Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

"What will Tao Ranju sell in the future?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Hao immediately became interested, got up and walked to Gu Yanshu's desk.

As soon as Qin Hao walked to the desk, he saw Gu Yanshu opening the brocade box.

It's just that when the lid of the brocade box was opened, Qin Hao couldn't see the true face of the thing inside, but only saw the thick layer of flannelette on top.

Seeing this layer of velvet, Qin Hao inevitably thought of Xingren's cautious appearance when he just put down the brocade box.

Immediately, the curiosity in my heart became even stronger, and my eyes were fixed on the movements of Gu Yanshu's hands.

Seeing that Gu Yanshu directly uncovered the top layer of flannelette, he took out the items in the brocade box.

After seeing clearly the items in Gu Yanshu's hand, Qin Hao's eyes widened suddenly, and he couldn't even understand what he said:

"Liu, Liulizhan?"

In the treasury of Tianqi Kingdom, there is also a glazed cup.

But there is only one.

That glazed cup was collected by Qin Lu from a corrupt official's mansion in the enemy country when Qin Lu was fighting abroad.

After Qin Lu brought him back to the capital, Qin Hao relied on his relationship with Qin Lu to observe it for a while.

Later, the glazed cup was given to the emperor as a gift, and then put into the treasury by the emperor.

That's why Qin Hao was so surprised when he saw the teacup in Gu Yanshu's hand.

Hearing Qin Hao's exclamation, Qin Lu subconsciously raised his eyes to look at Gu Yanshu's hand.

It was different from Qin Hao who only briefly saw the glazed cup in the treasury for a moment.

That glazed cup stayed in Qin Lu's hands for half a year.

During the period, Qin Lu even had someone study it carefully, and finally concluded that the glazed cup should be carved from something similar to a relatively transparent jade.

It was also because of this that Qin Lu could tell the difference between the tea cup in Gu Yanshu's hand and the glazed cup at a glance.

I don't know what kind of material this teacup is made of, but the whole body is crystal clear and translucent, very beautiful.

Through the teacup, Qin Lu could even clearly see the fingerprints on the pads of Gu Yanshu's fingers pinched on the teacup.

Although the glazed cup in the national treasury can also transmit light, compared with the one in Gu Yanshu's hand, it seems to be covered with a thick layer of fog.

At this time, Gu Yanshu spoke slowly, correcting the mistakes in Qin Hao's words:

"No, this thing

, called glass. "

"Glass?" Qin Hao repeated this unfamiliar word.

Gu Yanshu looked at the glass teacup in his hand, pondered for a moment, and then spoke slowly:

"It can also be understood as a kind of colored glaze, but compared with colored glaze, glass has better light transmission and is more transparent."

Although glass and colored glaze are two completely different items, Gu Yanshu has no way to explain the difference between the two to people who don't understand physics and chemistry at all.

That's why in the end he chose this explanation that Qin Lu and Qin Hao could understand.

Although Qin Hao still had a little understanding of Gu Yanshu's explanation, but when he saw the glass teacup in Gu Yanshu's hand, he seemed to understand it.

When Qin Hao looked at the glass teacup with eyes full of admiration, Qin Lu thought of something:

"You have been running to the kiln factory for the past few days just to make this thing?"

Although every time Gu Yanshu left the house, Qin Lu would keep Zhi Ge by Gu Yanshu's side for his safety.

But Qin Lu never asked Zhi Ge about anything after Gu Yanshu left the house.

So Qin Lu only guessed from the few words that Gu Yanshu revealed these days what new items he was researching in Taoran Kiln Factory these days.

Seeing this glass teacup now, and thinking about what Xingren just said was sent by Taoran Kiln Factory, Qin Lu had the answer in his heart.

"That's right." Gu Yanshu carefully observed the teacup in his hand, sighing with emotion in a low voice, "I thought it would take some effort, but I didn't expect the action over there to be so fast."

Gu Yanshu gave Zhou Laosan two months to slowly study the glass making method.

But I don't know if it's because of the family background, or Zhou Laosan really has this talent.

After Gu Yanshu told Zhou Laosan the method of glass firing, Zhou Laosan had fired the first glass product in just two or three days.

Even Gu Yanshu was shocked by Zhou Laosan's speed.

It's just that I don't know whether it's because of the wrong ratio of raw materials, or some other reason, the first glass product is not good-looking.

Not translucent enough, mixed with a lot of impurities, and there are still a lot of air bubbles.

Although there are various problems, this beginning is always good.

In the next few days, Zhou Laosan focused all his energy on how to improve the quality of the glass and make it more

Transparent and reduce impurities and air bubbles in it.

It wasn't until a few days ago that Zhou Laosan said that he thought of a new method, but he was not sure whether it would work.

It is necessary to open a large kiln and fire a whole batch of glass to see the effect before confirming it.

At that time, Taoran Kiln Factory also needed to restart the kiln, and convey the news that Taorana Kiln Factory has resumed work to Yuncizhai.

Gu Yanshu naturally nodded in agreement.

In the past few days, there was no news from Taoran Kiln Factory. Originally, Gu Yanshu planned to wait until the matter was resolved today, and then go to Taoran Kiln Factory to see the progress.

But he didn't expect Zhou Laosan to send a sample before he went out.

After carefully checking the teacup in his hand, Gu Yanshu knew that Zhou Laosan's method should be successful.

Although the style of this teacup is not as exquisite and diverse as those tea sets of later generations, it is not inferior in terms of transparency.

After carefully observing the tea cup again, after making sure that there were no air bubbles in it, Gu Yanshu nodded with satisfaction, and put the tea cup in his hand on the table.

"Sister-in-law Sanhuang made this?" At this moment, Qin Hao seemed to have finally found his voice.

"To be precise, it was made by Taoran Kiln Factory. I just provided an idea." Gu Yanshu softly corrected Qin Hao's words. He doesn't know how to fire a kiln, so how could he make glass?

"Isn't the one made by Taoran Kiln the same one made by Mrs. Three Emperors?"

For Qin Hao, there is not much difference between the two, and he is more concerned about another issue:

"So Sanhuang's Wife is going to ask Tao Ranju to sell this...glass in the future?"

"Correct."

Gu Yanshu nodded, picked up the teapot that was placed aside, and slowly poured tea into the glass cup.

After all, in addition to aesthetics, practicality is also very important.

The tea leaves that can be sent to Prince Li's mansion and appear in Qin Lu's study are naturally top grade.

The bright yellow-green tea soup slowly gathered in the glass tea cup, and the already clear tea soup seemed to become more translucent through the glass tea cup.

Just at this time, all the sunlight was shining on the teacup, and for a while there seemed to be phosphorescence on the teacup, which was extremely beautiful.

This is just the appearance of tea soup poured into this glass cup, Qin Hao can even imagine it.

If you use a teacup made of glass to make tea, how pleasing is it to observe the ups and downs of the tea leaves in the teacup?

Screen.

With such a picture appearing in his mind, Qin Hao couldn't wait any longer:

"When does Sanhuang's wife want Tao Ranju to start selling this glass teacup? Can you save a set for my younger brother in advance?"

Originally, Gu Yanshu wanted to ask Qin Lu and Qin Hao whether they thought this glass teacup could be welcomed in Tianqi Kingdom.

But now hearing Qin Hao's urgent words, Gu Yanshu knew that there was no need to ask this question:

"If Brother Wuhuang likes it, why wait until Tao Ranju reopens? After two days, when the kiln is fired, I will send a set to Brother Wuhuang's house."

"If that's the case, my brother will thank the Third Emperor's Wife first."

Qin Hao was not polite to Gu Yanshu either, and responded directly with a smile.

After observing for a while, Qin Lu thought about more questions than Qin Hao:

"Although the glass looks good, it seems that its usefulness is somewhat limited, and it cannot completely replace porcelain."

"Indeed, it cannot be completely replaced," Gu Yanshu gave Qin Lu an appreciative look, "After all, the characteristic of this glass is that it is crystal clear, and it is not as diverse as porcelain. If you look at it too much, you will inevitably feel a little monotonous."

There are even more types of porcelain in Tianqi than Huaxia, so it can be said that a hundred flowers are blooming.

But even so, the trend of this porcelain has changed every few years.

Needless to say, glass with a relatively simple style and appearance, I am afraid it can only occupy a temporary novelty.

"If that's the case, why does the princess want to sell glass instead?" Since Gu Yanshu knew the shortcomings of glass, according to Yanshu's temperament, he would not give up the porcelain business for the sake of glass.

"In the future, Tao Ranju will mainly sell glass, but it does not mean that Tao Ranju will no longer sell porcelain in the future."

Gu Yanshu did not think about giving up the porcelain market, but was just planning to use glass as the main product to enhance the brand positioning of Tao Ranju:

"Besides, this glass can not only be used to make things like teacups and vases."

It is true that Gu Yanshu took out the method of making glass to suppress Yunci Zhai, but this does not mean that Gu Yanshu will use this glass as porcelain.

"Oh?" Qin Lu's tone rose, and he looked down at the teacup full of tea soup, as if he was thinking about what other uses the glass could have.

"For example, this window," Gu Yanshu ordered the glass teacup, and gave an example casually, "If glass is used on the window,

In winter, even if the windows are not opened, the inside of the house can still be as bright as the outside. "

I have to say that Gu Yanshu's example is extremely appropriate.

It can be said that Gu Yanshu disliked the brightness of the candlelight in the Tianqi Kingdom. In addition, there were a lot of things during this time, so Gu Yanshu couldn't spare his hands to improve this.

But now the windows of Tianqi country mostly use juan yarn to block the wind. Although the juan gauze is good, the light transmission is really not satisfactory.

So even though it's getting colder now, Gu Yanshu still prefers to open the windows instead of lighting candles for the sake of the light in the house during the day.

Qin Lu was fine, with strong internal strength, even in the severe winter of March [-]th, he could still wear single clothes without the cold wind invading.

But Gu Yanshu and Qin Hao felt a little uncomfortable. They were wearing thick clothes, and the charcoal fire under the table was roasting, and they still felt uncomfortable when the cold wind hit.

Exactly the second after Gu Yanshu's words fell, a gust of cold wind came from outside the window and passed through the room directly, blowing Qin Hao who was sitting in the middle of the study.

"Using glass on the windows will definitely be better than Juansha, and my younger brother wants it too!"

This time, Qin Hao didn't even bother to be polite with Gu Yanshu, he just blinked his eyes and looked at Gu Yanshu, his eyes were full of anticipation.

Gu Yanshu has always been generous to his own people, so he nodded without thinking:

"Of course there is no problem. It's just that the glass window is not as simple as the glass teacup. There is still a small problem to be solved. Brother Wuhuang may have to wait a little longer."

Naturally, Qin Hao wouldn't mind this little question, so he nodded and answered without thinking:

"No problem, my brother can wait!"

Afterwards, Qin Hao's gaze focused on the glass tea cup on the table again, and he couldn't help but think of the glass tea cup that Qin Lu had given to his father.

If it wasn't for the fact that there was only one glazed cup at the beginning, if he didn't give it to his father, he might be caught by others. Qin Hao really wanted to keep the glazed cup.

Later, after Liulizhan was taken into the treasury by the emperor, Qin Hao once hinted to the emperor that he wanted it too.

As you can imagine, the result was directly rejected by the emperor.

Qin Hao couldn't do it, so he wanted to carve one himself, but that kind of transparent jade was hard to come by.

Qin Hao searched for a month but couldn't find a suitable one, so he had to give up in the end.

Looking at this glass that is more translucent than the glazed cup now, Qin Hao looked at it more and more.

The more I like it.

I reached out to touch it, but I was afraid that it would be damaged, so I finally took my hand back.

Gu Yanshu looked at this picture like a puppy looking at a bone and wanted to eat it but didn't dare to eat it, and he couldn't help laughing:

"If Brother Wu Huang really likes it, he can take this teacup back with him in a while."

Qin Hao's eyes suddenly brightened, and the expression on his face was very moving.

But in the end, Qin Hao shook his head:

"No, didn't the third emperor's sister-in-law say it? When the next batch of glass cups comes out of the kiln, I will send a set to my younger brother. It will only take a few days, and my younger brother can wait."

After finishing speaking, seeing that Gu Yanshu opened his mouth as if he wanted to persuade him again, he quickly added another sentence:

"And this tea cup, it is more appropriate to give it to the father first."