Quick wear: She has turned over the big guys from all walks of life

Chapter 1306 Famine and Natural Disaster 465

"It was all made by everyone working together. I just saw it and told you about it." Craftsman Li grinned. He was in awe of Mingyi, but not afraid of him.

The other three craftsmen just chuckled after hearing this.

Mingyi said, "You all have merits, Chunmei. Mr. Li has a keen eye and is good at discovering things. He has made great contributions to the production of colored glaze. He will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver. The three gentlemen have worked tirelessly day and night to study the production of colored glaze. They have also made merits. Each of them will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver."

"Here."

Chunmei immediately took out her purse, took out a silver note of 100 taels and three silver notes of 50 taels and gave them to the four craftsmen.

The four of them couldn't suppress their smiles, and respectfully took the gift with both hands, thanking the master in unison, "We thank the master for the reward."

Carpenter Li was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling as he held the hundred-liang silver note in his hand.

  This is one hundred taels!

In the past, they might not even earn 100 taels a year. They were craftsmen, not businessmen, and were not proficient in business. The things they made were wholesaled to merchants, but the merchants were profit-oriented and could not give them much profit.

Fortunately, I am content to be able to support my family.

The other three craftsmen were also smiling happily, because this was the one-time reward they received, which they took back to their wives to save; now they had more money, and their younger generations would have money to get married.

"Work hard and come up with some new ideas, and you'll be rewarded." Mingyi's words were a reassurance.

"Yes, we will study it carefully."

After exchanging pleasantries with the four people for a while, Mingyi ordered his men to pack up the colored glass, took his belongings and left the courtyard.

When they walked out of the yard, the guards had already gone far away and disappeared.

Chunmei stood at the door, speechless for a moment, and it took her a while of silence before she regained her ability to speak.

  "Master, they have all left, how can we go back?" Walk back?

Mingyi glanced at the bag in the other person's hand and said, "Walk slowly, it's just a little cold."

"Master, you are in delicate health and cannot catch a cold. Let's send someone to catch up with the driver and ask him to come back." Chunmei knew that there was always someone following her master, both openly and secretly.

Mingyi suddenly remembered that there was a secret guard following her and looked at Chunmei twice more; when she didn't use the secret guard, she almost forgot that there was a secret guard following her. She had never told Chunmei about the secret guard, but she knew about it?

"Forget it. I didn't come out for a walk today. I'll just take a stroll."

After hearing this, Chunmei said no more and just followed her steps, walking slowly on the streets in the north of the city.

The northwest is dry and cold in winter, but after walking for a quarter of an hour, Chunmei felt the skin on her face become tight and a little stinging; that was due to the biting cold wind, which made her face hurt.

"Master, are you cold?" Chunmei glanced at her sideways.

Ming Yi turned her head and smiled, "It's okay, just cover your face. The weather is cold, and if you don't go out for exercise, your bones will become lazy."

"Yeah." Chunmei agreed with this statement. After being lazy for a long time, she naturally lost her energy and became lazy. "Master, do you think we should still train in the barracks in such a cold weather?"

Ming Yi did not comment on this. "Yes, they are soldiers, and they are an insurmountable line of defense in the northwest. If they do not train, they will become rusty after a winter. If another country suddenly attacks, they will not be able to react."

"They are so hard-working." Others can stay at home during the winter, but they don't. "They have to train. Will the prince come back to spend the New Year with you?"

Mingyi shook her head, she didn't know either.

  Chunmei calmed down and walked with her on the long street; out of the north of the city, into the streets in the center of Fucheng, it took a long time to return to the palace. The guards who arrived at the palace two quarters of an hour earlier than them heard about this and looked at each other, didn't they say they would pick her up in the evening?

After hearing this, Guard Yu went to find Butler Luo first. They couldn't enter the inner courtyard, so if they had any questions, they just asked Butler Luo for instructions.

When Steward Luo learned of his purpose, he said helplessly, "Since it is the young lady's order, it is nothing; but the young lady is weak, so you should go back first, and I will go to the inner courtyard to check."

"It's my fault. If the young lady is cold, I will be blamed."

"Go back, and be more careful next time." With a wave of his hand, Butler Luo walked past the crowd and went out.

When they arrived at Taoyiyuan, they reported to Chunxi and successfully entered the flower hall.

"I meet the young lady and pay my respects to her."

"You've come at the right time. I was just looking for you." Mingyi looked up and smiled.

Butler Luo looked at her several times, and was relieved to make sure that her face was still rosy and shiny. "What do you want from me, young lady?"

Mingyi winked at Chunmei who was drinking water beside her.

Chunmei understood, put down the teacup, and walked to the table where the bundle was placed. Under the puzzled gaze of Butler Luo, she opened the bundle, and a pile of colored glass of different sizes appeared before her eyes.

"This"

Steward Luo came forward in shock, stretched out his hand and then subconsciously retracted it. He looked at Ming Yi in doubt and asked, "Young lady, is this Liuli?"

"It is colored glaze." She smiled slightly. She had not expected that a few craftsmen could make colored glaze so well. "These are the results of repeated research by the craftsmen. How does the color compare to the colored glaze that people from the Western Regions used to pay tribute to us?"

"That's much better!" Butler Luo slapped his thigh, and after being puzzled, he laughed heartily, "I didn't expect it! The young lady is really the God of Wealth. With colored glaze, we can sell it to princes and nobles, and the profit will be greater than wool."

Colored glass is rare and valuable, and can be sold at a good price to nobles; the nobles are not short of money, but they are short of things they like.

She smiled and squinted her eyes. "Butler Luo, please arrange for people to build the colored glaze workshop as soon as possible and put it into production after the spring. Countries such as Ningguo, the Western Regions, the grasslands, and even countries farther away from the Great Xi territory are all waiting for our colored glaze to dominate the market."

Once their Northwestern colored glass floods into the market, those in the Western Regions who control the colored glass production methods will suffer an unprecedented huge impact.

"Yes, it's time to start construction soon. I will urge them." The Liuli Workshop had already started construction, but there was no rush to use it. The engineering was progressing slowly, and the progress was incomparable to that of the wool workshop. "Don't worry, we will be able to start construction before the spring."

Mingyi was satisfied. "Okay, leave everything to Butler Luo. Send one copy of the new colored glass to the prince. Let the prince see the splendor of our Northwest colored glass. I will send the other copy to the teacher later."

"Young lady, why don't you take some out for auction?"

Mingyi said meaningfully, "It seems that the last auction gave Steward Luo a lot of experience."

"I dare not say what I think, but it is true that the auction makes a lot of money. It is winter now, and merchants are staying in the northwest. If the new colored glass you host enters the auction, we will definitely make a lot of money."

Okay, Butler Luo has fallen into the trap of money.

Now, there is no shortage of money for the time being, but Steward Luo is still keen on money; it can be seen that he had worked hard to run the business in the past just to supply the Northwest Army. It is one thing for him to be accustomed to the hard work, and it is another thing for him to have psychological pressure.

(End of this chapter)