"Your Excellency, you want to take over his family's property?"
"If you get the Universe Mirror, these properties are of no use. It's just a matter of exploring the bottom first. Send a message to Liu Wei, saying that the swordsman is coming, and try to find the treasure."
Now that the plan has been decided, it is not too late to get things done. After Wang Yehao returned home, he immediately asked Jin Wenchi to arrange two tasks. One was an invitation to Tian Hongyu, inviting him to attend the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, which was specially listed in the gift list.
I got a pair of Australian glazed lamps. The other was a reply to Wang Zunde, saying that Xiong Futai ordered the Zheng family to be settled, and the seas of Mining and Zhejiang were pacified, which was highly praised by the Holy Emperor. In contrast, the seas of Guangdong and Guangxi were full of bandits, and there were even some
The thieves have occupied the county for two years and have not left. If Mr. Wang makes no further achievements, I am afraid that the political discussion in the court will be unfavorable to him.
After sending Wang Yehao away, Mr. Zhou did not return to the courtyard to play in the snow. He sat blankly in the house alone. Zhou Lezhi saw that Mr. was in a trance and stepped forward and whispered: "Sir! These treasures must be collected and handed over to
Yui?"
This sound made him wake up from a dream. The husband hummed and said, "Don't leave it to Yui for safekeeping. These things are stored in the study."
"Wait!" Zhou Lezhi was about to pack it away when his husband stopped him again. He walked to the table alone and carefully looked at these "treasures."
He picked up a fruit plate-shaped glassware and whispered: "Ten yuan", then picked up a powder box, looked at it carefully, and muttered: "ivory"; finally he picked up the wine bottle as clear as water,
After looking at it for a long time, he looked at the cover above, shook his head and put it down.
"Look, what's wrong with these things?" Mr. Zhou Lezhi suddenly asked.
Zhou Lezhi picked it up carefully and looked at it: "It's really well done. It's not the work of ordinary hands."
"Shit!" the gentleman sneered, "I'm going to teach you how to look at matter?!"
"Yes, yes," Zhou Lezhi quickly looked at it again and said, "This glassware is completely transparent, but there are a few bubbles in the vessel, indicating that the deaeration technology is limited..."
"good."
"The glass is pure and the decolorization technology is good, but it still has a relatively obvious green color, which means that the raw materials contain iron and the decolorization was not complete during the refining process."
"To be precise, it's ferrous iron." Mr. Zhou corrected.
"Yes," Zhou Lezhi was still confused about the concepts of one price and two prices, so he could only respond casually.
"The material is good. What about the shape?"
"There are traces left on the surface when the mold was demoulded, indicating that the plate was cast with a mold. It may be an iron mold."
"Well," Mr. Zhou seemed satisfied with his answer, "If you do it, assuming all the conditions are met, can you make glassware of a similar level?"
Zhou Lezhi thought for a while: "No. There are too many processes in it that I don't know."
Mr. Zhou nodded: "Very good. I only know a little bit about the process of making glass. I understand the principles. If you really have to do it, there are too many details that need to be paid attention to. Here the craftsmen have put all these craftsmanship techniques into practice."
Consider it an undisclosed secret..."
"But technology requires communication to progress." Zhou Lezhi quickly repeated what his husband had said countless times.
"That's right." Mr. Zhou seemed to be very excited about talking today, "Why is everyone unwilling to make it public?"
"Master, teach your disciples to starve to death, master..." Zhou Lezhi blurted out and realized that these words were extremely inappropriate. After all, they had a proper master-disciple relationship.
"Hahaha, you are right. In 17... now, the disciples of the church will starve to death of the master, so whether they are apprentices or workshops, they all regard their craftsmanship as a secret and will never take it lightly.
"Teaching it, let alone making it public." Mr. Zhou said, "Then why do you think this situation occurs?"
"Because...only a few companies can do it, but if everyone can do it, it's no longer valuable."
"Do you think this glassware is good?"
"Of course it's good. It's beautiful and clean. It can be used for anything. If it's dirty, just wash it with water and it'll be clean."
"It also has a lot of benefits."
"Corrosion-resistant, aging-resistant..." Zhou Lezhi has been accompanying his husband in the laboratory recently, and his ears are already full of the advantages of glass.
"With so many benefits, it stands to reason that everyone would like to use it. Why doesn't everyone use it?"
"Little, expensive."
In the next half hour, Zhou Lezhi listened to a course on market supply and demand, and gained a preliminary but comprehensive understanding of concepts such as "productivity", "market", "technological progress", "cost", "profit"... etc.
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When the teacher imparts knowledge, he will start with specific examples and combine them with reality. He can often explain things that are easy to understand clearly. This kind of teaching is not limited to class time, but can be done anytime and anywhere. Therefore, many courses
It's not boring at all - it's even fun.
Sometimes he would also talk about things about "Australia" where he practiced Buddhism, including how productive "Australia" is. Everyone can eat white rice and meat, and live in big houses... It's quite interesting.
While Zhou Lezhi was filled with envy, he also suspected that his husband was bragging.
But one thing he is sure of is that it is hard to say whether everyone in Australia can eat rice. He must eat it every time. Just look at his thin skin and tender meat - it is impossible for hardworking people.
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"Sir, is this object from Australia?" Zhou Lezhi asked.
"No." The gentleman answered very simply, "This thing was made in Ming Dynasty. If it were made in Australia, it would never be so rough."
"So it means Australians made it locally. Maybe in Guangzhou."
"Your analysis makes sense." A smile appeared on Mr. Zhou's lips. "Tell me, if you are an Australian, why do you want to manufacture it in Guangzhou? Australian glassware is obviously not valuable and the cost is lower."
"Didn't you just say that sir? The market price of items is affected by many factors. Although glass products are cheap in Australia, the shipping costs are very high due to the long distance transportation. In addition, the transportation takes a year. The so-called tofu is worth the price of meat.
.Of course it is more cost-effective to produce and sell locally..."
"That's right." Mr. Zhou nodded, as if he was asking a question, but also seemed to be mumbling to himself: "I wonder where they are?"
"Find Mr. Guo and you will know after asking." Zhou Lezhi suggested, "Even if he refuses to tell, these goods cannot appear out of thin air. There will always be transportation, loading and unloading. As long as Brother Liu pays a lot of spies to keep an eye on the outside.
, it’s easy to find out where it is.”
"Haha, I didn't expect you have a good understanding in this area!" Zhou Lezhi patted the table lightly, "That's it! We will go back to Guangzhou as soon as spring begins!"
"He is going to Guangzhou?" Wang Yehao frowned slightly after listening to Wang Liang's report.
"Yes, Zhou Lezhi said that he is planning to set off when spring comes and the flowers bloom. At that time, he also plans to ask the master to recruit a few more martial arts experts, like the two Liu brothers, to accompany him."
"I understand, go ahead."
Apparently, the Hearthstone Immortal discovered some clues from Zizhenzhai's utensils, so he was eager to find Guo Yi to find out the source of the utensils.
Of course he knew the source of the instrument, which was in Lingao County. But he couldn't let him know about it yet.
If he finds clues in Guangzhou and goes to Lingao, obtains the Universe Mirror, or finds an Australian to join his team and returns to China, this very useful chess piece will be useless.
Only by controlling the channels of news in your own hands can you effectively control the Hearthstone Immortal and make him generate greater value for you.
Moreover, Wang Zunde has already written to the court to prepare for the suppression of the Kun bandits in Lingao. Zhou Xianren went to Guangzhou at this time. With his careless and straightforward way of speaking, he might be arrested as a spy. If he really finds Lingao,
If you don't leave in time, you may die in the chaos - the loss will be huge!
There has to be something to hold him back!
What method should be used? Wang Yehao thought hard and decided that face-to-face advice would definitely not work. Forcibly prohibiting it would hurt the harmony, so it was best to have some "last resort" method.
He quietly called Liu Zhao over and asked him if there was anything he could do - after all, they, the police detectives, were the best at manipulating people's hearts.
"It's not difficult," Liu Zhao said, almost without thinking, "I have a way."
"What method?"
"It couldn't be simpler. It can only be done by people who are close to Hearthstone Immortal. I don't know if it is reliable or not."
"But it doesn't matter."
So Mr. Zhou's "spring trip to Guangzhou to find Australians" happened when he was excitedly preparing to set off - Zhou Juli suddenly fell ill.
The disease came very quickly. The day before, Zhou Juli was walking around, babbling with a rattle, and the flesh on his face was bulging. The next day, he was bedridden, feeling groggy and sleeping.
Not sleeping.
Seeing his precious daughter falling into a coma, Zhou Xianren was so anxious that he stayed at the bedside to attend the consultation.
As for the symptoms, they are really rare. First, there is no fever, and second, there is no cough... except for being lethargic and sleeping, there are no other symptoms.
Even though the Hearthstone Immortal originally started his career as a "miracle doctor", he now treats people from time to time, and the results are said to be pretty good. However, he is helpless when it comes to his daughter's condition, and can only stay indoors anxiously.
Whispering around, the husband's temper also became violent. He scolded Zhou Lezhi, Yui Yi, the maid, Liu Zhao... In short, he scolded everyone in the Zhou family.
Under the care of Mr. Wang, several famous local doctors were invited, but they all had their own explanations for the condition and the prescriptions they prescribed were also different. Mr. Wang was originally not allowed to use them at all, but he couldn't stand Zhou Juli's insufficiency.
Jin, his face was getting darker day by day, so he had to give it a try.
After drinking a lot of decoction, Zhou Juli's condition finally improved gradually. Because he was weak and asked a doctor to nurse him back to health, after a lot of trouble, it was only June. Summer is not suitable for long journeys, so my husband postponed his plan to go to Guangzhou until June.