marquis of jingan

Chapter 728
This time Xu Fu brought a lot of good news to Shen Yi.

The smooth flow of Western trade routes is just one piece of news.

The more important good news is that although the Western caravan did not bring Western gunsmiths this time, it did bring glass craftsmen to Shen Yi.

Glass...especially clear glass.

This is very important stuff.

If the merchants brought back by the Western caravan can really make transparent glass this time, it will bring great benefits to the entire Eastern civilization!

Because glass can not only make mirrors, but also telescopes, even astronomical mirrors, and more importantly, it can make "test tubes"!
In fact, a large part of the germination of modern science is due to glass.

Even if these long-term uses are not mentioned, just now, as long as there is a suitable size of transparent glass, Shen Yi can easily produce a batch of military binoculars.

The usefulness of this thing on the battlefield is very great.

Of course, the two Western artisans are still in Lin'an Mansion, and Master Shen still doesn't know whether they can make pure and transparent glass.

But it doesn't matter if you can't make transparent glass.

As long as they know how to make glass, Shen Yi will arrange a dozen or so apprentices to follow them and use up their skills. At that time, Master Shen will set up a glass workshop and provide some ideas for them to slowly make transparent glass for research. Just come out.

After regaining his thoughts from the two Western craftsmen, Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of tea, looked at the little fellows beside Xu Fu, and said with a smile, "You guys go out first, I'll have a few words with Brother Xu."

Xu Fu turned his head and glanced at everyone. Everyone, including Xu Liuniang, carefully exited the private room.

After they left, Shen Yi thought for a while, and then said: "After you meet Eunuch Gao, His Majesty may find time to see you."

"At that time, he will ask you about your business outside the past few years."

Xu Fu lowered his head slightly and said, "Young master, don't worry, I understand, what you ask me to say, I will say."

"Bullshit."

Master Shen frowned and said, "It's not that I tell you to say what you say, but what happens to you. You must seek truth from facts."

"This time, it's very important to you."

Shen Yi whispered: "Your Majesty is very short of money right now."

"As long as you answer well, you can continue to maintain your status as an imperial merchant, and even get some more resources."

At the beginning, the emperor gave Xu Fu the family property that Li Mu obtained by confiscating his home. In the past few years, although Xu Fu did not have any exaggerated "performance", the assets have also expanded a lot, and in the previous two years In the village, it was Xu Fu who had been donating blood to the Anti-Japanese Army almost all the time.

This is already excellent.

Master Shen continued: "The better you do as an imperial merchant, the more stable Eunuch Gao's position in the palace will be. If Eunuch Gao's position is stable, you will become better and better as an imperial merchant."

This is what Shen Yi just said.

Now it is not Xu Fu who unilaterally relies on Gao Ming.

Because of the appearance of the eunuch Sun Jin, Gao Ming's position in the inner court has been threatened, and he even felt that he was on the verge of collapse. However, if Xu Fu's errands are done well outside, then Eunuch Gao can also rely on something in the palace. If the emperor says to kick it away, he will kick it away.

Xu Fu bowed his head respectfully and said, "Thank you for teaching, Young Master, I understand."

Master Shen took another sip of tea, looked at Xu Fu, and said calmly: "Also, I told you last time to let you marry a wife and have children early, have you thought about it yet?"

"How is little sister?"

Xu Fu lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

After a while, he looked up at Shen Yi, and said, "Master, the third and the fifth..."

"They all seem to love my little sister..."

When Xu Liuniang was begging with Xu Fu in Jiangdu a few years ago, she was a dry little girl. She looked so weak that she was naturally not very attractive, but as she entered puberty in the past few years, all kinds of nutrition have followed. Whether it is appearance or figure, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

Now this little rich woman in Jiankang can't be said to be a stunning beauty, but she can be said to be a beautiful little beauty.

Her childhood sweetheart, the little boys who grew up with her, will naturally fall in love with her.

Shen Yi frowned, glared at Xu Fu, and said in a deep voice, "This is about you and my little sister, what are you talking about?"

"Now, little girl, she loves you. As long as you nod, I will help you two decide this matter. If other people are unhappy, let them come to me."

Shen Yi snorted and said: "Man, how can you be like a mother-in-law like you? You think about this and that all day long. When did you think about yourself?"

"Your two brothers, if they turn against you because of this matter."

Master Shen said in a muffled voice, "That's not a good thing either."

Xu Fu stood up silently, bowed deeply to Shen Yi and said, "Young master taught me the lesson."

"My lord, please allow me to think about it for two days..."

"I said you are worried, but you still don't take it seriously."

Master Shen stood up, sighed silently, patted Xu Fu on the shoulder, and said, "This is your personal matter, I won't get involved, but if you disagree, you have to explain it clearly to Liu Niang. "

"If you succeed, you can make it clear to your two brothers in private."

"The most important thing is."

Master Shen said slowly: "Don't have the stupid idea of ​​giving up the younger sister to your two brothers. If you don't marry the younger sister, she will most likely look down on other people."

Xu Fu lowered his head slightly and said, "Yes, I wrote it down."

After saying this, he took out a golden lock from his arms, put it in front of Shen Yi, and said, "My lord, this is Kaiyuan Temple in Fuzhou Prefecture, a golden Buddha that has been enshrined for many years. I spent a lot of effort to get it, if you don't dislike it, you can take it back and give it to the young master."

Shen Yi glanced at the golden lock, a little curious: "How did the enshrined golden Buddha melt?"

"Kaiyuan Temple is full of incense, and a bigger golden Buddha was cast."

Xu Fu replied honestly: "After the old golden Buddha was fused, ten longevity locks were cast and presented to pilgrims in Fuzhou Prefecture as a gift of Buddha, and then they were snapped up by Fuzhou gentry. I also entrusted someone to spend this longevity lock." It took a lot of thought.”

Master Shen rubbed his chin, and then smiled dumbly: "Since you want to give such a valuable gift, you can come and deliver it to that kid yourself one day, and let him remember you as Uncle Xu."

As a materialist fighter, although Master Shen doesn't believe in these gods and Buddhas, he also knows that this stuff should be very valuable in terms of the values ​​of this era.

In addition, after all, as a parent, you always want your children to be happy and healthy.

Therefore, he did not refuse this longevity lock.

But the favor that should be given to Xu Fu still needs to be given.

Xu Fu lowered his head slightly and said: "Yes, after I finish my work these few days, I will visit the old lady, my wife and young master."

Shen Yi nodded, stretched his waist and said, "Okay, that's all for today. You guys reunited after a long time. I think you have a lot to say, so I won't bother you here."

Xu Fu asked Shen Yi to come down for dinner, Master Shen shook his head and refused, and went home.

As soon as he got in the carriage and arrived at the door of his house, Shen Yi was at his door, and saw a man in his early 30s who was dressed in a short jacket, standing at the door of his house, talking to the porter at home.

The man was holding a box in his hand, and it seemed that he was going to give gifts to the Shen family.

However, since Shen Yi took office as the doctor of the military selection department, countless generals have come to the Shen family to give gifts, so the concierge of the Shen family did not let this person in.

Holding the wooden box in his hand, this man stood stubbornly at the door of Shen's house, refusing to leave.

When Shen Yi got out of the carriage, the concierge immediately came up to greet him, saluted Shen Yi, and called a son.

Shen Yi glanced at the man and asked, "Who is this?"

The concierge was a man in his thirties. He lowered his head and replied, "My lord, this man claims to be a thousand households from Mingzhou Wei, and he insists on seeing you..."

Master Shen was taken aback for a moment, then remembered something, stepped forward and looked this man up and down, and asked, "What's your name?"

The man looked Shen Yi up and down, refused to answer, but said dryly: "I am Mingzhou Wei Qianhu, and I want to see Lord Shen Yi."

Obviously, he couldn't believe that the young man in front of him was Shen Langzhong from the Ministry of War.

Master Shen smiled dumbly.

"I am Shen Yi."

Seeing the man's wide eyes, Master Shen looked calm.

"If I remember correctly, you came to my house years ago."

He looked at the man and asked, "What do you want me for?"

The man froze for a moment, then knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed to Shen Yi.

"Humble post Su Ding, pay homage to Mr. Shen!"

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