I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 274 Another good thing that can make a lot of money

Seeing that they all looked unbelieving, Li Tian decided to teach them a good lesson.

"The so-called colored glaze is actually some natural ore."

"And the glass I'm talking about is colored glaze that was artificially fired."

When Wang Fu heard Li Tian's words, he couldn't sit still, and said in a puzzled way,
"Your Majesty is not joking, Liuli can also be burned!"

There is actually a reason why he is so excited.

Because he has a few glazed utensils given to him by others, which are very rare, and he has always kept them as treasures, and has never shown them to outsiders.

And what Li Tian said, if colored glaze can be fired by others, wouldn't that mean that the value of the colored glaze utensils in his hand will be greatly reduced, or even become worthless.

How could he not be excited.

Li Tian rolled his eyes and said in disgust,

"It's terrible to have no culture!"

After scolding, I went on to give them popular science,

"The reason why glass has various colors is mainly because of the different minerals contained in it.

If it contains more copper, it will appear green, and if it contains more iron, it will become the black glaze you see. "

Seeing that they still didn't believe it, Li Tian said to Zhou Zhen,
"When those craftsmen were firing, did they leave a list of recipes? You go and check it, and you will know whether what I said is true or not."

Zhou Zhen didn't really believe it at first, but he couldn't start to doubt what Li Tian said.

I hurriedly found the recipe list and looked, and sure enough, iron filings and other things were found behind the fine sand.

Now he was completely stunned.

"It turns out...it turns out that Liuli can really be fired."

After saying this, Zhou Zhen hurriedly bowed to Li Tian,

"Your Majesty is very knowledgeable, and my ministers are far behind!"

After Wang Fu heard Zhou Zhen's words, he suddenly froze, as if he had no love in his life, and slumped on the ground.

"It's over, it's over, our baby has become a big commodity..."

Li Tian doesn't know how many times a day he has to listen to words like compliments, and he has long since become numb.

He waved his hand and said to Zhou Zhen,
"Let someone go find those craftsmen, and I will reward you a lot!"

Zhou Zhen didn't quite understand it. Even if those craftsmen made the so-called colored glaze by accident, they violated the rules after all, so it's fine if they don't punish them, why should they be rewarded heavily!
He said puzzledly,
"Your Majesty, I don't understand, even if this thing is really colored glaze, they made mistakes first, why should they be rewarded?"

Holding the black scum of glass, Li Tian couldn't help but see those transparent and shiny glasses, glass bowls, and glass mirrors in his previous life.

Although these things are all rotten street things in later generations, they are rare treasures in this era.

"Zhou Yuanzheng, you don't understand this, this thing is a good thing that can sell for a lot of money!"

Zhou Zhen's brain seemed to be down, he couldn't figure it out for a while, and exclaimed,
"Ah? It's just such a dark lump, how could anyone buy it!"

Hearing that he still didn't believe it, Li Tian said angrily,

"Of course this thing is worthless, but if they can make transparent utensils with various shapes, they can be sold for money."

It's not that Zhou Zhen doesn't understand this truth, but in his opinion, besides looking good, colored glaze is no matter compared to running fire or soap.

It's all useless.

Zhou Zhen was afraid that Li Tian would become obsessed with such useless things, so he quickly comforted him,

"Your Majesty, although colored glaze is good, it is useless. Instead of wasting manpower and material resources to burn these things, it is better to build more blast furnaces to be more useful!"

Li Tian was so angry that he almost laughed out loud, and almost pointed at his nose and scolded him.

"Zhou Zhen, Zhou Zhen, let me tell you what's good about you!"

Just wanted to reprimand him a few words, but thinking of Zhou Zhen's temper, Li Tian also knew that if he didn't explain clearly to him, he might really keep contradicting himself.

"Zhou Yuanzheng, do you think that I want to find someone to burn this thing just for fun!"

Zhou Zhen quickly lowered his head, although he thought so in his heart, but he is not stupid, how could he say yes directly.

"Your Majesty is clear, I dare not, I just don't quite understand what His Majesty intends."

"Okay then, I'll explain it to you today."

Li Tian said helplessly,

"In your opinion, colored glazes are basically useless things other than viewing them. It's really no wonder you. Most people in the world probably think so, but the colored glazes I need are not at all the muddy opaque things you've seen before. junk!"

Wang Fu, who had just woken up, suddenly heard Li Tian say that Liuli was junk, and his mood jumped again.

"It's over, Your Majesty has said so, it seems that those treasures in our family are really worthless!"

Li Tian didn't see Wang Fu's unlovely look, so he continued on his own,
"Really good glass should be as clear and flawless as ice. If you use this kind of thing as a window, the room will be as bright as day...

Glasses, telescopes, and even microscopes can be made out of polished glass, all of which are good for the country and the people..."

After talking about the benefits of glass for ten minutes in a row, the three of Zhou Zhen were dumbfounded after hearing everything.

Zhou Zhen couldn't help his curiosity and thirst for knowledge, so he asked.

"Your Majesty, although it is a bit extravagant to make windows with colored glaze, I can still understand, but what are glasses, telescopes, and microscopes!"

Having said so much, Li Tian was a little thirsty and a little impatient.

"You don't need to worry about these things for the time being. You just need to know that these things are very important."

Speaking of this, although Zhou Zhen didn't understand everything, he probably understood what Li Tian meant.

I figured it out, the reason why Li Tian wanted to make glass was not for pleasure at all.

Seeing that His Majesty is not what he thought before, Zhou Zhen's heart finally returned to his stomach.

He commanded the outsiders,

"Go and call all the craftsmen from Group A of the seventh group!"

After finishing the order, he quickly knelt down in front of Li Tian.

"Your Majesty, I was blinded for a moment, and dared to question your Majesty's decision, and please punish me for my crimes!"

Li Tian sneered, quickly asked him to get up, and then couldn't help persuading him,
"Zhou Zhen, being cautious is your strength. I also like this very much, but if you are too careful, it will become your bondage."

(End of this chapter)