"If this is the case, the foreign businessmen in the city must be carefully controlled."
Zhao Jin had not noticed before that there were so many foreign businessmen in Yunzhou City.
Xingmu's eyes flashed slightly. Since he had to control the foreign merchants in the city, he could take this opportunity to rectify the business in the city.
While all parties are still at peace, Zhao Jin needs to strengthen Yunzhou City and increase his own strength.
Ning Ce nodded, obviously agreeing with Zhao Jin's move.
"Most of these foreign merchants sell rare items."
Rare items tend to be more expensive.
Mentioning this, Ning Ce couldn't help but sigh: "Take that glass, I really don't know how they made it."
Liuli?
Zhao Jin thought, "Teacher, are you talking about those somewhat transparent objects?"
"Exactly, it's also colorful. When you look at it under the sun, it looks so colorful. Almost everyone is proud to have colored glaze in their home."
Zhao Jin's eyes turned cold, "Teacher, Liuli is extremely expensive?"
"That's natural. A glass cup costs about a thousand taels of silver." Ning Ce said with a matter-of-fact look on his face, "This kind of treasure is worth it!"
Hearing this, Zhao Jin's eyebrows twitched.
Is it worth it? Is it worth being taken for granted?
"Teacher," Zhao Jin's voice was somewhat condensed, "I have seen the manufacturing method of colored glaze in ancient books."
"What?!"
It was rare for Ning Ce to be so excited and lose his temper.
Liuli is as valuable as gold. I don’t know how many people want to know how to make it, but they have never been able to figure it out. So until now, Liuli is still in the hands of Westerners.
Zhao Jin nodded and said: "This time, the merchants have to help us with the grain planting. Otherwise, the current situation would be unimaginable, so I will give them a gift."
"Sir, are you going to give them the recipe for making colored glaze?"
When Ning Ce heard this, he recalled that Zhao Jin had just said that he knew how to make colored glaze, and asked in disbelief.
Zhao Jin's expression remained unchanged, his star eyes still glowing coldly, "Not bad."
"Sir." Ning Ce disagreed, "This gift is too big."
How popular is colored glaze among wealthy merchants and nobles?
Ning Ce comes from an aristocratic family, so it's obvious.
The method of making colored glaze is more than just a great gift! If it were a smaller businessman or wealthy gentry, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to chew it off!
"Teacher, I am sensible."
Zhao Jin twitched the corner of his mouth, and the smile he showed was frighteningly chilling, "At that time, the teacher knew that this gift was not a huge profit, but a reminder."
A reminder to foreign businessmen, tycoons, and the people of Yunzhou City.
Also, it is also a trial.
When Ning Ce's eyes touched Zhao Jin's expression, his heart trembled.
The eldest prince is obviously angry. Is there something wrong with these colored glazes?
Ning Ce felt vaguely that something was wrong.
Because Zhao Jin insisted, Ning Ce did not stop the matter anymore. He also wanted to know what the reminder Zhao Jin was talking about.
Zhao Jin first asked the Yamen Guard to buy a glass cup and bring it back.
Looking at the glass cups placed on the table, Zhao Jin's eyes became colder.
The glass cup has a hint of green, and the entire cup is translucent, with green spreading irregularly on it, making the glass cup appear warm and translucent.
The sun shines in through the window lattice and falls on the glass cup. The cup body seems to be filled with splendor and is extremely beautiful.
However, Zhao Jin raised his hand and knocked it, and saw at a glance that it was just low-quality colored glaze.
And just such a low-quality glass is already worth more than a thousand taels of silver.
Historically, the Central Plains did not always know the firing method of colored glaze. Later, someone not only developed the firing method, but also made it more exquisite than the colored glaze introduced to the Central Plains.
When Zhao Jin was in modern times, he had seen colored glaze fired by ancient methods many times.
The process of firing colored glaze using the ancient method is relatively complicated, with more than twenty steps.
but……
Zhao Jin's eyebrows seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, and a surge of fire suddenly surged in his chest.
Even the colored glaze fired by the ancient method is only made of a pile of sand! Although the process is complicated, it will never cost as much as a thousand taels of silver.
Don’t say the cost is hundreds of taels of silver, I’m afraid it’s only ten taels of silver at most!
Zhao Jin's eyes were fixed on the glass cup on the table. As for this kind of inferior glass, at best it was a glass handicraft, and at worst it was an inferior product produced because the glass was not made properly.
For one tael of silver, Zhao Jin can make more than one glass cup!
As soon as Jin Quan came in, he saw the glass cup on the table, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Sir, isn't this the priceless glass?"
"Well, if you..."
"Hey!" Jin Quan looked away with difficulty, interrupted Zhao Jin's words, and said in an honest tone: "Sir! This glass is extremely expensive, we have to save some money!"
Jin Quan was like a miser, firmly guarding Zhao Jin's private treasury. "Some time ago, Liang Qiancai took this order from you and paid several thousand taels of silver."
While talking about Jin Quan, he moved closer to the Liuli. His eyes were clearly brightened by the sight, but he still said, "This Liuli doesn't cost another thousand taels!"
"Are you very interested in Liuli?" Seeing Jin Quan's appearance, Zhao Jin raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.
Just when Jin Quan was about to say no, he raised his head to meet Zhao Jin's gaze, and then looked at the exquisite glass cup on the table. He laughed a few times, but still could not go against his will.
"Yes, a little bit."
He raised his hand and pressed his thumb on the top knuckle of his index finger, leaving only a little bit of the knuckle, "Just a little bit."
"Then I'll leave this matter to you."
Zhao Jin happened to be thinking about who to approach to handle this matter.
"Ah?" Jin Quan was stunned, "Sir, what's the matter?"
Staring eyes opened, "Make colored glaze."
"Oh, making colored glaze..."
The next moment, Jin Quan's eyes widened suddenly, "What? Making colored glaze?"
"Is there a problem?" Zhao Jin glanced at him.
"No, no!" Jin Quan shook his head violently.
Zhao Jin laughed and said, "You can find a few craftsmen, you don't have to know how to do anything else."
After a pause, Zhao Jinfang said: "Just find a craftsman who knows how to make ceramics, and prepare some sand, stone solution, limestone, and soda ash."
Recalling that the ancients did not know what soda ash was, Zhao Jin explained a few more words, "Soda ash is a white powder extracted from salt-alkali lakes. If you look for it, you should find it."
"By the way, prepare more of these and take them directly to the smelting field of the Foundry Bureau."
Considering that he didn't know the specific ratio and would probably need to try it several times, Zhao Jin asked Jin Quan to prepare more.
"good."
Jin Quan accepted the order, but he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, can these things be used to make colored glaze?
When Jin Quan sent someone to tell Zhao Jin that he was ready, Zhao Jin put down the official document in his hand and went to the smelting site first.
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