Xia Tingwei already had some awareness of marriage, so the first thing she thought of was that Fang Xiaoyu also treated her as his fiancée. Thinking of this, Xia Tingwei's face turned red, but for some reason, there was a hint of sweetness in her heart. Seeing Xia Tingyun
Looking in the mirror excitedly, Xia Tingwei also blushed and took the mirror from Fang Xiaoyu's hand, whispering: "Thank you."
Fang Xiaoyu didn't know why Xia Tingwei blushed when she took the mirror. He didn't regard Xia Tingyun as his fiancée at all, so he couldn't think of Xia Tingwei's complicated thoughts. He just simply thought that such a beautiful girl should have one side that he could see clearly.
It's just a mirror of your own beauty. If he knew what Xia Tingwei was thinking, he would definitely laugh and tell her that you are thinking too much, and then run away to indulge in yourself.
Fang Xiaoyu sent away the two happy girls and began to think about how to make money with glass. If you want to make money with glass, you must first solve the problem of raw materials. Quartz sand, feldspar, and limestone are not problems, no one wants these.
Things cost nothing at all and can be found everywhere.
Soda ash is a bit troublesome. Although there is no chemical industry and it is impossible to make soda ash, there is still some natural soda ash, at least there will not be a shortage in the short term. Boric acid is more troublesome, although boric acid is not used in the oldest glass manufacturing method.
, but he did not intend to use it, because the glass produced by that method was not pure enough and was often accompanied by a large number of pores. It can be said that it is more ornamental than practical.
Finally, Fang Xiaoyu finally thought of a way to use borax instead of boric acid. Boric acid is made from borax and sulfuric acid, so the two things are the same in composition. Now he has no way to make sulfuric acid, so he can only use borax. Fortunately, he can use borax to make sulfuric acid.
Borax just takes longer to make glass. In the Lanfang Empire, there is a medical system similar to traditional Chinese medicine. Borax, as a medicinal material, is sold in pharmacies, so the source of this raw material is not a problem.
. I have also arranged this project. I believe that in the near future, another new money-making tool will be born.
After three days of work, Fang Xiaoyu made a batch of glass, which was mainly glass plates. Fang Xiaoyu planned to transport these glass products home first, let the three grandfathers see the effect, and also communicate with the uncle by the way. The glass was carefully
They were wrapped in straw, cotton and cloth and placed on a cart. Fang Xiaoyu did not dare to move quickly, and it took him a whole morning to transport them home.
As soon as he entered the door, his uncle Fang Weiming, who had already received the news, came out. He took Fang Xiaoyu's arm and asked with a smile: "Xiaoyu, you are so embarrassed that you didn't tell your uncle that you had a new thing."
"What?" Fang Xiaoyu was stunned by the uncle's words. Fang Weiming said: "Yesterday, Marshal Xia came to our house with a crystal clear cup. I stupidly asked him what it was, but in the end, Marshal Xia also asked
I was stunned. After Marshal Xia explained it, I found out that it was you who gave it to the two little girls of the Xia family. You really forgot about your uncle when you had a wife. You actually gave such a good thing to your wife first without even saying a word to your uncle.
"
What's this and what? Ever since Fang Xiaoyu came up with more and more new gadgets, Fang Weiming has become very fond of him. So Fang Weiming's attitude towards this little nephew has become better and better, and he even started to tease him often.
Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "How is it possible? They just happened to catch up, so I gave it to them. Besides, what did the uncle think I was doing when I came back today?" After speaking, he pointed to the large driveway behind: "This one
The cars are all delivered to our homes, so let everyone see the fresh ones first." Fang Weiming said with a smile: "That's pretty much it, why don't we let the uncle open his eyes first."
At this time, an old voice sounded from in front of them: "Wei Ming, are you in such a hurry, why don't you wait for us?" Turning the corner of the room, Fang Rui and three other old people came out, and it was Fang Rui who spoke just now.
Fang Weiming immediately stepped forward and said with an embarrassed smile: "Father, I just want to take a look first."
Fang Rui walked up to Fang Xiaoyu and nodded: "Xiaoyu, you are back." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "I have been working hard these days to make a batch, and I sent it home first." Wu Wei also stepped forward and smiled.
He said: "Xiaoyu, you know how to coax girls, and you made the three of us look embarrassed in front of Marshal Xia." Fang Xiaoyu's face turned red, and he said sheepishly: "There is no way, the output of this new product is too low, so we delayed it.
So many days.”
The second grandfather Fang Qiong also stepped forward and said: "Xiaoyu, don't stand here anymore. Come to the house quickly and show your new gadgets to the grandfathers." Fang Xiaoyu waved and asked the slaves to carefully carry the package.
After a while, everyone in the family came to see what was new. Fang Xiaoyu first removed the straw with a smile, took out a spherical bottle and four beautiful glasses and said with a smile: "
Grandpas three, what do you think of this?"
Fang Rui and the other three people hurriedly took it and looked through it carefully, and the others also came over. After playing with it for a long time, Fang Qiong said: "Xiaoyu, how do you divide this?" Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "What do you divide it into? The manufacturing cost of this is very high.
I've made a lot of them, and I plan to give each of the three grandfathers, uncles, aunts, and brothers and sisters a set." After hearing Fang Xiaoyu's words, everyone cheered. Fang Rui glanced around and said, "What are you shouting for?
What does it look like to make such a loud noise in the main hall?" Fang Rui's clan leader's majesty was still very effective, and everyone was so surprised that they immediately did not dare to speak.
Fang Xiaoyu then took out another mirror. Since the production method was relatively unfamiliar, he could not make various patterns. These mirrors were still rectangular and half the size of the two mirrors of the Xia sisters. However, due to sufficient time,
The wooden frame was made more exquisitely, not only with patterns engraved on it, but also with a layer of paint. Fang Ruixi and Fang Xiaoyu were most familiar with each other. She ran over directly, grabbed the mirror and couldn't put it down and said: "Xiaoyu, this is for you.
Let me do it." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "This is a mirror, for girls to put on makeup. This mirror is for you, not only you, every aunt and sister has it." Several other girls in the Fang family
They all cheered and ran over to get their own mirrors.
Fang Xiaoyu would not favor one over the other. This time he was fully prepared. Not only did everyone in the family have a set of cups, but every woman also had a mirror. Even her married aunts also had a copy. Fang Xiaoyu sent someone to send them over. They were all divided.
After finishing the things, there was still a lot of things left on the ground. Fang Rui looked at it doubtfully and asked, "Xiaoyu, what are the remaining things?" Fang Xiaoyu smiled mysteriously: "You need to look at this in another place." Fang Xiaoyu ordered someone.
I carried my things and went to the uncle's bedroom. The family members were all very surprised and followed me.
Arriving at the door of Grandpa Fang Rui's bedroom, Fang Xiaoyu glanced around and said with a smile: "Tear down all the windows." Hearing Fang Xiaoyu's words, Fang Rui was startled: "Xiaoyu, you want to tear down all the windows?"
Grandpa's house." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "You will know in a moment." Fang Rui was also curious about what Fang Xiaoyu was going to do, so he had to watch first. The Fang family has many servants, and the number of people is powerful, and soon all of them will
The windows have all been torn down.
These windows were all made into ten centimeter square grids and covered with window paper. Fang Xiaoyu ordered people to pierce and tear off all the window paper. Then he took out ten centimeter square glass plates from the straw. Due to the current technology,
It was relatively backward. The glass plates were of different thicknesses and it was impossible to make large pieces of glass. He simply cut the glass into small pieces and installed them one by one on the window panes. Although it was more troublesome to install the glass in this way, there were many people working on it. Under Fang Xiaoyu’s command,
Next, it took the servants an hour to install glass on all the windows. When the windows were installed again, everyone couldn't help but walk into Fang Rui's room to experience it.
With the glass window, Fang Rui's room is no longer dark. Even in the evening, the room is still very bright. Fang Rui smiled and said: "Haha, this is great. When Marshal Xia comes again, I will take yesterday's
Get back your face." Fang Wei said: "Xiaoyu, you won't just install glass windows for the grandfather." Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Of course not, I have prepared enough glass and plan to replace it for all three grandfathers.
After installing glass windows and producing some, I plan to replace all the windows in the whole house.”
Fang Qiong interrupted him and said: "Xiaoyu, your grandfather and I are not in a hurry to replace the glass windows." Fang Xiaoyu and Fang Wei looked at Fang Qiong in surprise, Fang Qiong smiled and said: "If we first
What effect do you think will be achieved by putting glass windows on the Emperor's Qinzheng Palace?" After hearing this, Fang Xiaoyu suddenly realized that this second grandfather was so good at advertising that he even went to the Emperor. Not only did he make advertisements, but he also filmed them.
The emperor's flattery, this really kills two birds with one stone. When all the officials go to court and see the bright Qinzheng Palace, this advertising effect is even more effective than the last time I gave the emperor Lanfang candy.