Take Taobao to ancient times

"Really ran away out of anger?" Lu Siyu asked in surprise.

"No, it's not because of your piece of paper, can you explain to us what is written on it now?" Song Jue asked, slapping the paper in front of Lu Siyu.

"Isn't it because of my brother-in-law's 500 taels of silver that you lost your popularity?" Lu Siyu asked with a smile, not forgetting to ask for support.

"If it wasn't for my uncle's 500 taels of silver, they might still lower the price. From one million taels of gold to 5 taels of gold, it shows that they have accepted the softness. Who would have thought that my uncle would propose 500 taels of silver, and the emperor seems to be willing I agree with my uncle's statement." Zhuang Jinhan was pulled by Lu Siyu's arm, and immediately answered.

"I'm just thinking about you. The sweet potatoes that Xiaoyu brought out back then were worth a lot. If so, they were only 1000 taels of silver. These foreigners just took a so-called glass prescription, which cost a million taels of gold. Do you think we are being taken advantage of?" Song Jue said disdainfully, he is an imperial merchant, so he naturally knows that it is not easy to make money, even in his position, the silver taels slipping through his hands are not as much as a million taels of gold, and the other party is a hundred taels of gold. Ten thousand taels of gold naturally made him very unhappy.

"Cough." Father Zhuang coughed from the side.

"Ahem, let's not talk about those foreigners," Song Jue quickly collected his expression, "By the way, Xiao Yu, you haven't said what it is yet?"

"Actually, it's not that I didn't tell my brother-in-law before, it's because I didn't know very well. I've thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with a suitable explanation." Lu Siyu silently made an excuse for himself, "The so-called glass prescription, It’s not real colored glaze. If you really use one word to describe it, it’s more appropriate to call it glass. Compared with real colored glaze, it’s more fragile, and its production method is relatively easy, so once it’s manufactured on a large scale, the price It will also be cheaper."

When Lu Siyu said this, he saw that several people were looking at him, and he didn't hold back anymore.

"In fact, these two words just mean soda ash and quartz sand, and glass is made by refining these two things at high temperature." Lu Siyu searched for a few days, but couldn't find a more suitable word than this, but there were also alkalis in ancient times. Water and quartz ore, presumably these two things are no strangers to Song Jue.

Sure enough, Song Jue suddenly realized after listening to it: "So, if it's just high-temperature refining, the production method may not be so complicated, but since those foreigners have seen these two words, why did they propose a price of 5 taels of gold? "

"As far as I know, I'm probably top-notch in blast furnace ironmaking." Lu Siyu said. Even in the era of rapid technological development in later generations, blast furnace ironmaking accounts for 95% of all iron smelted by this method. %, it can be seen that blast furnace ironmaking is indeed an ironmaking method that can stand the test of the times.

In a country that has a perfect grasp of the blast furnace ironmaking process, it is not difficult to smelt glass at high temperatures.

"So that's how it is. I'm afraid they think that we only know one thing and don't know the other. If we don't know high-temperature refining, I'm afraid we can't make glass." Song Jue has already approved Lu Siyu's name for these new products, and directly called them glass.

"Indeed, but in fact, in addition to soda ash and quartz sand, you can also try to add limestone and feldspar to refining glass, but this will depend on my uncle to verify." Lu Siyu said with a smile, as if he had completely handed over the matter Song Jue.

"The foreigner holds the formula in his hand and knows to propose a price of one million taels of gold, so you have no idea?" Song Jue looked at Lu Siyu.

"No need," Lu Siyu shook his head, "I'm living a good life now, and it's not good to have too much money in my hand."

He is very contented. Today's life is not the best, but it's not bad either. It's just that it's useless to hold the method of making glass in your hands. It's better to hand it over. Maybe it will make some changes in the development of glass in this era. Not the same change.

"In that case," Song Jue rubbed his chin, "I will pay for the rebuilding of the restaurant, and all the profits after the restaurant's opening will belong to you alone."

"Then thank you uncle." Lu Siyu smiled and didn't make any excuses.

Let's not talk about those foreigners, but after Song Jue knows the principle and method of making glass, if he still can't make glass, he can only say that the people in his hands are too useless.

In fact, Song Jue is an imperial merchant, and the people in his hands are naturally the top craftsmen in this country. After several mistakes, they finally made the first piece of glass.

And put it in the most conspicuous place in the capital for everyone to appreciate.

Except for Lu Siyu and the others, everyone thought it was Liuli, so many people gathered around the place where the glass was placed every day, and were amazed by it.

Lu Siyu also got the news by accident, saying that those foreigners had left quietly.

"Okay, I didn't expect that this time not only did I not spend any money, but also made such a good thing, Song Jue, it's all thanks to you." The emperor smiled, obviously very excited about this matter.

"Where, it's all thanks to Xiaoyu. If it wasn't for Xiaoyu, we wouldn't be able to do this," Song Jue smiled, looking at Lu Siyu who was sitting beside him, "You haven't said a word since just now, so what's the matter? idea?"

"Where, I just didn't expect to see the emperor again, I was a little surprised." Lu Siyu said, his words were full of helplessness, of course the point was not seeing the emperor, but the emperor actually came to his house.

He really wanted to ask if the emperor was really so free on weekdays?But can I ask?No, so it's better to stay quiet.

"Actually, what I mean is that it is best for the emperor not to come out. As a courtier, how can he stop the emperor? Your majesty, do you think so?" Song Jue asked while looking at the emperor.

"Hey, the palace is really boring. You spend the whole day reviewing memorials or strolling in the garden. Fortunately, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and there is nothing serious about it. But thanks to you, Lu Siyu." The emperor suddenly looked at Lu Siyu.

"The grassroots are terrified." Lu Siyu got up quickly.

"Going out, there are not so many etiquettes. Recently, there have been many brochures from various places, saying that it is a bumper harvest. The life of the people is much better than before, and the number of babies born surviving has also increased compared with previous years. These But it’s all thanks to your sweet potatoes, and when the corn, potatoes and cotton are planted next year, there will be a bumper harvest, and the people’s life will be even easier.” The emperor said, this is not a lie, he is I watched the sweet potatoes being dug up and planted across the country, and I watched the booklets with good harvests handed over.

Regardless of whether those excerpts are exaggerated or not, as long as [-]% of the content in the excerpts is true, the life of ordinary people will be much better than in previous years. If it is [-]% to [-]%, it will be even better.

"These are also credits to the emperor. If the emperor hadn't acted decisively and planted sweet potatoes nationwide, there would not be such a big harvest this year." Lu Siyu said, remembering that the emperor came to Lujia Village in person to see those sweet potatoes, and then ordered to cultivate them. Planting sweet potatoes, this alone is enough to prove the determination and perseverance of the emperor.

Lu Siyu often thought about it, what would happen if he came to a dynasty where the people were struggling to live?

The conclusion is that if this is the case, even if he wants to promote sweet potatoes that benefit the country and the people, it will be difficult.

He lived in this era, even if he hadn't met Zhuang Jinhan, because the sweet potato was so good, it would be slowly popularized in a few years, but in those chaotic times, no matter how good the sweet potato was, even if he met Zhuang Jinhan, there would be no emperor's support , and sweet potatoes cannot be promoted.

Therefore, Lu Siyu's words were not flattery, but the truth.

"Hahahahaha, in fact, you are also a good seedling to be an official," the emperor laughed loudly, "But I know that you have no intention of being an official, you just want to be a scholar. In this case, I will not force you, but there is one thing, I hope you accept it."

Lu Siyu was stunned for a moment, he was still a little dazed when he saw the emperor took the things from his father-in-law, but he still took the initiative to kneel down when the emperor handed them over.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Although I am not used to kneeling, since it is in ancient times, it is better to follow the crowd.

"You didn't even look at what's inside, why did you thank me?" The emperor laughed.

"This..." Lu Siyu was still in a daze, but he thought what he said in his heart. According to the routine of the TV series, even if the emperor wanted to behead, wouldn't he still have to say thank you? Is there any other way to say it?

"Get up," said the emperor, and stopped playing charades. "This is my handwriting, with my seal on it. Although you have no official status, those who are officials can't embarrass you. If someone embarrasses you, just take it." It’s just a handout.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu Siyu thanked him again. He knew that the best gold medal for avoiding death is the iron certificate of Danshu, but the iron certificate of Danshu is only limited to meritorious ministers, and it is used to avoid capital crimes. Although this thing is not so big now effect, but in reality the effect is not small.

"This is a good thing, the emperor is really generous this time." Song Jue smiled from the side.

"That's right, who told me to buy so many sweet potatoes, and only paid 1000 taels of silver." The emperor laughed, also teasing what Song Jue had been saying about him before.

"My lord, look, your majesty, those foreigners just took a glass prescription and asked for a million taels of gold, but Xiaoyu didn't even give us a penny. Speaking of which, Xiaoyu saved us a million taels of gold." No?" Song Jue laughed.

In fact, it's not like giving nothing, after all, Song Jue has to pay for the restaurant's money.

It's just such a comparison, it seems that Lu Siyu is generous again.

"Song Qing is saying that I spend money quickly? When did I spend a lot of money?" The emperor asked instead.

"Don't dare, but there are cheaper ones, so naturally we have to choose the cheaper one, Xiaoyu, right?" Song Jue looked at Lu Siyu and asked with a smile.

"Ah(⊙o⊙)?" Lu Siyu looked at Song Jue innocently.

"Uncle——" Zhuang Jinhan said something aside, and it was also the second sentence he said at this moment, and these two sentences were said because of Lu Siyu.

"I know, I know, you don't need to remind me," Song Jue raised his hand to stop him, "I know you're on Xiaoyu's side, and you two are obviously on the same team, so it's useless even if you call me Xiaojiu."

"Wen fighting is not good, uncle intends to fight?" Zhuang Jinhan smiled.

"It's really... ah, tears of bitterness for a junior to plan to attack an elder!" Song Jue sighed.

As soon as these words came out, several people laughed, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.