit inappropriate to grasp a girl's hand, Li Yan could swear that this girl looked really average, thin and black, and had no appearance at all. Even seeing their family with dirty and messy hair, Li Yan was afraid that they would pass lice onto him. He was not afraid of being a man, but he was just afraid that he would pass it to Wen Xin and the others when he went home. Therefore, he had to take a shower first after going back this time.

Just as Li Yan rode on his horse and was about to go back to the house to take a shower, he suddenly saw Wang Kuang in the crowd, and immediately showed a kind smile on his face and laughed loudly: "Hahaha~ Brother Wang, long time no see. I didn't expect to meet you here today. I have been waiting for you for many days!" (To be continued)!~!
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