Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 749 All Civil and Military Officials of the Manchu Dynasty Are Shocked
Lingnan Xu Huiyan's "individual energy" is still fermenting. This time he refused to be summoned by the emperor due to illness, and even sent troops to control Xunzhou privately, killing people in the county town of Dezhou. This is good news for Emperor Lu.The Xuanzheng Department, the Intelligence Department, and the Security Department are all busy.It's just that such a topic is becoming more and more difficult to cause a sensation among the people.

To Emperor Lu, the current small court of the Southern Song Dynasty is more and more like a tasteless piece of chicken rib that is tasteless to eat and discard.

However, Emperor Lu was even more pleased with the "soldiers without blood" in the First World War in Ganzhou in the northwest and the establishment of Xiangnu, the Xianghuang Banner party.But the thing that made him happier was still in September.

Wu Qiongying gave birth to a son smoothly, and the mother and child are safe.

Emperor Lu was overjoyed.

He doesn't have too many sons.

Moreover, sons are born continuously, which can also give outsiders a signal that he is in good health, isn't it?Although Emperor Lu's son is still young, the influence of this kind of signal is still not strong, but it is better than having only one or two sons, isn't it?
Today, he has been able to look at this very rationally.Because of his previous life, he really liked his daughter in his heart. In the 21st century, having more sons is a big burden for ordinary people.The house and the mother-in-law are definitely the two magic weapons for balancing the ratio of men and women in China in the new century.Moreover, he had many cousins ​​in his previous life, so he really liked his daughter.But the current reality requires him to give birth to many sons.

He, Lu Qian, is not an ordinary person, not the former King of the Mountain.One cannot pursue the kind of life where "having a wife and children, having a rich life and a high social status" is everything. For ordinary people, that is already the best reward for hard work in life, but it is not enough for him.

Because he is the emperor of the Lu Qi Dynasty, he is in control of the power, and his wives and concubines are all dignified and respected by everyone. society to compromise.

It's like he doesn't care about the rumors spread by Zhao Song Huangcheng Secretary. With the eyes of heaven, who can rebel against him?But this did not delay him from spreading the matter to the ears of the generals in command.

If so, Lu Junyi, Yang Zhi, Suo Chao, Luan Tingyu and other generals in the army wrote letters one after another, expressing that they had no intention of entrusting overseas and occupying land as king.

These people's personalities are really not suitable for "independent" travel abroad, but they are taking the exam at this time, but they are more afraid that Emperor Lu will be suspicious of them.

What's more, no matter how good overseas is, it is not as good as the Central Plains, isn't it?Here they have achieved success and fame, and their children and grandchildren have wealth and glory, so why take risks?
Even so, it can be interpreted that they are willing to stay in the Central Plains and wait for the opportunity to become the second "Boss Zhao".But weighing the importance, these people still failed.Although Emperor Lu simply laughed.

Therefore, being a courtier in feudal society was also very hard.

Emperor Lu had another son, the news spread immediately, and congratulations abounded.

But this is not the eldest son, nor is it Fang Jinzhi's legitimate son. As a subject, Wen Wu is just happy. Emperor Lu is 40 years old and can still have children. This shows that Emperor Lu is still in good health, doesn't it?

But the Office of Internal Affairs unexpectedly played tricks—they took the opportunity to advertise.

The Office of Internal Affairs is an institution directly under the royal family, and it is commonly known as the Inner Palace outside.There are countless factories and workshops of all kinds under the rule, not to mention that there is also a financial department specializing in investment and equity participation, which can be said to be making large profits for the royal family all the time.

It is difficult for outsiders to have a systematic understanding of it so far, so the security department must understand, but how can outsiders know the news there?
Now, an industry that was actively exposed by the Internal Affairs Office appeared in the eyes of everyone like a foreigner.

——Crystal Glass Line.

Crystals are not rare in front of dignitaries, but one piece of crystal is not rare, ten or eight are not rare, and hundreds of hundreds of pieces, how can it not be rare?

There is an extra crystal greenhouse in the Forbidden City, which is really enviable to many people.

And this is not a gift from the Crystal Glass Shop, it's just what the Internal Affairs Office should do.It is not the crystal glass carvings and patterns that are common in the homes of wealthy people, but the pieces of crystal clear glass windows. No, they should be called "crystal windows" now. film" is right.

"Crystal windows" of different sizes replaced the palace window papers of the former Xuande Pavilion and the residences of the empresses in the harem.

Those wives who entered the harem to pay their respects, as well as the former officials who had seen the bright light of Xuande Pavilion, all paid their attention to the crystal glass at the same time.

Compared with the heavy mulberry window paper, the weather in Qilu in September has dropped, and there has been a light snowfall.This year's winter came early and very cold.The thin spring and summer window screens have long been replaced, and the paper-pasted windows are the right way.

But it also cuts out most of the sunlight from the window.

Even if the upper class in Yidu had long been using bright and odorless whale oil lighting, it was obvious that compared with natural sunlight, this still hurts the eyes.Not to mention that you can bask in the sun under the "crystal window".

And when countless officials of Lu Qi's court asked people to ask about the crystal glass shop, but there were still such clear "crystal windows", they suddenly discovered that the old nest of the crystal glass shop was in Haizhou.

Emperor Lu knew a little about the famous East China Sea crystal in later generations.When he occupied Haizhou in the early days, he sent people to conduct special exploration.After Lu Qi's general situation was established, he sent people to Haizhou to handle the matter.

The famous Donghai crystal in later generations did not disappoint him. A large number of high-quality flawless crystals were opened from the mine.The telescopes that are increasingly common in the Qi army are all sourced here.The prototypes of these "crystal windows" in the palace are serious crystals, because a large number of high-quality colorless and transparent crystals have been unearthed. While the source of telescope lenses is absolutely abundant, Emperor Lu wondered Try to create some convenience for your own life.But this move was quickly stopped by him because it cost too much.Not only the consumption of crystals, but also the consumption of labor.Therefore, the real thing here is glass.

Therefore, those civil and military ministers who expected that the crystal glass shop would still have a large number of "crystal windows" came back satisfied.

And the court wives who also paid attention to the crystal glass business were definitely not disappointed.In the newly opened commercial storefront of the Crystal Glass Shop in Yidu, they really found a glass mirror that can show people's hair and hair, and it is extremely clear.

As for glass, Emperor Lu once had someone do it specially, but they couldn't succeed.When it became clear that Lu Qi was going to dominate the world, he asked people to find someone who could make glass, and there really was one.It's just that the color of the fired glass is bright, such as colorful jade.There is a clear difference in appearance from the dark colored glassware imported from Tianfang.At the same time, these glasses are light and brittle, and they can be easily broken with hot wine.This is clearly ineligible.Just like the glassware produced in China in the early days, they cannot replace traditional ceramics, porcelain and other eating utensils, but are only used to make secondary products such as ornaments, beads, lanterns, bottles, jars, chess pieces, and inkstones.

The chemistry grade was taught by a Chinese teacher. Emperor Lu obviously didn't understand the internal reasons for this. He didn't know that although the Chinese mastered glass firing technology very early and were one of the origins of glass manufacturing in the world, ancient China produced Although the glass is bright in color, it is often "fragile and brittle" due to the low firing temperature.Later generations of scholars used modern chemical technology to identify and analyze, and believed that the glass products in ancient China basically belonged to lead-barium glass because of the high content of lead and barium.The ancient Middle East is the main birthplace of glass production. Its raw materials and production process are different from Chinese lead-barium glass. The high content of the two elements is called "soda lime glass".

Emperor Lu, who didn't know the underlying reason, had his own solution. His solution was to send people to Tianfang.Instead of spending a lot of money to buy the formula and raw materials from there, they spent a lot of money to hook up several groups of craftsmen who knew how to burn glass.

In fact, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties of China, many people in China had already mastered this method.After Emperor Lu made man-made glass, the person who ordered it picked up a lot of words from ancient books.For example, Ge Hong's "Baopuzi Nei Pian" once said that "the crystal bowls made in foreign countries are actually made of five kinds of ash. Today, there are many people in Jiaotong and Guangxi who have the right method to make them."The crystal bowl is a transparent glass bowl; the combination of five kinds of ash is to be prepared with five kinds of raw materials.Ancient glass vessels unearthed in later generations also showed that transparent monochrome glass existed at that time.Although the transparency cannot be compared with later generations.

But it is very strange that those who created the Fa were lost without knowing it.

However, Emperor Lu used facts to show that nothing is difficult in the world if you put your heart into it.It took him two or three years to "study" as much as he did, and he was very proficient in making glass, especially colorless transparent glass, from scratch.Just as recorded in the official history "The Original Meeting of Things": "The eunuch of the Three Treasures came to China with burners from the West, so the burners in China are cheap. The burners are airy but light."

Of course, Emperor Lu absolutely didn't know about the latter.

It's just that the effect is the same.

After Emperor Lu confirmed that the glass was successfully fired, although he still felt that it was far inferior to later generations when he saw the finished product, he deliberately established a crystal glass shop under the royal banner under the office of the Internal Affairs Office.After the flat colorless transparent glass was produced, the person in charge first made glass windows, and secondly, he devoted himself to researching mirrors. He used tin foil, silver foil, mercury, etc., and after many experiments, he finally created a literal glass mirror. .Just because the manufacturing method of flat glass is still not up to standard, it is difficult to produce a large glass mirror with a large body and perfect appearance.In such a long time, only a few large full-length mirrors were created.But a lot of small glass mirrors were manufactured, and many warehouses were filled with "crystal windows" large and small, enough for Emperor Lu to make a fortune.Among them, the mirror can be used as China's new competitive product and participate in the sea trade.Because although the Tianfang people in the west invented glass very early, they did not invent glass mirrors.

The whole process and the presence of crystal glass rows are well hidden.They didn't deliberately hide them, but they had the name of a telescope production base on their heads, so people chose to avoid them invisibly.

Telescopes are still military equipment, and there is no circulation in the market. They are standard "military weapons".

Emperor Lu is "struggling with the people for profit", but as long as he is a human being, there is no one who does not love money.He is not short of money now, but there is no need to extrapolate the benefits he has made with great effort, right?

And importantly, Emperor Lu also got his wish.As a time traveler, he couldn't build a steam engine, but wouldn't it be embarrassing if he couldn't build guns, cement, glass, etc.

What's more, ordinary people have the capital to do things like exploring new maps.Emperor Lu will organize a fleet and recruit people to travel around the world in the future, so there will be more places to spend money.

The dignitaries and dignitaries in Yidu are the indicators of Lu Qi society, and the crystal glass industry is as popular as a rocket.In just half a month, seven or eighty-eight thousand of the crystal windows in stock were sold, and a vanity mirror was even sold at a high price.

Emperor Lu never doubted the spending power of the lady.

The silver flowed into the royal treasury like a river. When Emperor Lu was happy, he ordered the Internal Affairs Office to set up a financial bank. After all, Emperor Lu did not make money to leave a warehouse full of gold and silver for future generations. of.

All the civil and military officials in the dynasty were stunned.Can such an important institution as a bank have a second one?

As a result, Emperor Lu said that not only can there be a second bank, but there can also be a third, a fourth... an infinite number.It's just that society hasn't developed to that extent yet.

In this way, the civil and military ministers of the Lu Qi Dynasty knew what a bank is, what is a central bank, a policy bank, a commercial bank, and an investment bank.

It turns out that no bank can just print banknotes casually.

(End of this chapter)