After inspecting her son's workshop, Zhu Niang decided to join.
Zhu Hao was very satisfied with his mother's attitude. The mother and son returned home and told Aunt Li about the matter. Aunt Li asked puzzledly: "Didn't my sister say before that she would not get involved in other businesses? Why did she only go there for one day?"
Then you changed your mind?"
Aunt Li's eyes were a little narrow, as if she was saying, you are such an unprincipled mother? Are you shaken after going out with your son?
Zhu Niang didn't know how to describe it, so she hesitated for a while and explained: "After seeing it with my own eyes, I think it looks pretty decent. I simply have nothing to do now."
What a "presentable" method, she didn't say.
But Zhu Hao knows in his heart that anyone who has visited the laboratory will be surprised by the scale of the laboratory and the sense of technology that is beyond this era. It can burn sand red, blow it through machinery, and directly turn it into bottles.
Bottles and jars... they are simply amazing workmanship.
After all, Zhu Niang had some foresight, so she made up her mind to invest after just one inspection.
"Mom, this workshop in the city is of an experimental nature. If we really want to produce it on a large scale, it would cost about one to two hundred taels of silver to open a workshop by the river outside the city." Zhu Hao made a plan.
If you decide to invest, I will ask you for money immediately.
Zhu Niang frowned: "Do you need so many?"
Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Not much, you have to pay some patent fees, purchase materials in large quantities, pay workers' wages, etc. The key is to build a factory next to the river...that is, a workshop, and build some iron containers.
And clay pots, etc..."
Zhu Niang rolled her eyes at her son: "You make a list of how much it costs, and I will control it myself... I can't give you the money, just tell me what to do."
Zhu Hao stuck out his tongue: "Mom, are you trying to steal my business? Are you going to be the boss as soon as you get here?"
"Ha ha."
Aunt Li teased from the side, "Master Hao, do you know what your mother is thinking? If you follow up on this business, of course your mother will have to make the decision... Your mother is the big boss, you are just the little boss."
Zhu Hao pretended to be very reluctant, but in fact he wanted Zhu Niang to take charge of the overall situation, so that as long as he completed the experiment, he could hand over the follow-up work. After all, all the money Zhu Hao earned was his, so there was nothing he could not believe.
Trustworthy question...
The focus of Zhu Hao's career is still on the imperial examination. If he becomes an official one day, he will not be able to take care of business matters.
If Zhu Niang is responsible...
It is simply his solid backing!
"Mom, I have a day off tomorrow. Let's go out to the city to choose a location. The workshop has a huge demand for water and we need to build several waterwheels... Actually, I asked someone to look at it before. You can refer to it then..."
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After Zhu Niang handed over the matter of drying salt, she was depressed and depressed for a long time.
She has the character of a strong woman, but she is trapped in the times and has no chance to express herself. It was her son who opened the Pandora's box in her heart and made her feel the joy of being the master of the family and becoming the leader.
With her husband gone, the widow has nothing to do with her son, but if she puts all her energy into her career, her life will be much more exciting.
Half a month has passed.
The workshop jointly owned by Zhu Hao and Zhu Niang began to put into production. The first thing they made was glass containers, including all kinds of transparent bottles and jars.
During the manufacturing process, the flat glass with better quality was blown out, and Zhu Hao used chemical silver plating to try to make silver mirrors.
Because the flat glass produced by the blowing method was of poor quality, Zhu Hao began to experiment with rolling, pouring and other methods to manufacture flat glass.
Throughout the spring, Zhu Hao was working on these things. The laboratory became a scientific and technological reserve for Ming Dynasty's industrial production, and the research on three acids and two alkali became more in-depth.
On the ninth day of April, Su Xigui finally took time out of his busy schedule to come to Anlu. He wanted to talk to Zhu Hao about improving the salt drying process in the salt farm, so he was led by his shopkeeper and met Zhu Hao who had returned from studying at the palace at noon.
, Zhu Hao met him with Zhu Niang.
"Shopkeeper Su, let me show you something good..."
Zhu Hao showed Su Xigui the glass products he had just made.
Su Xigui looked at it carefully, and when he was confused, the shopkeeper who followed him reminded him: "My boss, it seems to be Liuli..."
Su Xigui asked in confusion: "Third Madam, Master Zhu, have you stopped drying salt recently and transformed colored glaze? In the past, I only heard about people in Lingnan who were tinkering with this stuff. How did this craftsmanship spread to Huguang?"
Zhu Niang was very nervous after hearing this. Isn't this a family-owned relationship?
That's not what my son said. He invested at least one hundred taels of silver into it... It's not like there won't even be any sales, right? Is this a plan to lose everything?
"Dongzhu Su, you don't think that our craftsmanship is comparable to those of small workshops, right? This kind of material..."
As Zhu Hao spoke, he suddenly picked up a glass bottle and threw it on the ground. He heard a "crash" and broke into pieces, which shocked Su Xigui.
Su Xigui shrank back: "How can such a good thing be lost so easily? It's worth one or two taels of silver, right?" As he said this, he looked at the shopkeeper who followed him with a questioning look. He was obviously not very knowledgeable. He needed to
Ask your subordinates if there is a market for this thing.
The shopkeeper was also surprised.
Glaze products are most afraid of withstanding external forces, just like white jade. I have never seen Zhu Hao waste things like this, just to prove that the quality of his own products is good? Does it sound crisp when dropped?
"Show Dongzhu Su something good." Zhu Hao took out something from his arms.
Madam Zhu has never seen this thing before.
Su Xigui took it and took a look at it in his hand. He almost dropped it to the ground because of his unsteady hand. Zhu Hao quickly reminded: "Dongzhu Su, please be careful. If this thing is broken, I can't get you a new one."
...If you say that the bottle just now is worth one tael of silver, how much do you think this thing is worth?"
Zhu Niang poked her head to see what it was, and even the waiter at the teahouse who came to serve tea couldn't help but take a look.
"What are you looking at? Get down!"
Su Xigui put the things in his arms so that no one could see them. After scolding the waiter, he took the things out again and spread them out in front of Zhu Niang and his shopkeeper. Everyone at the table took a breath.
It's a mirror.
In this era, only bronze mirrors were available. It is difficult to describe the quality of the ground mirrors.
What was in front of him was a standard glass mirror. When there was enough light, the person's face was clearly illuminated.
"Master Zhu, how many more of these do you have? Oh... Third Madam, you didn't make this, did you?" Su Xigui didn't know who to discuss business with at the moment.
Zhu Niang looked at her son with a surprised look. She had been taking care of the workshop recently. She had seen a lot of glass bottles, glazed bowls, glazed cups and even glazed tiles, but this was the first time she saw this mirror. She didn't know that her son would be there.
Deceiving yourself about such an important matter.
Zhu Hao sighed: "Dr. Su, let's talk about the value of this thing... I'm also worried that the cost of this thing is too high. A small mirror costs several taels of silver. If it is sold at the cost price, I'm afraid it will be all Isn’t it easy?”
Su Xigui smiled and said nothing. The shopkeeper next to him reminded: "If there are good things in this world, don't worry about not selling... There are many rich people in the world."
"Then how much is such a small mirror worth?" Zhu Hao asked.
Su Xigui tentatively made a price: "Ten taels?"
After thinking about it, I probably felt that I had said too little, so I immediately changed my mind: "Fifteen taels can always be sold."
Zhu Hao smiled and took back the mirror in Su Xigui's hand. Su Xigui swallowed and was a little reluctant to part with it. No matter how much this thing is worth, would you please give me a piece first?
"I have something else here, convex lenses and concave lenses, what are they specifically used for... It's like this. Some scholars have bad eyesight, and their vision in the distance is blurry. If they put on lenses... their eyes will be clear... There are also people, mainly the elderly, who cannot see close things clearly. If they use corresponding lenses, they can see clearly..."
Zhu Hao was eloquent here, and Su Xigui was stunned for a while.
Zhu Niang was greatly surprised.
Aren’t we doing glassware?
It's just some bottles and jars. I'm still worried about whether they will sell. Look at other people's ceramics. They're not that expensive. You want to sell a piece of glassware for more than one tael of silver?
But after listening to the products introduced by Zhu Hao, it seemed that the glass bottle that was broken just now was not worth mentioning at all.
After listening to Zhu Hao's explanation, Su Xigui's eyes straightened: "Master Zhu, are you kidding me? Your eyes are broken. It is a disease that has not been cured since ancient times... You put a glass piece in front of your eyes, and you will have this magical effect. effect?"
Myopia and hyperopia have always existed since ancient times. Presbyopia in the elderly is also a type of hyperopia, and almost everyone will suffer from it.
If this thing could really be put on the market, Su Xigui would naturally be able to tell how big the prospects would be.
"I know that Su Dongzhu doesn't believe it. How about this? Su Dongzhu goes to find a few people and wait until I finish school in the afternoon to bring the lenses and let them verify it." Zhu Hao said with a smile.
Su Xigui hurriedly told the shopkeeper next to him: "Look at who among the entourage is old and dim, and find a young man who has damaged his eyesight by studying. Find him for Master Zhu...quickly!"
How can we wait until the afternoon to encounter such a good thing? Are you kidding me, Su, to death?
Zhu Hao said: "Dr. Su, you are so anxious that you can't eat hot tofu. Why are you in such a hurry? There's no point in being anxious. I haven't brought anything with me. It's better to display the good things in the same way. Let's talk about this silver mirror first... ...Let’s call it this way, how much is it worth? I can make up to twenty silver mirrors a month, the size is... almost this big, at what price are you going to pay for it?”
Su Xigui understood what Zhu Hao meant.
No wonder this guy didn't take out all the good stuff.
Let me first reveal that there will be good things in the future, but it depends on the sincerity! Don’t think that I will sell you all the good things if there has been a transaction before. If you don’t give me a sincere price now, it can “cure your eyes” Just listen to the glass lenses with your ears and don’t think about seeing them again!