marquis of jingan

Chapter 737 Chapter 740 Six Idiots
It is very difficult for one person to change the situation of the war.

For example, in these years, Nan Chen had almost lost every battle against Northern Qi.

This is not only a disparity in the combat power of the two armies, but also a disparity in national strength, and this disparity cannot be changed by one or two people.

Neither did Shen Yi.

Although he has always been an active member of the Northern Expedition, he is clearly aware of the gap between the two sides.

Although the national power of Northern Qi has weakened visibly over the years, there may still be some gaps between the two sides.

And Shen Yi has done so many things over the years, in fact, in the final analysis, they are all doing the same thing.

Prepare for the Northern Expedition.

To be more precise, it is trying to eliminate the gap so that one can gain some advantages.

That's why it took him two or three years to come up with the coastal capital.

But now, something that may not be inferior to the coastal capital appeared in front of Shen Yi!
Glass!

If glass can be produced on a large scale, even if it is not pure transparent, but the kind of greenish glass, it is enough for Shen Yi to produce military telescopes on a large scale.

And what's even more amazing is that when this thing was first made, it could be sold as jewelry, so that it could cheat the rich first and reap a lot of wealth.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi's face became serious, and he said, "Zixing, remember, these two glazed craftsmen must take good care of them and treat them as preferentially as possible. You can rent or buy a small manor outside the city. Build a glazed workshop in the manor."

"This glass workshop..."

Master Shen stroked his chin and said, "We just produce this kind of glass, the clearer the better."

Speaking of this, Shen Yi took another look at the glass full of bubbles in his hand. After a "hmm", he continued: "Let them find a way to improve the formula and try not to have these bubbles."

Xu Fu wrote down one by one, nodded and said: "Yes, I will do it in the afternoon."

"Let those apprentices be smarter."

Shen Yi whispered: "Think of a way, and learn all their recipes."

Xu Fu nodded, and said, "Yes, I'll go back and choose a few children who are more awake."

"Don't be stingy with your money."

Shen Yi knocked on the table and said, "It's worth spending tens of thousands of taels of silver on this workshop every year."

Hearing this sentence, Xu Fu was stunned.

What is the concept of tens of thousands of taels!
Sometimes a merchant ship goes out to sea, and the ship is full of goods, and it may not cost 1 taels!

You know, even when Xu Fu was an imperial merchant in Jiankang a few years ago, supplying pens and ink to the inner court and other things, his annual net profit might only be 3 to [-] taels.

Shen Yi saw him standing still, and asked, "What? Don't you have enough money? If not, I'll draw some for you from another place."

"Enough, enough."

Xu Fu let out a foul breath, and quickly lowered his head and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I have a lot of money in cash."

"Um…"

Shen Yi thought for a while, and continued to speak: "There are many porcelain shops in Jiankang City. During this period of time, you can find a few masters who burn and make porcelain for your own use."

"In the future, it will probably be useful."

Although Xu Fu is a person with a heavy heart, there is one thing that he has always done very well.

That is, he never doubted Shen Yi's judgment.

Because, for so many years, Shen Yi has almost "calculated every plan", as long as it is something that he arranges, there is almost nothing that cannot be done.

The two discussed the details, and agreed on a time to visit the two Western glazers, and Xu Fu left.

………………

In the next few days, Shen Yi went to meet the two western glazers. Both of them were around 40 years old, and they looked very good.

Sloppy, to be precise.

In fact, in terms of the progress of civilization alone, the current Middle-earth is obviously better than the West, whether it is living conditions or the national system.

It was the first time for these two Westerners to see an "international metropolis" like Jiankang. They walked around in the past few days, and their eyes were straightened.

And the colored glaze workshop instructed by Shen Yi was quickly established under Xu Fu's execution. Xu Fu personally selected a dozen children around the age of [-] or [-] to enter this workshop as apprentices.

These kids are not hard to find.

In this era, the most indispensable thing is the children of poor families. As long as they are given some money, let alone apprenticeships, there is no problem with prostitution.

In a blink of an eye, another ten days passed, and it was May.

This day was also the day when Lu Ruoxi and Shen Yuan's mother and son returned to Jiankang. Master Shen, who had already returned to work in the Ministry of War, specially took a day off to meet the mother and son outside the city.

After picking up the mother and son and returning home, Shen Yi asked, "Why didn't father and Zichang come back?"

Shen Zhang is a man who loves his homeland, and he often doesn't want to come to Jiankang again once he returns to Jiangdu. It's not surprising that he doesn't come back, but Shen Heng is already working in the imperial court at the moment, and he is the editor of the Imperial Academy. Come back together.

Not long after Lu Ruoxi arrived at home, she said with a smile, "Little uncle, he said that he took leave from the Imperial Academy for a month, so it will take some days before he can come back."

Lu Ruoxi smiled and said, "He's enjoying it."

Shen Yi understood immediately and burst out laughing.

Chen Youniang, Shen Heng's little lover, is also in Jiangdu now. Although Shen Heng has won the Jinshi, he is only seventeen or eighteen years old after all. It is the time when he is desperate for love, so of course he is not willing to go back to the Imperial Academy to face her right now. The old men in the Imperial Academy.

After the couple had a private conversation, Shen Yi remembered something. He coughed and said, "Ma'am, Xiao Xu came to the house a few days ago and said that he is going to marry Liu Niang."

Lu Ruoxi nodded first, and then said: "Didn't my husband give him a sign, why do you still call him Xiao Xu?"

"Get used to it."

Shen Yi said with a smile: "Shouting in private, what's the point?"

Speaking of which, he coughed and continued: "He and Liu Niang both lost their parents since childhood, and their fates were very unfortunate. They probably have no experience in marriage. When Madam is free, you can visit them. By the way help."

"Don't worry about this husband."

Lu Ruoxi smiled and said: "In the afternoon, I'll go to Cuiyun Tower to see my little sister."

"Um…"

Master Shen smiled: "Your Madam."

Lu Ruoxi rolled Shen Yi's eyes.

"Say something like that again."

In the afternoon, Lu Ruoxi ordered Lian'er to teach Shen Yuan to write big characters at home, while she went out to Cuiyun Tower to see if there was anything Xu Liuniang needed help with.

And Shen Yi, who has been working in the Ministry of War recently, also had a rare afternoon of free time and took a good nap at home.

Before he woke up, Master Shen was woken up by Jiang Sheng.

But Shen Yi knew that Jiang Sheng was a man who did things reasonably, and there must be something wrong when he woke up. He just frowned slightly, and then asked with a yawn: "What happened?"

Jiang Sheng quickly lowered his head and said, "Young master, General Xue has arrived, and he is waiting to see you in the front yard."

"General Xue..."

Shen Yi has met many military generals since he became the doctor of the military selection department, and naturally there are many with the surname Xue, but after Shen Yi thought about it, there should be no one surnamed Xue who is familiar with him.

Soon, he came to his senses, and his thoughts, which had been a little hazy just after waking up, became clear.

"Xue Wei?"

Jiang Sheng nodded quickly: "It's General Xue..."

Shen Yi nodded, stood up, and was about to get dressed and go out to meet the guests.

But soon, he reacted again, frowning.

"Xue Wei came alone, Ling Su didn't come?"

Jiang Sheng nodded: "Yes, General Xue came alone and brought some gifts..."

Shen Yi rubbed his eyebrows with some headaches.

He has been in the Ministry of War for the past few days, and he has not heard of Ling Su and Xue Wei entering the palace to meet the emperor.

In other words, Xue Wei should have come to find him right after he arrived in Jiankang!
Even the emperor has not had time to see it!
With this kind of "old department", I really don't know whether to be happy or hated.

Master Shen tore off the coat that was already on his body, looked at Jiang Sheng helplessly, and let out a heavy breath.

"Go tell him to tell him to fuck off."

Master Shen said angrily: "Tell him, when Ling Su comes to see me, he will come with Ling Su again."

"He's such a big man, and he's been an official for so long, how come he doesn't have a brain at all!"

Jiang Sheng nodded quickly, turned around and went down to scold people for Master Shen.

After Jiang Sheng left, Master Shen sat by the bed and yawned.

Although Xue Wei's behavior was very "stupid", but it has to be said that Master Shen was very useful.

At least it shows that Xue Wei is still loyal to him.

Thinking of this, Shen Yi was taken aback for a moment, then frowned.

That rough embryo...

Could it be that he was deliberately being stupid?

(End of this chapter)