The Changsheng was about to hold a luxurious jewelry appreciation banquet, and the news spread quickly in Yingtian Mansion.
Changshenghao still has a high status in the Yingtianfu jewelry industry. No matter they are high-ranking officials or wealthy families, they have been their customers.
This jewelry appreciation event will show some high-end jewelry and glass beads to the banquet attendees.
Changsheng Hao also named it the Bicui Linglong Pearl.
It is said that someone has seen the exquisite jade beads and said that the glass beads are like jade, crystal clear, but slightly green, and cleaner and more thorough than the best jade.
This appreciation meeting will be held ten days later during the Laba Festival. During this period, Changsheng Hao will send out invitations. Not only will it invite all its former customers and dignitaries, but it will also set up an outfield. At that time, some people with insufficient status will be invited.
, and the unknown merchants all received the invitations.
For a time, the Changsheng Hao was so popular that many people were even proud to receive invitations from the Changsheng Hao.
Even shopkeeper Yang Xuanzhou and others received the invitation.
"Sir, this time, the Changsheng Horn is so powerful."
When His Highness Prince Chun said this, the expression on his face was a bit wonderful. He wanted to laugh at the same time, but also felt sad at the same time. Yang Xuan's method was really mysterious.
"Is it huge?" Yang Xuan sneered: "The bigger the momentum, the more ugly the death will be."
That's right, the Hu Shang Lair who went to the Changsheng to sell the glass beads was arranged by Yang Xuan.
And those glass beads came from His Royal Highness Prince Chun’s porcelain kiln at the foot of Qingliang Mountain.
Because the technology is not mature enough, there are many glass beads with bubbles and irregularities.
However, after trying a few more times, under Yang Xuan's suggestion, using a mold, I was able to bake glass beads that were regular, round, and free of bubbles.
As for the green glow of the beads, it was because there were still ferrous ions in them. Yang Xuan didn't know how to remove them, so he couldn't make truly transparent glass.
But on the contrary, the emerald green color makes people feel more precious.
"Then what are you going to do next, sir?"
Yang Xuan touched his chin and said, "Don't worry, let the bullets fly for a while."
"What does this mean?" His Royal Highness Prince Chun wondered.
Yang Xuan explained: "Just let the matter brew for a few days. Aren't we still a few days away from the Laba Festival? Whenever his appreciation meeting will be held, we will start it. By then, all the jewelry stores in Yingtian Mansion will have it."
Glass beads are for sale, and they are all of the highest quality, but the price is only one hundred taels of silver each."
Hearing this, His Royal Highness King Chun couldn't help but shake his head: "It seems that this Changsheng will not be able to escape this time."
The price Hu Shanglaier sold to Changsheng Hao was four thousand taels of silver each, but Yang Xuan was prepared to sell it for one hundred taels of silver each.
It is forty times cheaper than the price of the Changsheng Hao, and this is the price of a jewelry store, which also includes the profit of the jewelry store.
However, as for the cost of these glass beads, apart from the dozens of taels of silver spent to build the blast furnace, the only remaining cost was the coke for the fire.
All in all, the cost evenly allocated to each bead is probably only a few cents.
Now the blast furnace has been closely protected, and His Royal Highness Prince Chun even sent several palace guards to keep an eye on it.
As for the shopkeeper Qian and the craftsmen in charge, they are all domestic slaves of His Royal Highness Prince Chun, so there is basically no possibility of leaking the secret.
Each of those craftsmen received a reward of one hundred taels of silver, and Shopkeeper Qian even directly rewarded them with a thousand taels.
His Royal Highness Prince Chun has finally realized the benefits brought by technology.
The Dasheng Dynasty had always looked down on craftsmen. Even if they could make ingenious utensils, they would be dismissed by the Confucian scholars as a grotesque craftsmanship that could not be considered elegant.
Moreover, when the government collected corvee labor, these craftsmen were the ones who did the most work.
You must know that not only do you not get paid as a corvee, you also have to prepare your own meals.
Because this is a type of tax.
Many craftsmen are not even willing to pass on their craftsmanship to the next generation, lest they suffer the consequences of doing corvee service in the future.
The imperial court paid so little attention to craftsmen that technology naturally could not develop.
And Yang Xuan made His Royal Highness Chun understand that technology is the primary productive force.
And the blast furnace has now become a joint venture between Yang Xuan and His Highness Prince Chun.
His Royal Highness Prince Chun did not take more shares because the blast furnace and the craftsmen belonged to him. On the contrary, Yang Xuan forced him to own 30% of the shares.
This included the 100,000 taels of silver from the Changsheng, and Yang Xuan got 70,000 taels alone.
When he received the banknote, Yang Xuan was actually a little upset.
If I had known that I would time travel, I would have studied engineering.
Noodle restaurants, hot pot restaurants, carriage shops, all these businesses combined together are not as profitable as this one operation.
It's a pity that he doesn't know anything. At most he can give some directions and let the craftsmen experiment and study.
Therefore, he has always tried to reward the craftsmen with as much money as possible.
When these craftsmen are motivated, they work harder and more diligently.
As for the 70,000 taels of silver, he plans to continue investing in research. He currently has two research projects, one is to make flat glass, and the other is a four-wheeled carriage.
Among them, flat glass is not particularly urgent, but the matter of four-wheeled carriages is more important. After all, the carrying capacity and convenience of four-wheeled carriages can greatly promote people's livelihood.
Leaving aside the military aspect, logistics can also be extremely effective in promoting development.
If you want to get rich, you must build roads before you have a car. Now we don't even have a four-wheeled carriage, so how can we talk about building roads?
Besides, there are official roads between various state capitals, so there is no problem in traveling by carriage.
All of this is Yang Xuan's preparation for spreading his business throughout the entire Dasheng Dynasty in the future.
Not to mention the distance, it is quite time-consuming to transport the ingredients and secret ingredients to Guan Yunrong in Luoyang. It has to be set out almost ten days and half a month in advance, otherwise the six franchise stores in Luoyang will be closed.
Offered.
Yes, in a short period of time, Guan Yunrong has recruited a total of six franchisees in Luoyang, and the amount of materials required every day is not a small amount.
Time flies by quickly, and soon the day of Laba Festival arrives.
The Juxian Building in Yingtian Mansion has been busy since early in the morning.
This Juxian Restaurant is also the property of Xinguo Gongfu. It is convenient and economical to hold banquets in the own restaurant.
Before it officially started, people holding invitations were already entering the venue one after another starting from 4 o'clock.
I have to say that the Changsheng Hao and Juxian Building are well prepared. Those who come early can drink tea, eat snacks, and chat with each other. It can be regarded as an excellent social gathering.
Just as everyone was chatting with each other and building relationships, the old shopkeeper of Changsheng appeared with Fan Jian.
Amidst a series of mutual greetings, the old shopkeeper and Fan Jian entered the infield.