From Chief to Ball

"Sir, sir! Go out and have a look."

Li Kuixuan was grinding a lens there, and when the apprentice called him out, he got a little annoyed, and said angrily, "What are you shouting for?"

"Sir, there is excitement outside. A man smashed such a big piece of crystal, and he is about to pay for it."

The apprentice compared the size of the crystal with his hands, and Li Kui pouted and said, "Nonsense, how can there be such a large crystal? Besides, even if there is, who would grind it into that?"

"Go out and have a look, I'm looking for you to let you be firm. How can you say that you are also the best mirror grinder in Fujian City. If you say yes, you will say yes, but if you say no, you will not. I guess that is not the case, but they are very Say yes, you will pay 1 silver coins..."

Hearing such flattering words, Li Kuixiu felt happy in his heart, felt a little bit sorry for the man, and went out.

The magistrate recognized him, saw him coming, and said with a smile: "Master Li, I was just looking for you, can you show me what this is?"

Li Kuixuan lowered his head and couldn't help hissing. Just looking at these fragments, they really look like crystals, and they are crystals of excellent quality.

However, when I picked it up again, I touched it with my hand, and it was a little warm, so I couldn't help but shook my head.He picked up another piece, flicked it with his fingertips and listened to the sound, he suddenly understood, and said in his heart: "If this is crystal, my shop will be in vain!"

The crystal tentacles are cold, and the sound is clear and clear. After a little testing, these fragments are known to be glass, but how can there be such glass in the world?

For a moment, although he was convinced that this was not a crystal, he was still not sure, so he clicked his tongue and said, "This should not be a crystal."

The onlookers felt sorry for the person who was asked to pay [-] silver coins. After saying this, everyone felt relieved, but the two who didn't want to be smashed quit.

"Master Li, we know your eyesight, but you said it's not crystal, so what do you say it is? Could it be glass? Have you ever seen glass like this?"

While talking, he picked up a pile of shards and handed them to the people nearby, saying: "Everyone, take a look, who hasn't seen glass yet? How can there be such glass?"

Everyone held the glass and looked at it, but they didn't think it was like it. Everyone had seen glass before, full of bubbles and dull in color. There really wasn't anything so transparent, so they liked it no matter how they looked.

"My crystal was originally planned to build a big house and install it to transmit light. Think about it, how comfortable is this house to live in with a big glass three or four feet wide? Open the curtains when you get up in the morning, Huo! Sunshine It's all coming through, and the flowers and plants outside can be seen clearly, if a woman passes by, she will inevitably want to live in such a house... Now it's good, it's broken!"

Li Kuixuan also felt strange, thinking that this is indeed not crystal, but if it is glass... Thinking of this, he suddenly thought that if such glass really existed, then his mirror grinding shop would have great potential. If he could establish a good relationship with such a glass workshop, I'm afraid that other mirror grinding shops will close down.

At this time, the person inside was still screaming, and Li Kuixuan was extremely dissatisfied. It had nothing to do with him to pay or not, but he was only questioning his vision in public, which made him very angry.

"What? You still don't believe me when I say it's not a crystal?"

The man who was yelling said with a smile: "Mr. Li said no, so of course he believed it. In fact, this thing is not a crystal, but a fire crystal. That...uh...oh, yes, the fire crystal, so the tentacles are warm .In short, it is also very valuable.”

"Fire crystal?"

Li Kuixuan shook his head, feeling a little skeptical in his heart. Countless ores have been discovered one after another over the years, and he is not sure. Could it be that new ores have appeared?

He didn't want to talk too much, he said that in another month, the new brochure of the capital would be published and circulated here, and he would buy a book at that time to see if there were any new ores or something new.In this day and age, what is right today may be wrong tomorrow. He can only be sure that it is not a crystal, but he is not sure that it is not the so-called "fire crystal". He bowed his head and said nothing.

The crowd around the audience sighed, and felt more and more regretful, whether it was a pity for this huge "fire crystal" that was two or three times larger than today's large glass, or a pity that the person wearing silk would have to wear it for the rest of his life. Shirt works as a hired hand in a workshop...

Having said this, it seems irreparable. Now even the best mirror maker in the city can’t recognize what it is. Besides, it’s like a beautiful jade gem. Before it’s discovered, it’s just a stone. Who can say for sure what this thing is?

The person who smashed it seemed to have collapsed, and the sheriff said helplessly: "1 silver coins is too much, but... But if it is broken, you have to pay for it. There is no way. I think so." , you go back with me, and discuss with the judicial officer what to do about this matter."

"Alright, I'm not afraid to find anyone. Anyway, it's 1 silver coins, and I can't do without a penny. I really don't believe it. This is a bright world. Is it possible that there is something that doesn't pay for other people's treasures if it breaks?"

Just as he was talking, a voice suddenly came from outside the crowd, which seemed to be a little mocking.

"1 silver coins? How dare you say it! Don't say 1 silver coins. Our charity trading company will sell you one hundred silver coins. We have as much as you want!"

Everyone hurriedly turned their heads, many recognized the speaker and greeted him one after another.

"Mr. Zhu Gan!"

The magistrate also recognized Hu Lin, and he was also a member of the county council, with a pretty good reputation. Among the younger generation, except for the two who suddenly appeared in the past two years, no one had a more bizarre and admirable story than this person , also hastily said hello.

Hu Lin walked over, picked up a fragment and looked at it, and said with a snort, "This is glass, our trading company has it, as many as you want, where is the fire crystal?"

Chapter 55 Mirror grinding

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The crowd suddenly became chaotic, people looked at Hu Lin in disbelief, they all knew Hu Lin's character, but they didn't believe it could be true.

Some people think that perhaps Mr. Zhu Gan has a kind heart, and he can't see it coming to speak for that person?But some people think that although Mr. Zhu Gan has a kind heart, he is not the kind of person who does not abide by the rules.

"How is it possible? Where is such a glass?"

"That's right, look at this glass... No, the color of this fire crystal is so translucent, it's so big, and it doesn't have many bubbles. Do you think it's the same color as grass or tree leaves?"

Hu Lin smiled and said: "It just so happens that our trading company has just bought a batch of such glass, and the carriage is right in front, you might as well take a look!"

As he said that, a carriage came from a distance, and there were rows of wooden shelves piled up on it. On the wooden shelves, the words "Nan'an County Private Glass Factory" were written in ink.

When it got close, everyone immediately surrounded it, looking at the glass in surprise.

Although each piece is not as good as the one that was broken just now, it is also worthy of these three words. It is big and square, crystal clear, almost no bubbles and no such weird colors.

Hu Lin yelled, and several employees of the trading company unloaded the glass from the carriage, lifted it up and shouted: "Look at this glass!"

Seeing this, the two people who looked like scammers turned around and were about to slip away, but they were caught by the sheriff and shouted, "Okay, let me just say how could you have such expensive things?"

The two laughed flatteringly and said, "This...uh, isn't this money-less? We want to get some money, but in fact we don't want 1 silver coins, and we know he can't afford it, so we thought about getting dozens of flowers... ..."

Everyone laughed loudly, the person who broke the glass seemed to be born again, thanking Hu Lin non-stop.Although Hu Lin knew that this was Chen Jian's so-called "advertisement", she was still a little embarrassed.

The magistrate asked: "Mr. Zhu Gan, how much do you sell for this glass? Although it is a blackmail from the society, you still have to pay for it. One yard is worth one yard."

Hu Lin smiled and stretched out his fingers and said, "Didn't I say that? The trading company will sell such a big piece of five silver coins, as much as you want."

The onlookers felt that five silver coins was a lot, and they didn't know exactly what the price of the glass was.

But Li Kuixuan on the side couldn't help asking: "How much? Five silver coins? Brother Zhu Gan, don't talk nonsense, even those pieces of green glass cost three silver coins a piece, but it's much smaller than this." It’s gone, and the green ones are definitely not so clear.”

Hu Lin also bowed back and said, "Where am I talking nonsense, our charity business company sells it, is it fake?"

The people below whispered and asked, "Five silver coins, so expensive?"

The person next to him said: "Why is it so expensive? This is not what we bought. Of course you think it is expensive, but how much less can others afford?"

"That's right, I bought two pots of orchids last year and sold them for some money. If one piece is as big as five silver coins, I really want to buy two and put it on."

People were talking, and the magistrate snorted, "Okay, now the truth is out, according to the law, you have to be fined twice as much as the glass, otherwise you have to be imprisoned and work for a year. You choose one."

The two fumbled for the money in disgrace, reluctantly handed it in, and said distressedly: "Hey, this is called stealing chickens instead of eating rice!"

When everyone heard this, they suddenly found it interesting, and when they thought about the artistic conception of stealing chickens, they couldn't help laughing, and they were happy to see that justice defeated evil. Qian ran away with his head down.

The person who broke the glass before thanked the magistrate again, and said something like discerning. The magistrate took ten silver coins, was also happy, and talked for a while to make everyone disperse.

Although the crowd dispersed, what happened just now became an interesting story that could be told, and it was inevitable that word of mouth would be passed on, and it would be even more interesting if stealing chickens was not the case.