Yipin Tang

Chapter 49

Wang Xiang is planning to burn glass. Although opening a restaurant can also make money, the speed of making money is too slow. I don’t know when I want to save enough money to help Ningxiang redeem her body. What’s more, there are more Xiaoyun, Qing’er and Xiaobei now. .

The sensation caused by this stage play performance in Chang'an City has further strengthened Wang Xiang's determination to redeem them. In fact, it is not just because of their star potential, perhaps in Wang Xiang's heart, he has unconsciously regarded Ningxiang as a Friend, if he has the ability, he will naturally not let his friend stay in a place like Yicui Tower.As for Xiaoyun, Qing'er and Xiaobei, even if Ningxiang is redeemed, they don't care if there are three more of them.

Wang Xiang knew that glass was fired from stone, but colored glaze was a valuable item in the Tang Dynasty, so he had already focused on Li Er.

Seeing that Li Er was interested, Wang Xiang couldn't help rubbing his hands: "How much do you think these gadgets are worth, Your Majesty?"

"This..." Li Er hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid one of such lifelike colored glazes can be worth hundreds of pieces."

Empress Changsun smiled bitterly and said, "Last year, the glazed phoenix that Silla paid tribute to was only the size of a palm, and the degree of resemblance cannot be compared with these colored glazes. However, I heard that the envoys of Silla spent thousands of guan to buy it."

Li Er took a deep breath: "In this way, wouldn't these colored glazes be worth tens of thousands of guan?" You must know that the annual income of Datang at this time was only about 1000 million guan, and Wang Xiang just took out some colored glazes. be surprised.

Wang Xiang said with a smile: "Actually, it's not as much as His Majesty thinks. Rare things are more valuable. If there are more colored glazes, they will not be as precious as before, but..."

"But what?"

"But others don't know that we can turn stones into colored glaze."

Li Er put down his chopsticks and looked at Wang Xiang seriously: "Do you really have a way to turn stones into colored glaze?" No wonder Li Er is so serious. In his eyes, this is almost the fairy art of turning stone into gold, and colored glaze is better than gold. Also valuable things.

Wang Xiang didn't dare to make Li Er feel that he could do witchcraft, not even fairy art. No emperor would ever tolerate his subjects being able to do witchcraft. These unknown abilities would only make the emperor feel suspicious and suspicious.

"Actually, it's not a change. In Gephysics, glass and stone belong to the same substance, but they exist in different forms."

Empress Changsun wondered: "Glass is crystal clear, stone is rough and dusty, how can the two be the same...substance?"

Wang Xiang smiled and explained: "Actually, stones are not all rough and gray. Some stones have smooth surfaces and bright colors, which are of great ornamental value." There must be some, but I don't know the name.

Sure enough, Empress Changsun nodded after listening to Wang Xiang's words and said: "The palace has indeed collected some stones like what you said, but if we talk about colored glaze, it is too different from stones."

"What's the difference between water and ice?" Wang Xiang continued without waiting for Empress Changsun to speak, "However, when water condenses, it becomes ice, and when ice melts, it becomes water. The two are actually the same thing, but in different forms."

Li Er nodded thoughtfully: "Is this what you call Gewuxue?"

"Your Majesty, in fact, all phenomena in this world can be explained by Gewuxue. Strictly speaking, the horseshoe invented by the minister and the improved Quyuan plow can also be regarded as the category of Gewuxue."

"Gewuxue is just a trail."

Listening to Li Er's tone, Wang Xiang looked down upon Gewu Xue and sighed: "In the eyes of His Majesty, perhaps the only way to govern the country is the way to defeat the enemy."

Li Er asked back as a matter of course: "Isn't that so?"

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the basis of this world?"

Li Er thought for a while and said: "The world is naturally based on the people."

"Since there is only the way to govern the country, and the way to defeat the enemy is the great way, why is the world not based on scholars, not on soldiers, but on the insignificant common people?"

Hearing this question, Li Er didn't know how to answer it.

"In fact, the relationship between the world and the people is like sailing a boat on water, and water can carry a boat..."

Wang Xiang didn't say the second half of the sentence, but he could tell from Li Er's expression that he had already guessed the second half of the sentence.

"What is the relationship between Nagewuxue and the common people?"

Li Er was such a smart person, but he was confused at this time, Wang Xiang asked with a smile: "Does Your Majesty think that Qu Yuanli has nothing to do with the common people?"

Li Er snorted noncommittally: "In this way, Gewu is also somewhat useful, but after all, the world is governed by scholars and guarded by soldiers."

Depend on!Talking for a long time is tantamount to talking for nothing, Wang Xiang is a little discouraged.

"What you said so much is actually to tell His Majesty that you can turn stones into colored glaze not because of the power of ghosts and gods, but because of Gewuxue. If someone else knows the method, they can do it, right?"

As expected of Empress Changsun, Wang Xiang's thoughts were expressed in one sentence. In fact, Li Erzhong didn't pay attention to Gewuxue.

Li Er looked at the glass toy on the table and his face moved slightly: "So you turned the stone into colored glaze for Datang?"

Wang Xiang righteously said: "Of course, instead of selling my silk, tea and porcelain from Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions, it is better to sell these stones to them. Wouldn't it be a good thing for Tang Dynasty, and I can also earn a little money to spend."

Li Er glanced at Wang Xiang: "I'm afraid the latter sentence is your real plan. Turning a stone into glaze is not a small amount of money. As an official of the Tang Dynasty, he is always in the eyes of money. It seems that the queen's teaching to you is not enough. "

Empress Changsun said with a smile: "The concubine was negligent, and I will teach you more in the future."

As soon as the couple sang together, Wang Xiang suddenly understood what they meant.

"I would like to offer [-]% of the proceeds to thank Your Majesty and Your Majesty for their teaching."

"Fifty percent." Li Er picked up a piece of mutton with his chopsticks and put it in the pot to rinse.

Wang Xiang gritted his teeth: "Sixty percent."

"This meat is only half-ripe after being boiled once. I'm not used to eating it. Let's boil it for a while."

Depend on!What is six mature and not used to it? It was not a pleasure to eat it just once after rinsing it. Wang Xiang took a deep breath: "Seventy percent, it will be over after rinsing again. The meat is too hard and it will not taste good."

"It's okay, I have good teeth, and I like harder ones."

Nima, is there such a shameless emperor? Wang Xiang said in a low voice, "I still have a big family to support."

"I know exactly how many people there are in your house."

"My newly recruited guard can feed five people alone."

"Why don't I give you some extra salary? Well, let's add two hundred shi of grain every year, and the fourth-rank officials only have so much lumber every year."

Two hundred stones of grain?As for dismissing the beggars, Wang Xiang couldn't complain about Li Er's stinginess.

"I'm too timid to be frightened. It would be a crime if I forgot how to turn a stone into glaze."

Li Er's hand holding the chopsticks shook slightly, and said with a smile: "This mutton is almost cooked until it's half-ripe, and the taste is just right."

Wang Xiang's heart trembled when he shook his hand, and it was [-]% less. Fortunately, glass is a real huge profit, [-]% is already a lot, and with Li Er as the backing, he doesn't have to be afraid of other people's thoughts, just feel bored. Just make money.

"Just do as His Majesty tells you."

Li Er was in a good mood when he heard that, he threw the mutton that had been cooking for a long time into his mouth, chewed it twice and shook his head, "It's really overcooked."

Wang Xiang burst into tears immediately.

Li Er may also feel that it is unreasonable for him to only take money and do nothing, so he asked lightly: "Is there anything I can do for you?"

Li Er cheated [-]% of the interests, why are you being polite at this time, Wang Xiang wrenched his fingers and said: "The venue for firing glass, reliable manpower, early-stage funds..."

Li Er hurriedly interrupted: "I see that you seem to be quite interested in Gewuxue. There is an abandoned guard in the south of the city. From today onwards, it has been changed to Gewuyuan as a place for firing colored glaze. You will be the judge. Tentatively set it as the fifth rank, and the position of supervisor of Sinong Temple will also be held first. As for the manpower, I allow you to transfer officials below the seventh rank from various divisions."

"The initial funds?"

Li Er waved his hand and said, "You can solve the financial matter by yourself."

In this way, Wang Xiang got an abandoned guard, and the seventh-rank supervisor was promoted to the fifth-rank judge. The only thing that satisfied him was that Gewuyuan took him as the master, and he could choose the manpower he needed, although he could only be transferred. Officials below the seventh rank, but it is these low-level officials who can really do things.

Li Er's family had a delicious hot pot meal, and after the meal, they ate snacks and drank fruit juice before leaving contentedly. When they left, they took all the dozen or so glass toys away, saying that the little one liked it. , Wang Xiang is really hard to say anything about this reason.

After sending Li Er away, Wang Xiang was not in a hurry to go to the south of the city to see the future Gewuyuan. This matter has to wait for Li Er to go back and make a formal order.Moreover, today is the opening day of Dengxianlou, and the shopkeeper Degui himself is a bit too busy to be a temporary waiter. Fortunately, today's launch is a self-service hot pot and free of charge, otherwise the manpower is really hard to handle. .

The most troublesome thing is the fanatical fans gathered outside the Dengxian Tower. Although Ningxiang and the others' performances have long ended and people hid in the second floor of the Dengxian Tower, the emotional fans are unwilling to leave. Cheng Chuliang led a team The soldiers patrolling the city were maintaining order outside, so there was no trouble.

In a private room on the second floor of Dengxian Building, Xiaoyun, Qing'er and Xiaobei all blushed, and even Ningxiang, who had always been calm, was a little excited. He could vaguely hear someone calling his name downstairs. It was something unimaginable before.

"Sister Ningxiang, is this the power of fans that Young Master Wang said?"

Ning Xiang smiled wryly and said: "At the beginning when Prince Wang told me about the crazy fans, I still didn't believe it. Only when I saw him today did I realize that the real fans are even crazier than what he said."

"This feeling is really good." Xiaoyun said with a look of longing: "Young Master Wang said that we can not only become the stars of Chang'an City, but also the stars of the entire Tang Dynasty." .

Wang Zixin, what kind of person are you?Ning Xiang looked at the crowd downstairs through the window, lost in thought.

(End of this chapter)