Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

The next day, Luo Shang brought people to the glass workshop and took away all the telescopes in the workshop warehouse.

There were a total of 3,000 telescopes, and Luo Shang paid 30,000 taels of silver first.

This 30,000 taels of silver was the first income of the glass workshop.

With the first income, Zhu Dahai was more motivated to do things.

"My Lord, the newly recruited 500 apprentices have been arranged. It will only take one month for them to start making glass."

In the glass workshop, Zhu Dahai took Yang Zhengshan to check the glass manufacturing situation.

Yang Zhengshan set up the glass workshop in the north city of Chongshan Pass, next to the barracks and the general's mansion stationed in Chongshan Pass. The glass workshop has two doors, one leading directly to the general's mansion, and the other gate opposite the barracks gate.

The guards of the glass workshop are the same as those of the general's mansion, and they are all guarded by soldiers from the town standard camp.

Now the production technology of the glass workshop is very high, and flat glass, embossed glass, laminated glass, and glazed glass can all be manufactured.

Glass products of various shapes can also be manufactured.

The only difficult thing to make is glass with high transparency. Although glass workshops have been making telescope lenses for many years, the yield rate of lenses is still less than 30%.

On the contrary, various colorful glazed glasses are easier to make. After adding various pigments, the flaws in the transparency of the glass are covered.

"Where are the glass ornaments you made?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Please come this way, Lord!" Zhu Dahai took Yang Zhengshan to a warehouse.

The warehouse was full of display cabinets, and on the display cabinets were various glass crafts.

There were lifelike horses, golden Buddha statues, powerful birds of prey, and auspicious beasts in various postures, which made Yang Zhengshan stunned.

"Are all these made recently?"

"Well, some are not. In the past, when we were free, we would occasionally make some rare items, but the Marquis had previously instructed that they should not be circulated, so most of the items were left in the warehouse."

"These are all selected fine products, and many of them are the best recently."

"For example, this Buddha statue was made by Carpenter Wang. He used to carve wooden Buddha statues, so he thought of making a Buddha statue with glass!"

Zhu Dahai explained.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the gold in the Buddha statue with some curiosity, then picked it up and checked it, and found that this thing was solid, and it seemed to have a layer of gold foil inside.

"Is there gold foil inside?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"No, it's colored glass, and it uses gold paint." Zhu Dahai said.

Yang Zhengshan was amazed. Although this Buddha statue had some flaws due to the problem of glass craftsmanship, it looked like a good handicraft.

If it was sold, Yang Zhengshan felt that it would be no problem to sell it for several thousand taels of silver.

But the cost of this thing, although it looks very bluffing, but in fact, this Buddha statue is much simpler to make than the lens of a telescope.

Human wisdom cannot be underestimated. The method of making this glass was taught to them by Yang Zhengshan, but now Yang Zhengshan can no longer understand how this thing is made.

"Not bad, not bad." Yang Zhengshan praised.

"Make more of these things, and they will be useful soon!"

"Yes, I have asked people to make them, and also let some more skilled craftsmen study new objects!" Zhu Dahai said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded with satisfaction.

Craftsmen are very research-minded. As long as you can support them, what they study will far exceed your expectations.

Yang Zhengshan has verified this point in the engineering team of Tenglongwei.

To make crossbows and catapults, the craftsmen of the engineering team of Tenglongwei started research from scratch. At the beginning, they were just some ordinary carpenters and blacksmiths, but now they are not much worse than the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry.

Similarly, the craftsmen in the glass workshop are also a group of people with strong research capabilities.

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After returning to the General's Mansion from the glass workshop, Yang Zhengshan was about to go to the study to check today's official documents when he saw a soldier on duty at the town's flag camp running over in a hurry, "My Lord, there is a eunuch from the Imperial Household Department outside the door asking to see you!"

"Eunuch from the Imperial Household Department! Are you sure?" Yang Zhengshan was a little stunned.

This is Chongshan Town, where did the Imperial Household Department come from?

Besides, why would a eunuch from the Imperial Household Department come to Chongshan Town?

"There are eight people on the other side. The leader speaks in a shrill voice, sounding very much like a eunuch. They are dusty and should have come from a long journey." The soldier had never seen the eunuch from the Imperial Household Department, but this did not prevent him from inferring the other side's origins through observation.

"Do you have a waist badge?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Yes, it's a copper badge. I checked it and it doesn't look fake." The soldier replied.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, then strode towards the front hall of the General's Mansion.

When he arrived at the front hall, he saw a tall middle-aged man sitting in the hall drinking tea leisurely.

This man looked handsome and did not look like a eunuch, but it was impossible to determine whether he was a eunuch just by looking at his appearance.

Eunuchs were not all humble and wretched. In fact, most eunuchs walking outside were handsome and had extraordinary looks.

Those who were ugly and had a bad image would not be sent out by the imperial city to do work. The old emperor also wanted to save face and knew the difference between beauty and ugliness. Naturally, he would not let an ugly person serve him. He would also feel uncomfortable looking at an ugly person all day.

In the imperial examinations, people are judged by their appearance. Those who are ugly are not accepted, and those who are good-looking are all young and handsome.

What's more, in the imperial city, the unsightly eunuch Gong'e could only do menial tasks. She could not serve the emperor at all, let alone be sent out by the emperor to do things.

However, due to their physical condition and the fact that they had to serve their masters servilely for a long time, many eunuchs have a feminine appearance.

The man in front of him was not only handsome in appearance, but also powerful in figure. He was obviously not the kind of eunuch to serve others.

"I, the Marquis Yang Zhengshan, do you know who this father-in-law is?" Yang Zhengshan stepped into the front hall and asked.

"Ma Rong, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, pays homage to Marquis Jing'an!" Ma Rong bowed calmly with clasped fists. His voice was indeed shriller, but this did not make him look feminine. On the contrary, his shrill voice was not at all It affected his majestic temperament.

"It turns out to be Eunuch Ma, haha, please sit down, please sit down!" Yang Zhengshan laughed.

The Si Li Jian is the first of the twenty-four eunuchs in the imperial city. Its establishment is not large, with only about ten people, including the palm eunuch, the pen eunuch, and the accompanying eunuch.

In Da Rong, the Chief of Ceremonies did not have the power to approve red affairs. Their main responsibility was to act as the emperor's assistant in handling court affairs, transmitting memorials, and publicizing imperial edicts.

The Si Li Jian cannot do things like bullying superiors and subordinates, because the secret military guards are not under the supervision of the Si Li Jian. The secret military guards' memorials can go directly to the emperor's imperial court without going through the Si Li Jian, so the Si Li Jian The ceremonial supervisor was unable to suppress the secret military guards from deceiving the emperor.

Of course, this does not mean that the Si Li Jian has no power. As the first eunuch in the imperial city, the Si Li Jian can be regarded as the highest command organ of the inner court, including the twenty-four eunuchs of the inner court and the eunuch organization outside the imperial city, almost all of which belong to It is under the jurisdiction of the ceremonial supervisor.

To put it simply, except for the secret military guards, the ceremonial supervisor has the right to intervene in all eunuch yamen.

For example, the eunuch guarding the town of Chongshan has the right to intervene.

Today, there are only nine chief eunuchs, including the eunuch Chen Zhongshu and Eunuch Chen, and the eight eunuchs who serve as attendants. Two of them rotate each quarter to hold the pen.

There were only so many ceremonial officials, so Yang Zhengshan naturally knew him before, and he also knew that one of them was an eunuch named Ma Rong, but he had never seen them before.

The two of them took their seats, and Ma Rong went straight to the topic and said: "Our family came to Chongshan Town this time on the order of His Majesty. The Marquis has done a great job in offering treasures. Your Majesty specially gave you a three-yellow plum to show your favor!"

As soon as he said these words, Yang Zhengshan was stunned.

The merit of offering treasures should be due to the telescope and queen honey.

But what are these three yellow plums?

Ma Rong signaled to the attendant beside him, who immediately held a white jade box in front of Yang Zhengshan.

"Please ask Mr. Marquis to check!"

Yang Zhengshan opened the jade box and looked at a yellow fruit the size of an egg, slightly larger than a normal plum.

"This is it?" he asked doubtfully.

Ma Rong smiled and said: "This is a three-yellow plum. It is a top-grade spiritual fruit. It has the effect of calming the mind and condensing qi. After taking it, within three hours, the innate true qi in the body will speed up and help to connect the meridians throughout the body." "

When Yang Zhengshan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Accelerating the circulation of the innate true energy helps to connect the meridians throughout the body. Wouldn't this enable a half-step innate breakthrough to the innate realm?

Ma Rong seemed to see what he was thinking, and explained: "Three yellow plums can only increase the speed of the innate true energy, but they cannot allow people to break through to the innate state. If you want to break through to the innate state, you still need your own accumulation. Only if you have enough understanding!”

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly to express his understanding.

Although it cannot allow people to break through to the innate realm, it can speed up the movement of innate true energy, and it is also very effective for half-step innate warriors to break through.

If you can take more of it, you might be able to directly allow half-step innate warriors to reach the innate realm.

The value of this small three-yellow plum is still higher than that of the Jade Dew Spirit Peach.

"Your Majesty, I am very grateful!"

Yang Zhengshan stood up and bowed with his fists in the direction of Kyoto.

The emperor was so generous, Yang Zhengshan was really grateful.

"I'd rather trouble Eunuch Ma to make this trip. I'm really sorry. Eunuch Ma will wait for a while, and I'll have people prepare food and wine to welcome Eunuch Ma and all the brothers!" Yang Zhengshan said enthusiastically.

Ma Rong waved his hand, "Master Hou, don't bother me. Our family has other important things to attend to, so it's not appropriate to stay in Chongshan Pass for too long!"

"Is there anything else important? Do you need my help?" Yang Zhengshan was a little surprised.

What important matters could the Chief Li Supervisor have in Chongshan Town?

It makes sense to say that he came to deliver rewards on the emperor's order, but other things should not require the person from the Supervisor of Ceremonies to go there in person.

"It's queen bee honey. Eunuch Chen hopes that the Marquis can dedicate all the queen bee honey to His Majesty!" Ma Rong looked at Yang Zhengshan with sharp eyes.

Yang Zhengshan suddenly realized that it was for the queen bee honey.

It seems that queen honey has some effect on the emperor.

"I still have some queen honey here, but it's not much. I got some by chance."

"Since Your Majesty needs it, I will naturally not be stingy!"

"Mr. Ma, wait a minute, I will send someone to get the queen honey right now!"

When Ma Rong heard this, a faint smile appeared on his face, "Eunuch Chen said that the Marquis is loyal to His Majesty. Our family didn't believe it before, but now it seems that Eunuch Chen understands the Marquis!"

"I don't dare, I don't dare, I'm just doing my duty as a minister." Yang Zhengshan said modestly.

After that, he sent someone back to the house to get the queen honey in front of Ma Rong.

"I got this queen honey by chance. I got ten cans of it at first. Zhuo Jing and my son drank some at home, but now there are only six cans left. I gave your Majesty three cans before, but now I still have three cans in the house!"

Yang Zhengshan explained that of course this was made up.

As the Lingquan space becomes larger and larger, there are more and more plants and trees in the space, and the number of hives is also increasing.

This queen honey is just ordinary honey in the space. Yang Zhengshan can take more than a dozen cans every month. The Yang family's main courtyard and each room have a monthly quota of two cans.

Women can beautify their skin by drinking it, and children can strengthen their muscles and bones by drinking it.

Yang Zhengshan naturally wanted to give such a good thing to his family to enjoy.

However, he previously explained that the queen honey was bought from Jiangnan at home, while in the memorial he explained that it was accidentally obtained from Changqing Mountain.

Although it is the same thing, two interpretations can make it two different things.

The Yang family used ordinary honey, and the one presented to the emperor was precious queen honey.

As for whether anyone will discover the problem, it is actually not a big problem, because there will be no more queen honey in the future, and all the queen honey will be given to the emperor.

Unless someone can get the queen honey from the imperial city and compare it with the Yang family's honey.

Otherwise, even if someone discovered that there was something special about the Yang family's honey, they would not think that it was queen honey dedicated to the emperor.

After getting the queen honey, Ma Rong said goodbye. No matter how Yang Zhengshan tried to persuade him to stay, the eunuch remained unmoved. In desperation, Yang Zhengshan could only give him three thousand taels of silver and then send him out of the city.

Watching Ma Rong leave quickly, Yang Zhengshan confirmed his thoughts again.

The emperor is afraid that he will die soon.

If the emperor's life was still long, Ma Rong would not have to rush back in such a hurry.