From Chief to Ball

Charity Trading Company has a new kind of large glass, without bubbles, the color is crystal clear, and even Master Li Kuoxiu can't recognize it as glass... Words like this spread quickly, fermenting together with the story of the victory of justice over evil.

Hu Lin looked at the dispersed crowd, feeling a little uncomfortable.Ordinarily, this is true, and it is not a lie, it is just a play, but he still finds it difficult to accept it.

After thinking about it, this is a good thing. It does not hurt anyone, and it can quickly let people know that the trading company has such glass.The only thing worth considering is to do some strange things in order to achieve a certain purpose. If these strange things do not hurt people, is it considered as going astray?

Thinking about it in his mind, he somewhat forgot the other thing Chen Jian asked him to do, but he didn't expect that the person in the other thing stopped him first.

Li Kuixuan smiled and invited Hu Lin into the shop, and walked into the backyard to ask the apprentice to make tea.

The two of them knew each other before, and they were both elected as members of the county council, which could be regarded as an honor.

Although there is no longer a title at this time, everyone in Huaxia joked that the members of the council are actually a kind of title, but it cannot be hereditary.There are no dukes in this world, and some people say that those who are eligible to participate in the national council in the capital are marquises; those in the county are earls; those in the county are viscounts.

Some people even joked that the kings of Huaxia are basically selected from among the thirteen extremely well-developed and extremely wealthy sheriffs. , and the county guard must be eligible to participate in the national council of the capital, so he was laughed at as the prince of the thirteen kings.

According to this kind of joke in the market, these two people can be regarded as earls, and they knew each other naturally, but they didn't have the complicated etiquette and background like those blood nobles in the north.

After entering the room and assigning the guest of honor to sit down, Li Kuixuan couldn't bear it anymore and didn't say too many polite words.

"Brother Zhu, is this glass really from your trading company?"

Only then did Hu Lin wake up, nodded and said, "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Li Kuixuan's head turned quickly, thinking that since such a large piece of glass can be produced, the glass workshop must be able to make thicker glass that can be ground.

The price is so cheap, with the refraction and transparency of crystal, but not as expensive as crystal, this is really a rare opportunity.

Fortunately, this incident happened in front of my own shop, so that I can get the best of luck first, as long as I can find out where the glass workshop is located, I can go there and discuss the glass by myself, even if it costs a lot of money to buy it. Some, what shop can compare the price of the glasses that you grind yourself?

Just as he was about to ask, Hu Lin said first, "Master Li, if you don't tell me, I almost forgot. The people in this glass workshop asked me to ask you something."

"Well, what's the matter?"

"That's right, this glass workshop is opened by Chen Jian."

"Chen Jian? Is that the one who wrote the play and was found by the people from the Capital Academy?"

"Yes, it's him. Isn't he the one who paid for our business company?"

"Yes, the young man is good. Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Chen Jian said that he wants to cooperate with Brother Li and sign a contract. The mirror glass will only be sold to Brother Li's family, but a part of the money will be required..."

When Li Kuixuan heard this, he smiled and said, "Good thing! I was still thinking about it just now. The issue of money can be discussed, but as long as all the mirror glass is sold to my family, it can be discussed. I want to come to An The glass of the windows is made like this, and the specially prepared ground mirror glass must be the same, and it can be used as crystal."

Hu Lin nodded and said: "But what he means is that only the generation of Mincheng will not be sold to other families, but after leaving Mincheng, they will still be sold."

"That's natural. The mirror grinder in the capital has nothing to do with me. Where is this Chen Jian now? I'll go talk to him right away."

"That's not necessary."

Hu Lin took out a piece of paper with terms written on it, and Li Kuixuan glanced at it roughly, and was greatly surprised. The price of this exclusive monopoly ground mirror glass is not high, and it is completely acceptable.He believes that if the price is three to five times higher, if you take it to another house, they will accept it as well.

"Brother Li, there is another request besides this."

"Say."

"Chen Jian said that a batch of glass mirrors needs to be polished, but Master Li must polish them himself. He wants this to be of great use, so I ask Brother Li to take care and not let the apprentices grind this batch. Of course, some rough work can be done. Let apprentices do it, but Brother Li has to do it himself when it comes to fine polishing."

As he spoke, he took out another piece of paper, on which were written all kinds of lenses needed, and there were quite a few of them, some were for people with blurred vision, some were for people with short-sightedness, some were for zooming in on words, and some were for A few are very weird, not some kind of lens but a kind of triangular prism.

These plums can be ground, so it's not a big problem, as long as there are enough materials, it's not a problem at all.

There is no need to think about it at all, Li Kuixuan said: "Okay, I can agree to this."

"Brother Li, there is one more thing... this, about the mirror glass, you'd better not talk to the mirror grinder from another family. Although we signed the contract, but..."

"Don't worry about that, I won't tell those people without you telling me."

"That's good. When Chen Jian returns to Mincheng in a few days, he will come to visit you. Then you can talk about it."

"Brother Zhu, I don't know why this Chen Jian wants so many weird lenses?"

"I don't know, it seems to be given to the academy? Or it has something to do with the academy. You know that he is also a member of the academy. I heard that an old gentleman in the academy wants to accept him as a What about disciples?"

"I've heard about it too. If it's true, it's really a big deal for our city of Min. Okay, I'll grind out these lenses as soon as possible, and I'll make sure I'll do the final finer parts myself."

"Thank you so much. My business company still has something to do, so I won't bother you. I'll go back now."

"Brother Zhu Gan has a kind heart, just like Chen Jian's kid. Hey, this charity business... Hey, it's really good. After all, someone needs to care about those people. Well, I won't keep you either..."

After being sent away, Hu Lin looked back at Li Kuixuan's mirror grinding shop, smiled, and let out a sigh.

The people in the trading company are still waiting for him, and they have to go back to recruit some more people. The business of selling glass can be handed over to those apprentices who can settle accounts.

Chapter 56 Guilds

Before the glass of the charitable trading company appeared in Mincheng, the glass workshops in Mincheng were ushering in a situation where everyone was happy with the development of the industry.

The false prosperity created by the Lanhua incident allowed some middle-level people to get a sum of money. As long as there are still people taking over, someone will always make money.

If you make money, it will naturally promote the purchase of some commodities.Renovating the house, installing glass, and buying some glassware is also a natural thing to do.

It's not that these people don't want to continue to change money into money, but because capital is still in its infancy, and all industries are basically divided into two situations: there are guilds and chambers of commerce, and there are actually but no.

There are guilds in manufacturing workshops, textile industries, etc.; and such as watchmaking, carpentry, mirror grinding, etc., which rely purely on crafts, although there are also guilds, but the main purpose of the guilds is to exchange technology rather than There is too much competition, and there is no way to compete. Even if you hire a hundred apprentices, you can’t go to a business like large-scale dry grinding of mirrors and watchmaking parts, because this is a high-end craft.

The former can be regarded as primitive capitalists, while the latter is at best a high-income working class, which is completely different.

The internal barriers of the guild are strict, and many middle-level earners have no way to invest in reproduction even if they have money, and basically choose to accumulate or consume.

Therefore, the glass workshops in Mincheng have been prosperous in the past two years, and everyone has made a lot of money. The guild president of the Mincheng Glass Guild Hall has become more and more popular in recent years.

Guild organizations in various industries are very strict internally, not only to maintain internal relationships and prevent vicious competition, but also to prevent some external forces from entering.

This is the case in many industries. The presidents of silk weaving and cotton spinning have to convene their peers every few days to set basic prices, distribute raw materials, etc., to ensure the benefits of the guild.

This is not an unspoken rule, but a clear rule that appeared in the embryonic era. The leaders of various chambers of commerce, guild halls, and guilds are basically members of the council, representing the interests of local industry and commerce.Officials are also happy to see this, not only maintaining stability, but also ensuring that the place they are in charge of will not be too depressed.

The emergence of this kind of situation is basically caused by the absence of new technologies in various industries in a short period of time. In fact, this is true no matter what era, even if a certain industry does not appear in a short period of time after the germination. Form a guild-like organization.It's just that the speed of scientific and technological development in the century after the advent of the industrial age is too fast, and the competition caused by the replacement will tear such tender feelings to pieces, but there is no such power now, so it will naturally become silent.

When the glass of the charity business company appeared in April, all the glass workshops in Mincheng couldn't sit still.

The color is translucent, not the color of forest grass leaves, less air bubbles, low price, large specifications... No matter how you look at it, these glass workshops have completely lost their competitive advantage in at least the window glass industry.

However, the shipment volume of glassware is not very large, and the bulk is still such a large piece of glass.

As soon as the glass of the charity business company appeared, it completely confused the glass manufacturing market in Mincheng, and blatantly broke this rule: the owner of this workshop named Nan'an County Private Glass Factory did not come to visit the glass guild President, this is simply intolerable.