Quick Wear: I am the shopkeeper at the Merit Pawn Shop

night.

Sun Youtai brought Shen Mo to a shop mysteriously.

"Brother, why did you bring me here?"

"Of course, I'll take you to see our joint project."

As he said this, Sun Youtai ordered his men to remove all the cloth.

"This is?"

When Shen Mo came in, he took a quick glance and roughly guessed what kind of store this was.

Sun Youtai wanted to give him a surprise, but he pretended not to know.

That's right, a few months ago, the fat cat that devoured Shen Cheng's wild system suddenly woke up and told him that Shen Cheng had obtained a glass formula from the wild system and presented it to Wei Anhou.

The Marquis' Mansion knew that Shen Cheng had killed someone and replaced someone else, so they helped Shen Cheng clean up the mess.

The people in Wei'an Marquis' Mansion are very stupid. Even if the recipe is written in detail, it is not so easy for them to figure it out. There is also the problem of proportion. The proportion given by the system is based on modern calculation methods, not on the calculation of this time and space. Therefore, if there is a problem with the proportion, the people in Wei'an Marquis' Mansion need to experiment little by little.

Shen Mo found Sun Youtai and accidentally talked about the glass.

The biggest difference between people and systems is that the system just throws in a recipe and does its job without ever caring whether Shen Cheng can make glass or whether he can understand the recipe.

Although Shen Mo also wrote down the recipe and the detailed production process and how to obtain the raw materials by hand, he also converted the proportions according to the measurements of that era.

So Shen Mo came up with the glass formula later than Shen Cheng, but Sun Youtai made the glass earlier than the people in Wei'an Marquis Mansion.

The glass on the beam is called colored glaze, and the production process is controlled by the temples.

It is said that the raw materials are very difficult and the process is complicated.

However, the formula Shen Mo came up with was much simpler and greatly reduced the cost.

In the past, the Sun family had asked foreign businessmen to buy the formula, but were rejected.

After Shen Mo personally demonstrated the production process, he had only one request to Sun Youtai, that the recipe must be presented to the emperor.

Because of his meritorious contributions, Sun Youtai was appointed as a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Works by the emperor.

To put it bluntly, it's just a title. There is no salary and no work required, just a title.

This is the best thing for businessmen.

When the glass shop was opened, it was announced, which was also the result of discussions with the emperor.

The reason why the emperor gave Sun Youtai this position was that he didn't want Sun Youtai's glass business to be targeted by others.

Although the Sun family has a royal merchant background, there is no guarantee that some jealous people will not resort to secret means.

The emperor bestowed rewards on the glass shop on the day it opened. This had a completely different meaning as it was telling the world clearly that the glass business belonged to the emperor.

Sun Youtai works for the emperor.

In this way, no one would be so blind as to peek at the glass formula, and anyone who wanted to steal the business from the emperor would have to think twice.

The money is not paid from the national treasury, but from the emperor's own small treasury. Which emperor would not like this?

Of course, it was impossible for the emperor to let the Sun family work for nothing, and Shen Mo didn't know how the profits were divided.

Sun Youtai is not a stingy person. Although Shen Mo, the hero behind the scenes, said he wanted nothing, he still decided to give Shen Mo some share.

"Surprised? Tomorrow all the glass shops in Daliang will open together. The date was chosen by the emperor himself, and there will be a share for you."

Sun Youtai patted Shen Mo's shoulder.

"Congratulations, big brother, you will become a fifth-rank official tomorrow." Shen Mo said with a smile.

"From the fifth rank, not the full fifth rank. Now I am the master of the entire Sun family."

Sun Youtai felt relaxed all over, no longer constrained by his brothers.

The next day, Marquis Wei An had not taken any action against Shen Mo.

A series of firecrackers on the streets of the capital attracted the attention of the people.

Sun Youtai opened two glass shops on the street, one of which was luxuriously decorated and full of brilliance.

The other one looked much simpler, but both sold the same glass products.

The firecrackers for the store opening had just been set off when the emperor's edict arrived.

Eunuch Chang, a trusted eunuch beside the emperor, pinched his throat and read out the official title given by the emperor to Sun Youtai.

"The Emperor, in compliance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: Sun Youtai, a royal merchant, has contributed the glass formula and brought benefits to the people, and is hereby appointed a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Industry."

The onlookers applauded quickly and enthusiastically. Normally, the emperor would confer rewards at the homes of ministers, but this was the first time they heard an imperial edict being read out on the street.

The people who heard the imperial edict regarded it as a blessing of joy.

Sun Youtai took the imperial edict and calmly put the banknote into Eunuch Chang's pocket. While inviting Eunuch Chang to the upstairs box for tea, he announced to the onlookers:

"Today is a big day for me, Sun. The glass shop is opening for the first day. All the goods in the shop are 20% off. If the people think the glass in this shop is expensive, they can go to another shop at the end of the street to buy it. The glass there is more affordable and also discounted."

When they heard that there was a 20% discount, everyone, whether they were rich or just there to watch, couldn't help but go in to take a look.

Some people with sharp ears and quick brains heard about a cheap shop at the end of the street and hurried to the shop to take a look.

When Marquis Wei An received the news, the court had already been dismissed. He went to the glass shop to check it out in person.

When he saw the wide variety of glass products sold in the store, he almost fell down.

Fortunately, his strong willpower helped him get to the carriage, but this also exhausted his last bit of strength.

As he got on the carriage, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"My Lord." The steward beside Marquis Wei An shouted.

"Capture, bring Shen Cheng back to me." After saying this, Wei Anhou fainted.

By the time the carriage arrived home, the imperial physician had also arrived.

He gave Wei Anhou some treatment and acupuncture to wake him up.

Marquis Wei An's face looked gray and worn, as if he had aged decades in an instant.

The housekeeper gritted his teeth and comforted him: "My Lord, if the Sun family can do this business, we can do it too, so don't worry too much."

"What do you know? We in the Wei'an Marquisate cannot do this business. If we do..."

He couldn't continue speaking. Today, when the Sun family glass business opened, the emperor issued an imperial decree, appointing Sun Youtai to a fifth-rank official position, which was to tell everyone that the glass business belonged to the emperor.

"It was Shen Cheng who misled me. I should have known earlier that he was not a reliable person. When I knew he was a fake, I should have exposed him and had his entire clan executed instead of getting on his pirate ship."

Marquis Wei An roared in pain.

Originally, the Marquis Wei'an's Mansion had been unable to maintain its extravagant lifestyle over the years.

Originally, the worst that could happen was to cut spending to maintain the daily life of the Marquis' Mansion, which could barely keep it going.

However, Shen Cheng's mention of glass products made Wei Anhou more ambitious.

Once people have become accustomed to a luxurious life, who would still like to live a life of frugality and austerity?

But it's all over.

When Shen Cheng heard that a glass shop had opened in the capital, his first feeling was that the Wei An Marquisate was really quick. They showed him the glass products yesterday, and the shop opened today.

He never expected the disaster to come.

When the news that Sun Youtai was awarded the fifth-rank official position reached the Hanlin Academy, he had not yet associated Sun Youtai with glass.

He was still feeling indignant. He was a scholar who had studied hard for more than ten years to pass the imperial examination. Even if he had gotten second place, he would only be a seventh-rank official. However, a lowly businessman only used some bribes to get those rootless eunuchs to flatter the emperor and he was able to get a fifth-rank official position. The world was unfair.